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

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE! FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1903 THE OMAHA DAILY Bu; B. ROSEWATER, rm'rolt fl:BLlslu;u B RY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Dally Bee (without Sunday), One Y wally Bee and Sunday, One’Year. silustrated Hee, One Lunday Bee. One Y Luturaay Bee, One o wentleth Century Farmer, One Year.. DELIV D BY CARRIER. Daily Bee (without Bunday), per copy aily Bee (without Sunday), per week Latly Bee (Inciuding Sunday), per week. bunday Bee, per copy s.vening Bee (without Sunday), flper week 6o Lyening Bee (including , Bun lay), per y), per, .omplnlnu ‘of Irre‘ullrulu “In delivery shoula be addressed to City Circulation De- partment. OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Building, South Omana-City Hall Butiding, Twen- ty-Aifth and M Streets. ‘Counell Blufts—10 Pearl Street. ghicago_isk Unity Bullding New Sork-2as Park Row Hatlding. ‘Washington—1, Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and ed- fioria]l matter should be addressed: Omaha Lee, Editorial Department. REMITTAN Remit by draft, expres ayable to The Bee Pu VY Sreent stampa afoeptad in payment of jall Bocounta. Personal checks, except on ®.maha or easter: 0t accep! THE’BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. " postal order, ITATEIINT OoF CIRCULATION. ¥ III. of Nebraska, Doug! Cnunl%h- : gl. B. Teschuck, secretary of The 1'ublishing company, being duly I;’n“y Bol rl y ed during the month of ~ ADUATY, as follows: ‘Total. J.cam unsold and returned coples et total sales. iret average sales... GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed in my presence and sworn to ;—lnn me this st dny of Jlnuur A. D. AT Nollry OB bil Omaha must not allow public interest to be transferred completely from the uuditorium to the guessing contest. R ——— Latest information from congress on tiie proposed land-leasing legislation is that it is the Dietrich bill or nothing— presumably nothll:s. — It 18 to be noted that the Marconi rystem of transmitting intelligence has not hld to put up a slgn——wlru down on account of storm. Em—————— Give John N. Baldwin credit for one thing: When he makes a bad break, he never seeks, to crawl out by denials, Lut brazenly tries to justify himself, ! Addicks' withdrawal from the race for United States senator ought to mean ‘womething dolig In Delaware right away. For a Imk state, it has been a Ug fight. X kg ‘The promise is made that the coal eirike commission will soon finish tak- ing testimony and get down to business. Cn this point, however, we are all from Missourl. When the legislature reconvenes next week it will be in order for it to in- stitute several searching inquirles that will purity the atmosbhere around the capltol and smoke out the. lobby. s ) The public meeting called by the Ieal Estate exchange to discuss rail- way taxation will be held this even- ing at the city hall. Every taxpayer should make it a point to attend. The only wonder is how Nebraska logislatures ever ‘managed to carry through the work of a session before Taldwin of Towa volunteered to come over the river to show them how to doft. —— If the Income from fees has col- lapsed, asswe are asked to believe, the otice of sheriff in this county cah no lcnger be worth fighting for. It s notieeable, however, ‘that ‘no n-lnn» tons bave yet been filed. —— It is not a case of double taxation of railroad property - fii' Nebrask but fuather a case of abogt one-tenth taxa- on. The rallroad tax agents wear tiultiple-magnifying eyeglasses when- vver they look at the figures. ' The storm seems to have played havoc \'ith the suburban electric trolley roads vil over the country. But then the Iterference with the trolley traffic fs 10t much worse than the interference with the trafic on the steam rallroads. South Dakota lawmakers are now ready to provide a boundary commis- son to settle the state line with Ne- | vaska. The last Nebraska legislature passed a boundary commission law, but t'outh Dakota failed to respond. Thls Ume the twe states ought to get to- gether. e ———— The legislature, not having,seen the necessity of changing the date of city «lections on account of bad weather, ex- cept 1 Omaba, the other clties and owns of the state are preparing for heir usual March campaigns. But of +ourse the weather is not so important + factor In Lincoln as it is in Omaha. S The reason assigned for making a :ew place in the High school for a eacher of penmanship 1s that many upils who enter with good handwrit- ng lose that acquirement before they graduate, But 1s that not true with reference to other branches? Do not High school pupils forget much of the irithmetic, the geography, and even the spelling they learned In the grades? Will we bave all those branches umt in the High achool, too DEFINE THE RIGHT OF WAY. What constitutes a rallroad right of way In the state of Nebraska? Can anybody tell? The law requires every railroad In Nebraska to pay local taxes for ‘all the real estate otitside of Its right of way, but no legislature has yet defined what a right of way is, nor has the law defined how much right of way a railroad may occupy for depots and depot grounds. Some railroads In this state are con- tent with a right of way 50 feet in width, others claim a right of way 100 feet In width, while the Union Pacific rallroad has always claimed to have a right of way 200 feet In ‘width, with an unlimited space for right of way designated as terminals and depot grounds. The Pennsylvania rallroad, ranks second to no trunk America, or, for that matter, in the world, is limited by legislative act to a right of way 66 feet in width, or 33 feet on each side of the roadway from the center of its ‘main tracKe, If the Pennsylvania rallroad, which has had a" double track between Philadelphia and Pittsburg for many years and is now putting In four tracks, can carry its vast traffic over a right of way 66 feet In width, why should any railroad in Nebraska need more? New Jersey has been notoriously a corporation-ridden state. Its legisla- tures have enjoyéd an unenviable repu- tation as railroad puppets, but for all that the legislatures of New Jersey have not ventured to exempt from local taxation more than ten acres of land occupled for depots and rallroad terminals. The Omaha terminals of the Unlon Pacific are returned as 281 acres, but as a matter of fact the Unlon Pacific terminals cover nearer 400 than 300 acres. The terminals and depot grounds of the Burlington system in Omaha cover more than fifty acres and are shared by all its lines coming in and going out of Omaha, but yet only twenty-eight acres are returned to the state board as pertaining to the Omaha & Southwestern railroad, which runs from Omaha south to Oreapolis and Plattsmouth, while the main line of the Burlington, between Omaha and Ash- land, over which the bulk of its west- bound traffic is carrled on, is returned as terminating west of the Tenth street viaduet, which would imply that the main line of the B. & M. enjoys no depot or terminal facilities. These discrepancies about right of way and terminals should be corrected by law. . The leglsll!ure should define what is a right of way and the space that each raliroad may include in its returns of depot grounds and terminals, 80 that state boards of assessment shall have no difficulty in' arriving at con- clusions regarding their value as part of the tangible property of each rail- road. N Ee— | BTATES AND NATIONAL BANKS. The decision just rendered by the supreme court of the United States, de- claring ‘that it is not compétent for state legislatures to interfere with na- tional banks, is important. The presi- dent.of a national bank in Iowa was sentenced to imprisonment under a state law for receiving a deposit when he knew the bank to be insolvent. The sentence was sustained by the supreme court of the state and an appeal was taken to the federal supreme court. The decislon says that congreso havinz power to Create a system of national banks is the judge as to the extent of the powers which should be conferred upon such banks and has the sole power to regulate and control their operation, Congress having directly dealt with the subject of insolvency of such banks and full and adequate provisions having been made for the protection of credit- ors of such institutions, state legisla- tures cannot interfere with' “them. While a state has the power to declare certaln acts to be criminal offens when committed by efficers or agents its own banks, it §s without lawful power to make such special laws ap- plicable to banks organized aid operat- ing under the laws of the United States. This geems to leave no redress for a depositor whu-e_( juoney 18, received by national bank officlals who know the tnstitution. to be insolvent, 'since sthere appears to be no federal law applying to such a case, and. snggests the neces- sity. for. legislation.by congress. : There certainly ought-te-be pumishment for a banker who recelves money for deposit when he \nnis hig bank is fnsolvent, and, the statés, elhg powerless o such & case .there should ‘be & federal law applicable ,to it. r— NORTHWESTERN OPPOSITION. There Is opposition-to the Alaskan boundary treaty amd it is said to be chiefly on the part of northwestern sen- ators, who-take the ground that there is nothing to arbftrate, that the terms of the treaty of 1825 between Russia and Great Britaln are clear. and that if there should chance to be a decision against the United States this country would not accept the result. Whether or not this opposition will prove strong enough to prevent ratification of the treaty remains \o be seen, but the prob- ability is that action on it will be de- ferred until the mext congress, Meanwhile some who have strongly opposed arbitration favor the treaty. Among these fs Mr. Jobn W. Foster, former secretary of state, made a careful and thorough study of the boundary question and has written in support of the American position. Mr. ‘Foster says there are matters of uncertalnty which must be determined before the boundary ean be marked upon the surface and that an agreement can be more easily and satisfactorily reached, without putting our territorial claim in peril, by means of a joint com- lon of experts than in any other way. He urges that in the interest of our owa cltisens resident in Alaska or which line in who has| possessing property there, as well as of g0od nelghborship, the present state of uncertainty as to exact boundary line should no longer continue. It is a con dition that restrains enterprise,, raises embarrassing jurisdictional questions, is a constant source of Irritation and may at any time international com plications. There is no question that it ought to be settled, but the nearly uni versal feeling is agalnst any settlement thet would concede to the shightest ex tent the Canadian claims. THE JUDICIARY AND PASSES. When the judicial salary bill was be- fore the national house of representa- tives an amendment was offered pro- viding that it should be unlawful for any of the judges of United States courts to accept or receive any gift free transportation, or frank from any corporation or person engaged in operat- ing any raflroad, steamboat line, press or telegraph company. It was re- Jected, partly because it was held not to be germane to the bill and in part for the reason, as urged by the chair- man of the judiclary committee, that its adoption would cast an imputation crente upon the federal judiciary. There was no objection to the prin- ciple embodied In the amendment. No member of comgress, it is safe to say, would have ventured to oppose it on this ground. The principle is sound and applies not only to the judiciary, federal and state, but as well to mem- bers of congress and legislatures and all other public offieials. The accept- ance by men In the public service of railroad passes and other favors from corporations should everywhere be made unlawful. It Is a potent means of in- fluencing officials in the interest of the corporations which has done great harm and is likely to be still more harmful In the future if permitted to continue. It is an Insidious method of corrupting those In public life that is dangefous to the general welfare. It places of- fielals who accept such favors under an cbligation to the giver that no one in the service of the people should sub- Jject himself to. The legislator who does this compromises his freedom as a representative of the people and puts himself in the way to become an in- strument of the corporation whose pass or other gift he carries. In case of a conflict of interests between the people and the corporation he s quite as likely to disregard his duty to the former as to ignore his obligation to the latter, of which the ' corporation never fails to keep him mindful. It is especially important that the Judiciary should be entirely free from the Influence which the acceptance of gifts from corporations carries. man can serve two masters.”” The Judges of our courts, federal and state, should have no obligation that might induce them to swerve from the straight path of duty or In the slightest degree Influence their judgment. A pure, honest, upright and incorruptible judi- clary is the very bulwark of our institu- tions. It is indispensable to the matn- tenance of the rights and the liberties of the people, the perpetuation of popu- lar government and the preservation of the principles upon which it is founded. At this time, when the already vast power of the corporations is being stead- ily augmented and they are exerting a tremendous influence in all directions where it 18 necessary for the conserva- tion and extension of their power, It is of the fitst importance that the judiclary shall be kept free from any obligation to thém. Judicial service should be ade- quately compensated and congress did well in increasing the salaries of federal | jndgeu We can see no sound reason why ' there should not be a law for- bidding the acceptance of gifts by the Judiciary and Gertainly such a law would not be objected to by &ny judge so- leitous for the integrity and freedom | of the courts. A The new water commission Is em- powered to appoint a Special attorney to carry on the offensive and defensive warfare which the transfer and man- agement of the water works may re- quire in the courts. Why Omaha should require the employment of speclal at- v.ornen in one of the: branches of 'municipal government When the clty Already maintains a law department with three attorneys on its payroll hgs not yet been explained. Special at- torneys, like all specialists, come high and the taxpayers who do the ‘dancing will have to pay the fiddler. The pre- sumption is that the Douglas delega- tlon questions” the competenéy or fin- tegrity of the regular law department of the city, or what is more likely, de- sires to provide a lucrative job fop some friendly Injun of the bar. —— The relocation of the Missourt state capital from Jefferson City to St. Louis is liable to be one of the indirect con- sequences of the Loulslana Purchase exposition. The lower house of the Missouri legislature has adopted resolu- tions recommending St. Louls as capital site, providing the latter sub- seribes $1,000,000 for a caplitol building. Incidentally it has been suggested that the Missourl world’s falr building, if made a permanent structure, might be suitable for capitol purposes. The ostensiblg reason given In the capital removal resolution is that gambling, vice and immorality flourish at Jefferson City. Of - course, such a thing as gambling and vice in St Louls has never been dreamed of. Ingan opinion banded down by the United States circult court of appeals at St. Louls Judge Caldwell has held that the property of a bankrupt in the custody of a trustee or recelver is not exempt from state taxation and conse- quently not exempt from county and city taxation. The case in polnt was that of a big dry goods company which had in its possession merchandise ap- pralsed for nearly $70,000, which bad been returned by the 8t. Louis assessor for taxes. In reviewing the case Judge Caldwell declared that congress in passing the bankruptcy act had not at tempted to exempt from taxation any property of a bankrupt in the posses sion of a trustee. The power of taxa tion is purely legislative and not a Jjudicial function, and no bankruptey court has any more right than any other court to exempt from state taxa tlon property of a bankrupt liable to taxation In the hands of an officer of the court. This decision applies to Nebraska as well as it does to Mis- souri and will doubtless settle conten- tion over similar cases now pending in the federal courts of this state. While It may be claimed that the present legislature Is barred from re- districting the state for legislative representation, it Is certainly not barred from redistricting it for judicial purposes. It is admitted that justice would be administered just as effi- clently with a half dozen less district Jjudges than are now carrled on the state payroll. This, the Fourth judi- clal district, for example, returns seven district judges, but the business of the district has been efficiently dispatched with only six judges for nearly a whole year. The seventh member of this dis- trict bench could be dispensed with without overworking the other six judges and without causing any incon- venience to the litigants of the district. The last of the Youngers has been pardoned on two conditions, namely, that he leave the state of Minnesota and that he promises pever to put him- self on public exhibition. The ridiculous part of these terms is that if he com- plies with the one to keep out of the jurisdiction of Minnesota that state will have no way whatever to enforce the fulfillment of the promise. What the liberated outlaw may do in other states will not concern the people of Minne- sota. —— One of the imperative needs of Ne- braska is a law that will require every custodian of public funds or of private funds entrusted to his care and keep- ing as a public officer to make periodic reports of the amounts collected and on hand and compel these officers to ac- count for every penny of interest re- ceived for the loan or deposit of public or private funds held by them in trust as public officers The railroads are always confident of winning the cases they bring to avold paying taxes. But they do not always make good. It will be remembered that they were equally confident of beating the city in the vlaguct cases, but were badly worsted when the United States supreme court handed down its final decision. Dispensing & Cheap Article. Wasfiingtoh Post. The late Abrani’S. Hewitt left nothing ‘whatevor to char! It seems that he con- fined himself to advice when he found him- self in a giving mool. i — Treason, B'gosh! Boston Transcript. The joke is on Mr. Bryan. The (“Stand- ard O11") Chicago university has annexed Tiinols college, his alma mater. More dire results of expansto Dy Wall Art U Chieago News. That supreme court decision in protec- tion of the circus poster should be suppl mented by a weighty opinion guaranteelng the rights of the pink lemonade vender. 14, Abundance of Fighting Material. St. Louls Globe-Democrat. The number of persons in the United | States available for military duty is offi- | elally placed at 10,853,396. There will be Do lack of men behind the guns when an emergency arrives. Senators Can Do Busi Indianapolis Journal. The passage of a new anti-trust bill by the United States senate shows that it has not wholly forgotten how to legislat: Elkins bill may not be ideally the best that .. | could be devised, but the fact that it pro- hibits rebates and discriminations in freight rates s sirongly in its favor. Bismarck's Policy Re Chicago News. Bismarck used to declare that the secret of diplomacy lay in telling the truth frankly and freely and allowing the other diplomats to suspect that it was falsehood. Recent happenings rather tend to raise, the question whether some of Bismarck's suc- cessors in diplomacy have mot adopted a policy just the reverso of thi Raising the Presiden Cincinnati Enquirer. There s & proposition in congress to double the salary of the president of the United States, making it $100,000 per an- num. It is suggested that he works too hard for $50,000. Of course the president ought to be paid handsomely, but not for hard work. He ought to take things easy, and keep his mind in a restful, clear con- dition for the comprehension of matters worth bringing before him. If it is & mere question of so much pay for so much work 1t would be cheaper and better for the country to reduce the hours of the chief qxecutive. Salary. The Red Cross Mix-U Indianapolis Journ; While it is deeply regretted that the Red Cross soclety 1s involved In a scandal, no one will for a moment belleve that Clara Barton has been other than a dupe in the | discreditable transactions which are | charged. Miss Barton is 76 years of age, and is feeble in body and mind. Naturally, she has fallen under the control of three or four men who have handled all the funds collected for Galveston, Martinique and elsewhere, and have not accounted fo them. The vice president of the Riggs Na- tional bank, in Washiogton, will not longer recetve contributions or honor checks y in Living. Milwaukee Journal There ie a great tendency in the present time toward eager pursult of luxurious living. Every man scems straining every nerve to outdo someone else in showy ap- pearance. He bullds his house, not for comfort and comvenienc but to have It cost more and make more \mposing appear- ance than his neighbor. Dress, furnishing, Too M | band. emn tidings went through the country that | equipages, style of 1iving or giving of en- tertainments are all based upon how they will strike other people rather than what will gratify one's own personal tastes. If we would have & more real foundation to our prosperity as a pation we need to seek sreater simplicity in our Mves. BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. Medieal Reports Shed Some Light on chley Conmtroversy. The publication of the official report of the navy of the character and duration of the disease of which Admiral William T Sampson died revives interest in the fa- mous controversy over the honors of the Santiago victory Major John M. Carson, Washington correspondent of the Phila delphia Ledger, in a letter to the Ledger discusses certaln features of the contro- versy in the light of the medical report He says in part “The establishment beyond doubt of the fact that Admiral Sampson was suffering, a full year before he was assigned to the command of a squadron in the war with Spain, from the disease which finally killed him, has made clear many things which be- tore were only hinted at. Many of these things have long been known in Washing- ton, but have never been published, and hence the record of the issues growing out of the Spanish war has been incom- plete. “Naval officers are not permitted to talk for publication about such matters, and the lips of all who are in a position to speak on the subject are sealed, so far as public utterance is concerned. But it has long been known o naval officers and others that for a considerable time before his mental trouble was openly acknowl- edged Admiral Sampson was in no condi- tion to transact important business. This made ridiculous, to those who were aware of the circumstances, the claim that the Admiral's jliness was caused by criticiam of his naval operations. It also accounts for the indignation of his friends over critfelsms which might more properly have been bestowed upon some of his subordin- ates. “Admiral Sampson was a member of the Cuban commission, which sat immediately after the cessation of active military opera- tions, but befora the war was officially closed. At the sessions of that commis- sion his condition of health was manifest to his colleagues, and the commission was often obliged to practically tramsact its business without him. Indeed, during its sessions he was frequently unaware of what was going on. ‘That Admiral Sampson was a victim of aphasia during the campaign is publicly established now. It was known here be- fore, and there was only pity for the Ad- miral, while whatever critlcism there has ‘been among those who knew the facts has been made upon those who, knowing his condition, sent the sick man to command a fleet in war time and to perform ex- hausting duties. The strain upon him was, of course, greatly lessened by his immediate sub- ordinates, who took charge of much of his work. This, as was stated in this correspondence yesterday, was particularly true of Captain Chadwick, his flag captain and adviser. It has been hinted that Cap- taln Chadwick was responsible for much of what was done at Santiago. Another of those who took the admiral's work upon their showlders was Licutenant Sidney A. Staunton, his flag lleutenant. 1t was Lieutenant Staunton who wrote the famous Fourth of July dispatch, be- ginning “The fleet under my command. It was Staunton, also, who prevented tho sending of Commodore Schley's dispatch announcing the victory. It 1s understood that it was Staunton who wrote the “Gun- ner Morgan letter,” and that it was Staun- ton who read the proofs of Maclay's hl tory. During the progress of the court of in- quiry held in Washington last year a strong effort was made by counsel to show that in fact it was Captaln Chadwick, and not Adroiral Sampson, who did most of the things complained of by them. It was Captain Chadwick who received the Cuban signal code from Commander McCalla and who d1d pot communicate it to Commodore Schley, as & result of which Schley lost three days at Clenfuegos. Captaln Chad- wick himself testified that he advised Ad- miral Sampson against sending a dispatch congratulating Schley ‘on his success in finding the Spaniards at Santfago. A aistinguished naval officer of the high- est rank in the service was in attendance upon the court of inquiry ready to go on the stand and give testimony showing that the dispatch ascribed to Sampson, accusing Schley of reprehensible conduct, was, in tact, dictated by another officer. On the day when he was to testify it became so manifest that the court would not recefve any testimony' relating to the officers of New York that he was not put on the stand. When, at the court of inquiry, counsel attempted to put In evidence Admiral Sampson’s famous magazine article, in which Commodore Schley was accused of withdrawing his squadron twenty-five miles from the harbor every night, objection was made by the Navy department's counsel. One of the latter, Mr. Hanna, remarked significantly that the mere fact that Ad- miral Sampson’s name was signed to the article did not prove that he wrote it. A report made to the Navy department during the blockade and signed by Ad- miral Sampson alleged that Captaln Sigs- bee was the authority for this statement. Sigsbee swore on the stand that he mever told Sampson or any one else this, and that it was not true. After Sigsbee had made ths statement there was much harsh criticism of Sampson, which it Is now seen was probably unjust Captain Chadwick is the officer who de- clared he would never take Admiral Schley by the hand, and who was reprimanded by the Navy department for attacking that officer in an interview. It was he who figured most prominently in the interviews between Admiral Sampson and General Shafter, when Shafter tried to get the squadron to go Into the harbor and attack the Spaniards, and it was he who drafted the letter calling wpon Gemeral Toral to surrender. CHARLES CARROLL OF CARROLLTON. Tribute to the Memory ngalshed Marylander. Senator Hoar’ of the DI In his speech at the dedicatory exercises | of the Carroll and Hanson statues in Stat- uary hall of the national capitol, Senator Hoar of Massachusetts confined his tribute to the career of Charles Carroll, the illus- trious Marylander, who signed the Declara- tion of Independence, lived to the age of 95, and was the last of the “American im- mortals” to pass from earth. In his little speech of appreciation Senator Hoar reiated this anecdote: “I can remember, though but & child of & years, when he died. The schoolboy vas asked the question in the school to name he only man living of that fllustrious And 1 well remember wher the sol Charles Carroll was gone. Before he died men used to make pllgrimages to his dwell- ing, as to a shrine.” Senator Hoar referred to the religion of Charles Carroll in these words “I would like to speak for a moment of one lesson which has been often forgotten which the life of Charles Carroll teaches alone among his illustrious companions Charles Carroll was a devoted Catholic He belonged to that church which pre- served for mankind learning, literature and law through the gloomy centuries kmown the dark Yet it is the only de- nomination of Christians against which any- thing of theological bitterness or bigotry seems to have survived, amid the liberal- ity of our enlightened day. Every few yoars we hear of secret societies, and even —— Sight Drafts not the “Strongest R. 8. Hall J. H. McCulloch. Law Offices of Hall & McCulloch Omaha Nat'l Bank Bldg. OMAHA. Mr. H. D. Neely, Manager, Omaha, Neb. Yours truly, “Strongest in 0 $70,000 Insurance in 25 Companies thItabIG FIRST TO PAY but the PROMPTEST in the world. Henry B. Hyde, founder. Read the following letter— Equitable Life Assurance Society, Dear Bir: We beg to acknowledge receipt of drafts for §7,206.50 in settlement of policies on the life of the late Dean Campbell Fair. These claims were handed you January 29th and checks in payment bear date of February 2d. Of about twenty-five policies covering an aggregate of over $70,000 of insurance, were gent to the various companies on the same day, your checks are the first the estate has received. Promptness in a matter of this kind is of the great- est value, and our experience confirms the Equitable’s claim that its policies are “sight drafts at maturity.” HALL & M’CULLOCH, Attorneys. The Equitable Life Assurance Secret. H. D. NEELY, Manager, Merch. Nat'l Bank Bld’g, Omaha, Neb. at Maturity only wn the World" FEBRUARY 5, 1903. many of which claims the World”— O political parties, organized with the sole view of excluding the members of a single Christian church from their equal privi- leges as American citizens. Yet certainly the men of the Catholic faith have never been behind their countrymen either as pa- triot citizens or as patriot soldiers. This spirit of bigotry would have denied the or- dinary rights of Americans, nmot only to “harles Carroll and his illustrious cousin, but to Montgomery and Phil Sheridan.” PERSONAL NOTE! A statue to General Joo Hooker, which is being erected in Statehouse park, Bos- ton, will be unvelled on June 25. Judge Hepburn, the new United States senator from Idaho, weighs 280 pounds. Senator Quay ought to play him in the po- sition of fullback. Minister Bowen's tireless efforts to re- store peace and quiet in the Venezuela im- broglio are positive proofs that he is not the Bowen of contention. William F. Wheatley has just retired from the office of secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of Baltimore, after holding the position thirty-five yea! It «is proposed to Increase President Roosevelt’ lary to $100,000 a year, thus placing him on a financial equality with the coal barons and starch magnates. Congressman Tawney of Minnesota sol- emnly declares that he receamtly received from a constituent a letter in which the writer begged him to forward “a bushel of macaroni seed.” Report that John D, Rockefeller hsd said he would pay $1000,000 for a new stamach, or a healthy digestive apparatus, has resulted in deluging the Standard Oil millionaire with thousands of letters. The court of appeajs of New York has aflirmed the judgment of a lower court for $62,166 against the New York Centtal rall- road on account of the death of Henry G. Dimon, killed in the lllul’\el accldent & year ago. According to & London weekly the duch- ess of Marlborough is astounded at the ex- travagance displayed by New York soclety during her present visit to relatives there. Especlally was she amazed at the splendor of an eatertaloment given in Newport by the wife of her kinsman, Cornélius Vander- bilt, who brought an entire company over from New York to amuse her guests one evening. Lord Rosebery, who for many years has been cursed by recurrent insomnia, is now trying a unique method of obtaining sleep. He orders a carriage*with four horss to be ready for him at 10 o'clock at night, long after he has had dinner. In this equip- age, preceded by an outrider, Lord Rose- bery rides for hours. An unconquerable and delightful sleepiness is one of the re- sults of the long drive through the fresh alr H. H. Vreeland, the New York traction man, knows one veteran street car conduec- tor whom he llkes to banter. The em- ploye is a very !ntelligent fellow, with a great variety of odd and useful Information stored away. Ope day Vreeland asked him ‘Why does hanging kill?" The conductor replied promptly: “Because the inspiration is checked and the circulation arrested, while there is a suffusion of blood to the brain and a consequent caphalic conges- tion.” 1 thought hanging killed because the rope was always too short to let the feet touch the ground,” said Mr. Vreeland. —_— LAUGHING GAS, ou know Senator Quay?’ Senator ridge was asked. uainted ‘with Tdm," obody knows him. Bever‘ was the rwly '—Baltimore Herald. “All the world's an anvil” observed ths fted tragedian whom the critics had been “and the men and women *—Chicago Tribune. Ragtime musio, of course, fs the most appropriate for the program ‘at & rummage axlorBomerville Journal. merely knocker: “Brother, don’t you know if you at thesd mules ou won't go 10 Paradier ut if I don’t swear at them 1 ron' ¢, g0t to the end of the row. and s the importan ng af g Phlhflelphl‘ l{).mr il g “I am 8o sorry to miss Mrs. Blank," the caller to the recently mpor.(nog' “Has she a day at home this win: Yes, ma'm,’ the maid repliod od, glten dt home In the day tim." s Fore ork Clty Cousin (at the village ch )— that a voluntary the organist is pl: Village Cousin—Oh, no; she gots pald Gore dolng it.—Chicago News.' The Rev. Dr. Goodman—I'm 8o sorry husband {sn't here, Mrs. Smith. I'm a rahl Jou forot to tell him I intended to preach today on municipal problems. Mro. Smith-Indoed, T did not. 1 told him that the last thing, but he sald he w stay at home and read his Bible—To Country. KID WA Our kid the old planner hits As of a-playin’ ball, While Mam keeps thinkin' as she sits, 13, an’ gettin’ tall “My tother lad has got so ol’ He's struck off 'way out west, An’ soon this kid, 1 of'n hol’, W1l quit the ol' home nest.’ His Pap looks up with stiddy glance, An' sez, “Go, git yer les'n, Er else, at school, they'll make you dance, *Causé 12 an’ only ges'n. m to o k, ‘What's right? “As comin' years move swift along You'll larn’a right smart more; Jep & straight op an' shun the' wrong; You'll arn yer keep, I'm shore. An’ larned to “At 12, in o' Jerusalem, Christ made the Doctors fear, An’ said to her who sought for him, "Bout Father's bizness, here. “The stream o' time keeps rollin’ eni 1t flows eternally; An’ youth grows of* an’ soon is gone Into eternity. “Rich blessin's on thy head, my la8f ‘Awake 1o slumb'rin’ fears: giad, An’ may our hearts, t dny 80 Be glad thro' comln years." ‘Woodbine, la. J. H. 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