Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 13, 1903, Page 6

THE OMAHA Dany BEE !. RO!!WA‘I‘!R IDITOR T PUBRISHED EVERY MORNING. Txmu OF BU”CRl?fleN “m Dall. (withgut SBunday), One ' m and Sunday, One Year “‘ Bea One Year Tmlfl h Century F' rme DELIVERED BY CARRI"FI\ % nit BI. '1! ut ll\l= Bee (Including Bunn). ints of irreguiarities in delivery bo ‘Aadressed 15 City Circulation De- OFFICES. Bee Building. a—City Hlll'flulldln‘, Twen- CORRESPONDENCE. to news and ed- o e b SAdreased: Omaha zuflmont ok o postal ord-r Remit by dnx!h:.xvru- Cm s Ihflll R e Eois ey, : o Biss it 'A_exchange, not acce| fl. LISHING COMPA l’l‘Amm or CIICULA'HDN Do\lw len( ‘. “ orn, says lote sales. . ot average sales GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subseribed In my ce and o '3 wmm this st (Beal.) ===—== President Baer s entitled to a comic valentine. | em— It seems that the withdrawal of Addicke does not withdraw. R The enactment of a department of commerce bill extends the policy of ex- pansion to the president’s official family. . ¢ CE——— President Baer evidently has no very high nlun of President Mitchell. It is ufi‘a assume, however, that Presi- dent Mitehell. reciprocates the | ' compli- Mayor Moores is entitled to credit for consfstency on the market house prop- osition. His message to the council leaves no ene in doubt that he has not changed his position. Secretary Shaw, refers to President Roosevelt as “the chief servant of 80, 000,000 people.” That would be lese majeste if ‘it were uttered about Em- peror Willlam IT by one of his ministers. e "The diplomacy of BSuperintendent Peasse was again shown when he care- fully excluded the members of the school board from his list of those fur- nishing horrible examples in penman- ship for public school pupils. —— _ — After throwing the votes of all the democratic senators against the con- firmation of appointments of negroes to office in the south, the democrats will try to persuade the negro voters in the north that the republicans are not treat- ing them right. ———— A decision in the beef trust litigatton is expected soon. If the case is de- cided in favor of the meat packers we will see an early resumption of the sus- pended operations looking toward a con- solidation of all the great meat-packing plants of the country. : E———— The only way to secure tax reform that will equalize the burdens of gov- ernment as between the railroads and "the private individual 1s to keep ever-| lastingly at it. Committees in command of the fighting forces must not allow themselves to be frightened or discour- aged. Eme—————— Over in Chicago the underwriters are talking of instituting a fire coroner at thelr own expense, provided he can be invested with the necessary authority. ‘When they talked of a fire coroner for Omaha the possibility of the fire com- panies footing the bills was not even suggested, Local medical.schools-are complaining of difficulties encountered in securing subjects for dissection and ave seeking lcuhflp to remove the obstacles. As long as . tiq- e@nnn themselves to leg- uhuy‘m- of rellet’ gid fight shy of the Indiana system the public will enter no' objections. 1 Peemine—— The solicitude of President Baer, that the adoption of the uniform wage scale for the entire anthracite coal reglon might mot aecord justice to men mining coal under different:local conditions, 1s truly pathetic. But Mr. Baer's anxiety to gee that nothing but even-handed Justice is meted out does not extend to transactions between the coal operators and the coal-consuming public. EEE—— In any other city than Omaha the Cpmmercial club, as the organized body of business men, would be in _the very Sgrefront of & fight to put a stop to rail- réad tax shirking whose success would mean & reduction of 20 per cent lu every © ALASKAN PRAATY RATIFIRD. The ratification by the semate of the treaty providing for a commission of jurists to pass upon the question of the Alaskan boundary dispute gives promise that tha troublesome controversy will in a reasonable time be settled. It should be understood that this convention does not provide for arbitration, but simply for the ascertaliment, by Amerfean and British jurists, to the scope and mean- ing of the provisions of the treaty be- tween Great Britain and Russia regard- Ing the boundaries of the territory that was purchased by the United States from Russia. There exists now an arrangement that is not satisfactory to either country. It Is a provision of understanding that is necessarily temporary, and which cir- cumstances may disturb at any moment. It has been a menace to peace in the .past and may beeome so in the future. Both governments reafize the expedi- eney of getting it out of the arena of controversy - and . therefore 'they have agread to submit to a commission the determination of the question to the meaning of the treaty of 1825, in force when the United States purchased Alaska of Great Britain. In proposing this method of reaching a declsion of the question our government has made no concession. It has simply said to Great Britain . that this s a matter about which there is uncertainty and the United States is willing to bave the meaning of the treaty between Ruseia and Great Britain submitted to a tribupal of jurists in whose integrity and honor both can rely. These jurists will not have the character of arbitra- tors and yet thelr decision will have a potential influence upon the determina- tion of the controversy. If a majority should decide in favor of the American contention, as it 1s confidently belleved would be the case, there would prob- ably be no difficulty in reaching an amicable adjustment. On the other hand, should our claim be approved the controversy would end and a perplex- ing and irritating lssue would be for- ever settled. ‘We belleve that the contention of the United States in this matter is abso- lutely sound and that this can be con- clusively shown to fair-minded British jurists. This is evidently the feeling at ‘Washington and particularly in admin- Istration circles. Bverybody who is at all famillar with this controversy must desire that it shall be settled as soon as possible in a falr, equitable and amicable way. The treaty ratified by the senate pmldu A way suggested by our own nummpnt and there CURRENCY FOR THE PHILIPPINES. If congress adjourns without making provision for an improvement of cur- rency conditions in the Philippines the consequences will be most serious . to the fslands ‘and a vast amount of trouble to this country may resmit!" The dls- patch_from Governor Taft a few days ago shows how bad the situation is and how great is the urgency for relief and in view of this it seems remarkable that congress should hesitate to provide the needed legislation. Governor Taft stated that all business is suffering greatly. from fluctuation and deprecia- tion of silver and that failure to furn- ish rellef at this session of congress ‘would create consternation throughout the islands. He pointed out that the po- litical situation would become more dif- ficult if there was not relief and there can be no doubt that such will be the case. The greatest need in the Philippines today is a currency system that will pro- tect the business of thé islands against the disastrous effects of the depreciation of silver and the consequent fluctua- tions of exchange and this can be pro- vided by slmply putting the currency of the islands upon a gold basl was proposed by the-houseé of representatives at the last session of congress and re- Jected by the senate. There is no ne- cessity for trfing expedients, when the way is plain. Governor Taft, who is perfectly familiar with the situation, says that the effect of introducing Amer- fcar money into the islands, which has been proposed, would enhance prices greatly and derange every form of busl- ness. That this is correct no one fa- miliar with financial operations will question. The money that is now used in the Philippines should be retained— that is the silver currency—but upon a gold standard basis that will guard against the fluctuations now so dam- aging to the business of the islands. What is manifestly needed is not a new currency, with which the people would be entirely unfamiliar, but'm change in regard to the exfsting currency which would give it stability and security. This_question has been befare con- gress since early in the beginning of the present session and ought to have been disposed of 16ng ago, since there was ample information as to the neces- sity for different Philippine currency legislation from that which had been provided in the bill that passed at the first session. Had the policy embodied in the house measure been adopted there would ngw be Do trouble, but as it is there i§ danger that motbing will be done at the present session and that a year may elapse before the monetary relief so urgently needed by the Phil- ippines will be supplied. The demo- crats in the scnate are sald to “be op- posed. to extending the gold standard to the archipelago and It is quife poss‘ble that they will defeat the proposition to In that event it is altogether de this. probable that there will ensue in the Phillppines disorder and difficulties of ‘& very ' serious nature. —_—— ‘When the proposition for a governor The delay of cougress in this matter has been very dawaging and fallure to provide the fceded relief might prove disastrous. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1903. minority will have another chance to show whether its professions for home rule mean anything or are designed sim- ply for campaign buncombe. If home rule 1 a principle worth tying to, it ap- plies to the management of S8outh Omaha fire and police departments and to the control of the Omaha water board as much as it does to the paving of city streets or the administration of the pub- e sehools. WHAT THEY AKE PLEDGED T0. The platform plank embodied in the declarations unanimously adopted at the last state comvention of Neébraska re- publicans relating to the question of revenue law revision reads as follows: We realize that the condition of the state’s finances urgently requires measures to.increase its revemues and to reduce the state debt, which exceeds the constitu- tional limit. With this object in view a more strict enforcoment of the laws re- lating to assessment and taxation is im- perative. Tho franchises as well as the | tangible property of all corporations should be assessed 80 as to bear their just and due share of the cost of government—state, county and munfcipal—the same as other taxable property contemplated by the constitution. Every republican member of the leg- tslature was elected on this platform and stands committed to carry out the pledges therein contained. No one can read this declaration without under- standing that it promises tax reform that will equalize the burdens of gov- ernment not only in the state at large but also in the various municipalities. The platform says in so many words that the rallroads should be assessed so as to bear their just and due share of the cost not only of state government but also of city government where rail- road property shares in the advantages of the public service rendered at the ex- pense of the municipal treasury. That the raflroads do not now bear their just and due share of the cost of municipal government the same as other taxable property as contemplated by the con- stitution, will not be denied even by the raflrond attorneys and lobbyists them- selves. The changes in the law by which the three principal citles in the state, namely, Omaha, Lw(‘oln and South Omaha, have raised their assessments for city purposes under the tax commis- sloner system up to the full cash valua- tion, while the rallroad assessments have remained at the ridiculously low fraction of actual value fixed by the State Board of Bqualization, have worked to reduce the amount of mu- nicipal taxes paid on the railroad prop- erty. even below what it was under the old system and to compel the other property owners to pay taxes which should be paid by the rallroads. In And strangely enough the advocates of a third-term mayor are the ones with the watchword “anti-machive.” tho Short of It. New York World. 80 long as Uncle Sam supplies the world with food he can afford to be a little short on warships. Nations are not apt to quarrel with their bread and butter. Not Worth Repeati Chicago Inter Ocean. It seems to be Mr. Cleveland's idea that if his opinion as to whether he favors a third term is of the slightest importance somebody should come forward and explain the reason why. Where Wonders Multiply. Chicago Rgeord-Herald. Since the Chicago aldermen have voted against a proposition to double their own laries people in other parts of the coun- try will be likely to give up their recently acquired belfef that this city has cessed to be the most remarkable place on earth. Profit for Cable Companies. Indianapolls News. A good many denials, declinations, propo- sitions and rejections are being wasted in ‘Washington, not tb mention the expense of cable tolls, on a case that after all will have to be wholly decided at The Hague. But it may be good practice for the diplo- mats in & game that none of them play any too well. Ome Worse on Marcus. Springfield Republican, Thus far Senator Hanna's bill to pension ex-siaves has recelved one notable indorse- ment. Reeolutions unanimously adopted by the Birmingham, Ala., camp of united con- federate veterans declare that the bill should pass because, among other reasons, the slaves loyally cultivated the plant: tions of their masters while the masters were serving under Lee, Jackson and Bragg. At this distance the Birmingham indorse- ment looks like a joke on Mr. Hanna. Unfinished Business. 8t. Louts Globe-Democrat. That fight with insurgents in the neigh- borhood of Manila in which an American officer has been killed is an indication that pacification in the Philippines is mot yet quite complete. If a fight of this sort can take place within seven miles of the capital of the Philippines, as this aid, there must necessarily be considerable disaffection left in the archipelago. That movement of troops to the United States, by which the garrison of the islands has been reduced to about 20,000, has evidently gone too far. S R Senators by Popular Vote. St. Louls Globe-Democrat. One branch of Oregon’s legislature has passed a joint resolution asking congress to pass an amendment to the constitution for the election of semators by a direct vote of the people. Many legislatures have thken eimilar action in the last few years. Anparently, the movement for the change Is growing. Such a contest as that in Colorado recently and the one in Delaware for the last few years help to incite the sentiment which volces itself in these demands for a new method In the election of senators. For the time being the proposition to make this change these three cities the railfonds have had | jn the mode of election will be sure to thelr taxes absolutely ¢ut down to the extent of many thousands of dollars, but not a dollar of the money thus with- held has been paid in additional taxes in any county, eity or school district in the state. It is needless to dwell cm the manifest {nequality and injustice of the existing law for the taxation of raiflroad prop- erty In citles. Every member of the legislature stands pledged to remove this inequality, and he cannpt shut his eyes to the situation without laying himself open to the charge of repudiat- ing party promises. —— The Kansas legislature has adopted a resolution calling on congress for a con- stitutional convention to propose an amendment to the federal constitution for the election of United States sen- ators by direct vote of the people and simflar resolutions are being pushed in several other state legislatures. The movement for the direct popular choice of United States senators is steadily gaining ground and cannot be headed off. It Is only a question of time when the necessary number of states will have joined in the demand for a con- stitutional convention so as to compel action on the part of congress either to submit an amendment or to issue a convention call. —— . Should the proposed bill permitting the use of municipal bonds issued by cities in excess of 50,000 population as securities for deposits of government money pass congress, Omaha will be the only clty in Nebraska entitled to recognition. Altogether in the United States there were seventy-eight cities credited by the last census with more than 50,000 people and of these only thirty-eight would have been included under the hill as originally drawn, re- stricting the securities to those issued by ecitles of over 100,000 population. For Towa, Des Moines alone will come into the group of privileged clties, and Kansas Oity, Kan., alone for the Sun- flower state. —————— Every member of the legislature should read over and digest the lan- guage used by Judge Holcomb in the opinion rendered by the supreme court i in the railroad tax case, in which he de- clares that the condition of affairs in Omaba, Lincoln and South Omabha by which the railroads are enabled to es- cape proportionate taxation with other property owners discloses an inequallty in taxation “repugnant ‘to the most rudimentary ‘prineiples of justice.” Will the leglslature refuse to give rellef from such injustice? Omaha city officials may as well save themselves the trouble of preparing bills to remedy charter defects that have come under their notice through their experience in office. The members of the Douglas delegation to the legislature are operating on the theory that they are able to hatch all the charter amend- ments needed without the aid or consent be opposed by, the senate itself, but unless the scandals attending the lections by the legislature end soon the movement for the constitutional amendment will be- come irresistible; AT m—— Gratf in Bolitics. Tndlangpolis, Journal. Tho word “gratt” as now used in politics 18 of comparatively recent origin. The la- test dictionaries throw no light on its new meaning. The nearest approach to it is an architectural use of the word to designate “something inserted in or incorporated with another thing to which it did not originally belong; an extraneous addition.” The new “graft” 18 something ipserted in the public treasury and the people’s pockets. Every farmer knows what grafting means and what milking is, but if he were told that the modern graft is & means of milking the public treasury Le would probably be be- wildered. It Tepresents one of the worst forms of legalized stealing and 1s found in great abundance in state houses during leg- islative sessions. During the first 100 years of our. national existence we have moved very far, both in national and state govern- ments, from the high standard of official responsibility and civic duty, the rigid economy 1n public aftairs and the conscien- tio prevatled. —_— TAX QUESTION IN WISCONSIN. Equal Distribution of Public Burdens n All Classes of Property. The legislature bt Wisconsin is grappling with the tax question vigorously, and with @ determination to compel all classes of property to bear an equal share of the public burden. A dispatch to the Chicago Inter Ocean says the taxation comimittees of the legislature, the tax commission and the general officers of the railroad cor- porations in Wisconsin will hold an infor- mal conference at Madison on February 11, and fv {s probable that James J. Hill of Minnesota, who has been invited, will tend; in fact, he has informed Semator Whitehead, who fe chairman of the senate committee on assessment &nd collection of taxes, that he will be on hand if he can ar- without interfering with business arrangements already planned. President Hughitt of the Chicago & North- western, and A. J. Earling of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, have said that they will be present if possible. All of the other roads 1oing business in Wisconsin will be represented by officials. At this time appearances indicate that the primary election bill i to be pushed forward by the assembly, which is un- doubtedly in favor of & measure nearly as radical as the Stevens bill, which was killed two years ago, while the senate is devoting all its time to taxation with the evident intention of disposing of it before the administration’s election reform meas- ure is considered serlously. It is believed that Mr. Hill will be on band February 11, and that his appearance will be ope of the features of this session of the legisiature. The rallroad people have just begun to wake up to the fact that there 1s great danger that there will be leglslation of a serious character, and that thelr interests are in danger. The legislature, however, through its committees, has indicated a desire to hear from the officials of the railroads on the question of higher , and it 18 belleved that the rafiroads will improve the oppor- tunity by presenting, through the various presidents or other representatives, the ar- guments sald to have been formulated upon an elaborste mass of figures and facts re cently collected by s special agent. They are preparcd to show, it is said, that there has been no tax-dodging on the part of the rallroads, and that, as & matter of fact, they have been paying for & pum- ber of years a heavier tax in Wisconsin of anyone not specially fnvited to give advice, ¥ It turns out that the preliminary mu- nicipel campaign at Lincoln hinges on appointed police board for SBouth Omaba | the issue of a third serm for the present comes up &t Lincoln the democratic | jucumbent of the mayors office there. than in apy other sate, motwithstanding fact that mearly all other states have increased the taxes of these corporations. 1t 18 believed that no time is to be wasted in the senate, and that this taxation ques- tion is to have the right of way over everything else. The , however, is apparently more imterested ia primary election reform regard for the taxpayers that once | ROUND AROUY YEW YORK. Ripples on the Ourrent of Life in the Metropoll The White Star liner which sailed from New York last Wednesday Is sald to be the largest ship afloat. Its extreme length is 700 feet, its greatest breadth is 75 feet and ite depth 491-3 feet. Its gross ton- nage is 21,000, while ite displacement s 8,200 tons. The liner s of the twin-sfrew type, the propellers being driven by two sets of quadruple engines. it has efght double end botlers, each capable of working to & pressure of 210 pounds to the square inch. It has nine decks and its makers say that the number of its water-tight apartments and their character and ar- rangement make it unsinkable. It has four masts and two massive funnels, the tops of these being 181 feet above its keel. It ‘will carry 350 passengers in the first salon, 250 in the second and 2,000 in the steer- age. It carries a crew of 335, making its population, when all the space is taken, the large total of 2,935. Many of the shell plates with which it is protected welgh three tons each. New York has a.new plaything and all the mewspapers are beating It about as a | Kitten does its woolen ball. It is the Flat- tron building and its deflected gales. One newspaper has named it Cape Flatiron, and describes in marine terms the attempts of teminine shoppers to weather it. On ome day many people were blown down, some were hurt and others were rescued by the police from under passing carriages. Men of an indifferent degree of refinement gath- ered on the other side of the street “to see the fun,” and the “fun” became so furious that Knickerbocker decency rose fh ite wrath and fined them for standing there | more than two minutes. Oape Flatiron on | a breezy day will now become one of the | show places of New York, like Trinity | church, Wall street, the Battery and the Waldort-Astorfa. It will continue to blow great guns there, until another sky-scraper 1s bullt on the opposite side of Broadway, which may not be for many years to come. As a source of increased Income to the police courts it is a novelty that New York hae scarcely seen the equal of before. It will convince the innocent and unsuspect- ing stranger that invention of new ways ot getting monmey out of him will never end | in New York, and that his casual tarrying | under the eve of the Flatiron bullding for | more than two minutes will cost him $5. Whatever game you play in New York, you lose. And the victim will have small sympathy. ¢ “Spend the evening with us,” wrote Mrs. ociety swell, quoted by the New York and wound up with this: “We indulge in a little game of draw after eupper, 50 bring your check book along.” The guest fs a well known soldier, blunt and straightforward. The next day he told | me all about 1t. pposed that in such a distinguished company we would have a 10-cent limit at the utmost, so imagine my astonishment when the hostess announced $10! There were six at my table—three of either sex. Their names are very often in the papers and they drive in carriages. One woman won everything. Never saw such luck, or skill. She had a curious way of throwing her cards, face down, in the deck, when raking In the pot, and I just thought it my duty to investigate. After she had raised me about a dozen times I called her. The rest lald down right at the start. She threw her hand in the deck, as usual, saying, ‘Four queens,’ and started AMNENG UF FOR NORFORA. Alnsworth Star-Journal: The state hae a great deal of property at Norfolk and unless It can dispose of same to good ad- vantage sheuld rebuild the asylum at that | Slace. Rushville Recorder: We would like to eek the promoters of the bill asking for the establishment of whether this is done quest of the people or fs it in compliance with the request of some theorist? Ord Quiz there is anything that the present legls- Iature ought to do it is to make proper appropriation for the rebuflding of the Nor- folk asylum. This institution ls grestly needed to accommodate the unfortunstes five junior normal in answer to the re- of the state and ought to get tho ear of | the legislature at an early day. Stanton Register: it is necessary or will do any good, still we know that the state legislature will throw away $260,000 of the Norfolk asylum is not rebullt. It Is a sensible business proposition to save money whenever possi- | ble, and the rebullding of the asylum is not only good business judgment, but exer- clsing common sense. Hartington Herald: There is one expendi- | ture confronting the legislature that should be met promptly and decisively and that s for the rebullding of the Norfolk asylum. It seems to us that it 1§ the imperative duty of the legislature to not only protect the state property at Norfolk, but to pro- vide accommodations for the insane patients that are under the care of the state. There are undoubtedly good reasons why normal school and some other appropriations should be held up at this time, but there certalnly are no valid reasons why the appropriation for rebullding the Norfolk institution should be delayed. Creighton Courfer: It seems as though 1t ought to be plain to every thinking man that the most economical way to setfle the asylum matter fs by rebuilding the one burned at Norfolk. If this Js pot done the momey the state already has In- vested there, which amounts to sver $100,- 000, will be largely lost. Everyone knows that the state needs another asylum, and #0 why not build it at Norfolk, instoad of catering to the selfishness of other towne and building two-by-four additions from time to time to the other two. The Oourder hopes that favorable action will be taken on the Nelson bill and that the asylum will be rebuilt at Norfolk. Monroe Republican: One of the appro- priations the legislature is asked to make is for the rebuilding of the Norfolk asy- lum. There is no question but that the Lincoln and Hastings asylums have beem crowded since the Norfolk fire and that more room must be provided. The state prop- erty in good condition at this place is worth in the nelghborhood of $100,000, and unless it is rebullt would be almost a total loss. Rebuilding means a saving to the taxpayers, and then it must be remembered that this is the only state Institution in the North Platte country. As a matter of economy and justice to this seotion of the state the appropriation should be made. Wayne Republican: It would seem to be very good business judgment for the state to rebuild the Norfolk Insane asylum rather than abandon the large amount of property there best adapted to this par- ticular use. If sol it would bring but a fraction ef fts cost, if used it is worth all it ocost. Northern Nebraska needs an asylum if one is needed in the state at all for the pot. ‘One moment, madam,’ 1 ventured. ‘It is impossible, unless there are five queens in this deck, for I happen to have one myself.' Besides, I had four ki 8 arly fainted. She had been cheating afl night. My pot eontained over $100. I put it In my pocket and went home."” A young clergyman who is alding in the support of a school for boys went into the benking house of J. P. Morgan & Co. one afternoon recently and asked to see Mr. Morgan. “For what purpose?” politely asked the young man at the outer gate. “Here is my card,” sald the calle: school {s a noble charity. It Mr. would give me a moment—* “But he cannot. He is very busily en- gaged.” “I would occupy but a moment. If he could help us, say $25 or $60. I have a let- ter from Dr. Rainsford—" ““Well, I'll risk taking the letter in.” The document was passed over. In three minutes the young man came out. ‘“‘He’s too busy to see you—'" The earnest, eager clerical face fell. “But he said to hand you this." The clergyman took the small paper, me- chanically. He thought it was the Raini ford letter returned. When he reached the door he glanched at it and nearly fainted. It was a check for $1,000. “Our organ By an order granted by Judge Leventritt in the supreme court the will of A. T. Stewart has agaln been opened for con- test. The old documents are to be sub- mitted for the examination of lawyers and handwriting experts, retained in an effort to prove that the accepted will should be thrown out and a new line of heirs admitted to a share in the estate. Seven witnesses ‘were brought from Ireland, October 1 prove the pedigree of heirs who base their | clatms as doscendants of a third cousin of | Mr. Stowart. Father Aloysius, a parish priest, is to establish the records of birth and to identify the claimants. The claim 1s for one-sixtieth of the estate, which is probably worth from $250,000 to $500,000, and is directed against the property at Tenth street and Broadway, which is esti- mated to be worth $8,600,000. An unsophisticated young man who lives in the country, works in the city and saves his money, relates the Sun, saw an adver- tisement in & country newspaper the other day which attracted his attention. The ad- vertisement sald in substance: “Send me $2 In postage stamps and I wil] send you a straight tip showing you how to make money.” The young man waited for two days and then got this reply, typewritten on a slip of paper as it & number had been preparal tor consumption: “Do the same as I am doing.” New York Oity has been definitely com- mitted to the policy of public ownership of street car lines by the grant of a fifty- year franchise to the Interborough Street Raflway gompany, on condition that at the end of that time the city shall take over the plant and equipment “at a fair price,” to be then fixed by the board of estimate. The lines to be comstructed under this tranchise will be located in the borough of the Bronx. Mayor Low, as well as Controller Grant, have favored the impo- sition of the public purchase condition. It i probable that hereafter mew franchises and extension of old will be granted only on similar terms. New York Tribune. The published results of researches made by the health department, which prove that in many drug stores costly medica- ments are extensively adulterated with substitutes, may tend to increase the num- r of votaries of faith cures. The pra tice of “substitution,” something “‘equally good,” in medicines, prepared foods and potables, has been, unfortunstely, gatning ground, to the public detriment and injury, in many places of late years. and it seems the need fs not questionmed. It is the location that is questioned. Wayne could stand to see Norfolk lost the asylum; that wouldn't hurt us a bit; but Wayne cannot stand idly by to see the stats in- stitution to which north Nebraska is en- titled taken away for no other reason than . that some southern Nebraska town wants it. Niobrara Ploneer: Indications. point to favorable action for the rebuilding of the Norfolk Hospital for the insame. The leg- islature is so strongly imbued with the policy of retrenchment, however, to the end that the $2,000,000 state debt may be sub- stantially reduced, there is fear of that policy standing In the way of an appropri tion to rebuild. It 1s to be hoped that there will be @ broader view taken of this mat- ter. As an investment for the state the Norfolk hospital is a good one and should be rebullt. It retrenchment must come let 1t be where new projects are advanced and not where the foundations are so well es- tablished as in Norfolk, to say nothing of the blessings this institution affords un- fortunate humanity. Beaver City Times-Tribune: It would seem to be both policy and economy to re- built the asylum at Norfolk which was partially destroyed by fire last year. The Lincoln hospital and the Hastings are crowded beyond their reasonable ca- pacity and something must be done by the present legislature to provide more room for the state's unfortunates, and the jus- tice of the clalm that this additional room be made in the northern portion of the te needs no argument. The value of ths state property now remaining at Norfolk amounts to $128,066, practically all of which would be wasted if the bufidings are not put in condition to be used. The vahe of that part of the bulldings and -plant at Norfolk not damaged by the fire, the sightliness of the location, and the de- mands of the morthern part of the etate are imperative demands upon the legisla~ ture to make an appropriation sufficient to restore the Norfolk asylum to its former capacity and usefulness. St. Paul Republican: There appears to be & great deal of justice and common sense in the agitation in favor of rebuild- ing the Norfolk insane asylum, vhich is now attracting the attention of the legis- lature. Governor Mickey in his inaugural message called attention very forcibly to the need of additional facilities for the care of the state's insane wards, point- ing out the:fact that asylums at Lin- coln and Hasting are already crowded te thelr utmost capacity and that more room will soon be imperatively necessary. The o already owns $128,000 of property at Norfolk which is especially adapted to the purpose, being the salvage of the asylum which was partially destroyed by fire & year ago last summer. Another argument in favor of such an appropriation is Nor- folk's location, which is particularly con- venlent for the entire North Platte coun. try. Governor Miokey's advice to the leglslature concerning the rehabilitation of of western Nebraska | 1t appears to the Quiz that if | ‘While we do not think | the Morfolk asylom i eminently sound and should be confrrmed to without delay. PERSONAL NOT General Uribe-Uribe has docided that 1AW 1s a fallure unless & man can have his own way. Although a very generous man, President Roosevelt doesn't like to tip the beam at more than 190 pounds. Charles Moten, a colored man and the | oldest restdent of Washington, D. C., has just dfed in that oity at the age of 118, Abraham Lincoln, the oldest male sur- vivor of the Lincolns from which desconded the president, is living at Lacy Springs, Va. | While in Europe General Miles saw good many novel things. He attended a cake- | walk in Paris and Buffalo Bill's show in London. Mr, Marcon{ 1s a handy traveling com- panion on an ocoan voyage. He can reach |up in the air at any time and pull down the latest news. | Seventy German poets have formed a trust and agreod not to accept less than half a mark a line for their work. This | seems to be a confession that many of thoir | lines are not more than half up to the | mark. | Benjamin Waddell, a wealthy and public- | spirited farmer of Marion county, Ohio, who some time sinos gawe a $50,000 home for children to the town of Marion, is bout to expend at least $60,000 in bullding a home for old ladies in the same town. Anicla Ringinska, the only remaining god~ ohild of Napoleon I, is dead at Warsaw, aged 91. She happened to be born the day Napoleon passed tbrough Warsaw on his way back from Moscow and the great gen- | eral stopped at the baby’s father's hotel. Having in mind how the eighth letter ot the alphabet is misused in England, somo one In Washington has perpetrated this crime: “What was really the disease from which Sir Michaol Herbert suffered when he bad his row with Bowen?” Of courso the listener gives it up, whereupon the answer is given: “It was a sovere attack of the (H)agu Nate Salisbury, who died at Long Branch on December 24 last, hy his will Jeft $210,- 000 in personal property and no real tate. His widow, Racilel Salisbury, Is made sole legates, “knowing that she will devote the income of my estate to the care and education of our children,” as the will reads. The will names Milton E. 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