Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 5, 1903, Page 6

. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JUNE &5 1903. _— THE OMAHA DAILY BEE E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dafly Bee (without Sunday), One Yeor..$4.00 Daily Bee and Sunday, One Year........ 6.00 Iliustrated Bee, One Ye: 200 Sunday Bee, One Year . 300 Saturday Bee, One Year sebels 150 Twentleth Century Farmer, One Year.. 1.00 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Bee (without S8unday), per copy.... 2¢ Daily Bee (without Sunday), per week.. .12 Daily Bes (including Sunday), per week. 1;5 Bunday Bee, per copy...... s it Beithout Sunday), per week. 60 Evening Bes Evening Bee (Including Sunday), per week ....100 Complaints of irregularities in’ delivery #hould be addressed to City Circulation De- partment. OFFICES. gmaha_The Bee Bullding, Bouth Omaha—City Hall Buflding, Twen- ty-fifth and M Streets. Council Bluffs—10 Pear] Street. Chicago—io Unity Bullding, New York—2128 Park Row Buflding. Washington—501 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi- torfal matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company, Only 2-cent stamps accepted in payment of mal] accounts. Bersonal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, as.: George B. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed d month of May, 198, was as follows 1 30,000 17 30,676 18 36,200 1. 81,080 [ 5 Y 3 a ssRRNpERRNEES FEEERES Total. Less unsold and returned copl Net total sales Net average sales. 30,437 GEORGE B. TZBCHUCK. Bubscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 3ist dnK‘uf M;I, A. D, 1908, . B. HUNGATE, (8eal.) Notary Public. e From now on Union Pacific and pacific union will go hand in hand. ——— Men drafted for Union Pacific picket service will now get an honorable dis- charge. —_— The Ohlo republican love feast seems to have been pulled off strictly as per schedule. S—— The mayor of Dwight, 1L, will not be the only democrat found supporting President Rooseveit for election in 1904. i That story from Idaho of a fall of hail leaving a layer twenty inches deep puts all the hen's egg hail stone yarns on the shelf, at least for this season. Em————— City Treasurer Hennings promises to open the regular summer season of tax van tours as soon as the roads are put in shape for comfortable travel. Don’t crowd. Em———— Just to make sure no one remains in ignorance of the flood devastations, the meat packers will include a reminder for each housewife in the bill rendered for meat supplies. OHIV REPUBLICAN CONVENTION. There is no discord or dissension among Ohlo republicans, which is an augury of victory in this year's election. The addresses of Senator Hanna and Senator Foraker, respectively temporary and permanent chalrmen of the state convention, were in complete accord, while the declaration of principles is clear and strong. The sallent feature of the vigorous speech of Senator Hanna is its earnest and hearty com- mendation of President Roosevelt's ad- ministration. He declared that it has been all that republicans hoped for, showing the most patriotic, unselfish and energetic devotion to the interests of the people and the principles of the republican party. The platform, as had been foreshad- owed, favors the nomination of Mr. Roosevelt for president .in 1004, saying that his adherence to the policies of his * predecessor’ and his own proved ability In . his high office show him dn every way worthy of election by the people to be their chief magistrate, In regard to the tariff, the platform declares opposition to all attacks upon the policy of protec- tion, saying that “changing conditions and the possible benefits of reciprocity may call for timely readjustment of ring the | schedules, but protection as a principle 28,450 | 2nd a8 a policy must be administered by the friends of American prosperity and must not be sacrificed.” Enforcement of the laws against combinations for the monopoly of trade and other unlawful purposes is favored amd it ia declared that if further legislation should be found necessary the republicin party can be depended upon to enact and en- force it with equity and gafety to every legitimate interest. Legislation to se- cure greater elasticity to the currency and a supply commensurate with the de- mands of business s favored. The legislature to be chosen this year will elect a successor to Senator Hanna and therefore the party control and management will be left entirely to him. With his well known skill in leader- ship and the republicans being united and harmonious, victory for the party in November may be regarded as assured. Ohio’'s endorsement of President Roosevelt settles the question of .his nomination by the next republican na- tional convention. MILLERS WANT RECIPROCITY. The flour-milling industry is an ex- tensive and important Interest and is steadily growing. A convention of the representatives of this industry is In session at Detrolt for the purpose of considering what can be done to remedy discrimination by the railroads and steamship lines against flour in favor of ‘wheat. In his address the president of the convention stated that the railroads not only refuse to make fair and rea- sonable rates for carrying the product of the mills, but actually discriminate against flour for export. There is also discrimination by the ocean steamship lines in favor of wheat, thus giving an advantage to the foreign millers over those of this country. Another dif- flculty encountered by this interest s the action of forelgn governments in closing their doors against our flour, either by a high protective tariff or a registration and it was urged that a rem- Boands of conclliation and boards of | $3Y for this would be found in a nu- arbitration are in general demand in [ t107A! policy of reciprocity. every section of the country where there The complaints of so large an indus- has been a clash between wageworkers | 7Y AT¢ certainly entitied to fair con- and employers. Se——— sideration and so far as rallroad dis- crimination is concerned it would seem That the trend of the times is toward | that the interest should be able to se- higher levels in prices and wages may | cure relief. In regard to reciprocity, be readily judged from the fact that|DOWever, the chances of accomplishing South Omaha knights of the razor |2nYthing that would materially benefit seriously contemplate raising the scale | the milling industry are doubtless very for hair raising and barbering. m——— small. The policy of foreign countries in protecting their own Industry h: The report of the United States consul | Peen long established and very likely for Denmark to the effect that there s |20 Inducement that might be offered general complaint there that times are would induce those countries to change dull should put us on our guard for |that policy. However, the federation of another attempt to unload the Dantsh [ American millers should put forth its West Indies on Uncle Sam for a hand. | best efforts in behalf of reciprocity, some cash consideration. = ——— ] since it will be able to exert no little influence in union with other Interests Lancaster county republicans have | favorable to that palicy. taken advantage of the opportunity of- fered by holding the first convention of the year to plant themselves squarely em———ee—— THE PUSTAL INVESTIGATION, It is expected that the president will for Roosevelt ‘as standard bearer for give direct attention to the pestal in- 1904, Every republican convention in Nebraska will promptly follow suit. —e vestigation immediately after his ar- rival in Washington, when the post- master general will be ready to submit While the floods have played havoe for Mr. Roosevelt's information a state- with the Kansas City and St. Joseph | ent of what has been done, It is nead- stock yards and packing houses, South Omaha, which always has been and al- less to say that the matter is one in which the president must take very d _ consequently will ways will remain high and dry, will | Sreat interest an Y Yoo open house for a1l the liva ‘steck | WAt to know ofcialy all that hs been that is seeking a market in the great disclosed by the investigation. corn belt. e There has been some disposition shown to criticise Mr. Roosevelt for not being in The Roumanian ministry is said to be | Washington in order to see that the in- strongly against permitting the Stand- [quiry was properly and energetically ard Ofl company to come into their ter | prosecuted, but the department officials ritory and absorb the Roumanian ofl [have been doing their duty faithfully flelds as part of its world-wide octopus, | and could have done no more if the The Roumanians must have been read- | president had been at the national cap- ing some of the maguzine stories of the | ital. rise of the Standard Oil magnates in this country. —_— There has been persistent effort in some quarters to make It appear that Postmaster General Payne has not The long drawn struggle between the | pushed the investigation with sufficient Union Pacific and its shopmen has not | earnestness and vigor, with other only cost the company dearly.and de- | criticism designed to discredit him in prived the locked out men of wages they | the public land. Mr. Charles Emory would have earned, but it bas inflicted | Smith, former postmaster general, says irreparable loss on Omaba in driving|in his paper, the Philadelphia Press, away severa! hundred families of its | that six months age Mr. Payne contem- good citizens who had identified their | plated a general investigation and over- interests with this city. It will take a | hauling of the Postoffice department and long time to make good all this damage. | took preparatory steps. He states that the real, effective work of the inquisi- The special committee of the Real Es- | tion has bad the postmaster general's tate exchange is still wrestliug with the | full sanction and backing, that he and question whether the street lamp gas | the fourth assistant postmaster general, lighting contract which expires next| Mr. Bristow, have cordially and fully co- January should be renewed. But the | operated. *“While Postmaster General #as lamp problem is a very insignificant | Payne,” says Mr. Smith, “has been res- and somewhat remote subject compared | olute for vigorous and unsparing work with the impending appraisement of the [ which should go to the bottom of things, water works plant, which involves mil- | he has not deemed it either necessary or ljons where the gas lighting contract | expedient that every idle tale of every “v-fln-n:h - i mmmu‘cmm be given out without regard to its fal- sity and without consideration for the repute of the department.” It would have been easy for Mr. Payne to have made a spectacular display of zeal in this matter, but we think all fair- minded men will admit that he has pur- sued the proper course in carrying on the work of investigation quietly yet persistently. Those who criticise the postmaster general are for the most part editors and politiclans unfriendly to the na- tional administration who would like to make political capital out of the postal scandal. President Roosevelt has in this matter reposed confidence in Mr. Payne and it is not to be doubted that it will be justified by results, em— A8 TU KEEPING MUM. Commenting upon the recent declara- tion of The Omaha Bee that Auditor Weston has proved himself a very staunch and unfiinching champion of the railroad corporations on the state board of assessment last year and this year, the World-Herald reproduces the follow- ing editorlal from the Pender Times, with an approving footnote: It seems to us that The Bee ought to go away back and keep mum. It knew last fall-as the above article indicates—that Weston was a raflroad tool, and it also knew that “Our Man Mickey" was nomi- nated solely by railroad influences and that his record in the legislature was of the corporation brand. Notwithstanding these two well known facts it gave Mickey and Weston its support. If Rosewater had done by Mickey and Weston what he did for Majors, W. H. Thompson woufd have been governor and Charles Q. DeFrance auditor. There would have been two men that would bave seen a just and fair assessment of railroad properties. It is in accord with the eternal fitness of things for the World-Herald to re- produce a screed that re-echoes its own repeated excuses for popocratic defeats brought about by incompetent and dis- trusted leadership. It is most decidedly cool, too, for the paper which sold its editorial page to the corporations that backed Tom Majors to charge up the de- feat of W. H. Thompson and Charles Q. DeF'rance to Rosewater and advise The Bee to “go away back and keep mum.” People endowed with good common sense know that the disaster which over- took the fusion reformers in the last election was directly chargeable to the lack of popular confidence in the World- Herald, which entered the campaign handicapped by its attachments and ob- ligations to Joe Burtley, in consequence of which fusion emm) speakers were compelled to “keep mum” and fight shy of the most vulnerable spot in the re- publican armor. Another potential fac- tor in favor of the republican ticket was the marked discrepancy between the promise and performance of the last fu- sion reform administration and the pop- ular suspicion that Mr. Thompson could not be depended upon to grapple with the rallroad corporations when he came to assess the railroads. The Bee has no apology to make for its course in the campaign of 1902, It does not take much courage for a news- paper to fire away at candidates on the opposition ticket. It does take moral force and nerve to antagonize the lead- ers and candidates of one's own party. It was good generalship for The Bee to concentrate all its fire on Mercer, whom the corporations sought to foist on this congressional district, and it would have been foolhardy to scatter the fire in any other direction. As a matter of fact, The Bee said noth- ing In favor of Mr. Weston during the entire campaign and could not honestly commend him. Its support of Mr. Mickey was given on his personal pledge that he would not allow himself to be influenced by the corporations in his acts as governor. It is cheap demagogy on the part of democratic and populist newspapers to charge The Bee with cow- ardice or dereliction of duty in the face of the fact that it has never failed to sound the alarm when there was dan- ger, but it has fought the battles of the people in season and out of season not merely on paper, but in the courts at an enormous cost and sacrifice of private interests for the public good. The State Board of Public Lands and Bufldings, which has supervision and control over the penitentiary, has taken back-water from its position declining to allow Warden Beemer $300 of pfn money for the supervision of a judicial hanging bee inside of the penitentiary. The next legislature will, doubtless, be called upon to fix a specific price for adjusting the noose and springing the trap. In the meantime abrupt suspen- slon of murderers will be regarded as a lucrative perquisite of the penitentiary high sheriff. The supreme court of Nebraska has said in substance that the fees held out by the late popocratic secretary of state were unlawfully retained and should be paid back into the state treasury. But the supreme court has not yet sald that the interest on state school money pock- eted by the late popocratic state treas- urer was illegally collected and should also be turned into the state treasury where it properly belongs. A decision of this kind would, however, be none the less in accord with the popular idea of justice. — A twentleth century anachronism is recorded by the resolution of the na- tional conference of German Baptists prohibiting the use of telephones in the homes of its members. To be consistent the conference should also have re- solved against the use of the telegraph for urgent messages, against riding on electric street rallways or in electric automobiles. If the line is to be drawn at innovations of electricity it should take in the entire list of electrical in- ventions. The new governor of Wyoming, fol- lowing in the footsteps of the late Gov- ernor Riehards, is protesting against the establishment of forest reserves in that state. Inasmuch as the general land office, in whose jurisdiction this subject L falls, is undet a Wyoming man we might expect the controversy to be set- tled for the best interests of the whole country and without any special detri- ment to Wyoming's progress and pros- perity. The dispatches now show that the re- ports of damage done by the water in Kansas City, Topeka and peighboring towns have been greatly exaggerated. That is usually the case. The wreckage always looks larger in the moment of excitement than it does after the danger point is passed and the salvage inven- tory is taken. st v, Brooklyn Eagle. Now you see the Panama canal and now you don't. Nevertheless, some day you will. Pleayune and semi-civilized states of South America cannot check the commerce of the world forever. Ready for St. Louls Globe-Democrat. Last month the public. debt decreased $3,247,385. The Interest-bearing debt stands at $914,000,000, with a rate chiefly of 2 per cent. Uncle Sam is in good financial shape and looks forward to another prosperous year. Another Cha; Ponsstble. Chicago Record-Herald. It is useless to be pessimistio, but the probabilities are that as soon as the floods get through washing out the crops and making people homeless the public ‘will have a chance to see how it likes an old- fashioned drouth, Onto His Job. Washington Post. Uncle Joe Cannon denfes that he is going to call for any help in making up his house committees. After many years' experience on the appropriations committee he con- siders himself competent to place congres- slonal ciphers in the proper column with- out assistance. Greed Shows the Cloven Hoof. Chicago Chronicle, While the rest of the country Is tendering succor to the people of Kansas City and Topeka it is Interesting to learn that the merchants of those communities have thriftily risen to the situation by advanc- ing the price of provisions and other neces- sarfes some 300 per cent. "“One touch of nature,” etc. ade In Germa Indianapolis Journal Some surprise is expressed at the actfon of the War department in ordering fifty modern fleld guns with carriages and equip- ment from a firm in Germany for use in the United States army. The reason given for placing the order abroad is that the United States ordnance establishment and all the private factorles in the United States are now overloaded with ordnance work and that about fifteen months' time can be saved by ordering the guns in Ger- many. That may be trpe, but there does not seem to be any "l’ emergency. The Lone Last Populist. New York Sun. Ex-Senator Marlon G. Butler of North Carolina speaks with authority as the last authentic surviving popullst leader in a published interview In which he predicts the nomination of a Pppulist ticket for the presidency in 190f. Most of his former col- leagues in the ambitipus populist move- ment have efther fal by, the political wayside or become pilitocrats, To New York City many of thém have come to get wise and rich, while others have become prosperous and got wise at home. Senator Butler predicts that the populists will hold a natlonal convention—which there is no law to prevent-and will put in nomination a candidate of thelr, own for president. What, in such an event, would a true blue populist ticket of isolation poll? Where, probably, would the vote be cast, and how, if at all, would it affect the result of the presidential election? In 182 the populist party vote was 1,065,000. In 18%, the year of fusion with Bryan, the popullst vote in the states in which that party ran a ticket separately was 25,000 In 100 the middle- of-the-road popul to whom, presuma- bly, ex-Senator Butler appeals, polled B1,- 000 votes. e — A NEW CYCLONE CENTER, Awful Havoe Wrought in & Few Min- utes in a Georgla Town, Chicago Tribune, “On horror's head horrors accumulate.” In an instant of time and without any warning, out of a clear sky a cyclone swept down' upon Gainesville, Ga., on Monday tearing through its outskirts, but leaving the main business and residence part un- touched, and Including In its path of de- struction the nelghboring resorts of New Holland Springs and White Sulphur Springs. In two minutes’ time the storm had passed and the sun was shining again, but in the wake of the cyclone were 100 dead at Gainesville, thirty-nine at Neéw Holland and twelve at White Sulphur, be- sides more than 20 injured, many of them fatally, In these fatal two minutes it fs probable more lives were lost than in Kansas and Missour! after days of ex- posure to fire and flood. The reglon west of the Mississippl, which 1s now overflowed, used to be considered as the center of cyclonic visitation, begin- ning in the extreme southwest and Includ- Ing Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Tllinols, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and end- ing somewhere in the vicinity of Lake Su- perfor. But during the last three years the locale of the cyclone seems to have changed. In 19 the hurricane and tidal wave at Galveston, sweeping away 8000 lives, of course overshadowed all other fatalities, bat during that year: the only two cyclones of any consequence were in Texas in October and western Tennessee in November, Involving the loss of eighty- nine lives. In 1%01\most tatal cyclones were in Arkansas and Birmingham, Ala., in March, but only thirty-four lives were lost. Again in 1902 there were but two where the loss of life was large, one in Mississippl in March, loss fifty lives, and one at Goliad, Tex., in May, loss 114 lives. Thus in these three years cyclonic damage was confined almost exclusively to the south. There was ' scarcely any damage in the middle west or southwest. This year the cyclone has now and then returned to its old center of operations. There were five cyclonié ‘manifestations during April and May at various points in Kansas, Nebraska, Missourl and lowa, as well as in Indlana and Ohio, but the com- bined loss of life was but fifty-four, while during the same period there were cyclones in Arkansas and Alabama which killed forty-seven, and now June has added 1% more to the number, making 153 lives lost by cyclones in the southern states this year. During the last three years and a half, omitting the Galveston storm, which was not in the nature of a cyclone, none of these “twisting” winds has been so fatal as that of Monday at Gainesville. The flood may be guarded against to some ex- tent by engineering skill. Fire is usually the result of human negligence and care- lessness. Human skill and precaution a powerless as against the cyclone. ‘“The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh and whither it goeth." In its furious moods man s helpless, “THE OLD ALLIANCE. Demooratic Harmonisers om s Still Hunt for Rainbows. Philadeiphia Press. The demogratic searchers for the elec- toral votes needed to choose a president next year are making all sorts of combi- nations and supposing all kinds of alli- ances. But the alliance to which they in- variably come back after traveling over the whole fleld is what they call the “old alllance.” And the “old alllance” is a combination of the solid south and New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and In- diana. As this alllance brought success to the democrats in 1884 and in 1592 it is not surprising that they turn to it again with & hope born of desperation. What prospect is there of such an alll- ance succeeding again? What was once known as the solld south consisted of six- teen states, which, under the latest appor- tionment will have the following votes In the electoral college: State. Vote, Alabama 1 Arkansas Delaware Vote, i 12 9 State. 12 18 L1z Fiorida . Geor, Kentucky . Loulsiana Maryland .. Misstasipp! Total ... 169 Thers will be at least 476 votes in the next electoral college, a majority of which will be 239, If any new states are admitted at the next session of congress the vote and the majority will be increased. But supposing that the college remains as it is now the democrats would need the solid electoral vote of the south and seventy votes more to make up a majority in the college. The northern states included in the “old alllance” have now the following electoral votes New York New Jersey. Connecticut Add solid south. nia West Virginia Necessary to elect. Exoess This is surprising that the democrats linger lov- ingly over it. But its weakness is evident to the eye of the merest amateur in poli- tics. In the first place, the south 1s no longer solid and has not been so for ten years. In every election since 152 from three to six states In that section have gone republican. Three of those states Delaware, Maryland and West Virgini appear to be as firmly fixed in the repub- lican column, as far as national elections are concerned, as many northern states. The loss of these three states would at once reduce the democratic electoral vote in the south by elghteen, or to a total of 15l. Maryland might be classed as doubt- tul, but, giving that to the democrats, they would have fn the south only 159 electoral votes. And then as to New York, New Jersey, Conneoticut and Indiana, it can be asserted that not one of them has gone democratic since 1892, except New York, which chose a democratic judge of the court of ap- peals in 1897. And the prospect of one or all of them going democratic in 1904 1s too dublous to mislead any except the most blased searcher after electoral votes. The “old alllance” was a favorite beguilement of the democratic party. The southen leaders were persuaded time and again to keep their section solid with the promise of enough votes from the north to make up a majority in the electoral college. In 1896 the south deserted the east and formed an alliance with the west, but was: beaten that year and four years later. And now, with no hope In that direction, the demo- crats turn again to that will-o'-the-wisp, the “old alliance,’ which will mislead them in 1904 as it did many times before. PERSONAL NOTES. Bruce Price, the well known American architect, who drew plans for more of the modern skyscrapers than any other architect, died in Paris last Saturday. Joseph Bashaw dled recently at Salem, Ore., aged 114. He was a soldler under Na- poleon I from 1806 to 1815 and fought at ‘Waterloo. He drove an ox team to Oregon in 1847, Colonel M. E. Urell, commander-in-chief of the Spanish War veterans, has an- nounced that the national encampment of the organization this year will be held in New Haven, Conn. Flmer G. Sweezey of Baldwinsville, Mass.,, was fined $8 by a local court for hugging another man's sweetheart. He thinks the price excessive and has ap- pealed the case to the superior court. Big Bill Devery has saved a baby from a house which was near a fire. If he will now stop a runaway, lose his diamonds or send himself a box of poisoned gum- drops, his boom for mayor of New York will gain strength rapidly. “Tenting Tonight" was one of the songs that had vogue all over the north forty years ago. The author of it, Walter Kit- tredge, of Reed's Ferry, N. H., visited one of the schools at Hartford last week and sang several of his war songs. Pennsylvania has a new state officer known as chief of the division of public records in the state library. Luther R. Kelker of Harrisburg has been appointsd to Nl the position. His duty is to care for the ancient archives of the state down to the year 1750. He will have two assistants. Police Commissioner Greene of New York City predicts that in no long time 6 ser cent of the people of the United States will live in great cities bullt along three general lines radiating to the south of Bal- timore to the east as far as Boston and possibly to Portland and to the west to Buffalo. The following Marconigram was Inter- cepted on its flight to the drouth-stricken east: “South Omaha, June 4.—The long drouth was broken today. Shortly before ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK. t of LY Ripples on the C in the A remarkable record of a train crew on the Lackawanna railrond was appropri- ately celebrated by New York patrons of the train the other da It Is known as the “brokers' train," running from Morris- | town, N. J, to Hoboken. For twenty years Benjamin Day, engineer, and David Sanderson, conductor, have had charge of the train. In all the score of years the train has not met with an accident and the crew invariably made the run on time. A record so rare in raflroad annals de- served the recognition it received from the brokers. The engineer and conductor each recelved a 3500 watch and a purse of $100 in gold. The World reports that ground on which is to be erected a $750,000 jal alal court— one of the biggest gambling games in the world—has been bought adjoining the Cathedral of Bt. John the Divine, on Morn- ingside Helghts—the New York home of Spain's great betting game thus to be next door neighbor to the big cathedral The ground was bought for the promoters of the game, who for several months have been looking for a Wuitable site on which to build a court for the introduction of the | game In New York City. pect top make the game the rage here The promoters noon a much-needed rain began falling, and has continued at Intervals ever since. This is the first rain that has fallen in Omaha since the morning of June 3. Locally thers 1s much rejolcing over the fact.” In an editorial utterance in the New York World, cabled from Hamburg, Joseph Pu- ltser so far takes the public into his confi- dence to say that he has disobeyed his doctors in so doing. Accepting full respon- sibility for his newspaper, he writes: “It may be pardonable to say that for sixteen of these twenty years I have been unable to read the paper or §o to the office, hav- ing suffered the loss of sight, of health, of sloep, although continuing the burden of responsibility for the conduct and char- acter of the paper, to which I give every moment of my working time.” the Dro Stricken East. New York Tribune. The freakishness of fate s forcibly illus- trated by the contrast between the weather conditions recently prevalling in the west and east. While one part of the country has been suffering from too much rain, an- other has had too little. The month of May just ended was the dryest which New York City has seen for thirty-three years. Bub- stantially the same state of things existed in & reglon stretching from the St. Law- rence to the Carolinas, and reaching in- land 200 or 30 miles. Forest fires in the Adirondacks and Pennsylvania have thus been made possible. Strawberries, early vegetables and grass have been almost ruined in New England and the middle At- lantic states. Other crops have suffered less, but the period during which this drouth has lasted covers several weeks. If its total effect were expressed in dollars and cowpared with the harm done by floods in the west during the last few days it might make much the worst showing. ' as it is in Havana. The price pald was $450,000. The ball court completed will involve an investment of $750,000. Mr. Anudjar, manager of the syndicate, s to put up the building, which, it was sald, would have a seating capacity of 7,000 persons. Besides the court for the game there will be a restaurant and re- freshment rooms and it is possible that tacilities for other games may be provided. The increasing use of automobile trucks and delivery wagons has led several firms to bulld freak wagons which are not only useful as carriers, but attract so mueh attention that they prove an admirable ad- vertisement. In this class is a big vehiole driven by electricity which distributes ral- road time tables. The wagon body is con- structed to resemble a miniature Pullman sleeper. The semblance is complete even to the platforms and brass hand rail brass steering wheel suggests the car brake. Following out the general scheme, the driver makes it a point to run on the car tracks whenever possiblo. “Helter Skelter,” a serpentine arrange- ment, based upon the old ‘“shoot the chutes” amusement device, has displaced “loop the loop” in popular favor at Coney Island. “Helter skelter” is quits as ex- hilarating as the loop, but less dangerous and is much favored by the girls. It is within a big enclosure and an admission of 10 cents is exacted. There is no charge for making the circult, but less than one- third of the people Who enter seem willing to make the trip, There is more fun look- ing on. The chief element of attraction for the young men is found in the excellent opportunities it affords for the study of summer styles in lingerle and footwear. Unless a girl be totally enveloped in a bag thers s no way to escaps making some contribution to the display. Luna Park, the new oity of light, music and fun, is now completed and attracting thou- sands to Coney Island. All the glowing phrases of the press agent concerning this resort have been more than realized. It will probably be the favorite show place of New York this summer. By drawing a revolver and threstening to kill any man who dared to open the doors of a compartment in which & gang of men were working in the northern tube of the North river tunnel Friday night Buperin- tendent Brady saved his own life and the lives of fourteen other men in the com. partment and prevented the flooding of the tunnel. Brady had been expecting & break in the roof of the “black hole,” and when it came and the water began pouring in he quickly pushed his coat, vest and hat Into the aperture. Nearly all of the men were Ital- fans and became panic stricken. They made a rush for the door of the compart- ment. Brady, pointing his revolver at the man nearest the door, threatened to kill him If he moved another step. The opening of the doors would have per- mitted the compressed air in the compart- ment (thirty-eight pounds to the square inch) to escape and the break would have instantly enlarged and the water flooded the compartment, drowning all hands. Call- ing upon one of the more experienced work- men, Brady instructed him to telephone to the Jersey City terminal for more air pressure and to send him a carload of saw- dust bags. He had the Itallans thoroughly cowed and when the bags arrived under the persuasive influence of the drawn revolver the Itallans pushed the bags into the hole and then put a jack underneath to hold them in place. The break in the tunnel was caused by the boring shield hitting & rock formation, which jarred the roof and weakened it. The apron which protrudes in front of the shield was bent and the boring was ® pended until this morning, when the ma- chinists completed repairs. New York City pays $1,000,000 & year for its municipal printing, stationery and sup- plies. The number of blank forms used by some of the departments count up in an amazing manner. Thus the hospitals will use 1,000,000, and one dispensary requires 17,000 gummed labels for bottles. The re- celver of taxes requires 150,000 tax bills of varfous kinds for the borough of Manhat- tan alone; 100,000 marriage certificates and 200,000 certificates of births are asked for each year; and the health department alone uses over 10,000,000 blanks, reports and slips. Over 2,000 quarts of ink are used in keeping the city's books. TRUSTS DISTRUSTED, Investors Do the Watered Stook ot Combines, Cleveland Leader. In sbout a month more than two years the market value of the stock of the United States Steel corporation, both com- mon and preferred taken together, has decreased almost $20,000,000. If that loss were dlstributed through the whole period, it would amount to nearly $2,800,000 a week. Meanwhile the Steel trust has earned large profits, but not so blg as the enor- mous figures which measure the shrinkage of the market value of its shares. Its stockholders have recelved good dividends, but the income from thelr investments looks small by comparison with the wither- ing up of the principal, supposing that the stock was bought In the early days of huge company and that its present val is calculated at the current market Qquo tations. The last two years have been marked by extraordinary activity in the iron and steel business, and by the best of good | times in the country as a whole. The conditions of trade and Industry have been extremely favorable to the steel trust. It cannot hope for better oppor- tunities to win the confidence and favor | ot the public. It has reason to fear the coming of very much more difficult times There must be lean years ahead. The only question is how far distant they are. In the light of that axiom of business, the tmmense loss of current market value which has been sustained during the last two years In very significant. It tells the story of publio distrust of trusts more foreibly than words ever could. It registars the bellef of capitalists that the fature of the greatest Industrial com- binations, monopolies, or attémpts at monopaly 18 very uncertain. The trusts are glants, no ‘doubt, but are | they mound? Wil they live long a8 | smaller corporate bodies? 1s their general | health likely to be as good? These are the questions which trouble investors and nac | count for the loss of $230,000,000 in the cur- rent value of the Steel trust's stock IEPR———— POOR RICHARD JR.S PHILOSOPHY. Happy women talk; unhappy write. A record is the only thing improved by breaking. Woman is supreme where she is careful of millinery and morals, The less you want to know people the more people want to know you. A man wants to be his wife's first love; she is content to be his Iast love. A man who trims himself to sult every- body will soon whittle himself away. In civilized countries education gets the crumbs that can be spared from arma- ments. We should not hear so often of persons being buried alive if doctors were more | thorough. } Wise politiclans don't try to fool the people all the time, but only when votes are needed. q Some men remain poor because they haven't enough friends, and some because they have too many.—Saturday Evening Post. » Litigation s Compremised. BAN FRANCISCO, June 4—A, P. Morri- son, a wealthy mining man of New York, today entered into a compromise with M J. Bmith, D. T. Jackson and W. C. Price, against whom he had brought a sensational t to recover title to valuable mines on desert and $150,00 which he alleged ‘ secured from him by fraud. 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