Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 17, 1903, Page 4

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Remit by draft, express or postal order, aysvis to The Bes Publishing Company, cent stamps accepted in payment of ccotnts, Pers checks, except on or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. BBt sl min il < < spprr et ovminet STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County B meimick. sbcretary nf Ihe Bes Company bemng auly sworn, says the actual numoer ot full and complau coples of The Dally Morning, Evening Sunday Bee printed during the month of 1903, was as follows: | 1. per wee er delivery reulation De- Net average sales. . 20,705 GEORGE B. TZ8CHUCK, Subscribed in my pr ana sworn to befor this sist day of Jul © my i1 BB HNE AR (Seal) B otary Pubil —_— Pugllist Jeffries insists that he is a better man tham he ever was. That way not be saying much. Considering we are on the eve of a big republican state convention politics in Nebraska are remarkably quiet. A county convention of 424 delegates will be a stunner. But then it's to be merely a republican ratification meet- ing —r——— It the Great Western will pay for the ‘Auditorium brick remaiuning to be laid the structure will be under roof be- fore the snow flies. e The populists and democrats of But- fler county have fused for a division of the offices. This is the only object of fusion in these days. peme———— - General Manderson positively de- klines to become vice president of the [United States. Colonel Roosevelt also declined three years ago. —_—— The persistent assertion that crime is fucreasing does not jibe with Nebraska's empty jails. The increasing crime must be in some other section of the country. e General Black is as much the favorite fof the next bout at San Francisco as Champion Jeffries was for the last one. There are no takers for bets against him. m—— Although traditions are all against it, ex-Governor Poynter seems to think that the people's Independent party should be independent In fact as well as in name. Em————— Unless some unforeseen crisis shall call him to the seat of government Act- ing Governor McGilton will continue businesss at the old stand in Omaha without the uniformed staff. e Taking down: the wunlon signs from over the bars will remove the dis- erimination that has heretofore existed in favor of the drug store soda foun- tain, where the sign is merely a wink. e——————— It people only knew that membership on the State Board of Education meant & perpetual traveling scholarship good on all the railroads of the state, com- petition for the, places would be much more brisk. SE———————— Omaba’s long felt want is about 500 modern: cottages for wage workers and they doubtless would have been built during the present year if it were not for the high price of .bullding material and the advance in wages. EE———— Becretary 'Shaw wili - address the ‘American Mining congress to be held at Deadwood next month. This ought to give the meeting a prestige it would not otherwise have had and fusure for it a still greater success than was in prospect. The Black Hills mining in- dustries’ are destined to be constantly more important in the mining world, e —— It is intimated that President Loubet will not be a candidate for office again, belleving that one term of seven years ws the French executive should be all one man should have, If the presidential term in this country were made seven years the ome term rule would, in all probabllity, be enforced. Until then, however, the seeond. tarm precedent will persist. —————— According to an authority who knows whereof he speaks, it would take ten sugar factories the size of the one at Grand Island to turn out the sugar consumed in Nebraska alone. In other words, a guaranty of the home market would keep ten big factories busy and multiply several times the area devoted 10 beet culture in this state. The beet sugar industty 1s yet to be fully ex- nloited in Nebrasks . . AHA DAILY ' BEE THE LAW WILL STAND, Referring to the suggestion of the trust organs that the president recom- mend to congress the repeal of the pro- vision of law creating the bureau of corporations, an eastern paper says: “It merely authorizes the president or his secretary to gather and publish infori ation about the industrial combinations and interstate corporations—information already for the most part publicly avail- able. - It ought not to be repealed—and certainly not at the insolent command of the Rockefeller trust or because of the distress of the Morgan promotion enterprise. It should rather be supple- mented by enactments amounting to something in the way of trust control. There can be no doubt that the law will stand, unless the courts should in- validate it. Nothing could be more absurd than the claim of the trust organs that the recent shrinkage of values in securities was due to thé alarm of capital at the disposition shown by the president to apply honestly and vigorously the restraints which the law imposes on combina- tions in restraint of trade. The crea- tion of a bureau of corporations was in response to a demand for publicity which had long been urged upon con- gress afld which was earnestly sup- ported by Mr. Roosevelt. It is nat a drastic law and can work no injury to any lawfully organized corporation. It #lmply authorizes the commissioner of corporations, under the direction and control of the secretary of commerce and labor, “to make diligent investiga- tion into the organization, conduct and management of the business of any cor- poration, joint stock company, or cor- porate combination engaged in the com- merce among the several states and with foreign nations, excepting common enr- riers * * * and to gather such in- formation and data as will enable the president of the United States to make recommendations to congress for legis- lation for the regulation of such cor- porations and to report such data to the president from time to time as he shall require; and the information so ob- tained, or as much thereof as the presi- dent may direct, shall be made public.” Nothing is better assured than that nothing will be done under the opera- tion of this authority, at least by the present administration, to the injury of any corporation that is complying with the laws. President Rodsevelt, as he has repeatedly declared, is not hostile to lawfully organized and conducted corporations and such are in no danger from this law. The opposition to the bureau of cor- porations which is being manifested by some of the combinations, 1f persisted in and a serious attempt made to in- fluence congress for the repeal of the law, will assuredly etreéngthen public sentiment in favor of additional and more drastic legislation for trust regula- tion and supervision. It will be, the part of wisdom for the combinations to quietly submit to the new-order, which is approved by the people as a necessary protection against the schemes of un- scrupulous promoters and the evlls, abuses and unlawful* practices that| mark the trust system and'are pregnant with danger to the general welfare. A great majority of the people, it is not to be doubted, believe what was said by Judge Grosscup of the United States cireuit court In a recent address, “that in the supervision of monopolies by the government lies the only hope for the perpetuation of the American nation.” And the people will not permit any Jbackward step from the movement for such supervision. RUSS14'S DEMANDS ON TURKEY. It is highly probable that Turkey will yield to the Russian demands, which ‘while apparently somewhat excessive are doubtless justified by the circum- stances. This seems to be the view taken of them by the French and British governments. Austria is reported to be somewhat alarmed at the ordering of a Russian fleet to Turkish waters, but this fs not Itkely to have any influence with the czar's government, which is manifestly determined to bave no half ‘way measures, but to firmly insist upon what has been deliberately demanded. There has been no expression from the German government and a declaration on the part of that government will be awaited with no little interest. Ger- many has for some time been cultivat- ing friendly relations with the Porte and it is quite possible that she will be found reluctant to support Russia, though it is not likely that she will make any formal objection to the de- mands. Turkey has already punished some of those responsible for the assassination of the Russian consul, but the offended government is not satisfied with this, demanding more sweeping punishments, Russia also takes occasion to urge that Turkey shall give proper protection to Christians under Ottoman rule. In re- gard to this certainly none of the powers will refuse to support Russia, since it is what all of them are presumed to desire and is in perfect accord with the terms of the Berlin treaty. Whatever may be thought of the Russian demand re- garding drastic punishments, her nosi- tion respecting ‘the protecilon of the Christian subjeets of Turkey Is unassail- able and should have the unqualified acquiescence and support of all the are disposed to do, there is every reason | national campaigns will fight for princi- to expect that the Turkish government | ple only. will so far yield to the demands of Russia as to satisfy that nation. — DENVER'S NEW CHARTER. The city of Denver is on the eve of a revolution in local government that will set the pace for twentleth century mu- nicipal home rule. The constitutional amendment ratified by the people of Colorado last year authorizes the con- solidation of the government of Arapa- hoe county with the municipal corpora- tion of Denver under the title of City and County of Denver, and the citizens of the comsolidated county-city are em- powered to make thejr own charter without the intervention of a legisla- ture. The new charter for the city and county of Denver has been framed and is about to be submitted for ratifica- tion to the voters. The proposed organic municipal law for the city and county of Denver is unique and em- bodies nearly all the ideal referms in local self-government that have been suggested by experiénée in the princi- pal cities of the country. Under its new charter, strictly enforced, the gov- ernment of the city of Greater Denver will be nonpartisan, and appointments and employments under the new munic- ipality will be under elvil service. All municipal elections will be held in ai- ternate years between state electiops. No political designations will’ be per- mitted on the ballots for city officers and a straight ticket is done away with. Every candidate must be voted for by himself. Concentration of authority and responsibility appears to be the chief alm of the framers of the new Denver charter. One treasurer will serve the city and county, and the city clerk will perform the duties devolving upen the ¢ity and county clerks. The Board of County Commissioners is abolished and its work devolved upon the Board of Public Works. The Board of Public Works will consist of three members, only one of whom, the city engineer, will be a salaried officer. Almost autocratic powers are con- ferred upon the mayor, whose authority over all the departments is practically supreme. The mayor has the appoint- ment of the following heads of depart- ments and exclusive control over the operations of each: Department of Fire and Police, Department of Excise, De- partment of Public Works, Department of Public Utility and Franchise, De- partment of Inspection, Department of BElectricity, Department of Health, De- partment of Supplies, Department of Engineering, Department of Law and Department of Public Welfare. The heads of these departments are his cah- fnet. The mayor also appoints the heads of departments controlling parks, civil service, philanthropy, education, and Departmenqt of Elections. The most extraordinary power conferred upon the mayor is the appointment of the sheriff and control of the sheriff’s office. The only elective officers are the mayor, auditor, treasurer, assessor, clerk, ten city councilmen, county judge and twelve judges of the municipal court, who are to take the piace of Justices of the peace and police magis- trates. Liberal salaries are allowed. The mayor receives $6,000 a year and other officers in proportion. The fire and police commission will be appointed by the mayor with the sheriff as chairman ex-officio. This is certainly novel, but in the line of home rule. The school districts, city and county, are consolidated and the office of county superintendent of schools abolished. The mayor is made the real head of the fire and police depart- ment, but there will be a chief of po- lice as now and a chief fire marshal. These two will be under the merit sys- tem, removable only for cause. The same rule applies to firemen, policemen and deputy sheriffs. Under its new charter the city coun- cil of Denver will have no authority to grant franchises unless so instructed by the vote of the qualified electors. The function of the council will be con- fined to the passage of ordinances for the regulation of municipal affairs. The counell is charged with making appro- priations for the conduct of the govern- ment—street cleaning, sprinkling, health inspection, etc.—but the moneys are to be expended by the heads of depart- ments who are under the mayor. No franchise relating to any street, alley or public place will be granted except upon the vote of the qualified taxpaylog electors, and no franchise will be granted except upon deposit with the treasurer of the expenses of the election for the submisdlon of such franchise propositions. One~ of the unique features of the new charter of Denver is the recall provision, under which any elective officer who goes wrong may be removed from office by a petition for his recall or removal signed by at least 30 per cent of the vote cast for him. The University of Nebraska had a student registration last year of 2,560 and looks forward to a still greater registration the coming year. Of course this includes a lot of young people who are not engaged in strictly college or university work, but it still shows that this institution is entitled to take high other powers. It is the opportunity of those mnations to show whether they really desire adequate protection for the Christians In Turkey. It #s not to be apprehended that any very serious trouble will grow out of the Russo-Turkish imbroglio. The of- fense for which reparation is de manded, while certainly grave, is hardly of a nature to justify war and besides Russia is not prepared for a conflict with Turkey while pessible trouble con- fronts her in the far east. The sending of a fleet to Turkish waters is of course & warlike demonstration, but it does not necessarily mean war. If the pow- are ramaln nantrs® ss it anneare the rank among other state universifies—in fact none of them have shown greater or more substantial growth in recent years. Our state university should now have reached the point where the stress will be on thoroughness of instruction rather than on the mere congregation of large numbers of students. te————— The Denver manifesto against fusion, according to ex-Governor Poynter, re- fers only to national fusion and leaves the question open so far as it relates to state and local matters. In other words, the populists are ready to tie up with anybody anywhere that a promise of offies o natronaze (s held out, but fn There seems to be no overwhelming rush to enter the lists for nominations under the new republican primary sys- tem. The average office seeker |Is usually willing to take a chance, but he likes to I.now in advance about what the odds are to be. of Diogenes. New York Tribune. Diogenes was considered a fairly suc- cessful cynic in his day. But he did not have such a vast area as the United States to spread his discouragements over. A Chance to Get ‘Washington Post. Chief Ghirdijikoff, General Tzoncheft, Captain Majdjaroft and Colonel Glevgyell are directing the Macedonlan revolution. Some man with a catarrh remedy ought to get busy on those names. g One at a Time. Chicago News. When we get the Alaskan boundary ques- tion settled we should establish bounds on the great lakes showing where it is per- missible for Canadlan revenue cutters to firp on the American flag. Hope Colors the Thought. Indianapolis Journal. Whenever there Is a riot or other dis- turbance in some part of Russia informa- tion comes from London that the whole fabric of the Russlan government is about to fall. But the chances are that the Rus- sian govémment will survive a century or two, anywa) ' Theories from the Oil Tank. Baltimore American. After a quiet that was getting moment- ous, a university professor in Chicago has broken into print with a theory that can- nibalism is justifiable. The irreverent world will not be so startled by this doc- trine, however, convinced that it is a doc- trine of a learned donkey type, founded on the appreciation of all flesh being grass. Generous Treatment of Soldiers. Philadelphia Press. The United States government cannot be accused of any lack of care for the men who served the nation in time of war. Over 27,00 are now cared for in soldiers' at a cost of about $12,000,000 annual- ly. Then there is the pension roll of $140,- 000,000, to say nothing of what many states do for the old veterans. No other nation ever did one-halt as much for its de- fenders. — TERRORS OF SCIENCE. Hazardous Existence in the Presence of Force Already Loowe. Saturday Evening Post. It 1s @ serious question how the civilized person of the future is going to pick his way in safety among the traps set for him by sclence. We are just at the beginning of the electric age. We are running our street cars by electricity and making some use of electric lights, but most of our houses are still lighted by gas; we do our cooking and heating with coal and we run our raflroads and almost all our factories by steam. Before many years all this work wjll undoubtedly be done by elec- tricity. The distracted earth will be quiv- ering with the mighty currents pumped into it by every waterfall and coal mine. But even now it is becoming hazardous to exist in the presence of the forces that are already loose among us. The other day four people and a horse at Pittsburg were killed by stepping into a puddle of water that had been charged with electricjty by a Yroken electric light wire. Nobody acquainted with modern conditions thinks of leaning against an fron trolley pole. Even children know enough to dodge a broken wire. But you never can tell from what direction the danger is coming. You may be careful not to step on a third rail, but how can you tell when a short circuit is going to catch you as you enter a street car? A crossed wire may load you with a few hundred volts. when you pick up your telephone re- celver or move your drop light. You may even be nafled when you sit in your easy chalr and put your feet on the fender. Your water pipes may carry a deadly elec- tric charge and your demure iron gate may be walting to murder you when you put your hand on its latch. And now, not content with charging the earth and the water, they are going to gend electric power without wires through the air. If you go out in a shower of rain every drop may be loaded with electricity. Electric currents have been carried by the stream from & hose; so why should they not come down in the rain? It will be equally dangerous to go out of doors and to stay in the house. Perhaps the sclentific men are turning loose a genie they would be glad a little later to put back into his bottle if they could. Possibly before they begin setting many more million wvolts of electricity adrift it may be worth their while to try to find some way of enabling us to live with those we have. INCREASING TOLERANCE, Minneapolis Times. The keen interest of the entire world, religious or nonreligious, the unfeigned ad- miration expressed in written and spoken tributes during the fllness and death of the late revered pope, go far toward proving that the day of religlous bigotry and in- tolerance is well nigh done with forever, It belongs to that old order of things which, fortunately, changes, and men are at last comling to believe that “God fulfills Himself in many ways. A few days ago an earnest, eloquent Presbyterian minister stood before his con- gregation in the city of Brookiyn and ve- hemently .spoke words which help to' con- firm us to this bellef. He sald: “The eyes of & great portion of the world are fixed on Rome, where the successor of Leo {s now assuming his great office. As tellow Christians, although we worshlp ac- cording to another ritual; as members of the Holy Cathollc Church of God, we pray that this pontiff may be a worthy successor to the saintly and learned man whose serv- ice has just closed. “We must not forget that throngs of men and women, torn by the turmoll of the Protestant church, have turned to the un- changing Church of Rome. If this vener- able church appeals to thoughtful men and exercises so mighty an effect on the popular mind, shall we refuse to believe that God speaks to the great bishop of that church?” Think of & man who is an ordained minis- ter of the creed practically formed by Calvin, the man whose descendants and disciples for centuries had no good word to say of “‘papacy,” speaking in such manner of the head of the Church of Rome. The bitterness of spirit, the narrowness of creed which has been for many years the succes- sor of that sturdy reformation which be- lieved in “the holy text of pike and gun" and decided ali controversies by “infallible artillery” and strove To prove their doctrine orthodox By apostolic blows and knocks. The dawn of a better religious era is upon us, the sweet charity of which we owe not a lttle to the d1d man who is and will be for many & loig day mourned alike by Catholic and Protestant. - .tion when he dwells upon his marital in- D ABOUT NEW YORK. Ripples on the Current o Metrop During the approaching yacht races oft Sandy Hook, Navesink highlands will come in for frequent mention in the dispatches. On these promontories of New Jersey, jut- ting into lower New York bay and the ocean, landlubbers congregate with long glasses to get a glimpse of the race with- out endangering their interior department. Here are also located telegraph stations, both wire and wireless, and a lighthouse famous for its twin lights, the flashes of which can be seen twenty-three miles. “Navesink" is an Indian word, meaning a good fishing place. The appellation is not misleading even today. Shrewsbury river at this point flows into the lower bay and Is reported to be the best fishing place on the Jersey shore. Life in the In reply to a challenge one day last week, Mrs. David Wels of Brooklyn swam from Bergen beach to a point on the Can- arsie shore, a distance estimated by those in attendance on the young woman at six and one-half miles. The feat was per- formed at ebb tide, and Robert C. Cham- bers, a life saver at Bergen beach, accom- panied the swimmer. Following the swim- mer was a launch with her husband and a party of friends. Mrs. Weis, who is only 18 years of age, has performed many swim- ming feats before. She swam from the Congress street bridge, Troy, to her fath- er's place on Lagoon island, and once swam from the Captain's pler at Bath beach to the Aunuuc Yacht clubhouse at Sea Gate. Mrs. Wels used the long, English over- hand stroke in the journey and kept up & good pace from start to finish. She de- clined assistance at any portion of the trip and sald she felt so good she could swim back when she reached the shore and was helped into the boat. The time was an- nounced as three hours thirty minutes and twenty-one seconds. Mrs. Michael is dead, yet that did not deter her husband, Henry Michael, from celebrating the twenty-fifth anniversary of their joyless marriage, with 800 of his friends, in a public hall in New York last Wednesday night. “Twenty-three years of misery we had together,” said he, “and now that she is gone I might as well be happy. If she is dead there is no reason why I should be.” Henry Michael is six feet tall and weighs 300 pounds, yet his frame shakes with emo- felicities, Normally his face s suftused with smiles. “No,” sighed he, “I haven't forgotten her dealings at the Fifth street police station. It {s an unpleasant toplc. Friends, go to the bar and refresh your- selves.” All who heard lost no time in seeking the friendly counter. They found the bar free and Aifty kegs of beer and 750 bottles of wine In reserve. “You spoke of the police,” it wa: ed. “It is an unpleasant story,” resumed Mi- chael. “Twice she had me arrested for non-support and had she judge order that 1 should pay more than I could afford, so 1 had to take her back home agaim. “My four daughters, when they heard of this entertainment, went to the station and tried to stop it. I sent them invitations, but they baven't seen fit to come. All my wite's relatives are here.” “Yes,” sald Mrs. Selma Sinning, who ap- peared just then at the elbow of her host, 'm his wife's aunt. I am glad now that Henry is able to have a good time."” t a good ex- ample to the mothers of New York. The very first thing she taught her baby daughter was her own name and the name of the street she lived In. The result was that when the child, who is only 2% years old, got lost she was able to tell the peo- ple who found her that she was “Ger- trude Anastasia Cassidy of East Eightieth street.” Thus she was promptly restored to her mother. Not only is it important in a big ecity for children to be able to identify themselves, but every one should carry some sort of identification card, according to Mrs. Cas- sidy. Most tailors have a habit of sewing the customer’s name and address in the inside of his coat. Women, however, sel- dom carry anything to identify them. ‘Whenever a woman s knocked senseless in a street acclident—and hardly a week passes without some such occurrence— there invariably is difficulty in identifying the victim. Frequently errors in addresses bring n2edless shocks to the wrong fam- ilies. A good rule for every city dweller is to carry a card or “tad” giving name and address. Restaurant cashlers in the financial ais- trict are vying with the pretty manicurists for choice of prizes in the matrimpnial market. There is one modest place largely patronized by young brokers which has had no less than six cashiers Lappily mar- ried within the past year, and all of the matches were made over a glass showcase. Yet the proprietor continues to hire none but pretty girls, explaining that a pretty, tactful cashier can bring almost as much trade to a restzurant as the bill of fare. Many a customer will forget the slight re- ceived from an impudent walter if the hier gives him his change with a pleas- She should have & good mem- ory for names and faces, for it pleases most persons to be called by their name They feel at home in a place where they are remembered. WANTED—A PARCELS PO! A Field of Usefulness the Government Should Enter. Brooklyn Eagle. Ourss about the only big postal system in ths world that doesn’t carry parcels on anything like a comprehensive or conveni- ent scale. Merchandise in packages up to four pounds’ weight will be transmitted through the mals to any part of ths United States, Canada or Mexico upon the pay- ment of 1 cent an ounce; but in Jimost every European country, and even in Asla and Africa, there is practically no restri:- tion as to welght. Weé have parcals post conventions with Germany, Chile, Guate- mals, Nicaragua, New Zealand, Jamsies, Honduras, Venezuela, British Honduras, British Gulana, the Bahamas, Barbadoes, the Danish West Indies, Costa Rica, Mex- ico, Colombia, Newfoundland, the Laeward and Windward islands and Trinidad. We have no convention with England, France Austria, Spain, Russia, Denmark, Norway and Bweden or Holland and Balgium, all of which are countries with postal systems naturally in close relation with our ewn. But we need an adequate parcels post for purely domestic purposes more than for the accommodation of those who wish to send packages abroad and to recelve others thence. By enlarging the welght {nit on parcels the postoffice would certainly hurt the business of the express companics by taking from them patronage they have long enjoyed, but the government cannot always restrict its fields of entsrpriso or narrow its spheres of service simply be cause a private corporation stands in the way. The express companies do not con- sider the money order branch of the Post- office department when they constituie themselves agencles for the transmission of money. There is no doubt that we need a parcels post, and needing it, let’us have it, in spite of opposition from peoply who are materially interested in preveating the establishment of it e ® \CK LE MOT sHMOE s YER N PoLI S No Other hllfll Is Like SHINOLA. 1t outsells It imparts a shine black as night to 1 other paste shoe polishes, and is therefore the WORLD'S POLISH, all leather—is the best for mba’s, women's W) and children’s shoes, because it is more easily applied, requires little exertion and one shine lasts & week. It presefves leather, prevents cracking, and produces a glossy, jet black water proot polish which does not rub off on clothes. Buy only the best. SHINOLA is superior to all other polishes, A trial only is necessary to convince you, 100 SHINES FOR A DIME. Your dealet bas it or we will send by mail postpaid, large box, 10e. SHINOLA CO., Rochester, N, Y. TALK OF THE STATE PRESS. Norfolk News: Some people are taking that exchange of letters between President Roosevelt and Governor Durbin of Indiana as equivalent to a vice presidential nomi- nation for the latter. Rushville Record: We admire the courage of Deputy Attorney General Norrls Brown wherein he renders an opinion that forelgn corporations doing business in Nebraska must pay a filing fee. His opinion is based on a decision of the supreme court, and if it is sustained the additional dollars added to the state treasury will no doubt come in handy. York Times: The democratic party in Ne- braska has leaned on the populists so long it will worry it to go alone. It has ac- quired a bad case of ennul or something worse. Still the pops seem to have deter- mined upon a divorce, and all the pleading and cajolery of the democrats will have no effect upon them. There is a limit to hu- man endurance, and the deception and co- quetry and even bigamy of the democracy have at last gone home to the heart, and the popullsts are done. “Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Grand Island Independent: The Bee's leading editorial article Sunday very ably sounded a warning agalnst not only the practice, but the apparent lethargy of the public in dealing with cases of bribery. Just at present with the Missourl investi- gations and those into the postal affairs so thoroughly conducted, it can scarcely be sald that there is a calmness in the more froportant cases, but the observations that in lesser forms of bribery, etc., the public needs an application of something lfke eternal vigilance, is well taken. Blair Republican: Public sentiment here appears to have changed very much, and nearly everyone favors the projected elec- tric rallroad. When first introduced they encountered bitter opposition in the county towns of Michigan, Indiana and Ohlo, but the bugaboo evils predicted never material- ized, and communities grew and prospered as never before. What happens in those states is very liable to occur in Nebraska, and instead of ruining our cities and vi lages the coming of electric roads will usher in an era of great progress. ‘West Point Republican: The two divisions of the populists are now supposed to be united, and thefr first act is to resolve that experience has “demonstrated the futility of any attempt to secure the enactment of our truth, either through the republican or democratic parties,” wherefore the time has arrived when “the united people's party should declare itself emphatically opposed to any affliation with either of these parties.”” The skies are brightening for the democratic party when it has so far got back to its old moorings that a populist tweedledee no longer recognizes a democrat as tweedledum. Hastings Tribune: 1If the charge made by the rallway mafl clorks - Missourl, Kansas, Colorado and New Metco, that the death of many of thei number is due to old and rotten ma | c.rs fn wi ich they are compelled to work the n certainly should be aftended to v:ithon* delay, and the cause of complaint removed. Every man who receives or serds a letter or reads a newspaper is the (ebtor of the mall clerk. Mall cler! o among Uncle Sam's most valuable servants, the amount of technical knowledge, rapldity, and precis- jon demanded of the mall clerk is.rightly the, frequent object of admiration. Con- sidering the work required of them they are not highly pald men, and every man who has a service rendered by them de- sires that all that can be done for thelr safety and comfort be done. MR, PARRY CALLED DOWN. ' Asso- clation Talks Too Much, Milwaukee Sentinel. Apparently Mr. D. M. Parry, president of the National Assoclation of Manu- facturers, means to do all he can to stir up bad blood in the Industrial world. While moderate men are doing all they can to promote a spirit of reasonable- ness and mutual fair dealing between em- ployers and employed, Mr. Parry is going about doing the best he can to undo their work. What Debs is to the one clgss Parry is to the other. Both men ex- tremists, and each is afficted with an or- ganic inability to see any side of a ques- tion but his own. Neither man appears to be capable of forming quglified judg- ment, or of making a qualified statement. With Parry organized labor as such spells anarchism; with Debs capitalism per se means tyranny, robbery, and ruthless ex- ploitation of the poor by the rich. Hold- ing such views, each man is for war, and denounces compromise as something like eriminal folly. Fortunately there is enough common sense, broad mindedness and en- lightened public spirit in the country to more than countervail these opposite fan- aticisms. Every plain thinking man who views men and facts as they are and not through the distorting medium of a theory or a class prejudice knows that where there is one employer who corresponds with the Debs conception there are hundreds who do not, and that there are plenty of labor unions and labor leaders in the country whose record flatly contradicts Mr. Parry's theory of organized labor. What that theory is Mr. Parry once more set forth in his usual way in his address at Chautauqua yesterday on the “Mob Spirit in America.” It was the old story with Mr. Parry. Instead of discrim- inating, and giving praise and blame whe each was due—showing wherein labor unions were right and wherein wrong, Mr. Parry sweepingly denounced organized la- bor as “mobocracy,” as a “standing mob" that “declares that its will ls superior to traditions, government regulations and even the constitution of the country.” Trades unfons in several sectioms of the country have misconducted - themselves recently, and put a severe strain on the patience of the public. But the fact that organized labor exists and flourishes, and is sup- ported and defended In its fundamental and essential claims and principles by leading public men and leading employers, is a sufficient ‘h'ml of lr Parry's blind generalitios PERSONAL NOTES, The commission appointed to investigate the opium problem in the Philippines is hit- ting the pipe very comfortably ih China and Japan. A New York man announces his twenty- second baby. Is the American eagle giving way to the stork as the national bird? By the time the papers get through dis- cussing Mr. Russell Sage's 87th birthday the philanthropfe financier will already be counting eighty-elght candles in his cake. Jay Cooke, the noted Anancler of a gen- eration ago, celebrated his 834 birthday at Ogontz on Monday last. He has fully re- covered from his recent serious lliness and bids falr to live many years. General Corbin has assured the repre- sentatives of the Grand Army and the Spanish War Veterans that he will ald in their appeal to congress for the erectlon at Arlington of a large auditorfum suitable for Memorial day services. Third Baseman Bagsby of the Augusta, Ga., base ball club filled the pulpit of the First Baptist church of that city last Sun- day. Mr. Bagsby is a theological student and is paying his way through college by the salary he derives from playing ball. Dr. M. 8. Jones of Battle Lake, Minn. possesses the distinction of belng the only member of the last house of representa- tives of the Gopher state who did not in- troduce a single bill during the legislative session of 1903. He claims to have killed a dozen bad measures, however, and 18 satls- fled with his record. It is rather remarkable that in the long line of men who have been and who will be at the head of the army, until the re- tirement of Wood fn 1924, none since Scho- fleld has been or will be West Point men. Nelther Miles, Young, Corbin, Chaffoe, Mac- Arthur nor Wood is a graduate of the famous military academy. All except Wood come over from the civil war and the four years' service in that great conflict stands for as much as four years/at West Polint. POINTED PLEASANTRIES, “Is there much opporlunlty for a lawyer to practice in this town should say so. If ht do‘ln t nrlcllcs economy he can't stay he '~Kansas City Journal. Bhe—I1f every ltom of the human body s reriewed every seven years, I cannot be lh- e woman that you married. le—]1've been lulpectlnl that for some tlme ~New York *Did you have a good time when you were away?" “No. It was a_ terrible bore. A woman that my husband used to be engaj to sat at the same table with us."—Chicago Record-Herald. Tommy Atkins—Aw! lobster! Mike—Ye flatter me. a wise animal, fur green is the color fur him as long as he lives, an' he'll die be- fore he puis on @& red coat.—Philadeiphia g'on Mike, yer a Shure, a lobster's “If you are so hard up" said the easy mark ‘who was temporhrily unable to ex- tend the accommodation asked, "‘why don't you borrow some money from Titefist?’ ‘Heavens, no!” exclaimed the = other, “Why, he always expects to be paid back.'’ ~Chicago Post. Mrs. Blzzy—I never see the beer man llfl)plnk at_thelr house ai Lmore. rs. Kandor—No, her husband has joined chflrch Bizay—Ah! that makes a difference. KandorYos, they have 'it smug: llad In the bacl ow so0 that Can't ‘seo it.—Philadelphia_ Catholic Tirnes. She was golng “Oh, John sobbed. = “3-John, ou'll m-miss me in; &' husband: ST miss you do the morning train.” "Th picked up her grip started for t hu: nd, with a sweet smlile, uuhou.—Chlel(o NO'I. A colonel, while drlnklnf his Mquor, At & feudist’s loud boasting did sniquor. The colonel now sleeps "Neath the daisies for keeps He was quick, but the feudist was quiquor. —Milwaukee Sentinel IN THE ATTIC. ‘W. D. Nesbit in Chicago Tribune. Up,in the attic where mother goes s a trunk in a shadowed noo) A trinkoand its d she whl oft unclose As if it were a precious bool She Knools ut 165 %146 on the attio boards And tenderly, soft and slow 8he (‘oum.u all the treasures she fondly oards— The things of the long ago. ellowing dress, once the sheerest wh!u hat shimmered in joyous pride— Bhe Jooks At It now With the girl's Jellgnt That was hers when she stood & brid There is a ribbon of faded blue She keeps with the satin gown Byckles und luce and o M e siioe: jadly she lays that dow; One lock of hair that fs golden still, ‘With the gold of the morning su Yen, and'a Qolile with frock an frili— She lifts them all, one by one. She lifts them all to her gentle lips Up there In the afternoon: Bometimes the rain from the eave treun rips “Pears with her quavered oroon, Up i1 the attic where mather, gaes Fa't trink with o shadowed place— A Srinie it the sceht of & withered ross On the satin shoe and lace. 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