Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 18, 1903, Page 6

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T E——— President Roosevelt has a way of put- ting homely truths so that they strike home. \ King Ak-Sar-Ben has his eye on the 1,500 mark on his registration book. Push it along. Em—— If Champlon Jeffries will only keep off the stage now there may be some disposition to forgive him. E— The sick man of Europe will have to be careful or he will be laid up with an intérnational summer complaint. Epes————— Kansas City is getting a postscript to its flood experience. It wiil take some- thing stronger than water, howerer, to down Kansas Oity. As the tallenders of the league, the Omaha base ball bunch may feel free to play with perfect abandon the re- mainder of the season. o If the new pope repeats his distribu- tion of $20,000 to the poor of Rome every few weeks his popularity in the vicinity of the Vatican will be ured. Some South Omaha people want to stir their Commercial club into more active life. After the job is done they might move down to Omaha and repeat the performance, e—— It is certainly ‘wonderful what in- genious storles are concocted to explain the disappearance of the money brought from home by rural visitors intent on seeing the city sights. If James J. Hill has taken the con- tract to put Governor Van Sant out of politics, the chances are he will find it & bigger job than foreing the merger through the anti-trust laws. S Nebraska republicans through thelr state convention today will record themselves for President Roosevelt for 1804 with a unanimity that will leave 1o doubt that they really mean it. — In loyalty to Omaha, the proper thing for Edward Dickinson to do is to take advantage of Judge Munger's open bridge decision and bring his Mexico & Orient road right uto this city. Justice Brewer leaves no one in doubt as to where he stands on the lynching question and every law-respecting citi- zen will bave to take the same stand if the mob spirit is to be eradicated. —_— It the contractors keep see-sawing for exclusive rights over Omaha's street paving much longer tha people will con- clude that the only thing left for them 18 to eliminate the contractors gether. alto- Now that the electric light company s anxious to secure a contract for light- ing the whole city for the next ten years, why can't the gas company make proposals covering the whole city for a Mke or a shorter period? ——— ‘With the prospect that there will be at least $10,000 less money at the dis- posal of the school board treasury by reagon of decreased revenues the board has raised salaries and created new positions that will increase the school expenses for the coming year by sey- eral nd dollars, apparently indif- ferent a8 to the material increase in the tax levy of 1904, which is sure to ex- ceed this year's tax levy by from 2 to 3 mills, or from §200,000 to $300,000, PANAMA CAKAL TREATY REJECTED. The announcement of the rejection of the Panama canal treaty by the Ci lomblan congress is not altogether sur- prising, though certainly disappointing. There have been contradictory reports almost daily in regard to the prospects for the treaty ever since it was lald before the congress at Bogota. One day it would be reported, apparently upon good authority, that the chances of the treaty being ratified were good and the day following it would be stated that the opposition to the treaty was firmly holding its ground and might succeed in having it rejected. Only a few days ago the attorney for the Panama Canal company called at the State department in Washington and stated that his agents at the Colombian capital had ad- vised him that the lower branch of the congress was by an avowed and open majority strongly in favor of ratifying the treaty and that the upper house, which at the outset of the canal dls- cussion was almost unanimously op- posed to ratification, stood nearly one- third in favor of ratifying the treaty without amendment. The Colombian diplomatic representative at Washington was reported as late as last Saturday to be hopeful of favorable action en the treaty, though admitting that the pros- pect was not altogether enconraging. It has been well known that consider- able anxiety existed at Washington and It is probably a fact that rejection of the treaty was expected by the officials of the State department. The only sub- stantial ground for the hope of favornble action at Bogota was the attitude of the people of the state of Panama, who with practical unanimity ‘desired ratification. It has been reported that so eager were they for this that there was danger of a revolt In the event of the treaty being rejected and the feeling there 18 so strong that it would not be surprising if a strong uprising in protest against the rejectlon of the treaty should take place. The construction of the canal would mean such an upbuilding for Panama that the people there are not likely to complac- ently accept the action of the Colombian congress, dictated as it undoubtedly has been by mercenfiry and selfish politi- clans, Petitions were sent to the con- gress from the municipalities of Panama urging ratification and the fact that these were disregarded, or exerted little if any influence, can hardly fail to prove very exasperating to the people most intimately and deeply concerned in the construction of the canal. The rejection of the treaty makes it incumbent upon Presiderit Roosevelt, under what is known as the Spooner act, to enter into negotiations with Nicaragua and Costa Rica and it 1s to be presumed that this will promptly be done. Perhaps Colombia will propose the negotiation of another treaty, but it would seem that the law requires the president to pi at once to acquire territory and other concessions for the construction of a canal on the Niea- ragua route. The action of the Colom- bian congress, prompted as it evidently was by a grasping spirit, is likely to cause a decided change in public opinion in this country and fevive the zeal of the advocates of the Nicaragua route. Epietie el NO GAIN FUR THE TAXPAYERS. A prominent real estate owner, who has been identified with the movement for tax reform and reduction of mu- nicipal expenses, propounds these ques- tions to The Bee: 1. When will the contracts for public lighting with the gas company and the electric lighting company explire? 2. Is there any necessity for a long timle contract with the electric lighting com- pany or gas company? 3. Hdw much in dollars and cents would the taxpayers of Omaha gain by discon- tinuing all the gas lights and lighting all of our streets with electric arc lamps? Responding to this inquiry, The Bee would say that the contract with the Omaha Gas company for lighting cer- tain streets with Welsbach incandescent lamps will expire December 31, 1203, Under this contract the city has heen and is still paying $30 for each lamp. The ordinary gas lights under former contracts have been $256 a year. The contract with the New Omaba Thom- son-Houston company, recently trans- ferred to the Omaha Electric Lighting company, will expire December 31, 1905. The price per lamp under the ex- isting contract is §94.50 a year. There 18 no apparent necessity for long time contracts with either the gas company or the electric lighting com- pany, nor is there any good reason so far advanced why the contract of the electric lighting company should be ex- tended until December 81, 1913, in view of the well known and overwhelming public sentiment in Omaba in favor of munieipal ownership of electric lights and other public utilities as soon as the opportunity is afforded. The proposi- tion to substitute electric lights for gas lamps does not contemplate any reduc- tion in taxes. It is simply an effort to monopolize the entire lighting of the city of Omaha under the plea that the general public would derive considera- ble advantage from the unification of street lamps, and that the proposed re- duction of $24.50 a year in the price of arc lights would enable the ecity to pro- cure a proportionately larger number of electrie lamps than it now has, although the total number of electric lamps would be only about 1,320 as against over 1,000 gas lamps, about 500 arc lamps and 200 to 800 gasoline lamps. It is claimed on the part of the elec- tric lighting company that the substitu- tion of electric lamps for gas lamps would require an outlay of about $00,000 in addition to the present plant, but even if this estimate 18 correct it does not warrant that either the con- sumers of electric light or the general taxpayer will derive any benefit in dol- lars and cents. In a nutshell, the pro- posed monopolization of public lighting by the electric lighting company does not purport to offer any relief to the taxpayers. The increase in the number of electric lamps s carefully figured to cover and absorb all the funds now THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: paid to the gas company and no reduc- tion in the future levy for public light- ing could be possible during the con- tinuance of the ten-year contract. THE TRANSMISSISSIPPI CONGRESS, The fourteenth session of the Trans- missisgippi Commercial congress will be- gin today at Seattle and conclude on Friday. The object of the congress is to consider subjects of speclal interest and importance to the western section of the country, with a view to sugges- ting and influencing national legislation for the promotion of western interests. It has in the past been a very represent- ative body and it is expected that the congress which meets today will fully maintain this character, the promise be- ing that it will be largely attended. Besides, the commerical relations of the west with the Orient, which is likely to be the most prominent subject in the deliberations of the present congress, the officlal call enumerates as topics for consideration that of irrigation, railroad rates, lmprovement of harbors and waterways, a government department of mines and mining, good roads, com- mercial relations with the southern re- publics, the beet sugar industry, en- couragement of home manufactures, statehood for the territories, legislation for Alaska, the merchant marine, con- sular service, preservation of forests, ete. It will be scen that this program furnishes ample material for the con- sideration of the congress and all the subjects embraced in it are of vital In- terest to the west. The whole country, of course, is concerned in these ques- tions, but as to some of them the west is particularly so and therefore western people will regard with especial inter- est the deliberations and conclusions of the congress. This body has exerted no little influence in promoting the pro- gress of the west and will undoubtedly continue to do so. WARLIKE PREPARATIONS, The Balkan situation is assuming a very grave aspect and while it is be- lieved that war will be averted the con- ditions are such as to make a conflict quite possible, if not inevitable. The memorandum addressed to the powers by the Bulgarian government is an ex- ceedingly strong arraignment of Turk- ish policy, clearly showing that the course of Turkey in Macedonia has been such as to incite and justify the revolu- tionary movement. It is a statement of outrages and cruel persecution on the part of the Turks, based upon informa- tion officially obtained and said to be entirely authoritative, which ought to make a profound impression upon the powers and arouse a feeling among Christian peoples the world over which will compel the natlons to enforce a change of policy on the part of the Turk- ish government. Meanwhile Turkey 1is preparing to crush the Macedonian revolt, but in her effort to do this there is danger that Bulgaria may become involved. This Russia and Austria, with the assent of the other powers, will endeavor to avert and probably will succeed in doing so, since a conflict between Bulgaria and Turkey would endanger the general peace of Europe. It is thus manifestly a perilous situation, requiring the most careful treatment on the part of all the Buropean governments. There is evi- dently a vast amount of combustible material in the Balkans ready to burst into a conflagration that would have far- reaching results. Well defined rumors regarding the pending merger of the Chicago Great ‘Western railroad with the Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul and the Chicago & Northwestern have been in the air for many weeks, but up to the hour of go- ing tq press nobody connected with the projected merger appears disposed either to affirm or deny them. While the impression prevails in railroad cir- cles that the victory achieved by the Great Western in forcing an entrance into Omaha over the Union Paclfic bridge has precipitated the alleged ab- sorption, President Stickney, who 1s now at St. Paul, expresses surprise at the report, but refuses to make a state- ment efther in confirmation or denial of the report, and President Earling of the St. Paul road also refuses to deny or confirm. This is by no means sur- prising or even significant. Whenever & big politiclan or a big raflroad man is cornered he most always manages to evade a positive assertion by refusing to either affirm or deny well-defined rumors, Bryan's projected flight to Europe is puzzilng the democratic reorganizers. It is given out that the primary object of Mr. Bryan's journey to Europe is the study at first hand of the social and economic conditions of the leading countries of the old world. Bryan's personal enemigs, however, intimate that bis primary object is to stay out of the country until after the November election simply to avold the embarrass- ment of taking part, or refusing to take part, in the political campaign in Towa and other states that have gone back on the Kansas City platform. ——— To fuse or not to fuse is the question that is again disturbing the populists and democrats throughout the different Nebraska counties. But it is the same old question and the answer depends on the complexion of the returns of the last election. In counties which are elther democratic or populist by fair majorities, or are hopelessly repub- lican, the Incentive to fuse is entirely destroyed, while in countles where there i1s a hope of winning from the republicans with combined forces the fusion sentiment has been kept alive, E——— Commercq between the United States and Canada has grown at a rapid rate —in fact, at a rate more rapid than commerce between Canada and Great Britain. Our northern neighbor really has more in common with us than with its British cousins. The recent im- migration into Canada is largely from the United States, which also serves to strengthen the ties that bind the two countries, and it is inevitable that their commercial relations will continue to become more and mote intimate. —_— What Mr. Gorman Forgets, Atlanta Journal. Doesn't Mr. Gorman know that official honesty as an Isssue for the democrats will drive most of the politiclans to the opposi- tion party? A o Chicago Tribune. In order to furnish the public mind some- thing with which to occupy itself during the interval between the Corbett-Jeffries fight and the yacht race a kind soul comes forward with another contribution to the Bacon-Shakespeare controvers: Sy d or Repealed. Chicago Record-Herald. The Northwestern Millers' association has advanced the price of flour 20 per cent. The public will fork out the difference, wonder- ing, as usual, what has become of that old law of supply- and demand. Much Notse, Little Work. Philadelphia Pross. ‘The people of this country will soon come to the conclusion that we could dig & eanal across the continent from Philadelphia to San Francisco with less fuss than we are baving with that Panama affair, Meanest in the Olass. New York Tribune. Where could be found a more contempti- blo rascal than the thief who, under the cloak of plety, stole the funds of a New Englaid organization for the ald of aged and impoverished clergymen? The total of the principal of this fund was less than $100,000, and only a few dollars could there- fore be doled out every year to each of the unfortunate ministers who sorely needed help. Perverted High Schools. Chicago Chronicle. Discussion of the high school question at the Northwestern university failed to bring out one fundamental fact. It is that the high school as now directed is perverted from its original purpose. The high school was no part of the original common school system. Stealthily it was tacked on to that, but the real purpose of the tackers was to qualify its students better for bread-win- ning in commercial occupations. From that purpose it has been perverted into a feeder for universities. Some day the taxpayers will set the high school back where it be- longs and will tell the universities to feed themselves at their own expense. ‘Where is Colonel Mosby? Portland Oregonian. Again and agaln, and yet again, the edict that the range fences must come down has gone forth from the Department of the In- terfor, and still the wealthy ranchmen's barbed wire fences encircle wide areas of our public domain. This edict, though ful- minated from high place, has come to be regarded as about as effective as the stern orders of a politically handicapped chief of police to his nominal subordinates, enjoin- ing upon them strict attention to duty. It the fences must come down, as the public has been assured time and again that they really must, why are they not taken down? Authority is impeached and respect for it weakened by every order lssued by its agents that is ignored. Trades for Women, ‘Boston Transcript. According to all the statistics which are issued from time to time, there are no unsuitable trades for women. At least there are very few with which they are not identified, and this fact rather makes the question of suitability an idle one if anyone wants to ofter it. General con- firmation of this fact will be found in the report of the statistics of manufacture which the commonwealth of Massachu- setts {ssued recently. And particularly convincing of woman's adaptabllity to trades of all kinds or of their suitabflity for her will be found in the Information that the handling of lumber and the man- ufacture of bricks and of drain pipe are among her accomplishments. Adding this bit of news to that which says the per cent of increase in female employes was greater the past year than was that of male employes sets one to wondering what revelations will be forthcoming in similar statistics & decade hence. We think that the time is approaching when statistics will not be the dry and uninteresting things they have been called in the past. A WORD IN MR. BRYAN'S EAR. Friendly and Gratuitous Advice from an Admirer. ‘Washington Post. It s, of course, Mr. Bryan't right to make himself ridiculous, and to allenate guch respectful consideration as may still linger in the minds of thoughtful men. Nor can any one prevent his selection of a lot of nolsy blatherskites to swell his retinue and multiply its idlotlc uproar. Nevertheless, there are many thousands of honest American citizens who once admired Mr, Bryan and will now regret the neces- sity for replacing that sentiment with one of sorrow and disgust. His speech at Urbana, O., on Wednes- diy last was silly enough in itself. There was no need to affront and grieve those who would like to think well of him by an intemperate and undignified personal attack on Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Bryan is in no position to denounce bolters, for he ha. mada it very plain that he intends to bolt, himself, should the democratic platform of 1904 ignore the platforms of 159 and 1900. He forgets that the platform upon which he was nominated, seven years ago, prac- tically repudiated all preceding declara- tions by the party and launched an en- tirely novel propaganda. 1f, therefore, Mr. Cleveland had no right to withdraw in 18%, Mr. Bryan will be equally at fault should he withdraw next year. For him to say that his is the only pure and authoritative democratic proclamation ever issued by the party is the most childish and absurd impertinence. There were great demo- crats before he was born, and there will bo great ones long after he shall have van- ished from this perishable earth. It is not what Mr. Bryan thinks, but what the democracy In convention assembled think: that makes the party's law. He Is a leader only 0 long as the great mass of the organization wanis him in that place, and the verdict that sets him and his doctrines aside in 1904 will be quite as valid and authoritative as that which, in 189 and 1900, promoted him over the tried and experienced capiains of that day. We have as little admiration for bolters as Mr. Bryan professes to have. In our philosophy, the man who thinks himself better, and greater, and more virtuous than his party is a tiresome prig, and when the man happens to be a beneficlary of the party he is an Ingrate to boot. But the spectacle of Mr. Bryan, with an entourage of mouthing mountebanks, proclaiming bimself the only true prophet and de nouncing all who disagree with him as renegadis is a little too much for our patience. and composure. He will do well to remember that he has already been twice overwhelmingly defeated, and to consider that modesty will become him somewhat better than this fantastic arrogance TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1903. ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK. Ripples on the mt of Life in the Metropolis, The New York Central company has let the contract for enlarging its trackage facilities In New York City. Tracks are to be lowered and doubled by placing one set of tracks beneath the other, and elec- trie motors will be substituted for steam within the city limits. The depression of the main tracks is to be about twenty feet below the present level, and twenty-five feot below that will be another set of tracks, 80 a8 to obviate the present crowd- ing at the existing terminal. The work Is to be completed in thirty months. The con- tract price 18 in the neighborhood of $5,000,- 000, The present tracks running to Fifty-sixth street, where the existing tunnel begins, will reach the terminal through an open cut. That line, four tracks wide, will ne- commodate the main line trafic, while about thirty feet below & tunnel ten tracks wido will accommodate the suburban trains, The underground tunnel tracks will reach the surface at about Fiftieth street by a 2 per cent grade, and will reach the four- track tunnel now existing northward be- tweeen Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh stroets. The main station, that is the terminal for the main line traffic, will be depressed ten feet lower than it is at present, and will extend from Forty-second to Forty- fitth streat. The suburban station below wiil extend from Forty-thrrd to Forty-fifth street. The low level tunnel will extend three blocks below Fiftieth street, and the space and tracks there will be utilized as storage yards for cars and electric motors. The suburban station, thirty feet under- ground, will be about 200 feet wide. At the sale of the diamonds smuggled into this country by Michael Leinkram, Joseph Goldman of Memphis, Tenn., was the successful bidder, paying $24,000 for the lot. The diamonds, several thousand In number, and weighing from about a fourth of & carat to about four carats each, were appraised by the government experts at £2490, not Including the duty of 10 per cent. Michael Lejnkram when leaving the Kronprinz Wilhelm had the stones hidden in a flannel abdominal bandage. He was convicted and sentenced to two years' im- prisonment In Eimira and to pay a fine of $6,000. Willlam Goldwasser, an expert diamond merchant, put in a claim for the §00ds, saying that he had let a customer take the stones, presumably to show them to a Berlin jeweler, and that instead the customer had given them to Leinkram and with the latter's aid had attempted to smuggle them Into the United States. For making the seizure the treasury agent will recefve $8,000, or one-third of the price for which the goods were auctioned. If plans submitted to the sinking fund commission be carried out, New York will have the most magnificent police head- quarters in the world. They contemplate a five-tory, semi-steel, skeleton frathe structure, covering the area bounded by Grand, Center and Broome streets and Center Market place. The walls up to the third story will be of buft Indfana lme- stone and beyond that brick. The whole will be surmounted by three domes, the ocentral and chief dome being 176 feet above the street level. On the fifth floor there will be separate prisons for men and women. The cells are to be of steel. The estimated cost s $500,000, Jose Bluehorse, 3 years old, a fullblooded Bioux Indian, dled Monday of last week at Orange, N. J. He was with a traveling show and took part in the street parade in the morning, although then suffering from pneumonla. During the' afternoon his parents plied him with all the reme- dies avaflable, and finally some of the show officlals notified Dr. E. G, West, but the lttle lad had gone to the happy hunting grounds before he reached the tepee. Frederick R. Markwith of the Orange morgue was sent for the body. He found twelve Indfan men and squaws with it. They demurred when Markwith sought to take charge of the body, until one of their number had the matter explained to him, Then the mother got out Jose's' mdst handsome parade dress, #ith tiny beaded moccasins, and dressed the little form. Markwith took the body to the morgue. A tall Indian visited the morgue in the evening. He explained the proprietors of the show would not let the parents of the dead child attend to its burlal and that he, as the lad's cousin, had been delegated to arrange the detalls. He asked to see the body, and Markwith led him to the room where it lay. “WIIL it be burled with prayer?' asked the red man. Markwith told him it would not be unless the parents or he remained for the burlal. The Indlan took & crucifix from his neck. He placed the cross in the tiny clasped hands. Taking from under the.heavy red Llanket he wore a fancy Indlan rug he spread it on the table and lald the body on it. Then ho placed a handsome Indian scarf about the face. After all this the Indian seemed to miss something and he told Markwith that he must have some feathers. A new feather duster was brought, and half & dozen of the best feathers were taken out and placed in the child's mocassins and hair. Then the Indlan told Markham he must leave the room, as he wished to say a prayer. Markwith did o and soon he heard the high pitched voice of the Indian intoning a stzange cant. After that the Indian could be heard talking as if in prayer, and in a few moments he opened the door and walked out. There are 17,000 barbers in New York City, and before September 1 they must all dis- play signs In their shops containing the new regulations fixed upon by the health department. Under these rules sponges and stick astringents like alum are barred, and the provision is made that every cus- tomer must have a fresh towel. Razors must be sterilized after each attack. Cus- tomers are advised that it is best to have thelr own cups, brushes and ragors to minimige the dangers of cutaneous dis- eases. The rules provide that all barbers practicing the trade In the city must be registered at the Board of Health offices. “With all that fs published about com- fort for the feet and improvements made by men in the regular trade,” sald a shoe manutacturer in Brooklyn, quoted by the New York Times, “nothing has been said about men who make & speclalty of exten- slon shoes for cripples and deformed per- sons. It is not so long ago that it was al mos! impossibility for a man with a deformed foot or a short leg to hide his misfortune. We all, remember the heavy, thick-soled blocks with high heels, that made & man feel almost as uncomfortable as though he had a wooden leg. You see very few of them now. Manufacturers have been improving on the extension shoe, it s called in the trade, by the use of rings and other contrivances, until they can make & deformed foot look very much like any other foot, unless it is a very bad case. A man with one leg two or three inches shorter than the other can have & pair of boots made 8o that nobody need know it but his shoemaker. Cus- tomers In our particular line have as many pairs of shoes as other men, in calf, tan, nd patent leather, and in all the fashion- able shapes, t0o. They have to pay about three times as much for them as men with both feet allke do; that's all the differ- encw.” A CHEERING OUTLOOK. Prosperity Not Dependent on the Vi garies of Speculators. Philadeiphia Public Ledger. Happily the prosperity of the nation does not depend upon the vagaries and unsee- tainties of the stock market, and tle ex- plosion of financial bubbles does not por tend the collapss of industry, blight to crops and manufactures and a dause in commercial activity. There may be lower- Ing and cyclonic weather in Wall street, but beyond it the sun of prosperity is se- renely shining, and the man “who hopeth all things” can find ‘abundant justification for his comfortable optimism. The nolse of the escaping water and wind from certain exploftations is mot a fore- warning note of national disaster, unless the accredited indications of national thrift have suddenly become misleading. The 1 ternal commerce of the country maintains the encouraging actlvity reported in 1902. Traffio on the rallroads, lakes, rivers and canals is increasing. The latest govern- ment report on Inland commerce is exceed- ingly optimistic. One of the great commer- clal agencies, whose business it is to pre- sent rellable exhibits of the commercial situation, reports that rallway earnings in July showed an Increass of 14 per cent over those of July a year ago, and the figures for July, 1902, were the most encouraging ever returned for that month. Another eommercial authority declares that the dis- tribution of commodities is already taxing raflway transportation facilities. The Iroh Age regards it as significant that the trat- flo officials of the most fmportant lines cen- tering at Chicago belleve that, notwith- standing the provisions made for increased rolling stock and power, there is reason to expect that facilities will be inadequate to move the merchandise that will be offered for transportation during the fall: Indeed, a larger volume of transportation than ever before {s anticipated, and much pnnoyance and loss may be again incurred By doiays In transportatio "This Journal saye that, aithough the west- bound movement of merchandise was never greater than now at this season, few empty cars are coming east. Governor Odell of New York, just returned from the west, says that he has never seen such buoyant contentment and such overwhelming proofs of prosperity as he has witnessed there. The advance in cotton has added millfons to the wealth of the south, for cotton growers can realize upon thelr crops at present prices by sale or mortgage. Des- pite the strikes, which have temporarily affected operations in certaln industries, and the flurry in Wall street, the outlook for our substantial enterprises fs full of promise, and will remain promising for & long time to come. Americans are hope- ful. They readily rebound from real na- tional misfortunes, and are not disposed to magnify small obstacles in the path of progress and prosperity. PERSONAL NOTES. If General Miles can resist the seductive offers of the magasine editors he may come out of it very peaceably after all. England has sent a team of golf players on a tour of the United States. What have we done to deserve this, and what can we do to frustrate it? The moeting of Benator Hanna and ex- President Cleveland on the same platform will be the greatest event of the year in the heavywelght class. The work of placing the statue of General Sherman on its pedestal on the south side of the treasury bullding, Washington, has been begun and will be completed in a few days. The sultan of Sulu, who is a pensioner of this government, paid a visit to Singapore and became so enamored with the delights of the place that he wants to live ther Singapore has a tenderloin nearly as bad as New York" The Massachusetts statistical bureau finds that the men engaged in the liquor business average higher returns than the employes of any other industry in the state. It is generally supposed that a saloon keeper {s not in the buisness for the purpose of cul- ture. Alfred H. Smith, now general manager of the New York Central & Hudson River rafl- road, began his succesaful career twenty- five years ago as a raliroad man in the office of the Lake Shore in Cleveland. Then he joined a gang of laborers and recelved $150 & day. George Wyndham, chief secretary for Ire- land, who now figures prominently in the public eye in connection with the Irish land bill, 18 sometimes spoken of as “the knight errant of English politics,” because of his instinctive love for forlorn ocauses. Mr. Wyndham has written some pretty verses and rumor credits him with being the au- thor of a clever novel. ‘When Emperor Willlam of Germany was staying with Lord Lonsdale, a fellow-guest, talking to another across the table, quoted @ line from Shakespears, adding the words “as the divine Willlam said.” The em- peror heard the quotation and, turning to his host, sald, with a puzzled look: “Curi- ously enough, I do not remember that my sainted grandfather ever sald that.” Great Act of Legisiation, Philadelphia Press. There is no question but that the session of the British Parllament which has just been prorogued will pass into history as one of the most important ever held. Unless the natlonalist leaders be greatly mistaken the Irish land purchase act (for it 18 now a law) will restore Ireland to the Irish and end the agrarian conflict which has per- sted in one form or another since the first English conquerors dispossessed the native clansmen and inclosed thelr common lands. The new land law may properly be enum- erated among the great acts of legislation like Magna Charta and the Bill of Rights. THE PUGILIST'S REWARD, Waste of Energy and Momey in a Thumping Match. Chieago Tribune. Ten thousand people paid $63.000 to ses a man of 3 knocked out by A man of 8 by & blow in the pit of the stomach. Tho blow had the usual effect. The man who ro- celved It clapped his hand where he was hurt and “squirmed around.” There wero & large number of peopls In San Francisco on Friday who had queer ideas as to what is Interesting or entertaining, and who wers willing to pay & high price for instruction or amusement. The drawing power of two prize fighters is superior to that of the most popular prima donna or actors, but allow- ances must bs made for the fact that the | gladiators selMdom give performances. A weekly serfes of entertainments would not bring in $3,000 aplece. Thers would be no such demand as there is now for reserved seats, It is sald that $33,000 of the proceeds went to Jeffries. That is £330 a round. Corbett s to get $11,000 to «console him for his defeat and for the blow which laid him low. In the old days the winner did not make 0 much as he does now, and the loser got nothing axcept when the generous victor shoved a soverelgn or two Into tho heel of his fist. It may be necessary in this calculating and mercenary age to give the loser enough to cover all training expenses, which must be large, and leave him a falr amount of net earnings. Otherwise it might be difficult to find many men who would go Into & fight when they had to pay out a good deal to fit themselves for it when the odds were agalnst them, as they were against Corbett. The lust for glory and the champlon’s belt is not the incentive it was once. It is not likely that the large sum which Jeftries is to pocket as the reward of a few minutes’ hard work and weeks of prepara~- tion will tempt many to take up the fistio art as & means of earning a living. It has tempting rewards for but a few. The prize fighter usually Is In his prime for only a short time, unless he can resist the allure- ments of liquor to which so many men who have been mighty with their fists have yielded. Looking at the matter purely from the standpoint of dollars and cents, the prize fighting business does not pay. From an economie point of view it is to be regretted that the force which fs exerted by prize fighters in dealing sounding thumps to one another's bodles could not be utilized in boiler making, blacksmithing, or some other useful occupation which calls for strength and skill, and that the $63,00 pald out at San Francisco could not have been put into a manufacturing plant n that city to give employment to labor. JESTS AND JINGLES. Nell-8he has an nulomobllo tongue. Belle—What do you mean? Nell—Oh, she's always running other peo« ple down.—Philadelphia Record. ‘pears dat de opportunities of dis lite,” wd Uncle Kben, “is a heap like fish. 1\ allus de bigges’ ones dat gits away!’ Washington Star. They saw him emerge from a shop with the three-ball sign over the do What were 3ou_doing in nére?® they “'Morely passing time away,” he replied, as his hand instinctively sought his empty, watch pocket.—Chicago Post. 8o you're a_veteran of the rebellion,” said the young man, admiringly. “The war clouds were thick about you when you were Yguth, weren'c they?” eplied mo yeteran, as ho en- e wished to “but they all had their silver elpbla_Record. “"When he pro, o0sed Lo w e I was delighted, of course,” confessed Miss Ann Teek, "hut !tfl.dnotwltlmylmlhwmm my answer would be. ‘And did you succeed?” asked Miss Pep- g. he for ndl his I{H thers I e read between the lines, 1 suppose.” ~Chicago Tribune. cried the peddler, sticking e door; “want to buy some pencils “‘No,” replied the busy man. “T've st buying pencils; everybody steals ‘em “Well, these ain't good enough to steal.” —Philadelphia Ledger. 4 " said nunlM Torkins, “Charley sometimes y s cards, but not for money. "Xndald . Il.ld the caller, mlpiclanllr buy red, white and blue fyory mvanlm .ma use them for prizes. It {sn't 8o very difterent from progressive euchre.’” ington Star. ‘Say,” whispered the ¢ strpnger-in chureh, at's this collection f s offering plied the man wIm the ebllocllon plate, * ' for_ 1o rel’l\ isslons." s all right, then,” said th n.rn.nnrr a dollar. "I'was goin' o oholt 1t ain't worth 1. - Bhila- 8. ABOU T. LIPTON, Wm. E. Kirk in Milwaukee Sentinel. Abou T. Llpmn (may his tribe iner: Awoke night from a deep And B‘. n angel with a fountain pen Soribbling upon o sheet of foolacap. nln‘ his composure, Tom sat up A akeca "the angello one to have & cup Of his best tea. e angel -hook his head, “I'm on the water on how,'’ he sald. Abou T. Lipton But, by’ thie way, The huvenly vision answered, rite wi on this little sheet, in black and white. The KAz’ whose boat will get the needed The wlnner 1n the coming vachting race.” fn lant Lipton brightened up. “Pray “does the name hegin with L2 said his guest, It s a shame, stand, [ cannot write your waved his hand; what writest thou?” sald “Well, I He queried, $hm sorry, But as things nam Lipton made reply, ““Would I were It, ' But But me down as one who never quit The snflel ‘wrote and vanished. The next on Tom again, but not to write. !.-l:‘“;d“‘ have, on this large, handsome le of the engraver's art), hcm;e exnmp{ some true sportsmen—just o8 of Ana Jo. T Lipton's name 1ed all the rest! Brush Up As much as you like the old suit it looks it. If you are lucky enough to find your size among the broken lines of suits we have left you can look like a new man for as little as $5.00, $7.50, $10.00 or $12.50— They are just half price at these flgure?. There's only a few of th ize is here it’s an unusual if your ft and bargain when you consider our kind of clothing. All summer stuffs fixed with moving prices. { owning: King: R. S. Wilcox, Manager.