Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 20, 1903, Page 6

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Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accep! THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STA EMENT OF CTRCULATION. of Nebraska, Douglas County, s8.: 0 B. Taschck, secretary af ‘he Bue n{ !;:‘: ‘ompany ~being auly o 82%) e o B A & coples of . The Datly Mornin vening and Bun mon "i' of July, fol 1 2. L] 4 5 Bubscribed in presence before mo this Zi-l{ u‘ of J\IIG (GATE, (Beal) Notary Publlie. e PARTINS LEAVING FOR SUMMER. Parties leavi the eity fo the summer may have The Dee - to them regularly by notitying The Bee Busine office, in person or by mail. The address will be changed an often as desaired. O —————————— If an eastern European war is pre- cipitated excursions to the Holy Land will not be so popular next winter, ana sworn to A. D. 1903, ] It is decreed that the drug store soda fountain menu cards are to be censored by the police authorities. What will the poor girls do? King Edward's incognito at the Ger- man and Bohemian watering places seems to be a poor disguise. Where- ©ver he goes, everybody I on to him. —_— What has become of The Hague peace tribunal? = This ought to be a good time for it to spread its benign influence «over the war area of ’l\lrluy and Mace- donfa. The council has awarded the con- tracts for repairing dilapidated pave- ments and with the permission of the contractors our public thoroughfares may again become passable. Owing to short funds, no cooking sclivol will be installed for the present for the High school girls, but the kitchen stove at home will still be at their service for experimental practice. If there are any more sinecures to be crented by the Board of Education now 18 the time to do it. To hold these ap- pointments back until just before elec- tion would be too much of a give-away. e Lady Curzon, formerly Miss Leiter of Chicago, has accepted an invitation to attend the Frontler day exercises at Cheyenne, which are to outshine last year's Durbar in Delbl so far as paint and feathers are concerned. We take it that the Chicago papers will not be bashful about poiuting the moral of the suicide committed by a man on a train enroute from that city to 8t. Louls just before he reached his destination, With the Transmississipp! congress in session at Seattle ready to solve all the problems confronting our nation, what possible excuse can there be for con- vening another congress in extra ses- slon in Washington ahead of the regular time? Apd now General groomed for the democratic nomination for governor of Massachusetts*and also held In reserve for the headship of the Grand Army of the Republic next year. General Miles s just beginning to en- , counter the trials and tribulations that beset an eminent soldier out of a job. pe—e— Chairman Sloan's remarks before the republican state convention about situation In this judiclal district, Srpyem——m—— North Dakota 's to have an extra ses- slop of it legislature to .approprinte money fo make gdod payments on con- Bee (lnclud!nc smdnn per week. ‘l§| culunon D. i Miles is to be a nonpartisan judiclary appear to fit the al- though framed with reference to another condition. The reception accorded this | part of the temporary chairman's ad- dress also showed that the temper of the republicans throughout the state is not in faver of democratic partisanship masquerading under nonpartisan colors. THE REPUBLICAN STATE TICRET. The nomination of Jéhn B. Barnes for supreme judge by the republican state convention will meet with general approval of the party. The opposition will try to make capital out of the fact | that Judge Barnes' name was the only’ | one presented to the convention Intl- | mating that his selection was forced hy | outside influences against the wishes of the party. The truth 1s that Judge Barnes was one of the principal candi- dates for the nomination for supremne | judge two years ago, withdrawing at | that time with the avowed intention of 1 seeking the place later, that as supreme court commissioner he has been serving as it were an apprenticeship to the su- preme bench and that the nomination was this year conceded to him without competition because of his faithful service on the bench and his admitted 'clnlms upon the party. Judge Barnes'- ability and qualifica- tions for the judicial position for which he bhas been nominated will not be questioned. He has been a practiclug lawyer at the bar or on the bench for nearly a third of a century. He is thor- oughly identified with Nebraska and is { well known throughout the state, hav- ing practiced his profession first here in Omaha, then in northeast Nebraska, and later in Nerfolk. His service as supreme court commissioner proved so satisfactory that he was appointed a sécond time by unanimous vote of the present supreme jddges, a majority of whom are fusionists in politics. This by itself is good testimony to his judi- cial abilities and proof positive that he i entitled to promotion to a place on | the supreme bench. The two nominations for university regents will commend themselves with- out reservation to the people. Both are pecullarly fitted to administer a great educational {institution. W. G. Whit- { more 1s a successful farmer and stock- raiser of mature years and judgment, a native of Massachusetts, where he received a liberal education previous to Joining his fortunes to Nebraska's soll. C. 8 Allen s an intelligent and pro- gressive young attorney graduated by the university and familiar with its stu- dent side. The ratification of the ticket at the polls may be looked forward to as a matter of course. THE AMERIUA'S CUP RACES. The first of the races for the America's cup will be salled today and while there seems to be a less general and enthusi- astic interest in the event than was manifested in previous contests for the famous trophy, which has been in pos- session of American yachtmen for fifty- two years, stil} interest is,by no means lacking, particularly in eastern yachting circles, and it is probably mingled with some anxiety as to the result. Although there has been betting of two to one on the American yacht Reliance, it is ad- mitted that Shamrock III 18 a dangerous boat, having shown herself very much superior to her predecessors of the same name in the. cup contests. Since arriving in American waters the challenger has shown her superiority over Shamrock I in gn extended list of races, in which her average winning time over a thirty-mile course was more than twenty-two minutes over that of the 1900 boat. Nevertheless there is confidence among American yachtmen that Rellance will prove worthy of her name. The demonstrations she has glven were all that could be desired and she has made them against two yachts, one of which had not only defeated Shamrock I easily, but had beaten an- other boat that had beaten her. How- ever, the comparative merits of the boats in the present contest are purely specu- lative. Undoubtedly both are faster than any which have previously con- tested for the cup and the reasonable expectation 18 that the races will be very close, the result depending very largely upon the skill with which the boats are handled. e TRIRTY-TWO STATES FOR ROUSEVELT. The republicans of thirty-two states have declared In favor of the nomina- tion of President Roosevelt by the na- tional convention of 1004. In every in- stance this pronouncement has been made with unanimity and enthusiasm. It Is a most remarkable lllustration of the president's popularity and of the hold he has upon the esteem and con- fidence of his party. Why this is so is well expressed In the language of the Nebraska republican platform, which declares “that the administration of our national affairs and our negotia- tions with forelgn nations are being conducted by a courageous republican president, who knows no fear, who courts no favor, but who loves peace crowned with honor, and in whose charge we have a feeling of perfect safety and security.” ‘This is the feel- ing of republicans in every state of the union where there is loyalty to repub- liean principles and policles and these are held to be superior to all mere local considerations. The fact that in some of the southern states there is opposition to Mr. Roose- velt, because of his position in regard to the rights of the colored race, counts | for nothing. The stand that he has taken in support of the proposition that | the negro should not be deprived of | those rights and privileges which have several sionally Mr. Webster has taken rank among the ablest lawyers of the coun- try and is widely known from his con- been bestowed upon him by the consti- tution is approved by the unprejudiced sentiment. of the country, which it is not to be doubted includes a large ma- Jority of the American people. No op- Position to the president on this score will have any weight in the national convention. Neither will Mr. Roose- tracts for which its supreme court has | yelt be harmed by any hostility that knocked out a proposed issue of bonds. | may be manifested on the In’ this state the gontractors would ‘be | capitalistic or trust interests. ‘glad to go wbead and take d part of the As an bills for [ castern paper of independent views in their meney . with & promise of. refm-| politics remarks, “the greatest advan- . bursement at the first regular legisia - | tage that Theodore Roosevelt conld gain tive meeting. 1f North Dakota basu't o | as a presidential aspirant would be thé JMue of credit with comtractors it must be (n & bed way. its public institution | creation of A popular bellef that Wall street opposed him. It would be as if THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1903. the whole country, from Maine to the Gulf of Mexico and from Washington to Oalifornia, were in cpposition to that narrow, short New York byway. If Wall street does not wish Mr. Roose velt to be elected president next year, let it maintain a discreet reserve anent its wish. Otherwise Wall street 1is likely to become the most potent factor in his overwhelming victory.” Already the people have noted an oppsition to the president on the part of some of the combinations, reflected through their organs, and the effect has been to strengthen him in the popular regard. The next republican national conven- tion will unanimously nominate Mr. Roosevelt. That is as certain as any political event of the future can be and there is at present no indication of any conditions or circumstances that will prevent his election. A HIGH COMPLIMENT. The republicans of Nebraska in state convention assembled have paid a high compliment to Hon. John L. Webster in endorsing him as their choice for the vice presidency of the United States. More than a quarter of a century ago Mr. Webster, then a young man, was chosen to preside over the convention that framed the present constitution of Nebraska and since then he has been conspicuous among the republican lead- ers of this state. Although never occu- pying an official position in the national government, Mr. Webster has figured in the national arena’ as a delegate to national conventions. Profes- nection with a pumber of the most im- portant cases that have been before state and federal supreme courts. Should the republican national conven- tion see fit to go west of the Mississippl in its cholce of a companion candidate to Theodore Roosevelt, Nebraska will not be backward in asking for prefer- ence for John L. Webster in accord with the action of its state convention. AN UNSOUND SUGGESTION. The suggestion is made in some quar- ters that the United States should pro- ceed to construct the Panama cana! re- gardless of the action of the Colombian congress, justifying itself on the ground that the canal is of world-wide concern. Thus a Philadelphia® paper says that “congress should take into immediate consideration at the extra session which is to be called the question whether it would not be the wisest plan to send Uncle 8am to Colon and Panama with a spade in 'his hand and dig that ditch anyhow,” adding that in a care Wke this England, or Germany or France would build the canal. Possibly in like circumstances either of those nations would seize from Colombia the required territory, occupy it with a military force and construct the canal, but this i8 wholly foreign to the policy of the United States and no such course would be authorized by congress or receive the support of the American people, However disappointing or irritating the action of Colomida, our government, it 18 safe to say, will do nothing that is not entirely fair to that republic. Nothing has yet been disclosed re- garding the Roosevelt. He will move deliberately in the matter and will do nothing for ‘which there is not the fullest warrant of law, and it may be remarked that there is no warrant for any of the radical steps which the more aggressive news- papers are suggesting. The president is authorized to proceed with negotia- tions for a canal in the Nicaragua route, but he may not be disposed to act under it at least while there is a chance of renewing negotlations with Colombia. Federal judges do not always agree. The other day Judge Lochren held that a merger of the Great Northern and Rurlington roads through the Northern Securities company did not conflict with the anti-trust laws. In rendering this decision Judge Lochren knew that it was in direct conflict with the decision rendered by the appellate circuit court of the Uhited States some months pre- viously. A few days ago Judge Rogers of the United States circult court handed down an opimion to the effect that any company or individual has the absolute right to dlsmiss employes be- cause they belong to a labor union, and incidentally he also ruled that employ- ers may maintain a black list of dis- charged employes and give it out for the use of others. It is exceedingly doubtful, of Judge Rogers will be concurred in by federal judges in other circults or by the supreme court of the United Btates. EEpse————— South Omaha is said to be considera- | bly behind in its hydrant rental and yet wants a material increase in the number of its hydrants without paying any more for them. now pending for a ten years' extension through, South Omaha would secure seventeen additional hydrants for the first year and twenty-four more for the succeeding nine yea In other words, the present number of hydrants belng 260, South Omaha would get 267 for | 1904 and 201¢for the nine succeeding years without additional cost. Whether this concession is not offset for the ex- tension of the existing contract the tax- paying citizens of South Omaha must determine for themselves. The committee of the prohibition party in Nebraska is organizing prepar- atory to spending that $1,000 gathered in for its campaign treasury at the time of the prohibition state convention. Those who want to share in the grand prize distribution should see to it that their applications are in early. EE———— It is rumored among New York politi- clans that President Roosevelt s strougly in favor of Secretary Root for the presidential nomination im 1908, i intentions of - Presidenty however, why | ather the ruling | likely to awaken a responsive chord ia the If the negotlations | This rumor may be safely discredited for two very good reasons—first, be- cause the presidential races for 1008 are altogether too remote to be ration- ally discussed, and, second, because no president has yet been able to pame his own successor. This is not a nation of dynasties. This boom for the Columbus conven- tion in the democratic organs s of course carefully designed to make the democratic tent show overshadow in numbers the populist part of the com- bination and give the democrats a plausible excuse for taking the big end of the box office distribution. But the populists are usually fond to have had their eye teeth cut. What We Are Coming To, Philadeiphta Record. Still the process of consolidation of rafl- ways keeps moving on. At the present rate of progression a few yoars hence there will be three or four trunk lines in the country, each furnished with subsidlary steam and electri¢ feeders like the hairs on a cater- pillar, Hint for the Layman, Baltimore American. Thomas A. Edison, the electrical wizard, has thrown up his hands and surrendered to the X-ray, admitting it to be teo mystert- ous and too dangerous to experiment with. When Edison confesses fear of any elec- trical phenomenon it is time for the laymen to take to the woods. Oriticism Worse Than Stealing. Brooklyn Eagle. In England a man named White has gone to prison for commenting on the case of Whitaker Wright, the swindler. Meanwhile Mr., Wright is on ball, to go Wwhither he Iisteth. As between Wright and White, ‘Wright seems to have the right of it. It is worse to express an opinion than to steal. ‘Will He Sing the Old Song? Indianapolis Journal. This would be a very opportune time for Mr. Bryan to deliver that once famous lec- ture of the siiverites on the “‘community of interest” between wheat and Sflver, with the chart showing that the price of the two moved up and down In unison. With wheat up to §1 and silver down to 43 cents this chart might look somewhat out of tune just now. “The T n of Peace.” 8t. Louls Globe-Democrat. In his latest address Mr. Folk calls atten- tion to the fact that the national constitu- tlon “'specifically mentions only two crimes for which the president may be impeached— treason and bribery. Bribery s treason— the treason of peace. If all official acts were for sale, then a government of the people could not long exist."” The plea that bribery is only a conventional crime is heard no more in defense of boodlers. It worked the opposite way with juries and public opinfon. Merger Magnate's War Alarms, Springfield Republican. And now comes the railroad man, James J. Hill, with the view that the United States government should never be without an army of at least 200,000 recdy instantly to take the fleld, and with the familiar declaration that *“we must have peace for our industrial and commerejal growth, and peace we will have, if we have to fight for it That is'usually the talk of a man who prefers a peace that has to be fought for to a peace which prings from peace, and such a man seems'to be the defendant in so many suits to enforce the anti-trust laws. But just where the expected or hoped-for war is to spring up Mr. Hill does not ven- ture an opinion. itk SRR W Length of Presidential Campaigns. Cineinnati Enquirer. Four months is, not long for a presi- dential campalgn, Representatives in con- gress are elected on the same day a presi- dent is chosen. Surely, the people of ‘the country can spare & little time through four months for so important a matter. Whetheg the nominations. shall be made early or late, the usual time will be de- voted to presidential and congressional politics next year. The excitement incl- dent to the nomination of candidates for president and vice president is as disturb- ing as the actual presidential campalgn. The conventions have 'a settling effect. Usually there is a lull after the nomina- tlons are made. Time is given for wounds to heal, and for those who swear with both hands and feet that they will not vote for the nominee to fall into line rather than help the enemy, even by indifterence. There is always a great deal of fol-de-rol sbout political ~contention disturbing business. 'Men whoare never satisfied—who always want to be making more money—jet their acquisitive imaginations run away with them. Business men owe more than ‘hey usually allow to government, and govern- ment cannot be run ‘without politics. A long and exciting presidential campaign is a good teacher in government. CRY FOR A LARGE ARMY. Strength of a Nation Not M by the Number of Its Soldiery, Chicago Record Herald. As we are just well through with war and have just developed a new army or- ganization scheme, as, moreover, we are | grateful for the prospect of long-continued peace and have no reason to expect aggres- sion from any quarter, Mr. James J. Hil revelation that we need & much larger military force than we have now is not breast of the public. Mr. Hill makes the absurd mistake of supposing that the strength of this nation 1s measured by the size of its standing army. He thinks that “if we are to be a member of the great family of nations” we should have an army of 20,00 men. This would be a strange idea for any Intelligent man to advance, and it is very strange coming from Mr. Hill because his business is of a kind that should teach him to know better. We are @ member of the great { family of nations quite independently of all with the Omaha Water company go| military considerations, and a most impor- tant member because of the produce which Mr. Hill helps to export. We are power- ful because of our immense resources of all sorts, and the power is there whether our soldlers number 200,000 or 60.000. Of course the more regulars there are under constant drill the more ready we should be at the alarm of war, but if that m indispensable why stop at 200007 Why not hgve a standing army of 2,000,0007. The fact Is that the line has been drawn with a common sense regurd for the chances and a justi- fiable dependence upon our volunteer system. It is certain that no forelgn power will wantonly provoke us, and we are puzzled by Mr. HAl's declaration that “‘we must have peace for our industrial and commer- cial growth, and peace we will have if we have to fight for it.” Wnut is the mean- ing of this rhodomontade? There Is a nat- ural growth beyond our own frontiers which depends primarily upon the needs of other nations, not upon our ability to command peace by war. There Is a growth within our own borders which does not now and which never will require the supervision of 200,000 soldlers. Mr."Hill is merely talking military rub- bish, of which, by the way, we have had much too lberal an allowance during the last two or three years, jartists of Boston, ! PLACE OF THE HIGH SCHOOL. ed Din of Its Status and Puarpose. Chicago Record-Herald. The Increasing tendency of the public to challenge the wisdom of maintaining high #chools at public expense will attract wide attention among educators to the confer- ence organized by President James of Northwestern university, which will meet n Chicago October 3 and &1 While the discussion of the status and purpose of the high school will take a wide range, the queation that is of greatest pop- ular and pedagogic Interest is stated as tollows: “Should the public high school be looked on primarily as a school to prepare young then and women for the college and uni- versity? Or should it be viewed as an independent school .with its own important ends and aims, to which preparation for higher schools must be strictly second- ary? In Qiscussing this question it should not be forgotten that the high school and the state university are Integral parts of the “‘common school system” of the state. The existence of the state university as a part of the state's system of public education implies the existence of a connecting link between the grammar or intermediate grades and the state university. To leave out any of the rounds in the s educa- tional ladder would be fllogical and unwise. It is plainly obvious therefore that prepa- ration for the state university should be at least an incidental consideration in ar- ranging the ourricula of the high schools. There is little doubt, however, making the high school the higher Institutions of learnin| chief aim should be to provi a more practical training In- langusge and the sclences for puplls who are unable to at- tend colleges or universities. It is their bellef that it should supply the “finishing touches” to a common school education, and the preparation for a unjiversity should be only a secondary consideration. To the mind of the layman there does not seem to be any reason why the high school should not serve both these pur- poses. There is nothing incompatible be- tween the idea of a “people’s college” and the shaping of a curriculum In such a way as to prepare puplls for a university. The preparatory course should be separate and distinct from the course that is designed to finish a boy's education and prepare him to grapple immediately with the problems of it Buch a combination of purpose would seem to constitute the ideal twen- tieth century high school. GIVE US CLEAN MONEY. “Filthy Lucre” Menacing the Health ot Everyone Handling It. Indlanapolis Journal. When congress undertakes currency legls- lation at the coming session some attention should be given to the question of clean or dirty paper money, and if the congress can- not devise some means of insuring clean money it should refer it to the Board of Health. The slang expression, “fiithy lucre,” fits American paper money exactly. Strong in fiber, good as gold, the banks discover no reason why they should pay express charges involved in any system of redemp- tion and relssue they might organize, and thus the same old bills are pald out over and over again until they are positively worn out. And long before this time comes the passage through thousands of hands has made them disgustingly filthy and a menace to the health of everyone that han- dles them, They do this thing much better abrodd. in England of on the continent one handles always clean new bills or coin, which can easily be cleaned and dlsinfected. Buch a thing as an old, dirty, ragged plece of paper to represent money is unknown, and would not be tolerated by any foreign government that has any sanitary regulations. Nobody knows what kind of hands a bit of our money has passed through, or what germs of disease it carries. A few banks in large centers in the east have made something of a hit by using new and clean money ex- clusively, at some little expense to them- selves, but in the smaller cities and towns not enough new business can be attracted by this method to make it an Inducement to the comparatively small expense in- volved. Paper money is a necessity, and is 80 recognized all over the civilized world, but there is no reason why it should be used over and over again until it becomes dangerous from & sanitary point of view. PERSONAL NOTES. David Nation is teported to have become reconciled to Carrie Nation. David stands alone. A standing army of 200,00 men would be satisfactory to James J. Hill, although he is willing to compromise on 100,000. The czar of Russia draws a salary of §18 a minute, Many of his sibjects do not get that much money In & !fotime. General Young's tenurs of the office of the commanding genera) was so short that it kept him busy to get 2is new uniform on. The senators comprising the Alaskan vis- iting party are ten days behind. That is, in respect to r-Fedule time—not in the mat- ter of connecting with the appropriations for expenses. Darius and Cyrus Cobb, the twin brother celebrated their 69th birthday on the 6th inst. Both are strong and robust men and are as devoted to their work as ever. Prof. Goldwin Smith of Toronto, who has jupt completed his 80th year, was the companion, adviser and coadjutor of the men who were most powerful In shaping history and directing English thought dur- ing the period in the nineteenth century when England rose to its highest intel- lectual elevation. Age has dealt gently with the doctor, whose erect and fault- lessly attired figure always attracts much attention in the city of his residence. Eastern horsemen have not yet ceased to congratulate Budd Doble, the veteran driver, who the other day won & $5,00 purse at the Empire City track with his green horse, Kinney Lou. Doble, who is now 64 years old, at one time could write his check for $260,000 or more, but lost al or most of it in unfortunate investments. In his long career on the trotting turf h{ won a higher place In public estimation than was ever occupied by any other @river. He held the reins over three trotters when they made world's records—Dexter, Gold- smith Maid and Nancy Hanks. With Gold- smith Maid he won nearly $400,000 in purses and priges. Until this season he has not raced for ten years. Congressman Robert Baker writes The Bee to correct a ull(smal’l in this column credited to the New York Sun that he had drawn ‘a salary as auditor of municipa! accounts in Brooklyn since his name was put on the congressional pay roll. He calls attention to the result of an inquiry insti- tuted by the Sun of which it said “that his services as auditor of aoccounts ceased March 2, 1903, two days before his salary as & member of congress began. Mr. Baker adds, “I am well aware that anyone Who exposes the means by which railroads and similar corporations obtain the ‘spectal privileges’ which enable them to oppress the people must expect to be ridiculed, but I also expect that & paper of the standing of The Bee will not be & party to & wiliful misstatement of fact” It is needless to add that The Bee has no desire to mis- represent Mr. Baker and gladly makes this correction. that the preponderance of opinion among the more progressive educators favors the idea of 'the people’s col- lege” instead of a preparatory school for that its | didence was esteemod an enormous catch ROUND ABOUT NEW YORK. Ripples on the Current of Life in the Metropolis. Rev, John Alexander Dowile, boss of Zion City, near Chicago, Is about to lead a host of followers on Gotham and show the benighted of the burg how to conduct a revival. He has engaged Madison Square Garden for two weeks, October 18 to No- vember 1, and proposes to orate as fre- quently as auditors assemble. Oratory will not be the only feature of the show. There will be an extensive culinary establishment conducted exclustvely by Dodieites. All the cooking will be done in the garden, and the catering department will be In charge of the leader's most trusted fol- lowers, managers of the only hotel in the now famous Zion City. A baptismal pool is to be constructed In the Garden, where converts will be baptized immediately upon making profession, and before they shall have had time for their zeal to abate. ““What lower depths of misery and degra- dation could readily be imagined in the rich and prosperous island of Manhattan,” says the Tribune, “than have been sounded by ‘wretched immigrants who have huddied be- neath the dumping plers, with the vilest flith under them, above them and around them! The health department is now busy in routing out these perverse and degen- erate creatures. These laborers have been earning wages suffictent for them to have rooms in the tenement distriots, but they prefer the most squalid lodgings imaginable, because they are determined to lay aside money In the shortest possible time In order to enable them to go back to the land which they still idolize and adore, in the hope of living there In ease and comfort— from their potnt of view—for the rest of their days on the dollars which they h: scrimped and saved here in New York." There seems to be a growing tendency among the wealthy men lving in New York or visiting the city to take wives from among working girls. A while a go It was announced that a somewhat retiring young millionaire, a fanan who for all of his soclal among the match-making women of soclety, intended to marry the daughter of the housekeeper of his palace up in Westchester county. The girl is both beautiful and ac- complished, and yet vertain jdiotic weekly sheets published in New York for the one purpose of pandering to the craving for so- clety gossip have printed cevert sneers with regard to the matoh. An exceedingly rich stock broker of 40, married, not long ago, the dainty and desirable cashier of a restaurant in the financial distfiot where he was wont to take his luncheon, and rich men In New York are constantly “falling to" the charms of demure typewriter girls. A hustiing young proprietor of more than two score of popular-priced restaurants in New York, a man who Inside of five years has expanded the proverbial shoestring into several millions of dollars, married a walt- Tess in one of his establishments. Only a few years ago the head of a famous New York pyblishing firm, a man of millions who had been esteemed a hopeless bache- lor, went to church with the daughter of his washerwoman, after having educated the girl at Vassar, and, what is more to the purpose, the marriage has been & consplou- ously happy one. Does the introduction of male walters at New York's women's hotel presage the eventual opening of the doors of that ex- clusively feminine hotel to male guests? Maybe. It is an entering wedge, anyhow, and the women guests are more than satis- fled with it. What {s more, they demanded it. They didn't like the gir! waiters at all— sald they were “snippy" and “talky,” and slovenly and perky, and many other things with various shades of meaning. At the outset the women projectors of ths women's hotel were going to run the whole outfit, from dynamo compartment to dining room, without any trousered creature—no, not even one—from cellar to garret. DiM- culties, however, arose to puncture this plan. No ellgible stationary engineers and electriclans of the female persuasion were ready to jump into the breach—the pun is involuntary and unintentional. It was ap- prehended, likewise, that it would not be altogether easy to obtain the services of young lady coal heavers, machinery oflers, garbage regulators and so on. These hum- ble, but important, positions, consequently, had to be filled by coarse male bipeds, who “‘were rigorously kept at their stations, how- ever, and out of view. ‘Women did all the rest. Manageress, clerkesses, night clerkesses, bootblacks, who were perfec' laydies, waitresses, scullions, cooks, fire-makers, laundresses, chamber- maids, bell girls—all kilted person Men who called to see the women guests were conducted Into a tiny, bare reception room in an obscure corner of the hotel, although the hotel is rich In handsomely furnished reception rooms. Everything went beautiful for a while, untll, one day, & man who called to see one of the woman guests had the unbounded ‘temerity to forget to throw his cigar away when he entered the tiny reception room, whither he was conducted by the bell girl. Thereupon some of the anclent women guests of the rubbering persuasion set up an uproar, declaring that the fumes of the man's cigar, away off in that corner of the hotel, made them {11, if only by ocular suggestion, they having seen the man with the cigar in his hand. Then the storm broke. The great major- > Shield of Quality 1s ‘ways on the box if it's the genuine Welsbach mantle, All Dealers, I ////llll A28 FERRAAANNANNNNNN ASNNNNNRTTT LLLLAR R ANAN INDIAN WRONGS. it Charges Dem & Searoh- ing Investigation. Philadelphia Public Ledger The report of 8. N. Brosius, agent of | the Indian Rights assoclation, who was | sent to the Indlan Territory to Investigate | charges that white promoters, speculators | and land sharks were securing possession of Indian lands for a grossly inadequate consideration, Arralgns a number of Gov ernment officlals who, 80 far from safe- guarding the rights of the Indians, have been actively engaged, it Is asserted, in robbing them of thelr holdings. It fs esti- mated that 20,000,000 acres are involved, In one way or another, fn the scandalous transactions, and the interests of nearly 400,000 Indlans are affected. The land gradbing scheme, it 18 said, has extensive ramifications, and probably covers groater fraud than that unearthed in the Post offics department. Polftictans and admint« trations come and go, but the wrongs of the Indians remain and shame tha nation. The Brostus report is sufffofently explicie and condemnatory to demand the most searching investigation by congress, redress for the Indians who have been overreached and robbed, and such modification of tha laws as will protect the Indian titles. Tha present allotment system, it appears, is too costly and technical, and delays and dis- courages the security of titles by the Indians fn many instances. Flagrant wrongs with respect to excessive land hold- ingw, now unlawful, are described. An in- stance is mentioned where an Indian mother, fgnorant of the valus of her ofl land, long in her pomsession, received $1,800 for three tracts, while the person obtatning them réceived $20,000 from an ofl compary for his share of the profits. Companies | operating in the ofl dlstriot treat the In- dians with gross injustice. United States officials, it ts charged, are are interested, directly or Indirectly, in the developing companies, and some of them are commissioned as the special guardians of Indfan interest. Mr. Brosius says that, with the information in possession of these officials, it 18 clear that they possess o de- clded advantage over others in pressing “any business in which they may have an interest, either through a trust company or otherwise.” The commissioner of Indian affatrs, com- menting on the report, is reported as saying that it 1s Impossible for any Federal offctal connected with a land company operating In Indian' lands to be absolutely impartial in deciding questions affecting his own Interests. The commissioner favors a thorough Investigation by the Indlan of- fice and by congress. It should be search- lnr and exhaustive, regardless of cunlo- nces to reputations. FLASHES OF FUN, Hewitt—How did Gruet come to go to Utah and become a Mormon? Jewett—He sald there wasn't any on- woman who could support him.—' ‘Topics. Volce (over the phonc)—flhly. Central, I fo—talk ter Contralo-What's her num Volee—Quitcher kiddin', \Ill ”l‘? I aln't no Mormon.—New York Sun. ed Dusty ask and g\fimln' P0Gk anything, Weary Walker—Aw, come oft! Dusty Rhodes—Fact! I wasn't goin' ter say ‘yes” was 1? “Anything" ‘includes Yoday water an’ truck lite dat—Philadel- phia Prese. “What is the differen: ist and a fiddler?" “The difference,” answered the concert manager, ‘i enormous; anywhere from $500 to 35,000 a week. Washington Star, “What kind of breakfast food do you refer?’ asked the landlady of the new | rder. “Flannel cakes and pure maple syrup buttered toast, ham- and o m‘m W replied the young man whi tite with hiim.—Detroit Free Press “I'm not afraid to g I Wallon dlfllnll of ked gh, "l lhould lhlll you would to give it—at that”—Chicago i me dis I sald between & violin« \ “I have here,'" sald the visitor, “a poem on the new cup defender—’ ““Whi cried the editor, reaching for a club. “Walt a_minute protested the vistor. “This is absolutely unigue. You will ob- serve I do not once use ‘deflance’ to rhyme with ‘Reliance’ "—Philadelphia ~Catholio Standard. Mike—Are yo much hurted, Pat? Do ye ity of the women guests up and declared that they ltked the smell of cigar smoke— that it was homelike and cozy—that it was pleasant to feel, after all, that there was a man around occasionally—so there, mnow! Then these insurgents began to kick about the girl waiters and to demand that trous- ered watters be installed in thelr places, on threat of packing up and leaving in a body. Thelr demand was met by the man- agement. Bellboys are soon to displace the bellgirls, and even money is being freely offered by hotel men around town that it will be a matter of only a little while now before the women's hotel will be throwing open its doors to maSculine guests. One day last week Stephen Van Buren of Brooklyn went over the rivers to New Jersey, taking his gun and dog along. Somewhere not far from Paterson he saw a bird which he thought looked like a wild duck and he shot it. The farmer who owned the duck had him arrested and be- fore noon he had been fined twice—once for killing the duck and again for being a non- resident gunner. The fines and costs amounted to something over $50, after pay- ing which Stephen Van Buren fared back to Brooklyn. A young woman who was arrested for masquerading the streets in men's cloth- ing, was brought into court on the follow- ing morning attired as she was when cap- tured. 1 did it, your honor,"” ‘only for a lark.” she sald with sobs, “Well, you do look like & bird,” was the judicial response. “It I let you go, do you think you can fiy?" She was sure she could. When the cage was opened she flew to a police matron who lent her a dress in which to go home —_— Room for More. Indianapolis News. The records show that we have had - 000,000 immigrants since 180, and still we have room for all the decent ones that want | to come over bere where a man can make an honest living without fear that it will be taken away from him by anybody ex- cept the trusts i want & doothor?® Pat—A docthor, afther bein’ ned over be a Phat Ot t s a lawyer. ve fule! throlley car? ~Judge. There was a fuir maid named Pomona- The first time she ate of bologna She sald: "It is queer, But I really fear You must help me remove its kimona." Chicago Tribune. —————— YE GENTLE CRITIC, Milwaukee Sentinel Down fn the pasture. near he ecreek, A cricket chirped his litte lay; A jackass heard the effort weak henas, by chance, he ceased to bray, He stood until the song was o'er, And listened, in amazement dumb, And though he would have stood for more, He only said, “It's pretty bum And thus_the rhymester's roundelays Are often styled by some that list; ® he strives for gold or bays, ps he seeks but to exist Heed not the critical harangue Bing on, @ bards, enjoyed by some, Remember, when the cricket sang. The jackass sald, “It's pretty bu Hair Vigor Makes the hair grow because it is a hair-food. It feeds the hair and the hair grows, that’sall there is to it. It stops falling of the hair, too, and re- stores color to gray hair. SL00. ANl dongrists. . C. AVER CO., Lowell, Mass.