Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 3, 1903, Page 6

_THE OMAHA DALY BEE E Rum—.\v.uyn EDITOR. PUBLISHED BVERY MORN TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ty Bee (without Sunday), One Yeqr..44.00 ally Bee and Sunday, One Year.... lustrated Bes. One Yoar v DELIVERED B ly Bee (without Sunday), per eopy ally Bee (without Sunday), per week Beo (ncluding Sunday), per week lay Bee, per cop! Evening Bes (Without Binday) Eyenin (ncluding Su (‘omflylllnu of Irraguiarities in’ delivery agdressed to City Circulation De- OFFICES. Qmaha_The Bee Bulldin uth Omaha—City Hall t-nfth and M Strsets Council Bluffs—10 Pearl Street. Chie: 1640 Unity Bulldi { jow York—2028 Park Row Bullding. ‘ashington—601 Fourteenth Street CORRESPONDENCE Communications relating to, news and edl- torlal roatter should be addfessed: Omahe Bee, Editorjal Department. REMITTANCES. 3 Remit ft, expross or postal order Tis % e Bee Bublishing Company. By 2cent atain Hceopted in payment of mall accounts. Bersonn] checks, exoept, on or eastern exchans ted. THE BEE PUBLISHI — BTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraska, Douglas Count; e T ascick. wicretary of 'the & company, being Guls sworn, saya the ‘actusl number of full and ‘com- e coples of The Morning, Evening gmAnnna:yl Beo printi s ‘1""" he month was as foll e 29,010 % 12¢ 17c [ partment.’ "Butiding, Twen- =?!F??F?fi=?!5F ..29,470 904,832 8,802 m.uw JLess unsold and returned coples. Net total sales. Net average sales. (GEORGR B. 'r/scuucx pressuce and sworn to Marl mé thll llll dly of Auflufl Al 1908, (8eal.) Notary Pubile. SE————rememe— PARTI LEAVING THE OCITY. Parties leaving the city at any time may have The Bee went to them regularly by motityl The Hee Bunin office, in person or by mall The address will be changed ma often as desired. Wt —— There has been altogether too much steal in those steel bridges. ‘When Manager Nash gets his council- manic flush he will not hesitate to call the game and show his hand. A p——— Those 2,200 arc light poles will have to rest on their stumps in the Michigan forest for a few months longer. L Eym———— It took 111 ballots to break the nor- mal school deadlock. The figure 111 ought to be the talisman for the new “Without a flourish of trumpets, or even a rainbow prospectus, the Chicago Great Western rgllroad has entered ©Omaha ready to compete for the trafiic of the metropolis. E——————— ‘We have the assurance of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson that telegraph, telephone and electric light poles can be planted at any time in the year in the témperate zone. e | One thing at a time is a safe rule. Would:it fiot be a good thing to get the Auditorium completed before launching new projects that depend upon public subscriptions for success? E— All the enticing signs of fizz-water in- toxi¢ants are said to have disappeared from the drug store bars. The book sellers, however; still have a few coples left of that rare old volume, “Every One His Own Booze Fabricator—Mix Your Fancy Drinks at Home,” i1 Mr, Nash and his right hand bower, Mr. Powers, are the only persons on earth who know the contents of the en- velope that was to have enlightened the councll and citizens of Omaha about the proposed extension of the electric light contract, but it is to be heped that the secret will not die with them. The rallroads propose to abolish the passes given to stockmen accompanying live stock shipments, on the pretext that the return portions of the tickets are It is to be noticed, however, that the proposition is to abol- ish not only the return portion, but the too often scalped. outgolng trip pass as well. i President Keller of the National Let- ter Carriers’ association recommends in his report to the letter carriers that they remove their offices from Washington, in order to avold the intrusion of profes- carriers will do well to act on this suggestion. Professional lobbyists have done them and slonal lobbylsts. The letter more harm than good In the past, cannot help them In the future, Fourth Assistant the administration. S According to the Turkish minister a w.-unmn. the attempt upon the life of the American consul at Beyroot was simply sert of a Fourth of July cele- dbration, with no intention whatever to injurd anyons, the perpetrator of the deed belng unusually enthused by at- upon a marriage fete. If thi tendance i the natural and ordinary result of such demonstrations, it might pay the Turkish authorities to put an embargo Postmaster Gen- eral Bristow is preparing his report on the postofice frauds unearthed by his investigution. The fact that the crooked postal employes have all been dislodged will 'deprive General Bristow’s report of much of the popularity ¥t would other- wise have had with demgcrats anxious 1o use it to make political capital against AN UNPOPULAR PROPOSAL. Mr. Chamberlain is getting little en- couragement for his preferentinl tariff proposal, so far as English sentiment is concerned, though he may find reason to be still hopeful of colonial support. What is regarded as a noteworthy test of sentiment in England was the result of the election last week of a member of the House of Commons from a district which three years ago returned a union- jst by a large majority and has now chosen a liberal. The voters in this district are composed chiefly of work- ingmen and small farmess and the Chamberlain policy was the issue in the campaign. The candidate opposed to this policy won by a very decleive ma- Jority and as this is the first election ‘that has taken place since the colonial gecretary announced his preferential tariff program it is naturally regarded as very significant. Another circumstance that promises to make strongly against ‘the proposed change in Great Britain's flscal system is the opposition to it of a number of the professors and teachers of political economy in the United Kingdom, in- cluding those of the great universities. These men, who are earnestly devoted to the free trade policy, oppose the Chamberlain proposal mainly on the ground that any system of preferential tariffs would most probably lead to the reintroduction of protection into the fis- cal system, which they think would be detrimental to the material prosperity of the country. These political econ- omists, who undoubtedly exert a large influence, express apprehension that the suggested arrangement, far from pro- moting amity, may engender Irritating controversies between the different members of the empire. They strongly oppose the levying of duties on food- stuffs, urging that it is impossible to devise a tariff that shall at once expand the wheat-growing areas of the colonies, encourage agriculture in the United Kingdom and at the same time not in- Jure the British consumer. It is pointed out that while it is possible that a tax on imported food would result in an equivalent rise in wages, as contended by Mr. Chamberlain, such a result Is under existing conditions very improb- able, The colonies are generally favorable to the preferential tariff proposal. Mr. Chamberlain has received strong as- surances of support from Australian chambers of commerce and sentiment in Canada seems to be largely with him, although the recent congress at Mon- treal of chambers of commerce of the British empire went only so far as to adopt a compromise declaration that can bardly be regarded as helpful to the cause of the colonial secretary. It made no substantial concession on' the part of the opponents of his policy. However, Mr. Chamberlain is showing no discouragement at- the manifesta- tions of the unpopularity in England of his scheme of fiscal reform and it is safe to say that there will be no' abate- ment in the vigor of his campaign, for h¢ undoubtedly belleves wost - pro- foungdly that in the policy he’advocates is involved the future security and wel- fare of the British empire. OBJECT TO AMERICAN ACTION. The ordering of the American squad- ron to Turkish waters appears to have aroused dissatisfaction in Germany, ac- cepting as a reflection of public senti- ment the utterances of some of the newspapers of that country. A leading Berlin paper referred to the action of our government as complicating the sit- uation, remarking that “if the United States really sets itself to make polit- ical capital of this incident (the attack on the American consul), which has been created by the unscrupulous power of invention, the powers would prob- ably soon cry hands off.” There has been no indication of any intention on the part of the Washing- ton authorities to interfere in even the remotest degree in the Balkan situation. Nothing will be done, it is safe to say, that is not imperatively necessary for the protection of our consular represent- atives and ‘our interests in Turkish ter- ritory when these may be in danger. A Washington dispatch says there has been no decision by the administration regarding the disposition to be made by the American warships which are on the way to Beyroot, and whether or not they will remain in Turkish waters will depend upon the character of the report from the minister of the United States at Constantinople. He has already represented that our con- sular officials in a part of the disturbed territory were in peril and if he shall report to this effect it will be the duty of the government to do whatever is practicable to secure their safety. The ordering of the Buropean squadron to Turkish waters seemed to be fully jus- tified by the circumstances as presented when the order was made. If it shall be shown that there is no real danger to American interests it would undoubt- edly be well to withdraw the squadron. though” its remaining there would not necessarily imply any intention to inter- fere in the affairs of Turkey. The con- ditions in the Balkans are deplorable, but they do not concern our govern- OMAHA DAILY B tional institutions should lay aside their personal and political preferences when questions affecting the interest of the whole state, with its generations yet to come, are concerned. t— 4 BURLESQUR IN TWO ACTS. In funny, funny Omaha there are some funny doings. Four weeks ago the electric lighting company projected a resolution through the city council in- viting itself to submit proposals for the extension of its arc light system over the entire city to the exclusion of the gas and gasoline lights. At the same time it was given out by the electric lighting company that it was about to make the city a most liberal offer as a consideration of procuring the monopoly of the entire city lighting. The resolu- tion Inviting proposals for electric lighting also. called for bids from the gas company for the territory now cov- ered by gas lamps. The council fixed September 1 as the date when the bids of both of these cor- porations were to be opened, but when the hour arrived the president of the gas company informed the council that inasmuch as the mayor and council had been enjoined from congidering or pass- ing any ordinance for the renewal of the contract for gas lighting, which will expire December 31, 1903, the submis- slon of mew proposals would be re- garded as a contempt of court. That communication was transmitted posthaste to the manager of the elec- tric lighting company, who made his bow to the council and politely informed that body that the electric lighting pro- posals could not be submitted until after the injunction, notoriously pro- cured at the instance of the electric lighting company, wase dissolved by the court. It is certainly a very funny proceed- ing for the electric light company, which wants to monopolize the city lighting, to hold off until the gas com- pany makes a bid for gas lamps in part of the city, and it is still funnier to try to make the people believe that the col- lision with the courts will prevent that company from planting 2,200 poles in the sidewalks and pavements of Omaha after the ground is frozen. In some cities, Nashville, Tenn., for example, telegraph, telephone and electric light poles are planted in holes drilled in the solid rock, which is certainly a more dlfl(‘ull‘ task than boring holes in the frozen earth. But this is a funny, funny town. Some incredulous people actually ex- press the opinion that the refusal of the | electric light company to make disclo- sures of its scheme of beneficence is becavse up to date the manager has failed to annex the necessary five coun- cllmen, and, as it {s rather late in the season for another councilmanic outing 'to Okoboji at the expense of the Mil- waukee road, the responsibility’ for the voluntary postponement of the electric lighting proposals will have to rest upon Judge Dickinson, Efnest Stuht and the man In the iron mask who induced him to invoke the injuncting power 'ot the court. JOANSUN'S SENATURIAL CANDIDATE, The democratic candidate in Ohlo for the United States senate to succeed Senator Hanna is John H. Clarke, a lawyer of Cleveland, who was named by the state convention at the instance of Tom L. Johnson. Clarke is a gold standard man and a railroad attorney. It will be remembered that the conven- tion adopted a resolution inviting Mr. Bryan to speak in the campaign and he was announced to make several speeches this week, so as to give the democratic campaign in the Buckeye state a good send-off. But the Nebraska statesman is not there and the reason, it appears, is his unwillingness to campaign in the inter- est of the Johnson senatorial candidate, ‘who did not support Mr. Bryan in 1806 and jolned the Palmer and Buckner democrats. Although it is not stated that Mr. Bryan has absolutely refused to participate in the campaign and the Ohio democratic leader is still hopeful of being able to induce him to make some speeches later on, the probability is that unless Clarke renounces his financial views the silver champlon will not be heard in Ohio this fall. ‘Whether or not the democrats of that state will lose anything should Mr. Bryan keep out of the campaign is a question that can never be determined, since they are doomed to defeat in any event. Dyring the first week of January The Bee was awarded the contract for the official advertising for the city of Omaha for the year 1903 at less than 50 per cent of its commercial rate. On April 2 this contract was summarily abrogated by an amendment to the city charter, ostensibly as a measure of economy, in reality as a measure of vindictiveness. Having cancelled its contract, the city is now asked to pay for its advertising at vegular legal rates until it makes another contract, The World-Herald, which during the years succeeding the enactment of the charter of 1897 drew over $800 eut of the city treasury above the amount charged by The Bee for identically the same advertising, ment except as American interests may be affected. It is asserted that the decision in the coutest for the normal school location was determined in the interest of the old normal school at Peru, the anima- ting motive being to locate the new In- stitution as far away from the old one as possible. Irrespective of the ques- tion whether the right solution was reached after all, this would hardly be a patriotic inspiration, - The purpose of the legislature in creating an additional normal school was to provide for the growing needs of our people in the best possible snd wost economical manner, and not to protect the claims of the old school to a monopoly of the largest pos- sible -district. The officers charged with the administration of our educa- t chargeable at the same rate, because its columus are narrower than those of The Bee, stigmatizes The Bee's effort to collect legal yates as an attempt to gouge the eity, ‘and points to the fact that its bills for advertising since April are no higher than those before its con- tract was cancelled. On this score The Bee has no quarrel with the World- Herald. According to the showing made by the World-Herald in the recent contest pending before the council, it was conclusively proven that The Bee delivers to bona fide subscribers by car- rier within the city of Omaba fully 50 per cent more papers than does the ‘World-Herald, hence advertising space in The Bee ought to be worth more proportionately than in that sheet. For that matter the World-Herald bas a right to give its advertising away to the city just as it does a large propor- tion of its want advertising space in order to make a big showing. On gen- eral principles giveaway newspapers and give-away advertising are a dead give away. State Treasurer Mortensen, in his financial exhibit, shows that all the pub- lic moneys in his custody are being kept in approved state depositories, without distinction as to the funds to which they are credited on the books. When the present treasurer's predeces- sor was urged to follow this course the objection behind which he hid was that if he did so he would be liable to prose- cution for misappropriation of trust funds. It will be observed that no one is prosecuting Treasurer Mortensen for telling where the money is or turning all the interest in to the state. No treasurer will ever go wrong by follow- ing the straight path, and Mr. Morten- sen will provoke no criticism by his straightforward methods. To the indignant surprise experienced by a South Omaha police commissioner at seeing a pair of scarlet stockings dis- played by a scarlet woman is to be ascribed the move on the part of the police hoard of that city to wall the viclous element up-in a proscribed dis- trict. It is beyond conjecture what dire penalties might have been imposed by the board had the scarlet woman been exhibited without the scarlet stockings. For the first time in many years there is an aching vold in the state perma- mnent school fund, which in the palmy days of Bartley and Meserve afforded a source of speculative revenue to state treasurers. According to ‘Treasurer Mortensen's balance sheet, there was only $62.90 In the permanent school fund on the last day of August. Pennsylvania democrats put through a prearranged slate for their state campaign. Singularly enough, the Bryan wing of the party, although en- tirely ignored in the slate making, seems to have as yet made no holler. estive Lesson. Brooklyn Eagle. Pound Turkey and get your bill pald. Thanks to Russia for this lesson. The Party Roll Call. ‘Washington Post. The populist state convention in Towa was attended by elght delegates. The other member of the party in the state was de- tained by sicknees. Drawing Consolation Prises. Cleveland Leader. British golfers and tennis players have been making a pretty clean sweep in matches with the best American amateurs. But when it comes to yachting Britannia does not rule the waves, by a long shot. —— An Empire in Itself. Baltimore American. Some day wherf*the raliroads of the west are running transversely, as well as later- ally, through_thp country, so little known and underlM y “ornm who have never visited it the, will be & world to’itaelf, while'néne mnocM with the great east, oomm-muly or through finer ties. « Novel Plea for Help. Chicago Post. In asking the United States to help Cuba fight the new plague that has developed thero one of the reasons given is that ‘mil. Mons of dollars of American capital is in- vested on the island, and should the plague continue much of this will be imperiled.” Is it so soon forgotten that we wrested Cuba from Spain from purely humanitarian motives? Or did we? Machinery on the Farm, Philadelphia Record. One effect of the introduction of labor- saving machinery for doing farm work has been to bring about a thinning out of the population in strictly agricultural areas. The census returns show a declining popu- lation In many prosperous farming counties both in the eastern and western states, where lands are dear and highly tilled, There is a tendency towards larger hold- ings of farm land, more machinery, fewer families and a falling off in the number of unskilled laborers. ‘WHO GETS THE TIP? Employers Foster « Practice Profita- ble for Themselves. New York Tribune. The tip evil has grown with alarming rapidity in this country in the last few years. It has become a fixture in those places where it first made its appearance, and is reaching out continually for new flelds to conquer. The hotel and restauran employes, by thelr ‘“no tip, no service methods, have set other people on whom the public depends for service an example which is being followed to the cost and dis- comfort of the public and the degradation of the tip takers. We have not yet feached the conditfon which exists in some of the countries whence the tip, with Its perniclous con- sequences, came to us; we do not feel called upon to give the street car conductor or the letter carrler ‘“something for his trouble,”” but we are on the high road to that point, and may soon reach it. There are many men and women who work in & sphers where the tip has become a permanent institution to whom “trink- geld” and “pourboire” will always remain forelgn phrases. The mite which they recelve does not compensate them for the loss of self-respect, but they are bound to the system, not only by their less sensitive fellows, but by their employers, who pay their people poorly and rely upon the public to contribute its share. Some employers make a show of disapproval by asking thelr patrons to abstain from tip- ping servants. “We pay our people well, and our patrons are entitled to good ser- vice,”" one concern advertises, “and when they do not receive it we want to know it, and we shall see that they do.” There is an American business ring to this an- nouncement, and one feels that the man who makes it treats his employes fairly, and that he “does the right thing” towards his patrons. The announcement is born of a spirit which can do much towards checking the strides of an imported insti- tution which will always remain un-Amer- lcan. The no tip notice becomes more consple- uous by comparison with the recent utter- ances of another employer, who indorses the tip system, discusses it learnedly and figures & benefit to the public by its opera- tion under certain regulations. In his ar- gument in favor of the tip system the em- ployer falled to mention how rauch. he saved In wages by permitting his people 1o Jevy an extra tax on his guests. When he makes the calculation he will find that be, not the public, is the tip beueficlary. les on the Current of Life in the Metropol Yacht racing is truly the sport of moneyed princes. Careful estimates show that the Irish knight in quest of the mug has spent 32,000,000 on his three Shamrocks, each time getting farther away from the preclous relic of 181. His last venture is estimated to have cost $700,000, including the return ticket. The cost of defending the cup this year approximates $00,000, which is borne by ten members of the New York Yacht club. Careful estimates compiled by the New York Sun make an interesting study of the expensive sport. For instance, the cost of Reliance as it left the Herreshoft dock was little short of $200,00, the most expensive defender yet built. Six sults of sails are put down at $120,00. A mainsall for one of these big boats costs §3,000. It is made of cotton duck speclally woven. The sewing is all done by hand. When it is known that one man can sew only about fifteen yards a day, and that there are about 3,00 yards of duck twenty inches wide In one of these pleces of canvas, an idea can be obtained of the amount of work required to turn out such a big sail. A spinnaker for a cup defender costs $1,00, and a light spinnaker about $1,700. Balloon jibtopsalls cost as much as the spinnakers and are about the same size. Clubtopsails cost about $500 or $i00 each, and jibs cost from $600 to $750 each. Fore- aysails cost as much as jibs, and jibtop- salls vary in price from $20 for the “bables” to $760 for the larger sizes. To handle Rellance thers has been & crew of fifty-five sallors in addition to Captain Barr. The skipper, when he un- dertook to sall the yacht, was to receive $2600 for his season's work. He was to got $1,600 more if Rellance won in the trial races, and $1,00 more if the yacht successtully defended the cup, There are two mates on board and they get $2,600 for thelr work, with extra money for winning races. The other fifty-three men get §6 a month, prize money, good conduct money and thelr board. A few of them, such as masthead men and qu: termasters, get a little more than th 80 that the monthly payroll for the saflors amounts to about $2,00. The men have been engaged for five months. This makes the totAl amount paid n salaries, includ- ing the officers, $15,000. Then each man gets $10 a month for good conduct money. This is paid when the yacht goes out of commis- slon. The good conduct money will amount to $2,650. The prize money also is quite a big item. When a yacht goes into a race each saflor knows he will get §5 If the yacht wins and $250 It the yacht loses. Reliance started” in twenty-one races, of which it lost three. This is exclusive of the races for America’s cup. Taking those races into consideration each man this season receives $111.50, and the whole crew $5,%2. Feeding the men fs another big item. They have to do lots of hard work and the sallors are all well taken care of in the matter of food. It fs estimated that 76 cents a day will about cover the cost of the food of each man. The total cost of this item for the season of five months is therefore $,250. Fach sallor has to be furnished with a blue uniform and with two white duck uniforms. Then there are extra hats to be bought, because many are lost over- board, and rubber shoes have a habit of wearing out quickly. The cosf of the uniforms for a crew of fifty-five men Is about $2,000, and the extras will add an- other $1,000. There are other items which cannot be figured on with any degree of accuracy, such,as the expenses of the yacht's owner or manager, which vary according to the amount of entertaining he does. Then there are lots of other incidentals. Summarized, the cost of running Rellance for the sea- son may be put down as follows: Buflding yacht and designer’ Salls (s1x sult g IgRin, Prl:e money. Good conduct money. Boarding the crew. Uniforms This 1s only the cost of salling and bufld- ing Rellance. Constitution was In commis- slon this year also. It had a crew of fifty- five men. They were employed for four months and their cost, with prize money, board and good conduct money, was about $22,000. Then this yacht had two new suits of sails which cost $40,00. It had a tender, extra spars, was dry-docked and had lots of money spent on it in many other ways. 1t is probable that it cost this year about $75.,000. Columbia was put in commission and raced, too. Its expenses were probably about $60,000 for the four months it was in commission. 8o it has cost $600,000 at least to run the three yachts which have been used this summer to ensure that the Amer- fca's cup is kept in this country, A New York dispatch to the St. Louls Globe-Democrat says that some of the Buests entertained by Sir Thomas Lipton on board Erin made away with many articles as souvenirs of the occasion. The ship's stéward reports a startling shortage in the supply of table silver and linen Sir Thomas s unwilling to admit his guests have taken these missing articles as souvenirs, but his close friends say it was no sinecure for Lipton to play host to so many folk with assorted ideas of souvenir hunting. The story of the disappearance of silver #poons and forks and of china was told on the announcement of the plan of Sir Thomas' American friends to start a fund to buy a complete silver service for Brin, It was sald the gift would be useful as well as expressive of friendship, for the stock of silverware aboard the yacht was in meed of replenishing. Every piece of sllver aboard Erin is solid and embossed with the flag of the Royal Ulster Yacht club. That is why Erin spoons were a resistless temptation to the Lipton guests. How many of the thousand women guests who ate ces and game ples at the expénse of the baronet could resist whisking away a “dear little spoon”’ in a convenient slceve or wrist bag? It is even reported that not only women made off with a “cunning little cup,” but that men secreted forks in hip pockets, “‘just for a lark, ye know." The same thing happened when Meteor was launched and the 2,000 guests on that occasion could not restrain their yearning for the tableware and forced into bank- ruptey a worthy caterer. But SBir Thomas could stand the loss, the hunters argued. Had not his wealth been extolled as to amount to $35,000007 What, then, would be a “dear little spoon” or an after-dinner cup? Nothing st all. Exit spoon, exeunt cup and saucer. The napery abbard Erin was a delight to the feminine eye. Interlaced Shamrocks embroldered on the snowy stuff produced admiring “Ohs” and “Ahs” and this en- thusiasm resched such a degree that half the napery has vanished. Kansas City Star. Fusion was & jug-handled affair in Ne- brasks, for the populists got two of the three nominations and then reaffirmed the Kansas City platform. The republicans would be delighted to have Mr. Bryan do as well in the other states. PERSONAL NOTE! Salem, Mass, has honored Secretary Moody by naming one of its public squares after him, in spite of the fact that the name of General Miles was first proposed for the new square. Joseph H. Sycamore, the oldest resident of St. Bridget's parish, St. Louls, was a central figure In the celebration of the £olden jublles of the parish. It was also his golden jubilee as & member of the| parish, Charles F. Gosser of Coshocton, O., 18 just In receipt of three sets of handsome Bengal tiger claws from his highness the Maharajah Coach Beham of + Calcutta, India, whom the American met in Rome | two years ago. A New York paper gravely states that a “Mrs. Knowlton is rejolcing over her third pair of twins.” Mr. Knowiton is not men- tion In the report of the jollification. In such a crisis it behooves “the man” to go ‘way back, sit down, and meditate. Brigadier General Samuel S. Sumner, who becomes a major general this week, was on the staff of his father, General B. V. Sumner, during the campaign in Vir- #inia in the '60's and was consplcuous for his bravery at the battle of Antietam. Carter H. Harrison says he is going to Tetire from politics when his present term | as mayor of Chicago expires. But he adds that he will always take an Interest in the success of his party. That is to say he will be active enough to meet the right nomination half way. It is not a desire to make money that brings Adalina Patti to the United States this year, if the diva herself is to be be- lieved. She says she wishes her latest husband, Baron Cedarstrom, to have an opportunity to this delighttul country —‘dear America,” as she calls it, In the list of delegates whom Governor Pennypacker of Pennsylvania appointed to represent Pennsylvania at the farmers' national congress, to be held at Niagara Falls on September 23, appears the name of Willlam P. Coryell. He has been dead for over two years, “and consequently,” naively comments a Philadelphia paper, “will not be able to take a seat in the congress.'” The deadly work of toy plstols, blank cartridges and fireworks on last Fourth of July was the subject of an extended in- quiry by the Journal of the American Medical association, the result of which is printed in the current issue of that publi- cation. Returns were received from med- ical sources in every state and territory, and the footing presents an appalling death roll. There .are 466 deaths -traceable di- rectly to the celebration of the nation's anniversary. Of this number 408 deaths were due to tetanus produced by wounds from pistols or other explosives. Ten per- sons were made blind, seventy-five persons lost one eye, besides 3,898 other cases of injury more or less serious. The record further shows that almost every wound made by toy pistols and blank cartridges resulted in death. Pennsylvania stands at the head with elghty-two victims, Ohio second with sixty-seven. There were four deaths in Nebraska, fourteen In Iowa, eleven in Kansas, and four in Colorado. IMPORTED BEET SUGAR. Home-Produced Article Driving it Out ©f the Market. Cleveland Leader. The latest statistics of the foreign com- merce of the United States show that one naturally absurd part of the import trade is velng cut down so fast that it may soon stop entirely. That is the bringing of beet sugar from Europe. The quantity imported in the last fiscal yoar was less than one-tenth as great as the largest receipts of beet sugar in an cqual period. As compared with the im- ports of the preceding fscal year, there was a decrease of about 6 per cent. Yet the whole import trade In sugar was the great- est on record and the consumption exceeded 500 | that of any other year in the history of this sweet-loving and sugar-eating natlon. Cané sugar, mostly from the West Indies, is ‘a0 | Ariving out beet sugar, except that which 50 | s produced fn the United Btates. The latter 25 gains ground at a good rate. This 18 as it ought to be. Thers may be sound reasons why the farmers of America should need more time to compete with the sugar of the tropics, but there is no natural fitness in any dependence of such an agri- cultural country as the United States upon sugar grown in colder lands, with less fertile soil and much smaller area, in pro- portion to thelr population. As long as sugar must be imported let it come from countries very ifferent from our own. But it ought not to be many years before every pound needed here can be grown on Ameri- can farms. GIVES THE CASE AWAY. Canada Seek & Salt Water Graft in Alaskan Territory. Chicago Inter Ocean. The members of the Alaskan boundary tribunal are now in London and will hold thelr first meeting on Thursday. The tribunal, or commission, 1s to pass upon the phrasing of the treaty of 1825 between Russia and Great Britain. It {s not to fix a boundary, but officlally to declare the meaning of a treaty which established a boundary accepted by Great Braltain in 152 ahd again in 1867, when Alaska was transferred to the United States. . ““The whole controversy centers," the Al patches from London say, ‘“‘upon Canada' effort to acquire an outlet to the sea.” This Is a frenk and fajr statement of the case. Canada wants an interpretation of the treaty that will give It an outlet to the sea, without regard to the rights of the How do you pmnme\ Y-USEA? It's pronounced the best mantle in the world. The price is 35 cents. All Dealers, SN\ T VTP 777777773 I 2227000 LT ANRARNRARY “ IIIIIIII"I TTTTTSCAANRN United States. On this contention Canada has no case, Great Britain, in 1824, endeavored to se- cure a treaty with Russia that would give its subjects of the Hudson Bay company an outlet to the Pacific. Russia, however, | insisted on & boundary that would cut off! | the Hudson Bay company frém access to the ocean. All the British propositions as to control or use of fnlets or arms of the sea were rejected, and the treaty as signed in 1836 specifically provided that Great Brit- ain should not have access to the ocean across the Alaskan panhandle. In signing that treaty Great Britain ac- ocepted a boundary marked by Russia to prevent British approach to or control of the Alaskan coast. There was no doubt on this point in 18%5. There is no doubt on it now. The treaty was framed to settle forever the question raised by Great Brit- ain as to the inlets. Having been settled then, the question cannot be reopened now except by a new treaty between the United States and Great Britain ceding American territory to Canada. On the contention as to inlets Canada has mo case. The argument that simply because Can- ada wants an outlet to the sea it ought to have it is no argument at all. It Is simply an assertion of the British princi- ple of taking possession of whatever may contribute to the extension of British in- fluence, | LAUGHING REMARKS, 8he—Which do you prefer, a blonde or a brunette? He—Both; a blonde veranda.—Indianapolis rl and a brunette un, 19;Toole—Muldoon sthruck his wolfe yis- thidy. y. McKick—Is he in jafl? O'Toole~Naw; he's in th' harsepittie!— Baltimore American. “Wasn't Biggsley growling again about belng overworked?" “Yes. When he went down to draw his y they made him sign the payroll’ ‘leveland Plain Dealer. “Is there anything In politics?’ asked the dent. Certainly not.". answered the statesman. suppose we_ would leave any- thing? —Indianapolts Journal. First Farmer—You oughter took a trip to New York years ago. ond Farmer—Oh, [ dunno. The longer you walit the more there is to see.—Judge. “There are always two sides to a dues- tlon,” said the broad-minded man. -1‘m s true," answered Senator _Sor- ghum; “and the question must always be urefuuy studied to ascortain which sida going to pay the best.’—Washington Bk’ ““All here?" asked the host. “I belleve g0,' replied his wite. “Very well,”” he sald. Then, turning to the entertainer ho had -engaged Tor " the evening: “Hurry up and be funny now. We're walting to laugh.”—Chicago Post. “Fine, wasn't {t?" exclaimed Cltiman, after the trombone sololst had finished his star performance. “That was really clever, far, shucks,” replied Citiman's country “He didn’t fool me a little bit. one o' them trick horns. He didn't really swaller it."—Philadciphia Press, THE YACHTING ENTHUSIAST. 8. W. Gillilan in Baltimors American. He'd never had a dollar bill to bet in all his life; He knew not If a binnacle was some new kind of knife Or recent brand of breakfast food; he knsw not any whit About the make-up of a keel, a yardarm or a sprit He knew x?ul If_the centerboard was some new kind of game, He knew not why Sir Thomas bold with Shamrock three-cyes came; Just one cold fact before his eyes loomed constantly In view. He knew which bore the British flag and which red, white and blue. He knew not anything about the running of a yacl And even "r he'd been supplied with ferty weeks for though He would have falled in toto In a treatise as to wh R.lllnce oun{( to win the cup and keep ut O my! He llood lnd n':'fi'm:'fl the bulletins from 10 m. nl And howled for jov whene'sr he saw the hi was golng “righ.” One only_fact—he ished no more— this s kne' cht dll llyfd (ha Enlfllh flag and et S dplied oo You law knows And any news but * him wondrous tales, The ocean and its briny waste hold mys- teries for him, And e'en his grasp of sporting lore may misty be, and dim, But wmln he (TR whn wins because his borne Ana witlie' the Thought that she might loss would make his eyesight blur, ‘We know he's good and loyal and we know his heart is true— He cares how fares his country's flag, the d red, white and blue. at _him-—ah, have a care. 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