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

OMAHA DAILY “Tue OMAHA DAILY BEE. ¥ ROBEWATER, EDITOR ELISHED BVERY MORNING, TERMS OF duy, One SUBSCRIPTION One Year Year ry Furmer, One Year ERED BY CARRIER, ), per e 2 ). per week..1je "Dy e (without Bunday), per week b e (ncluding Sunday), pe » o ritien in delivery Circulation De- be addressed 1o City t OFFICES The Tee Bulldin Omaha-City Mall Butlaing, Twen- id M Hirests. ffy-10 Pear! Btreet Unity Bisiding K Row Huliding. centh Btreet NDENCE Communications relating to news and edi- torial matter should be nddressed: Omahe Bee, Editoriul Department REMITTANCES, Hemit by draft, express or postal order aynbie to The Bee Publishing Company, Inily Z-cent stamps accepted in payment ot mall aceounts Bersonal checks, except on Omauha or eantern exchanges, not Accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. Omaha Bouth BTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, o of Nebrs ouglan County, ve.: Bt 1 Fanchick, meerotary of The Bee , hefng duly sworn, says o (-an..y;g\:,,,‘r:. late coj 0 Morning, Even Bt Wirbduy ‘Hon printed during the mont of August, 1908, was us follows 1 2010 17.. 27,200 .. 20,70 @0 430 0,700 ... 29,750 20,020 80,190 20,610 20,800 49,0050 20,680 20,0400 20,280 20,830 29,280 20,380 ..20,820 ESERNNREEN Total.. ve Less unsold and returned coples. Net total snl Net average .. . Hubscribed | Nente hed gwarn b ubscribed In my presence and sworn to before me thls llltyflnly of August, A, 1, 1903, M. B GATE, (Benl.) Notary Publie. PARTIES LEAVING THE OITY. Partios lea: the city at any time may have The Hee went to ‘them regularly by motifying The NDee Business office, in person or by mall, The address will be changed as often as desired. E————— Sir Thomas never expected to take that cup home with him anyway. Less than a month to Ak-Sar-Ben's royal carnival. Let all loyal knights get busy. An injunction to prevent more injune- tions would be the popular ‘thing in "o .00 200 M 150 1,00 r week . 12 CHARGING WHAT TRAFFIC WILL BEAR The Kansas raflroads will not in erense the freight rate on live stock After an exhaustive hearing of the testi- mony of the cattlemen before the Kan sas Raliroad commission, that the rates are as high now as the business will permit, the traffic managers and rail rond attorneys have concluded that this is not the time to increase the rates on live stock. Some of the explandtions for the withdrawal of the proposed | higher rate schedule are Instructive and suggestive. General Waggoner of the Missouri Pacific declared that while be had no doubt the courts wonld have held that the commission had no authority to is- sue an order prohibiting the raise of enttle rates, he, for one, did not propose to do an injustice to one of the great Industries of the state by forcing a rate on cattlemen at a time when they all say they are losing money. Vice President Paul Morton of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe declared that In his judgment the present rates on live stock In Kansas were as high as the trafic would bear. His company had to do business with the cattlemen and wanted their friendship, but it re- served Itself the right to raise rates on live stock at a later date by giving sixty days’ notice. Manifestly the orderly retreat of the traffic managers and attorneys of the railronds operating in Kansas was in- spired by the apprehension that the Kansas Rallroad commission would rule agalnst them as it was by the convie- tion that the live stock Industry of Kan sas would be serlously crippled by rals- ing the rate. In other words, it was an open confession on the part of the rail- road managers that they were already getting out of the Hve stock business of Kansas all that the traffic would bear. The assertion of some of the raliroad attorneyg that they would rather not have any cattle business than to lose money on the hauling was plainly sheer bunco. Members of the Kansas Live Stock assoclation, who have been fight- ing the proposed increase in rates, testl- fied that live stock rates had been in- creasing ‘west of the Missouri river for a number of years, and they fortified this charge by an exhibit of freight bills they had been compelled to pay. The most conclusive proof that the tallroads are not losing money 18 to be found in the report of the Interstate Commerce commission for the year end- ing July 1, 1008, which shows that the net earnings of the rallroads were $000,616,704, or $51,395,000 In excess of those of the year ending July 1, 1902, which was notably the most prosperous year railroads had experienced within & quarter of a century, When It fis borne in mind that the increase in divi- dends for the last fiscal year was about Omaha just now. E——— Like any other sporting event, a yacht race loses its powers as a drawing card Mwhen it becomes a wnllmwny. 25 per cent over the preceding year, it takes a great deal of nerve even for a rallroad attorney to assert that the rail- roads are losing money on frelght trans- portation. The withdrawal of the proposed in- creased rate schedule in Kansas will, doubtless, also impel the rallroads op- erating in Nebraska to do likewise. The farmers of Nebraska are already paying all that the traffic will bear, and while they have no rallroad commission to appeal to for redress, which in all prob- ability they would not have been ahle to get out of a rallroad commission if we had one, they have a right to ex- pect the traffic managers of the Ne- brafka raflroads to conclude with Mr, Paul Morton, that “it will not be wise to cripple the live stock industry by ex- Senator Hanna mnfi:_n-l-ade! a phy- siclan’s care, hut he will keep Tom Johnson busy just the same. emm————— Perhaps the question will have to be submitted at the next election, What to do with the new market house? —————— Entries in the great republican county tournament close next week. And for once the dark horse 1is completely barred. e——— Ex-Senator David B, Hill is speaking at county fairs. The ex-senator, how- acting more than the trafic will bear.” Ermm—— REDUCING THE NATIONAL DEDT. The policy of the republican party has always been to reduce the public debt. ‘What it has done in this direction is a matter of record which is one of the most honorable chapters In the party's history. As soon as possible after the war of rebelllon the republican party entered upon the policy of reducing the vast debt which that terrible conflict had- created and it kept up this policy for many years, until the great debt had been reduced to a point that gave no concern to the country. In' the process of doing this the re- publican party met with more or less objection: It was urged against this policy of debt reduction that it was un- necegsary and that the effect would in- evitably be bad upon the general affairs of the country. The argument in op- position seemed at the time to be plaus- lb‘l-. In the opinion of a great many people the government debt was at the Congressiian Burkett's persuasive | time rather a safeguard than otherwlse eloguence 1s sald to have secured a|to the prosperity of the natlon—that it P! ise¢ out of the supervising architect | w: good thing for the people to own of the treasury to complete the plans | government bonds and to that extent to for the Lincoln postoffice next month|be interested in the financial affairs of fnstead of next sprhig. Chicago and | the natlon. The idea was that the in- weveral other cities ought to enlist Mr. | evitable effect of this would be to make Burkett i the cause .of thefr wuch- | the people more patriotic. delayed federal bullding: The vepublican party took the view that it was not a matter of patriotism but of business policy In.regard to the paymént’ of the publie debt, and that the ‘sooner this great burden upon the people could be reduced the better for all concerned. Consequently the re- publican party set about at the earliest opportunity reducing- the public debt and how great its work in this direction was can readily be ascertained by those who care to consult the figures showing the decrease of the publie delit since the end of ‘the clvil war. It is an un- paralleled record, astonishing every other nation of the world. A Washington cerrespondent guotes a member of congress as expressing the opinion that it will be expedient for congress to further reduce the public ever, {8 candid enough to admit that he talks politics all the time. ] Reports of Improved cotton crop con- ditlons are bringing the prices down. The speculators have the consolation, however, of hawing something soft to Jfall on, 5 Now that the Sugar trust has gobbled all the beet sugar factories of Michigan, it will be in accord with the eternal fit- ness of things for that beneficent mo- nopoly to absorb the beet surgar fac- torles of Nebraska ‘as a measure of ecouomy.” ” rre—— A French baron has just been sub- Jocted to a fine and imprisonment sen- tence in Paris for automoblle scorching. What's the use of having a title of nobllity, in these degenerate days if it does not confer even the privilege of running an auto car at any speed that pleases? emrE——— John Tewmple Graves of Georgia is not even original in his deportation solution of the race problem. The deportation idea fs a relic of anclent slavery days that has never appealed to sensible peo- ple as practicable. It s certainly less practicable now than it was before the war, when the negroes numbered lesd than half what they now do. 4 b L ___ ] The joint debate Letween the Omaha World-Herald and the Sloux City Jour- nal over Ross Hamwond's attitude on the Nebraska republican platform would be very dull reading were it not spiced tith some fiction. It ls asserted, for examble, that. Ross Hammond re- signed the postmastership of Fremont beckuse of his counsclentious scruplés revenue, shonld not use that surpius for paying off its obligations and thereby saving Interest to the people. It Is sald that the question of reducing the public debt will be presented to the next con- gress. If so, there is more than a proba- bility that the decision will be favorable to reduction. DEWEY UN THE NAVY Admiral Dewey belleves that the navy of the United States should be very greatly enlarged and he presents good reasons therefor. Of course those who are not In favor of a large navy will say that it Is perfectly consistent on the part of Dewey to urge that the sea power of the United States should be made much greater than it is at pres- ent, but that illustrious commander has very good and substantial reasons for his opinion. He says that our immense coast line and our rapldly increasing world trade demand a navy. In his judgment we must have it for our own protection, not only with respect to the safe- guurding of our own shores and the protection of our Insular possessions, but also for the security of our foreign commerce, which is steadily expanding. 1s not this a perfectly sound and feason- able view? No one, it is safe to say, will question the fact that we ought to make adequate provision for the protec- tion of our great coast line, covering thousands of miles. It is equaNy neces- sary that we shall take care of our in- sular possessions. Even more vital 1s the protection of our foreign commerce, All these econsiderations make It imper- ative that the United States shall be a strong naval power, for it is mani- festly upon that power that this nation must depend in the future for the main- tenance of its position among the great nations of the world. As a matter of fact the influence which the United States today enjoys is in no small de- gree due to its naval power and this is the best possible reason for increasing that power. . S——————— LESSUN OF THE CUP RACEK. We have again demonstrated our su- perlority over the British in the bulld: ing of race yachts. The signal victory of Rellance conclusively proves that in this special particular the American Is far in advance of the Englishman, but how is it In other respects in rela- tion to maritime superiority? As the Brooklyn Eagle suggests, while we have again proved our superiority in yacht- ing, there remains unproved our ability to run successfully a merchint marine of any importance under the same con- ditions as our rivals. “In yachting we ask no odds,” says that paper, “but I international shipping we cannot main- taln a respectable footing elther with or without protection. We can bulld the fastest yachts for amusement, or splendid warships for’ defense, yet we cannot run the 20,000-tonners: which carry the world's commerce and pro- mote the world’s peace and progress un- less we hide them under an alien flag. Why are such craft beyond us? They would, not be beyond us if we extended to ships in the merchant ma- rine for ocean-carrying trade the same policy that foreign governments give to their merchant ships. The reason why the United States Is not today one of the greatest of nations in regard to its merchant marine, instead of being one of the least, depending almost en- tirely upon forelgn ship-owners for the transportation of its products, is in the fact that our government is less liberal than the governments of Europe in en- couragihg their merchant marine, Per- haps in time the American people will realize this, and if ever they do we shall have a merchant marine that will sur- pass that 'ot every other nation: Then we shall have complete commerclal in- dependence. emmem—— In order to relieve the Douglas county district court from the heavy pressure for injunctions, the federal court has taken a hand in the injunction business by issuing an order to vestrain Oity Treasurer Hennings from enforcing the llection of the city taxes levied on the Paclfic Express company. An injunc- tion to restrain the collection of taxes strikes a blow at the life of municipal government. If the Pacific HExpress company can stave off the payment of its taxes for an indefinite period through the intervention of the ¢ourts, other corporations may do the same thing, and if corporations can restrain the collection of taxes, why not also In- dividuals who profess to be aggrieved at the assessment of thelr property? If “corporations and individuals can all enjoin the collection of thelr taxes, mu- nicipal paralysis is inevitable. Without money with which to pay its policemen, its firemen, its street cleaning forces, its water rent and its public lighting bills, the city would be without police and fire protection, without water, with- out light, without public service of any kind. 'On broad gauge lines Injunctions have formerly been Issued only where no other remedy is available. Parties who feel aggrieved over the assessment have a right to recover the overcharge through the courts, but to give them the privilege of standing off the tax col- lector means slmply anarchy in local government, ErT——— Kearney people take decided excep- tions to the insinvations that the loca- tion of the new normal school in their city wiis not fully justiied by the rela- tive merits of, the competing towns or was determined chiefly in the Interest of the old normal school at Peru. The Bee's comment on the award did not question the correctuess of the solution debt. He Is quoted as saying that with our present great revenues there is no good reason why the government should not cut down its indebteduess and thereby save the people the futerest that is being pald on these obligations. On against supporting the policles of the successor to Willlam MeKinley, It is an open secret that Mr., Hemmond's re- tention beyond his four-year term was 11/ the nature of a concession made by the Nebraska senators and vnurlfil.d general principles the sounduess of this and agreed upon menths before the | proposition will not be questioned. resignation had been tendered. This | There is no good reason why the govern: much & due to the truth of history. weat, with & large annual surplus of reached by the state board, but merely declared unworthy any motive inspired by a desire to eripple the new institution for the benefit of the old. In point of fact, the champlons of Kearney made a remarkable exhibit to show superiority of its clalms which The Bee sincerely hopes it will be able to make good. Its fine rallroad facilities and easy ac- cossibjlity will be readily conceded, ’un, \ BE SATURDAY, although now a little out ¢f the popul tion ceater, it ought in comparative short time to obviate this objection with the increase of population in the terri- tory more naturally tributary to it. It should be the pride of Kearney tp make the institution, when finally opened and under way, hold its own with the old normai school in usefulness and effi- clency. E—— The Pacific Express company is a domestic corporation chartered by the state of Nebraskd with its legal head- quarters here in Omaba, where its stockholders’ meetings have been regu- larly held. How does it get into the federal courts with litigation that be- longs properly in the state courts? T——— lIowa manufacturers are forming an organization to make sure that the manufacturing interests of their state are creditably represented in the Iowa exbibit at the St. Louis World's falr. Nebraska has important manufacturing Interests as well as agricultural inter- ests to advertise to the world.” eSs———————— King PAward has copcluded his tour of the continent incognito and is again lhomeward bound. The succeps of his ruse has been umquestioned. Every one who recognized him showed their re- spectful deference by pretending to be fooled by his royal disguise. P With the public who uses the streets it s not a guestion who gets the con- tract to repair our perforated pave- ments so much as that the work be done by someone and done speedily. EEe— To A. Garnegle, Esq. Chicago Intet Ocean. The day may come when the Eagle and the Lion will dwell together in the same natfonal house. But when that day comes the Lion will dwell inside the Eagle. eless Preca: Chicago Record-Herald. Mexico 18 busy erecting forts along the boundary line between that country and the United States, It lsn't likely, though, that' the American capitalists will let this fact keep them from ultimately annexfg Mexico. Pinching the Co: er. Kansas City Journal. Some of the anthracite mines in the east have been shut down on account of the “overstocked market.” Simultaneously an increase in the price of anthracite has been ordered in the west, presumablyon ac- count of scarcity of the product. And the trust did the ordering at both énds. Stirring Up Bad Memories, Chicago Inter Ocean. The British commission of nquiry Into the conduct of the Boer war is out in A re- port which makes recommendation as to the lessons gained. Bome of the British generals who were engaged In that con- fiict will not profit much by the commis- slon’s conclustons, as they have long been famillar with its lessohs. P . Indianapolis Journal. The German press is expressing saflstac- tion with what it {s pleased to consider as “the advent of the United States as a factor in the Turkish problem.” Nonsense. The United States has no more thought of inter- fering in the Turkish problem than it has of reviving. memories of the Schelswig-Hol- steln or the Alsace-Lorraine question. It is simply looking Gfter American Interests, as all nations do after thelr interests when- ever they are threatened In any quarter. Time's Merry Round. Cincinpati Enquirer, The summer has about waned. Time will eat the lovely autumn months up almost before we know it, and thgn winter will “blow over” rapldly, Then will come spring and summer again,” with the same old ex- ursion advertisements; the same pictures of girls in scanty bathing suits, freckles; sunburn and holiday romances, and then again the too rapldly disappearing autumn, ete. What an insidious, rapld an: less automaton the whirligig of time is anyhow. Atter the Vaca Chicago News. At this time of year, when summer vaca~ tions are closing and the Incoming trains are dafly bringing thousands of city tollers back to their work, it may be worth whilé pointing out that the advantages of the va~ cation custom are not merely ph: Theoretically, the peturning work feol rested and refreshed and ready to plunge at once into their labors. As a mat- ter of fact, many of them will feel less in- clined to worl than they did before the va~ catlon term. Some, who are not actually fatigued by overexertion will' bé enjoying that blissful condition of physical repose wherein they feel literally “too stréng to work." They will agrees heartily with W, D. Howells that the only time one reaily Rest. relent- | q needs a vhcation is the day after the vaca- tion is ended. Homesteading In Alaska, Four Track News. The passage of the homestead blll, which glves one the right to take up and improve & 320-acre tract in Alaska, Is the most Im- portant act ever passed in behalf of our far northern territory. Heretofore Alaska has been the home of the rover—the fortune hunter and prospector, and having no home- stead law It has given no epcouragement to permanent homeseekers, We have regarded Alaska tog much in the Mght of & Jand of wold whose rigid climate and inadequate transportation facilities made its treasure inaqgessible to' all but the man of indomi- table courage and robust health. In truth Alaska 18 & lsnd of limitless agricultural possibilities and this new order of things, which has been too tardy in coming, s to result in dévelopment along less pre- carlous lines of industry than those pursued by the gold hunter and the adventurer. There is a painbow of great promise arch- smmediate future. New York Sun. In the Nebraska populist convention the Hon. M. ¥. Harrington laid down a line of conduct for the most eminent of Ne- braska fusionists “If the money bags of the east control the democratic eonvention and nominate & man like Gorman, and Mr. Bryan does not walk out, I shall regret every vote I ever cast for Mr. Bryen." aversion to eastern money- There are with & kinder "y- Tonight, for instanc he is going to make & speech In laudation of a great western ‘moneybag’ and mo- nopolist,” the Hon Tom Johnson. Mr. Johnson I8 rich enough to afford political campalgns on his own hook. He is the largest and mosé conspicuous representa- tive of the money power in politics. He is moneybag denouncing moneybag, and Mr. Bryan falls on bis neck. Mr. Bryan has no objection to money- bags if some of thelr contents are con- tributed to his side of, the same. The German government has lssued an ofclal estimate of the population of Ger many on July 1, placing the whole number of Inhabitants at 54540000, The census of December 1, 1900, fixed the population of the empire at B6317,17. The apparent In crease In two years and seven months I about 2,232,000 That makes the rate of gain & little less than 1§ per cent annually since the latest enumeration of the people of the fatherland was completed. A country gaining in that way about 0,00 people every year and likely to add about 10,000,000 in the next decads to a population which already comes very close to 000,00 is certainly big enough and strong enough 1o face the world with all the pride and con- fidence characteristic of the Germans of today. All of thelr boys and girls go to school. Ilifteracy is hardly known in the German empire. Industrial tralning is o marvel of care and scientific thoroughness The ,national habit of doing things well dominates German commerce. Germgan cities grow at a eplendid pace. German trade expands beygnd the fondest hopes of the German captains of Industry and masters of commercial enterprise, a few years ago. It Is not without reason that the kaiser and his subjects hold their heads high before all men. Germany has the largest white population living under any flag save two. Russia bas perhaps 8,000,000 more subjects of Buropean blood. Neither this country nor Russia has so many adults of the white race who can read and write and show some knowledge of arithmetio and world geography, or prove themselves skilled in & trade or trained in a profes- slon. . In Abyssinia telegraphic construction is making rapid progress. The station of Dire-Daonah, the present terminus of the French rallway of Djibouti, has just been connected by telegraph with Harrar, so that Addis-Ababa is now in communication with the entire world by way of Djibout! and the French line. On the other hand, the Italians of Erythrea are actively push- ing @ telegraph which, Marting from Adi- guala in the Serae, will eventually reach Addis-Ababa. The work has been simul- taneously started from both points. It is expected that in 190 Erytbrea will be in telegraphic communication with the princi- pal towns and centers of Ethiopia. A sys- tem of rapid couriers will be organized between the north and south sections of Brhiopta. The Itallans thimk that their line will be more rapld and economical than the French Aden-Djibouti route. - The split in the councils of the soclal democrat party in Germany s of | far more than local interest. The question #t issue is whether the organization is to continue its policy of stubborn hos- tility te the government, or whether it is.to become a progressive and enlight- ened opposition, capable of formulating and carrying to the front constructive measures for the beticrment of social co ditigns. The younger element in the party, as led by Herr Bernsteln, is in favor of assuming legislative responsibilities and of having a representative of the social democracy among the ‘vice presidents of the Reichstag, even if that official should have to stand in the presence of the em- peror from time to time. The hissing of Bebel, the veteran, who still clings to the obstructionist theory, in the present con- vention in Berlin, would seem to indicate that for the moment the younger men are in the ascendancy. Should the change of poljey occur it will show that parties, like demagogues, are sobered by the responsi- bility. It would doubtless draw to the soclal democrats many voters who still think of the party as one bearing the torch of anarchy or of revolution and fail to percelve in it the party of genulne so- clal progress and reform it is slowly be- coming. The profect of connecting Venice with the mainland by & siubstantial causeway is agein being revived. Three years ago the sindaco appointed & commission to in- vestigate the matter, and this commission has just handed in its report, or rather five reports, for each of the five commis- sloners had & speclal duty to perform— Prof. Alessandro Betochhi was to inquire into th® possible effect on the lagune; Prof. Naszani, hysienic results; Prot. Coen, effect on commerce; Prof. Boubee, cost of construction, and Prof. Luigl Rossl, artistic results. With the exception of the last, the commissioners rather beg the jons assigned to them, although Profs. Betochhi, Nazzani and Coen sug- gest & rebuilding of the old bridges so as to permit a freer flow of watel ”lhun s now possible, The ‘laguna morta” would then cease to be stagnant, ‘malaria’ would disappear, while If the bridges were to-be broadened freer access could be had with the mainland. As to Bignor Rossl, with fine old Venetian cynicism, he nelther deplores nor yet advocates the proposed innovation. “So much of beauty has dis- appeared from the ¢ity,” he,says, “‘that the most monstrous modern thing might even be harmonized with the uncouth rem- nants of the shattered glory that remain. Between the ugly structures of mere util- o | g Talking abouty Colon#l W. I Bryan and George Fred | Willlams will 4o & spieling turn for Tom | Johnwon in Onio. Both spielers are com- | spicucun In the class of “also ran.” { Big Bill Devery's political ple- New York atworbed 75,00 sand- | wiches and 500 kegs of beer. Big Bill is becoming & formidable candidate for mayor. nies in Sarsafrarilla—Ever Tt in reported that Senator Quay of Penn- ania would like to round out his politi- carcer by a4 term In the cabinet. A department of horticulturs would fit his tal ents. Then he could shaks the plum tres at all hours. In his Labor day proclamation Governor Durbin of Indfana says: “With us labor I8 not merely dignified and attended with op- portunity, but takes on the nobility of patriotic service, and there Is dishonor iIn voluntary idleness, either of rich or poar.” Congressman Driggs, accused of com- plieity in the postal frauds, pleads that the deal was made in May and that he did not qualify as congressman until the following | lar situation, as regards the anthracite December. Nothing is sald about drawing | coal interest, was that they controlled a his salary from the éth of March. natural monopoly of a product necessary than Ayer’s? zzarse: No democratio national convention has |10 he comfort snd te WA veRy o bBg been held in the east for mors than thirty | R BECIOT, O ORI Ot R - ears. The demoersi thon 4 Tion ot 175 wea meia 1 petonal conven-|mary of lite would have tended to precipi- n Bt. Louls, of 18|00 45 attack upon these rights tn CY Tosincianatl, of 184 in Chicago, 1888 n Bt | o0 “ypich you speak; for, after all, it is Tt 1992 In Chicago, 199 in Chicago and | vin o deny that this property, so pecullar o - ; i o et e in its conditions, and which i properly spoken of as a’natural monopoly, is af- feoted with a public Interest. “l don’t think that any president ever acted more wisely, ocourageously, or prowptly in & national crisis. Mr. Roose- velt deserves unstinted praise for what he oo ph A Milwaukeo alderman without a shadow of fear in his soul prodded a home corpora- tion in this cruel style: “Resolved, That & naphtha Jamp be placed at Twenty-third and Hadley streets so that residents in that vicinity y see the electric lamp sus- pended there.” Governor Jeff Davis of Arkansas, & fighter of 'wonderful lingual power, tempted to contradict an opponent on & political platform near Little Rock. When the governor brushed the dust off his good clothes he was four feet below the stage and his jaw ached. FLASHES OF FUN. “It's hard to have a lot of debts that you simply can’t 10'10&. ‘l aon‘x-lkm:w!nu’- worse to Ban a at you sim| © 10 pay. -] Freo Pross, 0 et ot Geteral Simon Bollivar Buckner of Ken- tucky is 80 years of age, but has vim enough to enter the state campaign in support of | his son-in-law, Col. Morris E. Belknap, the republican nominee for governor. Gen- eral Bollivar is the right kind of a father-| “Hy| in-law to tie to. “A number of eastern contemporaries,” says the Kansas City Journal, “persist in the mistaken statement that a Missouri state senator was . fined $100 for accepting a bribe. The fine was imposed on the sen- ator for asking a bribe. The senators who accepted bribes have not been punished in any way.” Arthur Pue Gorman, jr., son of the Mary- land senator, apparently is sure to be re- turned to the state senate from Howard county. The young man is In every way a chip off the old block, an astute poli- tician, frank and outspoken about most things, but very cautious when it com talking politics. He is an only ‘son and from early boyhood has been great chums with his father. He is a successful lawyer. A Lancaster (Pa.) newspaper man who hobnobbed with Benator John T. Morgan of Alabama at Sulphur Springs, Va., reports that the senator has a specific for demo- cratic troubles, He proposes a financial me by the “adoption of gold and silver on a parity as money on no stipulated ratio, the government impressing its stamped valjie on the coins, issulng and re- celving them at that value, opposing fur- ther use of the national debt basis for the national currency, requiring banks ' Spurning th filfl. he sought for other to surrender thq bonds on demand, and to | Worlds to licl York Sun. s iy o o k.—Ne hold an equal amount of gold and sijver y colns to the amount of the notes they issue, | 1*rsgt. "“’?,".3'4'} these coins to be behind them, iristead of Said he: “Ain't she an apricacht? bonds; coins, not bullion, to be the basis|She’ll lift the cup, and rake the pacht.” of ecirculation. Natlonal banks are to be | pu¢ Tselin had & counterplacht. y the medium of supplying bank notes to the e also bullt a costly yacht, country in return for the government's|And though at tmes the race gacht hasht, protection.” o AV —1::::-3“, ournal. A TRUB'INCIDENT, = Only the rich man intoxicated. Por man gets drunk. The . —Somerville Journal. “Yes," sald Miss Howells, after her solo, 2 md to go abroad to finish my musical h!"” snorted Miss Growells, “why not finish it right now and save the expense? — Philadelphia Press. “I hear that MecJimes has come into the sossion of considerable wealth, We'll ave to admit him into our set now, will ‘we _not?" “That doesn’t follow. He came into session of Tis wealth by working for it Chicago Tribune, Trembling Missionary—If, as you say, ypu are a peaceful.monarch, why are all those human heads on your tent? Cannlbal Chief—Well, you ses, this is my headquurters.—Lppineott's. - . First Mosquito—Great New Jersey, but 'm n-vmfi ard luck. Baeond Mosquito—! t's the matter? ““There's a plump girl wearing.a peek-s- boo waist over there, but she keeps singing |:'H|lwlllhu.' all the time."--Indianapolis ournal. “‘Well,” grumbled the crihky woman, who was Ingpecting the new house he had recommended, ~ “there are disagreeable features about the place that you didn't mention before. e y weren't here before.™ ‘What features are you referring to?" “Yours."—~Philadelphla Ledger. Alexander had just received Bucephalus a8 a present, - “Don’t you think it's a flne horse?"” asked the rtiers. "Hg?"'l h ted, weeping, angrily. “I e_retort want Lou Dillon or nothi —_— PRAISE FOR THE PRESIDENT. — \ -Estelle Lennan in Boston Globe. Judge Gray Commends His Course in *Twas only a ohild' with quivert ¥, Greas. Onal Binike O'er & broken dish she had let sl Interview in New York World. But the look of fear, in thoss sweet biue “It has been sald; Judge Gray, that the| my Saanl p pa ’ interference of President Roosevelt in the| Eol.?m‘x':: more 5.'-:_: :j‘-%y ot g anthracite strike, considering the power |Surely not more than six could be, Her heart should be light and free as air, and influence of his office, amounted to a ) modification of property rights. How doss|'\C eare; © ou80¢ Snovid she know of that criticlam strike you?” But she looked at the pleses with shrinking The Judge's reply was as follows: Jooac, PR “I have no hesitation in saying that the Syt president of the United Btates was con- W fronted in October, 102, by the existence | fne 1o d o B0 I I e ke i of a crisis more grave and threatening | “Mamma will whip me," she m.‘p.m. than any that had occurred since the civil | “And I tried oo hard to be careful, you war, 1 mean that the cessation of mining g L casel in the anthracite .country, brought about e i‘r’&' £ pr W e At by the dispute. between the miners and |And’she lovgs lttle sister, not me” How those who controlled the greatest natural| came the words of grief from that baby eart monopoly in this country, and perhaps in B0 I could feel the om own 'Mnl tears f1 my ayes Tears in her eyes and a lifted her up’lenfl.n.ld: e'll get & new ong, you and Ana tien, ot wee. T¢ il R the world, had branght upon more than one-half of the' American people a condi- tion of deprivation of one of the neces. | To Purt a baby oo saries of life, and the probable continu-|A treasure sent ance of the dispute threatened mot only [mpe Heav the vomfort and health, but the satety and | How ear the tonch ot dnalt sl small and fal ) to h“‘n Mr fty and the discarded and shunned or ?‘llv laged splendor there is little to choose.’ o Late statistics from Manitoba and ‘the Canadlan northwest territories show that the rate of increase In the settling of va- cant lands durjng the last year has been truly remarkable. The increase was largely afie to the demand from Americans, and theretore it is very Interesting to students of industrial conditions in this country. Be- sides, the development of the Canadian northwest must add greatly’' to the big trade airesdy flourishing between the United States and the Dominion. ‘The gov- ernment of Cahada does not sell land. It grants homesteads, under certaln condi- tions, to actual settlers. In the year end- ing with the last day of \June it disposed of twice s much land in the northwest as it allotted to homeseekers in the preceding twelve months. The province of Manitoba solls land. It disposed of more than 200,00 acwes in the last fiscal year, again 161,00 in the like period preceding. Meanwhile, the Hudson Bay company, still the owner of vast possessions ‘n' British America, s0ld over 308,000 ecres during the year which ended with Jast May, against sales of 19,00 acres the previous year. It seems that the three great sources of land supply for set- tlers In the Canadian northwest, the Do- minion government, the province of Muni- toba and the Hudson Bay company, sold or granted about 5,700,000 acres In the last flscal year, against less than Ralf as much in the preceding twelve months. o~ According to M. Lockroy; former French minister of marine, it is useless to talk about France taking the initiative in the disarmament movement, since it has nl- ready done #b6. In a long article in Le Temps he usks what M. Pelletan has done with the navy; he pojats out where work on ships las been suspended, maneuvers abandoned and officers withdrawn from sc- tive service. ‘The Mediterranean squadron, the Northern squadron, are weakened through inactivity and reduction, while the Far Eastéern squadron s “absolutely im- potent.”. And he concludes: “As fs per- elved, we are disarmed everywhere. Squad- rohs without cohesion, coal or commanders, there 18 nothing else anywhere. Yet the French are so absorbed by what is going on at home that they will not look beyond thelr frontiers, From Dunkirk to Saigon the nations! defense is broken, forelgners are laughing at us and France continues to pay her 300,000,000 france.” ' from legal or constitutional power to interfers, 4 pave awky, but his position as president of the United would role “hrough e and et States gave him an influence, a leadership, gh ‘rr. as first citizen of the republic, that ene| brchos Ghbr s, pnocent baby dear. ablsd hiin to appeal to the patriotiom and LIRSE iy R B love iz earthy g00d sense of the parties to the contro- A“nl;‘ ‘.'qh-n m;‘l;mm ‘mfi!fi versy and to place upon them the moral | {r 80 cagerly mamma to meet, = coercion of public opinion to agree to an shall org, sbigihs maese o g00d order, of the nation. He was without | How sweot to shield | i Eiarmat a arbitrament of the strike then existing and threatening consequences so direful away. to the whole country. He acted promptly | And only loving words and courageously, and in so doing averted | I bfllllh( tlhua“afln. twal the dangers to which I have alluded. Kissed the weet baby “So far from Interfering or Infringing | Tell ‘m. upon property rights, the president's ae- Hil ey : tion tended Yo conserve them, The pecu~ % rf::' ul, t:;ll"" perhaps she won't whip \ g00d! s\ats T Coula 1154 and sald: " Now ma you're sorry and mext time Children’s School Wearables Our clothing for bo}l and children—like that we make for men—is cut to fit, and is thoroughly well tailored and of trustworthy materials. We carry large lines, giving a wide field for selection. We have just the style you want and in the right size. - When you are ready to look, we would be pleased to show you what a fine gathering we have for the boys in clothing, furishings and hats. “No Clothing Fits Like Ouss.” Browning King §-@ R. S. Wilcox, Manager. hear of any otherlr \