Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 12, 1903, Page 4

B A% | THE O ILY BEE [ONDAY OCTOBER L3 1 T rupL o NG, ISHED EVERY MORNIN TRRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Daily (without Sunday), One Year.$4. Daily and Sunday, One Year . Tllustrated Bee, Ono Year . Bunday Bee, One Year. b Baturdgy Bee, One Year. v (539 Twentieth Century Farmer. One Year. PELIVERED BY CARRIER Pllly Bhe (without gundn\‘h per cop; daily (without Sunday), per we Daily Boe (ncluding Sunday), per week.17¢ Sunday, Bee, per copy..... Vissha B8 vening Bee (without Sundy), pe yening Dee (including Sunday), week: 3 10c Complaints of irregularities in delivery #hould be addressed to City Circulation De- partment, OFFICES Omahg$-The Bee Building South Omaha~City Hall Building, Twen- ty-fifth And M streets. Council Bluffs—i0 Pearl Strest. Chicago—16i0 Unity ‘Buliding, New York—23% Pack Row Bufiding. Washington—501 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENC Communications relating to news and edi- torlal matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal orde# Buyuble to The Dee Publishing Company, ly 2-gent stamps accepted in payment of mafl acedunts, Personal checks, except on Omaha of eastern exchanges, not acc . THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. per 7z STATEMENT OF CIRCUIATION. State of Nebraska, Doug'as County, 8. George B, Tzschiick, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says thet tho actual mber of full an complef’ coples of “/fhe Daily Mornin; Bvening and Sunday Bee printed durini the month of September, 1! 145 20,120 20,270 29370 20,370 20,550 26,795 29,320 29,370 29,200 29,150 20,220 20,810 .20,435 ", 00 29,020 1. 28,800 Total, Less unsol Net total sales Net average sales GEORGE B, TZSCHUCK. Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before me this Jth day of September, A. . 1903, M. B, HUNGATE, (Seal) Notary Puyblle. 10. 2. an The campaign in lowa will now con- sider itself duly opcn& < s The reorganization of the Union Pa- cific seems to be still on. The corn crop must be pretty well saved by this time. TLet Jack Frost come along. —— Bo far Ak-Sar-Ben has not been troubléd with the problem what to do with its ex-kings. 'Nebraska university is starting out _well on the gridiron. Let the boys only finp up the gait. At all events It is to be a short cam- palgn. But the campaign next year ‘will make up for its brevity this year. ‘When the district judges let up on «Omaha with injunctions .and man- uses they Injunct and mandamus ith Omaha just to keep in practice, Municipal politics in Greater New appear to be growing dally more uddled. By election fime thé situation ould be as clear as mud. The Servian prince who is looking for & good echool in which to learn practical soldiery can doubtless be accommodated it he will come to this country and apply fo the proper parties. ETEEE———— The Nebraska Retail Merchants' as- ation evidently considers Governor Mickey persona non grata. For some reason not hard to find it neglected to « élect him an honorary member. —t—— Of course its different for congress- men and senators to accept the hospi- tality of William Hearst for a. junket & * of the territories rather than to make it LN solely at the expense of the railroad companies. e Nebraska is the favorite visiting place of Congréssman Cannon of llinols, who , %5 to be the speaker of the mext house .~ of representatives. Congressman Can- « mon is also a favorite visitor in Ne- braska. g President Roosevelt 'is standing by Senator Hanna in his campaign for re- election to the senate. And Senator “Hanna will be expected to stand by President Roosevelt for election to a full term In the White House. The street repairs so_ long awaited by the peo, * compelled to use Omaba thoroughfarés are in progress, but the work is advancing altogether too slewly. - These repairs should be entirely completed before the cold weather sets, otherwise a good job can- not be done. If there is any way of expediting the work it should be done at once. mhep—— The champions of the so-called non- partisan judicial ticket, dictated over a Junch table by a handful\ of ldwyers, try to make out that it is superior to the tiekot, mominated by the republiean judicial couvention, which Includes three of the same candidates. The ques. tion Is, If a republican nomination dis- credits a candidate, how can they dis- celminate in favor of the three who happen to be on both tickets? —— + The Nebraska cowmissioners for the Louisiana Purchase exposition are to be commended for their decision to ex- pend the $§35000 approprinted by the legislature for a creditable exhibit .a- stead of planting $15,000 or $20,000 on the grounds in a sedond or third rate bullding which at best could be used only as a reception resort for visiting Nebraskans, What the commission btless will Keep In view is that the ¥ at disposal should be ex- mg that can be im- I’ et ALLISON O7 THE CURRENUY. Senator Allidon's reference to the cur- rency im his speech at €linton conveys the assurance that there will be no legis- Intion at the coming session of congress that will revolutionize the existing sys- tem and as a member of the semte finance committee be speaks with wu- thority. It s a fair inference from his tatement that the semators who have iwen considering a currency bill do not contemplate proposing an asset cur- rency. Mr. Allison said’ there will he notking done which would deprive the government of the substantial control it now hns over bank circulation, ‘nor will any modification be made that wiil not provide absolute security of the notes jssued by or under the authority of the government and their converti- bility at the will of the holder into gold ‘I'he opposition to the plan of asset currency is partly because it would operate to revolutionize the ex- isting system and at least impair the control which the government now nas over bank circulation. 1t is not to be doubted that the suh- stantial and legitimate business inter- ests of the country will concur in the view of Senator Allison that under pres- ent conditions there is no pressing ne- cessity for great changes as respocts our money circulation. The president of one of the New York banks, writing in a current magazine, expresses the opin- fon that it will be enough for our pres- ent necessities if there is legislation making the treasury of the United Sintes a co-operator with the business man and which will make the hoarding of money by the government impossible, Mr. Allison referred to the inconveni- ence caused by the hoarding of money in the national treasury and said that congress probably will adgpt supple- wental legislation so as to absoiutely relleve this situation. This would sim- ply sllow the Nc?lntfl‘ from customs to go into depositories, as is now the case with revenues of the government f{rom other sources, e As Senator Allison pointed out, our monetary laws.have operated well. Un- der them the country has progressed and the eredit of the government has been maintained. All legitimate husi- ness interests find them to be sati tory. If faulty in seme details these should be corrected, but no radical changes are required and it seems quite certain that none will be made hy the fifty-eighth congress. At any rate such a conclusion is plainly warranted by the remarks of Mr. Allison. epe——————" THE ANGLO-FRENCH AGREEMENT. The arbitration agreement reported to have been entered into between Eng- land and France marks another step, and a very important one, in the ad- vance of the principle of arbitration for the settlement of international disputes. 1t dppears that the model of this agree- anent is the Hay-Puuncefote arbitration treaty, which the Unjted States te rejected, and according to d4 Paris®dis- pateh the officidls fle".,!.hs negotiations as evidence of the sympathetic attitude of the United: States, France and Great Britain on the practical adoption of the theory of arbitration. The agreement means, of course, a complete restoration of friendly rela- tions between England and France and provides a way for maintaining those relations. This is one of the valuable results of the earnest desire and the wisely-directed efforts of King Edward for the promotion of international good will. The very important service he has rendered in this direction cannot eflllly.be overestimated and marks him as a ruler of worthy aspirations. It is suggested that the agreement is signi- ficant of the tendency toward a rear- rangement of the European political al- liances and possibly there is something in this view of it, though there is not any apparent tendency toward a re- arrangement. The obvious fact in con- nection with it is that Great Britain will exert rather more influence in conti- nental affairs than she has done for a considerable time, for being on friendly relations with France will certainly command for her increased respect from the other powers. The United States has been foremost among the civilized nations in promot- ing international arbitration, so that every step in the progress of that prinei- ple has a peculiar interest for the Amer- fean people. WILL THEBRE BE WAR? The latest advices in regard to the attitude of Russia and Japan appear to warraut an affirmative answer to the above question. What seems to be trustworthy information is tp the effect that both powers are actively preparing for possible hostilities. The negotin- tions at the Japanese capital, looking to an amicable arrangement, continue, but | the impression is that little progress is heing wade. The feeling throughout Japan is represented to be extremely bitter toward Russia and the people are protesting through petitions to the gov- ernment against the action of Russia in Manchuria_and Corea. While such popular manifestations may exert no great influence upon ‘the situation the government will hardly be disposed to wholly ignore it, for the stand it has taken inspired the feeling. Every day strengthens belief that Russia does not intend to evacuate Manchuria or to relinquish whatever advantage she has in respect to Corea. While the United States, in common with all countries having trade with Manchuria, has an interest in the far eastern situation, it 18 not of a nature that calls for any intervention on our part. There may be danger, indeed, of Russia shutting us out of the valuable Manchurian market. In the event of war and Russian success it is more than probable that that power would exclude all others from commerce with the Chi- nese tervitory she controls. We have her assurance, however, that our trade there will not be interfered with and we are mitn. We a0 $ e L uiot property to regard this in good upon the assumption that our trade in- ests or treaty rights may be invaded. This is understood to be the view at Washington and there can be no ques- tion that it is the proper position as conditions are at present. CHAIRMAN GUSS' RULING. The only test vote in the organization 9f the republican county committee was that precipitated by an appeal from the decision of Chairman Goss on the right of the members of the state com- mittee to participate in the work of organization. The rule providing for the composition of the new county com- mittee, as embodied in the draft adopted by the outgoing committee and reaf- firmed by the convention, reads as fol- lows: The chairman of the .county committee shall have power to appoint an executive committee consisting of five members who shall perform such services as required by the chalrman. Sald members of the execu- tive committee and members of the state committee from Douglas county shall have the same voice in the meeting of the com- mittee as any member from a voting dis- trict. The amazing thing is that lJanguage so plain should be deliberately miscon- strued by a man who pretends to be so fair as Mr. Goss always does in order to gain factional advantage. 1tds almost as surprising that Chairman Goss should find any member of the committee will- ing to support him in such an arbitrary ruling. The untenable position of Mr. (Goss was re-enforcel when he held further that a member of the state com- mittee claiming a seat under this rule had no right to appeal from his decision because his name had not been placed on the temporary roll. As the roll had evidently been made up by Mr. Goss' directton in deflance of the rules, the committee had nothing left to it but to reverse the hold-over chairman It would seem that a man of Mr. Goss' reputed astuteness would learn that he has nothing to gain by such distortion of the fundamental law upon which the committee orgaiization is based, and which was drafted and put into opera- tion by his own factional friends. The defbat of the first proposition for municipal ownership of street railways submitted to the voters of San Iran- cisco affords by no means a conclusive proof that the city at the Golden Gate 18 committed to corporate ownership and’ control of public utilities. Out of a vot- ing population of 70,000 only 25,226 citi- zens of San Francisco voted on the proposition, of whom 14,481 voted for and 10,745 against the proposition. But inasmuch as it required a two-thirds vote to ratify the proposed bond issue for the purchase of the street railway system that was to have become the experimental municipal line the proposi- tion failed. When a test of public senti- ment is made at a general election in which the whoele voting population par- ticipates the outcome may be altogether different. On broad lines the municipal ownership and operation of street rail- ways does not appeal to popular senti- ment as much as the municipal owner- ship of other public utilities, uiless as- surance could be given of a material re- duction in street car fares. The average voter is not half as much interested in the prospective profits to be derived from the operation of street railway lines as he is in the prospective cheap- ening of fares; hence the indifference manifested by the great /majority of voters of San Francisco. At the instance of Governor LaFollette an investigation of the accounts and records of the Chicago, St. Paul & Min- neapolis raflroad is now being conducted by the railroad commissioner of Wiscon- sin and two expert accountants, with a view to compelling that company, as well as other rallroads operated in Wis- consin, to pay their just share of taxes and to comply with the statutory regula- tions of railway traffic. The charge has been made that railroads operating in Wisconsin have been paying rebates to favored shippers and thereby rendering themselves linble under the Elkins law, but at the same time they have evaded their tax burdens and thus deprived the state of the just tribute levied in the shape of taxes for the privileges enjoyed by them. The St Paul officlals are making no opposition to the investiga- tion and deny most emphatically that rebates have been paid by them. In view of the fact that Governor LaFol- lette has publicly asserted that the rail- roads have not complied with the law the outcome of the investigation will be watched with a good deal of interest not only by taxpayers and shippers of | Wisconsin, but by the country at large. The registration of voters for the com- ing election has been completed in the cities of New York state, but in Ne- braska it will not begin until next Thursday and will not be completed until the Saturday before election. This leaves no opportunity in Nebraska for purging the padded registration lists, while in New York they have three weeks for running down repeaters and nonresidents who are injected into the lists at nearly every election, With the discovery of Chinese ginseng growing along the bottoms of the Platte it will be in order to prove again that Christopher Columbus has been enjoy- ing unearned honors as discoverer of America when the real credit belongs to some inglorious Chinee, When Rogues ¥ Out, Phicago Record-Herald. When magnates get to quarreling over their stock the public is permitted to find out how it is caljed upon to transfer its cash for their green paper. Inspiration for Plety. Kansas City Star, The Siandard Oll company announces another raise in the price of ofl—the third in ten days. No wonder Mr. Rockefeller Wwants to hire & hall to teil the world what religion has done for him. The Bea the 3 New York Tribune. Japan is not golng to war with Russia » Just now. But Argus Himself never kept @ closer watch upon any and th Bear commands no flute notes to bring sleep to thbse viglflant eyes. one, Wringer Working Overtime, Brooklyn Eagle. It is growing more peaceful in Wall street. You hear only the noise of the wringer up in Mr. Morgan's laundry squeezing water out of stocks, and the sounds made by a noted philanthropist in skinning a few flints for dinner down in the basement. The Way to Live Long. BIll Barlow's Budget. The time-tried truth would seem to be that there are no lead-pipé rules govern- Ing what we eat and drink—except, of course, that common sense ukase- which laye down a law agin a man makipg a hog of himself. And that the best ‘way to husband héalth and live long is for us to resolve that life is good and to take such of its good things as each may find are good for him or her. Iive no diploma~but that's my prescription. Gratis. —_— Concerning the Theater Hat. New York Sun, A manager has the right to make any reasonable rule as to the conduct of those who patronize his playhouse. There can be no doubt that a simple regulation which is designed to give all who purchase seats an equal opportunity to see the show is reasonable.” Therefors anybody who makes a fuss and refuses to consider oth- ers is wholly unreasonable, and should be prepared to feave the theater or give way to kgason. A woman who Insists on wear- Ing & big hat in spite of protests is just as absurd as if she took a squalling baby to a performance of a Duse play. by 5 Pattl Comes Again, Brooklyn Eagle. The announcement that Adelina Patti is actually and positively to make her con- cluding and final farewell appearance in this country must excite interest among those who have heard this fair woman and remarkable artist sing the florld music of the old operas in the past. No doubt, too, she will be a subject of curiosity among a younger generation that kmows its Wag- ner, but has vet to hear a technically per- fect performance of the Italian melodies. Taste has changed In the years since Patti was a familiar figure here, and neither the Italian opera nor the smiscellaneous concert thrive with us as they did, but Patti's suc- cess has been partly that of personality, partly that of method, and these often survive change. Of one thing we may be sure—that if this singer keeps her voice, a8 many assure us that she does, those who attend her concerts will hear such singing as cannot be heard elsewhere. The bawling through an uproar of drums and trumpets that Wagner requires does not tend to lengthen the life nor preserve the temper of a voice, and in Patti we have a delicate vocal instrument, as accurate as a tunifig fork, as flexible as a flute, as sweet as a violln. She will bo wefcome as long as she chooses to keep up her farewell tours, JUDGE JOHN B, BARNES. Syracuse TJournal: The reputation of Judge Barnei as a jurist, a soldier and citi- zen fs such that no voter can object to his election to the supreme bench upon other than partisan reasons. And no republican will object on this score for he fs a life-long republican. Post. . Ponca Journal: Judge J. B. Barnes was twice appointed sypreme court commis- sloner by unanimous consent of the three supreme judges, inclyding Judge Sullivan, which Is pretty conclusive evidence that he 1s well qualified f6¥'’the position he seeks and that his opponent so considers him. Norfolk News: Hon. J. B. Barnes ex- presses himselt as well pleased with the prospects for a republican victory at the coming eleetion. He falls to find any rea- son at all why Nebraska will not come up with a good, old time republiean majority in November. There is no evidence any- where that there will be any deflections from the republican ranks. The party is united on the state ticket, and all that ap- pears to be necessary will be for party workers to get the voters out. Crete Vidette-Herald: Forty years ago when Mr. Barnes donned the blue, and marched in the ranks at his country's call, he was considered a splendid young man and a patriot. He has devoted the past forty years to the profession of law, as a loyal citizen of Nebraska, and Is now a candidate for judge of the supreme court, and all at once tho World-Herald finds that Judge Barnes is a very unfit man for the place. Let me see, did not this same im- maculate organ say the same about Judge THE DIVORCE EVIL, Moral Welfare of the Nation Demands & Radical Change. Detroit Free Press. dinal Gibbons has called reneged af tention to an old and famillar subject, and the mere fact that he handles it revives an interest which it Is the duty of the moral and legal agencies in this country to persistently sustain until a radical change for the better is brought about. In its strongest feature of his discussion the cardinal speaks for the church, and it its contention that marrlage is a sacrament absolutely binding until the death of one of the contracting partles be correct, then there is polygamy in every state and every scriptural injunction as to the relation of the sexes is outraged. And the worst of it 18, proceeding upon the same hypothesi that there is a sanction in law for it all and that some judges strain the meaning of the law In order to meet the wishes of applicants for divorce. ‘We have reached a point where matri- monlal tragedies receive the treatment of farce comedies. Some states invite all upon whom the bonds sit heavily to come and be relieved. They make a business of it, as New Jersey does of creating corpo- rations, manifesting the same disregard for the rights and wishes of the people of other states. It brings in money, adds to the revenues of court officials who are fed, helps the members of the bar and tends to increase rather than decrease the num- ber of judges required to take care of the dockets. In such asylums for those discon- tehted, almost any excuse for a divorce will procure it. And in many other states this comes pretty near being true. In very many instances the discretion of the judge is badly exercised. But for the su- preme Importance of the subject it weuld be laughable to hear a judge grant a di- vorce on the grounds of cruelty because a little woman was badgered into throwing a dish at a big, domineering man, kicking him out of bed, or occasionally ly- ing down from sheer exhaustion when she would otherwise be preparing him a meal Unless a check be interposed it will soon be enough to legally release a husband if a wife burn a beefsteak, warm the coffee over or make a bed without tucking the covers in at the foot. Women succeed on applica- tions with & backing In fact just as trivial. The whole thing s demoralizing in every material way and direction, Marriage be- comes & convenlence or an experiment to be at will. The sterner morali- ties are held us lightly as the old-time probibitions agalust card playing, dancing and Sunday outings. The only feasible way out would seem to be in the adoption of unif divorce laws so rigidly drawn taht the discretion of the court would not S Senra & S BITS OF WASHINGTON Minor Scenés and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. Henry Gannett of the United States Ge logical Survey Is back in Washington, hav- ing completed the census of the Philippin islands. The result of that compllation | already known and the labors Incident to i have furnished Washington correspondent material for many good storfes. One of th features of life on the islands gommented on by Mr. Gannett is the paucity of Ameri can investments. ‘““The only industrial en terprise of any magnitude in which Amert can capital is Invested in the Philippines “is that T can recall” saild Mr the Manila electric raflway of Americans is bullding a plant in Manila, to supply light to the city. Gannett, A syndicat and to operate a first class city raillway system. There are several small mereantile establishments and one or two banks run by Americans, but comparatively speaking Things One of the biggest forward steps that has been taken was the placing of the currency sys- The Mexican dollars are being retired as fast as little money has yet been Invested will undoubtedly Improve, however. tem of the felands on a stable basis. large electric ™ s t 5 . P 2l La o A5 SR R R 4—}‘[5-&-““- o they can be turned in and the new Filipino currency s taking their places has given an air of confidence and stability to all business operations which is ve helpful.” The postofice bullding in Washington says a correspondent of the Chicago-Rec The change ord-Herald, can boast of & unique gallery of plctures from the pencil of Dame Nature herself. words, of a characteristic subjects, dash “Ben" f caricature. fon. visitor the famous *“cat.”” “Tom Reed, “Ben Butler,” the “Abyssinian Warrior, Lady looking Through Portlers,” etc. ings in the stone. The “cat” is a most graphic representa- tic feline, sitting in prim attitude characteristic of the The picture is of herolc size and the variegated markings of the sleek fur From its prominent position this is the most notice- of the tion of a plump, well-to-do dom: species. are both striking and beautiful. able, as it is natural pictures. “‘Ben' Butler,” the most famous however, law, politics and war. closed en profile, drooping eyelld and round head cannon ball.” His flowing outline of wais* coat is also clearly to be traced, although unceremoniously curtalled of the he is major portion of his lower extremities. Facing the redoubtable Benjamin the other side of a doorway is, sooth to say, ceased ‘‘czar. The “Abyssinian warrior,” called also the in some respects the most The character- istic African head, the poise of the figure and its distinct outline never fail to excite the surprise of one seeing it for the first Immediately above the Abyssinian is a tolerable representation of a woman in it “Nublan,” is wonderful of the pictures. time. @ ball dress peering through a curtain. is said that an artist who saw this freak of nature conceived from it a very pretty painting deplcting & woman, elegantly at- tired, looking out of a curtained window. Roscoe Conkling is traced on the wall not far from the attractions already noted, though the markings which compose his visage are not as dark as those in other parts of the stone. There are a number of other curious delineations in the walls of this particular part of the building, as the “Irishman smoking a pipe, horse race,” ote. ficlally “touched up” in any way. One day last week a man and woman of the president. The former was pushing a baby carriage, in which was an eleven-month's- remarked that the man looked as though he came he ex- ibited proved that he was a New York His hair was long and uneven, he wore a frock coat and felt hat, and In approached the business offices old child. One of the guards from Kansas, but a card which “D. D" the center of a shirt that was only one- third covered by the vest of & dress sult, sparkleq a brilliant stone. He hopefully sent his card in to Secretary Loeb, while the mother guarded the baby carriage on the outside. The stranger was finally admitted to the president’s room. In about two minutes he came hurrying out to the office door, ,picked up the child and calling for his wife to follow, he disap- peared inside the president's office again. After another perfod of about three min- utes the couple came out, the face of each wreathed in smiles. In a reply to a question as to whether he had seen the president, the man re plied: “Yes, we saw the president, and he took a great liking to the baby. He fs going to send it his photograph.” When the woman was asked if the presi- dent Kkissed the baby she declined to say, but her happy face led to the bellef that she will have an interesting story to tell to the child after it grows up, about their visit to the White House. It is said that Speaker-Elect Cannon re- cently prevented a frantic appeal to the president for an early extra session. Cer- tain Wall street operators had become badly frightened by the slump in stocks and requested a number of leading con- gresmen to meet them in New York. Can- non listened to their scary talk about the condition of affairs and then sald: “Why, 1 have not heard it was as bad as that, You know, I have just come from Illinofs, and out there we had no notion the coun- try was going to the dogs. The factories in the Mississippi valley are all busy, things are booming along in fine shape and no one imagines how close he is to destruction.”” He talked in this semi- humorous vein for ten minutes or so, the Wall street men became Infected with his optimism and the meeting adjourned with- out the intended appeal being made to the president. olding on to & Good Thing. Chicago Record-Herald. Candidate McClellan has decided not to resign his seat in congress until he is safely elected mayor of New York. Mr. McClellan probably fully appreciates the seriousness of thespredicament the nation would be in if he resigned now and were ‘deteated later. Butler is delineated much as a con- temporary cartoonist might have pictured him in the act of delivering one of his sar- castic and pungent replies to an opponent. The picture gallery in question is found at the extremity of the western corridor on the first floor of the building, in the neigh- borhood of the window of the registry divis- Some of the carriers are generally to be seen around here, and any one of them 1s always ready to point out to the curious The fame of these extraordinary natural deline- atlons in thie veined marble (Mexican onyx) of the walls in this portion of the postoffice building has spread far and wide, so that a number of persons come with the express purpose of seeing them. The pictures are purely of natural formation, and are owing to the peculiarly dark and numerous mark- can scarcely escape the notice of one familiar with the visage of that once prominent figure in |it necessary to have their lives insured be- Benjamin s dis- with the characteristic “like a from is a figure which by some is held to depict the late Thomas B. Reed and by others to look rather more like nobody in particular. The Iikeness to the late gentleman from Maine somewhat dublous and requires much imagination to amend; the head is a great deal confused and so does not resemble in this regard that of the de- It is apparent that all are freaks of nature that have not been arti- The latter gives evidence, in these capriclousness both in the selection and execution of her not unmixed with a mischievous For instance, the late 1..47“.»& At all news stands. a Meaw < j&m‘.& Price Ten Cents. PERSONAL NOTE! en the Salt trust is said to have lost its savor. Colonel Brysn has delivered his three speeches in Ohio, but has thrown up the | contract to deliver the goods. It cost Boston $60000 to give a banquet | to the Honorable Artillery company of | London, and it was Ralph Waldo Emer- son who used to talk about “plain living and high thinking." A roll of greenbacks In a Chicago man's pocket stopped a bullet which was speed- ing to his heart. This confiimns our pre- vious opinion that a large roii of money may be useful at times. Dr. John Bates Johnson, who died in St. Louls the other day, founded in 1843 the first public medical dispensary west of the Mississippt river. He was one of the fore- most medical practitioners in the country and a lecturer in several colleges. Major General Danlel E, Sickles, U. 8. A. retired, for years a Tammany Sachem, as | were his father and grandfather before him, announced that he was willing to ac- cept the republican nomination for alder- man in the Fifth assembly district. They have attained a speed of over 1% miles an hour upon that electric road in | Germany, but as all the passengers thought fore starting, the only practical result likely seems to be the booming of the in- surance business. .| Senator Depew congratulates Senator Platt upon the announcement of his ap- proaching marriage. Senator Flatt is 70 years old and his sprightly colleague, who is only 69, assures him that there is “no period when home and domestic bliss are 80 necessary to preserve youth in its reali- | ties and illusions as when one fs past 60." ROOSEVELT AND WALL STREET. Opposition of Promoters Helpfal to the Republican Party. Baltimore American. The attitude of the so-called Wall street crowd toward the candidacy of Mr. Roose- velt will, if persisted in, prove one of the most helpful factors to the republican party during the progress of the campaign. Just at this time Wall street 15 hated with a bitterness difficult to describe. Its work during the past five years has been destructive rather than constructive. It is very true there has been a serles of cor- poration developments which many argue to be wonderfu] pleces of constructive skill. The whole process, however, has turned out to be a monumental failure, filled with the elements which are pro- ductive of disorder. Wall street has played so unenviable a role during the last five years that public wrath against it is as Intense as was the popular rage of the Continental army against the treachery of Benedict Arnold This popular resentment against Wall | street is of much the same order as that of the loathing directed against Beno- dict Arnold, because it fs founded more or less upon similar sentiments. Wall street has certainly betrayed the public. It has robbed the public. By a campalgn of unmifigated deception it folsted upon a confiding following an { enorMous pile of securities which have since been found to be much ke gold bricks, Nor {s that the only way in which the public has been abused. Wall street, in its endeavors to partially carry out an imposgibility, has created conditions which | now threatens to breed a panic. These conditions have already exacted dis- proportionate tribute from the great con- | suming public in order to meet the financial needs of over-capitalized corporations, It has also interfered with the normal flow of which flow is the indispensable of sound commercial prosperity. The consequence is, the public in multi- farlous ways has suffered incaleulable because he first had the temerity to shake this colossal structure of wind. He fs disliked because he first called a halt upon Wall street's march of imposition. He is disliked because he stands between Wall sireet and its future plans of oppression. The fact, however, that he fs disliked makes him doubly popular among the great and vote-giving masses. LINES TO A LAUGH. “Some people,’ =ald Uncle Eben, “is kind o' unlucky In gittin’ de kind o' friends dat is always wantin’ favors instid o’ de kin' dat is always tryin’ to do favors.”—Wasl- ington Star. “I suppose your son is still studying hard to,_become a doctor?” “Oh, no, he's taking a good long rest now, with nothing to do. He has gradu- 'y‘}"d and started to practice.”’—Philadelphia ress. Cannibal Chef—This young man we have just captured says he was a theatrical supe in_his country, your highness. Cannibal Chlef—Well, let's see what sort of a soup he'll make in this country.— Yonkers Statesman. “The weather's got quite cold,” sald one broker to another. “It has,” was the reply. “There must be something wrong with the idea that the wind is_always tempered to the shorn lamb,"—Town Topics. “Don’t be skeered,” said pad. “It's only two women.” pe “But one o' them's got a revolver," pro- tested his pal. = “Aw! dat’s nothin'. Come on, an'—Ges whizz! light out, Billl De other one's got a hatpin."—Philidelphia Ledger. e first foot- “Them there bunko men is up to every- thing, 1 s'pose,” remarked the farmer. “Not everything,” replied the man from the clty, ~Fhey don't send all their milk to the creamery and then sell the stuff that comes back, after going through the ex- tractor, as ome. feature of fresh country board.'—Chicago Pos! “Do_you have any trouble supporting your famdly, Sambo?" £ “No, indeedy; why, boss, I'se de best_wifes [n ‘dis ‘eve town. Statesman. Irs. Browne—And how is that pretty ro‘u‘l‘l'z w{dow'.' Is she reconclled to her 088 ot_one ob Yonkers ye e . Mrs. Malaprop—No, she ain't exactly re- concied yet, but they do say she's got the man picked out.—Philadelphia Press. “'Ask apa tonight,” suggests the gentle girl to £ er adorer. “He I8 in such a good humor because he got the better of gome man in a business transcation toda The adorer shakes his head doubtfull “I belleve 1I'd better mot,” he Sighs. I am the man he got the better of, and he Would be sure to say that he couldn’t let Nis daughter marry a man go unsuccessful. —Judge. ————— GREATNESS THRUST UPON THEM. Chicago Tribune. 1 know a lot of Dooleys and some Dinkel- spleis and Bowsers, A bunch oJl (‘hlmmlf hKatzenjammers, Lo0o; I used to know John Henry and his grewd of boon cm‘-juuknurn; nd Some Spoopendykes 'al among tne folks I knew. Hogans were And yet I never heard them do this keen philosophizing, Or talk on current topics in their daz- zling style of wit; 1 never saw them do a thing amusing or prising, hu:uk:xlfl:rd 5|em say @ single thing that ought to make a hit. One reads of all (:hBDQ-‘I)"k"“' Jests inkelsplel an oley, And hotes. the sublle faricy that John Henry has in print— Why, lhl‘ryi! are David Harums all about— but I say truly, Of all their mots and ep'grams they never glve a hint. ot We wonder why it is that they in life are underrated, And why, these joy-inducing funny things they fever speak Until by some astuteness they ‘are sold and syndicated And put upon the market at a glven rate per week. Who knows but in the future one of us will be a feature— Be fitted with & dialect and manner hu- morous, And known' the wonld around as quite @ losses. Mr. Roosevelt is disliked by Wall street Waltham Chronicles *“ The Perfected American of interesting information free upon request. seintillating creature Because some other fellow will think up our wit for us? - ‘Watches of the time. Watch,”” an illustrated book about watches, will be sent American Waltham Watch Company, Waltham, Mass. reat variety of sty the ball room. 1521 | FARNAM L les in Decatur shoes— enables the sportsman to satisfy his longing for the real thing—as well as the devotee of Direct from the maker to wearer. £3.50 to $5.00.