Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, October 29, 1903, Page 6

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Remit by draft, express or tal order peyanie to The Bee m-n.mng"'com---‘i 2-cent stam ‘oc?un in payment m h-.coounu.mo:-:cn; cnn?nluum on or east: Anges. b %l BEE PUBLISHING COMP. g n:'rnxih OF CIRCULATION. Publ says |w the act: Fvening and Bunday g:“-a-tl of September, L. 1. 1. EUBNENRBRENEE .o 28,42 : GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK Bubscribed in my presence and sworn to e T ) Notary Publle. After Buffalo's experience no wonder 8t. Louls shudders at the idea' of its banks being shaky on the eve of a big exposition. E— The greatness of President Diaz of Mexico is again emphasized by an at- tempt to assassinate him. Assassins love shining marks. Remember that nobody will be al- Jowed to vote next Tuesday uniess he has presented himself personally be- fore the registrars this fall. The spirit of harmony now prevailing in republican ranks bas opened a large area of low barometer for the fusion reform candidates in these parts. Emperor Willlam will raise a bronze monument to Krypp, the great gun manufacturer. It will presumably be dedicated to the world's greatest peace- maker. p——— w ap The Nebraska state comstitution for- bids the remission of taxes. But then ‘we have never wanted for lnwyers who were sure they could get around any corner in the constitution. e i ‘The report of Fourth Assistant Post- master General Bristow on the post- office Investigation 1s about due for pub- llcation, but, like the president's mes- sage, it has been discounted in advance. The Bee might go down the list of candidates on the democratic ticket and polnt out the men on it who are-un- deserving of public confidence with the reasons ‘why, but it isn't ‘worth the ‘while, E——— We note the World-Herald is out un- qualifiedly for the democratic school board ticket? If a nonpartisan judiciary, why not a nonpartisan school board? Could the nonpartisan judiciary fake be more strikingly exposed? It seems that Colonel Bryan is mixing into New York politics as an adviser of David B. Hill and the Tammany lead- ers. The suggestion of such contaminat- ing companionship would have been re- sented not so very long ago. Another bunch of sun spots has been discovered by an entetprising astrono- mer. It remains only for the post- mortem political astrologers to trace the / cause and effect of this manifestation in the returns of the impending election, The Chicago Great Western refuses ® be stampeded by the other roads to recede from its Omaha grain rate. That's the kind of raliroad independence that should be pot only admired but en- couraged and supported by our citizens. The assurance of the Owmaha double- ender, that “the republicans of lowa are In a very tight corner” and seriously alarmed over the prospective reduetion of their old-thne wajoritles, will scarcely compensate and console the Jocal democrats over the prospective landslide under which they are sure to be buried next Tuesday. 1t Colonel lm’:y y from Ne- braska throughout the campaign he will doubtless expect to avold being charged with responsibility for the defeat'that 1s sure to overtake the ticket he helped to nominate at the Columbus conven- tlon. His absence too, is an indication that he is satisfied democratic prospects in Nebraska this year are hopeless beyond retrieving. covering the territory ‘west of have come to an agree- ment fhe use of three kinds of ! The mileage book was -M simplify traveling for rail- but instead the nunierous 8 taken serve rather to com- If the ticket men would more from the stand- er they would make road pajro forms . plicate ENDANGERING PUBLIO NRBALTH. The statement made before the Amer- jcan Public Health association by a committes of that body, in regard to the transportation by common carriers of persons having contagious and infec- tious diseases, and also the charge that blankets and furnishings of sleeping cars are not properly cleaned, will un- doubtedly receive very general atten- tion and should lead to a movement for remedial measures. It is to be pre- sumed that these statements are the re- sult of careful Investigation and they come from professional men who cer- talnly have a profound interest in pro- moting the public health. If it is the practice of rallroads to ecarrry persons sick with the diseases specified In the report to the association they commit an intolerable wrong against the public and a way should be found to put a stop to it. That it ie practicable to do this does not admit of a doubt. Of course there is a stage in the disease noted where they might not be detected, but a rallroad carrying a person plainly sick with smallpox, or scarlet fever, or diphtheria, should be subject to a heavy penalty. As to the other charge of Inattention to cleaning the furnishings of sleeping cars, it would perbaps be more difficult to rem- edy, though an aroused public feeling in the matter would be very likely to have a salutary effect. The revelations made by these statements are something of a surprise, since it has been com- monly supposed that the rallroads are very careful not to carry persons known to have contagious diseases and also In keeéping sleeping cars as cleanly as possible. There appears to be no good reason, however, for discrediting the re- ports presented to the Public Health as- sociation. MONTANA'S COPPER CONTEST. For a number of ‘years Butte, Mont., has been the scene of a remarkable contest betwecn copper interests, until the situation has assumed a very grave character. The production of copper there is suspended and thousands of men have been thrown out of employ- ment, with the result that a good deal of distréss is beginning to be felt, the busi- ness of Butte is at a standstill and the entire state Is experiencing the 11l effects of the contest. On the one side is F. Augustus Heinze, who controls exten- sive mining properties valued at mil- lions, and on the other side is the Amal- gamated Copper company, which is sald to be backed by the Standard Oll com- pany, and the value of whose properties runs ifto bundreds of millions. Re- cently Helnze obtalned a decigion against the Amalgamated company and this was followed by an order of the latter closing’ all its mines ‘and works for an indefinite period. Efforts have been made to effect settlement through mediation, but according to the latest advices there appears to be small chance of accomplishing anything, nelther side showing any disposition to make concessions. Long ago ' the contention between these copper interests entered into all phases of Montana politics and charges of the wholesale corruption of courts and legisintures have been freely made by both sides, undoubtedly with good reason. Indeed, Montana has a worse reputation than perhaps any other state in this respect, due to the debauchery of the state government by the Clark and Daly factions and the open purchase of conventions, voters, legislators, goy- ernorships and senatorships. To this the existing condition is largely due. Emse———— FOR INSULAR DSFENSE. The annual report of the chief of en- ! gineers of the army again calls atten- tion to the necessity of making liberal provision for the defense of our insular possessions and the importance of not unduly delaying this. He suggests that the degree of defense to be provided for coallng and other naval stations and for the larger naval bases, which must be promptly established, should be de- termined by, a tribunal similar to the Endicott coast defense board, the work of which has been of great service. In regand to insular defense something has already been done, in the way of In- vestigation, by a board acting under authority of the secretary of war. This board has partially considered and re- ported upon plans for the emergency defense of several of the most important harbors in the Insular possessions, but General Gillesple, chlef of engineers, points out that before these preliminary plans are actually entered upon It might be well to invite the co-operation of the navy by the assignment of a certain number of naval officers upon a new Jolnt board of army and navy officers appointed to revise or enlarge the pre- | Hminary plans of defense heretofore | prepared. This is obviously desirable and should be authorized as soon as possible. Projects for defenses of thirty-one lo- calitics have been approved and a num- ber of others are under consideration, “It is belleved,” says the chief of engi- neers, “that the time has come when it will be no longer possible to ignore the question of insular defenses. The Navy department Is properly insistent that all its important coaling stations should re- ceive proper defensive protection to keep off predatory attacks from possible hos- tile fleets.” While there is nothing at present to cause apprehension regarding the security of these possessions, it would not be wise to assume that this coudition will continue indefinitely. It Is at least possible that the United lutumynlonqu-*l-‘bo- come involved in difficulty with some forelgn power and ip such event certain of our insular ‘would be vulnerable If left as at present. The question of the retention of these pos- sessions being practieally settied—for no be deemed necessary. This will involve a large expenditure. General Gillespie submits an estimate of over $10,000,000 for fortifications for the flscal year of 1906 and undoubtedly, a very much larger amount than this will be required before insular defense is completed. It 18 a work, however, that is imperative and the sooner it is entered upon and actively prosecuted the better. THE DEMUCRATIC BUNCO GAME. 8o long as they thought success of their candidates could be accomplished with the ald of populist votes, the demo- crats of this city amd eounty were care- ful to foster a populist alllance under the bogus banner of reform. The popu- lists were buncoed into support of pup- pets of a democratic machine more arbitrary than Tammany by the nomi- nation for minor offices of one or two candidates professing their party faith who were regularly cut off without even the democratic votes, while all the work and money of the campaign were employed ‘in pushing particular demo- cratic favorites. The only solace the populists ever got came in the shape of a few crumbs of appointive patronage begrudgingly given them over protests of hungry democrats {insisting on the whole feast for themselves. ‘With the obliteration of the populists from the political map of Douglas county the democrats have found it necessary to look for new allies. As a consequence they have stified the mask of “reform” and taken up the cry of “nonpartisanship.” Instead of fusing with the populiste they have fused with a handful of disgruntled or disappointed republican lawyers in the production of n mongrel judicial ticket, with the idea that by swapping democratic votes for a couple of republican judges who failed to connect with renominations in their own party convention they can get enough votes for nominees on the demo- cratic dounty ticket to keep control of the best offices in the court house. The democratic bunco game, however, is altogether too transparent. No repub- lican is so deficlent in intelligence as to fail to see through it. It will not work. — WHERE WAS SULLIVAN? The supreme court is the last recourse remaining to the humble taxpayer. It is the only lion that stands in the way of the railroads. That is why the rallroads picked John B. Barnes as “their man,” and are seeking to secure his election. That is why the taxpayers, who.are to be compelled to pay the raflroads’ taxes, should support John J. Sullivan. Barnes, the rallroads think, would decide as they wish; Bullivan, they know, would decide fairly and fearlessly and impartially and for that reason they fear him.—World- Herald. This will do to tell the marines. When the issue of equitable railroad taxation was squarely presented to the supreme court a year ago in an appeal to compel the state board to assess the franchises of the railroads, as well their tangi- ble property, where was Judge Sulli- van? How much comfort or redress did the humble taxpayer get out of his decision, or rather his refusal to take a bhand in bringing the railroads to time? If the railroads are really mor- tally afrald of Sullivan they have man- aged to conceéal their fears and suppress their dread so well that not a solitary runner or capper entertains the slight- est suspicion of it. Smmp— Judge Doane's appeal to the demo- cratic organ for genuine reciprocity lhas fallen on deaf cars. In his open letter Judge Doane calls attention to the fact that he was nominated without solicita- tion on his part for one of the district Judgeships by the people’'s independent party, with which party the democratic party of this state has maintained a vqry close nillance In every campaign for several vears past:. “The purpose,” says Judge Doane, “was to make up a strictly nonpartisan ticket from all par- tles instead of a bogus one, composed of six from one party and one from an- other.” That hits the nail squarely on the head. The six to one or five to one demo-bar ticket was a plece of rank imposture for which the word “hogus” is but a very mild term. Judge Doane has been a lifelong democrat and cer- tainly has greater claims upon the sup- port of democrats than either Judges Read or Dickinson, who have been life- long republicans. But the thimblerig- gers and jugglers who manipulated the democratic judicial convention would not touch Doane with a thirty-foot pole, He Is altogether too honest and too independent for the gang. The expectation that a new eardinal will be created shortly by Pope Plus X for the United States is given a set- back by the information from Rome to the effect that several other Ameri- can countries unrepresented in the con- clave will have to be provided for first. The representation in the list of car- dinals, however, ought te be according to the importance of the church interests and memberships rather than by countries, Were it so, the demand of the United States for additional rep- resentation would not appear to be out of place as compared with Canada, Mexico and the South American repub- lies. To hold the Roman Catholic church in the United States down to a single. cardinal, while giving equal recognition to its neighbors which count for relatively little in world movements, would be sanctioning an inequality with- out justification. E—— Voters who labor under the delusion that citizens who registered for ‘last fall's election or for last spring's election will be allowed to vote without new registration this fall will lose their votes. Under the law no- body will be allowed to vote next Tues- day unless he has registered this fall and nobody can swear in his vote unless he was absent from the city on each of the three registration days or brings a doctor’s certificate to show that he was detained at his home by sickness - | 1o seé the point: ' THE OMAHA DAILY BEF: THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1803, under oath by two freeholders in the voting district in which he resides, Age. Chicago Chrenicle. How many other free silver men have had thelr wills written for them by Mr. Bryan? The Worst Rev Kansas City Journal. Thanks to Mr. Cleveland, we now know what s the matter with the relations between capital and labor. It is “incor- rigible disjocation.” Worse than we sus- pected. ' Sensitive Consclemce Brews Trouble. San Francisco Call. Stricken by consclence, a Wyoming man who participated as among those present at a recent lynching has confessed to the authorities and has implicated thirty-five otherwise reputable people of the state in the crime. His self-satistaction, consclence inspired, is somewhat clouded by the un- comfortable fact that every one of the other thirty-five fellows is possessed by an animated desire to murder him. Re ntempt of Court. San Francisco Call, The wise men of the law in Hawall have decided to place a contempt of court in the category of Infamous crimes punishable only on an indictment by a grand jury This has all the ear-marks of a deep-laid scheme to put all the justice-loving, peace- desiring citizens of Hawall In jail. From what we have heard of some courts in the tslands contempt of them is & sure sign of decency. peak f Grafe, Minneapolis Tribune. Bpeaking of graft, our Minneapolis and other boodlers must hide their diminished HNeads in the presence of the Colombian variety of grafters. Our thrifty graspers after the unearned increment are content to count their gains in modest hundreds and \thousands, but the Colombian patriots reach out after milllons. When Uncle S8am suc- ceeded In striking a bargain with the French owners of the Panama canal, the sum of $10,00.000 in addition to the $40,000,- 000 to be pald the Frenchmen ‘was ap- portioned to Colombla for its concessions. This sum was universally conceded to be liberal, but when the Colomblan states- men got together and sized up their neces- sities, they concluded that it wasn't enough to go round, and proceeded to hang up the treaty, and now word comes that they will demand $25,000,000 as the price of Colombia’s consent to the prosecution of this great engineering work through Colombian ter- ritory. Common Form of Del New York Times. The form of delusion which prompts men and women to give to strangers money ‘which should be kept for those who have a natural clalm upon them is famillar to alien- ists and has been described by them. There was an instance of it in New Hampshire the other day, when a woman sold her farm for $1,500 and sent $1,400 to Dowle. Mr, Bennett was a political and soclal visionary, with exalted notions of the capacity and the mission of\W. J. Bryan. An evidence of his blindness to reality is found In the sealed letter, where he says he is prompted to give the $60,000 to Mr. Bryan because “his political work prevents the application of his time and talents to money making.” It Is notorfous that Mr. Bryan's “‘political work" has raised him from.the condition of & newspaper reporter working for $30 a week to the possession of a fortune much in excess of Mr. Bennett's, as indicated in his will. Mr. Bryan's “political work" is a highly profitable husiness. THE WAN BEHIND THE DESK. ——— He is the Warrior Who Plans and Makes Victory Possi Philadelphly Record. General Corbin's farewell from the adju- tant general's office was & panegyric on “the man behind the desk.” No army can be efficient, he sald, unless the work of this man be well done.. “The man behind the desk,” he continued, “in A sense enlists, pays, transports, - mounts, arms, equips, feeds and provides surgical and medical treatment for the men behind the guns.' Who “created” the army that acquitted it- #elf in the war with Spain with so much honor? Why, the man behind the desk, of course; the fact is now “history,” declarsd General Corbin. And why shouldn’t he be Impressed with the splendor of the achleve- ments of the warrlors of the armchair and the roll-top? The retiring adjutant general is the best exemplification of the superfor might of the soldler who wields the pen as compared with the soldler who wields the sword. And there 1h the great Eagan, the redoubtable commissary general of supplies, retired; does anybody suppese he would have risen to the dizzy helghts of glory had he wasted the time devoted to doing clerical stunts and gathering “nflooence” in per- forming mere feats of arms on the field of battle? Let the young men entering the military profession take example from ‘“the men behind the desk” If they would achieve fame and distinction. The words sung by Bir Admiral Porter, K. C. B, of the Sulli- van-Gllbertian opera— Stick close to your desks and never go to sea And then you will be rulers of the queen's navee, appear to be equally applicable to the army of Uncle Bam. MAKE IT A GOOD ONE, Importance of Making a Record Re- publican Majority in Nebraska. Lincoln Star. The Omaha Bee does not too strongly emphasize the importance of making a record republican majority In Nebraska this year. It can be dohe. If it is not done it will be the inexcusable fault of Nebraska republicans themselves. No competent observer questions that with anything Mke a fair poll, the re- publican majority on the state ticket this year will be at the very least equal to that of last year. But this is not enough. The poll should be lagger and the majority should be much heavier. Only one thing is necessary and that Is the Interest of republicans in golng to the polls and get- ting out the party vote. And The Bee does well, too, to point to | the example of lowa republicans who, not- withstanding they can count on a majority anywhere from 50,000 to 75,000, are carrying on a campalgn as if the resilt between the parties were doubtful. Tt is thus, in part, that Towa has acquired such im- mense Inflience and prestige within the party as & natlopal organization, and There is a thousandfold more reason why Nebraska republicans should this year put forth effort at least equal to that of their Towa neighbors. The eyes of all the political parties throughout the unfon will be fixed on t election returns of Ne- the home of Mr. Bryan, and, after the history of the last eight years, if Nebraska this year shall throw a largely heavier republican majority than last year, it will be universally accepted as significant and probably as conclusive. 8o true is this that it will probably save the state from a strenuous struggle next year. In short, it is within the power of Ne. braska republicans now virtually to throw their electoral vote of next year, and to compel the fusionists, local and national, BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE, Minor Seemes and Incl . on ¢ Spot. Employes of the White House are taking on a uniform aspect by degrees. The in- novation is to be effected gradually, so as not to provoke criticlsm or ridicule. Eight measengers are already garbed In uniform of dark blue with nickel buttons. Other em- ployes will follow in due time. The uni forms planned for the ushers at the White House ‘are gorgeous, and will remind the traveled visitors of the courts of Europe. Even Chief Usher Stone will be attired in brilllant color. Presldent Roosevelt has given the plan his tacit approval, but if toe much of a row is kicked up Becretary Loeb will have to stand all the blame. Sketehed One of| the most Interesting incidents of the American public school system to the members of the Mosley Educational com- mission of London, which are studying school methods in this country, is the dis- covery that Quentin Roosevelt, the presi- dent's youngest son, is a regular attendant at one of the public schools hers and that he goes and comes unaccompanied. The vis- iting educators inspected this school and plied the superintendent, A. T. Stuart, with questions. They wished, especlally, to know how the safety of the Roosevelt boy was guarded and how the superintendent kept the school “select” and let only the children of the “best families” meet him. ‘When assured there was no attempt at exclusiveness and that the son of the cor- ner grocer or the blacksmith was on the same footing as the child of the president the visitors marveled greatly. “No better instance could have been of« fered of the real meaning of American de- mocracy,” sald one of the commissioners. Another brilllant triumph has been scored by the Agricultural department. It has discovered a disease that will kill a goat. The new disease is called takosis. This is & new name for a new disease, and it comes from a Greek word, which means to waste away. The disease was first re- ported from a large flock of Angoras near Langhorn, Pa., and Dr. John R. Mohler and Dr. Henry J. Washburn were detalled to make a thorough sclentific study of the malady and report on it at length They went to the farm in Pennsylvania where the disease appeared and found that it had been brought north in goats bought in Texas. A number of goats had died, and it was supposed that the cause was laurel polson- ing. Later it was suspected that intestinal parasites were the cause, and treatment for that was used, but to no purpose. It was not until the experts came on the ground that it was determined to be a dis- tinctly new disease. The bacteriological experiments show that the disease Is contaglous among goats, but has not been sufficlently preva- lent to infect other animals, fowls or human beings. A new specimen of bacteria was found on development in boulllon, to which the name of micrococcus caprinus ‘was given, Inoculation on rats falled to show path- ogenic symptoms, but rabbits proved to be easily susceptible. Dogs and sheep proved to be immune after inoculation. Reports of the appearance of the disease in various parts of the country have been coming to the department for a year back. It is sald to have been brought into the country by highly-bred specimens from Turkey, Thibet and Cashmere. Willlam B. Smith, for Afty years the superintendent of the natlonal botanic gardens in Washington, was the originator of the memorial tree idea, and he has superintended the planting of many trees i1 and around Washington by famous men. Until a few years ago the president planted trees in the botanie gardens instead of In the White House grounds. There are sev- eral old elms and plane trees in the gardens which were planted by noted senators, Near the eastern end of the palm avenue is a large, stately tree which was planted many years ago by Governor Alexander Shepherd of the District of Columbia. While speaking of tree planting, Mr. Smith remarked that President Roosevelt recently planted a graft of the ‘Washington elm, which stands on Boston Common, at War- wick Neck, L. 1. He also sald that Bena- tors Allison and Aldrich have arranged (o accompany him (Smith) to Mount Vernon soon for the purpose of planting two other grafts of the same historic tree, The gratts are now in the possession of the superintendent national botanic gardens. of the . C. Frick, the millionaire iron and steel ml:‘n(ilt of Pittsburg, has presented to the government, and the pre-lde:t hl‘l l":::p(:fl' ife-size painting of the signl t.holpne- protocol in August 1898. This historic event took place in what wi known as the cabinet room of the main White House. President McKinley occupled that room as his office, and many presi- dents before him had used the room as their office and as the meeting place for the cabinet. The room now belongs to the private apartments of the ‘White House. The protoctl was preliminary to the peace conference at Paris. President McKinley was not a direct party to the signing of the protocol, but his picture Is a consplcu- ous one in the painting. Assoclate Justice Day of the United Btates supreme court, who was then secretary of state, represented the United States, and Jules Cambon, am- bassador of France to this country, Spain. "g:ec.:n-::ed’me protocol for the United States and the other for Spain, but stand- ing around them were others of promi- nence. Among these were Assistant Bec- retaries of State Adee and Cridler of the State department and M. Thiebault, sec- retary of the French embassy: George B. Cortelyou, now secretary of commerce and labor; Major Montgomery, who had been in charge of the telegraph and cipher bureau of the White House during the wa Captain Loeffer, President McKinley doorkeeper, and the late Assistant Sec- retary Pryden No photographer was present when the protocol was signed, but in view of the value of the event the persons who were present were grouped in the same positions the next day and a photograph made. Mr, Frick commissioned Theobald Chartran to paint the picture, paying him §20.000. Tt is sald to be one of Chartran's greatest paint. ings. The government engineers in Washington who are engaged on the irrigation projects in the west, are calling attention to what appears to be a bare faced swindle, which some western promoters are attempting to work. It was thought when the govern- ment undertook to expend $15.000,000 or $20,- 000,000 in & few irrigation enterprises th some shrewd speculators would take a vantage of the opportunity to work the public for a few dollars. But the at- tention of the Washington authorities has been directed to a scheme which would do credit to a Dowle. An alleged Irrigation and evangelisation company has been organized to well land to people on the clalm that it is to be watered by the gov- ernment soon when it will be worth ten or twenty times as much as is asked for it. A number of letters have been received by the secretary of the interfor, complaining against the operations of this ompany, and some action will be taken. The company has shrewdly calculated upon the wide Interest which the citizens of this country are taking'in the subject of ir- rigation, and has fssued alluring circulars | Aboolutely Pure THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE homes. The literature has been designed to catch the attention of the church people. The circulars are full of sanctimonious phraseology. PERSONAL NOTES. Murlel Morton Gwendolen Clendenin, a 6-ycar-old granddaughter of Horace Gree- ley, died on Friday last In New York City. Americans are getting a little satisfac- tion out of Canada for the Impositions put upon them in the past fifty years at Nilagara Falls. Benator Morgan's announcement that he will have something to say on the isthmian canal question during the winter should be changed to read “through the winter." Governor Yates of Illinols h: ppointed five commissioners to purchase a statue of Frances E. Willard, the temperance worker, to be erected in Statuary hall, Washington. Austen Chamberlain, the new chancellor of the exchequer in the British cabinet, is the youngest man but one, over a long course of years, who has been head of the English treasury. His age is 4. Lord Randolph Churchill was three years short of that figure when he took the post. King Oscar of Sweden It is said Is a speculator on a fairly large scale and has made a large amount of money by dealing in stocks and by privately buying up out- of-the-way slums in Stockholm on the chance that they would be wanted for street improvements in coutse of time. Dana Richardson of Manitowos, Wis. claims to be the oldest printer in the west. He learned his trade at Southport (now Kenosha) In 1840 and has worked at it continuously ever since. Among Richard- son's fellow workmen in the early days was Thomas Sullivan, for many years fore- man of the Chicago Tribune. He is still able to set type, but has not succeeded In mastering the typesetting machine. Harry A. Garfleld of Cleveland, who will | accept- the chair of politics at Princeton university, and expects to begin work about Febr 1, 104, it is sald, has a law prac- tice in Clevelahd worth $20,00 a year. He is a member of the firm of Garfield, Gar- field & Howe. The Garfields (James R. and Harry) are sons of the late President Garfleld. James R. is now United States commissioner of corporations under Sec- retary Cortelyou. The chair of politics at Princeton was established two years ago. Major General David McMurtrie Gregs, who has been chosen commander-in-chief of the Loyal Legion, is the man who led the famous cavalry charge which con- tributed so much to Meade's victory at Gettysburg. Licutenant General 8. B. M. Young, now head of the army, was at that time a captain of cavalry under Gregs. General Brooke, another famous fighter, was chosen vice commander, the junior vice belng Rear Admiral Clark, whose rec- ord breaking trip with the battleship Ore- gon around Cape Horn made him a figure of international fame. PASSING PLEASANTRIES, Mr. Wise—What makes Bobby's cough so this_mornin| t,.)2". ‘Wise—It's nearly time for him to gtart for school.—Denver Republican. Church—That new doctor down the block Iimit. ’.x}mbu-h—wmx did he do? “Why, I called on him to pee if I could borrow his lawn mower and he charged me $1 for a call."—Yonkers Statesman “But why did you not send for the doctor next door when you became suddenly 117" asked the friend, “You forget,’ answered the sufferer, “that I have been learning to play the cor- net recently.” —Puck. “What did your husband do during the six_months you were away?" ie did one fhing I didn’t at all lke.” What was that?" He went right away and joined a Don't = Worry' club.""—Cleveland Plain- Dealer. Mrs. Chugwater was shopping at a de- partment store. “T don’'t know that I want to buy any, she said to the girl t the notlon counter, | “but I've heard a id deal about these base ball fans. Will you show me one, please?"—Chicago Tribune. \'He's what I call a ‘good loser." ' i'He didn't seem that way to me.'" “Why, T saw him lose $180 ai poker last right, and he fidn’t kick at all."” “Funny! You should have heard him swear today when he dropped a half dol- lar and it rolled down the culvert."—Phila- delphia Catholic Standard. Cumso—Well, young Frisble will make his way In the medical profession: Cawker—Has he got a good start? Cumso—I should say he had. He: way such a prime favorite in the college that they made him surgeon to the. foot ball team.~Detroit Free Press, RUSSET-CHEEKED OCTOBER. Boston Transeript. The poets all may tune Thelr lyres in praise of June, And in redolence o e leaves robe her, She's dainty, fair and sweet, But yet cannot compete With _ vine-enwreathed, russet-cheeked tober. Deft, many-fingered winds Open the window blinds Of forests sweeping back the follage cur tain, To let the seldom sun Its radiance pour upon Where, summer-long, dim twilight shone uncertain. [ Through leafy lattice shines, Dangling from tangling vines, The pl:,!&le grape, each lusclous bunch in- n, ‘While plum and peach and. pear And apple swing in air, The eye, the taste and appetite delighting. ‘With gorgeousness that vies ‘With cnlor-thmbb‘lnf skies ‘When sunset banners in the west are red "(I!" The woods are all aglow, hile, o'er leaf paths bel low, Gay lllllumn with ber golden feet is tread. ng. October's glorious moon— Jt cannot come too soon To o'er us cast its soft effulgent splendor; 1t seems more close and near Than other of the yea: More generous and Intimate O month of nuts and fruits! Her beauty nene disputes; ‘We revel in her, whether gay or sober. Her coming l'.lmm 8, ‘The f nm of \«Ln:-lenmnhea. russet-cheeked Octo- ! OROS] «KARBACH bix T, and tender. There are 100 styles and patterns of Sorosis $3.50 Always better than some, equal to any. Monograms $2.50 This is our other shoe that equals in value the $3.50 shoes that we don't sell. We sell Sorosis $3.50 and Monogram $2.50 1 Frank Wilcox Manager 03 S 157s For the are too good to be missed. and unfinished worsteds. clothes you will surely find assortment. ,they have a new suit or not. Youths. Here are some opportunities for the boy, and they Youths’ Long Pants Suits, 15 to 18 years, 31 to 34 breast. Cassimere, mixed Tweeds, blue and black cheviot, Tibbels $10 and $12.50 a suit. If you are lookihg for style, quality and dependable what you want among this OVERCOATS. Overcoats, too, might interest the youths whether They are certainly fine-erea- tions for young men's wear, and about every "whlml: can be satisfied in the range of coat we show from $ $4.50 to $20. NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS. RBrowning: R. 8. WILCOX, Manager, King §-@ dar'7 )t