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

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E——————— St:' Louis will have to hump itself to loq)‘n the same class with Chicago for hig strikes. 3 ——— The proper way togeelebrate Thanks- givieg next week is to give others cause to give thanks. / e Wouldn't you like to get next to Ak- Sar-Ben's royal _pocketbook with its mwm wad in it? mm %Mr‘ of conduct- ing negotiations with a. hostile Nation By a vote of nearly six to one the Anulun Federation of Labor has de- '"'\‘l.n nvum.mm label on the so- =_—2v Latest advices on Great Britain's fis- eal ‘policy dte to the effect that Mr. Chamberlain's cigors- are just as black und just as frequent as ever. —— X Jdek Frost 'has taken out a permanent injunction against further repairs on Omaba streets until the writ is dis- missed by the advent of warm weather In the spring. e ] Cérrie Nation does not seem to be satisfied. with any half-way measures such as the prohibition of the army can« teen and the extinction of liquor selling In the capltol building. It that district judge who was elected by a'margin of two votes out in the Bleventh dfstrict were running in our Omaba district, be could be sure of a contested ,election on his hands. Ee————— I supreme court can only be ap- that the¢ Omaha Board of Re- view 1s waiting for its revenue law decision at the rate of $10 a day, the court will certainly expedite itself, ey Two_more states, Cauca and Antio quig, are frying to climb over the fence into the Panama family. The “United States” of Colombia threaten to reduce the title noun to its singular Sorm. Cp— All the Nebraska country editors who unfortunately ‘fafled to get postmaster- ship appointments will now have their ,commient on “the Dietrich indictment -gleefylly. reprinted in the democratic Admmuop Jas been Tuade for the ap- plgbmm of Wl anather vecelver for the remunants of the Shipbuilding trust. The impression that prevalls with the general public is that thére is not enough left to keep one capable recelver busy. —— The lawyers who carried on ihe Fair will contest must be .given credit for being onto thelr jobs, if the little bills for services rendered are a good cri- terion. Had the ltigation only Jasted a little longer it might have taken a mag- nitying glass to discover enough ‘of the estate to divide. —————— A Japanese student approaching the emperor to hand him a petition was miss taken for a would-be assassin in spite of his innocent looks. If that sort of treat- ment is to be generally accorded stu- dents in Japan the schools and colleges there gre likely to have trouble in wain- taining an attendance, eEE— General Grosvenor does not propose to et Bis npum.nl a8 a political statis- ticlan and election advance agent suffer by too long silence. Although it is a little rash to go into the predicting busl- ness this early in the presidential game, we note that Mr. Grosvenor puts Ne- braska in bis Hst-of sure republican urate in the THE PANKAMA TREATY. The prompt negotiation of a canal treaty with the Republic of Panama was expected and the effect is to strengthen the relations between the United States and the new republic. While there is no official information as to the terms of the convention, it is not to be doubted that they are as liberal as our government and peeple could desire. The. new government of Panama was created to secure the construction of the isthmian canal by this country upon whatever ¢onditions our government might-ask and probably the treaty was drawn up entirely by the skilled hand of Secretary Hay. There will be no delay on the part of Panama in ratify- ing it and there ought to be none on the part of the United States senate, though, of course, there will be oppo- sition in that body from democrats, if only for the opportunity of assalling the president. The minority in the senate, however, is not united as to the course that should be pursued. This was shown in the daveus of démoerafic senators on Mon- day, at which Mr. Gorman failed in his effort to line up his political colleagues on a proposition hostile to the action of the administration and is said to have become &0 indignant that he'threatened )| to resign the minority leadership. The expectation is, according to Washington advices, that less than half of the thirty- three democratic senators will openly ar- ray themselves against ratification of the canal treaty and it is thought to be not unlikely that most of them will finally vote for the treaty. The fact appears to be that the constituents of a, majority of the democratic senators are favorable to the Panama route and do not disap- prove the course of the government, so that while such senators may air their views in the hope of making political capital against the president, they will at Jast give their support to the treaty and of course to whatever new legisla- tion, if any, may be necessary to carry out its provisions. It ought now to be apparent to every- body that the construction of the Panama canal by the United States is a settled fact and therefore it is.a sense- less waste of time and energy to in- veigh against what has been done and attempt to put obstacles in the way of an enterprise which a very great ma- jority of the American people are ‘favor able to. The new government on the isthmus will stand; that is irrevocably decreed. The United States, is bound to protect it and to asstire it a’‘peaceable and orderly exictence. Other nations understand this and will in due time glve Panama recognition as an inde- pendent state. We have made a treaty with the new republic which will enable us to go on with a work that is in the Interest of the world’s commerce and of civilization and from which the United States will derive greater benefit and advantage than any other nation. What has been done in regard to TPanama means progress and greater influence for this republi¢c and 'thérefore’ should ap- peal to thie patriotism of all Amerleans. GULD STANDARD FUR MEXICO. The movement in Mexico for estab- lishing the gold standard is not 1uaking such progress as to warrant the expec- tation that the desired object will be at- tained in the very near future. The Mexican minister of finance is urging the movement with unabated zeal and ultimate success is not to be doubted, but there are difficuities that cannot be brushed aside in a moment and the dis- position of those in authority is to go slowly and surely, so that when there is a change to the gold standard it will be secure and Wwith the least possible dis- turbance to the Industrial and commer- cial interests of the country. Doubtless the Mexican pln will go into operation long before the proposed monetary reform in China does. In- deed, the adoption of the gold standard by Mexico, as pointed out in the report of the American commission.to promote a new standard of exchange between silver-using and gold standard countries, would be the most powerful influence that could be brought to bear upon China for the establishment of a uniform cur- réncy system. Meanwhile, in spite of the disadvantages of the silver standard, particnlarly in respect to foreign trade, Mexico Is prospering and the resources of the country are being steadily de- véloped. When that country shall have established the gold standard and thus found relief from present embarrassing conditions there is every reason to be- lleve that its progress'will be greatly ac- celerated. | e HOUSE DEMOURATIC LEADES, Representative Williams of Missis sippl, the house demeocratic leader, has already won commendation from organs of his party, although as yet he has had little opportunity to show what his qualifications are for leadership. That he will, however, 'be am' improvement upon s predecessor, Richardson ‘of Tennessee, is not to be doubted. Before his* olection ds leader of the minority Mr. Willinms expressed his opinion ‘of the sort of man that was needed, saying that the democrats should have a leader who would not waste the energies of his party by merely nagging the wmajority, delaying action and opposing éverything that ‘the majority supperted, but who would keep ‘the natiopal puuq of the party to the front all the thme, He showed the sincerity of this view in inducing a large majority of the house democrats to agree to vote for the Cuban reciprocity treaty, action for which they have been widely com- mended. The democratic Philadelphia Record ‘has this to say of Mr. Williams: “Not only does he have a leader's con- ception of broad party policy, but he has [ the personal qualities of a leader, or he THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FRIDAY, NOV SMBER 20, 1903. rarely fall to controi the conduct of & ) to obey the govermment and not to be fired congressman.” It has been some time since the democrats had a really able and capable leader on the floor of the house of representatives and it Mr. Wil linms shall prove to be all that the demo- eratic organs predict the republicans will be well pleased. The new leader, however, will yet be subjected to some severe tests and it will be well to wait until be has undergone these before con- cluding that he is the “right mah in the right place.” — A HOME FOR A‘K-SARAIIN. The principal point made by Presl- dent Fry for the Board of Governors f the Knights of Ak-S8ar-Ben in his annual accounting of the stewardship of that organization is that Ak-Sar-Ben Is without a home and must have one. Ak-S8ar-Ben is like the young married couple that started eut with love in a cottage only to find the family grown %0 large within a few years that a new house has become an absolute neces- sity. 3 For nine years the old den, into which the Coliseum was transformed, has fur- nished a shelter, such as it was, for Ak-Sar-Ben and his royal court, serving not only as a hall of initiation and. en- tertaipment, but also as the worx'nhop for the preparation of the gorgeous floats that have delighted the eye in the béautiful efectrical paradés. It is expected that the new Auditorium will supply the ball room for future Ak-Sar- Ben court festivals, but a workshop and assembling den must be provided elsewhere. Voicing the Board of Governors, Pres- ident Fry has the right idea as to the character and location of this structure. A conveniently accessible site in the downtown district, or immediately ad- Jacent, will be worth to Ak-Sar-Ben all and more than it may cost over and above what would be required for a site on some outlying vacant tract land. There are such locations avail- able and one shpuld be secured without delay. The leasehold is all the inter- est the Ak-Sar-Ben organization should acquire in the land. | Inasmuch as it is not its purpose to put up a costly per- manent structure, it would be a mis- take to tie up any considerable sum in a real estate investment, particularly when Ak-Sar-Ben has no way of antici- pating future revenue. Ak-Sar-Ben has made an enviable rec- ord so far by a policy of pay-as<you-go, with the result that it has a $10,000 balance in the treasury today. We do not believe the members would desire a reversal of this sourd policy, or any resort to indebtedness beyond prospective income, except to tide over temporary. emergency. This is evi- denced by the hearty responsé made to the request for an ddwvance pledge for 1004 membership dues, and with resources already in prospect Ak-Sar- Ben's home will be assured in ample time for 1004 operations, Our old friend Clrley Wooster, al- though too #requently a mischief maker, deserves the thanks of the public for getting the law settled on two impor- tant points with reference to the power of county boards to milk the public treasury. He has secured one decision denying the right of these boards to pay their own members for time and expenses devoted to junketing trips un- der the pretext of attending meetings of state or other associations, and an- other prohibiting the payment of bills for bridge work M excess of $100, with- out bids and competition, even where performed piecemeal so as to cvade the statutory limitation. There 18 no question but that a lot of money has been illegally appropriated out of the treasury here in Douglas county and probably in nearly every other county in Nebraska, and if these decisions will help to stop future raids the taxpayers should be duly grateful, — The final ;Iecuon figures on the dis. trict judges throughout the state show that whereve‘ two judicial canuidates were running ‘on the fusion ticket, one of them a democrat and the other a populist, the democrat ran ahead—proof positive that there are a lot of demo- crats who will not vote for_a populist under any consideratipn. But then as long as the populists stand for it this kind of jug-handled fusion will continue in Nebraska. The Panama revolutionists Insist that they had no promise of help from out- side, but simply went ahead on thelr qQwn responsibility, confident that the self-interest of the United States would Lassure a friendly attitnde when they should seek recognition for a newly es- tablished government. The revolution- ists were ghrewd in their forecasts at all events, E— Colonel Bryan is now having his initial experience abroad with interviews by the reporters of foreign newspapers. It is to be hoped he will not have to take refuge so often behind the explanation that he is misquoted. The chances are, however, that he will not get so much space in the papers on the other side as he commands in this country. The Lincoln Journal suggests that there will be no trouble in establishing a grain market in Omaba if the capi- talists here will first move ahead with the Platte river canal to furnish the power for some big flouring mills. Yes, or it they would bulld windmills to har- ness the hot air breeze that wafts out of Lincoln/ . Merely Kiekl for More, New York Mall and Express. Things have gone pretty well lately with all of Uncle Sgm's children, and they know it, even when they grumble most. ———— Where the People Blunder. Brooklyn Eagle. As was susgicted, it was the white men who caused the uprising among the Sloux of the Pine Ridge agency—the sportsmen who lead strenuous lives at the expense of other people and other creatures. But it will also be punished for up by foold or Knaves. ‘ — Working Another Claim, Chicago Chronicle. The averuge republican plurality in Ne- braska this year was 21,483, which probably accounts for the persistency with which Mr. Bryan s pursuing the shadowy Bennett legacy. We'll Have Nome of It. Philadelphia Press. Senator Gorman will have to get out pretty soon and hire a' few democrats to stand back of his boom and brace ft. It Is being pushed back some from the west, and that part of the country Is not to be ignored. sealed. 8t. Louls Globe-Democrat. Though a regular army of 100,000 men is authorized, the number now in service con- slsts of 66,500 men and 3,681 officers. This is another specimen of the Imperialism fervidly set forth in the last democratic national platform Charity Does Not Begin at Home. Loulsville Courfer-Journal. Gordon McKay of Boston, a wealthy in- ventor of shoe machinery, who died re- cently, left a will by which Harvard univer- sity will recelve 1,000,000 for the promotion of applied sclences, and ultimately come into possession of the entire estate, valued at many millions. In making this bequest he practically cut off his two sons from all share in his estate. The endowment is to bear with it the name of the donor, thus serving as a perpetual monument to his be- nevolent generosity, af the expense of his children. It is an fllustration of the il- lusory uncertainty of the maxim that char- ity begins at home. Taxing Pullman Cars. Philadelphla Press. The supreme court allows part of the tax the state of Tennessee imposed on the Pull- man Car company and disallows the other part. The court concedes the right of the state to tax the cars that run wholly within the state, as the company is not a com- mon carrler under the laws of that state, and is not compelled to mccept passengers. But the state cannot impose a tax on the business of the company In that state, because that would be a burden on interstate commerce. Under this declsion the Pullman company can only be taxed by a state on the cars, that run wholly within the state borders. Tennessee will get $3,000 tax on this point. Consumers Pay the Freight. Springfleld Republican. The recent advances in the grice of ker- osene ofl were sald to be due to a declfn- ing supply of erude petroleum in the Penn- sylvania oll flelds. Still it is to. be noticed that the Standard OIl monopoly declares an Increased dividend for the current quar+ ter of the year—$12 a share, or 12 per cent, compared with 10 per cent a year ago, mak- ing a. total dividend payment for the eal- endar year of 44 per cent, comparing with 45 per cent last year and 48 per cent in each sf the two previous years. Thus it ap- pears that whatever the company lost from higher prices for crude oll was successfully passed along to the consumers of refined oll.. Not_for a moment was the loss to be permitted to out of the inordinate profits of the trast. A DISINTERESTED VIEW. How the Dietrich Indictment Looks at Long Disthnce to an Outatder. Cleveland Leader. It the indictments returned against Sena- tor Dietrich at, Omaha were based upon willtul_violatjon of the law; if he really accepted money from an applicant for the postoffice with the understanding that the applicant should ‘be recommended for ap- pointment in cevsideration of the money paid to the senator, the case would appear to be one requiring speedy and vigorous prosecution, for the law provides very se- vere penaltles for such & crime—a crime which strikes at the very foundation of representative government. It appears lo, be doubtful, howgver, whether the offense charged against Sena- tor Dietrich, even if proved, would amount to anything more ~than technical bribe- taking. The whole trouble seems to have grown out of a local quarrel over the post- office at Hastings—a quarrel in which was involved not only the location of the office, but the appointment of the postmas- ter as well. While it is bad enough ‘to let a scramble for office lead up to such re- sults, let it be hoped, for the sake of the reputation of Sehator Dietrich as well as the good name of Nebraska, that this is the worst view.ot the affair. Nevertheless there should be a speedy trial of the accused, to the end that all the facts may be made known. If guilt is proved the gullty should be punished, no matter, who -miys THOSE A Ol ‘I:u.q ot Disposal. Qhlcago New: On various occasions within the last ten years the copntry has been invited to con- sider strange spectacles in connection with the opening up and allotment of govera- ment lands. The spectaculay “rushes” of homestedd Seekers—usually . preceded by operations of nefarious ‘“‘sooners’—have heen among the most ploturesque features of western history. “Last week's exhibi- ttion &t Crookston, Minn., where many seekers after land elbowed and shoved and jostled one another in the effort to be first in line to claint the attention of the gov- ernment officlals, was typical. Spurred on by the knowledge that the earliest comer would have his pick of the choicest land, the applicants resorted to numerous tricks and strategems. The winner of first cholce, & woman, gained her victory by ensconsing herseif in an elévator in the bullding where the allotment was to take piace. yAt tie appointed hour, when her rivald were scrambling to reach by the staircase the floor from which they had been debarred, he simply. had the elevator drop down half & flook and she was at her goal. Theoretically the present method of giv- ing away government'lands is impartial and failr, “First come, first served,” 1s the principle upon whith the government oper- ates. Favoritism or discrimination in the distribution of land, of course, would be intolerable. Any method resembling a lot- tery would be even worse. Yet it s patent that the present system is quite as uncer- tain and arbitrary as any lottery could be and Is equally productive of injustice. In theory the government “plays no favor- ites’ and can recognize only the paramount rights of the first comer. He has earned his superfor clajm, it is assumed, either by enterprise or arduous effort or the use of his wits. As a matter of fact his ef- forts may have been those of the bully and his wits may have been used to pri tice trickery and deceit. Were the land to be alloted all of equal value the injustice would be less glaring, but that is rarely the case. Owing to cer- tain conditions of local topography, the chief prize in the Minnesota distribution was far more valuable than any other part of the land. It would seem that with & little § ity it should be possible to devise a sys which would do away with the unseemly land scrambles and the in- justice resulting from them. It might be feasible, for instance, to withhold especially valuable lands for school or other com- munal purposes. A change of some kind is manifestly needed and congress should consideration. BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE, Minor Scenes meldents Sketched Whate'er may befall the rest of this glorfous country, Washington has reason to rejoice and blow the horn aplenty. Ex- Senator James K. Jones has informally de- cided to make the national capital his fu- ture home. Arkansas—base, ungrateful Ar- kansas—rolled heavy welght round cotton bales over him and transformed the cheer- fest prophet of modern times Into a polit- lcal corpse. Truly fickle fate moves in mysterious ways to pluck the beard of the prophet. Even though unhonored in his home land, there is reason to hope that in the boundless spheres of Washington his wonderful talent will expand with proper exercise and prove to admiring countrymen that Charley Grosvenor is but a two-spot in the prophet line. Incidentally, it is sald, Mr. Jones took his defeat for the senate very hard, and would have preferred almost any other man in Arkansas to beat him than ex-Governor Clarke! Clarke hasn't yet made up with his colleague, Mr. Berry, and the chances are that they will never speak while to- gether In the senate. Clarke's political side partner in Arkansas is Governor Jeft Davis. Some of the knowing ones here say that Davis fixed the triggers for firing Jones out and the ultimate object was his own election senator over Berry two years hence. Perhaps the best known of Washington's publie schools is the Force, named after Peter Force, a distinguished citizen of the capital, who died many years ago. It is at this famous school that President Roosevelt had three of his sons enrolled when he entered upon the duties of the presidency. It is sald that the president chose this public school at which his boys should recelve primary. instruction for the reasqn that he desired them to be placed in thoroughly democratic surroundings. That they are so situated is evident when it is stated thatamong the other puplls of humble position is the 8-year-old son of an English coachman employed at the British embassy, which is not far from the school. In connection with this young Briton an Instructor at the Force tells the following story: The little fellow is in his first year at the Force, having attended another school in previous years. He was evidently greatly “rattled” recently during a recitation in English grammar when the question was put to him: ““What part of speech is the word ‘am? " ‘Whether his confusion was due to the fact that he was a new pupil at the Force, or to the fact that he was seated next to the son of the president of the United States, is not known; at any rate, the little fellow stammered out. “Which, ma’am; th the 'am that you be ‘am that you eat or Representative Cushman of Washington state, generally called plain “Cush,” says the Washington Post, tells a new anecdote on himself, which incidentally illustrates how bravely he has fought the battle of life. When he first went west ho was seck- ing his fortunes in the new country. Trav- eling as far as Omaha, with his face still toward the setting sun, he found himself stranded. Although fairly well grounded in the law, it did not suffice to bring him ready money for a living. Casting about for something to do that would assure him a few dollars, Cushman engaged to take charge of an Omaha res- taurant. The salary was small, but he saved every cent of it. One of his asso- clates in the Omaha place was an old-time waiter, who had been trained to his cajling in the effete east. 1 Th'‘the courké 'of a few weeks Cushman had money enough in hand to push still farther on across the Rackies and into the teeming state of Washington. He hung out his shingle, prospered in law and politics, became known as “the Abe Lincoln of the West,” and was elected to congress. Then he traveled east. Stepping off the train in Nebraska, he entered a raflroad eating house. “Why, Cush. How are ye?' were the words that greeted him the moment his COST OF PANAMA CANAL. To Complete It Will Take Nearly Two ed Milllon Dol few York Tribune. It is estimated that it will cost United States $154,233,388 to acquire and complete the Panama canal, besldes the amount to be paid to the government in control of the lsthmus for the concession, Already there has been an immense amount of money and energy expended on the canal. It is safe to say that a sum more than sufficlent to dig & waterway from ocean to ocean at sca level has been collected from investors at different times in its history. When De Lesseps organized the first company in 1880 for the construction of the canal, it started work with a paid up capl- tal of $6,0.0,00. For eight years the cem- pany tolled, employing at times as many as 15000 men. Then came a necessity for changing the plans and the company falled, after having collected in round figures from the sale of stocks and bonds $260,000,- the | 000. Of this 1t was shown that the expendi- tures agtually made on the lsthmus angular form showed within the door. It was his old Omaha friend, the walter. “What are ye goin' east fer, Cush?’ in- quired the Nebraskan, in the course of their reminiscent con\ersation. “Going to Washington. Member of con- gress now,” sald Cushman, with a show of much pride. “Well, I declare,”” exclaimed the waiter, really glad at Cushman's success. “Do you know I used to think I would like to go to ‘Washington as a member of congress, too.” . Senator Spooner tells with much gusto of & simon-pure Boston lad of tender years whom he encountered during his summer vacation in New England. The father of this lad sald to him just before Senator Spooner started for Washington: “My son, what do you want Santa Claus to bring you for Christmas?" “Father,” replied the lad, “please don't talk to me about Santa Claus any more. It is a reflection on my intelligence. I have investigated this Santa Claus busi- ness and have found there is nothing in it. Whatever you and mother want to give me, I shall be glad to get, but I don’'t want you to think I believe in Santa Claus any longer. “And, father,” added the lad a moment later, “I will be 13 on my next birthday, and as soon as I am I am going to in- vestigate this religious business, too."” Representative Lacey of Inwa, claims to have discovered the longest bearded joke ever recorded, reports the Washington Star. It may be a surprise to a multitude of lawyers over the country that this be- whiskered lingerer is the one about the at- torney who appeared in court without his chief witness. “Why did you not bring your witness?” Aemanded the fudeo, sternly, ] “I have sixteen g~ 7 reasons,” replied the lawyer. “The firsc is he is dead.” “You need not giva the other fifteen,” eplied the court. Mr. Lacey says thcre is hardly a court in the country where that story in some form cannot be heard, and there are hoary old lawyers who will say they were pres ent when the quip was originally perpe- trated. ““This last summer,” added Mr. “l was reading the works of Suetonius, the Latin historian. You can imagine how keenly I was interested to read this same joke there. The historian puts it on the Emperor Claugdius. Whether it was original with the Bmepror Claudius or whether it was handed down to him by the Assyrians or some other more ancient people I, of course, do not undertake to P Lacey, The original Bristow report on the Post- office department investigation, with the testimony, comprised nearly 700,000 words. Bristow made a 5,00 word abstract. Then, by order of the president, he was told to cut the 50,00 words to 25,00, and later to 13,600. A short time ago the president called In Mr. Bristow and told him to cu the 12,500 words to 6,00. Bristow threw uj bis hands. “I can't, Mr. President,” he sald. down to the bone now. “Why not?" asked the president. “You were an editor out in Kansas before you became fourth assistant postmaster gen- eral, were you not?’ “Yes," sald Mr. Bristow, “but even a Kunsas editor has to have some language with which to express his thoughts" “It is amounted to $156,400,000, and that the cost of excavation and embankment proper was $88,600,000. The ultimate cost was then esti- mated at $174,600, For several years an effort was made to capitalize & new com- pany to complete the work, and at last, in 1804, the present Panama Canal company was organized with a pald up capital of $13,000,000. Sincé that time work has ad- vanced at the rate of about 1,200,000 cubic yards of excavation each year. The total amount of excavation up to the present has been about §1,000,000 cubic yards. Unfortupately only about 40,000,000 cuble yards of this is available for the waterway proposed in 18991900 by the Canal commis- sion, of which Rear Admiral Walker was president. The Walker commission's rec- ommendations Included this avnilable exes vation in the $40,000,000 to be paid the canal company for its work, maps, records, draw- ings and the property of the Panama Rall- road company. The commission estimated that the total amount of excavation which would be required for the canal to be bullt from its plans, exclusive of that for the Boblo dam and the Gigant! spillway, would be 94,863,708 cubic vards. The work remain- Ing to be done, therefore, represents the difference between the amount of avallable excavation which it will acquire by pur- chase from the Panama Canal company, or nearly three-fifths of the entire work. It 1s estimated that the cost of this work will be $144,28,958, in addition to the sum to be pald to the present owner of the property. By the time it is completed more than $50,000,000 will have been ob- tained in one way or another for use in bullding the canal, while nearly $312,000,000 will have actually been spent in connec- tion with its construction and adminlstra~ the intention of the Panama Canal company to make the canal 20.5 feet deep. The increased dimensions of steamers now being built has made it necessary to plan for a much deeper canal, and the Walker commission's plans are fof a waterway thirty-six feet deep. —_— PERSONAL NOTES. The late Jose Castro, the wealthiest man in Yucatan, whose will has just been flled, loft an estate of $14,000,000. Camille Pissarro, the famous French im- pressionist painter, has just died in Paris, He was one of the ploneers of the impres- slonist movement. After having his leg broken in two places Lord Kitchener “was in a cheerful mood.” Since Lord Kitchener never smiles, it must have taken quite a wrench to make him really gay. Colonel John Dunlap Adalr, a member of General Crant's staff in the civil war, has just dled in Chicago. Colonel Adair wa born in Carlisle, Pa., and was educated at Dickinson college. Young man, do not be afraid to burn the midnight oll If you do you will pile up a great fortune. John D. Rockefeller will receive his fourth quarterly dividend of $4,800,000 December 15. The marquls of Bute, a bachelor who is sald to have §75,000,000, is coming to Amer- fca to hunt grizzly bears. This may start another hunt, as Lord Stuart, his next brother, married an actress. Cyrus W. Field's country place, Ardsley, overlooking the Hudson, has just been sold for $75,000. At this house some of the most distinguished men of the nation have been entertained at various times, - Emperor Willlam has four light brown dachshunds of which he is fond. These doy live in a stone, ivy-covered house in the Park of Monbijou and have thelr own cook and an open fireplace befor$ which they can d Robert Wlllon Goelet, brother of the newly wedded duchess of Roxburghe, is a manly, affable, businesslike young fellow, just a year out of Harvard. He has been Teading law in the offices of the De Witts, who manage the immense Goelet estate, and means to become a full-fledged lawyer. “The meanest and wickedest thing n ) do, next to murder, s to fll-treat whom ‘he has taken & vow to said Judge Strong in his court in Paterson, N. J., the other day, and thereupon he: sentenced a husband, who had beaten his wife, to two and a haif years' confinement in state prison. An obelisk of unpolished gray granite has been placed over Virchow's grave in the old Matthal grave yard, Berlin, It bears on one side a black marble tablet, on which are inscribed “Rudolph Virchow' and the date of his birth and death. A statue of Virchow will also be erected near the place where his scientific work was conducted. Waltham SHORT STORIBS FROM THE COUNTRY / . Fremont Herald-Leader: There are not less than a thousand young women in Lincoln and Omaha clerking for from $150 1o & a weck and boarding themselves— God kncess how. Yet you can not get a girl to work In a kitchen or as houss maid for from 88 {o $ & week ‘and board |and room, .with practically all the privileges of a4 wmember of the family, w Because clerking 1s thought to be easler, but ptineclpally because we are rowing so infernally shobbish_that we are beginuing to despiso the humbler places In life. And this growing snobbishness is responsible for the constantly growing crop |of suckers-—suckers who try o get the {best for nothing, and invariably end up (by petting the worst and paylng their all for it. | | | Gepeva Gaszette: A family residing on | Gibert's addition were aroused on a recent evening by a nolse in the chicken house and on Investigation discovered a member of a well known family of thieves with a fat hen under his arm. He sald he was looking for his cow! There's going to ba a job for the coroner in thix old town and @ new chicken thief fn heaven. Columbus Times: A Columbus girl recently played a cruel joke on her mother, and this Is how 1t happened! She ac- cidently found a love Jetter her father had written to her mother in the haleyon days of their courtship. She read the letter to her mother, subltituting her name and that of her lover. The mother raved with anger and stamped her foot in disgust forbldding her daughter to have anything to do with a man who would write such nonsensical stuff to a girl. The girl gave the letter to her mother to read, and the house became so suddenly quiet that she could hear the cat winking in the back yard. Hartington Heral De gang™ sent the Herald editor a bottle of petroleum jelly last Saturday with the admonition to “rub frequently on sore spots.”” It must have taken a good many bottles of the jelly to heal “de gang' sore spots after the southern delegates came into . the laf republican county cenvention and ‘‘busted’ “de gang's” slate to smithereens. In fact the supply must have run oyt or else the iremedy was ineffective in their case the result of the election In this precinct shows that the wounds were. still fresh on Novem- ber 3. The Herald has a habit of rubbin, the truth pretty hard on all occasion, bu it must have rubbed it harder than ever in sizing up election matters in its last issue, judging by the “holler.” WHITTLED TO A FOINT, J. Plerpont Morgan has an to nang.ver notorfety.’ » etting unishment as he goes ulonl, ll right. icago Tribune. in- “Let's go out an' see what's burnin’,” d Pat to Mike at the theater. What d'ye mean? ‘“Those two men behlnd goln’ to the foyer. rof Shrinking modesty 18 an attractive trait of character, but it seldom gets a raise of salary.—Somerville Journal. lome of you ylunlre seekers,'’ sald the Bosh, m- nem to, forget that such 4 day as Sunday.” “And some of yau hnly fellows,” replied forget it on the —Ph ladelphia Catholic Stand: “What would hlgrn lhnu'htl\ll clfllln. Dlmnel were to hrough one of our great citles with a llnlarn Jooking for an honest man?" ““That's easy,” answered the Chicago man. “Someonc would steal his lantern before*he had gone three blocl ‘Wash. ington Sta) a “Alnlo!( frn hll ll, 00d,"" JO'I bou “our Johnny been -mbldu(rou-. T h y used to be troubled a good deal hy remarked him castor U “But the bleomers," protested the deli cate woman, “I'm not sure they would im- prove my health very— ‘‘Madame,” interrupted the stalwart saleswoman, ‘“here is & mu-mnl-l re- ceived ‘this very uwrnln{ one of our customers, ‘Since = ado) jnl your reform Farments! she writss, "\ feel -n d-look Itke a New Woman." "—PMM ia Press. “1 could ldll that Hnrold Q\Ilnpl " hissed coat. the girl in ] at Ior? her lmlled hum. “Why, t me l.nd sald h“ll(iah"nw to lcl lhe old old story,' " “No, the idiot asked wh; " & chicken crossed the road.”—Chicago News. PLAINT OF THE TURKEY. ‘W. J. Lampton in New York Sum. Iim an unassumi ‘hutn. nd I am not to lf bv l Drimfll'flelh the earth Thev nawr sald a wur‘ ln m And if I'd had my way hould have gone some’ oflu!"hlrfl ‘0 spend Thanksgiving day. 1'm an unprefentious Turkey, And d DN to rise - Above ‘v at Amol Kha o way at all %‘lhflvlnl Day. a i ‘minded Turkey, And mu nu(er to live In_bumble circumstance, and have What qulet life may give Instead of mingling wl(h She Who.will not heed m. When modeatiy § seck’ sacap From their Thanksgiving I'm an unoffending Turk And never quite could see Just why a horde of th: Should chase me up It 1 were full of thanks, perhaps That might explain thelr way; But I am not, and never was— Goldarn Thinksgiving Day ! n 10 & Blace I'm serv Watches Run the railroads. The Perfected American Walch,”” an illustrated book of interesting information aboafwddm’blllk.md free upon request. American Waltham Watch Company, Waltham, Mass. Frank Wilcos Worew Some men's shoes are made mostly of wind, others of leather. The DBULTUR, being direct From Maker to Wearer. are warranted by the maker through chine sewed pair in the store. $3.50 and $5 2 1521 us to be solid leather, nlutnw '$8 and §3.50 S,