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0 Tub Omaha Daily Bek K. HOSKU'ATHK, IMItor. I'fUl.lKHHU KVKllY MOKNINU. TKKMH OK BUHSCfUPTION. Dally tiro (without Hunday), Olio ear.$.00 Dnllv line iiiul Sunilay, One Year S.w Illustrated lire, One Ycur --J" Hunday 1!p, One, Year fW Hntnnlnv lien. Ono Ypiir '" Wppklv llee. Otic Year OFFICK3. ntnnliir Tlm 11.... Hull. Huff . Hn'ilh Omaha: City Hull liutldlng, Twpii- iy-tirtii iiiul n mrecn. Council llluffs: 10 Pearl Street. Chicago; USUI l'nlty Hulkllng. Now York: Tempi"' Court, Washington: 501 Fourteenth Street. Sioux City: fill Park Street. COHilHSPONDUNCK. Communications relating to news and nil- torlal mattpr should bo addressed: umiinn Hce, Udltorlal Department. HUiUNKSS I.KTTHUS. . ., Iluslness letter and remittances should be nddressed: The Hco Publishing Com puny, Omaha. IIHM1TTANCKS. Hemlt by druft. express or postal order, payable to The Hpq Publishing Company. Only 2-cenl stumps accepted In payment of mall accounts. Personal cheeks, except on Omaha or Knslerii exchanges, not accepted. Till: UKH Pl'HMSIIINU COMPANY. statkmknt or cincrt.ATioN. State of Nebraska. Doutihis County. s.: Oeorpe II, Tzschuek, secretary of Tho Pee l'umisiung company. being uuiy sworn, saya that thu notual number of full and rompleti) copies of Tho Dally, Morning, KvpnlnK and Sunday Hen printed during the month of December, l!KXi. was its follows: 1 i:7,7no JT HT.r.iu 2 '17, 'MT, IS U7.7MK 3 'JL7.XMW 19 UT.HHI 4 U7,UIIO 20 UH.UIO p i!7,.'t.-.o 21 i!7,:i7o 1!T, IUO 22 a7,HO 7 ut.iiio 2a ur.ono X J7,tail 21 l!7,:ilO 9 an, r.or, 23 a.",tK( 10 U7,:ito 2fi U7,nr 11 U7.U7 27 U7.I70 12 i!7,i iti 2 a7.:iio is a7.aso 29 a7,ai(i il a7,7ar. .to ait.nit.i 15 Ji7.tir.O si i,7o 16 -!(),!((.', Total Htn.tlH.i l.pss unsold and returned copies.... lo.noa Net tolal sales .Hfin.lNa Net dally uverug ail, Pit aicouan n. tzhchijcic. Subscribed In my nresoncn and sworn to lipforo mil thin 31st day of December. A. D. iw. m. it, ihtnoath. (Seal.) Notary Public. ShcrlfT I'owcr Is n woihIlt us a stratc Slat. I'oIIMch Is often said to hi it Kninlilc, Imt Koutli Dakota's (Jumble is ovlilfiitly a kooi! politician. Oinnlm national lmnks arc inanttKcil qulto to tin' llklnu of tlic stockholders at least. So there was little or no ex citement at tin; election for directors. Implement men In Omiilia look for another year of agricultural prosperity equal to the last. Which means an other heavy layer of sod on thu grave of calamity. City employes will get their pay in good time. It only waits until the council can pass a salary appropriation ordinance In form to meet the city comptroller's Ideas. Dally new locomotives are pent through Omaha for western railroads. Yot almost dally Mr. Hryan tells the people that the present activity Is fic titious and cannot last. Women are generally accorded the privilege of changing their inliiil a rea sonulile number of times, hut the dowager empress of China Is working the privilege to Hie limit. There are several members of the legislature who have not yet introduced bills for the punishment of kidnaping. As the session Is young the derelict members will probably get In. Omaha hopes Colonel Itooscvelt will enjoy his coming visit, to Colorado as much as he did the last. He may llml mountain lions a tame substitute for mining camp toughs, however. Considerable state property In the various olllces In the capital has disap peared. The retiring stale olllclals, of course, did not take any of It. Some unscrupulous person lias kidnaped it. Nebraska saves Its six congressmen In spite of thu opposition of the Fourth district member. It will require a large amount of hustling to save Stark thu next time the voters of Nebraska get a chance at htm. Having given the Tammany tiger a turn which pulled his claws, (iovernor Hoosevelt Is now euroute to the moun tains to hunt other big game. If the news of his coming leaks out the game will promptly take to the brush. Sir Thomas I.lplon believes his yacht designer lias made a discovery which will enable him to lift the coveted cup. Tin1 Americans are not talking about discoveries, but are busily engaged building boats which can bo depended on to keep up tho record. The attempt of Yv J. Hryan to play the role made famous by tho israelii is tragedy degenerated Into farce. The result of the late election may be fatal to his own ambitious, but there are no symptoms that his failure will load up to n dissolution of the republic. The free high school bill has again made Its appearance. As all previous measures of tills kind have been knocked out by the supreme court, it might not lu a bad Idea to Induce the members of that body to frame a meas ure they would be willing to stand by. Huston Is bragging about a thief who stole a safe In brond daylight from n store In that city. That may bo a record for the east, but It cannot com pete with the Omaha man who took a stovo without putting out tho tire and then returned and carried away the coal scuttle. j Ak-Sar-Uen finds It necessary to build a new homo to shelter his kingly lieatl, but he will lose no time In doing so, One of the vtrong points In tho charac ter of his royal bigness Is promptitude of action. Ills next annual pageant will be Just as attractive as though It started from tbo old Dwi. TO MAIXTAIX Tin; O'KJV 1HHMI. All the imwers have expressed them selves as In favor of the preservation of tin.' "open door" In China, but with a view to making this more binding and rendering assurance doubly sure It is said that In the commercial treaty to be negotiated by the powers with China the l'nltcd States will propose that a provision be Inserted formally recogniz ing the principle to which thu powers are already committed. It Is not ex pected that there will be any open op position to such a proposal, but It would not be surprising If some of the powers should urge that each nation make an Independent treaty with China, with a view to seeking, through separate ne gotiations, to secure special advantages, which would of course bu discriminatory against other countries. While It Is not at all probable that under existing circumstances any na tion would be ablu to Induce the Chi nese government to grant It special commercial advantages, still the posi tion of our government In favor of one treaty, which will be In the nature of a reiteration of many of the Important features of the old commercial conven tions, with such additions, Including thu preservation of the open door, as may seem desirable, Is manifestly thu wise and safe attitude, it does nut neces sarily Imply want of faith in the as surances which thu European powers have given, but simply recognizes thu expediency of having these assurances put in the most binding form. There have been pledges made In regard to the preservation of the territorial Integrity of China, yet recent developments seem to show that Russia Intends to establish a complete protectorate over the south ern province of Manchuria and perhaps to permanently occupy that territory. This would be contrary to tho declared policy of the Kuropean concert and thu fact that Uussla appears to have such a design Is well calculatrd to Impair con lldence in other pledges. If the Hus sian government does not observu its promise In regard to thu territorial integ rity of thu Chinese empire, what faith can be given to Its mere pledge respect ing the observance or thu open door principle? Our government, having no wish ti obtain any special commercial advan tage In China and desiring only that all nations shall have an equal oppor tunity In the trade of that empire, should llrmly Insist upon one commercial treaty. In doing this It ought to bu able to confidently count upon the con currence of a majority of the powers and particularly upon that of Great Krltaln and Japan. snwviNo nihh viwsvkcts. The supporters of thu ship subsidy bill In the senate appear to bu still con- lldenl that It will bu passed at thu pres ent session. Senator Wye said a few days ago that ho could llnd no factious opposition to the bill, notwithstanding the report that llllbusterlng tactics were to be resorted to by Its enemies, ami he did not look for prolonged discus sion. Not more than four or live speeches remain to be made on each side and the senator said that ar rangements will be made whereby these speeches can be delivered in a night session, If necessary. It Is thu understanding that as soon as the army reorganization bid Is dis posed of the shipping Dill will bo made thu uutiulshcd business and will have the right of way, but there will be no disposition oh the part of Its friends to antagonize' tho regular appropriation bills as they may be presented. Ac cording to Mr. Krye, the opposition to the bill Is clearly traceable to thu for eign shipping Interests. Very likely this Is the chief Inllucnce .against thu proposed legislation, but thuro Is other opposition and the probability Is that it will make a most determined tight to prevent thu passage of thu bill by thu present congress. All sorts of llllbuster lng tactics may bu looked for from thu opposition. Senator Pettigruw Is said to have frankly admitted that In In troducing thu resolution condemning the secretary of war for his refusal to send to thu senate a report In relation to receipts and expenditures In Cuba his real purpose was to obstruct consid eration of thu shipping bill. Thu op portunity for llllbusterlng being prac tically boundless and there being no re striction upon debate, It Is obvious that the opposition to this measure can pre vent action on It at this session If de termined to do so. NKHHASKA iV COXUHKSS. When the national house of. repre sentatives on Tuesday adopted the Hur- lelgh bill establishing a new ratio for representation In that body, and in creasing tho membership from :i."7 to ,'ISH, Nebraska was saved thu humilia tion of losing a member of congress. No one familiar with the facts under takes to longer dispute the statement that the census of Nebraska was greatly padded In 1S1M). Just how much of the population given for that year was tie tit Ions will never bo known. It Is cer tain, though, that tho padding was alt done In the cities. The Hee hns here tofore named thu most flagrant offend ers In this regard, and It Is unnecessary to again refer to them. Punishment has been meted out to them by the In exorablu figures returned for thu late census. On the other hand, no one familiar with thu facts will undertake to main tain that Nebraska has not largely In creased in population during thu decade. Kvery test that can be applied proves this. At the MM) election Nebraska polled -10,000 more votes than at the 1SD0 election, and thcro has never been held In the state an election more exciting or where there was greater Incentive to get out the full vote than the one of 1S00. Increased acreage under cultivation, Increase In property returned for taxation, Increasu In school population, growth In every direction bely tho surface st itenieut of tho census returns, which Indicate that Nebraska has added fewer than 10,000 people to Its population In ten years. It is extremely ditticult to approximate thu actual growth of the statu lu popu THE OMAHA DAILY JSE.E; TflTJKSPAY, lation, owing to thu non-existence of a safe basis for an estimate. Any state ment would be guesswork. Yet with all thu evidence at hand showing beyond doubt the expansion of thu statu In all material Interests, it Is absurd to suggest that Its population has not In creased apace. In this light It would have been a grave Injustice to reduce the state's representation lu congress. Thu Hop kins bill was alined to restrict thu mem bership of thu housu arbitrarily to Its present number, and to do this It was necessary to place the ratio at a high llgure. I'nder the Hopkins ratio, Ne braska would have been entitled to but live congressmen on the census showing of l.Siio, and could have but live under thu 1000 census. Against thu Hopkins Idea was opposed that of thu bill adopted, which Is that the house of rep resentatives should reasonably expand with the growth of the country at large, fixing the ratio at a llgure which would not deprive any statu maintaining Its population of Its existing representation, and yet providing a Just Increase for those states whose growth demands It. Tills bill was debated with much .en ergy and not a llttlu acrimony, and Its adoption by a decisive majority of the houso Is sufficient guaranty that thu policy of expansion Is not to bu re stricted to boundary lines. .The new population Is to hnvo representation lu thu congress. It Is given out now, Bfifce thu bill Is passed, that Hon. U. J. Ilurkett of the l-'lrst Nebraska district Is really thu author of the measure which bears the name of Hurlolgh bill, having been In troduced by Mr. Hurlulgh of Maluu. In submerging his personality while light ing for thu rights of his statu Mr. Hurkctt has performed a notable service for Ne braska; all the more notablu because Mr. Stark of Nebraska worked to secure thu loss of one member from this state. liESl'FXT THE V0VULA11 VERDICT. The legislature is called on to deal with two cases In which protests have been tiled against the eligibility of members unquestionably elected, alleg ing that they have not, resided in the districts they represent the time speci fied In the state constitution. No one questions that they have received a ma jority of the votes honestly cast and fairly counted. No one pretends that their opponents at the polls have any rightful claim to the places which, should they be unseated, would have to remain vacant, unless tilled by special election. In a word, the objections raised are purely technical and If sus tained would really defeat the will of the people squarely registered and leave two constituencies unrepresented In the legislative body lu which they arc en titled to a voice. We believe It Is always safe to re spect the popular will when expressed In unmistakable language, Irrespective of unimportant technicalities of the law. Ah has been often cited, Henry Clay was sent to the United States senatu before he was .'to years of age and ad mitted without obstruction lu thu face of.hls failure to meet tho constitutional agu qualification, on the ground that the legislature of Kentucky knew what It wanted lu choosing him. In Ne braska members have served In the statu senate under the constitutional age limit and men holding federal otlices at the time they were elated have been admitted Into the legislative bodies. In the cases now lu point the people who voted for the men whose seats the leg islature Is asked to vacate knew their qualifications and were satlslled that they were competent to represent them; otherwise they would have cast their ballots for the opposing candidates and lu one, If not both, of the cases at least were a new election ordered they would lu all probability reaflirm their choice by electing thu unseated member a second lime. In contested election cases the wholu object Is to ascertain exactly what the popular verdict is, untrainiucled by fraud and free from miscount and to remedy the wrongful Issuance of certlll cates to persons to whom they do not really belong. Here, however, where there Is no dispute whatever over the popular will, tho choice of thu people should not bu overturned on any slender pretext. ITAhV WAXTX HEl'll'nOCITV. The Italian consul general at New York says his country wants reciprocal trade with the United States. Ho points out that both the exports and thu imports between tho two countries are far ahead of those of preceding years, this being especially so of the exports of thu United States to Italy. Tho con sul general said there Is an almost un limited field open in Italy to business enterprise which goes abroad to study thu needs and requirements of tho country. Italy Is now lu a fairly prosperous state, though not so pros perous as slii! will be, or as a number of other Kuropean countries arc at the present time. ICspeclally In northern Italy has steady and remarkable prog ress been made. It Is a fact not gen erally known that lu the manufacture of electrical appliances Italy is second only to thu United States. Were both countries to maku conces sions lu turllT laws, said tho consul gen eral, Italy would respond by being ono of thu most promising fields for Amer ican mercantile enterprise. A commer cial agreement with Italy, under sec tion :i of the tariff act, was proclaimed and went into effect last July. Under Its operation tradu between tho two countries- has Increased, thu United States being the chief gainer. It ap pears that Italy would like to enlarge this reciprocity, under section -1 of the tariff act, but the apparent Indifference of thu senate to reciprocity treaties will probably discourage any effort to en large' tradu with Italy by this means. Nebraska extends congratulations to South Dakota on tho passing of pop ulism, (iovernor Leu could not resist the temptation to leave a legacy of trouble by making deathbed appoint ments. These will only serve to annoy Governor Hurried. Uut Souh Dakota has learned to bear patiently with Andy Lee s vagaries and may easily wait until the now administration can establish order. Major Daly struck, a popular chord when ho stated It as to bu regretted the army beef matter had been re opened. If thu major will only cease efforts to stir up the mess the public will bo still further convinced of his wisdom. No matter what Individual opinions may be regarding the merits ot thu controversy, It was a closed In cident and should bo allowed to re main so. Now that the county commissioners have reorganized for the year along lines that Indicate business Intentions, lot them proceed to reorganize the county hospital and poor farm along lines that will secure business admlnls tratlon. There are other points that need attention, too. Mayor Ames of Minneapolis finds a bodyguard necessary to protect him from discharged policemen. Now, Omaha coppers, when their lights are put out, do this thing better. They know a dead mayor can bu of no serv- leu to them and so go Into court for re lief. 111k- Contract of Science. Indianapolis Press, Now that a distinguished scientist Is en gaged In n search for tho elixir of life that will transform old ago Into gay and giddy youth, It seems about tlrao for chem ists to renew tho eoarch for tho philoso pher's stone. More SiiliKtanee, I, run Aitrnetlon. Chicago Inter Ocean. Tho new governor of Nebraska suggests that his stnto do something to advertise Its resources and attractions at tho Iluffalo and St. Louis expositions. This would not have been necessary If Nebraska had droppod somo of Its attractions or depended entirely upon its resources several years ngo. Croat Iiiilunt rlnt I'urcp. Sprlngllold (Mass.) Republican. Thero passes awny In tho death of Philip D. Armour of Chicago a great forco In tho Industrial life of thu nation. And his 1m menso energy and organizing power and faculty of acquisition contributed, on the whole, to tho public good. His Armour In stitute for tbo training and practical edu cation of poor boys In Chicago Is one of the monuments lie leaves In memory of his philanthropic spirit. .No Time for n (Ininl. Chicago Chronicle. Owing to tho fart that practically Its wbolo nvallublu military strength Is con centrated lu South Africa It Is ntlmlttcd that Great llrltaln is not In a position even to protest against tho Husslan grab of Manchuria. Tho question naturally sug gttts itself: What could England do If tho bear wero to stroll down through tho Khybcr pass somo lino morning? Could It luako nny cffcctlvo resistance? i:ii'lil Imt NeeexNur-. Philadelphia Ledger. Tho cruiser Ualtlmoro has been In com mission ten years, durlug which tlmo It has been In ono fight, tho battle ot Manila buy, and now It must bo completely re habilitated, at a cost of $500,000 and an ex penditure of eighteen raontbH' time. Wnr ships are convenient to Imvo In nn emergency such ns that in which tho Haiti more distinguished itself, but they aro ex pensive luxuries In tlmo of peace. Ncleiu'c HrcMliiu' Wonilera. Chicago Times-Herald. "Hush," said tho great professor, hold ing up n warning finger as tho reporter entered. "Don't disturb us. I nm nbout to mako n wonderful discovery. I havo been studying nt this problem for years, and now nt last tho solution seems to bo nlmost within my grasp. I havo strong reasons for behoving that tho sting ot n malo wasp Is at least 1?3 per cent less severe than that of tho female. If I can only obtain pecuniary means for prosecutlug my re searches a year or two longer, I nm al most pooltlvo thnt I shall bo able to placo mankind forever In debt to mo by furnish ing undenlahlo proof of tho correctness of this theory." llowlng low, tho reporter humbly backed out of tho prcsenro of the great man, and then rushed away to glvo to tho world as surances that Sclonco was again about to lay her slim white, finger upon tho Hps of Nature and bid her dlvulgo another of her marvelous secrets. "jioxnY to m ux." I.nrKP (timiitlty or It Corn Vp In SiikiUc nm! I'lninr. New York Tribune. The phrafo Is a bit ot colloquial slang, but It Is highly expressive, and timely, too, in view of somo of tho last year's statistics. Attention has been called to tho fact that In tho United Stntes In 1!00 more than fG2.IOO.000 wos left In public bequests, moro than half of It being for educational purposes. Thnt Is a splendid showing. Hut how small It Is, after all, compared with tho record of "money to burn," or, strictly speaking, wealth that has literally been destroyed by burning In tbo snnio space of time! Wo aro told, according to underwriters' reports, which oro not likely to exaggerate but rather to minimize, that tho losses from fires In tho United States and Canada In tho last year aggregated moro than $103,300,000. Now, Uioho figures mean so much nbsoluto loss. Tho loss does not nil fall upon tho owners of tho ravaged property. In many cases It Is borne, or a part of It Is borno, by thu Insurance companies. Put that fact does not mnko tho loss of wealth less real and nbsoluto. Men speak of ono having money to burn, or of his burning his money, when ho squanders It In prodigal extravagance. Hut In fucb a caso tho money Is not nctually lost. It Is simply transferred from tho pocket of tho prodigal to tho pockets ot those who profit by hln folly. A man may cat and drink and gamblo away a fortune, but tho fortuno Is simply redistributed. Tho wealth lost In fires Is, however, absolutely destroyed. Sbmo one, owner or insuranco company, Is mndo tho poorer and nobody Is mndo tho richer. That is tho exceptionally deplorable feature of theso statistics, How long is tho world to suffer such loss? On this continent it was moro than $103,300,000 last year nnd $136,700,000 the year beforo and $119,000,000 tho year before that. It Is no nnswer to say tho country ran stand it and is rapidly growing richer In splto of it. Tho country ought not to endure tho preventable loss of a slnglo dol lar, not to mention hundreds of millions, tlranted thnt a considerable proportion ot fires and resulting losses aro practically tin provcntnble, tho fact remains that a largo proportion of them, especially In largo cities, whero they aro most numerous and most destructive, might bo prevented by methods of construction now perfectly well known nnd of perfcctlly well proved efficacy. It is now moro than a quarter of u century Blnco tho Tribuno building sot tho eiiuraplo to New York of fireproof 'con struction that is nctually fireproof. It Is not ri editable, to American civilization and progress that tho miserable old flrotrap inothod of building should still prevail so widely as to make possible such an ap palling total ot losses as that which wo have cited. TA!NTrATiY 10, 1901. 11 1,1, A .mi twin cot'.vr. .Venrly S.i,()00,000 tinier (lie Shelter of (lie Stnrn uml Stripe. Philadelphia Press. Tho odlclnl figures of tho recent census placo tho population of tho country nt 70,295,220. This Is tho number of peoplo found by tho enumerators In tho forty-flvc states, flvo territories and tho District of Columbia last June. It shows nn increase of 13,225,401, or very nearly 21 per cent, In the decade between 1890 nnd 1900. I This Is n creditable growth nnd the coun. try would doubtless bo satisfied with tho 'fnct that 11 has accomplished more than three-fourths of tho growth predicted for It when tho nineteenth century tiegnn. Hut tills figure docs not glvo tho total tmnula Hon of nil the countries belonging to the United States government. Theso Include Porto Hlco, tho Philippines nnd somo Islands In tho Pacific ocean, the population of which should bo added to that known to exist in tho United States proper. The ngurcs would then stand as follows: l. ntteil states Tfi'"l"i2"n I'uno jiicu Vi3 2l3 Philippine Islands 7,000,ij (luatn jt.tGi Tutjlhi nnd adjacent Islands I.HVi Total SI.'iJI.I'nO In round numbers this Is n nation of S5.00O.0OO people, or tho fourth largest in tho world. It Is nrobablu nlso that thin 1 nn underestimate. Tho population of tho rnuippino islands is only a guess, nn It necessarily must be. an enumeration ot Its peoplo being Imposslblu nt tho present time. Hut 7.000,000 is tho lowest figure yet given of the number Inhabiting the 2,000 or moro Islands In tho archipelago. Tho number has been placed ns hlch ns i2.onn.non nnd probably 9,500,000 would not bo too largo a claim. This would raise tho population of mo united hiatus nnd Its possessions to 87,500,000. Then. If Cuba with im i nun nnn wore counted with tho American people, tho niimner would no raised to 89,000,000. Hut thcro was ulso six months of crnwtli tn lirt ndded on January 1, tho census having been taken last June. This growth would prob- nniy supply tho 1,000,000 needed to mako tho population of tho United States and possessions nnd Cuba 90.000.ooo nt ih !.. ginning of the twentieth century. 1II1S is 10.000.000 CSS t inn Klknnnh Vt. son estimated In 1S15 that tho population of this country would be In 1900. not n very grent error, considering tho many un certain factors included nnd tho distant period to which the prophecy applied. Mr. Watson's pnrtiai success elchtv.fivn vm ngo will encourngo moro predictions ns to unni tno population of tho country will bo In tho year 2000. Tho-followlng estlmnto Is mado by tho census office nnd begins with Its own estlmnto of tho population at tho present time ?iL',lr- Populntlon. Vpnr. Population. lltlil XI. "I'.l K'l null .7 iimMi 1910 m ! "in Jnr.i TSi'.iX'l.S UI'?fi'-S0 Um 316.725.9IS ::::::::::lS::::::::::i:20tf This estimate Is based on nn nvprncn In. crease of IS per cent per decade, n higher per cent than will bo probably realized. The steady decreaso In tho percent of In crease, decado aftir decade, will iIoiiIiMpr.-i contlnuo until a stable basis of growth Is roacncil. A moro reasonable estlmnto of the population of tho country n century henco is that mado by Hon. Unhurt v. Porter, the director of the 1890 census. ins prediction is based on tho nveraco In- ercaso of Kngland, which is nbout 15 per cent per decade, and does noL tnkn lm. migration into account. Tho result would do n population or 300,000,000 In tho United States la tho year 2000. Hut whether this estlmnto is found unnroxlmatolv npccumtp or not, thcro will In all llkollhood he enougn people in tho United States when tho present century ends. If they grow In Intelligence, moral stnmtnn nml nil tlm attributes that go to make up a worthy manuooii and womanhood ns rapidly ns they are likely tp grow In numbers thero Is no doubt that tho hcKlnnlnt: of tbo veur 2001 will find on this continent the greatest, strongest, most Intelligent and vigorous no tion, mentally, mora ly and nhvslenllv. this world has ever known. rwisox.M, l'oi.vrnus. Navy gossip says Captain rtobloy II. Uv- nns will be the first commander of tho bat tleship Illinois. Sarah Hernhardt must hnvo her pay of $1,000 nfter each performance nnd will ac cept no cheeks. Lord Salisbury is a collector of historic relics and his houso at Hntflold Is full of tho results of his researches. Ho owns nmong these tho crndlo In which Queen Kltznbcth was rocked as a baby. Slnco his recent Injury In na automobllo accident Senator Porakor refuses to havo anything to do with tho machine. "A wheelbarrow," ho said tho other day, "Is the only kind ot horseless enrrlago I will rldo In." Nathan M. Freer of Chicago died Friday ot consumption, which ho contracted by staying for hours In a hot nnd humid green house la which ho raised tropical plants. llo bad a passion for flowers nnd was a wealthy philanthropist. If Chief of Police Hovery of Now York Is really worth, ns estimated, $300,000, his ap parently coming enforced retirement ought to bo vlowed by him with somcthlnc llko complacency. The figures appear to show that with twenty-two years' survlco Mr. Uevery has drawn in salnry $58,825. William MrClary of Philadelphia hns given $50,000 to tho Masonic homo of Penn sylvania In memory of his son, Charles J. aicunry. it is his deslro that $20,000 be used for tho general welfare of tho home and mat the remaining $30,000 ho used for establishing an orphanago for the children of members of tho order. I-ord (Jcorgo Hamilton, who Is ncnln the Indian stnto secretary, is n son of tho first duko ot Abcrcorn; has been in Parliament slnco 1808 and hns held olllrlal positions slnco 1871. Somo months ago Lord fieorgo as boasting In a speech of tho fact that ho had no fowcr than thirteen nephews fighting In South Africa, not to mention a son, a midshipman, who wn3 In I.adysmlth during tho siege. Tho snluto of Mark Twnln to tho ne.w century In not loaded with sentimental admiration for present conditions. "I bring you," ho said, "tho stately matron named Christendom, returning bedraggled, be smirched and dishonored from plrnto raids la Klao Chou, Manchuria, South Africa and tho Philippines; with her soul full of mean ness, her pockets full of boodlo and her mouth full of pious hypocrisies. Oivo her soap and a towel, but hldo the looking glass." HJornstJcrno HJornson, tho famous Nor wegian novelist, who has Just mado an urgent plea for tho separation of Norway and Sweden la Iholr eommerelnl Tonsillar service, Is not only a brilliant author, but nn ardent patriot. Tho motive of most of his literary productions has been a search for n vohlclo to glvo expression to tho Nor wegian spirit. Ho has an Intenso dislike for tho new cult of French imitation nnd has been a powerful forco In the movement to creato a revival of Scandinavian art and lotters. Kdmund Harton, who Is to organize tho first federnl government of tho Ausiinllnn commonwealth. Is a natlvo of Sydney, 51 years old nnd for many years has been tin nblo lawyer In New South Wales. Ho was conspicuous among tho men who early ad vocated tho nercshlty of federation of th" Australian colonies. Ho has been not un justly styled tho father of the new common wealth. In 1897 ho was tho senior repro scntativo In Now South Wales nnd ho was one of tho framers of thu original com monwealth bill. i:t(,'iiim;s oi. wamiimito.n mkh. Serum nml Inclilriit Around Where SlntcMiieii CoMurt'Kiitc. Senator Vet Is not discussing for pub lication any ot tho various propositions ad vanced for tho reorganization of tho demo cratic pnrty, though it Is known thnt the eminent Mlssourlnn has his own ideas as to what is needed. A story ho told tho other day nnd repeated in n Washington letter probably lllustratos his understanding of tho causo of his party's demoralization nnd may point to his remedy. It was Im mediately nfter tho final oto had been taken on tho Hny-Paunccfotc treaty. There was no harmony of action nmong tho demo crats nnd their allies lu tho scnato on this convention. Somo of them had voted out right with the republicans. "Culberson, ' said Senator Vest to his bright young col leoguo from Tc.vns, "tho democratic party at present Is In tho condition of old Parson Hhaw'e pack of fox huunds. When I was n boy la Kentucky tho parson was tho great est fox hunter In tho state. In his lovo of tho chaso and tho aggravation of oul caused by tho hounds ho sometimes torgot his piety. "On tho advico of a neighbor ho once Introduced a new strain Into his pack of hounds crossed tho breed, ns dog fanciers call It In tho hopo of benefiting them. In stead of having tho desired effect, crossing tho breed only mndo Parson Shaw's hounds nil tho more trilling and good for nothing. I-or n year or morn nfter the breed was crossed and tho new stock was matured tho parson was unable to havo any enjoy. mont nt Ills favorite sport. Complnlnlngly no explained tho causo to his supcrscrvlcc nblo neighbor. 'This new breed of hounds looks finer thnn tho old breed,' said Parson Shaw to his neighbor, 'but their superiority Is confined wholly to their looks. 1 have not been ablo to got any work out of tho pack sinco I crossed them, on your advice Tho reason is that the pups go nt a (lllnln gait for about a hundred yards, when they strlko tho trail, nnd then sit down across It to recupcrato tho strength they exhaust in tho tremendous nolso they make, and the blankety blank old dogs, humiliated by the capers nnd nolso of tho pups, won't run nt all. 1 havo concluded to do no moro fox hunting until, through nature's processes tho pack Is bred back to the original breed.' " In restionsn tn a rinnrst frnm Mm Itnfnrm Bureau at Washlm-ton for minimri nt itm Lodge resolution declaring for additional ircaues nun laws to protect uncivilized races acalnst Intoxicants, ntilnm nml flr,. arms, nnd tho (Illicit Now Hebrides bill, wnicn provides nn Installment of such pro tection for all Pacific iHlnniln nnt nnilnp tlin government of nny unelvlllznl nnwnr. tlm following letter has been received from ex- rrcBidcnt iinrrlsen: "WASH1NCTO.V. 1). r... .inn 1 mm Wilbur K. Crufts My Dear Sir: I have received your letter or tho 28th tilt., nnd In reply I beg to sny that I havo mado it a rule not to Sicn netlllnnn nf ntuw.nl In members of congress for legislation. 1 nnvo expressed myself upon tho subject In n public address In tho nnrncrnnh tn which your letter refers. It docs seem to mo ns if tho Christian nations of tho world ought to bo nblo to mako their contact with tho weaker neonles of the. pnrih boneflcent nnd not destructive, nnd I glvo to your efforts to secure helpful legislation my warmest sympathy. Very truly yours, "HKNJAMIN HAIIUISON." Tho nubile llltornnrn refprrrH in In tin letter Is tho following from President Har rison's nddrcss as honornrv nrpnMpni nf tho Kcumcnleal Missionary conference, wnien mot in New York lant spring: 1 ho men who, llko Paul, havo gono to heathen lands with the iiipkk;il-. 'U. nir not yours, but you,' havo been hindered ny inoso wuo, coming nrter, Havo reversed tho messace. Hum mid otlipr pnrritniim- agcncles romo In with our boasted civiliza tion, and tno iconic races wither beforo tho hot breath of tho whlto man's vice." Tho director of tho census, Mr. Merrlnm. according to n correspondent of tho St. I.oula Globo-Ucmocrat. thought ho wna wlso In his day and generation. Klght months ngo ho was tho most popular man In Wash ington, with hundreds of clerkshlpa to glvo away. Hut ho know something of tho per severance of tho avorngo mortal in hanging on to a government Job. To each clerk, man or woman, given a ehnnco to help count tho population, the director promised a specified term of service. Tho appoint ments wero Issued, to go Into effect upon n certain date and to tormlnato upon uu other date. And Mr. Merrlam repentcdly emphasized tho information that scrvlco would not extend beyond tho tlmo set In each commission. Six months was tho usual limit. Throughout tho summer and fall Mr. Merrlam congratulated himself upon his system. Ho was going to hnvo no trouble when tho terms expired. Tho director has begun to let out tho clerks by tho hundreds, in nccordanco with proclso stipulations. How does the system work? When tho director goes to his ofllco now ho finds tho lower hall full ot tho discharged ' clerks, all waiting to appeal for reinstate ment. Upstairs In tho ante-room sit tho members or congress, tnklug turns nt ex ercising Influence for tho restoration of thoso In whom they aro Interested. Upon every cabinet member nnd head of bureau tho pressure Is something appalling to llnd plnco for these census officii peoplo. Mr. Merrlnm no longer poluls with prldo to his forethought. Henry W. Howgate, once a captain In the United Htntes nrmy and at tho head of the weather bureau, who wns recently released from Albany penltontlury nfter serving a term for embezzlement of govrnment funds, advertised his return to Washington by giv ing a long and apparently full nccnunt of himself during the fourteen years after his escapo from prison while ho was awaiting trial. Ho is now 70 years ot ago, says tho Now York Times correspondent, but In splto of a lifo ot hardship as a refugee from .ONE DAY ONLY. AND THAT DAY IS FRIDAY. We will sell any 50c tie in our store nt( 35 Cents Except black and white 3 for $1.00. Nothing reserved. See window. One day only, Remember. Browning, King & Co,, R. S. Wilcox, Manager. Omuhn'i Ouly Exclusive Clothier lor Mco nnd Uoym. Justlco and with a troubled conscience he ls talking cheerfully of making a new begin ning. After keeping u book shop In Tenth street, New York, for many years and tloltitf a remunerative business ho was found by Prutnnioad. formerly at tho bend of tbo secret service. Howgalo says thero was no reason why, It tho government hail minted htm for trial, that ho Phould not have been arrested many years beforo he was finally captured. Many gownmiont oflliers, Including Assistant At torney General Colb). knew where he- wns Hnd Howguto had gene hunting with Colby in Florida on one or two occasions. How gate says his business card was oa Colbv's desk In Washington for years. Hf was snut to Albaoy for eight jeats, but nas released nt tho end of five, having won tlmo by good behnvlor. As ho was mado librarian nnd spent most of his time in reading, he admits that ho found his service thero "In somo respects agreeable." Still, ho dues not ndvlso nn ambitious or aspiring young num. to seek scrvlco even In tho Albany peni tentiary. Howgato tcturas without aoy of tho mofci ho Bccured ry his embezzlements, fw 5nys, nil his property having been nttnehed 'o tatlsfy tho demand of tin. government and his IioipH, ion. As ho found bookselling ngreenblo nnd remunerative, ho may go Into It ngaln In New Yttk, for which city ho expresses a liking. He hns hail no op portunity to seo Washington slnco ho first went to Jail thcro to bo tried for hl-i crimes. MM3S TO a smim: New York Weekly: Mr. SuburbMy neighbor hns n. big dog that wo are. nil afraid of. Whnt do you ndvlso? I.nwyer-Oet u bigger ono. Flvo dollars, please. grent llntterer, lui t ho? Dolly Swlft-Oh. yes, he always talks ns toiii"stonc lllolllll,,K "" l'I'"ai'l for one's Somervllle Journal: Hobton-What does dolei) fur nlcnto ineun? Jjjbson Holding down n government pns. Pittsburg Chronicle: Dlnwhldln - Lord Huberts Is nearly 7 yearn of nge, isn't he" un Hruinm-I don't know how old ho H, but he hus reached tho peerage. , J.V i I i l ,VX.V ? ! 1 1 Vrp: t,"'"it Hvo on w Vlt,r,l' "t"'k' the tragedian. Iml ,'ln.,.."Vi'"yH .Kt,r.V, ". IO V"" nll' nl spirit retorted the malinger, with Philadelphia Hultetlu: "How Mrs. lllbb has Improved us u lonversutlonallst! Sbo didn't use. to talk well nt nil." "Oh. well, shi'n In. longed to our whNt club nearly six months now." Ilnltlmorc American: "Ah!" Mio moaned. I wns u goose to believe hltn when he unid I was a t tick." Yet she could biamo uu one but herself, lor she was no eprlnir chlckcu. Detroit Free Press: "If we will all pull church which was In llnanelal distress, "wo vuii mi niimt'iiiiiiK. Thereupon the wealthiest man In tlm congregation hnstlly drew his leg lu out of tho iilsle. Hrooklyn Life: Iter Fnther-You hnvo been paying attention to my daughter. You haven t proposed vet" Ills l.ordshlp N'ot yet, sir. H'r Father Now. let us eomo right down to business. What will you tnko not to propose? ix tiii: m.m:ti:i:tii ch.ti:hv. John Kendrlck Hangs la Harper's Weekly. Farewell, O wondrous tound nf wondrous years: Tlmo full of Joys, or hopes, despair nnd t en rs ; Tlmo full of raucniiH cries of conflicts Cleat : Tlmo full of blessings for both man and state: Tlmo full of pleasure with no luck of pain; Time full of miiihhltic with no lack of ruin; iniji. inn in helium in cia'.rvityaiu cvo Kllcltlng the i.crri-tH of the earth nnd skv, Hevenllng theso to all wbo rlionsn to kpp. And making plain full tunny a mystery! nn,,,,, 1...U, i, -..ti. ... ..ii.. .,.,.. ...r. u,r,n, iviiu, iii riKllw in mortals here. Tho hidden things that como within our spher Thou hast lu lavish generosity I'.uneneci inn iimetui store or poesle. I ii until? nml slnrv IniMt tlimi Imnlv hrminlii Close to men's liearts full ninny a (lod- llko thought, And many a message from tho Master's mind Thy messengers hnvo brought to human Klllll, ITnllriliiir unlila li. unrmnti n,,,t I... mw. And keeping I.lvo tho old-time, glorious 1 1 ope : The hour Is hero that murks thy lustrous end, And all tno soon thy Knttnph Is neimrd. What tdiall this bo? Which lipy.md com Which Is the richest? Which beyond com pare ? What, nt Inst, will be tin- chlpfest elnim To nn unending, most enduring Fame? Tho Sea's subjection to' the Will of Man? Tho llnrnesHliig of Lightning to his Plan? Tho products of tlm Pencil nnd tho Pen? Tho periods of philosophic Men? Advance. Ill Statecraft? Ill tho realms of Art? In Solcncis? Surgery? The widened ehnrt. lty fearless men. of Knrth's great ucienge--Whlch In the end will prove tho greatest nauo Of tills, thv history. O. wondrous round Of mighty years, so wondrously renowned? "fls none nf these thnt lit the lust shall bo Thy best achievement murveleil Century. "Pin not the raising of a mighty roof For mini to dwell beneath; 'tis not tho woof Of things material that thou hast wrought That In thy Kpltuph will be the thought, Hut that with all material advance, Ily which thy Fiimo somo singers would enhance. Thou hunt tint changed tho Heart nt Mortal Folk, Nor placed Man's soul, Intrinsic, 'neath .bu yoke Of Mm minim gross, and. fallen from nhovo, Mado hliu forgot to Sympathize and I.ovol Were 1 thy Kpltnph required to write For nil the critic world to hold In sight. I'd nay: "A gift of Years from (led .nhovo That wltnesseth no backward step In I.ovn; In constant Faith, lu human Charity, In helpful IiiiihIh and loving Sympathy; A gift of Years that leaves the Henri of Man Divinely fashioned on that dndllkn plnn That In IIIh day of suffering mid woo The Master pleaded fur, to us, below!"