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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FIUDAV, MAY 10, 1901.
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Btate of NehrnKkn, Douglas County, ss.:
CJcorgu 11. Tzschuck, secretary of The Uee
Publishing Company, bcli.g duly sworn,
says ili.'U the actJal number ot full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
.Evening and Sunday lire printed during thu
month or April, 11j1, was as toilows:
1 Ull.lHHl K.
2 Ul,l!70 17.
3 l,r,ll IS.
4 V!t,.-.:iO 19.
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Net total sales .8l.-.,r,tlil
Net dally average IW.ISB
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beforo me this 1st day of May. A. D. 1W1.
M. U. 1IUNOATE,
Notary Public.
Fortunes made In stock gambling al
ways bring In a train of bankruptcy.
The man who plays the market these
days takes long chances on an attack
of heart failure.
.Tim Hill may not gobble the Hurling
ton, but the Hurllngton will survive
without Interrupting Its train service.
Omnhit Is ahead so far on- hog slaugh
tering for the current year as compared
with a year ago. Let the gait be kept
"P.
James It. Krone was evidently looking
at the card up Ids sleeve when he pre
dicted a few days ago that Northern
l'aclllc stock would go higher.
The San Kranclsco cooks have been
Joined by the bakers and unless a set
tlement Is reached soon the lot of a
San Kranclsco bachelor will be sad to
contemplate.
We presume the visit of the naval re
cruiting officer to Nebraska is for the
purposo of gathering In a few peoplo
who have had experience navigating
prairie schooners.
Tho medical regulars are nrmlnc for
another fray with thu osteopaths. To a
man up n tree It would seem thnt both
had enough, to do to light disease rather
than light one another.
The safest thing for a mnu who has
money Is to invest It In legitimate en-
terprlses. A plunger may become rich
over night, but ho Is Just as liable to
become a pauper between two days.
The managers of the Crcclio should
not discount the profits from the Sun
day shaving shop which one of the yel
low Journals proposes to establish for
the relief of thu bearded and linlry
tribes.
What nn expensive freak for the de
faulting itrealdent of a Cleveland sav
ings bank to travel nil the way to San
Francisco In order to put a bullet
through his brain. He could have died
iu Ills boots at home with Just as much
comfort.
For nn off year the interest lu tho gov
ernorship nomination iu Iowa is warm
ing up remarkably curly. Tho republican
state convention is uot to meet until the
middle of August, but tho light for dele
gates ls already on. Iowa republicans
never go to sleep.
Assuranco ls clven thnt the elnslne- nf
the Nebraska City starch plant Is only tack of Intlucn.u, which hnH greatly en
temporary. The .Mortons would insist feeblod him, aud his debility, it is said,
upon Its reopening If only to get even
with tho late jiopoeratlc attorney gen
eral, whose efforts to closo It perma
nently slipped n cog.
Andrew Carnecle hnd better tnke to
the mountain fastnesses. The American
Tract society has a debt of $1200,000, und- Glont rtuhi mwtit soon have a
General Howard proposes to go after now l)rl,uo uhitst.viy for should Sails
him for tho stuff. The general has a UHr' recover from his present Illness
reputation of being persistent wheu ho
starts after anything.
Mr. Phillips' little corner In Mav com
has dropped out of sight since the Wall
Btreet speculators commenced to burn
money. The Nebraska farmer In enn.
tent to put lu his crop and let others
watch tho ticker. His dealings may not
bo so lurtro. but ho can sleeti liottm ...
ulglit.
Andrew Carnegie has something to
give away besides libraries. He gave
the Kuglish Iron nnd steel makers soine
good advleo when ho told them to cease
complaining because tho United States
bad taken their trade and displaced
them as the leading producer, but to-go
to work and study tho cause and there
apply the remedy.
Hussell Sago may have been wrong
In his prediction of a panic, lint those
who refused to heed ills wnrnlug can
probably borrow a few million dollnrs
from Hussell if they have good security
nnd aro willing to pay the highest rate
for call money in Now York. Undo
Hussell mny be mistaken sometimes,
but he always manages to laud on the
safe side of a money proposition.
TUU 11A ILWA Y SVKOVUA TWX.
To ono not fnmlllnr with the 'subtle
methods of Hpcciilntlon the course of the
stock ninrkct yestordny npiidnrs Incoin
liicheiiHlble, and even the professional
Hpequlntor will llnd some difficulty In
imtlerstrtndliiK It. The Mltuntlon Is due
to the consolidation movements thnt
have recently developed amon the rail
way Interests, the unprecedented opera
tions of yesterday centering In Northern
l'aclllc, In which there Is an enormous
short Interest, wlUi the result that
nearly all other railway stocks declined
more or less sharply, owIiir to having
been freely unloaded by the shorts In
Northern Paeltlc.
It wns a disastrous experience for the
speculators who had sold Northern l'a
clllc at 150 and were compelled to pay
several times thut price for It, the
sliares having sold as high ns $1,000,
and those who managed the corner
reaped fortunes. It Is Impossible to say
whether or not the culmination of the
railway speculation-It Is to be noted
that little attention Is being given to the
Industrials-has been reached, but there
appears to be a disposition on the part
of the llnanclal lenders to effect some
sort or arrangement that will prevent
the recurrence of such experience as
that of yesterday. If they tire unable to
accomplish this there Is no telling to
what further extremes the speculative
craze will go or what will be Its ultimate
consequences.
uuxohaulk to rut: CUUXTllY.
Inferring to the withdrawal of tho
American troops from China, the New
York Kvenlnc l'ost says tho fact "rounds
out an episode In American diplomacy
In the highest degree honorable to the
country" and adds: "Whatever the fu
ture of the (Jhlnese problem may be, our
contribution to Its solving during the
past nine months lias been of a sort
to quicken the pride of the patriot at tho
same time that It cheers the heart of
the philanthropist. The work has not
been done by a mnu sounding a trumpet
before him. Indeed, not being nccom
panted by the thunder of the captains
and the shouting, It lias not attracted
as much attention and won as much
praise In the United States as we think
it deserves. Hut we know that It has
iiinfoundlv lmnresscd the leaders ot
thought anil of public life In Europe,
They have seen In It a transcendent ex
hlbltlon of American leadership in the
world of Ideas and the world of action.
The vaunted Spanish war as an eye
opener was nothing compared with the
part played by America in the inter
volition In China. We have shown our
selves, to those having eyes to see, to
be guided by a diplomacy unsurpassed
In Its grasp of the situation, in Its clear
and consistent policy, in Its patient
moderation, Its firmness, Its moral Im
pulse."
This from a paper by no means
friendly to the administration Is notable
commeudatlon and tho Tost Itself Is to
be commended for tho House of fairness
and Justice It shows. While our gov
eminent has not been successful In all
the efforts it bus made, in China,, huving,
as appears, failed to ludtico the powers
to put a limit upon their Indemnity tie
mauds within the ability of Chiua to
nay without utterly Impoverishing the
empire, what has been accomplished Is
In the highest degree honorable to the
country and constitutes a brilliant chap
ter in the history of American dlplo
mncy. It may fairly be clulmcd for
the policy of the United States, detlned
nt the outset and consistently adhered
to. that it. lias saved China from dlsiucm
bcrmeut and averted a possible war
nvnr the stiolls between the powers. In
Its humane aspect, also, the course of
the United States has had most benetl
cent results In curbing the blood-thlrsly
appetite of some of the powers.
The Chinese problem has not yet beeu
fully solved. There nre difticulttes to
overcome nnd others may arise. Hut
the policy of tho United States, which
contemplates the preservation of the
territorial Integrity of China and the
fair aud Just treatment of that empire
will not bo changed ami will be per
sistently urged upon the powers.
URITAIX'S PASS1XO I'HEMIEH.
A few days ago the condition of Lord
Salisbury's health was reported to havo
Improved, but the latest rumors aro un
favorable and the fact that he did uot
return to London from the Htvlera at
the tlmo appointed ls reasonably re
garded as ludlcatlng that his recovery
ls uot progressing. The venerable
statesman, wno is past, u, nau au uu
ohstlnatelv resists all treatment. Crcdl
blllty is given to this report by the
silence that has been observed respect
ing the premier's condition, for were he
Improving the Hrltlsh public would not
be kept In Iguorauce of the faet,
I" ny event It seems safe to assume
ll win hardly bo able or disposed to
eoutluue In office, apueeii it nas ueeu
for some time understood mat ,uo ue-
sired to relinquish the cares and re
spouslbllltles of th.o premiership una
doubtless, w.ouiu pave uonu so upon wi
accession of King Edward btft that the
condition of nff'ulrs at homo tiud abroad
urgently required that lie continue In
ntHeo and keep the ministry lutact.
Thero Is still demand for such a states
man as Lord Salisbury ut the head of
Hrltlsh affairs and tho question of
successor is quite naturally a source
of anxiety to the Hrltlsh uatlon.
In regard- to this there has beeu no
llttlo conjecture. It Is naturally as
Mimed that tho succession would fall
to tho duko of Devonshire, If lie Is will
lug to havo it, but tno duke has not
distinguished himself lu statesmanship
aud it is very doubtful whether he
woulcl l,lovo el"n to tho duties and
responsimiuies or tno promiersiiip mmtH
existing eounuious. tiauour. uow umi
lord of tho treasury, Is much talked
of for the succession, but he, also,
while admittedly an nblo man, ha
showu no marked, capacity for practical
statesmanship. Mr. Chamberlalu, the
colonial secretary, undoubtedly aspires
to the premiership, but thero Is hardly
a possibility thnt he would be selected.
There are powerful forces arrayed
against lilni and It Is certain that the
pnrty would not submit to his domina
tion. In some respects a very strong
uinii, Mr. Chamberlain Is not a safe
leader and as premier there would be
onstant danger of Urent Hrltnln be
coming involved In difficulties abroad,
while there Is no reason to think that
domestic conditions would Improve
under his administration. A ministry
with Chamberlain at Its head would
probably not retain power a month.
The situation Is ono In which other
than the Hrltlsh peoplo hnve an Interest.
Salisbury Is a broad, strong, conserva
tive statesman and a most skillful po
litical leader. There Is no one In his
party who approaches him In these
inullties and when the reins of power
pass from his hands there Is likely to
be political commotion In England such
a the country has rarely experienced.
AO FIFTl'-YBAlt FHAXCtUSE.
lor many years Thu Hre has advo
cated and urged the construction of
suburban electric tramways to facilitate
tho traffic between the farmers of
Douglas county and the merchants of
Omaha. The proposed electric road
from Omaha to Fremont Is entitled to
every encouragement that can be legiti
mately given by the county or private
Individuals. There must, however, be
a line drawn on county aid.
First and foremost, no perpetual fran
chise lu the shape of right-of-way on tho
public highways should be granted to
any corporation or person.
In the next place, no franchise should
bo granted for fifty years under any
consideration. Long before that time
public ownership of transportation fa
cllltles will be the rule over suburban
roadways and the right-of-way now
given away will have to be bought back
at enormous prices. Much as Omaha
needs the proposed electric road to Fre
mont, it cannot afford to take any steps
now by which the roadways between
those two points are to be mortgaged to
private corporations and public owner
ship retarded for two generations
Even If the promoters of the proposed
electric road should be content svlth a
twenty-five-year right-of-way franchise,
every precaution should be taken to In
sure speedy construction and Its equip
uiont with tirst-class rolling stock. No
scheme should be encouraged that
simply contemplates the sale of a frau
chlse to speculators.
The people of Omaha and Douglas
county want the electric road badly, but
they do not want It nuuly enougli to
offer a bonus that will exceed lu value
all that tho Investors propose to put
Into It.
TiK Kfcaso.v WHY.
Omaha Is being constantly reminded
of the fact that the city is paying too
much for water, gas and electric lights.
This nobody will venture to dispute.
Neither Is there nny question as to the
desirability of the acquisition by the
city ot the plants that supply its people
with water, gas and electric lights.
But we nro confronted with conditions
and not theories. We could only ac
quire all these plants It we had the
money to pay for them and were willing
to pay their owners the value of uuex-
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iliu juiiiiuui. niui itiu ""
company, for example, was madu twenty
years ago, when Omaua nnd only JU.WU
population. The contract rato for fire
hydrants, which wns regarded as rea-
souable then, is out or all proportion 10
what the service could be rendered for
i- .i.io ti. rri. ,.n,n..f fni livilrniitH
Ut ilUO IIIUI.I iv"M-wtf"----l
twenty-live years from the completion
of the works. Until then the city must
duv this price unless It buys In the plant,
Tho price of gas lu Omahii mny be
too-hlgh, but inasmuch as the contract
'
witli tho gas company does not expire
or eighteen years no way exists for
securing material reduction, excepting
as n voluntary concession, unless the
Ity takes the works and pays tho vnlue
of the unexpired franchise.
The street .lighting contracts for gas
and electric lamps cover periods of from
two to live years. The prices paid may
be excessive, but unless tho city buys
the gas works nnd electric lighting
plant before tho contracts expire no re
ductlon can be effected,
It ls doubtful whether the people nre
willing to buy back franchises they have
nlready granted, hence no prospect of
municipal ownership In, the immediate
future. The ngltatlon at tills tlmo is
puro demagogy on the part of politicians
and papers craving for notoriety and
popularity.
Tho remarks of prominent labor lead
ers at tho conference In New York offer
a good illustration of the sobering effect
of responsibility upon men who have
brains' euough to think. The heads of
croat labor organizations who havo
been through great strikes aro unaul-
niouslv lu favor of arbitration as a
method of settling such controversies.
Consistent adherence to this principle,
coupled with Justice and moderation in
"the demands of labor, will put it In a
position which Is Invincible,
No good reason exists why South
Omnhtt should uot be ono of tho princi
pal centers for grent live stock sales,
Tho territory surrounding Omaha Is
everywhere dotted with rich stock farms
raising high bred aulmnls, und the do
mand for line grades is improving for
all classes of breeders. Hy building up
a series of stock, sales South Omaha can
attract the attention of stock raisers
throughout thu entire west aud develop
a still stronger market thau It already
has.
Indiana Is starting In as a rival of
Kansas In novel methods. An Indiana
Jury, unable to agree, started In to
settle matters by the list method. Tho
court otlicers of the staid old common
wealth resented such an Innovation und
arrested tho jurymen. Someone Is al
ways certaiu to object when an effort
Is made to overturn old customs.
Kx-l'rcsldent Cluvehiud and Daniel
Lnmont are said to havo mado $800,000
out of the Northern Tuclilc Hurry. As
Mr. I.nmont Is Intimately connected
with Northern 1'aclllc matters he proba
bly gave his former chief a tip, and
It Is not the llrst time that the shrewd
Daniel has been of material service to
Mr. Cleveland.
Uitllroad freight men In conference In
California Insist they do not content
Ph'te making any raise in rates. Only
some changes lu elassllicatlou are pro
posed. Shippers havu heard this kind
of story before,, but for some unknown
renson It generally causes an Increase In
tho freight bills rendered.
Nebraska druggists would like to stop
rate wars on physic and have Ilually de
elded to patronize no wholesalers who
sell to rate-cutters. We will uow watch
the announcement of the cut-rate shops
to sec whether the edict has any more
effect than tho famous pope's bull
against the count.
Omaha Jobbers have alwnys been
complaining about rate discriminations.
Now the Denver Jobbers claim that they
are suffering greater discriminations
from the railroads than those of any
other town. Whether this wall will at-
ford any satisfaction to Omaha Jobbers
is not disclosed.
III r red Loose.
Baltimore American.
Tho Btatuu of Justlco on tho court houso
at Omaha has dropped her scales. It Is a
wonder the poor lady did not Jump off
tho roof when tho Callahan verdict camo In.
Mhort mill to tin Point.
New York Hun.
Evidently It was a good fairy who pre
sided over the birth of President McKlnley,
for to him was given not only kindness
of heart, but along with It tho art of giv
ing to his feeling rare grace of expression.
Strlvlnu fur the Open Door.
Indianapolis News.
In moving for tho adoption of a policy
that will open all China to tho trado ot
tho world we may bo suspected of selnsh
motives by European nations, as we can
more than hold our own with any of them.
(rent Hint on Slumps.
Minneapolis Tribune.
If tho recent rato of speculation In Wall
street keeps up Uncle Sam will profit to
tho extent of $15,000,000 per annum In the
sale of revenue stamps to that ono In
dustry nlonc. It might be well to make
this a permanent tax, as It comes easy
to thoso who pay It.
Help for llic Needy.
New York Tribune.
It Is likely that American exports of
coal will reach largo figures ere long.
Above ground and below this wonderfully
rich country of ours has almost lncalcula
1. 1 .- .on at. HAC t r mraf for Mm 1 , n n f"l f nf
othcr C0UntrlcS( aml ls rca(ly t0 (iupotio of
itB surplus riches to good customers nt
fair prices.
Crime In mv ICnulnnil
Sprlnglleld Republican.
Eight murder or manslaughter esses are
scheduled for hearing In New England
during this ono week. It haH been popu
larly supposed that In this particular part
of tho world wc wuro less In the habit of
"shooting each other up" than In somo
other parts easy to mention. The present
outlook, however, Is not altogether reassur
Ing. Of theso eight cases only three can
no lain to loreignerg,
Morgan nn IliV'WIioIr Tliln."
l'niiutieipma lircora,
As a coal and steel baron Mr. Morgan
promises to bo the real thing, with none
to dispute his ascendancy. Mines, mills,
transportation lines by land nnd sea, all
nro brought undor subjection to n single
controlling will. Should tho time ever
I n m n inknn A vi f... I r. n , nfll tlnlICl mitllt Blln.
I ,ulllu nulu niavtivu.1 .
., (L. ,.,,. .i(h ,, M- Mnrirnn's vast
community of Interests would do tho work.
unless, Indeed, some now economic ngoncy
equally tremendous nnd overpowering
should spring Into existence.
0ur Aioofiii im" in chinn.
New York Times,
AS time goes on ana me pians 01 uio
allies are more tievciopcu in unina, aiulm-
Inon (tlMvAna liivn fVin mnrn ronBfin in pfitl .
ratuIate themselves that their country Is
not involved In the proceedings of "Chrla-
tendom" In that empire. They do npprecl-
"o uur inineso popcy. ever since mo
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l uinfrn nf inn Incnf Innn nno pnmtnnnilPM inn
unanlmoU8 nRScn, of our own Deonle. And
tQut staring fact makes entirely negllglblo
tho criticisms of our British critics, rest-
dent here or non-rcsldcnt.
An AmiKliinr llalil.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The property of tho United Stntes In tho
capltol nt Washington has not been re
garded as In danger when congress Is not
In session. Yet burglars entered tho build
ing on Monday night, papers were ab
stracted from the office of Speaker Hen
derson nnd an endeavor was mado to steal
things from tho room of the committee on
ways and means. The adjournment ot tho
senntc nnd tho houso does not abolish All
tho perils to- which the capltol Is exposed,
to say nothing of tho people and their
property.
llenrtlrx mill Stupid.
New York Times.
Tho policy tho sugar, tobacco and rice
Interests aro trying to force upon tho ad
ministration nnd congress In respect to
Cuban trado Is heartless toward Cuba and
stupid toward ourselves. Nnturo has
placed this island near our shores, and en-
dowed It with tho fertility to yield
in
abundanco products which wo need, nnd
which nre of finer quality than wo can
produce. Tho protected Interests are seek
ing to correct tho order ot naturo anu
thwart her beneficence. Tho Cubans must
bo impoverished and wo must pay high
prices for Inferior productions. The rule
of our policy must be the greatest good to
tlin smallest number, lniury to ull the
rest.
TIII13 OK IMMir.HATION.
Hrniril ot Incomlnir I'orolBllcri), mill
Whence They Hull.
New York World,
In tho six weeks that will end on Satur
day next tho immigration records kept on
Ellis island show that 60.000 immigrants
will havo landed at Now York, and that
nearly ono-half of them all will be Italian.
By thu end of May tho steamship compa-
nlcs' books show that -10.000 persons from
Italy, two out of every three or mem men,
will have arrived In the United States thus
early lu the season.
Tha raDld Increaso of Itallun imraigra
tlnii to this country has been remarKeu
for several years past. In 1895 Italy fur
nlsh'ed only 36.961 Immigrants out oi a
tnli.1 from nil Eurono of 271,223. In 1000
It sent us 100,135 out of a total of 424,700,
or nearly one-fourth of all. ireianu,
which In 1S95 contributed 47.072 Immigrants,
lnt year sent only 35.730. Willie iter
many's 36,351 of Ave years ago dropped In
tsnn tn in.fin7.
Nevertheless tho popular Impression that
tho Italians now lead all otner nationan-
linn In our Immlcration figures Is not cor
rect. Austrla-Hungary sent us 114.847 peo
nlo In 1900. or over 14.000 more than Italy.
And It Is Interesting to note that Itussta
stands quite closo to Italy In this matter,
having added 90,787 persons to our popuia
tlon last year.
I'lio.MOTi.vo iin.Mi: iiwmmi,
I'rnttliiil Ileitis lo AViirkiiieii In- In-
tiialt-lnl. lUtiilitlnlitni-iil..
tirruibivn t!,...i
Thn nvumnli. tl l.v f'n.lbiipv It, KtiDhml.
by tho Nelson Manufacturing company of
HI t.nll IV nmn nt llo timmlw. nf Ilia
Standard Oil company, and, Indeed, by
many of the leaders of industry, In supply
ing to their employes tho means of housing,
at a moderate price, Is ono of thu truest
charities and one ot the wisest Insurances
against dliurdcr and discontent that can
bo devised, The plan works so well that
It Is commended to others who nro doing
business on a smaller scale. Tho build
ing and renting of houses are not condu
cive to peace If the company obliges Its
employe to live lu them, as Is alleged to
bo tli'j cuse In some of the raining regions;
for If there Is a scarcity of other houses
tho working people must rent Iroin the
company or do without, und tho company
It It Is of the grasping, conscienceless sort,
can chargo an exorbitant rental.
Hut, tho belief of lriuny good people to
tho contrary, the average company Is not
of thd unjust and galu-frantlu kind. It Is
composed of the men wo meet In the street
and tho market place, and In tho church,
and tho club, and tho home, and from these
men not one In a thousand ot us ever suf
fers Insult or Injury at their voices or thtlr
hands. So there arc among these followers
of mammon not a few who havo the good
of their worklnir fnreea re.illv nf l.n.,n
more, It Is surmised, than there are of the crlptlons are now Illegible, but tho oldest
working peoplo who are anxious to bcneilt decipherable i on a cenotaph In mem
their employers. No better uroof of this ot Andrew I'. Hutlcr, b senator from tho
Interest van lin "Iven thnn In nrnil.llnt
houses for the men to Hvo In: houses th.t't
shall tin remlv nml enmfnrlnl.ln n,.,l lhl
shall bo rented for sums proportionate to
tho earnings.
In Connecticut the proprietors ot a large
Industry have surrounded their mills with
a park and in this park, among lawns aud
shrubbery ond graveled walks, with pleas
ant gardens round-nbaut, end with play
grounds for tho children, tho cottages ot
the workers havo been erected. In a vll
logo In Illinois tho ground acquired for a
factory has been similarly converted from
wnsto land and farms Into thu scinblanco
of a park that ls watered and trimmed and
beautified at tho expense of tho company,
and hero tho pretty houses, each with a bit
of land about It, nro rented to tho me
chanics, or they aro sold to them on easy
terms.
It Is for tho Interest of tho employer to
ma Uo landholders of his working force. Ho
knows that they will bo better citizens If
they pay taxes and will more Jealously
watch tho public Interests than It they
wcro Idle drifters hero and there. Mon
with homes nre less npt to engage In Idlo
strikes and Interruptions than aro tho irre
sponsible to whom it Is n matter of small
moment whether they work In ono town or
another, and who welcome change.
It Is not diruculfft for a company opcrat
Ing nt n llttlo dlstanco from n town to
buy a few ocrea for settlement, und to
put up cottages as they may bo needed
These cottages can first be rented, nnd If
tho workman ls persuaded nfter a llttlo
that he Is better off In a home of his own
than ho would bo In n boarding house, ho
will gladly accept tho offer of his employers
to take tho cottage at a modcrato rental
which shall apply toward tho purchase.
Ho will take better caro of tho property If
ho knows that he Is ono day to coma Into
possession of It than If he Is merely to
tarry, as tho clergyman puts It, and ho will
bo Intorcsted nnd sympathetic and helpful
when plans aro mode to Improve the
neighborhood. Tho fault of tho model town
of Pullman ls that the peoplo who Hvo In
tho houses can nover own them. Owner
ship quiets objections, animates local pride,
Induces to the building and patronago of
schools, nnd makes for good order nnd
content. Theso nro mattcm that in both n
moral and a business senso It pays to stim
ulate. 1'EnSO.VAI. XOTHS.
Rider Haggard Is now a sober-going Jus
tlco of the pcaco In Norfolk, England. Ho
docs a llttlo gardening, a llttlo bicycling,
and doesn't let his Imagination lntcrtcro
with his law.
Mrs. J. Y. Sauimon's gift of $61,000 In
land to tho University of Chicago Is to bo
put to an Immedluto use and planH for tho
new building to bo located on It nro nl
ready well under way.
Hclnrlk Ibsen, tho dramatist, ls fastidi
ously neat In his work. His "copy" Is
letter-perfect when it goes to tho printer
and ho ennnot write If his desk nnd study
aro not In perfect order.
Levi P. Morton ls seeking to be grad
ually relieved of the cares of business. Tho
ex-governor and ex-vlco president Is i7
years old, and besides his advanced ago
an intention to spend considerable time
abroad Is n reason for desiring to lessen
his business responsibilities,
Senator Stewart of Nevada owns n great
stock farm near Leesburg, Va., and has
returned to Washington after a long Jaunt
through the Old Dominion, during which
ho mado over 250 purchases of lino live
stock. He traveled by wagon, accompanied
by George Jonnlson, a veteran employe at
tho capltol In Washington, stopped over
night nt wayside taverns and farmhouses
Tho senator is a capital Judgo of horses
and cattle.
The Austrian Parliament has a member
who is a waiter. Carl Mlttermayor was
elected to tho Ilelchsrath four years ago
at a tlmo when he wns serving as u wnlter
in a small suburban restaurant. And there
ls a butcher In the British House of Com
mons. At least two members of Parlia
ment nro grocers, and thero aro a dozen
who were onco laborers. Tho Parliament
of Vancouver has nB Its speaker n mnn who
was onco a coal miner In Northumberland.
Orvlllo J. Novo, an urmy chaplain, has
the record of slipping out from under more
assignments than nny man in the service
IIo wn8 orUcrcd half a dozen times to re
nort for duty in tho Philippines, nut on
each occasion managed to remain at home.
Six weeks ngo ho received n final order to
Join n regiment now in Manila. Onco
more ho tried to evade tno joi, uui re
ceived an Intimation to obey Instructions
or bo court-martialed. Chaplain Nave
yielded at last and now is sailing across
tho Pacific,
President I.oubct ls ono of tho best
Eiiardcd rulers In Europe A flying brigade
of police agents, in nlvlllan costumo, nas
been ereuted to follow tho presldont, t step
by step, wherever ho goes. When M. Loubet
ls about to start from the Kiysee tno pre
fecture of pollco Is apprised by telephone
of the nlaco to which ho Is going, ns wen
as of tho route ho Is to take. Iicforo he
has crossed tho gato of the palnco a car
rlngo Is nlready In tho street, with ordors
l0 (0n0w tho presidential convoyanco and
not t0 ioso night of it,
CONGER IN WASHINGTON
Will Sin-nil Kriv llux nt Cnpllul U-
riniliiliiK Teliln mill WnhlnB
lon l)lMUitchP.
WASHINGTON. May 9. United Slates
Minister Cotiger hns arrived in Washington
and is stopping with a relatlvo here. nr.
callod at tho Stato department today and
paid his respects to Acting Secretary Hill
and Assistant Secretary Gridley. It Is his
preference to spend a fow days In Wash
ington, looking over tho dispatches that
havo passed betwoen Washington and Pckln
slnfco ho left the Chinese capital. He will
then bo In a position to ndvlso tho officials
hero as to nny details which they may havo
overlooked in dealing with the situation.
OP
t
WASHINGTON l.iVK.
.cene nntl liioineiui. um.er-.rii ni
the
Alllliinni inMini,
Ono of the solemn sights ot me east
Cm OUtSKlrlB 01 a8DltlglOn IS 1110 OHI
Congressional cemetery, whero rest all that
IS IHUriUl Ol IllflUj lOfKUlieU Slltienmi'll,
Years ago the tide of population surged
westward and northward, overrunning tho
salubrious highlands of those sections and
establishing Its burial grounds In tho new
regions. Hut this little city of the dead
was left alone In the deserted uuartor,
with tho Jail, the almshouse and the work
house tor neighbors.
In It arc 160 cenotaphs to dead congress
men, stretching In mouotouous rows
through tho cemetery, all of them, with
two exceptions, of a uniform shape and
size, and erected at government expense
to tho menvory of the government's dead
representatives. Some of the stones mark
tho actual burying place of tho defunct
statesmen, but others, like thnto com
memorative of Henry Clay, John Qulncy
Adams, Thaddeus Stevens and others,
merely stand In honor of thoso distin
guished names. Sluce 1876 the prncttce of
erecting cenotaphs, begun In 1796, has
been abandoned.
The cenotaphs arc plain blocks of
masonry covered witn cement to withstand
tho ravages of the dements. Each Is In
scribed with the nama nf the dead nmn, the
state ho represented In the houso or senote.
Und tho date of his death. Somo of the In-
State Of HOUtn Carolina, wno men in n:'o
A slated, all the cenotaphs nro of uniform,
UltO and Shape, CXCPPt ltl IWO instances
Ono It a marble monument to Elbrldge
Ocrry of Massachusetts, sometime vice
president of tho United States and famous
In revolutionary history. It Is a pyramid
shaped pile of marble about twice the
height of tho other cenotaphs, surmounted
by an urn containing a representation of an
undying flame. The other Is a monument
to Oeorgo Clinton of New York, nlso vice
presldont of the United States and active in
the wur of 1812.
Among tho cenotaphs Is one to Push-ma-
ta-ha. a Choctaw chief who, the Inscription
states, "died of croup" In tho 60th year of
his ago, while visiting Washington In 1S2J.
Beneath this inscription Is tho statement
thnt tho red chieftain In his last breath
desired tho big guns to be fired over him.
Ho had tho salute ho desired.
II y a timely stretch of his pull Comp
troller Dawes saved tho Job of Patrick
I'lynn, a civil war veteran, who saved the
llfo of tho undo of the comptroller whllo
scrapping with tho rebels down In Georgia.
Elynn holds a Job in tho Chicago customs
house. He bad been sick for a long time
and was going to be dropped from tho serv
ice. Ex-Collector Coyne, now postmaster
of Chicago, found out that Tatrlck had once
been of service to the undo of Comptroller
Dawes, and wroto his friend, tho comp
troller, about Pat Flynn's condition. Mr,
Dawes had read of tho tncldent In his
father's memoirs and exerted himself In
behalf of the veteran Irishman, and Patrick
did not lose his Job.
The act of Patrick Flynn In saving Major
Dawes' life, of which this Is tho sequel,
was rather a daring one. lie round his
major unconscious, lying upon the battle
field with a bullet through his Jaw and the
scalp. The ambulance wagon came along
loaded with mall sacks, and Pat asked tho
driver to take the major to tho hospital.
Tho driver refused, whereupon Patrick or
dered him nt the point of his gun to un
load tho mall and place tho major In tho
wagon. Tho driver compiled.
A sign that summer has almost arrlvod
ls found In the fact that tbo government
has been using summer "otlckum" on Us
now-tnado postago stamps. Tho uninitiated
may bo surprised to learn that there is a
winter nnd a summer stylo ot mucilage
for such purposes; but such Is tho case
Naturally tho winter coating ls heavier
than that worn in tho summer, and the
latter has less "Juju" or something of
tho Bort and Is loss Influenced by humidity,
Tbo gumming business as carried on by
tho government Is a large Industry. At,
tho federal stamp factory 1,660 pounds of
gum aro spread on stamps every working
day in tho year. Tho machines which do
tho work turn out an average of 7,000
gummed sheets a day. If tho weather Is
warm and dry tho machine will work
faster nnd will turn out 7,S00 sheets; If it
happens to bo damp and muggy only 6,500
will bo gummed. It has been found that
the amount of mucilage on any sheet does
not vary ono-seventh thousandth of a
pound. At the beginning ot a day's work
a man running n macnino is niiowed 175
pounds of gum, and If he Is a pound short
or has a pound left over after gumming
his quota ot sheets of stamps ho has to
explain how It happened. In the room
whero tho gum machines work careful ob
servations aro made of both tho humidity
and temperature. If tho air seems to be
getting rather dry a Jet of steam lei turned
on. On n damp day, If It Is not too warm,
tho windows nre kept closed and tbo
steam heat Is turned on, so the air may
bn dried. t
A good Illustration ot the way hero tales
grow Is given by tne wasnington cor
respondent of tho New York Evening Post
iwlth reference to tho exploits of General
Funston recently published, one of tbo
achievements to his credit Is described as
follows: "Ho took part In the expedition
to tho Death valley in California In 1801
His party spent a considerable time In that
fiery sink, suffering terribly. Of all the
members of tho expedition Funston ls tho
only ono now living who Is still sane."
Somo of tho other members now living,
nnd well known In Washington, aro Dr.
C. Hart Merrinm, chlof of tho biological
survey. Dr. T. S. Palmer, assistant chief;
A. K. Flshor, the colebrated ornithologist,
and Mr. E. W. Nelson, tho well known
Mexican exnlorer. Tho friends of these
gentlemen aro having considerable sport
at their exnenso with the assertion that
they nre no longer sane. Ono or tno mem
bers of tbo expedition was scheduled to
deliver a lccturo beforo a scientific society
hero n few ovonlngs ago on his obsorva
tlons In tho Death valley. IIo began by
announcing that ho was there with Fun
ston. and then reading tho statement as
to tho mental condition or tno otner sur
vtvors. It naturally provoked somo merri
ment. But tho story has been widely
copied, and, In fact, bad appeared In sub-
stanco in othcr publications bofore It was
taken up by tho magazlno wrltor. It Is
safo to say that tho correction will soon
,bo forgotten, and that Funston's primacy
among the survivors or tno expedition win
bn unchallenged In tho histories -of a ccn
tury hence.
TIMUMPII IN THK rilll.U'I'INlCS.
. lie in item t'n Tribute In the Snccen
of MoKliiley'H Policy.
I.oulavlllo Courier-Journal.
Tho surrender of General Tlnlo, General
Alejandrlno and divers and numerous other
Filipino leaders so soon after Agulnaldo
proclamation calling for peace, glvea as
surunco of a speedy end to the troubles I
the rhlllrplnes. As thero also appears t
bo an Impending collapse of the organized
opposition to the Piatt amendment I
Cuba, the result may bo described as
complete victory so far for tho United
States Insular policies. The conduct of
this country has been characterized
throughout by kindness, forbearanco and
such regard for tho real welfare of the
citizens of theso dependencies that an
other termination would nave neon mon
strnus. We say dependencies, though Cuba
upon which we lay no ultimate claim, I
Included, for Cuba Is essentially a ward ot
nrr.s
tho United States nnd niuit always con
tinue so, notwithstanding the Island' fu
ture Independent government. Tho hap
piest solution of the complicated relations
would undoubtedly bo annexation whenever
this seems best to tho Islanders them
selves, for In nuy ias Cuba must always
bo under our watchful care.
Tho peaceful adjustment ot affairs In
these Islands ugatn illustrates tho fact that
thu Anglo-Saxon Is thu greatest of coloni
zers. He Is successful because In addition to
his general Intelligence ho Is Just and falr
mluded. While his history has hern stained
with many acts of cruelty und oppression III
dealing with thu weaker races, yet In tho
long run It has been thu strongest agency
In tho upllftmeut of civilization, tho exten
sion of religion. Witness tho work of re
demption that has been carried on In India,
whero, In splto of all thnt England's tra
ducers may say, tho taxes havo been greatly
lightened, tho country's resources developed
nnd pestilence nnd famluo hnvu been
checked, though still prevailing, relief work
being carried on by the nation on the grnnd-
est scale ever known. Tho rcscuo of tho
teeming millions of India from tho tyranny
of nntlvo rule hHs been a great work, aud
no less notable hns been tho wise Hrltlsh
toleration of native religions, without which
the masses could not havo been so well con
trolled. Is the same In Egypt, whuro n
bankrupt nation has been restored to cam
fort and coinpantlvo opulenco and whero
engineering scltbco has reclaimed the val
ley of tba Nile for tho benefit ot tho undent
race. Wherever tho Hrltlsh Hag hns waved
thero hns been good government In tho
main, and good government will continue
until tho Anglo-Saxon degenerates In hU
racial character.
Tho United States has been forced .by
circumstances to assume similar burdens
nd lu every case the new peoples brought
under Its beneflclent rule will profit mot a
than the Americans themselves. Wherever
the Stars and Stripes wave there will ho
law and order nnd religion nnd tho uplifting
f mankind. No American has reason to bit
ashamed for what wo have already dono In
this line.
Tho Slar-Hpnnglcd Unnner! Oh, long may
u wave
O'er tho land of tho frco nnd tho home of
the bravo!
iMM.vrnn uummikh.
Detroit Journal: "That nrtlst In tho next
flat snores dreadfully 1"
"Yes, ho ceems to bo an Impressionist
when It comes to drawing his breath."
Chicago Tribune: American Mamma (In
nrlst Hush. dear. Wu nuisu'l talk so
loud. We'll bo overheard.
American imugnti-r Ttiars tin rignt,
mamma. WcTo tnlking l-rcncn.
Detroit Free Press: Clubbcrly .lust lx-
chuso 1 haven't paid my bill for a year, my
tailor won't mnho mo unoincr sun ot
clothes.
Uastle.ton w hat win you no;
"I shall threaten to tuko my trado else
where."
Turk Thn ChrnnlR Dlseilsslonlst (trucu
lently) If Andrew Jackson were alive today
wnai would ue nis seniinieniH in mis inci
ter? Tho Sober-Mlndcd Citizen (wearily) Ho
would bo glad ho wns dead, I presume.
Phllnrinlnhla PrnfiH! "Ynu understand, of
course." sold tho Wall street tipster to tho
fleecy lomb, "that wo absolutely guuranteo
you against loss."
"Good," replied tho lamb, who was not
quite so woolly as ho seemed, "now who
will guarantee you?"
Chlrncn Post: "The Russian system ot
clvlo clranllncFH Isn't to bad."
"What Is 117"
'.Well, when the nuthorttlcs find n dirty
street they have tho refuso mutter shoveled
back Into tho front windows of tho prop
erty holders."
Chlcnco Tribune: "That boy." remarked
the visitor nt tho Gypsy camp, looks ex
actly like Ills father."
"Yes. sir. repueu tno peri young loriuno
teller of tho tribe, "he's a gyp of tho old
b And It wan with difficulty that a Itbmany
riot was averted.
Tim HIM DOWN.
James Barton Adams In Denver 1'osL
Pretty maid, If you discover
That your ardent, pleading lover
Spends his time In Ioutlng idly 'round ths
lown.
If his hair Is carried bangy
On his forehead, and he's slangy.
Don't you licsltato a moment
lUJIl
him
downl
If you note his eyebrows fusing
(Vor the noso that ho Is tislnR.
And tho very least nnnoyanco makes him
irown,
1I han got a disposition
That may land voil In perdition.
And you'd better ncrvo yourself and
mm
him
downl
If ho pays no marked attention,
T)nenn't even clvo It mention.
When you meet him In a now and charm
ing gown,
Bhow him to tho door politely,
Tell him thut his Sunday nightly
Visits must bo discontinued;
turn
him
down!
If ho talks about the races,
Calls tho silver dollars "cases."
Tells you how ho "dono up" Smith orJonc.i
or urown
In a llttlo gamo of poker
Rv a nleeve-nlav with tho "Joker.
Show him quickly to tho door nnd
luni
him
down!
i
If his breath should often-savor
nf n -lrrnr"ttlNh Olivor.
And his lingers with tho ugly stain aro
Drown.
If he meets you with a swagger
Am vnn r.itch a sniff of latter.
Get your ncrvo In proper trim and
him
down!
Study well your pleading lover
nr vnu mav too late discover
That he'll place moro thorns than roses In
your crown,
And If nnythlng about him
Um- you slightest cause to doubt htm.
Do u in n gcmie way, out
turn
him
down!
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