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GEO D. TZSCHUCK.
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before me this 1st day of May. A. D. Wil.
M. B. II UNGATE.
Notary Public.
Governor XhpIi of Ohio oeoms to have
boon literally railroaded through
Omaha.
Over 0,00ft vwlrllnss in this state last
year. Mnniitco, like every other legiti
mate enterprise, U n. success In Nebraska.
The May corner In corn has taken a
drop, but the decline Ik not likely to af
fect farmers In the corn belt, who have.
long since parted with most of their
crop.
Don't fonret that 099 men have struck
oil by applying themselves persistently
and Intelligently to their own business
to every one who has come out ahead
of the speculation mania.
Some one asks why Omaha does not
furnish music In the parks. The ques
tion Is to the point, but as It Is solely
a question of money to pay the musi
cians it Is up to the park board to answer.
The score of a piece of music which
has been missing for 'J0 years has
been fouud In the English Royal Acad
emy of Music. A search of the hand
organs would probably have revealed
it long ago.
THE FUTURE OF rOMU tllCO.
The cnthunl.ntlr populnr reception
2lven Governor Allen on bin return to
Porto Itlco may fairly be recorded n
evidencing the satisfaction of the peo
ple with American rule and with the
governmental system provided by con
press for the Island. There have been
oms complaint in regard to the
American administration of affairs and
there are people In Porto Itleo who
want a territorial form of government
such as there Is In the United Hfate.
It ha been charsed that under our
rule conditions In the Maud have not
been materially If at nil Improved.
Hut the demonstrative welcome to
Governor Allen on his nrrlvnl at San
.luan. which was participated In by
delegations from other parts of the
Island, conclusively showed that the
people generally are well satisfied and
that the fault-Under are a small ml-
uoilty.
Still it Is undoubtedly a fact that
conditions In Porto Hlc6 can be im
proved and that lf a subject which
the next congres will bo called upon
to seriously consider. As to the form
of government. Governor Allen In his
annual report expresses the opinion
that rongress went as far n It could
safely venture In providing the exist
ing ystem and that under it there
will be a more rapid development In
all respects than can be attained under
any other form of government.
Whether or not the existing system
will Ih- continued, however, depends
upon the decision of the supreme court
of the United States as to the political
status of Porto Itlco. That decision
may make It necessary for congress to
give the Island the same territorial
form of government we have here and
thus put Porto Itlco In the way of
ultimate statehood. Should the decision
not requite tills doubtless the existing
form of government, with perhaps
Mime modlik-atlonrf, will be maintained.
In regard to what shall be done for
the Industrial and commercial develop
ment of Porto Hlco. the only sugges
tion of Governor Allen Is "the Intro
duction of fresh blood and Anglo-Saxon
push and energy." This would effect
much, undoubtedly, but there must be
an Inducemeut to obtain It. If capital
will not now go to Porto Hico, If Amer
ican enterprise is not now being di
rected toward the island, what can be
done to attract apltal and enterprise
there nnd Introduce fresh blood, push
and energy? It Is a question not easily
answered. The fact Is that while Porto
Hlco Is fe-tllo nnd highly productive,
with an abundance of cheap labor, such
as It Is. there Is better promise of re
ward for capital and enterprise else
where. Therefore development will be
slow, because It must depend lorgely
upon local capital and enterprise. In
the event of the products of Porto Rico
lielng given free entry to the United
States, as Is quite possible, doubtless
some American capital would lie In
vested In the Island, but that the amount
would be sulHclent to greatly stimulate
development Is doubtful.
In any event, however, conditions in
Porto Hlco will Improve and there Is
reason to lielleve thHt In the not remote
future the Island will have as great a
measure of prosperity as It has ever
known.
to prevent the consummation of this
Imposition and to test the validity of
the listing with the state board, the
county will be the loser by thousands
of dollars In the course of years. Not
only that, but the precedent, once estab
lished, will b followed by other bridge
nnd railway companies whoe lines are
wholly within Douglas county.
In connection with this action the
board of commissioner Should Investi
gate the cause of the decline of the a
tessment roll where millions of dollars
of Improvements are known to have
been made but not returned for taxa
tion. Nobody wants to do these tax
shirking corporations Injustice, but the
people have a right to Insist that they
bear their due proportion of tax burdens
Imposed upon property owners generally.
DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, "MAY 25, 1901.
round till frightened almost to death
This sort of thing Is called horseplay a
term which does great Injustice. Horses
have more tente than to play In that fashion.
A
OUtln juUtieil Kmniplr.
Indianapolis News.
Those people that think the Cubans are
slow about coming to a vote on the Piatt
resolution should recall to mind the delays
that occur In the United States senate.
Trnty n Oreajl ('nnntrj,
Philadelphia Frtss.
Federal surplus to date this year. JM.047 -04.
This is great country. It has a
OTIIRtl LAM) TIIA.N OtHS.
One of the puttie of the Transvaal war
has been the comparatively Insignificant ef
fectso far as the destruction of Roer life
vat concerned of the British artillery.
0tr and over again was the story told of
hostile positions searched by a fire de
scribed as absolutely withering, until It
seemed Impossible that there could be a
single square foot of ground that had hot
been reac
enemy cou
terrific showers of Iron hall. And yet the
sturdy Boers, on many different occasions,
endured the bombardment with small dam
age to themselves, nnd used their rifles with
Fl.XTO.VS PLAI.N Aitotvr.
Fnct Abotit the rupture "f Aftulnriltlo
that IJo "t l.ooU Well.
Detroit Jturnnl
General Funston s personal and official
account to the War department of tbn cap
ture of Agulnaldo will not add to his tame
Rather, It will tend to lessen admiration
for the manner In which the capture was
made. If we concede that the forged lei
jare iuoi 01 kiuuuu uji imu nv - ..... .... .,ii... Hrir.
hed by shot or shell, or that any ter by which Blnaldo u'10" "c"
,uld survive the descent of such allyd Justifiable
used to come near to the chieftain that do
.am,. i.ih.M . ...mli.s: despotism the customary deadly effect, long after their
and deficits these go together.
rtiAM Uisr.s ;a ccba.
By resolution of congress the govern
ment Is not permitted to grant any
concessions or franchise" In Cuba, in
apparent violation of this a railway
syndicate Is constructing a road In the
Island and an Interesting lecnl tight Is
promised, Instituted by Cubans who are
said to be backed by New York capital
ist". What Is known as the Cuba com
pany, of which the president of the
Canadian Pacific railroad I" the head
and a number of American capitalists
are members. wa organized over a year
aco ami purchased lauds In Cuba for
railroad purposes. The road It l now
constructing Is to extend through the
most populou nnd best developed por
tions of the Island and there Is no
question thnt It would be of great serv
ice In Improving Industrial and com-
nietclal conditions in Cuba.
The opposition to the company Is
doubtless due to capitalists who would
like to secure n railway franchise In
the territory through which the Cuba
company Is buildlnc. but however this
may be It Is possible that a good case
. t . . a . . I
can in- made againsi ine company, u
the statements ninde by the parties In
stituting the proceedings are well
founded, It does not appear that our
government Is any way involved in
the matter, since It has granted no
concession. As both parties to the con
test have large capital the legal battle
will probably be prolonged and par
ticularly Interesting to the Cuban peo
ple. Of course there Is it chance of
compromise und also that the oppo
sition may be bought off.
Too Mnch of n (innil Thing.
Baltimore American.
Japan has taken a breathing spell from
the strenuous life of modern International
complications long enough to Indulge In the
mild diversion of a cabinet crisis. That
now stems to be the accepted way of work
ing off surplus national steam. The excit
ing nature of such a crisis may satisfy poll
tics, but It would never pass muster In a
melodrama.
An Alti-Red Curr-All.
New York World.
Governor Allen says that the remedy for
Porto Rlcan conditions Is "the Introduction
of fresh blood and Anglo-Saxon push and
energy." But he docs not explain Just how
his remedy will change the enervating cli
mate. And until that Is changed Governor
Allen's remedy Is about as effective as
would be a scheme for making the polar
regions Inhabitable by a system of outdoor
steam heating.
Art for Art's SUe.
Buffalo Express.
What principle of the exposition color
scheme was It that required green Hons to
ornament the sunken garden? H seems
rather Incongruous that a sculptor should
study carefully to make a model of a Hon
which should faithfully represent nature,
on' a somewhat enlarged scale, and then a
painter should come and give the Hon such
an Impossible color as green. Of course, It
may be argued that a green Hon Is Just as
faithful to nature as the white Hon turned
out of the staff shop, but then a white lion
Is Just a plain cast and a green Hon looks
like an attempt to surpass both .art and
nature.
Now It Is Italy which threatens to
send war ships to Turkey to enforce
respect for Its rights. Unless the
Hultan soon mends his ways he will be
entertnlnlng practically all the navies
of the world.
Sir Thomas Llpton Is to be com
mended for his grit in going ahead
with his yacht after Its unfortunate
scries of accidents. If It required
nothing more than pluck to win the
cup he would surely get It.
An American woman Is charged with
having looted the china closet of the
empress of China. The contents of a
Mother Hubbard's cupboard were
doubtless all that were left when the
woman's turn to grab arrived.
A New York game wntden has found
enough birds In n cold storage plant to
run the pcualty for keeping them out of
season up to .?1.000.000. Possibly that
game warden Is trying to jilnch the
Omaha men's corner on quails.
Tfio ambassadors of Turkey to va
rious countries threaten to strike un
less their salaries are paid. They
should be content with residence
abroad without b.ilary, for their heads
aro safe when out of reach of the sultan.
Emperor William has ordered report
ers to be barred hereafter when he Is
making a speech. It might be sug
gested that an official summary of his
remarks be prepared for the press a
eort of transformer, to reduce the high
tension current, so it will not be dangerous.
I'ltOMOTltG cual Exronrs.
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, when advo
eating the policy of putting an export
tax on British coal, declared that there
was no reason for apprehending that
the effect of such a iollcy would be
to stimulate the exportation of coal
from the United States. There are In
dicatlops that the Euglish chancellor of
the exchequer was mistaken In this
view.
The New York Times says the coal
trade of the United States is watching
with Interest the outcome of a plan
to.ghlp coal In large quantities from this
country to the French market. It ap
pears that two companies have been
organized to exploit the project and
though the plan has not been fully feet
tied those having knowledge of It ex
press no doubt that It will be carried
out. One of the parties concerned In
the enterprise Is quoted as saying that
more than sixty of the most promluent
Amerlean Iron and coal dealers arc In
terested In It nnd that the capital In
volved amounts to ?.'0,fX0.000 or $60,
000,000. The fact that British shippers
now charge more for coal delivered In
France than Americans charge would
seem to settle the question as to the
practicability of establishing a large
trade lu coal with that country, If the
quality of American coal shall prove
satisfactory, aud there appears to be no
doubt on this score.
The functions of a newspaper are
manifold, but there are limits beyond
which It Is unreasonable as well as Im
pertinent to exiect It to go. A news
paper Is presumed to turn the search
light of publicity uon public officials
and Institutions that are Intimately con
nected with the public welfare. In the
discharge of this function a newspaper
becomes n public detective agency,
grand Jury and prosecuting attorney
combined. A newspaper is expected to
advocate aud champion enterprises and
projects thnt promote the growth and
prosperity of city, state aud nation. In
times of distress or calnmlty It should
hold Itself ready to assist In bringing
relief by appeals to popular sympathy,
but It Is unreasonable to expect a news
paper to act as general solicitor and
employment agency. It is not reason
able either that ft uewspaper shall nun
doze and club Its patrons Into contrib
uting to public enterprises any more
than the grocer, the baker or the de-nnitmi-nt
store nronrletor. As an Indi
vidual the editor may propeny join
With other citizens In passing the lint
or the subscription paper. Such work
Is no part of the duty he owes to the
public any more than It Is his duty to
procure work for Idle men and women.
The notice that prosecutions Involv
ing ex-Unlted States omciaiH now
pending In Cuban courts, must be tried
at an early date Is evidence that the
American authorities anticipate a
speedy termination of American occu
pation and control of the Island. If
the Cubans had been as expeuiuous iu
rhllllp nn n Phllnnthroplnt.
IndlanHpolls Journal.
Mr. Phillips, the corn cornerer, attempts
to pose as a philanthropist because he
safely engineered his scheme to send corn
kiting Into the oOs. He claims that he
has put money Into thn farmers' pockets,
This It possible la .a limited extent, but
the probability Is that the middlemen made
the profits rather than the farmers. At
best the advance was artificial, but It had
the effect to cut down the exports of corn
one-half and to send purchasers to Argcn
tine to purchase It. Rut this fooling with
prices by speculation will have a tendency
to drive exporters of corn out of our mar
ket and this will cause a settling away of
prices, since an export of from 3.000,000
to f.000,000 bushels a week must help the
price.
theoretical annihilation. An explanation of
the mystery, perhaps, may be found In the
' report of a German officer who was at Splon
j Kop. and was compelled, with thirty of his
men, to lie for hours Deninti a low- wan,
while the British pounded them with shrap
nel, The aim of the artillerists was perfect,
nd the shells exploded at exactly the right
moment, but only one man was killed, sim
ply because, owing to some defect In the
casing, the bullets, Instead of scattering In
all directions, flew straight on. In a body,
harmlessly over their heads. Later on, he
found large numbers of the shrapnel cases
on the scene of action, and not one of them
had burst properly. Apparently the Brlthh
ammunition was as poor In quality as it
was, according to Mr. Balfour, short In
quantity.
On the outbreak of the Boxers the French
were obliged to suspend their operations In
Yunnan, the Chinese province, lying to the
north of Nanking, and to retire to their
own undisputed territory. M. Doumer. the
governor general of tndo-Chlna, is now In
Paris with the object of Inducing his gov
ernment to make n strong effort to ac
quire Yunnan. Inspired by hlra, It is be
lieved that one of the first demands of the
French government on China will be for
the return of the French consul general In
an honorable fashion to Yunnan Foo, the
capital of the province, with increased
guaranties for the construction of the rail
ways so summarily Interrupted In 1900,
and that this policy will find its logical
and practical Issue In the absorption of
Yunnan by France. The capital of the
nrovlnce Is said to be one of the most
beautiful towns In southern China, partlcu
larly from an architectural point of view-
It Is surrounded by a lofty wall aurmounted
by a parapet, which forms the chief prome
nade of the place. The wall Is nearly four
miles In length and varies In height from
twenty-three feet to fifty feet, and In
breadth from nineteen feet to twcnty-thre
feet. The town contains the Golden Palace,
which was the pagoda of the Chief Won
Sankwel. who In the seventeenth century
defied the Manchus, The building contain!
a gigantic statue of Buddha and the stair
cases nnd balustrades are In marble and the
columns In bronte. The roof Is constructed
of copper, and this, with the golden wood
work, gives the palace Its name.
TRUSTS AXI1 THE LABOR MARKET,
Can thr Kormrr Sucrrxnf all Control
he I.nttorr
New York Independent
There has been a vast amount of specu
latlon among economists and students of
social science as to the future relations of
the great Industrial combinations and the
labor organizations. Thus far nothing like
uniformity In these relations has developed
nor have the so-called "trusts" so far as
outsiders know marked out for themselves
any definite line of policy In this respect.
Some great corporations will not tolerate
unionism. The Carnegie company and the
Colorado Fuel and Iron company have been
conspicuous examples of this. Many others
have dealt with their .workmen through the
unions and still others have ,dealt with
them Individually, never asking whether the
men were organized or not. There has been
much of opportunism on both sides and
doubtless there will be to the end. But the
formation of the big trust marks the flna
elimination of the sentimental element in
the relations of employer and employe.
Thenceforth it Is purely a question of busl
nets, with only such concessions on eitbe
side as are dictated by enlightened self
Interest.
There are those that believe that the
"trust" in productive industry will mean
about the same condition there that exists
In the transportation field, where enormous
railroad corporations have long been in
control. Railroad managers do not longer
decline to meet committees of the organiza
tions of their employes and discuss wages
and conditions of labor and enter Into
agreements with tham. At the same time
the organizations of railroad employes have
not make pleasant rtadlng. General Funs
ten says that when eight miles from Agul
naldo' caran the food of the Americans
and their allies became exhausted, and a j
messenger was sent to Agulnaldo, Inform
ing him of the fact, and that the natives t
had with them American prisoners. The
food was supplied and word returned that
the Americans be given their liberty. The
whole party then went Into Agulnaldo' re
treat when this followed, according to Gen
eral Funston's report
"The men who posed as officers of our
expedition paid their respects to Agulnaldo.
who received them In a large house built
on the bank of the Palanan river After
tho exchange of courtesies, the officers ex
cused themselves from Agulnaldo and his
staff for a moment, stepped outside and
ordered their' Macabebe troops drawn up
Into line and commanded them to com
mence firing Into Agulnaldo' troops."
As some of the enemy were killed, and
a Ftlnston does not say that any demand
for surrender was made, thl Is enough like
cold-blooded murder to make the unpleasant
reading we referred to. Conceding that It
was highly desirable to capture Agulnaldo,
nevertheless we could wish It had bfen
done In manner to indicate that the Fili
pinos had not the advantage of us in an
exhibition of humanity. The circumstance
were such that Ftlnston and hit men had
to hnve food, they also had to go on and
complete the work they had set out to do,
and w hich required courage of a high order.
But persons not In the business of killing
as a regular occupation will gag a little.
we think, at Funston's bald recital of the
firing Into Agulnaldo' troops without so
much as a warning demand for surrender.
It was too much like shooting deer or a
more dangerous animal through the bars
of a zoo.
POLITICAL 111! I FT.
nromotlng the end the Cuban republic
rapidly grown more conservative, until now
would have been an accompiisneu met
before this time.
The St. Louis graud Jury has returned
another batch of Indictments against
democratic politicians and ward work
ers. Democrats are not talking so
much about their victory In that city
hh they did Just after election. Tho
sugar has dissolved from the surface
of tho pill nnd left a bad taste In the
mouth.
It may be unfortunate that Omaha
has been deprived of competition among
bidders for laying asphalt pavement,
but that Is no reason down-town busi
ness streets subject to constant and
continuous traffic should be left almost
Impassable for want of repairs. Our
business men should not be needless
8Ufferern from dissensions of warring
paving contractors trying to hold one
another out of a Job.
One way to get at the value of the
grounds offered for a state fair site
would be to look Into tho assessment
put on them for taxation. But In all
probability they were never assessed
for taxation, the owners taking advan
tage of the exemption in favor of prop
erty used for agricultural fairs, not
withstanding the fact that several sea
eons slipped past Llncolu without the
nnuual pumpkin show, ,
DUIT OF THE COUXTV HOARD.
The attempt to list the property of
the East Omaha Bridge aud Terminal
company as railroad mileage for the
purpose of evading Its assessment and
taxation by the county calls for action
on the part of the Board of County
Commissioners.
It is well known that the bridge and
terminal company is capitalized at
$3,000,000. Assuming that one-halt of
Its property Is lu Iowa, although In fact
two-thirds Is In this couuty, the lowest
fair valuation of bridgo aud terminals
would be not loss thnn $1,000,000. As
sessed nt one-tenth of this figure, which
Is far below the ratio of valuation of
other property ou the county lists, the
assessment should be not less than
$100,000. Instead of that, the couuty
has had the East Omaha bridge as
sessed for years at $7,000, and tinally
through successive reductions as low as
$4,000.
Not content with this rank favoritism,
the managers are attempting to evade
the plain letter of tho law by llstlug tho
tracks nnd terminals with the State
Board of Equalization. Tho statute
regulating railroad assessments ex
pressly provides that only railroads
that extend Into more than one county
shall be assessed by the staf? board
The fact that the eastern terminus of
the bridge company's line Is In Iowa
cannot be construed as bringing it
within the scope of railroads assessable
by the state board. Manifestly, unless
the county board takes decisive action
Former Governor Tnnuer of Illinois,
who has Just died suddenly, was the
subject of many hard-fought political
contests, bringing him warm menus
and bitter enemies. Whatever may tie
said for or against him, Omaha should
have a sympathetic spot for him on ac
count of his friendly services In behalf
of the Omaha exposition Just at the
time his assistance counted for most.
The tendency to convert Decoration
day Into a day for sports and popular
entertaluments Is to be deprecated. It
Is all very well to have horse races ana
base ball matches on the Fourth of July
nnd other national holidays, but It is
a desecration of Memorial day to give
It up to public amusement because busl
ness Is suspended and the workshops
are closed.
The ttve West Point cadets dismissed
from the academy bavo been given
eood nosltlons by a big corporation.
Their bitter experience can be turned
to good account In tho affairs or Hie,
but thev should not take the prompt
ness with which they have been taken
care of as an Indication that they can
pose lu the role of martyrs.
The State Board of Public Lands and
Buildings Is to be commended for Its
firm refusal to yield to the pressure for
an excessive price for the purchase of
the proposed stato fair grounds. So
fnr as we can learn Judges of realty
values In Lincoln regard $15,000 as
ample for the property.
A ucw system of ventilation which
secures a better circulation of air has
beeu tleslgued for the house of repre
sentatives. Since the retirement of
Bepresentntlves Lentz and Bailey It
iieems to have been found necessary to
resort to artificial means to keep the air
niovluc
Inaultln the llorac.
Chicago Tribune.
A man In Wavtrly, la haa been lying In
a stupor for saveral days ae a result of nn
Initiation Into a seerot seclety, He was
trapped to a whal and whirled round and
the men in charge of the business of tho
engineers, conductors, trainmen and other
branches are recognized as level-headed And
conservative business men. Worklngmen
have lost nothing of their organized power
through the consolidation of great railroad
systems. But it Is worth while to remem
ber that a railroad mutt run every day.
The United States Steel corporation finds
itself owning mils that exclude union men,
mills that are controlled In their employ
ment of labor by union scales and union
rules, and mills where no discrimination is
made. What policy will It pursue? It is
such a gigantic combination, the men In
control of it are so generally recognized
as leaders In American enterprise, that it
Is quite likely that the smaller "trusts"
will follow It in Its policy toward organized
labor. In Its first labor dispute that at
McKeesport a few daya ago It yielded
practically every point In controversy. The
men largely Interested in its control havo
twice yielded to the demands of the an
tbracite miners. This looks like a liberal
policy, but, as a matter of fact, it Is op
portunlsm anything to get along until the-
present condition of business, with the de
mand for Its products exceeding the supply,
can be fully met and profited by.
There Is no defense against labor de
mands like warehouses full of finished pro
ducts. Tho strike or lockout Is a trial of
endurance. Can the workman do without
wages longer than the manufacturer can
do without new product? If the laborer
have money In his purse, he can fight; It
the manufacturer have hit warehouses and
yards full of the product of his workshop,
he is well fortified. The potential force
of conditions Is very great here, as else
where. Where both sides are equally strong
or equally weak there may be a struggle,
but where the strength of one greatly ex
ceeds that of the other a contest Is un
likely. The giant steel corporation Is pliant
now. for ltt stock on band Is low. But
H will catch up with the demand in time
The "trust" tendency will continue. And
the trust can meet and largely control the
labor situation. Yet the labor leaders look
on the "trutt" movement complacently
and drjam of the coming socialism. They
may be right. It hat become dangerous to
declare that any man's dreams of Indus
trial evolution are wild and Impossible
In the last resort the decision of affairs
always lies In force. A people may do with
its rich men as it pirates, though this Job
Is not nearly to easy as handling Its poor
men. If the great majority of the Amerl
can people shall determine that tho regula
tlon of wages and all other conditions of
labor should He with the state, thn state
will reulatp them. Put, under present
conditions of law the "trust" will soon
have the position of vantage In any general
labor struggle that may ante.
It Is understood In tho Russian War
office that the minister of war, General
Kouropatkln, has formulated n plan, the ob
Ject of which Is to Induce Servla to con
cludo a secret military convention with
Kussla. According to a usually trustworthy
source of Information this convention would
Include not only stipulations for co-opcra
tion, in certain contingencies, of the Ser
vian army with that of Russia, but also
specifies certain political advantages to be
accorded to Servla. Ever since King Alex
ander's marriage and since the removal of
the late King Milan there has been a con
stantly growing tendency on tho part of
Servla to surrender herself to tho protec
tion of Russia. This tendency, first finding
expression In the satisfaction felt in St.
Petersburg, has of late aroused widespread
comment In European diplomatic circles.
One feature of the convention Ih that Ser
via Is to undertake, at the Instigation of
Russia, the distribution of troops in the
north of Servla, where the basis of oper
ations would be the Danube and the Save
Thus, as soon aa Russia begins to mobilize
Servla will undertake, In certain clrcum
stances, to mobilize also, and take the
field when ordered to do so by the Russian
commander In chief. In order to avoid de
lay in cither case Servla Is to be provided
by Russia with the requisite material as
slstance. On the other hand, the Inde
pendence of the kingdom of Servla Is to be
guaranteed by Russia, and Russian support
Is to be given to Servian claims In so far
as they are In accord with the Berlin
treaty and as long as Turkey retains Its
European possessions. In case of any par
tltion of the European possessions of Tur
key. Servla la to obtain an extension of
territory In the Sandjak of Novl Bazar and
part of Macedonia.
On the Initiative of tho French minister
of Marine, Admiral Besson baa begun to
establish carrier pigeon posts ai principal
points In the English channel, the bay of
Biscay, and the French shore of the Med.
terranean, Thete posts will be In working
order by summer, nnd it Is expected that
they will be rendered almost self-support'
lng In a few years, as peculiar induce'
ments will bo offered to steamship lines,
coasting vetsels and yachtsmen to utlllzo
them. Already the birds have been used
extensively In experimenting on the French
Transatlantic line, and on naval vessels,
with pronounced success. Tho first ex
tenslvo pigeon post haa been In operation
at Marseilles for three years. It hits SOO
breeding establishments, which contain
about 2,600 old blrdt. Tho French Medi
terranean squadron Is to be provided with
number of these pigeons, which from
time to time will be liberated, and thus
become accustomed to the "fly" that Is ex.
pectcd of them. In June tho pigeon service
will be extended to thn mall boats running
to Corsica and Algeria. It la expected that
these experiments will produce excellent
results, aa tho Mediterranean Is generally
free from gales and violent storms, and no
sea la better suited for pigeon travel; It Is
expected during the coming summer that
yachtsmen of southern France, ns well aa
thoio of northwestern Italy, will avail
theraselvefl of the pigeons of the Cote
d'Azur, when cruising between Marseilles
and Naples, to send little messages to their
friends on shore.
The republican stale convention In Ohio
to nomlnnte n candidate for governor has
been called to meet in Columbus on Jnne 24.
Hon. John O. Carlisle takes a citizen's
Interest In good government and announces
his readiness to help tnke a fall out of
Tammany nt the next election.
Henry Wnttcrson renews his declarations
In favor of annexing everything In sight
and says: "The democratic party will not
be found bellowing at the sight of blood."
Inquisitive Philadelphia papers want to
know- why the legislature of Pennsylvania
Insists on appropriating 15,000,000 for a new
state capltol which the architect says will
not cost to exceed $4,000,000. Considering
the history of the Philadelphia city hall,
the Quaker City should Joyfully concede a
million for trimmings and be thankful for
getting off so cheap.
The attorney general of the territory of
Hawaii has pnllghtcned the legislature on
the subject of steamship free passes. If
such passes ore tendered with corrupt In- ;
tent, or if members accept them ns com- i
pensatlon for legislative favors, the legal '
luminary holds they are bribes. If the
Intentions of both parties are good and ,
purr the statutes do not apply. '
HOT MltlT AT PAM'llO.V
The Trnlllnn MUrl fix UlitmlniUiii
of l)lrnr.
Philadelphia Press
One thing that might well have receiel
some expert attention at the tuberculot
congress In New York Is the trailing skr
nuisance. No better agent for the collectK u
and dlitcinlnatlon of germs could U
Imagined. From out of homes Infected w.-.
consumption the trailing skirt carries i
disease-causing bacilli Into the sire,
public halls and conveyances, where n
obliging draperies of other women swe.
them up and retransfer them to homes h
yet Invaded by disease, but which in t,
become foci for Infection.
This deadly round goes on simply t
cause women are stilt the slaves of hurf
fashions. The thort skirt for tne ttrei
has Indeed made Its way Into popular)
on rainy days, but for the most part It wo:
by those who, by the general conditions t'
life, arc protected from the Invasion of dis
eate germs. Moreover, on rainy da
though the trailing skirt Is an offense to tl
eye of man, and one would think Its t-r
draggled lengths worried It owners, p .
not such a germ gatherer as on dry d
since the germs are washed aay by b
rain In the air and on the pavement. "
clar days, however, the short skirt has I
no means a following even among womer
who appreciate Its value In stormy weather
and the trailing garment rule supreme
If the average woman could be hown n
the laboratory In culture tubes and und"
the microscope the varied flora of dlsmse
causing germs that her trailing skirts carry
and stir up In the street and at home she
would marvel that the ex survived. Irlrr
normal condition of health the human
economy doe resist germs of all kinds,
but this Is no reason for spreading them in
public or carrying them to home whcri'
In the case of the family or In the r
of the Individuals, by reason of physical
and social conditions, the vitality Is low
ered beyond the resisting point. In th
light of bacteriology the trailing skirt is
a crime against the public good and ouc"
to be suppressed.
I'oi.vrun i'li:asatrii:.
Philadelphia Press: "Say. I toM Mn
Boston man my llsli story, and nil he sa 1
was 'Kindly nllght.- What did he mean
"Oh. that's Just his way of saying 'cor -off.'
"
Detroit Journal: The heroes are not o
dead. It I still possible to hire a mai i'
rldo backward nnd look Impassive in a
trap driven by n woman.
Chicago Tribune: The Surgfon-We shall
have to operate for the removal of or
appendix vermlfornil. ,
Chronic Croaker W hat . the good f
that? I'd grow another one.
Ohio State Journal: Mrs. FIJIt-Why
clofsn t .Mr. Smlthcrs come to our house
any more? .... ,
Mr. FIJIt I can't Imagine: I m sure I a -wrtvs
tried to entertain him by the m''
things our baby does. too.
Washington Star: "I never take i"
vantHge of anybody who I not ready
tnke advantage of someone else, said the
Wnll xtreet manipulator
"Shak hands." said the stranger, Impu
slvely. "Those are my sentiments precise y
I'm u green goods man."
Detroit Journal: 1 courted Death up""
the field of battle.
"What' right before everybody?' glc
gled Death, and shrank away.
I was mortified, but not too proud to !3k
the hint. , ...
Accordlnnly, I purchased an absoluteij
safe hnmmrrless shotgun nnd repaired with
It to the woods, alone.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "I notice hn
the first sn jerpont of the season ha been
ceen off the M-Une coast by a reliable old
jxlt named Drlnkwater."
nrinfetvnfer' Well, that shows rretiy
conclusively that you never can judge of a
By a decision of tho Colorado supreme man's character or his habits by his-name
court the city of Leadvllle Is likely to
have money to burn for municipal pur
poses without local taxation aud possibly a
surplus to pay a dividend. The court
holds that the city owns not only the
surface of streets, but whatover wealth
may be found beneath, Ore extracted from
beneath tho surface must pay a royalty
to tho city and the authorities expect to
realize $2,000,000 a year from that source.
Several leaders of the plain people are "Not a bit," responded the attendant
flirting with the plutocrats In a shocking " ? won -m . tnuon ""
manner. Charloy Towne Ib seeking a mil-
lion or two among the oil wells of Texas. I Till: LBTTEH THAT SFAKIl M r.T.
Ex-Governor Hogg of the Lone Star state ' . , ,
has accumulated a Vanderbllt pile. J. Ham . -'; ' " " ? " ' h
Lewis of the stnte of Washlncton is curry- i 1 ,u""t,:.'i.7 'iJi t
in nuui'ivii i vj " r uu tis a
Brooklyn Eagle: Eve Though I am
made from one of your own ribs. If I
should die, I suppose you would marry
ngaln? ...
Adam If It were not to provide for such
ap 4mrRency( then wljy w-as I created with
a number of other ribs?
Chicago Tribune: The youth who was
smoking a cotfin nail near the monkey s
cage took another one from his pocket.
"Would It do anv harm." he nsked. "If I
i snouid oner mm one or tnese.-
Ing the tiger of Wall street with somo suc
cess and tho esteemed ex-Senator Pettl-
grew of South Dakota is said to have pulled
$250,000 out of the Northern Pacific panic.
If this thing goes on, what will become of
the "plain people?"
Senator McLaurln of South Carolina pours
hot shot into the ranks of his party critics.
"If re-elected," ho says, "my voice will be
raised for those measures that make for
human progress and human happiness In
this world; measures that will unite and i ... . .... . ,
i. m t.t. , .h. She grew so thin that her wprscr half 'f
nlarm felt a heavy toucn
Anon she would rise and pare the fin r
with n restless, uneasy pace.
And she'll My to the window at ever' souni
of a vehicle on the street.
Then resume her walk with a nervous trea t
on her loyal but weary feet
She had written three, long, long weeks b-
fore for n hat to come C. O. D
From nn eastern city, for home-sold goods
were not toney enough for she.
And she waited In vain for the wagon to
come with the package she longed f"'
o
She could paralyze nil the neighbor dnmes
witn ner norai ana icatnery snow-
knit men into a wider recognition of the
brotherhood of man. My voice will go, not
to Invoke party prejudice and party pas
sion, not to preach a gospel of despair, not
to help to create bitterness, but to assist
In Its elimination," Pretty good repub
Hcan doctrine for a democrat.
Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland Is mak
ing local tax-shlrkcrs Bweat blood. The
other day ho tackled the Bolt Line railroad
of Cleveland, which had been assessed at
$16,000 to $20,000 for many years. After
the president and receiver of the road had
claimed that $19,000 was a full valuation,
bocause it Is earning no profits, Mayor
Johnson breezily asscrtod that the value of
property Is what It will sell for and de
clared that he and the receiver tried to
buy it some years ago for $600,000 and
could not get It for that price. He con
cluded It Is not worth any less now.
Being challenged to pay $400,000 for It, he
started to write a check for the amount
on the spot and the magnates backed down
at once.
And he'd nsk every day what wa eating
her, and she'd answer him: "Noth
lng much."
And he noticed the rings 'round her Saturn
eyes grow deeper and deeper, and
He'd sometimes shrink In Instinctive wa
from the touch of her cold, dank
hand.
Ho feared that tho Joys of connubial life
he had pictured while yet he sought
To win her heart nnd.profpectlve cash and
her coveted hand were not
Ah golden bright as she'd hoped they'd be
that she wrestled with deep rfgret
That she wasn't back In the old home nest
and a prize In the market yet.
One day while brushing hi butlnets coa
the garment In which he tolled.
There dropped from the pocket onto ihe
floor a letter all frayed nnd soiled.
And she picked it up nnd she almos'
screamed In a torrent of rage to see
The superscription, though worn quite dim
In her own neat chir-og-ra-fee.
Then she understood that her sleepless
nights nnd her days of acute dls'rr-a
Were due to her absent-minded dear
hit. awful forgettulness
That he was the cause of the sighs
tear to which she had given vent
While waiting returns In such dire us
pense from the letter that never wen-
Although the full census returns from.
the agricultural districts of England have
not yet been complied It Is possible to get
from them some Idea of the extent of the
exodus from the vlllagoa to the towns that
has been going on of late years, and this
does not appear to have been so great as
has generally been bolleved. Taking Nor
folk, for Instance, as a typically agricul
tural county, It seems that out of ITS vil
lages, in seven districts, fifty-seven show
an increase of population and 120 a de
crease, whllo two remain stationary. Strik
ing un average, 'he total decrease Is at
tho rate of 4 per cent. Tbla showing, of
course, I not at all satisfactory to the
farmer, who finds It difficult to get all the
labor ho wantt, but It Is something very
different from the alleged detolatlon of
which so much hat been written.
ForrlKM Praia Ilnrrnl.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The refusal to permit a single live mon'
goose to be landed In this country seems
absurd, but when we remember Australia's
experience with the English rabbit, the de'
structlon caused In Massachutetts by the
progeny of a few moths which etcaped from
a scientist's study, our own plague of
English sparrows and the ravages of this
aamo mongoose In Jamaica, where It was
originally imported from Its home In India,
It mutt be acknowledged that no precau
tions against the Introduction of forrlia
pcttt can be too etrtngect.
Boys' $2.50 Suit Sale
ONE DAY ONLY, SATURDAY, (Todays
133 two-piece sprinj: and sunuiU'i' weight suits. $a on
sale, for one day, or while they last, at Jf'J.nO. Tho sue
are from 0 to 13 years, and are suits that have boon sold
at $3.00, 93.50 and $1.00. Hut to make room for our mid
summer assortment of flannels and servos and washes,
we would like to clean out this small lot of suits. They
are made of union oassimoros. etc. Well made and sub
Rtantial fabrics, and at this price are rxi'SlWI, VAI.
UES. Come nnd got one early, before thoy aro all none.
'0 CLOTHING KITS LIKE Ol'KS.
Browning, King&Co.
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
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