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THE OMAHA DAILY JiIjlE: MONDAY, Jl'LY S, 1901.
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STATEMENT OK CIIICULATION
Htato of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss,;
Ucorgo H. Tzschuck, secretary of The lieu
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that tho actual number of full and
completo copies of Tho Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday lico printed during
tiio muntn or June, isoi, was as toiiowa
1 itl,o,-o
ic aiviiio
17 iiO,OM
18 110,100
19 iiU.OlO
20 ar,,tno
21 yfl.uto
oj l!.-i,1IIO
23 JMI.07B
24 'M,W
23 ass.oao
2.. an.Bio
27 a.-,,(ltlO
2g an, nio
29 ar,:iw
30 au,aa
2 ao.ino
3... 'm,ho
4 ar.,io
6 ur.,imt
6 ur,,nx
7 an,7r,(
8 ai, 170
9 20,400
10..., an.wr.o
11 an,7o
12 yr,,5io
13 'M,WM
U ar.,100
15 a.1,110
Total 77J''J3
Less unsold and returned copies.... ,74
Not total sales 7l,171
Net dally average un,71!
OEO. U. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before mo this 30th day of June, A. D. 1901.
M. 11. HUNOAlh,
Notary Public.
PAItTIKS I.1SAVINO VOtl BlMMKIl,
I'strtlr lenvlnir he cltr for
(h unimcr may have The lire
ent to (hem rrculnrlr lr
nntlfjrlnir The' nee lluslne.s
oilier, In person or tr raitll.
The nildrras will he cliKngcd
nn often desired.
Tho Oklahoma rushers aro Retting
tliclr second wind.
A licnvy fall of snow Is reported In
Michigan. Get your ulster ready.
Asphalt paving at $1.50 per sqtmro
yard ought to ninko tho demand for re
paying popular and Inexpensive.
Why cannot Omaha dispense with tho
ornamental ofllco of gas Inspector and
create tho more useful otllcc of city
forester?
Treasurers who allow themselves to
be overpowered and robbed of public
funds In the night aro always subject
to suspicion.
nn $iuu,uuu in xno city Treasury
there ought tc bb HQ' difficulty, In proso-
cutlug the public improvements planned
, 4. i x i i .1 . . i m
last wiiiic r una iiottipuueu iir huui-ui
funds this summer.
second ana third term candidates win
be glad to learn that a broomcoru trust
has been organized that- will raise the
prlco of brooms enormously and make
new brooms a luxury-
Dispatches from Oregon announce the
death of Dr. Watts, tho Hayes and
Wheeler elector of 1870, associated with
Cronln of TUdcnish tendencies. This
recalls Interesting reminiscences in the
lives of several eminent Ncbraskans who
were recognized -leaders of democracy
in tlioso days.
When. South Omaha gets through with
ltH bull lights It will bo compelled to
wrestle with the tnx light. Fifty-live
mills of city tax is said to bo the mini
mum levy contemplated by tho council;
when to this Is added ".0 mills for school
and 17 mills for state and county tax
tho South Omaha taxpayer will' be con
fronted with a total levy of 02 mills.
At that rate It would pay to deed over
tho property to the cfty.
t. Well defined rumors credit tho state
Insurance department with tho Intention
of takiug Boiuu action agulnst agents
who aro said to bo working In Nebraska
without authority. Soliciting Insurance
without a llceuso from the state Insur
ance department Is a misdemeanor pun
ishable by lino nnd Imprisonment. How
about agents who solicit insurance under
false pretenses for wildcat companies
whoso assets consist chlelly of "hot air?"
Tho Standard Oil company says tho man
ager of odo of Its Nebraska agencies stole
$700 of tho company's money. If tho Stand
ard Oil company can prove It Nebraska
should embalm tho man's name In blessed
memory. World-Hernld.
Could anything bo more vicious and
anarchistic? Conceding that tho Stand
ard Oil company Is an odious monopoly
and conceding that it Is organized as a
trust In violation of tho Nebraska law,
does that fact Justify any of its agents
or employes In embezzling Its funds or
stealing Its property? If It Is commend
ablo to rob tho Standard Oil company
would It not also be commendable to
rob tho gas company or tho street rail
way company or tho corporations that
monopolize the trade lu Ico and coul?
Chicago corporations do not faro quite
as well with the tax assessors and
equalizers as do the corporations of
Omaha. Tio Pullman company, for ex
ample, is assessed at $5,383,300; the
People's Gas Light aud Coke company
at $5,500,000. Prlvato Chicago corpora
tions are equally conspicuous on the as-
sement roll. Tho N. K. Fairbanks
compauy Ib assessed $538,000, tho Decr-
Ing Harvester company $2,000,000,
American Malting company $415,000,
McOormlck Harvester company $820,-
721, tho Slegol-Cooper company $1,250,
COO, Kimball Piano company $700,000.
These figures, howover, do not appear
to bo up to tho standard of ono-fifth of
tho actual value, Tho Chicago Board of
Equalisation proposes to raise these as
sessmeata from 10 to 25 per cent
roxmir.ssMA? mkiiveivs .iiwkkt.
Thomas W. niackburn, cole and exclu
sive guide, philosopher a fid friend to our
redoubtable "Dave," enters a solemn
remonstrance1 against what ho calls the
injustice of the aspersion cast by The
Heo upon Ids patron saint In Insinuating
that his proposed circumnavigation of
the globe Is a Junket at government ex
pense. Mr. IHnckbtirn desires It distinctly un
derstood that Mr. Mercer Is not a dead
head on that excursion, but pays for all
tho meals lie can digest at commissary
rates. In other words, while Uncle Sain
has generously 'placed a stateroom In
one of ltt) transports at Ills disposal free
of charge, our Dave whoso liberality,
If not extravagance, is well known when
It comes to disbursing money will pay
from -0 to cents tor every meal lie
eats on his way around the world. Com
puting the expense of tills tour In dollars
and cents and taking It for granted that
lie will eat three square meals each day
during the entire period of four months,
at 7r cents per day, the total draft on
the private purse of Mr. Mercer would
be $00. As an offset to tills outlay he
will have a credit In the United States
treasury of four mouths' pay at $.",000 a
year, amounting to $1, 000.00, leaving a
net balance In his favor of $l,r70.00.
In view of tho fact that the passengers
on the transport have been specially
favored by the government with u brass
band and that the commissary depart
ment has laid in a stock of rare old
wines and liquors and a stock of choice
viands that would allure the taste of
a Human epicure, our Dave will faro
well and get off much more cheaply thun
if hu had summered on the seacoust at
Atlantic Ulty or Asbury Park.
Iu making this correction The Heo does
not anticipate that Nebraska will losu
anything by Mr. Mercer's protracted
absence during tho congressional recess.
Nobody In these parts expected him to
expose his delicate constitution to the
severe strain of the Nebraska climate.
Tho people of this district have cheer
fully acquiesced In these habitual ex
plorations of foreign lands In off years
when there was not a campaign on In
which Mercer was a candidate.
WILL I'lOllT TO THE END.
That Is tho determination of the Doers,
as stated by tho British war secretary
in tho House of Commons a few days
ago. He said that tho government had
received news that Commandant Botha
had permission in Juno to communicate
with Mr. Kruger, tho result of which
was a meeting at which De Wet, Botha
and others decided to continue the war
and to accept no terms short of Inde
pendence. He further stated that all
negotiations with the Boers were at an
end and that tho government's resolu
tion to prosecute the war was still un
shaken. Kruger, It appears, has advised Botha
to light to the bitter end and whatever
may be thought of the wisdom of such
counsel it Is entirely characteristic. Tho
lndomltublo old Boer still profoundly be
lleves that his countrymen will triumph
In tho end. He said recently that a
higher power would not hllow'hls people
.to bo subjugated nud their country
taken' from them and doubtless this faith
Is shared by the Boers generally. Al
though far from the scene of hostilities,
it seems that Kruger yet commands the
completo confidence of his people aud
that his iutlueuco with them Is as strong
as it has ever been.
Meanwhile the opposition In England
to the policy of the government Is being
vigorously manifested. When the war
secretary, Mr. Brodrlck, made the an
nouncement above noted and In connec
tion therewith reproached the pro-Boer
radicals with prolonging the war by
encouraging the Boers, Sir Henry
Campbell-Banncrman retorted that the
government should endeavor to con
clllato bravo opponents. The failure of
the British military plans In South
Africa, the horrors of the concentration
camps aud tho heavy cost lu life and
treasuro of the war, supply abundant
material for tho opposition. The fact
that It is divided, however, operates
against Its Influence and the govern
ment's policy has tlip support of a very
large majority of the people, who feel
that England cannot in tho least recede
from her declared policy without a loss
of prestige that might prove more In
jurious and costly than any sacrifice
she may yet have to make for the sub
jugation of tho Boers.
FAUIHCAT1NO CAMPAIGN AMMUNITION.
"Why Is It that Mr. Fuukliouser Is
belug so roundly condemucd In rcpub
llcan quarters for suggesting that a
grand Jury be called?" asks tho popo
crntlo local organ.
Mr. Funkhouscr has not been roundly
condemned lu republican quarters. Ho
has scarcely been noticed, Ills name
has appeared but once In the public
prints In connection with the "wcll-do
fined minors" resolution which he hod
been incubating for the last six months
Tho mere fact that tho resolution passed
the board unanimously signifies noth
Ing. Mr. Fuukhouser's colleagues had
been Importuned so often and so per
slstcutly that they wero willing to give
tho sporadic reformer the full benefit of
his fishing pole.
The fact Is, however, that Mr. Funk
houser does not expect to Increase the
revenue of tho school board by the
grand Jury Inquest, but Is simply play
lug Into the hands of popocratlc poli
ticians who hope to unearth some sort
of scandal that will help them in the
fall campaign.
Tho chulrmau of the finance committee
of the school board certainly ought to
know that the big drop iu the receipts
from lines dates back to the Broatch
administration, when the system of the
periodic arrest aud fine of fallen women
was abandoned. That system, surely
cannot bo restored by a grand Jury. The
truth is that no money has beeu col
lected from these people, so far as can
bo ascertained.
If these rumors havo any foundation
why has not Mr. Funkhouscr or his lu
fonniuit lodged complaint lu the police
court against the persons who aro sup
posed . to be paying for protection
some of these parties might dls
i f Mill;,
avow
I" I
tho forced contributions, there
surely would bo one or morn amotiir tho
scores subject to police surveillance who
uld be Induced to divulge the facts.
Is passing strange, also, that the pope
a tie sham reform minors, which are so
bitterly hostile to the police department,
live not been able to verify and expose
lis alleged systematic blackmailing of
ic keepers and Inmates of disorderly
houses. Their failure to do so during a
rlod of mow thun four veins would
indicate either Mint the renortorlal de
tectives and their co-workers are utterly
lnetiiiivtent or that these "well-defined
moors ' are baseless.
The only rational Inference to be
dr
awn by Intelligent people from this
Ituatlon Is that the pretended attempt
discover and recover uncollected Hues
to
for the benefit of the school board treas
ury lias no other purpose than the fab-
lcatlng of soot to be smeared over the
oiitililleim ticket for the benefit of the
rt
unselfish olllce-seeklng patriots who are
w
tiling to sacrifice themselves on the
ltar of their country.
I'lllHSnL) ASSVUANCKS FIWM IWSStA,
The Husslan government, through its
representative at Washington, has as
sured the State department that it Is
anxious to avoid a tariff war with this
country over the commercial differences
growing out of the action of the United
States lu Imposing additional duties on
Husslan beet sugar and petroleum and
Hussla's retaliatory Imposition of the
maximum duties on American ma
chinery, bicycles and naval stores. It Is
stated that the assurances are very
friendly aud Indicate Hussla's desire to
continue the pleasant relations that
have always existed, both commercially
and politically, between the two coun
tries. It Is further promised that the
fullest consideration will be given to the
American response to Hussla's retalia
tory action and a reply Is expected soon
after the Husslan ambassador shall have
arrived at St. Petersburg and conferred
with the olllcluls.
These assurances are gratifying, since
they give promise of an amicable adjust
ment, though whether this will be
realized cannot be confidently predicted.
Our government Is not likely to recede
from the action taken, In conformity
with the law, regarding Husslan sugar
and petroleum, nnd It is highly prov
able that the Husslan government will
not abandon Its attitude so long as we
maintain ours. It is by no means cer
tain, therefore, that these friendly as
surances will have the result of which
they hold out the promise.
According to the representative of an
American house at St. Petersburg our
trade with Hussla Is much less affected
by the finance minister's retaliatory
schemes than by the general policy to
exclude everythlug that can be made at
home. To this, of course, no objection
can properly be made, Hussla having
an Indisputable right to protect Its own
Industries. If Hussla does not Intend,
as this representative says, to allow the
United States, Germany or anybody to
have permanently a prolltuble trade
there we cannot complain, so long as
there Is no discrimination against our
products. We can ask only fair play
uud Just treatment.
Meanwhile tho question Is as to what
shall be done to avoid a tariff war. The
New York Journal of Commerce is of
the opinion that If we make concessions
for concessions, If we withdraw retalia
tion because Hussla has Imposed duties
upon our exports, if we seek to arrange
the terms ou which tho two nations will
trude by diplomacy, we shall certainly
get the worst of tho bargain. "On the
side of M. do Wltte," says that paper,
"there aro the advantages of autocracy;
he must keep the czar satisfied and
perhaps may have to consult a council
of state. But practically tho power Is
In his hands, which here is distributed
between the president, the two branches
of congress and public sentiment. He
can strike with more precision and
act with more promptness than we uud
he has shown a disposition to crowd
tho United States as far as possible. If
we yield anywhere he will simply
strike lu a new place, confident that we
Will yield again." No settlement, how
ever, can bo readied without concessions
on both sides. The administration has
no authority to make any concessions
and whether congress will be disposed
to do so Is problematical.
Five bank failures have occurred In
the month of June. To the populist mind
that fact affords conclusive proof of the
disastrous effect of the gold standard
The fact that more than 13,000 American
banks and depositories are sound and
stable cuts no ice with tho unconvertible
Uatlst.
.Honey HuNtlliiii fur Work.
WnHhtnston Post.
Money Is so plentiful that western bank!
aro employing solicitors to drum up bor
rowers. Yet occasionally somebody bobs
up to say that 16 to 1 Is not dead.
A Hluihtiy IlnKe-OfT.
Minneapolis Times.
Tho government must bo making quite
a llttlo pllo on its unredeemed revenuo
stamps. It would be no moro than fair
to let small holders trade theirs In tor
postage stamps.
A Grriit i'rolilrni,
J. Sterling Morton's Conservative.
The question now agitating tho soul ot tho
average, populist Is, "Shall wo ngaln press
down tho crown of nomination upon the
brow ot Dial) nnd onco moro crucify success
upon the croas ot silver?"
Another IlurnlnK Qiu-kIIoii.
Loulsvlltn Courier-Journal.
What? Tho proud and sovcrolgn Btate
of South Carolina can't go Into the grog
business without paying Internal revenuo
taxes lllto any other whisky seller? Are
wo vassals or aro we peers?
Sore Spot Out of SIkIK.
Saturday Evening Post,
Nowadays tho English critics who 'try
to prod Undo Sam manago to touch the
places that tickle Instead of those which
hurt. They should run across the pond and
get better acquainted with the prosperous
old gentleman's sore spots.
Whrn (limit lliirklr Tn,
Cleveland Lender.
If an effective combination of tho soft
coal Interests of tho United States can be
brought abcut, that monopoly will underlie
all other big Industrial trusts. It will
control the fuel which they must havo, In
vast quantites and at low prices. So huge
qorooratlons will be compelled to live on
lntlmato terras with one another nnd th
prospect for tho single government mo
nopoly which the socialists expect nnd de
sire will he brighter than ever.
Time i .Mo" Tlirm.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
There nro nor,- In tho world tblrly-ono
persons to the square mile. At the same
rate of Increase there will be 1.000 persons
to tho square niiie In tho year 2250, or an
aKgrefinto population In tho world of o2.
07,000,000. ThU would rIvc each person
In tho world nn nverage of two-thirds of nn
aero, taking tn mountain nnd arid land.
The world will then bo full of people.
I'nr Stiinll l'iivir, Thanks.
Hartford Cournnt.
Unci) Ram's own, homc-mndo little
"stamp act" Is now history. It was of
about ns much real consequence to this
very plethoric nntlon ns r mosquito bite
and to some citizens of n fretful tempera
ment It was Just about ns Irritating. It
disappears with tho disappearance of the
volunteer army. Can you make It seem
real to you that only thrco years ago this
summer thU country was nt war with a
European kingdom?
Wlrrlrss THestriilih)- In Operation.
Philadelphia Press.
Tho Fnrnllono Islands, lying about thirty
miles out nt sen from tho entrance tovihe
harbor of San Frnnelsco, offer nn admirable
opportunity for the establishment of a
system of wireless telegraphy for tho pro
tection of vessels approaching that fog
bound const. The secretary of the interior
has authorized the weather bureau to
erect the necessary stntlons for tho In
stallation of the wireless system and thcru
can bo no doubt that when It shall become
nperatlvo It will prove . b valuable safe
guard for llfo and property.
Hlomenta of I'nrt.v Siicccm.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
A political party, after nil Is said, Is
but an agency for the accomplishment of
certain things-which Its members consider
dcslrnblo. Unless It has somo prospect
of attaining thn ends lu view It will fail
to commnnd support. A party to bo suc
cessful must bo Intensely practical. H
must know Its own mind, must bo suro it
Is right nnd must understand what it may
attempt nnd whnt is beyond Its powers.
It must adopt the best mentis for the at
tainment of good ends. If thnt ho counted
expediency, as It la In the hlghost sense,
then expediency Is always a duty.
SIC1CNHSS AMO.VC VOM.'.VmKHS.
UfTcpt of the riillliiplite Ollninlo Upon
Soldier.
Chicago Itecord-Herald.
With the disbanding of the volunteer
aruiy comes tho Intimation that a very
large number of the soldiers have been
wrecked for llfo physically by their service
In the tropics. Undoubtedly that scrvlco
had its peculiar hardships, which wero duo
to tho climate, some hints of which aro
given in the reports of Charles II. Qreen
lcaf, chief surgeon In the Philippines. Wo
read, for example, the following summary,
which covers tho point In n general way:
"AH sickness In tho tropics produces nn
effect on tho general economy that docs
not follow slmllarstckness In tho teraperato
regions, tn that It saps vital forces which
are not restored by natural processes, and
thus each Illness possesses an Increased
Importance In destroying that which cannot
be regained without removal from the
country. Tho effect of Illness In the tropics
Is, therefore, cumulative each Illness, great
or small, adding to tho total until tho pa
tient becomes permanently disabled."
Colonel Greenleaf goos on to say that
malaria Is tho only disease from which
recovery may .borjoxpected by residence at
any ot the sanitary points in the islands.
Even In the case of this disease, however,
reinfection Is very common. Tuberculosis,
smallpox and typhoid are said to bo rapidly
fatal, rheumatism to be practically Incu
rable, and the report adds that though dys
entery and other Intestinal diseases aro fre
quently benefited by treatment and tho suf
ferers sent back to duty, a return to tho
sick bed with aggravated symptoms Is tho
rule and complete recovery a rare excep
tion. In our grent civil war the largest number
of deaths attributed to any one disease
were caused by chronic diarrhoea, and In
testinal disorders figured largely afterward
In tho claims for pensions. Evidently tho
men who nerved In tho Philippines will bo
heard from on tho same account.
rr.nso.vAi, notes.
The number of people who are satisfied
that home Is tho best place to spend hot
weather Is limited only by the number that
can't get away.
Alexander Campbell, tho Doston golfer,
has a "driver" of ancient pattern which
Is over 200 yearn old and was originally the
property ot tho carl ot Egllnton.
The Maine Historical society haB voted
to accept the Longfellow house, which had
been offered to It by Mrs. Anno Longfellow
Pierce, and has appointed a committee to
take charge1 ot the property.
M. Waldeck-Knusseau, the French pre
rolcr, has Just had all his pot dogs vac
clnatod to prevent them from catching tho
distemper. Ho says he Is convinced that
tho experiment will bo successful.
General Shaffer says In an Interview
npropos of his retirement on nceount of
ngo: "My duties have of late been easier,
but I am glad ot tho chanco for a rest
Thore Is no llfo which ages so rapidly as
tho military and I am glad that I have
borne It as well as I have."
Official returns published In London show
twonty-slx citizens of the United States who
havo forsworn their allegiance to their na
tive country and beeomo subjects of Oreat
Britain during the last year. All nro rich
men nnd are supposed to have been Inspired
by tholr deslro for social advancement.
M. Laberdcsque, who fought the recent
duel with Max Itcgls, is but 27 years old,
yot has hud a remarkably ndventurous ca
reer. Ho was born In Cuba, fought In sev
eral Central American revolutions and In
Algeria nnd has been n principal In forty
three duels with sword, pistol and yngha
tan, Governor Odell of Now York Is consid
ering tho advisability of making a por
sonal tour of the Erie canal this summer,
so as to be thoroughly posted when tho
project of enlargement comes up at the
next legislative sesilon. Tho governor doos
not wish to see tho canal nbandoned, but
In also opposed to enlargement as far ns
somo have suggested.
Colonel Thomas McGregor, Ninth cavalry,
who was placed on tho retired list on ac
count of age tho other day, Is a native cf
Scotland and enlisted In the United States
army as a private In 1858, rising to tho
rank of captain during the War of tho Re
bellion, Ho was brevettcd major for gal
lant services against the Indians at Santa
Marls, mountain, Arizona, In 1S73 and
reached his present rank In 1S98.
A correspondent of tho London Chronicle
who recently saw thnt head of the houso
of Houaparte, Prlnco Napoleon, as ho is
now called, In Brussels, describes hlra as a
very handsome man. Ho Is tall and well
made, tho upper part of the face being
astonishingly llko that of Napoleon I,
whereas the lower, with lis sweeping mus
tache, bears a strong resemblance to the
prince's grandfather, Victor Emmanuel II,
Prince Napoleon, who Is a student, speaks
English, Italian and German with remark
able fluency,
vai,i,i:v roitm: uf tod.vv.
t'rrM'rvlnir tin- I'niiiuiiN ('it in purlin ml
of the Hevnltitliiiinr)- Army,
Harper's Weekly.
Hecent surveys of tho revolutionary
campground have established to n cer
tainty tho location of the troopi belonging
to the thirteen states. The Valley l-'orgc
National Park association has carried on
this work, assisted by the Pennsylvania leg
islative cnmmUsloii of May, ISM. About
230 acres of land, Including two of the most
Important fortifications, havo been pur
chased by the commission. This property
of the state of Pennsylvania does not con
flict with thnt of tho Centennial and Me
morial Association of Valley Forgo, on
which Washington's headquarters are lo
cated. Under the conttol of the government
tho various Interests would be untiled for
the good of the entire campground, consti
tuting almost 1,500 acres. Th-- Vnl'ev forgo
National Pnrk association thoroughly ix
plnlned this purpose- during thnt conference
with the president.
The various headquarters of tho generals
commanding the continental troops remain
In excellent preservation. It were to re
iterate history to point out these tempo
rary homes of Oencrals Wayne. Weedon,
Huntingdon, Muhlcnborg; the headquarters
of Iafayette. Dp Kalb, Duportnll and Steu
ben. Tho position ot Krot nnd hi nrtOlory
could not havo been Improved upon.
While tho traditional burial ground Is
known to havo been on what Is si 111 the
property of tho Stephens', only a single
marked grave bears witness to the dpath
and destitution that prevailed In camp. The
gravo of John Waterman of Hhoilo Islnnd
has withstood tho ravagos of time. Since
tho present owners of the ground nro de
scendants of David Stephens, who here
tilled tho soil In the summer of 1777, per
sonal prldo has had much to do with the
preservation of tho mound. It Is expected
that Hhodo Islnnd will net hnnd'omrly
when, once the government Is In possession,
ench state will vlo with tho others In
tho erection of monuments to the departed
dead.
coxsiniui tiii: coal commims.
It la Xot Iilfe Thme llnlmr IlnjM 11 I
Ilnsy 1'iifthliiir lip the l'rlrr.
Iluffnlo Express.
Another rise In the price of nnthrnclto
coal of 10 cents a ton Is In line with tho
policy which, It was reported, was adopted
by tho so-called Coal trust several months
ago, Thcro was a rise f 10 cents In
Juno nnd thero will bo other rises until tho
60-cont tcductlon announced In April Is
mado up, Nor is there nnythlng to lndlcnto
that the prices In tho fall and winter
months will not bo still further Increased.
It Is reported In Now York that uonl deal
ers aro counting on securing a good deal ot
winter trade by this gradual process of
raising prices. They flguro thnt when per
sons get their annual supply In early and
tho bill paid, they will beeomo careless In
tho uso of coal and be obliged to buy moro
before the season ends.
Whatever tho protestations of tho coal
trust that anthracite coal cannot bo sold
cheaper nt a profit, the public cannot ho
fooled, This la tho season when coal
should be cheap and thero Is no reason
able excuse for advancing Its price. The
fact Is that the association or trust Is In
practical control of rnlneB and railroads
and may tlx Its prices about as It wishes.
Thero certnlnly Is no Important competl
tlon In this branch of tho coal business
which would regulate prices. A recent
computation mado In New York Indlcatod
that about H cf the ton prlco of anthrn
clto coal Is due entirely to lack ot com
pctltlvo railroads. Tho consolidation of tho
various anthracite companies and tho carry
Ing roads afforded excellent' opportunities
for the 'owners to show fair dealing by
giving the public a share in tho economies
effected. Instead prices remain as before,
with prospects of being higher than usual
In tho winter months.
Exactly tho same situation Is developing
In tho bituminous trade, only there It will
be much more difficult to build up a
monopoly, owing to the wide extent of
soft-coal dopostts. Tho plans as publlshod
contemplate tho combination of the fields
north of tho Ohio river and cast of tho
Mississippi. This, of course, Includes tho
greatest soft-coal fields thus far devolopod
In the United States, but there Is soft
coal In nearly every state west of tho
Mississippi and south ot the Ohio, -bo that
an absolute monopoly would he Impossible
Nevertheless, thero can be restriction
enough to add largely to the running ex
penses of plants using bituminous coal,
a iu:conn-imr.AKiN; vi:au.
nrnnoim JuMlf !nt Uncle Sum
ntowlnir III O it n Horn.
Dalttmoro American.
In
Figures for tho fiscal year ending Juno
30 have been made public, nnd Undo Sam
has all kinds of reasons for self-fellcltatlon
The year was a rocord-breakor In moro
ways than one. In a commercial way the
business transacted by us was enormous.
We sold abrond moro than $1,500,000,000
worth of our products, and our exports
woro vastly In excess of our Imports. Tho
trado balance In our favor will, when tho
amount Is definitely ascertained, bo several
hundreds of millions of dollars. In these
figures no account Is taken of our trade
with Porto lllco, Hawaii nnd the Philip
pines, all of which Is now classed as const-
wlso or domestic. That with tho Philip
pines nlono amounted to moro than $27.
000,000 for tho year, and was very profit
ablo.
Tho treasury figures of receipts, expendl
tures and bnlancc3 nro, however, tho most
gratifying, Tho report Just Issued shows
that during tho year our national revenue
amounted to $585,848,309. Agnln3t this
amount is charged a total expendituro of
509,flS3,310. This means that tho surplus
derived from the year's business Is $75,-
801,938, a sum not lightly to bo sneezed
nt. Compared with 1900, tho trcahury
statement shows thnt the customs revenues
Increased about $5,500,000, tho rocolpts from
Internal revenues $10,200,000 nnd the mis
cellaneous receipts Jumped up nearly $3,
000.000. Tho heaviest Increases In ex
penditures wero chargeable to tho civil nnd
miscellaneous war accounts, tho figures
bring $17,000,000 and $10,000,000 respectively,
These Increases wore, however, largely off
set by decreases of $1,500,000 In pension pay
ments nnd $8,000,000 In tho Interest charge
Tho whole stntomont Is most satisfactory
especially ns tho cash balance, aside from
the $150,000,000 reserve fund, amounts to
$176,000,000. Tho total cash to which Undo
Sam can now claim ownership nmounts to
$1.18t.8C8.0ll n very tidy sum ns sums go
among nations.
Tho best part of this statement lies In the
fact thnt It Ib tho harbinger of still bet
tor things to como. There U po reason
whatever to believe that the tldo of pros
perity now sweeping over tho country has
renched tho Hood. We arc still going ahead
with tho work of enriching ourselves, and,
unless something now ontlroly unforeseen
should supervone. this year will probably
break tho records established Inst year.
The customs revenues aro expected to con
tinue on tho Increase, and monsy will (low
In from other Bources. In consequence tho
roductlon In the stamp tax revenues, which
became effective on Monday, nnd which nro
expected to cost tho government about $10,
000,000, will In no way embarrass us. Taken
ns a whole, tho year Just ended was such a
glgnntlc success that the American eagle
may preen himself to his heart's content,
while the whole nation stands by and with
one accord applauds his performance
j .
.KIIITS AMI MIADK.H fl II..
lie nnd Incident In tlir 'Mlcm uf
the Anllllr."
Thcro was an clectlou recently In the
le of Plnea, off tho coast of Cub.-.', and a
port of what happened was (nought to
ew York by Colonel Hobert Holfe nf Hi.
Quartermaster's dnnartment. Ill Ktnrv I.
thus related by the llrooklyn Eagle:
Hie alcalde of the Isle of Plnea was i
rcwd nutltlclnn. On thn Inlnml th
slit
obc
iout 4.000 people and 100 wero to vote
the election. Tho peculiar Idea nf tbu
at
people of southern climate, ns, for In-
tnncc, Mexico, Is to continue their officials
oillro year after year by rc-elcctlou.
resident Diaz will bo re-elected until
les. and then some other slrnni- tn-in miv
como to tho front and continue in office.
tompinluts wero received by General
'ood from somo of the residents of the
lo of Pines tlml ttirt- fii.-irml (ln
for nlcnl(! would not bo conducted honestly.
o ho sent n representative to the place.
)n landing the American found thnt the
ilcnldo hnd a police forrn of t wnnlv-fiair
men, twelve of whom wero mounted. Tho
oiicemen went obout the town telling of
ho virtues ot the nlrnlde nnd sounding
Is praises In the ear of overv voter. Tim
100 Voters With well rnnvnr,1 l.v thn
tcatde's pollco and on tho day of olectlon
io felt confident that there would not b
vote cast against him. So tho alcalde
vent fishing. The representatives of Oen-
ral Wood relumed unit n.nnrlr.l ttio f?iM
The election Wnft n tirrfAr-tll Imnn.t nnn
Thero was simply no opposition. Tho al
calde of tho Isle of Pines thinks that It
is nig duty to place as many men ns pos
sible In otllclnl places to draw salaries and
so ho Is popular.
So ou seo the tipnnln .if Plllm hv n
hard lesson yet to learn. They will first
havo to go through tho experience of hav
ing local governments mado excessively
costly. Tlun the tnxpnycrs will come to
take an Interest In affairs and will seek an
economical administration of public mat
ers. That Is tho ono great benefit of local
lelf-governmcnt which Cuba hns yet to
cam. 1 understand, for liinlnnp,. Dint
thoro aro 100 officials In the tax olllce In
itavnna."
Reports from Inside sources In Cubn,
published by the Doston Transcript, show
that nishop Sbarrettl, formerly the auditor
ot the papal delegation nt Washington, but
consecrated bishop of Havana about n
year ngo, Is having close times with money
matters. He Is offering to real estate men
all manner of property for which there Is
any salo and doing so at n discount of
sixty-five cents on tho dollar. According
to tho concordat of 187S the Spanish gov
ernment paid to tho church In Cuba a sum
approximating $300,000 a year. American
occupation cut this off and Immediately
recourse was had to church coffers In
Spain and Italy. From these sources. It
Is unid, largo sums were borrowed. This
paper Is now coming due nnd Bishop Sbar
rettl Is being urged from nbroad to pay
up all ho can. Itecently ho offered to sell
a cemetery, to be turned Into building
sites. This and other property nre held sub
ject to n mortgage that cannot bo called,
ns the local expression Is, That Is, tho
holder cannot foreclose. Hence tho offer
of n 35 per cent discount hns been
disposed of by tho bishop, whose financial
problems aro at times desperate. Poor
success s making In training Cuba Cath
olics to support their rollglon by money
gifts after tho plan In use In tho United
States.
Americans have long enjoyed the dlstlnc
tlon throughout the world of being tho
most skillful ot all compounders of liquid
beverages, yet they have been compelled
to acknowledge that they do not know all
that is to bo learned In that line. Tho
dispensers of liquid refreshments In Cuba
havo been ablo to teach them a lesson or
two.
Our soldiers In Cuba were not long In
testifying their nppreclatlon of tho cooling
beverages peculiar to tho Island. Tho
Cubans aro temperate. Many of their most
popular drinks aro nonalcoholic. In time
many of them will probably become com
mon. Tho native Island rum and brandy
aro practically tho only Intoxicating
beverages used. Light wines are drunk,
but only with meals. The popular drinks.
however, aro tho "rofrecos," which are
long, soft nnd cooling. The moBt popular
Is tho "narnnjada," composed of slices of
orange, a little lime, seltzer, Ico and
sugar.
A popular variation consists of a stow of
cold fruits, containing sliced pine, mango,
orange, lime, pear, seltzer, Ico and sugar.
Accustomed to drinks of this nature tho
Cubans observe the whisky drinking of
tho Americans with disgust.
In the Interior of the Island tho popular
drink. Is the "cobadn," mado of sweetened
barley water slightly fermented. "Agraz,"
another drink consumed In large quantities,
Ib mado of tho Juice of unripe grapes,
sweetoncd with honey nnd diluted with
seltzer. Drinks slightly fermented nre used
In n groat variety of flavors. "Gorlpcnn."
which goes In this class, Is a pungent fer
mented mlxturo of pineapple rind sweet
ened with honey. "Yncamaya" Is n strong,
heavy cider used In comparatively small
quantities.
No list of Cuban drinks would bo com
plete without tho mention of tho "panlno."
This drink was ono of the first ndopted by
the American soldiers, It consists of
whites of eggs beaten with sugar, dried
r.nd served lu little enkes or rolls. Every
bakery shop In Cuba displays a pile of
those frothy little cakes. A glass of
"panlne" Is mado by putting ono or moro
of these cakes in a gloss of milk.
Tho best of the regular alcoholic drinks
mado In Cuba Is "Ilocnrdl" rum. It Is n
thin, palo, nmbor-colnrod liquor nnd Is
claimed to bo particularly adapted to warm
climates. It la drunk with neltzor nnd Is
said to leave no unpleasant after effects In
tho hottct weather.
A I'llOI'Uin' WITIIOI'T IIONOlt.
Chief I'm-t-oitHlfi- Moon- Conic In for
n ItniiNt,
Now York Sun.
No foolish utterance by any ofilelnl per
son In recent mouths has provoked one
tenth of tho oxnsporntlon nnd Just re
sentment which hnve followed Mr. Willis L.
Mooro's aslnlno prediction of Tuesday
ufternoon.
Mr. Mooro Is tho chief of tho weather
bureau, employed by tho government at n
salary of $1,600 a year. Ho Is tho executive
head of tho bureau, not tho principal fore
taster. Ho Is not porsonully eminent, so
far ns wo know, for attainments In
moteornloglenl science. Just at present he
Ib oit duty, on a vacation nt Illnghamton.
N. Y., hundreds of miles nway from
tho records and contemporary data upon
which tho weather bureau bases Its dally
official predictions, such aB thoy aro.
Yet Mr. Willis L. Mooro, oft duty at
Illnghamton, was reported as furnishing
tn the newspapers, when public excitement
nnd apprehension over tho protracted hot.
spoil wero at tholr height, this unofficial
bulletin:
"I think that the present hot weather
will continue for a lengthy porlod, probably
without a break for a month."
Mr. Moore was reported as sibling o
this tho sapient remark, by way of ex
planation: "Tho months of July and August are
noted for heat, so It Is Improbable that a
cool wave of any length can be developed
during those months."
It is not a case for good-natured jokes
about weather prophcry It Is n case
where thousands of frail lives, struggling
against conditions of olmost unprecedented
seerlty and danger, were sustained only
by tho hopo thnt springs eternal In tho
human breast. To kill that hope Is to dis
arm endurance. If Mr. Moore had really
kuown what ho was talking about his crlmo
would be similar to that of the physician
who should unnecessarily Inform a nervous
invalid, living on from day to day solely by
reason of the hope of tho Improvement to
morrow might bring, thnt ho could expect
no Improvement. Sometimes nn Intimation
of that kind from nn apparently authorl
latue source amounts to a sentence of lin
tiudialu death.
Now. if weather prediction were
science, which It Is not, and If Mr. Moore
nt llltighnniton were able to forecast tho
temperature of tho next thirty days with
unfailing accuracy, which he Is not able to
do, and If ho had known with aluolute cer
tolnty that there was to be no relief for
a month to come, which ho did not know
under those circumstances, we say, ho
would nevertheless deserve removal from
olllce for going outside of his official duties
to put forth such proclamation nt such
n time.
How inuth moro deserving of punish
motit when h.t lends tho weight of his offi
cial stntlun to n pernicious nnd llcutructlvo
announcement based on no surer ground
thnn Is nffordpil by his own Individual
pessimism nnd personal discomfort at the
moment!
Wo nrs a long way from tho days when
"Old Probabilities" oommnnded the con
fidence and affectionate esteem of tho
American people.
A.NOTimn ruti.sT ov thi'sts.
Projpofeil Co in til lit- of Producer of
llltlllllllllMI CohI.
Detroit Free Press.
There Is no reason to question the report
that the largo bituminous coal producers
of tho country nre nbout to combine. Tho
Information Is from a source that Is not
given to the organization of fnlso rumors,
ami tho proposed scheme Is In exact line
with tho policy of "Judicious co-opcrntlon"
exemplified In oil, sugar, steel, Iron nnd
railroad systems. Tho project may
bo discussed upon a safe assumption that
It Is going to bo carried out, No man can
tell Just what these gigantic moves In thn
world ot capital and business enterprise
nre going to lead to. No adeqtiato legal
Impediment to their establishment and
control within their respectlvo fields haa
yet been found. Such as havo been at
tempted failed to stand tho tests of tho
courts. Thero Is a division of sentiment
as to whether they should be checked and
whether they do not tend to tho good
rather than to tho Injury of tho mnsBes,
Tho fact that wo nre living In a profound
epoch of materialism has ceased to be In
dispute. New markets aro being sought by
coerclvo methods of ono kind or nnother.
Commercial expansion Is being made by
wnr. There Is even a disgusting nttempt
to ndjust the ethical Ideas of Christianity
to tho exercise of brutal force in countries
where tho love of freedom stubbornly re
sists tho encroachment ot n selfish nnd
mercllosB commercialism. The spirit that
will kill and destroy for tho establishment
of markets will bear watching In Its bold
efforts to control tho fields of production.
Those who face tho problem boldly recog
nize a danger beyond that which gives con
centrated capital tho control of prices,
leaving It to their tender mercies whnt the
masses must pay for what they consume.
It Is an essential part of the scheme that
they gain control of the raw material, re
ducing the cost to them becnuse of tho
enormous quantities In which thoy buy.
Thcro Is also a contention that they pro
pose to cheapen labor by 'the same exercise
of wealth and monopoly. Thin may not be
true at this time, though It is In harmony
with the general plnu and ns Justifiable as
charging our home peoplo more for what
thoy consume than foreigners havo to puy
for tho same commodities or that throttles
competition In the man who might have been
doing a comfortablo and prosperous busi
ness a generation ngo.
However magnanimous the Intentions ol
the combines In this direction, they are
creating a feeling of unrest and n danger
ous friction that they may yet find It diffi
cult to nllay. This was Illustrated In the
sudden Ftrtko among tho Iron and steel
workers. Thoy gathered tho Impression
that the trust proposed to destroy their
organization. Twenty years ago thoy
would have laughed at tho suggestion, be
cause there was not money enough In any
one Institution to destroy their sense of
security, nut now they were quick to tako
alarm. We do not bellevo that tho actual
occasion existed, but the tremendous power
of the combine Is realized and labor is on
the alert npalnst n surprise of being
whipped without the best fight thnt It can
put up. Thcso colossal monopolies arc mul
tiplying nnd ono of two things Is going to
happen, the alternative being trouble of ft
very serious nature. They will be good nnd
fair-dealing upon tholr own motion or tho
Inw will compel that attitude on their part
and rigidly enforco tho requirement. They
are driving nil but the favored few Into tho
rankn of tho employed and tho disparity la
numbers should beget the wisdom of Solo
mop rather than that of tho serpent.
LOOK PIiHANAXT, I'LKASK.
Brooklyn Life: Jnckson I henr your
baby wns kidnaped.
Carrie Yes, Tho kidnapers have offered
us $5,000 If we will take him buck, but w
nro holding out for moro.
Philadelphia Press: "Your conversation,
Mr. Hevvlman," said Miss Peppery, sup-pn-sslnu
n yawn, "remlndB mo of somo
champagne."
"Ah!" exclnlmed Hevvlmnn, much
pleaxed. "so sparkling ns that?"
No, but It's extrn dry."
Yonlters Statesman: "Is there nnv pines
n person can go to sec tho stars in the day
time?" asked tho girl who had recently
token up nrtronomy.
"Oh, yes," replied tho girl with the box
of cnrnmols; "vo to the matinee."
., i
Chicago Hecnrd-Hi'iald: "Children now
nduvs don't cntch lightning bugs an wn
used to."
"No: well, they do seem old-faRhloned
now that oxery tiling elso Is lighted by elec
tricity." Chicago Tribune: "It Is a great nlty your
liiiMband hns to ho iivnv from home so
much, but you nre not left entirely alone,
That'H one comfort. Wllhn 1m vetting to ho
quite n man, nnd grows more nnd more llko
bis fnther every day."
"Oh, yes. He goes about the hoiiR" with
his suspenders banning down nbout half the
time."
Doston Transcript: lluckner A doctor's
life Is a hard one; I think you'd hato It
uwfully.
Ur. Floyd- Oh, I don'i know. It has Its
rompetiHutloiiH. A doctor bulng out lit alt
hours, ho doesn't havo to strain his brain,
Inventing fairy stories, yon know,
COXTKXT.
I-'. L. Htunton In Atlanta Constitution.
All rnllln' at the weather from the moun
tains to tho hen;
Hut "Thank the lord." tiiiys John-ion, "It's
hot enou;b for me!
I dunno whnr we'd land nt cf twuz cold an
cold could bo!"
"Thank the I-ord," hayn Johnson, "It's hot
enough fer me!"
Tho sky Is cracked wide open by tho heat,
u-fnllln' free,
Hut "Thank the Ixird," soys Johnson, "It's
hot enough fer mo!
Jest think of tho hereaftor, where you'"
blnzo beyond degree!"
"Thnnk tho Iird," says Johnson, "It's hot.
enough fer mo!"
The cnipR nlr burnt to cinders wells dry
as dry kin be.
"Thank tho Lord," hays Johribon, "It's hot
enough fer mo!
Tho world might now b freeln,' with not
ono Mower to seo!"
"Thank the Iord," says Johnson, "lfg hot
enough fer me!"