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THE OMAT1A DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, PEPTEMHE1? 27, 1JI01.
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STATEMENT OFCI iTcULATIOn!
State of Nebraska, Douglati County, ss.:
(Jforge IJ. Tzschuck, secretary of Tho Ilea
2'ubilshlng Company, being duly iworn,
tays that tho actual number ot full and
completo copies of Tho Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday lleo printed during
the month of August, isoi. Vas as follows:
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Net total sales 7HH.OU5
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before mo- this 31st dny of August, A. D.
XS01. M. 13, HUKOATB,
Notary l'ubllc.
Hopubllcnn primaries today.
Columbia Is still tin' pom of tho ocean.
Tho hank ilcjioslts of tho Xobrnskn
fanner keep rlht on mounting higher
and higher.
There Is only ono self-constituted,
felf-netlng and self-Iubrleatlng machine,
nuil Tom lllackburn Is It.
The lively Interest. In tho republican
county primaries mentis that Douglas
county republicans arc not resting on
their oars.
"For the welfare of the country and
tho good of the republican party," go
to the primary polls and vote-to reward
loyalty before disloyalty.
The British, athletes who came over
to compete with American collegians
t, were given a run for their money, but
their speed was not equal to overtak
ing It.
Nebraskn State university orntors nrc
to contest with Stanford's. When tho
fresh Nebrnska breeze Is set free on the
coast the white caps will roll with" un
wonted vigor.
Judge IJtitlle reports that his canvass
for the democratic supreme Judge nom
ination cost him only 'JO cents. Ills
chances looked about that size after the
Douglas county delegation threw him
down.
Now that the steel strike is ended the
leaders are iiuuiTollnir as to who is re
sponsible for the. failure. There Is never
any trouble In finding some one to own
up to kilting the deer, but responsibil
ity for the slaughter of tho calf is dif
ferent. Columbia college upperclasH men com
plain beeause they lmvo been forced
to promise, to cease hazing. It Is really
too bad a great university llko Colum
bia should thus seek' to doptive students
of this most essential part of a modern
college education.
KepubllcoiiH who- played turncoats
when the great battle of Nebraska was
on a year ago should go to the demo
crats for nominations If they have tho
ofllce-ltch now. They have stronger
claims upon democrats than they have
upon republicans.
Iron and steel manufacturers report
having ordqrs to keep tho mills busy
until well Into next season, even If no
more business Is offered. Every sign
points to the continuance of tho present
prosperity and that the dinner poll will
continue to be full.
Tresident Castro of Venezuela denies
that, he desires to consolidate his coun
try with Colombia and 'Ecuador Into
ono government, under himself as chief.
Ho doubtless realizes that ho has
trouble enough for ono man In retain
ing power In one country.
The South Omaha delegates to tho
republican convention aro said to
threaten a walkout If they do not get
their candidate for sheriff. Suppose tho
Omaha delegates should pursue tho
eatno policy In case one of their candi
dates failed to connect, what would
become of tho convention?
Prlneo Chun, the Chinese envoy who
camo to CJermany loaded with an otll
clal apology, has decided not to visit
tho United States enrouto home. In
view of the uncertolnty regarding tho
utablHty of his head when he reaches
home, Chun Is making a mlstako In not
first taking lu all the sights possible.
Czolgosz -has been sentenced to die
during the week commencing October
I!S. Without taking from the prisoner
n slnglo right which -Is his. under the
law, It is well thiit the trial has been
prompt and the execution of the verdict
equally so. If tho example ban any ter
rors to men of his class they will get
tko wholo lesson from this.
AS TO CIVIL SERVICE REFORM,
President Itooserelt has been promi
nently Identified with the cause of civil
service reform, having served as n mem
ber of the civil service commission, and
his well known views lu favor of the
reform have led to some speculation as
to what he may do to extend It, It be
ing generally assumed that the reform
will not be neglected under his admin
istration. The statement has been made
that the president Is strongly In favor
of n reform In the consular system and
of taking fourth-class postmasters out
of politics and also the examining sur
geons in pension cases. There nrc about
.',000 of tho latter throughout tho coun
try and one of the reforms that Com
missioner of Pensions Kvnns has fa
vored Is to Includo those surgeons under
the civil service law.
The course of the preceding adminis
tration In regard to the merit system
was subjected to no little criticism nnd
tho course of the present administration
will be wntched with great Interest by
tho friends of the reform, who are con
fident thot It will be advanced by Presi
dent Itoosevelt. Tho New York Times
remarks that no president bus over
taken up the ndmlnlstrntlon of the civil
service of the government with n clearer
conception of his obligations or n higher
standard for their discharge than .Mr.
Uoosevelt. His description of the merit
system, says that paper, nnd his state
ment of the Importance of npplylng it to
the service, arc those of n practicul and
successful administrator and nn equally
practical nnd successful iwlltlcinn and
party leader. "Hq has not merely
studied the system; ho has worked It.
He knows nil Its relations to public af
fairs and to party affairs Inti
mately and accurately. He has t-een
It tested and has tested It himself
In all possible ways nnd he cannot bo
seriously mistaken or misled regarding
It. Moreover, tho deepest feelings of
his nature respond to It. It Is, he de
clares, In Its essence ns democratic as
our common school system, for It simply
menus equal chances and fair play for
all."
There Is no qucs-tlon as to the hearty
and enrnest devotion of the president
to civil service reform and there Is
every reason to believe that so far as
he possesses the authority It will be
exercised lu extending nnd strengthen
ing the merit systum. The only qucs
tlon Is whether congress will enable
him to go as far as he may desire.
Meanwhile the civil service system, ns
shown by the Inst report of the com
mission, Is working well and there Is
steady Improvement lu Its operation.
There nre still irregularities, but they
grow less from year to year. During
the year ended June SO hist there were
more persons appointed to the classi
fied service ns a direct result of com
petitive examinations than in nny pre
vious year. The number of persons in
the classified service at the time of the
preparation of the commission's report
was about 00,000, whoso aggregate sal
aries approximated about $"0,000,1x10
per annum, while the unclassified posi
tions numbered slightly more than 300,
oou, composed chlelly of presidential
and fourth-class postmasters, whose ag
gregate salaries approximated JfUO.OOO,
000. it can at least.be confidently pre
dicted that there will be no backward,
step taken in regard to civil service re
form during the administration of Pres
ident Uoosevelt
SHAFFER CALLED TO ACCOUNT.
Organized labor throughout tho coun
try will be Interested lu the action of
Mr. Oompcrs and Mr. Mitchell, presi
dents respectively of the Amerlcau Fed
eration of Labor and tho United Mine
Workers of America, In calling upon
President Shuffer of the Amalgamated
Association of Steel Workers to sub
stantiate tho charges and Insinuations
made In his public statement explana
tory of the failure of tho strike of steel
workers. These were of such 11 nature
that Messrs. Oompers and Mitchell
could not have retained the respect and
confidence of the organizations of which
they nre tho heads, or Indeed of any
body of organized labor, If they had per
mitted the charges and Insinuation!) to
go unnoticed.
Mr. Shaffer has announced that he
will accept the challcugeiiiud doubtless
thu proposed committee of three will
be agreed upon wlthiu tho specified tlmo
and will promptly proceed with the In
vestigation, The result may bo Inter
esting and Instructive to the general
public as well as to organized labor. It
may disclose some things not appar
ent during the progress of tho strike that
will bo enlightening ns to tho methods
employed In connection with that contest
and ns to whether those responsible for
It pursued n fair nnd honorable course
toward the men who had entrusted
them with power. Iu the meantime It
may be remarked that the president of
the Amalgamated association will find
It dimcult to regain his lost prestige.
FOK REFORM JA' ABtf l'OKK.
The nnti-Tnmujany forces are about
ready to enter upon a vigorous cam
paign, with Seth Low ns their candidate
for mnyor of Now York, After n thor
ough canvass of popular sentiment op
posed to Tammany, by representatives
of the eighteen nntl-Taminany organiza
tions, Mr. Low was decided upon ns
tho most available candidate for the
mayornlty nnd he has announced that
bo will accept tho nomination. Four
years ago ho was tho Independent enn
dldato for mnyor and showed his pop
ular strength In receiving over 151,000
votes. Hnrl ho then been endorsed by
the republicans, ns ho now Is, ho would
have been elected. Mr. Low Is n man
of high character and proved nbtllty
nnd there is no doubt that ns mayor
ho would give New York nu efficient
nnd upright ndmlnlstrntlon, so far as
possible freeing that city from tho
venality, tho corruption nnd the abuses
that have prevailed under the preseut
Tammany administration.
There are not wanting Indications that
Tammany Is seriously troubled over
tho sltuntlon. There aro Internal dis
sensions In tho organization nnd a
strong tendency has been manifested to
revolt agalpst the leadership of Croker,
It Is said tho boss Is far more perplexed
now than he was when he returned
from L'uropo four yenrs ago to resume
his plate ns leader, for the problem
that then confronted him was less grnvo
than that with which he now has to
ileal, although similar In character.
Moreover, he has doubtless somewhat
weakened his hold upon the organiza
tion by his sojourn abroad. However,
Croker will undoubtedly continue to
be the lender of Tammany, because
there Is no one else so well qunllfied for
the leadership in the present exigency,
but he may have to accept some condi
tions that are distasteful to hini, par
ticularly In the matter of candidates.
It will be nn Interesting contest, with
the friends everywhere of sound, honest
nnd decent government enrncstly hop
ing for the success of tho nutl-Tatn-many
movement.
STRUCK THE KEV,OTE.
Tho most vital Issue concerning the
people of this city and county Is reduc
tion of taxes. The Ileal Estate ex
change has Mruek the keynote In Its de
mnnd for tux reform that will lighten
the burdens of property owners and
make Omaha real estate n salable com
modity in the market.
Tax reform can be accomplished In
only two ways: An Increase of revenue
and decrease of expenses.
Increase of revenue can bo brought
nbotit most effectively by more equita
ble assessment of property. The whole
sale exemption of corporate property
under various pretexts and tho discrim
ination between largo and small prop
erty owners lu the assessment has kept
tho grand assessment roll away below
what It should be. Tho failure to re
turn personal property for taxation has
also become nn Intolerable 11 bust; that
must bo checked.
On tho other hand, tho cost of local
government Is altogether excessive.
Nobody can stand up to defend tho reck
less waste of county funds and unbusi
nesslike management of county institu
tions. While there may be a few super
numeraries In the city hall and wastage
here and there In tho various city de
partments, the Increase of nearly .$17,000
a year lu the salary list of tho county
for 1000, as compared with five years
ago, Is as utterly Inexcusable as tho ex
penditure of over tfSO.OOO 11 yenr on
grading and bridging county roads or
the paying out more than $10,000 a year
for supervision of this work.
According to the estimate made by
Commissioner Ostrom most of the grad
ing this year has cost the taxpayers 7"
cents a yard, when It should have cost
no more than 11! cents n yard.
The county still pays -15 cents n day
for feeding Jail prisoners, while the city
Is paying only 1(1 cents u day for equally
substantial fare.
The surplus iu tho city treasury is
earning J per cent for tho taxpayers,
while the money lu tho county treasury
Is not bringing them 11 penny.
The demand for tnx reform will come
to nothing unless public sentiment en
forces more equitable assessments nnd
more holiest and economic disburse
ments of the money raised by 'taxation.
If Douglas county taxpayers will
study carefully the statistical exhibits
Thu Pec has been making of the opera
tion nnd expenses of tho different
branches of county government, they
will see the points where reform nnd
retrenchment must bo applied. These
reviews are based upon the otllclal
records; they aro made In nn entirely
unprejudiced and dispassionate man
ner; they show the exact facts as they
exist without discrimination between
departments under republican or demo
cratic olllcers. Tho story the figures
tell must be instructive to those who
have to pay the bills.
Whatever else may be short, tho
Oinalin crop of suckers is up to the
nvcrnge. It Is strange that people will
give up money to havo some 0110 tell
them where several times the amount
paid Is buried. As if a man witli sense
enough to come lu when It rains would
not dig It up himself without waiting
for a chance to put some, one elso in
possession of a good thing.
Tho decision of Judge Kstelle that the
county board cannot transfer money
from one fund to another fin political
grading may come In handy for thu
taxpayers If It can bo inndu to cover
other Illegal transfers of funds levied
for specific purposes. These transfers
aro always a source of oxtrnvnganco
and wastefulness.
ThUImk 11 I.iii-ki' Cuntrnrt,
Louisville Courler-Journni,
Tresident Itoosevelt Is going to bo an
unusually busy man It ho Is to uniertako
the suppression of tho amateur photo
graphers. So Cnuin for Wrry.
Washington Fost.
It Is unnecessary for tho English ed
itors to worry over President rtoosevelt.
Tho American peoplo aro tho most con
cerned In tho matter and thoy have already
expressed' their conlldcnco In their chief
oxccutlve and shown In thu most con
clusive manner that thoy havo no fears
concerning thn future of tho country. Justi
fication for this feeling has been liberally
supplied by tho words and acts of Presi
dent Uoosevelt,
filvo DulTiiln 11 IliniNt.
Chicago Tribune,
There Is no reason why peoplo who had
planned to visit tho exposition should not do
so. Certainly such a visit would mean no
disrespect to tho memory of President Mc
Klnloy, who has made tho exposition his
toric not only by his death, hut by the
grsat speech he delivered on tho day pre
vious to his assassination, and which in
the light of what has followed Its delivery
reads -like a great farewell address. From
every standpoint and In every way Huff a In
and Its exposition deserve tho support of
the people,
3 r 11 re III n for Stolen .Moiir;-,
Philadelphia Hecord,
The frauds In Savannah harbor work for
which Captain Carter Is now undergoing
Imprisonment at Fort Leavenworth netted
that Interesting Individual over $700,000.
He did not waste his stealings In riotous
living, but endeavored to invoat thera lu
some safe so that lf( tho mischance
of retribution should overtake him he
would have something to start nnew with
on emerging from a convict's pell, l'p to
the present tlma the (jovprnment officials
,wbo have been seeking to discover Car
ter's planted securities and Investments
havo fdund scarcely morn than ono-hnlf
of them. Tho audacity which robbed the
government openly was evidently supple
mented by a cunning that has balked every
effort of tho Department of Justice to re
cover tho plunder.
Mcliinnuol- .story of Fnlturr,
Chicago Chronicle.
Tresident Shaffer tells tho melancholy
story of the failure of the steel strlko and
explains how It happened. Oompcrs with
tho labor federation, .Mitchell with the coal
miners nnd Sargeant With tho railroad men
not only failed to call their men out on
n sympathetic strike, but failed to pay 1
cent for the support of tho strikers. Pub
lic opinion was against tho strike. The
strikers failed to mipport the strike, but
went off to other localities nnd Joined the
"strlke-bteakers" at nonunion mills, There
were other ronsons, but these were enough.
The fact that thousands of strikers went
to work in nonunion mills nt other places
Is evidence thnt tho strlko was unpopular
with the Amalgamated association as well
as with everybody else.
Prlmltl v,. lfMtlr 111 I kIi (fit.
Philadelphia Hecord.
It Is ono of the saddest commentaries
on our civilization that wherever It Is car
ried among aboriginal and primitive peo
ples It Is demoralizing and deadly. It Is
now roported that the Indian tribes of the
Yukon valley aro being swept away by
diseases which are tho direct result of
contact with tho gold-hunting pioneers who
havu overrun their .country. Tho natives
rnnnot withstand the Impact of our vices,
Half fed, unclean of habits and Ignorant
of nny meann of self-help or cure, they
perish by thousands, it would seem to be
the destiny of these slmpln roccs that, left
to themselves, havo been enabled to with
stand tho rigors of high northern latitudes
to perish utterly from tho faco of tho
earth.
Slnn of I'arty Tcmlriioli'M.
Boston Transcript.
Tho death nnd burial of President Mc
Klnloy nnd tho accession of President
Itoosevelt have ho absorbed public Inter
est and attention that political happenings
havo been but little noted. Yet two things
occurred that nt least aro notoworthy as
showing, if not party tendencies as a
whole, tendencies In localities. Thus the
democrats and popu'Hits of Nebraska, Mr.
Ilrynn's state, havo fined on a state ticket
and havo resolved that their hoarts are
"true to Toll," and that tho Kansas City
platform Is all right to bo tho platform
of democracy. Influenced by tho national
tragedy, they departed from tho traditions
of democracy so far as to recommend a
closer regulation of Immigration. As
marking a republlcau tendency. It may be
noted that the republicans of Iowa have
put reciprocity forward as the great plank
of their platform In tho campaign they
aro now carrying on and nro circulating
Tresident McKlnley's last speech as their
all-sufllclent literature.
SIlMIMAClin OFFICIAL 7.I3AL.
llj'Nterlrnl Aellvlty of IniiiilKi-ntlon
lunpi'Ctorn.
IioHton Globe.
The zeal of tho Immigration commission
ers In Now York Is nt white heat Just now.
The now regulations require Immigration
Inspectors to tako aflldavlts of natives, fill
out Identification hlanktt, nnd to seize tho
passports or naturalization certificates of
naturalized citizens, Tho papers seized are
held for verification; to be mailed to right
ful owners,
Some time ago Eugeno F. O'ltoiirke, pub
lisher of the. Unionist, was scut to Swansea,
Wales, as a uclegaio 01 me American f en
eration of Lnbor ,nHnp'penlng to return
when the zem or ine inspcctors was ni iuu
heat, bo was seized 'ilka n criminal, for ho
had forgotten to Jako hjs naturalization
papers with him, and was on tho point or
being sent back lis a auspicious person,
when ho was rescued by barely, proving his
Identity. Other pgreona who aro citizens
say they were treated scandnlously by tho
hot-headed Inspectors, and even their pass
ports and other papers taken from them
without warrant.
Whllo officialism' remains unduly excited
citizens of the United States whom poveTly
requires to return from Europo in tho steer
age will ho constrained to wonder whether
their citizenship Is not an embarrassment
rather than a help.
CltOOKKI) DOCTOItS IIOtl.VCKD.
I'iminIoii luxnniliiliiK Hoard Retired
from HiiMliirHn.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Discoveries made In tho course of tho
rcutlnn of tho pension bureau have con
strained Commissioner Evans to address a
letter to every board of examining surgeons
requiring tho cxcrclso of greater caro In
tho Investigation of tho physical condi
tion of claimants. Recently twenty appli
cants appeared on tho same day beforo a
certain board, which reported that each
applicant wns suffering from organic dls-
caso of tho heart. Tho coincidence was so
startling nnd tho nccurncy ot tho reports
so Improbable that tho commissioner cnused
a re-examlnatlon to bo tnndo by disinter
ested experts, nnd thoy found that nono of
tho applicants had heart dUcase. This
was no Isolntcd Instance of carelessness or
Ignorance on tho part of examining sur
geons. Special examinations disproved tho
reports In other cases. Commissioner Evans
dispensed with tho services of tho Incom
petent boards, and felt onngeu to issuo a
general circular advising examiners
throughout tho country 01 tne discoveries
that tho bureau had mado, and notifying
them that they would he expected to make
out caroful, conscientious nnd Intelligent
reports.
It Is not Improbable that tho delinquent
medical men discharged from tho ecrvlco
ami tho applicants, whoso claims havo been
disallowed bocauso they lacked pensionable
status, will Jolnsthe chorus(that Is malign
ing tho commissioner of pensions, falsoty
accusing him of hostility to worthy vet
oranfe, and demanding that ho shall be ro
moved from ofuco nnd tho bureau given Into
tho custody of one who will lavish pensions
upon the undeserving, as well a upon tho
desorving. It Is a fact that from tho tlmo
of tho Institution of tho ponslon bureau,
through tho terms of tho various commis
sioners, frauds and nttempts at deception
havo been uncovered, ond attornoys have
been disbarred for trying to cheat tho gov
ernment or to lmpoBo upon claimants. H l
a mathematical probability thnt, as a gen-
"erous and appreciative nation widens tho
avenues of Its bounty nnd opens tho doors
to additional pensioners, attempts at sharp
practice will Increase In no sense docs
this constltuto an Implication upon honest
applicant or reputablo attorneys. The
statement, however, should serve as a warn
ing to tho public not to bo deluded by the
specious accusations of 111 treatment and In
justice, which aro recklessly brought both
by persons. , who hOjVo been detected In frauds
ond others who find fault with the bureau,
because- It will not, as it cannot, make rules
and glvo Interpretations contrary to the
nets of congress. Commissioner Evans Is
himself a union veteran and a republican so
highly esteemed by his party os to hnve
polled tho next highest voto to Mr. Heart
for the vice presidency In the national con
ventlon of 1836. Ho Is second to nono In his
disposition and deslro to award Just and lib.
oral pensions to worthy vpteran soldiers and
tailors of the union, and public opinion, as
well as his intelligent comrades, sustains
hlrn In his conslderato and conscientious
course as bead ot the pension bureau.
A Model Trial
St. Fntil
For once nn American court has vindi
cated Its claim to promptness ns well as
fairness In meting out justice to a mur
derer, and because of this promptness Jus
tice Is doubly glorified. Thero was not a
day's unnecestnry delay in putting tho
assassin on trial after the dereao of tho
president hnd made murder the only defini
tion of Czolgosz's crime. Two days suillcrd
for securing n Jury nnd for the formal
presentation of evidence though such pres
entation wns practically unnecetsnry in
view of the criminal's confession tho only
possible defense that could havo been of
fered, Insanity, having been proved useless
by the preceding examinations of four dis
tinguished alienists, all of whom concurred
In pronouncing Czolgosz snno nnd Intelli
gent. His counsel, chosen by tho Buffalo
bar, with every desire to bo fair, would not
stoop to the subterfuge of offering that de
fense lu the face of cuch an array of ox
pert opinion with no motlvo but delay. Only
the formality of sentence Is yet to bo gone
through, after which the murderer will bo
placed In n cell at Auburn to await tho ex
piration of tho statutory Interval required
by New York law between sentence nnd
execution. Then tho electrical chnlr, nnd
Czolgosz will have gonn to his accounting
beforo tho tribunal of tho Almighty.
Tho contrast between this prompt, dig
nified and every way exemplary trial and
tho murder trial as ordinarily conducted
In too mnny of our courts, Is somefhlng
which reflects tho highest credit on every
one connected with tho Iluifnlo court.
Toko tho trial of (Julteau, for Instance,
The evldenco of his guilt wns Just ns
abundant nnd clear as in tho caso of Czol
I'HHSONAI, XOTES.
The hunting season in Malno Isn't open
yet; but a boy, mistaken for n deer, has
been killed down In Now Ilrunswick.
Congress Is expected to glvo Mrs. Mc
Klnloy a ponslon of $.i,000 a year, which
looks rather small for such a big country
as ours.
Tho author of "Ups nnd Downs of a
Young Mnrrlcd Man" has Just been di
vorced from his fourth wife nnd Is getting
ready to be mnrrlcd again.
Talk about American courage! All tho
warnings about thu Insecurity of tho Brook
lyn bridge only servo to Increnso the num
ber of peoplo who. pile themselves 011 It to
see If It will benr them.
Tho letter from tho emperor of China to
tho kaiser Is painted on a single piece of
yellow silk over four yards In length, nnd
Is beautifully Illuminated with dragons,
flowers nnd arabesques embroidered In silks
of mnny colors.
Mr. Gntes of the Wlro trust has n treach
erous memory. Ho forgot to dcclnro n lot
of diamonds ho hnd purchased while
abroad, but when his attention wns called
to them by the customs ofllclnls ho paid
about 127,000 In duties.
From New York stnto have come five of
tho twenty-flvo men who havo been presi
dent of tho United States Van Hureii, Fill
more, Arthur, Cleveland and Roosevelt. Of
the five three Fillmore, Arthur nnd Roose
velt were raised to tho presidency from tho
vlco presidency by tho death of tho presi
dent. I, Zangwill has written tho following let
ter as to tho derivation of tho word
"ghetto:" "I don't think nny qulto con
vincing etymology of 'ghetto' has been ad
duccd, though tho most likely connection Is t
with tne -.gnctto, or iron lounciry, in mo.
quarter of Venice to which the' Hebrews
wero nsslgncd In IMC. As this was the first
compulsory Hebrew quarter In Italy tho
others wero called by tho samo name."
Though Tresident Roosevelt 1b tho young
est chief magistrate this country has ever
had ho Is not so youthful as tho heads of
some other governments. Tho president is
43 years olctf but Emperor William will not
bo 42 until tho 27th of this month. Tho czar
of Russia Is only 31. Emmanuel II of Italy
will bo 33 this coming November. Wil-
helmlna of Holland was 21 yenrs old Inst
month nnd Alfonzo XIII or Spain, tno
young ot them all, wns only 15 Mny 17 last.
11 0 O S K V K I l" S All VA NTA C. K.
New Administration StnrtB I'nili-r
Fuvoriililf Aiinplt'e.
Buffalo Express.
Tresident Roosevelt's mother was a mem
ber ot an old South Carolina family which
had been prominent lu the nffalra of that
stato slnco before the. revolution. Tho fact
Is rofnrrcd to by him In "Tho Winning of
tho West," ns accounting for a grcnter
Interest In tho history of southern develop
ment and a closer sympathy with tho south
ern viewpoint than ho might otherwise
hnvo had. It is of aomo importance, now
thot ho Is liresldont, for It will doubtless
secure for him n greater mcasuro of popu
larity In the south than any president has
had slnco tho civil war. Tho placo of a
man's birth, or tho blrthplaco of his ances
tors, receives much moro attention In tho
south thon In the north. New York is
proud of tho fact that Roosovelt Is a
New Yorker, both by birth and residence,
but it Is probablo that ho would bo no
less popular hero If ho had beon born In
Florldn or Nnvadn. With our' migratory
babltB, wo have como tc Judgo men by
whnt they do rather than by their blrth
placo or ancestry. But sectional prldo Is
still strong In tho south nnd It would not
bo surprising It Roosevelt camo to bo
looked upon thero as moro of a southerner
thon any president since Jackson. Thoro
hnvo beon three southern presidents slnco
Jackson Tyler, Tnylor and Johnson but
oil wero moro or less fiercely rought by tho
dominant political elements In tho sourh.
Roosevelt might also have been so fought
If ho hod entered tho prcnldency by elec
tion, yet tho old fierce polltlcnl nnlmnal
ties havo been dying out In tho Bouth. Mc
Klnley's administration did much to re
move them. And Roosevelt will probably
appeal to tho south as a semi-southerner
quite as strongly as ho will bo opposed bo
causo of his republicanism. This will tend
to soften political opposition In congress
and to mako his work easier.
Whllo thus appenllng to tho south by his
nncestry, ho appenls no less strongly to tho
west, bccnime ho has lived so much In that
part of tho country nnd Is so fnmlllar with
Its llfo, Its peoplo nnd Its aspirations. Thor
ough New Yorker though ho Is, ho In moro
fnmlllor with the grent, struggling, am
bitious, energetic west, thn vigorous west
of the mountains and prairies, than nny
president hos beon slnco Lincoln, nt Icoat,
perhaps slnco tho older Harrison, or oven
Jackson. II Is no lees populnr In tho west
than In his own state. This will help fur
ther to mako his odmlnlstratlon easy.
Youngest of the presidents, ho Is farthest
removed from any sectional suspicions, Is
moro familiar with tho thought of all sec
tions, than any president slnco tho early
days of thn republic.
Having declared his purposo to continue
tha McKlnley policies and retained tho en
tire McKlnley cnhlnet, ho bus left little
ground for tbo hungry to expect a redistri
bution of tho spoils. Tho offices are prac
tically nil filled, ho hoe no pledges or obli
gations to fulfill and thoro can bo little ex
cuse, and certainly will bo little encourage
mcnt, for politicians to trouble hlrn with
claims for patronage,
All of these anil other considerations tend
to Justify strong hopes for tho Roosovelt
administration and for tho poaco and quiet
ot the country In general.
Tlonocr - Tress.
gosz. Yot n whnlo year, lacking only two
days, worn permitted to lapse between his
shooting of (iarfleld, July :', 1SS1, nnd his
expiation on the gallows Juno 30, 18s.'.
Ills counsel wero permitted to use every
quibble to delay and If possible defeat
Justice. And this example Is one of reallv
rapid work when compared with nuiner-
ous other murder trials. In Oregon, for
lnstnnce, a murderer was hanged only
Inst month for a crime committed eight
enrs ago committed, too, In the pres-
ence of numerous witnesses nnd with no
more oxemu than thnt for which f'zol-
f,osz is about to p.iy tho penalty. Yet, by
resorting to one technicality after another
In a preposterous legal code, tho lawyers
wero nble to carry tho case from term to
term nnd front court to court, when every
body knew that beforo tho law their client
had no defense and that ho should hnvo
been executed ns soon as tho briefest of
formalities could have been compiled with.
Tubllc sentiment will sustain every effort
mado ,by tho bar or bench to divest our
criminal Jurisprudence of tho fungoid
growth of technicalities which has been
permitted to so dlsllgure It ns to make
conviction nnd punishment well-nigh Im
possible If money can be found to procure
for the criminal a sufliclontlv able and
sulllclenlly conscienceless lawyer. The bar
of lluffAlo set ft splendid cxnmplo In the
measures taken to prevent tho Czolgosz
trial from being mado another occasion for
the Illustration of tho most prominent
defect In our Judicial system. What the
people want Is prompt nnd exact Justice In
every case nnd n. sweeping awny of all legal
sophistries nnd quibbles which stand la Its
way.
WASHISiltTON OOSSIl
Men nml KvriH )lmcriMt
nt tlir
.Viitloiuil Cniiltnl.
The renovation nnd alterations mado In
tho White Houso during tho summer vncu
tlon of tho presidential family resulted In
tho rcmovnl of many doorlocks, hinges nnd
other wornout nrtlclos. The death of Tresi
dent McKlnley gives these nrtlcles n mel
ancholy Interest and aro eagerly sought for
as souvenirs of tho oecupauy of tho White
House by Tresident nnd Mrs McKlnley.
Tho most conspicuous object recently dis
carded Is ft massive brass knob nnd lock
fotmerly attached to the great door of thn
Whlto House, opening the north rorch.
Shortly beforo .the funeral of Trc3ldent
McKinloy tho old door knob was replaced
by n masslvo gilt knob attnehed to a lock
of Improved design. It Is handsomer thnn
tha old one. but It Is not qulto so large nnd
was not manufactured to order. Tho knob
nnd shield nro gold plnted nnd cost,
with tho locks, $". Tho old knob boro on
Its faco .1 sprendengle, surrounded by thir
teen stars, representing the original states.
Nobody seems to know JiiBt how mnny years
it had been in use. nnd, although the unl
formed guards usually open tho door for
visitors, tho doorkeeper nsserts that this
doorknob has probably been grasped by
more distinguished hands than that of any
other portal In tho world.
Tho Iron hinges on tho door of tho cab
inet room, which havo turned to admit
Into tho presence of tho president, scores
of cabinet ministers and many thousands
of official visitors during half a century,
havo been removed. Brass hinges of tho
latest pattern havo replaced them. Tho
old hinges nre now in the possession of tho
venorablo Captnln .Charles Loolllcr, who has
uocn tbo president's doorkeeper for eight
or nno administrations, and since, through
his jCaJthful service In opening nnd closing
tho door during all these years, tho hinges
wero worn out, no ono will deny his right
to posacss. them. Ho will keep tho dis
carded hinges ns vnluablo relics and hand
them djwn to his children.
Ornco Reform Mission chapel, suddenly
brought Into prominence ns the "Presi
dent's church," Is located on Fifteenth
street, between Rhndo island nvenuo and
T street, nnd Is ono ot tho humblest houses
of worship In Washington. Its pastor Is
Rov. John N. Schick, U. D., a plain, con
scientious mnn, who Is tho best of pas
tors, but hardly a great preacher. Ills
sermon's nre simple, straightforward talks
to tho members of his congregation, who
nro neither, as a rule, rich nor aristo
cratic. Tho Blto tho congregation owns on Fif
teenth street Is n vnluablo one. The chapel
sits nt thn rear of a deep lot, leaving la
front an nmple spneo, on which It Is booed
sonio day a splendid church building will
bu erected. Now that It has becomo tho
president's church, that day will likely not
bo long delayed.
Thero aro now in Woshinglon nt lenst
two magnificent churches which owe their
building to tho fact that tho presldont of
the United States worshiped with thoir
congregations. The movement for tho erec
tion of tho Vermont Avenue Christian
church began when Oarflold was elected
to tho presidency, nnd tho magnificent
Trosbytcrlnn Church of tho Covennnt, nn
Connecticut nvenuo was erected for Tresi
dent Harrison. Tho llrst Vormont Avenue
Christian church was fully as obscuro and
unpretentious as tho church which Presi
dent Roosevcjt will attend, It was a dingy
llttlo wooden structure, In which Rev.
Frederick U. Tower, whoso name later bo
camo almost n household word In America,
preached to a handful of people, mainly
from tho humbler walks of lire. The church
was so very obscuro that onco when a
burglar brnko Into it nnd stnlo thn pulpit
blblo tho Washington papers announced
that the "little colored church on Vermont
avenue" had been robbed. When Garfield
was elected president a movement wns at
The Heaviest
T T . T
ttair on necon
Absalom's. Every 'year he
polled his head, and the weight
of his hair was 6 1-6 pounds.
We can't promise;, you any
such hair as this; yet you know
the familiar saying, '
"Ayer's HairxVigorlmakes
the hair grow."
It also stops falling of the
hair, and restores color to gray
hair, all the dark, rich color.
" My hair was coming out very badly and was turning
gray. Two bottles of Ayer's Hair Vigor Mopped tho
falling and completely restored the color."
Mrs. M. V, Cray, North Salem, Mass.
11.00. All druiliti. J. C. AVER CO., Lowell, Mtis.
1 "-itiirwtwni KriiMMtmriin-ir iri
onco started for the ofetln .
pretentious building awl the p;.
ture wns completed n a men
dead niealdcnt.
Tho pastor nnd connrt(Nitle'
Reformed mission havo bfen v
saving for years for ttw build 1 w,
church, but the tusk has been
painful one. Now that It ha--. 1m
"stato ihurch," ns lsltors frmn
In tho habit of referring to tie- . h
j president attends, money will 1 1
into tho coffers of the ronRi i g.i' 1,
deal more readily than In the pi 1
The oongregntlon of (Jraon Kn. 1
slon was organized In 178 nnd 1
, tlon of the present chapel wn
, n 1SSI, bilng completed the fell
, It Is n tiny affair of red lie ,
' seating capacity Is very small. !
tho pastor, Is a native of Vlrgliu 1
admitted to the Reformed inlnisti
tor of a century ago. Ileforn ce
Washington ho wns tho pastor 01' .1
church at Tlilln, 0.
By keeping everlastingly nt 1! tho
pnrtmeat of Justice stands a .gond 1 j
of recovering ft portion of thi moi.' t
tain Cnrter stole from thy Kirnm nt wl 1
stationed nt Snwinnnh, Or Two n.. ,
thousand dollars iu cash and real r
valued at many thourHiidH of doll.',, Ii
by relatives of tho former eupi m.. b
been seized by tho government f-i u
worth fcovernl hundred thouMiiid 1. 1
discovered hidden lu Chicago, nro c,
point of being co'nflscntcd. The di',iart
Is not certain that It will recover thi f
tiro amount embezjiled JLMOii.Huu L. 1
has clows which may estnbllsh wh ro in
money was placed bofqro datcctlcu 1. 1
nnd these will bo sharply followed I.
cause of Its deslro to get possession of .
much of the money stolen by Carter ns 1
slide, tho Department of Just'co has be 1
reticent regarding tho steps It hits taken
About $200,000 has Just been soiled a
Huntington, W. Va. This money, it np
pears, was lu n safe deposit ,iult l'l tho
nntnn of n brother of tin fortm 1 uigituvr
ofllcer. To this brother Cartrr tin ) Iran
ferrnd securities, nnd nt a ennui. mo
ment they wero disposed of In N n Yr.
gold notes being accepted in ix liit''
Tbeso notes were plneed In a safe d .
vault at Huntington. Learning thu ,c
nbouts of the money, the. Department. '
Justice secured n Judicial order, uiiuci
which the seizure, occurred.
The real estato confiscated l.i situated
New York City nnd Orango, N. J 1' w
originally purchased by Carter nnl tr q
ferred to his uncle. Tho same sdn t 1
to obtain possession of the monev nt II t
lugton wero pursued with respect h
real estnte. Tho securities held In "M 1.
ore In the namo of another of Carter' rf
tlvcs. It Is not believed there will I v.- an
dllllculty lu tho way of Its. confls , 1 U :
K.MIl.lNC UUMAIIICN.
Thlladclphln T'ross: Host How do you
like thnt whlBky?
nibbles It's like a funny story.
Host Worth repeating, eh?
Blbblcs-Moro than that It's too k.khI 'o
keep.
Washington Star: "Dp hypocni ' 1
Fnclo Eben, "sometimes suU'ors br
dat folks takes htm hciioim at
tlmo an' shet hlin out'n all do fir .
L-ltemunt."
Baltimore American: Mrs. AVvin-i.
makes you think that man nt the
tnlilo Is n muitl-inllllonalrt?
.Mr. Wonder Why, my.dcnr. (.
notice that ho had throo order .
potatoes? ,
t
New York Times: Anxious Imp 1 r H v
do you pronounce "tablo diiot' " .h
Ills Friend I pronounce It v. r 1 "1
less tbo placo happens to' have 1 1 4
carte bill of faro on tho side.
Brooklyn Kngln: Tenelnpo- J -!ino"M n t
think Miss Hnlrplii could get iny ne
,plny golf with her
UoiiHiiince remaps 'in1 'tiftn nun to pity
with her becauso no Is so dent
Cblcngo Tribune: "lilt bents nH."
claimed t'nclo l-'pli'm. "how do slot n 1
chine business Ik a-growin". After ow'lo
you'll tie drnppln' n penny In do fdo t -gottln'
religion."
Cleveland Tlnin Dealer: "I notirp Mm
riormnn authorities have jailed n,.i' ri"
of bankers. "
"What for?"
"From five to twenty years. I believe
Thlhidelpblo Tress: She Of rnUr-e
know Hint I'm singing nt your ehur h
Hp Nn; 1 didn't know It.
She That's funny. I thought r.nr
told yon I lind Joined the choir th- re
lle-Oh! Sho did toll mo U1.1t
Brooklyn Eagle: Mrs. Hnwbnnr
thought you snld It would lie 11 1
to remove Mr. Longgfecn's npprn.i
Dr. Sawbones But I need to buy
mobile.
AN 111YI, OF TH1J FAUU.
Leslie's Weekly.
Upon the well worn bench they Hit
I'umlndful of who pusses;
Around them sparrows chirp nr i "
Among tho leaves and grassi
Along the path thnt skirts their
Tin' babies tnko their airing
And rpfuget.s from dusty ntrn'f
Stroll chatting, Jostlng, sturlnrr
Fond lovers they within his nrm
She hnstlcH ull securely,
IIo holds her fnst from stress a-1. '
She yields to him demurely.
What mntters glbo or sneer? Hnfi b
Ot perfect blue nio o'er them.
And seen through mm another's ces
Thn vlHta opes beforo tin ill.
No doubt her gown Is cheap; perf'
Her lint 110 French creation;
But naught Is lacking to his glnnra
Of tender adoration.
And If th' hand that covers her:
Is calloused, brown', glgnntle.
Her pulse beneath Its presxuro St1'-
With thrill no less romunlir.
Some urchin scoff; Hume sparrows
A robin carols sweetly:
uff
A couple turns to look nnd nugh,
A iuirioiiiiild hmiH('m nihil - i!
And I. In notlnir the pmbmci-,
A slgti would vulnly stn .thtr
For, lo, defying time nml pi.
Two hearts have found cucli othe
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