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THE OMAHA DATTV BEE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, "1901.
The Omaha Daily Bee.
D. nOBEWATEtt, EDITOR.
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George B. Tzsehuck, secretary of The Bco
Publishing Company, being duty sworn,
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complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bco printed during
the month of September, lOwl. woh as fol
lows; J 2(1,1(15 10 28,7110
2 27,i:iO 17 UIMMKI
S 27,270 18 2t,:i80
4 27,150 19 2S.O0O
6 27, 1IO 20 SII.BMl
6 -It, tOO 21 27,070
7 -J7.7IO 22 IW.OIIO
S l,77r, 23 28,770
9 S,IHM 21 28,080
10 28.I.-.0 25 28,ri80
11 28,180 20 28,.HO
12 27,800 27 28,010
M.... -10,210 23 28,700
14 .15,7:10 1TJ 28,lt!t0
15 :i2,ll0 20 28,870
Total 0111,710
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Net dully average 110,010
GEO. B. TZSCHUCK,
Bubsorlbetl In my presenco and sworn to
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1W1. M. B. H UNGATE.
Notary Public
Who finld Interest In foot ball was
dying out?
(Jovornor Snvage'H tlrst Thanksgiving
proclamation will soon bo tine.
Front reports front the gridiron foot
ball seems to be degenerating luto n
kicking game oneo more.
The first day for the registration of
voters for the coming election Is next
Thursday, October 17. Mark It down on
your calendar.
That open air consumption cure can
bo regarded only with suspicion. It Is
too chonp for the discoverer to make
any prollt out of It.
General Prosperity Is sure to win an
other victory In Nebraska tills fall un
less General Apathy keeps Ills troops
from reinforcing hint.
An historical drama, woven about the
Schley naval hoard of Inquiry, may be
expected to make Its appearance on tho
theatrical boards In due time.
Tat Crowe wants It distinctly under
stood that he lias had nothing to do
with the kidnaping of Miss Stone. Kuoh
Imputations on ids reputation must be
resented.
Nobody has yet satisfactorily ex
plained that $17,000 Increase In the
county payroll slnco the management of
county nffalrs was taken over hy tho
present democratic majority of thu
county board.
TIip contribution brought by tho popu
lists to the local fusion comhlno docs not
6ceni to do properly appreciated by the
democrats. There Is au old Gcrmau
adage that you should not look n gift
horse in the mouth.
The life Insurance companies nre said
to have raised the rates ou Klug Kd
ward's risk to an almost prohlbltlvo
point. King Kdwnrd ought to retaliate
by persuading Parliament to ralso tho
taxes on the Insurance companies to
niako It tin offset.
Tho local tax rati! can be raised or
lowered ns much by the school board
and Hoard of County Commissioners as
it can be by the city council. Kvery
tnxpayor should keep this In mind when
called ou to make a choice for member
ship of those bodies.
It wns In accord with the eternal lit
ness of things for tho only democratic
wuinilior of tho school board who lives
in tho Ninth wurd to exert his personal
activity at tho Fourth ward republican
primaries hi tho Interest of the school
book trust man's ticket.
Omaha's school board deserves one
credit mark for endeavoring gnulually
to replace tho wooden sidewalks around
school buildings with permanent ma
terial. The scljool sites and buildings
should lie examples for the owners of
private premises to emulate.
At least one member of the executive
committee of the Commercial club feels
euro that no reorganization of the club In
nny shape or form Is needed at this
time. This only emphasizes the fact
that there are business Bourbons as well
as political Bourbons, who never learn
jiiul never forget.
Those all-wise Washington corn
vpoudeuts ought to commence right
ttwuy to give us President ltooovolt's
forthcoming message to eongress ou
tho Installment plan. The Washington
correspondents always know what tho
ptessage Is to contain before (lie presl
flent starts to work ou it.
In the last tlvevears the railroads en
tering Omaha have invested several mil
lion dollars In the Improvement of their
properties. Hut tho taxes paid to elty
Hiid county are absolutely less than they
woro five years nun. Is It any wonder
tho tax bunions upon other property
wuuro have ucurly doubled?
tuk scnooL'noAiiUTifKKT,
v The republicans of Omnlia hnvo nomi
nated live candidates for tho school
board to 1111 the places of members
whose terms expire next .lununry. With
ouo exception the candidates named are
men who have not held otllce In nny
capacity. They are nil, however, men
who hnvo been Identified with Omnha
nnd ate directly Interested in the olll-
clency of our public school system.
What Is most Important to the .tax-
paying citizens ofipmiilia is that they
stand on a platform that pledges them
to certain defined policies demanded by
public school patrons nnd friends of tho
public schools generally.
They are pledged to. do away with .tho
secret ballot, by wfrtrh chltals and im
blues have been able In the past to hldu
their work and shirk responsibility for
their acts. Tho secret ballot has no
place In representative bodies and should
long ago have been discarded by the
Hoard of Education.
The candidates stand pledged to a
more elllcleut and economic administra
tion of the affairs ,of the schools and
tin; maintenance and extension of the
civil service rules, under which teachers
and other employes iiyu protected
against summary dlschargo under frivo
lous pretexts.
Last, but not least, tho convention Jins
declared against the, pernicious. practice
too often' Indulged by board members,
of using tho inlluenco of their posi
tions to foist relatives on the school
pay roll who would not otherwise have
been chosen on their own merits.
This is a new departure that should
commend tho republican school board
ticket to tho support of voters of all
parties and all classes.
punrosu of the sua ah trust.
Thu Philadelphia I ! coord remarks that
there Is no mystery ns to the intent of
Hie Sugar trust's campaign against tho
bout sugar industry of the country. Thu
trust sees In the rapid development of
this industry a competitor which must
l)e destroyed if possible. Absolute con
trol of the American market is what
thu trust seeks and if Its warfaru on
tho beet sugar Industry should prove
successful, as the Itceord says, tho price
of every ounce of sugar that sweetens
tho poor man's tea would bu at thu ab
solute dictation of monopoly.
Tho purpose of the trust being per
fectly obvious, there can lie no doubt,
we think, that congress will refuse to
play luto Its hands by making such
tariff concessions ou Cuban raw sugar
as would operate to thu Injury and per
haps ultimately destroy thu domestic
iudustry. The bout sugar Interest will
doubtless bu nble to successfully com
bat tho kind of cnmiinigu thu trust Is
now making. It will not, It is safe to
say, bu driven out by such tactics. But
should the trust succeed In having Cu
ban sugar placed on the free list or thu
duty reduced to n mere nominal rate, tho
beet sugar industry would Inevitably be
destroyed and American consumers
would thou be completely at thu mercy
of a mouopoly which,, lias given abun
dant evidence of its greed and rapacity.
Some concession, It is probable, will be
made to Cuban sugar, but it must not
go to the extent of withdrawing from
tho doihestlc industry tho protection
that Is necessary to Its further develop
ment. There Is no doubt that with
proper encouragement the production of
beet sugar in thu United States will In
the near future supply the homo do
maud. It Is Inconceivable, therefore,
that u republican congress will do any
thing likely to destroy so Important and
promising au iudustry.
SOUTH AMEltlCAX THA DJ.
While the attention of American man
ufacturers and merchants is chiefly di
rected to the possibilities of future
commerce with the Orient, our trade
with the countries south of us continues
unsatisfactory, the efforts that have
been made to Improve it having been
far less fruitful than was reasonably
hoped for. This subject receives con
sideration In the monthly' summary of
commerce and finance just Issued by
the treasury bureau of statistics and thu
leading causes for tho slow progress of
our commerce with South America are
pointed out. It Is shown that while
the United States supplies tV' per cent
of the total Imports of British North
America, 40 per cent of those of Mexico
and IKi per cent of thosu of tho Central
American states, to the South American
countries fronting on tho Caribbean
sea, which Import goods to thu amount
of .ltl,(KK),(K)0 annually, we supply only
'. per cent, while to tho South Amer
ican countries fronting On tins 'Atlantic,
which Import annually goods to thu
value of 75,000,000, wu supply only 10
per cent. There Is a similar percentage
of the Imports of the countries fronting
on thu Pacllle, which amount annually
to soo.ooo.ooo.
The small share of the United States
in South Anierlenn trade Is not because
this country has tiot tho goods to sup
ply the market. The chief of the bu
reau points out that wo produce every
thing which the people of South America
want, as shown In the details of tho
Imports of the southern countries.
What, then, Is the explanation of our
slow progress In securing this trade?
In tho Ill's! place, says Chief Austin,
tho markets of Kuropo are practically
as near to South America as are thoso
of the United States. The distance to
tho great commercial cities of IJugland
ami t!er4iiany, the chief rivals of this
country, Is slightly' greater than to Now
York, which ought to give tills country
some advantage, but the physical advan
tage Ik not ImprovMl1 M' Austin notes
the important fact llu.t nearly all the
steamship Hues entering the ports of
South America are controlled by Ku
ropean capital and Kuropeaii Interests
and naturally they divert thu trade of
South American countries to their own
land. In order to-get our share of tho
South American trade It Is manifestly
necessary that thoro be steamship lines
running directly between our ports nnd
the South American ports. As to this
Mr. Austin says: "That closer, moro
fretpient and dlret steamship coinmunl
cation Is an Important factor fit obtain
lug the commerce of countries which
cniwho reached only by steamship. Hues
lis ovidcucud by thu moro ruuld growth
of our exports to the countries fronting
upon the Caribbean sen, with which
fairly satisfactory steamship connec
tions now exist," This will apply also
to the development of our Asiatic trade,
which will grow slowly If we do not
have steamship lines to compete for
business with those of our commercial
rivals.
Other reason for our slow progress
In gaining Soltth American trade are
lack of banking and business facilities
for direct Inter-conimunlcatlou with the
United States, neglect of American mer
chants to study the trade methods and
requirements of the southern countries
and the absence of direct solicitation of
trade In the language of the country
where business Is soticht. These are
obstacles which will be overcome In
time, but in tho meanwhile our commer
cial rivals are becoming more firmly
Intrenched. It Is well to give attention
to trade in the far east, but tho fact
should not be lost sight, of that there
Is a great market to the south which
ought to be carefully cultivated.
irii it siiom.n in: iu'Mwav.eo.
A member of a large Jobbing house
recently located In Omaha Is quoted as
saying with referenco to the proposed
Reorganization of tho Commercial club:
So far as I can soo tho club Is doing fill
right as It Is, but thoro Is ono thing I
would like to say and that Is that tho
newspapers of tho town scorn to opposo
overythlne thn club suggests. I do not
llkn to see this spirit; in fact, I do not
understand It.
This gentleman evidently labors under
a misapprehension of the situation. No
newspaper In Omaha has opposed the
Commercial club Indiscriminately in
everything It has suggested or at
tempted. On the contrary, tho club has
been commended whenever It has ac
complished anything worthy of com
mendation. Tho opposition to the poli
cies and methods of the club lias not
been Inspired by malice or Ill-feeling,
but by u desire to extend the sphere of
Its usefulness.
As originally organized, the scope of
the club was to be confined to the pro
motion of the commercial Interests of
Omaha, primarily by directing Its in
fluence In channels that would enlarge
its mercantile area and maintain and
improve its trade relations: second, to
counteract every effort made by rival
trade centers to check Omaha's growth
as u distributing center through dis
criminating railroad rales; third, to
stimulate and encourage the patronage
of home Industry and the Investment of
capital In Industrial concerns giving
steady employment to labor.
These objects are attainable only
through a compact, harmonious and
vigorous organization of tho merchants
and manufacturers who are directly In
terested In Omaha's commercial
supremacy and In a policy thnt would
avoid contention from subjects and
Issues entirely outside of thu scope of
tho club as a commercial body.
Instead of limiting Its membership to
those directly interested In tho main
tenance nnd extension of commerce, the
clui) has opened wide its doors to men
of all callings and men of no callings.
Instead of making Itself thoroughly In
dependent of the transportation inter
estswhich Its members have fre
quently to combat In order to secure
fair treatment for Oniahn the club has
made itself a mere annex to those In
terests and has thus handicapped Itself
In nny effort to obtain concessions to
which Omaha shippers are entitled.
Worst of nil, the club has, through
its promiscuous membership, opened
wide the door to Intrigue and influences
entirely subversive to Its original scopu
and purpose. It has inserted Its oar Into
local politics and local controversies
and through such Interference has
created antagonisms that have seriously
crippled its Inllueuce and usefulness.
And this is the ro.ek upon which it must
go to pieces unless It Is reorganized.
Nobody couteiids that members of
the club are to be ostracized from poli
tics or from participation in public dis
cussions affecting their Interests as
taxpayers or citizens. Hut men who
aspire to public oflice should not bu
allowed to use the Commercial club for
tho promotion of their ambitions nny
more than members of a benevolent or
charitable association or church organi
zation should be allo.ved to air their
political grievances or prod or attack
their political opponents under cloak of
benevolence or religion.
So long as tho Commercial club per
mits Itself to bu used ns a club In thu
hands of cunning politicians It cannot
hope to escapu criticism and disagree
able contention with the press.
Treasurer llerrlott and Governor
Shnw appear to have divergent views as
to whether the railroads of lowu aru
bearing their Just sharo of the statu
and local taxation. Mr. llerrlott takes
decided exception to tho idea that lown
railroads aro overtaxed. The net reve
nues of tho roads hnvo Increased won
derfully, but thu tax valuation his not
been changed materially. If the prop
erly of Uio lines in Iowa Is worth moro
on the market today than ever before,
why should It not bo worth moro nlso
on tho assessor's books? And what ap
plies to Iowa railroads applies equally
to Nebraska railroads.
An Anierlenn professor lias for tho
first time been Invited to occupy it
chair In the faculty of one of the Ger
man universities. American universi
ties have drawn freely upon Germany
for Instructors In the higher brunches,
but the tide seems to bo turning, at
least In certain departments of learning.
It Is only fair for us to reclprocato fa
vors now that as pupils we have pushed
past thi! tdd masters.
.Mr. Bryan makes aun'ouueemunt that
ho will spend two weeks In active cam
paigning in Nebraska for the fusion
state ticket. The fusion managers evi
dently realize' the big Job In front of
them and the necessity of calling tho
big guns Into play to make an Impres
sion on the entrenchments of repub
licanism. The possibility of tho absence of Kd
wnrd Hosewater from the stnto during
any part of the campaign seems to bo
giving the tmokesmeu of the new gouuty
mnchluu great nnxiety. Tho porslstent
nbsenco of Mr. Mcrcor, reputed to bo the
patron snlnt of tho new machine, not
only In this cnmpalgn, but In every
other where his own imtuedlntu tenure
of otlico Is not nt stnke, docs not disturb
them In the least.
A Klyliiff Wcdne.
Chicago Post.
Nebraska foot ball players havo tackled
tho railway "community of Interests" and
have downed It.
Duties of Cltlirnhli.
Minneapolis Journal.
It is not a good thing to mako politics a
business, but a great many moro good men
should mako It their business to take an uc
tlvo part in politics.
Ilnpr ItniiKS Dixit.
Washington Post.
It Is believed that Nikola Tcsla will so
euro tho contract for tho electrical work
when Now Orleans decides to erect nn
Illuminated statuo of Ben Butler.
Miirklnur Vi Dlvlilt-tuls.
Philadelphia Press.
Industrial dividends for tho currant year
have nlready amounted to J20O.O00.O0O. This
Is twlco tho stun distributed In dividends by
tho railroads of tho United States up to
two or tirce years ago.
WnslilnKton for Ofllca Only.
Kansas City Star.
Not a slnglo president Is burled at Wash
ington. It i significant that nono ot theso
men lies At the placo of his greatest po
litical triumph. With tho approach of death
earthly greatness fades and thoro comes a
longing for home. So Washington lies at
Mount Vernon, Jefferson at Montlccllo and
McKlntey at Canton.
Short Corn, lint Retail Prlcen.
Bcatrlco Express.
Many furracrs aro beginning to say that
they will havo more corn than thoy dared
to hopo for. Thoro aro many fields In the
vicinity of Beatrlco which will produce
two-thirds of a crop, and that much corn
will represent a far greater value than
would' a full crop In ordinary years. The
price of corn Is away up, and will probably
remain there, as there Is a scarcity
throughout the great corn producing states,
It 13 rather hard on tho consumer, but tho
farmers havo no reason to complain.
Ilf-rnc of I'rncc.
Philadelphia. Ledger.
Tho heroes of pence, aro quite 83 nu
merous and quite as heroic as thoso of
war. At least two Instances of great
heroism woro recorded In yesterday's nows.
At Mauch Chunk a party of railroad men
ventured Into a blazing freight wreck
and pulled out a car loaded with dynamlto,
and In New York firemen and policemen
wont Into tho hold of a burning vessel,
partly loaded with petroleum and carried
out 250 cases of gunpowder. Both woro
romarkablo exhibitions of that deliberate,
courogo which Is now popularly called
"nerve,"
lllg; l'ront on Four Acres.
Columbus Telegram.
Tho moat ardent advocate of Irrigation In
Nebraska would hardly claim moro extrava
gant returns from irrigated soil than tho
products derived this year by Olln Cox from
a four-acre garden patch on his placo two
and one-halt miles cast of Columbus. Tho
figures are more. remarkable than the state
ment. Tho record reads that Mr. Cox ob
talpcd from one and,a half acres of straw
berries $414 and from two and a half acres
of watermelons $373, a total ot $787 from
four acres of land, which would probably
havo been practically barren In a season
like tho last summer. The application of
fundamental arithmetic will determine tho
average returns to bo $196.75 per aero.
A ftrent StroUo of Enterprise.
Louisville Courier.
Tho Omaha World-IIcrnld sends out a
"magazine" as x supplement to Its Sunday
issue, tbo first Issuo appearing last Sunday.
It Is worked In colors and contains aotuo
very unicpte pictorial designs, but unlike
tho World-Herald In othor branches it Is
several months behind tho times. For In
stance, there In a sccno of a base ball
game that might havo been used with pro
priety In Juno. Its fashion plates are so
utalo that they would glvo ono a chill and
then under tho head of "Hints for IIouso
wlvca" Is shown a very useful and Inex
pensive device for stoning cherries. In an
other paragraph we find that "the season
for small fruit In hero" and n simple and
very useful instrument (at this season of
the year) is shown for hulling strawberries.
Tho colored illustrated supplement may bo
metropolitan, but the attempt of tho World
Herald in this lino docs not add to Us
reputation as an up-to-date newspaper.
No DmiKer from Filipino.
Manila American.
Tho Idea of an Invasion of Filipino labor
clthor Into Hawaii or tho United States
proper Is tho Bublhncst absurdity. Tho
idea that tho Filipino will work anywhore
can be engendered only In tho minds of
people who havo no conception whatever of
tho Filipino's characteristics and physical
capacity. The Filipino will not work. Their
own country will never bo doveloped unless
labor can ho brought from China or else
where to reclaim tho sugar lands, to seed
nnd gather homp and to foil nnd work up
the very valuable timber lands. The Fili
pino is uot a worker, as tho Americans hero
havo learned quit too often In road build
ing and on other public cntorprlsos. Havo
no fear of tho Filipino "laboring man."
Ho doesn't exist; ho Is a myth. In addition
to his disinclination to work tho Filipino
will not leave his home his family, his
fighting rocks, his lazy and happy-go-lucky
life. Few will consent to go from one
provlnco to unother, nnd It is very rnrely
that a Filipino woman can be induced to
leave her nattvo village, oven to nccompany
her husband.
Ili-fore Sliirllnir ll' Furnace.
Chicago Tribune.
People who llvo In furnaco-hented houses
may have noticed the prevalence of sup
posed colds, coughs and throat ailments
immediately after tho furnaco has been
started In tho fall. As a matter of fact
exports declare that theso epidemics aro
largely caused by tho dust nud gonna which
gather In tho registers and hot air pipes
during the summer nnd are blown out Into
tho air of tho housa when tho furnaco Is
stnrted. As a proventlvo it Is suggested
that not only tho registers but also tho hot
nlr pipes he thoroughly cleaned. This may
be dono first by removing tho registers nnd
giving them careful dusting nnd wiping.
Cleaning the pipes Is morn difficult, but
quite as necessary. It may bo dono by at
taching a bunch of feathers to a wlro and
pulling It through tho pipes. In addition to
the ordinary dust which Is certain to sottlo
In such places during tho summer months
thoro is nlso danger that it may become Im
pregnated with poisonous vapors from tho
cellar, which may bo released by the cur
rent of hot air rising from tho cellar. In
view of the large number of houses which
are Seated by furnaces the question of
properly cleaning the pipes may havo an
Important Influence on tho public health.
Tho question Is certainly one which de
serves tho attention of every householder
who wishes to avoid tho usual fall eptdemlo
j of bad coughs Ud golds
World's Wheat Crop,
Springfield (Mass.) Bcpubllcau.
Tho conclusion Is being reached In tho
wheat markets that tho year, tho world
over, has been one of fair avorago produc
tion. There havo been an unusual number
of damage scares paraded throughout the
summer, and affecting especially Germany,
Franco anil Kussla. And tho failure of the
United States corn and potato crops has
ma do certain an Increased per capita con
sumption of wheat In this country. Thus n
very strong position for tho wheat market
appeared to be assured, as well as a very
largo surplus for export at handsome prices.
Wo have tho largo wheat surplus. Thero
Is no question about that. And exports
havo so far during tho now crop year been
extraordinarily largo. But prices havo ruled
comparatively weak being about 68 cents
nt Chicago, against an average of nbout 74
cents a year ago, 72 cents two years ago, CG
cents throe years ago and 03 cents four
years ago. There can bo hut one explana
tion of theso lo.v prices, nnd that Is thnt
the reported heavy shortage.1) abroad do not
exist. The nftcr-harrst reports In Kuropo
all go to show that tho bad features there
have been exaggerated. Franco has raised
a crop of probably 600,000,000 bushels, this
being next to tho highest of llvo expert es
timates, but tho ono accepted us nenreet
right by tho Onzctte Comraorclalo and by
tho Bulletin des Holies. This Is closo to an
avcrago French crop and calls for tho Im
portation of not much more than from 10,
000,000 to 20,000,000 bushels. Tho German
harvest shows that tho damngo wrought by
a cold, wet spring was exaggerated. Official
Ilusslan estimates placo tho crop of that
country at 400,000.000 bushels, against 425,
000,000 bushels last year. Tho Austrian
I.ITTI.K HITS OF STATU POLITICS.
York Times (rep.): When you hear a
politician talking nbout "tmashlug tho ma
chlno" you can bet your toothbrush ho has
a little, weazen, half-llodgcd machine that
ho wants to act up In tho placo of tho big
one. Thero can bo no campaign without a
machltie, and tho talk about running poli
tics without organization and leaders Is
tommy-rot.
Norfolk Nows (rep.): If tho World-Herald
Is making all this talk about State
Treasurer Stnufcr ns an argument for tho
election of Conrad Hollcnbcck to tho su
preme bench It Is likely to meet with dis
appointment. Tho nvcrago voter will fall
to understand how tho election of a fusion
supreme Judge can Influence tho actions ot
tho stnto treasurer. Tho people aro nt
present concerned in tho selection of n
worthy man for the supremo Judgeship and
will cast their votes accordingly.
McCook Tribune (rep.): Thu American
Sugar Ueflnlng company is evidently aim
ing a Jealous, selfish blow nt tho American
Beet Sugar company aud tho west by mak
ing a ct;t of over 1 cent a pound on re
fined sugar, tho cut bolng In force only
In the section of country which produces
beet sugar thus disclosing tho animus of
their philanthropy. Nebraska and tho west
aro deeply concerned In tho culture of
sugar beets and tho increased pioductlon
of beet sugar, nnd nny effort to crush out
this promising enterprise should receive
prompt and ndequato attention by western
congressmen.
Hastings Tribune (rep.): Tho republican
of Nebraska canuot afford to lose interest
In tho present cnmpalgn Just because they
won such a glorious victory last fall. It Is
tho lack of Interest that causes a party to
loso votes in a campaign of this kind with
but a few names on the state ticket. It ii
Just ns Important now that every man
fuvorlng republicanism as practiced by Me
Klnley lend u helping hand as It was when
thoy voted for McKlulcy. If the repub
licans should loso strength In Nebraska
Bryanlsm will tnko on a now lease of llfo
and It will mako the battle much harder to
fight In 1001. The republican party standn
as a unit in Nebraska today nnd ns such
it should remain.
Fremont Tribune (rep.): Tho World
IIcrnld publishes a sensational story pur
porting to como from Joo Bartley. stating
that II. U. Goold, republican nominee! for
regent of tho university, has $1,000 of tho
money belonging to tho stnto nnd borrowed
of Hartley, treasurer, in 1893. and that this
constitutes n part of tho shortage for which
Hartley is now suffering Imprisonment. Tho
statement must ns yet be taken with sev
eral grains of allowance. It mny or it may
not be true. If the chargo ngalnst Mr.
Goold Is true then thero Is no alternative
but for the state central eommltteo to forn
him off tho ticket nnd fill the vacancy with
tho name of somo reputable citizen against
whom no scandalous charsn will lie. The
rank nnd file of tho rcpuhllcan party Is
terribly In earnest In its dcslro to rid thn
party of tho Bartley incubus. It Is In no
mood to trlflo with the serious buslnesn.
The temper of It was clearly shown nt tho
state convention with referenco to tho
Hartley parole. Tho sentiment that pro
vailed thero took shapo back in tho rural
precincts and nt tho town primaries whero
tho masses spoke. It did not grow out of
the fear of tho fow who mny havo been
Bartloy's beneficiaries that his liberty
would expose their collusion In crime. If
tho convention was duped by Goold ho
should be Instantly removed from tho ticket.
Any man who would allow himself to bo
placed liy his party, unwittingly, in such n
position that tho party would bo brought
into dlsrcputo through his skulduggery Is
not entitled to tho decent regard of honest
men.
IT.IISONAT. OTKS.
It is said that M. I.aborl, who dofended
Dreyfus, hns boon offered $150,000 to do
liver 100 lectures In this country.
Tho Vandcrbllts paid $818,000 In taxes
Into tho New York City treasury ono day
last week. William Wnldorf Astor wns a
good second with $377,000,
At tho Columbia university meeting to
receive President Low's resignation tho ex
ercises opened with tho hymn, "Fight the
Good Fight with All Thy Might."
Shooting holes In tho ceilings of irriga
tion Joints has becomo a stirring featuro
of carnival days In Kansas City. It ts dim
cult for tho old town to forego frontier
habits.
Tho political oil Inspectors of Chicago,
recently Indicted for pocketing tho foos of
their offices, havo been asked to pay Into
thn city treasury $103,693.20. Tho 20 cents
will bo dropped If the cash is tendered
promptly.
A "Harrison day" has been appointed for
all tho public schools In Indiana, whon
every teacher will be asked to contribute
10 cents and overy pupil fi cents to tho
fund for a monument to the memory of tho
lato ex-Presldcnt Harrison.
Mayor Bookwaltor of Indianapolis taken
hold of his now responsibilities with the
confidence nnd skill of a seasoned execu
tive. Tho fnct that Mr. Bookwnltcr ma
nipulated tho types on Tho Bco some
twenty yearB ago accounts In somo mensure
for his celerity In reaching a "phat take."
Samuel It. Callaway, president of the
American Locomotive company, was moro
than thirty years ago at the head of the
shorthand writers of this continent, Hn
kept up his practice, and today could Uke
a trick at. an Important assignment with
the best stenographers. He won his spur
nt this clerical work In tho offices of thn
Grand Trunk railway of Canada, and hlh
skill at pothooks and hangors had much
to 4v with bis subscu,uvut advsucomoaU
crop Is below that of last yc.tr, but the
Hungarlnu and Italian harvests aru larger
Altogether the Gazetto CommcrcUlo esti
mates tho world's wheat crop of 1001 nt
140,000.000 bushels hi excess of that of n
year ngo, nnd tho surpluses of exporting
countries aro reckoned as being 13,000.000
bushels larger than the deficiencies of Im
porting cotiutrlcs. Such a situation would
Inevitably muko for a sagging and heavy
wheat market, but It Is to bo noted that in
this estimate tho United States harvest Is
placed at clusu to 740,000,000 bushels, which
Is at least 00,000.000 bushels above the In
dications reported by the United States De
partment of Agriculture. If the depart
ment is right, then tho surplus of tho ox
porting countries falls below the require
ments ot the Importing countries, nnd we
should look for a stronger wheat market
than has prevailed.
Nevertheless, the Huropcan grain centers
plainly view tho situation with cntlro
equanimity. Thoro is no pressure of de
mand, and tho large exports of tho United
States move out rather In response to rulu
otisly low ocean grain rates and tho pres
sure of a very largo surplus at home, than
to strong bidding for wheat from tho Im
porting countries. It is thus evidently n
fairly normal wheat year for tho world as
a whole, In spito ot on unusual volumo of
crop scaros, and In tho naturnl order of
things this Is what was to havo been ex
pected. Naturo so far as known does not
work according to fixed rule In tho matter,
but it la raro that calamitously short har
vests aro Inflicted upon nny part of tho
world ns frequently as would bo tho casa
woro tho 1897 damage to European crops
to be repeated In 1001.
noirxn about jtnw youk.
F.tclilliKR of .Men nnil Kenli In tin
Bin: City.
Tho Brooklyn Rapid Transit company,
which operates tho trolley lines In that bor
ough, has acquired a reputation ns a killer
nnd maimer of people. In the enrllor yenrs
of eloctrlo motor Uio Brooklyn lino struck
a gait that was breath-taking. Pedestrlnnt
scnrcely dared cross a street, nnd ambu
lances were overworked In gathering up
victims of the trolley rush. The speed hns
modified somowhat since, but thoro Is vis
ible diminution of tho speed with which
tho company's prollts nro swnllowod up In
Judgments nnd claims for dnmnges. Last
year tho company paid $990,000 In settle
ment of damage suits nud Judgments. "It
Is a staggering statement," says tho Now
York Sun, "in view of the really few seri
ous accidents on tho great ystem of sur
face nnd elevated railroads operated by this
company, nnd yet it docs uot represent the
total loss to the company by litigation of
this character by almost $300,000. Tho ex
penses of thu claim department of tho rend,
to which nil damngo suits nro referred,
bring tho totnl up to nbout $1,250,000. This
claim department hns to keep a lnrgo stnff
of men who nro exports In tho collection of
ovldenco and dotectlvo work to bundle s
great many hundred greedy witnesses nnd
to pay tho fees of tho small army of law
yers mnklng up tho legal department of the
system, all of which oxponsoB with other
IteniB tco numerous to mention mako up
this tremendous totnl."
Now York Is going ahead with the laying
of asphalt, using tho block stono pavement
as a foundation for tho layer of aupbalt.
Tho (doner portions of Broadway nnd Sixth
avenuo nro now being treated In this man
ner, aud from nil outwnrd appearances It is
tho ono way In which asphalt should be laid
whero thero is trufllc in tho least degree
heavy. Tho work of preparing tho stono for
tho asphalt 1b uot an expensive undertaking
and It Is remarkablo the progress a gang of
men enn make in n day. Tho stones nro
taken up and nbout threo inches of tho
Inyer of gravel tnken out. Then the stones
nro rclald In n solid manner, tho Interstices
being tilled with fine gravel and sand, nnd
tho street rnnuned as n finishing touch.
Within a few dnys it Is In almost ns good
condition nH before being torn up, for tho
orlglnnl foundation of concrete has not been
touched and the llfo of It is In no degree
Impaired. After nbout a week's trafllu haB
gone over tho street It Is swept ns clean as
posBiblo of dirt nnd the spaces bctwocn
tho stones cleaned out to thu depth of nn
inch or more. Then tho nsphnlt-contcd
granite chips nro spread over thn block
stones and tho layer of asphalt laid. It is
rolled Just tho snmo. ns when laid on n con
crete foundation nud to the ordlnury ob
server tho pavement looks llko nny other
asphalt ono. Thn department of hlghwnys
hns found this method of treating streets
a good one. In tho first placo it gives tho
smooth nnd noiseless surfneo so much de
sired these dny3 whon an effort is being
made to got rid of street noises, nnd In tho
second thoro Is not tho llnblllty ot the
pavement getting full of holes. Tho stones
form a foundation not othorwlso obtain
able, aud nt tho samo time the stono for
which tho city originally paid a good fig
nro is not taken out by somo favored con
tractor and used for other city work for
which ho Is paid.
Iona Island la tho Hudson rlvor. and old
picnic ground for Now Yorkers, Is now a
powdor reserve. Tho llttlo island has re
cently token on a smart military nlr. Long
rows of severe looking buildings can bo
seen from tho old landing wharf, with
hero nnd thoro n low structure of brick and
Htouo, relieved by only nn occoslonnl win
dow, lonn island Is now thn chlof storing
place for ammunition owned by tho navy.
Practically all the shell houses nnd powdor
houses havo been completed, nnd tho com
prcssod nlr railway Is In good running or
der. Wherever It Is necessary to gonorato
power compressed air Is employed in ordor
to do nway with tho dungor of nn explosion
resulting from flying spnrks. Tho only Ir
ritating featuro about tho placo Is a neigh
bor by thn namo or Donovan, who owns a
small Island Just south of tho ono occupied
hy tho navy. Ho doos u grcnt amount ot
blasting, nnd seems to bo especially busy
nlong tho shore noxt to tho government
reservation. Thero In a strong suHplrloa
at tho department that Donovan Is doing
his best to compel the government to buy
him out, but thn department proposes to
cheek his llttlo game by getting an Injunc
tion out requiring him to stop blasting at
that particular spot.
"The thing that has Impressed mo most
during my two weeks' stay In tHls town,"
remarked n man from Cincinnati to a Nuw
York Sun reporter, "Is tho crooked faces
of New York people. By crooked, 1 mean
a faco whoso two sides aro not mat&B.
Itcally, tho man whose faco looks tho samo
on tho right and tho left side Is a rarity,
nnd when I run across ono I set him down
as a stranger In town.
"I supposo this facial peculiarity is moro
or less prevalent nvcrywhoro, for It is said
thnt thu people whose faces aro exactly
allko on lth sides nro fow, but In Now
York it Is unduly pronouueed. Women nro
afflicted as well ns thn men, nnd I havo root
scores of women who would be very pretty
wero It not for thnt Inevitable disarrange
ment of features that characterizes one
side o thn face,
"In the majority of coses It In the loft aide
that is out of whack, Kithor tho mouth Is
screwed up at cue corner or Mis nose tlpnj
to one side or the eye Is drawn up Into a
reprehensible squint. Sometimes all threo
of thoso Imperfections are combined m
ono face with a few other little contortions
thrown in for good measure. Actually I
havo met people here whoso faces hnd so
many different cxpreMlnno nccotdlng to the
point of view, that It was w Ith- illfllculty I
could persuado myself that the right side
wns nny blood relation to the left side
"I asked n physician for an fxplnnatlitn
of this disfigurement and hn assured mo
It was nil duo to high nervous tension, llo
also went on to say that ir my own stay
here should bp prolonged much beyond two
weeks I might ns well resign myself to
bidding good-by to my own mobile expres
sion, for n mobile expression Is not i-om-pallblo
with presuut urban condition!!
"To pick one's way through crowded
streets, looking seventeen wnys for Sunday
at one time lest ona's llfo bo forfeited at
tho noxt step ns tho prlco of negligence, Is
not, ho explained, conducive to a classlu
cast of couutcunttca. This la probably the
causo of Now York's myriads of crooked
faces, but It really does seem a great pity
that tho good looks of 4,000,000 of people
should bo offered up ns a saurlfico on the
ohrmu of public Improvements."
nniToittAi, i.noi'.s.
Chicago Chronlclo: It Is becoming moro
apparent that Bohley's victory nt Santiago
was as brilliant over his enemies In tho
American fleet as over tho enemy In tho
Spanish ships,
Chicago Tribune: Concerning that re
mnrk sutd to havo been made by Schley us
to tho Texas, It muy ho romombored that
Fnrrngut said substantially tho samo thlug
about tho torpedoes In .Mobile bay,
Washington Post! Lieutenant Dyson snvs
tho Brooklyn wns unprepared for bnttlo on
tho dny of tho Santiago fight. Wo shudder
to think of whnt would h.ivo happened to
tho Spaniards hail tho llngshtp not been
Incapacitated.
Baltlmoro American: If. iti the fnco of
tho evidence developed, Admiral Schley wns
a coward, as his enemies declare, tho na
tion nt largo would not object to tho whole
navy's bolng Inoculuted with his peculiar
brand of timidity.
Chicago Nows: Lieutenant Conimandor
Potts is suro that Schley was seared the
tlmo thoy went in to shoot nt tho Colon
nud nothing happened. Probably Schley had
Jut realized that nil lil ships wero miuuied
exclusively by nnvnl critics.
Indianapolis News: Commander Potts s.avs
that Schley was excited at Santiago. Whnt
a clear head Potts mtiBt havo kopt to mako
note of such a fact! Perhaps iho excite
ment was In tho oyo of him that saw. Per
haps ho wns walking up nnd down nnd
chewing toothpicks himself.
Chicago Post: Thn court of Inquiry has
developed tho stnrtllng fuel thnt Admlrnt
Schley wns oxcitod whilo ho wiis bombard
ing tho Colon. A wooden Indian from In
front of n cigar store might havo been
Impassive In such circumstances, but flesh
nnd blood wns bound to exhibit moro or
less enthusiasm. Wo can overlook eotclto
mcnt that produces such results as thoso
credited to tho Brooklyn.
Philadelphia Ilccord: Bear Admlrnl
Schley's ncttvo enroer in tho federal navv,
extending over nn ovcutful period of fortv
ono years, ended Wednesday, when hn
reached tho ago limit for compulsory rotlro
mont. Although 02 yenrs of nge. tho vet
eran sea llghtor Is still In excellent physi
cal trim, with many years of public Use
fulness In prospent. His record of honor
nblo service Is pnrt of tho republic's his
tory, known nnd read of all men. It would
be strnngo. Indeed, if a naval court of In
quiry should undortako ot tho eleventh hour
to reverso tho Judgment of "well done, good
nnd fnlthful servant," which the American
peopjo long since pronounced upon this die
tlnsulshed nnvnl oftlcor.
Toirciiiivn Tin; fiinnviioxf..
Philadelphia. Press: "Aftnr all. vou'll
anil tin mnn wlm utu-iivu i.,iiu Un ,..
the most successful In business."
"Mull! I Ihm'i In li ..in. . i, i.
Is bclloved in everything ho says."
Boston Transctlpt: .Mlstress-ilnry. vou
hnil a man in the kitchen lust evening.
Was bo n relative of youis or u friend?
Maid-Neither, lmirin: hn u-nu mii- l..o.
my husband.
Washington Star: Somo folk"," said
I UClO Ebon. "Is Mil fri'i, mi' mmipr,iiU
delr iidvlco dat dey iloesn' seem to hah no
commonsonso lef for delr own use."
.Smart Set: "I'm so worried about Brother
Henry, wild Oluni to imr inii- r
hoiio he'll roino out nil right."
How inntr WIIM lm u,.nt m. fno" ...I....1
!ui Hunker, sympathetically. ' '
Chlcnirn Trlhonn! Th,. r",.in..iT.-.. ..-I..
hnvo to preach one sermon nn Sunday,
uncle Mlcojah? 1 whould think your rou
gregutlon would luslHt on nn evening cor
inoii, too."
Pnrcon Mienjnh-I)nt' 'coz do coiig'gn
tloa hcz heern wo preach, Cunncl, un7 jo'
hain't. '
Phlladelohlrt Press- "Snv." ,.vrlnim.,.i tv,
old offender, when the "pmlu-rlnthcH man"
KMiviit'u nun nn me Biiiiiiiuer, i uion t tiava
no hand In that."
"No?" replied the "plnln-clothns mnn,"
as lie snapped tho brncolot on his wrist,
"but I waul you to buvo u hand In this."
iwiutuiiii i-usi; -ny no you spnnic or
him as IncoiiHlderato. ungallant and disap
pointing?" nsked her dearest frlnuil.
"I In deliberately and persistently re
frains from giving mo nil opportunity to re
fuso him," answered the sweet young thing.
Phtlmlclnhlu Press:
TossDid he really
actually made mo
propose to you?
Joss Yi-a. mid it
pniver.
'J ess Why so7
Jess Ho asked me If I "would caro to
share his lot," nud ho looked so funereal
I thought he referred to ono In a ceme
tery. Philadelphia Press: Bungle Jeuklni
seeuiH sore at mo about something.
MangleOf course. You nsked him if the
few Woman wasn't beginning to mako him
tired.
Bungle-Well?
Muugle Well, he's Just married his third
who after divorcing the oilier two.
Boston Trantvrrlpt: Harris If yoi know
lie was lying, why didn't you tell him so?
Buck What would have been the uso
He knew lie whs lying, fust enough, and
ho would not hnve fell so plensnnt toward
me ir I hnd let him know I know It, too.
Washington Star; "Whnt urn you going
to do with that vacant lot?"
Well," answered tho capitalist. "I did
think of putting up nn Immense ofllcn build
inrr. But if vngetnbles continue to go up In
prlco I shouldn't be surprised if I could de
rive moro revonuo from It by turning It
into a potato patch,"
I.OXO AGO.
Ifugono Ffeld.
I onco know all thu birds that enrnn
And nested In our orrhnrri trees:
For every (lower I had n namo
My friends wero woodehuck, tods nnd
bees;
I knew what thrived in yonder glent
What plants would soothe a. stone-brutacd
toe
Oh. 1 was very lrnrned then
But that was very long ago.
I know- tho snot upon thu hill
Whero tho eherkurborrlcn could fin found
I know thn ruslo-H near tbo mill .
Whero pickerel lay that weighed a pound)
I knew tho wood thn vory troo
Whuro lived tho poaching, naucy crow',
And nil tho woods and crows know mo
And that wruM very long ago. ,
And plnlnir for thn Joys of youth,
I tread the old familiar apot
Only to learn this solemn truth:
I havo forgotten, nm forgot.
Yet them's thlH youngster ut my kneo
Knows nil tho thlngM 1 used to know,
To think I oneo wns wlso :ih ho!
But that wiui very long ago,
I know 'tlH folly to romplutn
Of what so'nr tho fntea decree,
Yet were not -wishes all In vain,
I tell you what my wish would he:
I'd wlMh to b it boy ugatn.
Back with the friends I used to know
For A was, oh I so huppy then
But that was very long ul'J.