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THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt THUT1SDAY, OCTOBETl 2-1, 1901.
The Omaha Daily Bee.
C. HOSKU'ATKR, EDITOR-
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STATEMENT OF CiilCULATION.
Stnto of Nebraska, Douglas County, 83.:
llenrgo II. Tzschuck, secretary ot The Boo
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
tar that tho ncttial number ut full and
complete coplca of Tho Dally. Morning. J
evening nnu nunuay lice pnnicu uurinn
tho month of .September, VM, was as fol
lows: 1 20,1MB
2 ai.-tno
3 27,270
4 27,ir.O
6 ,...27, no
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7 47,710
S 31,77(5
9 a$,MH
10 'M, ICO
11 M.lhit
12 27,MtK)
13 IO.SMO
u 45,7:10
15 32,1110
16 38,7110
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21 .UT.OTO
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23.' '.llrf,770
; 2N.IIHO
-.S US.BSO
26 US.BIO
27 2N.OIO
28 S,700
1-J UH.IKtO
30 ..28,870
Total ,.. 0.11,710
Less unsold and returned copies.... ia,.HT
Net total sales .niu.nns
Net dally average H0.040
, GEO. B. TZSCHUCK,
Subscribed In my praenro and sworn to
beforo mo this 30th day of September. A. D.
1M1. M. H. HUNQATB,
Notary Public.
Will four pulillc-Hjilrltcd citizens with
55,000 nploco for the auditorium fund
'plonse stop to tho front?
Nebraska voters who appreciate tho
benellcent effects of republican policies
are not likely to allow themselves to bo
sidetracked by side Issues.
The Connecticut crop of college de
grees this year will be a record-breaker,
hut great universities do not have bi
centennial celebrations every doy.
Tf you hoyc not already registered for
the coming election mako an appoint
ment with tho registrars of your voting
district for Friday next nnd mako sure
to keep the appointment.
Periodic spasms on Irrigation are of no
1'iactlcnl value except as an Index of
tho work done by paid promoters. Irri
gation reservoirs nnd Irrigation ditches
cannot Iks Jtuilt by resolution.
, One of tho largest felt wnnts of
Omaha Is n market house centrally lo
cated and constructed on modern lines.
The change of market place from onu
open street to another open street Is of
comparatively llttlo consequence to tho
general public.
The Congregational missionary society
reports 111 converts In Chlua during tho
past year as the result of the society's
labors. With such results out of n
total population of '100,000,000, It re
quires sublime courage to keep nt the
work.
Dos Moines prenchers who complained
of tho policemen of that city for not
suppressing lawlessness nud crime were
promptly tendered positions on the po
lice roreo 0y the mayor. No way of
disposing of a four-card flush is so ef
fective as to call It.
Hooker T. Washington declines' to bo
Interviewed ou tho subject of his recent
dinner with the president. Other peo-
plo have said so much about It thnt
he doubtless thinks It would be useless
to attempt to add anything to current
knowledge of tho subject.
An express messenger out In Oregon,
In combination with a shotguu lu n
stato of actlvo eruption, has stood off n
wholo band of train robbers. While
he saved his valuable cargo, ho Is still
ono lap behind the Omaha messenger
who added a dead robber to his score.
Tho local popocratic organ nppcnls to
tiio oierB to mrow ore machine rule by
votlug tho democratic ticket and sub-
muting 10 uio yoiie or tho democratic
inuehlne. Tho tnsto the people of Omaha
nnu uougias county hnve had of the
methods of tho democratic mnehlno bus
not cultivated nn appetite for more.
August 11. Honiiliigs has been city
treasurer of Outturn for eighteen months.
During that period he has turned over
to tho credit of tho city moro than
$10,000 of Interest on public funds. Fred
Llsasser has been county treasurer
twnty-ono months, but during all that
time ho hns not turned over ono penny
of Interest ou county funds.
Hcrenftcr ouly poetic license will al
low the mention of tho "white-tented
Held," lu speaking of tho United States
army. Tho tents, like tropical uni
forms, aro to be made of khaki. Mod
crn orunnneo has already taken most
of the poetry out of warfare and now
tho utllltnrlan has knocked over this
last remnant. Truly, poetic genius hns
struck hard Hues lu this practical, mod
crn world.
Adnjirul O'Neill of the naval ordnance
huretiu gives nssuranco that tho guns
mnde for. the Amerlcnn navy are the
equal In jniwer of any In the world. If
not a littlu better. This country hns
never been behind In ships, men or guus
when tho v test came, aud In tho present
stato of development of American In
ventive, and constructive genius no
rcufion exists why the United States
thould not stay in the front rank,
COXrEREXCE Or THE REPUBLICS.
Tho conference of the American re
publics nt the City of Mexico tuny not
have nil the pntctlcnl results hoped for,
but tlint Home Root! will come of It 1m
not to be doubted. Although little tuts
been nttnlued of wlint wmr sought to be
ucconipllshed through the tliHt confer
ence, held eleven years ngo, still Its
labors, ns wn siild by the Mexican
minister of foreign relntlonx, have not
been lost to the world.- As be pointed
out. some progress bits been uilide as
the result of that llrst meeting of rep
resentatives of American republics and
It Is a reasonable expectation that the
deliberations of the present meeting will
have larger results and lead to greater
advancement.
Tho present conference Is as repre
sentative as the Hist one and It should
have a clearer and better understand
ing of thu matters which are to receive
consideration, most of which have been
largely discussed since the llrst confer
ence. The preservation of peace be
tween the republic, the recognition of
tho prluclplu of arbitration for the set
tlement of differences, the adoption of
economic policies with a view to mutual
benelit and a common understanding
for protection agaltlst foreign aggres
sionthese are matters which the con
ference should be able to promote. If
American Ideas are to continue to dom
inate tho western hemisphere, If there
nrq to be perpetuated In this portion of
the world American principles, tho re
publics must stand together, maintain
ing friendly relutious, cultivating close
commercial intercourse and presenting
to the world a solid front for tho pres
ervation and tho advancement of Ameri
can principles nud Inllucuce.
The United States has a large Interest
lu this conference. It may mean a
great deal respecting our future rela
tions with tho sister republics. Not
withstanding the abundant evidence
they havo of the friendship of this
country, lu spite of the repented and
earnest assurance glv'cu of our desire
for their progress and prosperity, there
Is much distrust' of tho United States
among South Americans. They doubt
tho Hluccrlly of our expressions of
friendship and some of them believe
that we contemplate expansion south
ward
The United States delegates to
tho conference will of course make
every effort to remove these false Im
pressions and It Is to be hoped with suc
cess. It may not be au altogether easy
work, however, for tho conference will
bo In touch with the Kuropean mer
chants nnd bankers who havo made
fortunes in Mexico, all of them naturally
opposed to tho southward extension of
American trade and political Influence.
An American correspondent at the City
of Mexico snys that every Kuropean
.diplomat there will bo n secret agent of
his government lu watching for the
Inner thoughts of the delegates. What
ever can be done to promote lack, of
harmony and to defeat the purposes of
the American delegates will bo effected.
'It Is a fair light," says this correspond
ent, "and Europe has n great stake In
Latin America. She docs not want it
customs union, a common system of
weights nnd measures with tho. United
States nud an assimilation of the com
mercial law of the two great divisions
of tho American continent. Europe s
policy must Inevitably bo to divide and
weaken I.atlu America. Her ultimate
aim is partition and colonization. ' This
Influence will undoubtedly be exerted to
the fullest possible extent upon the del
egates of tho southern republics and
perhaps not without effect upon some
of them.
Tile Importance of the conference Is
widely recognized nnd its deliberations
will be rcgnrded with almost as much
Interest In Europe as lu the countries
represented.
EXC.LAXD'H MILITARY TROVRLES.
The South Afrlcnn war has developed
to an extent not before suspected the
weakness of England's military estab
lishment, a striking example of which
Is furnished lu the case of Sir Hedvers
Duller, Just relieved of command nnd
retired for ludlscrect utterances. At
the opening of tho war Duller stood
first In the estimation of Englishmen ns
n soldier. Ho had performed some
creditable service and his appointment
as commander In South Africa was en
thusiastically hulled by the English peo
ple. He left for the seat of war with a
great flourish and It was said with the
boast that he would eat his Christmas
dinner lu Pretoria. His operations
against tho Doers wero disastrous and
humiliating failures.
Duller deserved tho degradation that
has come to him. but with tho execn-
tion of Lord Hoberts and two or three
0f tho subordinate ofllcers lu the South
African army, notably General French,
u-hu will succeed Duller lu command of
the llrst army corps, tho British ofllcers
i,nV0 shown no marked ability. They
are not lacking lu courage, but most
of them had not beeu properly aud ade
quately trained. Defore this war tho
Hrltish military establishment wns the
most carelessly and loosely adminis
tered of any lu the world. Its ofllcers
wero chiefly scions of nobility who did
not enre for the study and tho discip
line necessary to make n soldier. Tho
Drltlsh army ueeds reorganization nud
reform and this Is now promised, but It
will not bo easy to weed out tho Incom
petents who have tho Inllucuce of the
nobility,
COXDITIOSS l.V THE PHILIPPINES.
The Philippine situation Is disappoint
ing and although Geuernl Chaffee ap
pears not to regard It as particularly
serious, It certainly shows a degree of
activity ou the part of tho rebellious
natives that was uot to have beeu ex
pected nud which threnteus to be very
troublesome. The outbreak In Saiuuv
has been supplemented by an equally
gravo disturbance lu the island of
Ley to and It Is reported that a province"
In Luzon has been Invaded by bolomeu 1
who are Inciting tho people to rebellion.
This unexpected state of affairs, show
ing that the spirit of revolt Is still j
actlvo In the Islands and also that the
rebels aro not without resources, Is re
garded at Washington as requiring the
maintenance ot tho present force lu
the Philippines nud the War depart
ment Is at work on plans for sending
more troops there, so that with the ex
piration of enlistments the forcq will
not be reduced. General Chaffee Is
doubtless right In the opinion that the
present outbreaks will not rostilt In an
open light. That Is not the Filipino
way, for If It were they would soon
be disposed of. Hut as ninny troops
will be necessary to run dowu the guer
rilla bands ns would be required for
open lighting and then there Is the no
less urgent necessity of inalntalnln
elllclent garrisons. A Washington dis
patch says It Is apparent that the plans
of Secretary Hoot for reorganizing the
system of military occupation In the
Philippines cannot be put Into execu
tion with less than the number of
troops which General Chaffee lu his
last olHclal report said were necessary.
In short, Instead of reducing the army
In tho Philippines, as It was thought a
little time ago could safely bo done, it
would seem the wiser course to Increase
It, so that military operations could
be prosecuted more vigorously nnd thus
pitclllcatlon bo more speedily effected.
V AVISO PERPLEXITIES.
Mayor Moores' veto of tho Twenty
fourth street repaying contract, which
the council has overridden by a vote of
S to J, calls attention to the menace of
another bond Issue to fund tho debt
Incurred for public Improvements that
should be paid for by tho owners of
property benefited.
Under tho present chnrtcr no pnvo
ment cnu be ordered unless petitioned
for by tho owners of nbuttlng property
representing a majority of the frontage
on the streets to be paved. These peti
tions have, when tested In court, been,
in almost every Instnnce, found defect
ive. Under the ruling of the courts no
signature Is considered vnlld unless the
party Is the actual owner of the prop
erty or has power of attorney to sign
the name of tho owner.
ilie effect of this ruling Is to over-
tin ow the assessment of special paving
tnv.is and force the city to nssutno the
payment of the cost of the whole pave
ment nnd to relieve tho property spe
cially bcuetlted from Its Just proportion
of the expense incurred. It has further
transpired that where property recorded
ns belonging to tho parties signing n
paving petition has been transferred by
au unrecorded deed, tho effect Is the
same as if it nnd been signed by an un
authorized person, thus Imposing tho
risk upon tho city of being compelled
eventually to Issue general pavemcut or
funding bonds to cover the cost.
In view of this condition Mayor
Moores' veto was timely nud In the In
terest of tho general taxpayer. Unless
the city can have reasonable guaranties
against repudiation on the part of prop
erty owners of the obligations assumed
by paving contracts, tho city will bo
swamped by a colossal floating debt or
weighted down by an enormous increase
of Its bonded obligations.
The demand made In tho republican
plntform for tho abolition of the secret
ballot in tho election of 6chool ofllccrs
nud employes Is not Id conflict with the
law, ns Is asserted by parties who want
to continue the present clnrk-lnntern sys-
ti'tii of doiug business. The corporation
laws of Nebraska provide that all stock
holders' elections shall be by ballot, but
thnt lias not been construed ns a pro
vision requiring a secret ballot. At all
stockholders meetings tho election of
directors is by ballot, but each stock
holder records his choice on tho
ballot with his signature. While
the law directs the members of
boards of education to choose their oftl
ccrs by ballot, It does not contemplnto
a secret ballot The efficiency of the
public schools cannot bo subserved by
the secret ballot. Members of public
bodies are justly held responsible for
their utllclal nets aud the only way to
convince their constituents that they aro
representing their Interests nnd wishes
Is by open voting nnd the widest pub
llclty.
As perpetual toastinaster of the Com
uierclnl club Mr. Euclid Martin wants
it understood that the club Is democratic
In Its broadest sense. This Is true, and
therein lies the weakest spot In the
makeup of the club. It admits every
body who Is willing to pay the admls
ston fee, whether ho deals In mcrchan
disc or whether he deals in wind. It is
also true that tho club takes democracy
as its model, content with limping four
pears behind tho times, nover learns
anything nnd Uoes not want to learn
anything. The need of Omaha
nrogresslve, up-to-date club that will
appreciate timely suggestions nud crltl
cisins pointing out elements of deeny
nud sources of disintegration.
With supreme self-satisfaction Toast
niiibter Euclid Mnrtlu declnres thut the
Commercial club has no self-appointed
social mentors. What ToastmiiBter
Mnrtlu bad In his mind when he de
Uvered this declnmatlou wo cannot
divine, but wo presumo ho wants
proclaimed from tho housetops that tho
club has soared to tho pinnacle of per
fectlou aloft In tho rnrefled atmosphere
of the hcavonH, where tho murimirings
nnd mutterlngs of the nibble cannot
reach It.
Drltlsh Iron nnd steel mnnufacturera
appear to have seen tho combination of.
Interests In this country jm gono It ono
better. They are organizing a comblna
tion to embrace all the great producers
but, unlike the American combine, then
Is to bo absolutely no water In tho Brit
Ish company. On such n basis they
will have an advantage In sharp com
petition over u company which Is ex
peeled to pay dividends on millions o
stock which represents no capital lu
vested.
Mrs. Hoosevelt has stilled up n hor
net's nest in tho society world by tho
assertion Hint $.!00 per year is money
enough to dress n woman In thu bes
social circles. Some of the social swells
ituswor thnt $10,000 Is none too much,
but the wlfo of the president, the llrst
lady of the land, sticks to her orlglna
statement. Evidently the president
wife cares as llttlo for traditions ns docs
her husband.
American Competition Felt.
Springfield Republican.
Demonstrations ot British unemployed,
omptalnlng of American competition, are
something new in modern commercialism.
An Eipert In Hllcht-Uolim,
Brooklyn Eagle.
Folk need not commend doing right to
Theodore Iloosevclt as if right-doing was
novelty to him or an experiment, lie ts
n expert.
A Ornre Aspect.
Washington Post.
Colonel Wutterson Is to uso tho Kentucky
governorship as a stepping stone to the
presidency. Of late that office has been a
tepplng stono to the graveyard.
Time to (Jo VIsIiIuk.
Chicago Tribune.
Grovcr Cleveland thinks It would be bet
ter for the world If there were less of this
mad fortune-chasing nnd moro fishing. But
nybody who has been as successful in
chasing a fortune ns Mr. Cleveland has can
afford to go fishing.
Ovcrivorklnn Hie Stalls.
Kansas City Star.
The correspondence of "Pat" Crowe has
becomo o heavy that If conclusions In his
celebrated case are not soon reached ho
may bo expected to add a now condition to
his proposed surrender tho condition that
his postago bills he paid by bis prosecutors.
Wander of Science.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Great is science. A German professor,
ftcr long investigation nnd calculation, has
discovered that It takes a person one-fourteenth
of n second to wink. Science may
yet tell us how long It takes tho person
winked at to smllo over tho realization that
bo Is such a dtvll of a fellow.
I'romntlnK'CIt II Service.
Philadelphia lcdgor.
The tender by President Itoosovclt to Mr.
William Dudley Foulko of Indiana of the
position in the United Stntca civil service
commission mado vacant by tho retirement
of Major John B. Harlow of St. Louis la
conspicuous demonstration of tho presi
dent's solicitude for civil service reform
ml the morlt system. Mr. Koulko has
long been an actlvo member of tho Civil
Service Itefotm association nnd has dis
tinguished himself for his antagonism to
abuses In tho distribution of patronage.
Ho is an Ideal man for tho position.
I.oiik IlrenlhH, I, on llnlr.
Now York Tribune.
A western Investigator who Is held In
honor as tho head of a department in a
medical school announces n startling dis
covery which ho thinks ho has made. Ills
theory is that baldness Is duo to dcfectlvo
breathing, and that men who take pains to
till ovcry ono ot the multitudinous lung
cells with fresh air nt each Inspiration will
inovo slowly down to tholr graves with
polls almost as thickly covered ns was tho
head of Samson beforo Delilah betrayed
him to the Philistines, or that ot Absalom
beforo ho was caught up In tho branches
f tho fatal tree. According to this doc-
or'a view long breaths result In long hair.
It is undisputed that deep, full breulhlng
tends to promote tho general health ot the
body, nnd bald-headed persons can surely
do themselves no harm by expanding their
lungs to the fullest extent. And no mat
ter for how long a tlmo they test this
theory they wjll certainly not be oul of
pocket.
The1 G rent West.
Century Mngazlne.
To
graphic pipers no climax of national
achievement seems difficult of belief. As
Mr. Gladstone once said that tho center of
the world's interest had been transferred to
America, so wo may say that tho center of
Interest of tho now world hns been trans
ferred beyond the Allcghanlcs. And as. tho
frontier ot Bottled country pushed farther
and farther westward we camo to look be
yond tho Mississippi for triumphs ot ex
ploration, for bold commercial projects, and
for opcn-mlndedncss nnd Imagination. Once
It t wan tho cast that led In most things;
now In many Us leadership Is no longer a
matter of course. Tho young giant Is al
ready feeling his strength. Tho material
triumphs of the west are sure to bo followed
In duo' time by noteworthy achievements of
tho Intellect. Its present prosperity Is tho
gatoway to all that resources, knowledge
and opportunity can bestow. Tho region
that embraces more than half of tho read
ing constituency of the country Is likely
soon to produce, even moro richly than It
has done, In literature nnd the arts. Tho
Interchange ot such products will contribute
much to tho common prldo and tbo mutual
understanding ot the sections, thus Insuring
that unity of national llfo and aspiration
which Is Increasingly necessary as tho
borders and the, Intorests of tho nation ex
pand. ,
TUB niCADI.Y HANDSHAKES.
No Itenxm Why PreUlenU Should
Permit It.
Baltimore American.
It Is given out that, In accordance with
an arrangement between tno reception com
mlttee at Yale and the authorities In Wash
ington, thero will bo no public, shaking of
the president's hand during his visit to the
university. This Is a very sensible deel
slon. It should bo extended to cover all
presidential visits or outlugs and all rccep
tlons In Washington. When the custom
was Introduced It was at least harmless
Tho idea was that It gavo tho people a
privilege not extended by any other ruler
and Illustrated the democratic character ot
tho goemmcnt. Possibly, If tho early
presidents had had to go through the ex-
pcrlcnco ot their successors, the first ex
erctse of this popular function would havo
been tho last
In the early days there were no railroads
and very few persons wero ablo to travel
to the capital. So few wero these, and aa
generally known, that It was a pleasure
rather than otherwise for tho president to
shako their hands, There yns In many In
stances n touch of, sociability about It which
atoned for Its discomforts. This dlsap
peared with the facilities for travel fur
nlshed by tbo railroads. Before the civil
war this handshaking had become merely
a galvanized form which conveyed no sense
ot pleasure or distinction to Intelligent peo
ple, and was a terrible burden to tbo prcsi
dents. During tho war the people had ac
quired the habit of going to tho national
capital In great numbers, and since then
the custom has continuously Increased until
today one of tho most formidable customs
encountered by tho president Is this hand
t baking.
It Is the pliyblcal torture which It Im
poses on the president, rather than tho
danger ot assassins, which should lead to
Its abolition. The danger Is, ot course, an
argument, but tho burden needlessly Im
posed on the president is a stronger reason
for abandoning It. The arras of some of the
presidents have been swollen to an cnor
moils site by this senseless practice and
the rest of tho body has been disordered
through sympathy. It has become entirely
formal and meaningless. Wero the custom
abolished tho people could still pass in r?
view and see finite as much of their chic
magistrate as they do at the handshakings
The New and the Old
Chicago Becord-Herald.
The nnuoiinccmcnt that the Northwestern
and Union Pacific Itallrond companies havo
reduced the running time ot their "lim
ited" trains between Chicago ond San
Francisco by three hours nnd ten minutes
and cut tho tlmo of two other trains also
Is calculated to put the old transconti
nental traveler in a rumlnatlvo mood.
There aro still many people living who
went overland first on a prairie schooner
and In the cotirso ot fifty years the change
has been marvelous.
Ono ot tho most Interesting ot the books
of pioneer times Is Edwin Bryant's "What
I Saw In California." Its author reached
the coast just beforo the gold discoveries
and during tbo Mexican war and when
he mado his journey ot flvo or six months'
duration tho country which Is part ot tho
United States beyond the Missouri was a
wilderness. Could he return to earth now
nnd boo tho many lines of railroad which
cross the continent ho would bo as much
surprised as Llcutcuant Peary might bo It
ho wero to find a through rail routo to the
north polo nnd ft network of tracks cover
ing Greenland.
This reference to tho arctle explorer
cculls tho fact that tho transcontinental
travelers of Bryant's day encountered tho
perils ot nrctlc exploration. One party
which was on tho trail the samo year failed
to reach tho Sierras beforo snowfall and It
was snowed In near Truckco. The tragedy
hat followed wns far worse than that of
the Greely expedition. Between thirty and
forty peo-lo perished of cxposuro and
FEW FAIMJniSS TIIK9R DAYS.
Sliovrlnnr ut Itnltttftt Basilic Condi
tion nnd Financial Strrnntli.
Baltimore American.
Tho financial strength ot our business
enterprises Is growing monthly moro sta
ble. This (s shown by tho record of fail
utcs. Tho percentage of business wrecks
being diminished year by year. This
fad of itself Is enough to prove tho robust
ness of our business conditions. When It
recalled thnt our Kuropean rivals aro
wrestling with n multltudo of mishaps, It
becomes all .tho moro gratifying. Our
good fortune attests the wisdom of our
business methods and unfolds to the world
our marvelous resources. It Is but ono
more witness In behalf of tho boast that
tho United States Is fast developing Into
tho soundest, ns well as tho most cxtcnslvo,
business nation in tho world.
Tho latest figures in corroboration of this
claim aro Dun's compilation of September
failures. Owing to the sovcro strain which
peculatlvo nlnrmu Imposed on business dur
ing tho month, September should havo been
less fnvomlilo in Its showing. Had the
trading and Industrial conditions of tho
country been less solid than the.v nre, such
would hayo been tho record. But tho
fticts toll us thnt September endured tho
strain with such pronounced success that
tho liabilities recorded are not only smnllor
than lu tho Batno month ot laBt year, but
tbey nro nlso smaller than In flvo out of
tho previous eight months ot tho present
ear.
That Is a remarkably encouraging dis
closure, becnuso It Is already known that
the provlous flvo months compared most
favorably with tho samo months of 1000.
The business world, as a consequence, can
fully appreciate the Inspiration found lu
the fact that tho failures among manufuc-
urers for September, 1901, wero only
$3,215,391, as compared with $ 1.49 1.101 for
last year, nnd that for tradors they were
only $3,928,288 ns compared with $l,3i.107
for laBt year. Tho fact, on tho. other hand.
that brokers nnd transporters showed an
ncreaso In liabilities of S222.&SI is n very
clear proof that tho only unhealthy part
of tho wholo business organism wns In that
scnsltlvo section devoted to speculation.
OV11 MINKItAT. IlKSOtmCKS.
Contribution of Sntnrc'n Storehouse
to llic Country' Wealth.
Portland Oregonlnn.
Figures compiled under tho direction of
Charles D. Wolcott, director of tho United
States Geological survey, showing tho min
eral products of tho United Stntcs from
1891 to 1900, inclusive, aro published In nd-
vnnco of tho full annual report of tho min
eral resources of the country, which will be
ready for distribution nbont November 1.
Theso figures deal 'with stupendous facts,
tho most significant ot which Is tho show
ing that ovcry year during tho period cov
ered thero has been nn increnso In tho out-,
put of gold; that tho production of plglron
and bituminous coal has almost doubled,
and that tho production of silver last year
camo within 383,457 ounces bf the high
water mark (60,000,000 ounces) of 1893. Tho
value of nil the mineral products last year
reached tho enormous total of 91.070,108,869
an Increnso of nearly $100,000,000 over the
total value of tho year 1899. ot an mo
metals the plglron product was the most
valuable. Copper camo next in order, each
telling Its own story of activity In mecnani
cal and Industrial lines. Of great Interest
In connection with tho complete report will
bo tho table showing tho riso and fall of
tho mining Industry with tho general pros
perity of tho country. For example, a de
cline In tho value of mineral products oi
over $120,000,000 marked the two panic years
nf 1893 and 1894, but In 1895 a recovery
began, and thore hns been a steady annual
increaso ever since. Tnese nguros ana tno
facts thnt they represent are of spoclal
Interest to tho people of tho northwest nt
present, where mines are bolng dovoloped
and the mining Industry Is booming as
never beforo In the history of this region.
1'UHSOXAI. NOTES.
Richard Wagner is to have one of tho
finest monuments In Berlin. It Is to bo
erected In the Thlcrgarten Strasse, In nn
open place, whero It con bo seen from all
sides.
Nicholas Doubay, a Cossack, decided nine
years ago to walk nil over tho world. He
has arrived In Chicago with three-quarters
of hie trip over. 'He was born In Vladlkofas,
Caucasus, thirty-throe years ago, and
stnrted on his foot Journey In 1892.
The Irish nationalists of (Jalway are run
ning for Parliament an Irishman who has
fought In tho field for tho Boers a good
part of the war, and who, If he.jtppeared
on British soil, would be promptly nrrestcd
as a traitor.
The German emperor Is said to be a good
shot In Bplto of his lame arm. He uses a
kind of prop on which ho rests his arm
when trklng aim. He is wondorfuiiy up',
and to see him riding, shooting or driving
It would never be supposed thnt ho cannot
oven cut up his own meat nt dinner.
Tho duke of Alva, who died In New York
City n few days ngo, held twenty-five titles,
being four times a duke, sixteen times a
marquis and five times n count. Though the
deceased nobleman was a grandeo of nigh
rank his Influence and position In Spanish
affairs wero not as commanding as cortaln
other grandees. Neither was his fortune
by nny means dural.
Dr. Charles Mohr, botanist of the stato of
Alabama, nnd ono of tho greatest of modern
plant Investigators, who died last August,
bequeathed to the National Museum in
Washington hla horbarlum, the result of a
labor of collection extending through sixty
five yeirs, and representing the entire flora
of tho southern states from Savannah to
Santa i'o, aod fromtBaltluurc to Key West.
staratlon and cannibalism was practiced
to save life.
But we can find Instructive contrasts
without going so far back A doien years
after the first road to tho Pacific was
opened, which Is to say nbout twenty years
ngo, the time from New York to San Fran
cisco was 151 hours. Since then It Im
been reduced by two days nud the straight
fare ono way has been just about cut In
half. Meantime nlso the railroad debt to
the government has been paid In full and
the competition ot many lines hns given
tho public the benefit of special round
trip rotes, which havo been less than
one-halt the old rnto one way.
It Is an excellent Idea to think of such
things occasionally and especially when
tho grieved soul Is embittered by that
other and darker thought of corporate
greed. Not, of course, that tho corpora
tions which have no souls nre philan
thropic, but becnuso tho record shows that
modern enterprise Is apt to work out pretty
well for the public after all, no matter
how many prlvnto fortunes are won or lost
in tho experiment.
If some of the "magnates" havo mado
too much, time always makes for tho peo
ple, and If Pioneer Bryant could cross by
tho limited In less than threo days from
Chicago and pass tho sccno of canulballsm
on a small moving pnlaco with a hand
somely appointed dining room for one of
Its attachments It Is certain that ho would
feel that theso wero days for rejoicing,
not mourning.
novxn aiiodt shw yoiuc.
Kentnre of Mtreniimi l.lfc In (he HlK
Metrniiolt.
Ono man's guess Is ns good as another's
on tho outcomo of tho municipal campaign.
Party prophets claim to have an advantage
ns a result of tho completed registration,
but those who study the returns without
tho aid of partisan spcctncles fall to 11ml a
decided slump for cither side. Tho total
registration for tho entire city for four days
Is 617,061, as against 610,777 last year, a de
creaso of 23,716. Threo districts In Manhat
tan nnd ono In Brooklyn each show a gain
over lust year. Tho remaining districts In
Manhattan, Brooklyn and tho Bronx show
n falling off.
Figuring on last year's basis, all but S
per cent of tho registered voto will bo cast.
That would Indicate that there will be
about f86,000 votes In tho ballot boxen on
November r. In 1900 thn scattering nnd de
fectlvo voto was under 15,000, or about 2i
per cent of tho cntlro voto cast, and taking
this from tho Indicated voto of CRtf.OOO there
nro left approximately r71,3oO votes to ho
divided between Mr. Shepard and Mr. Low.
Tho winner, then, must havo at least
283,680 'votea.
In 1897 Van Wyck polled 233,997 votes and
tho combined voto of Low and Tracy wns
253,403, or nearly 20,000 more. Neither of
theao totals reaches tho necessary figure
to win. Thn total Increaao lu registration
slnco then Is -19,869. If every ono of theso
votes, not even deducting the C per cent
that will not bo cast, went to Mr. Shepard
ho would still fall short of winning by 1,820
votes.
This leaves tho politicians figuring on how
much of the Low voto In 1897 will go to
Shepard If tho Tracy voto then Is solid for
Low now.
Tho New York Herald's poll of repre
sentative districts last Friday Indicated nn
even chanco for tho contestants. A Inter
poll' by tho World Indicates the clectlou of
Shepard, but tho World Is nqt enthusiastic
over tho showing, na Its relations with
Tammany hall nro not. cordial by any
means. Correspondents on tbo ground call
attention to tho great advantage Tammany
possesses In tho light. Tho organization
controls n paid army of 44,011. whoso bread
nnd butter depend on success. Against
this compact, aggressive, disciplined nrmy
nro pitted soveral minor organizations and
factions, ns yet without a comprehensive
plan ot battle, and wholly lacking the co
hcslvo power nnd single leadership of Tam
many's hired battalions. Some features
of the campaign aro highly entertaining.
Bourko Cockran hns declared In favor ot
Shepard and at tho same tlmo tans the hide
of Croker. Carl Schurz and Mark Twain
aro out for Low and rival Cockran In skin
ning the tiger. Senator Hanna'n "full
dinner pall" nrgument of last year Is doing
effective duty for Tammany, coupled with
a showing thnt all classes in New York
ore more prosperous under Van Wyck than
under Strong, tho last fusion mayor. .
Though the demolition ot tho old Tombs
prison Is going on but slowly nnd Its suc
cessor rising at tho same snail-like pace
In Its stead, tho days of the famous old
structure are closing nnd will soon bo but
memories of an eventful past. It was
within tho memory of men now living that
tho massive grim building of gray granlto
was erected, designed In ambitious Imita
tion ot the art or nnclent Egypt to endure
for all ages. But so swift has been the
march of modern improvement that this
vast pile, which rnnks with tho Bastlle
and tho Old Bailey among tho most famous
prisons In tho world, has outlived Its use
fulness and will soon ceaso to. exist savo
in tho name, which may be perpetuated In
the moder structuro which la to take Its
alacc,
The reopening of the Molinoux case by
the New York supremo court granting the
defendant a new trial presents a hard
problem to District Attorney Phllbln. It Is
tho general Impression among tho lawyers
The Right Sort
Our sack suit for business and street
wear represents the highest character
of Readytcwear clothing,
$10 to $25
This range of prices is as moderate
as can be made for goods of our quality,
"No Clothing Fits Like Ours"
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
owing to the great expense and the difficulty
in getting the evidence together again.
Many of the witnesses have left town nnd
several have died. The first trial Is said
to hnve vnt close lo $230,000 nnd a re
trial would cost at a low estlmato half
thnt sum. Prominent lawyers hold that
without tho evidence excluded by tho su
preme court Mollneux cannot bo'convtcted.
Mollneux Is now in the Tombs, but an
effort Is soon to be made to get him out on
hall. Gencial IMward L. Mollneux, his
father, docs not want his hou treed of tho
charge of murder without perfect vindica
tion. The suggestion that there will not
be nnothtr dial. It Is snld, Is not pleating
to htm or to the family. The crime charged
against ltolnnd B. .Mollneux wns the murder
by poison on December 28, ISflS, of Mrs.
Knthcrltic J. Adams, ho lived at 61 West
Sixty-eighth street.
The poison, concealed In n bottle of bromn
seltzer, bad been sent to Harry S. Cornish,
who boarded with Mrs. Adams. Mrs.
Adams took a dose of tho mixture nnd died
within a few minutes. Mollneux, charged
with acidlng the poison to Cornish with
murderous Intent, was arrested and com
mitted to tho Tombs on February 27, 1898.
His trial began on November 14, 1899, and
lasted fifty-seven day. Tho verdict, re
turned on February 10, 1900, was "Murder
In tho first degree."
it took tweho days to obtain a Jury,
thirty-nine days to take the testimony and
four days to sum up. To give tho testimony
required 2,1)11,750 word. Fees and expenses
pnld to nandwrltlug experts nmounted to
$30,000. Mollneux was sentenced to death
by Recorder Goff on February 16, 1900,
nnd taken to Sing Sing on the samo day.
Mollneux spent one year and eight months
In a death cell at Sing Sing.
Various new Industries, which have arisen
In Now York of recent years, havo called
for tho ndtlltlon of new terms to the lan
guage. In electricity tho result ha been
bewildering, tho now words bring hnrdly
adopted ns common Hngllsh. Other trades
havo been luckier with their vocabularies.
One of the nnest Anglo-Saxon words tinning
recent new additions Is tho word "hnum
smith," which describes tho worker on tho
new iron structures used In the building
of npnrtmcnts nnd large olhco establish
ments. The trade which Is III pome was
the antipodes ot ,tho houscsmlths Is that ot
mechanics who pull down' old city buildings
to mako way for now. It hat been hard, to
coin ii namo for this trade. The latest at
tempt hero Is "housewrcckcrs," a sign now
visible with the firm name over many dis
mantled downtown structures. The word
has nn unplcnsnnt suggestion, but not so
much bo by Its equivocal meaning ns that
used for the same trade In London. Teople
passing tlown the Strand nro ropentedly
grcoted whero old buildings nre being torn
down, with the olgn: "Blank & Blank,
Housebreaker'."
Illtr,l'..V THIKI.K.S.
Soniervllle Journal: Now thnt the green
corn sousnn Is over, tn chu tnannge to get
through dinner without having his tlir'o
growltig-duughters frown til Itlni.
Harper's Iluzur:
snld, indicating n
iiMvInm.
"And this ono?" n
patient at tho liuimo
"Itnpeless case." wns tlf reply. "Thlnka
ho has discovered perpetual motion.."
"And tho next one?"
"Htllt moro hopeless. Claims to havt
solved tho servant girl question."
Ohio Stnto Journal: "I smell something
burning," snld thn husband after he luut
lighted his pipe anil settled bark lu the
ensv chair for a comfortable smukr.
"Isn't it delicious!" exclaimed his wife
Joyously: "I emptied- ii wholo lot of rot.o
leaves In youi- tobacco Jar!" ,
Chicago Tribune: "Now, then'." ex
claimed the candidate, hi n voire of thun
der. "1 have told you tho principles nnd
policies my opponent stands for! A ou hnvo
n right to' know 'tho ntlier tslilot- What do
1 stand for!" ..- i- -,
"DeciuiHo nobody's told you to go way
buck and sit down!" yelled a hundred
voices In tho, audience.
Brooklyn l.lfc: HrlgRs They sny ihoss
India Yogis cnu keep their minds llxed on
vncimfy for hours nt it time.
ISrlggs That's nothing. 1 spent a wholo
week recently rending tho short stories
lu tho mnguzlncM.
Boston Transcript: Mr. Greene You
snld you never would look that woman In
the face again, and yet you say sho looked
ns spiteful it h she could look. How do you
nccouut for thnt?"
Mrs. Greene Why. you simpleton, I hap
pened to look around utter she had -passed,
don't you see?
AT T1IK TABLE.
Chicago necord-llcrald.
Tho yeais have sped since first I led
You to the table, dear,
And you sat over thero nlone
And I sat smiling here. ,
A year or two flew past and you
No longer sat nlone;
A llttlo one whs In your nrms, .
Your darling und my own.
And then another year or so,
And Homo one else wns there, ,
And Wllllo sat near me. you know,
While Trottlo claimed your cre
Tho years have sped since llrst I led '
You to the table, dear,
And you looked queenly at the. foot,
And 1 felt kingly here. , .
Today ns I look down at you
On cither side I see
'A row of hungry llttlo ones
All gazing up nt mo,
Wo'vo added leaves, one after one,
And you are far away , .
Aye, thrice ns far, my dear, as on
That happy, happy day.
But though we sit so .far apart
You thero and I up here
Two rows of hearts from my fond heart
Stretch down to you, my dear.'
V
Thank God for every extra leaf
The tablo holds today,
And may wo never know the grief
Of putting one away.
