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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1901.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Statu or Nebraska, Douglas County, as.;
Ueorge B, 'i'xschuck, secretary ot The Bee
Publlsning Company, being duly sworn,
ayu that the actual number ui tull and
comploto copies of Tho Dally, Morning,
Evening aim Hunday livo printed during
tho month of .September, l'jul, was as fol
lows: 1 Stl.UlS
i 27,-JUO
3 U7,H70
i ur.isu
6 1:7,110
0 41,100
7 17,710
S a 1,775
8 U8.1IUO
10 US, 150
11 ilH.tSO
12 U7,800
13.... 10,1110
14 15,7:10
IS Uii.lUO
16 38,TM
n ai,ooo
li U,ltHO
19 as.owo
so att.aso
21 U7,t70
22 28,0110
23.. 8SJ70
24 as,uno
15 aS.BhO
23 as.r.io
27 as.uio
28 SH.700
2u aM.mto
SO 2S.870
Total f oat, 710
wbi unsold and returned copies,,,, 1U.317
Net total nules U10,.1II5
Not dally average ao,040
., t . , GEO. H. TZSCIIUCK,
Subscribed In my presence und sworn to
before mo this 30th day of September. A. D.
1901. M. B. UUNOATE, '
Notary public.
Register Saturday,
last chatico.
It will bo your
Saturday next, November 1, Is the last
registration day. Mark It down.
Omaha real estnto values will never
bo materially raised until taxes are ma
terially reduced.
In Its effort to stir tin Interest. In thn
fusion state camnalcn tho local orimn
nppcars to bo running n bye.
Physicians who examined Czolgosz's
brain report that It Is normal
For a
normal brain It possessed decidedly pe-
cullnr working properties.
In order to keep the schools out of
politics we nro Invited to vote the
straight democratic school board ticket,
Come into my parlor, snld the spider to
tne fly.
J no new official ballot may not be
five feet long, but It Is long enough to
make tho voter stop to shnrpen his pen-
ell once or twice enrouto from tho front
10 me renr car.
rom the hue and cry about the ma-
chlno In school politics one would Im-
aglne Tom Dennlson was trylug to get
for himself the $U,fl00 Job now held by
Cunning G. Pearse.
If you let Saturday go by without
registering you will lose your right to
vote nt the election this year. No good
citizen should disfranchise himself by
neglecting to register.
The Question tho citizens of Omaha
are called on to answer nt the polls Is,
Shall our public schools be mnnnged
from secret conclnve or In open board
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session In the school board rooms?
It is greatly to be feared that the no-
treat clause of the corrupt practices law
Is rapidly reaching the same stage oc
cupied by other dcad-loltcr legislation
that encumbers tho Nebraska statute
books.
A leading democratic pnpr laments
that the party has no eligible candi
dates for tho presidency. This Is uu-
kind, 'after Nebraska has twlco offered
a son ns a sacrltlco who Is still on the
waiting list.
A dispatch from South Africa says
that, during 11 recent raid on a Boer
camp Geuernl Hotlm barely escaped
capture, leaving his passes behind. This
is tho first intimation that
Botha was a fusion reformer.
General
Tf U now- nrnnnan,! In ,.,,. o l.i.l I.I l.,
v j i riui'Vinvtl r HtUli t U M t il I
dovorod to enmns i.t tl,n Ht. I.ni.l ..r.
(fuDiuuii, uu wiiij uuiiuii: 1111 nils
schemo Is thnt too many visitors might
become absorbed In guessing the value
of two pair and forget to see the mid
way,
uenry wntterson hastens to nssure
tho temperance, people that they will
have no occasion to complain of the use
of wlno at tho White House lu case
ho is elected president the good Ken
tucky beverage which has answered the
purposa so many years will suffice.
Omnha Is taxed $J,000,00t) a year for
maintaining the city, county and school
government. Thnt does not Include
special taxes for pavement and
sewerage, nor does It Include taxes
levied to meet the Interest on the
bonded debt created for thu public
Echool buildings.
A Hostou tlrni Is said to have made
$1,000,000 since January I by fleecing
people who bit on tho bait of getting
rich by their patent method of specula
tlon. People who nro bound to give
nwny their money might as well get
eotno fun out of It bv buvlnir sonn imek-
ages. One man is us likely to give ?2
tor one as nuotheo -
the svoMi contest.
Tho contest between tin; Sugar trust
mid the boot stipir Interest, over the
question of dealing with the Cuban
product, Is growing In warmth nnd
activity, with every promise Hint when
It roaches the Hours of congress It will
be one of the most Interesting struggles
witnessed for n long time In that arena.
President Hoosevelt has shown that he
Is not Indifferent to the matter by giving
an extended audience to .Mr. Oxnnrd,
president of the American Beet Sugar
association, In which he undoubtedly ob
tained full Information as to the views
and wishes of the beet sugar Interest.
In nn Interview n few days ago Mr.
O.xniml said, referring to statements
doubtless Inspired by tho American
Sugar Refining company, that evidently
the trust has become alarmed at the In
dignation which It has created by Its at
tack on the home sugar industry and he
declared that he would not be at all
surprised If an effort were made at
Washington this winter looking to the
removal of all the protection to the
Sugar trust, which It seems to be using
In an effort to defeat the will of the
American people In regard to the de
velopment of n home sugar Industry.
The action of the trust lu reducing the
price of sugar In tho territory of the
beet sugar Interest' was not done, said
Mr. Oxnnrd, with the idea of giving
cheaper sugar to thu consumer, but
solely with the purpose of trying to
crush out the domestic sugar Industry
and preventing competition from that
source. The truth Is, ho went on to
say, that Judging the future by the
past the American consumer would
never get the slightest advantage from
the reduction In the duties on Cuban
sugars and he pointed to the fact that
the free admission of Hawaiian sugar
brought no bcnellt to consumers, the
planters and the remiers on the Pacllle
coast getting all the benefit
"Should congress lower in any way
the duties on Cuban sugar," bald the
president of the beet sugar association,
"tho pnst clearly shows that, no part of
those duties would go In the shape of
cheaper sugar to the consumer. There
fore, the double disadvantage would oc
cur lu this event of discouraging In the
llrst place the production of home sugar
and In the second place 'transferring the
amount of the duties from the United
States treasury, where It goes today,
Into the pockets of the Sugar trust and,
to a certain extent, into the pockets of
the Cuban planters, though lu the latter
ease only to the extent thnt the trust
saw fit to grant." , It is presumed that
no one will Question that once In abso
lute control of the American market,
through destroying the home Industry,
the trust would mauage tho Cuban
product so its to maintain the price to
tno consumer ami increase its proms.
Certainly no rational person can believe
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unit in tno light tne American sugar
Rcllnlug company
Is nuikliiL' for the
free admission of Cuban raw sugar its
motive Is to benefit the consumers.
President Roosevelt Is understood to
favor some tariff concession to Cuban
sugnr and very likely will recommend
that this be done, but it Is not at all
probable that the administration or
congress .will be. disposed to go so far in
this direction as to endanger the exist
eueo or dlscountce the development of
the American beet sugar Industry.
nun xotiTiiEitu NEianuon.
A growing Interest Is being shown In
the uucstlon of future commercial relit-
tlons with Canada and It Is quite prob
able that the subject will receive ear
nest consideration this winter, should
tho Canadian government, as now seems
likely, propose negotiations with a view
to closer trude. There is a very strong
feeling In New Euglatid that Canada
should not be Ignored lu carrying out
the principle of reciprocity and Mr.
Kasson, in his recent ndtlrcss before the
Chumber of Commerce of Chicago, ex-
pressed the opinion that there should be
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closer commercial relations between the
Dominion nud the United States
If this be admitted, any movement
looking to 11 better commercial under
standing should be initiated by Canada,
sluco it Is that country which has ob
structed negotiations to this end. When
the United States, at Cnuada's request,
appointed 11 commission to meet one
from that country to negotiate, among
other things, n reciprocity trenty, the
Canadian commissioners refused to
agrco to anything unless this country
would cede a part of Alaska to the Do
minion. This faet should be borne In
mind together with the further fact that
Canada Is now discriminating ngalust
the products of the United States In
favor of those of Great Hrltalu to the
extent of 33 1-3 per cent. If Canada
really wants closer commercial rela
tions with this country she must mod
ify her demands and her policy and as
yet she has given no indication pf dolug
thia. .
H'Jac. VAliMltUU IU1IIJWU. fHKO
1 . Ill
f Ulir popocniuc coiuumponiry mui uih
I tor touch lightly on the falllug off in
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police court flues. The compilation It
prints, showing that for the last live
years the receipts (rom police court
havo dropped from $S7,5Si) to $13,3S0, as
compared with the preceding five years,
or a loss of $71,'00, Is doubtless correct,
although It must not be forgotten that
tho former period Includes the years
when gambling and prostitution were
licensed under the cover of monthly
line payments. Hut Its attempt to
shove tho responsibility onto Mayor
Moores will not go down, in view of
tho fact that the vanishing tines have
been the exclusive product of tho ad
ministration of Police Judge1 Gordon,
who Is running for re-election on the
democratic ticket with the support of
tho World-Herald
The mayir und city authorities have
no more control over uiu ninoiiiii 01
police court tines than they have over
tho state school apportionment. The
fact that Judge Gordon turns loosu
violators of tho laws and ordinances on
the wholesale plan and diverts the
nioney inui otigiu iu go unu uiu bi-iiuui
"u" t0 t,lu lockets ot nis law partner
'ul otuel ' poc-poneo court lawyers aim
straw uontismen is notorious aim uutiis
1 puteu, but It uiu uot prevent the uetno
orats from renominating this worthless
otilcer.
The only rifts In the police court
cloud since Judge Gordon was elected
to his position are to be found when
the court was temporarily administered
by Judge I.earn and Inter by .Judge
Crawford, lu both Instances by special
appointment of Mayor Mooros. As
soon as .Judge Gordon was pried off the
bench the receipts from police court
tines took nu upwnrd shoot, ami as soon
as he got settled in his old place again
tho lines resumed their practice of dis
appearing.
There will be no substantial change
for tiie better lu the police court lines
until Police Judge Gordon Is dislodged.
FOll THESE HEASOXS.
'Seldom has the better element of the
community been aroused as It Is at this
time by the prospect that the schools
that have been a source of pride of
Omaha may be degraded. For those
reasons," so Mr. Kellogg's Omaha paper
expresses the belief, "the candidates on
the fusion ticket arc entitled to the sup
port of the voters at the coming clec
tiou."
For fear Hint the Omaha schools
might be degraded, Mr. Kellogg Induced
his sister to give tut it ?50 position lu
the graded schools of Kansas City to tie
e'ept a position lu the Omaha High
school paying ?S0 per month last year,
raised this year to $00 per mouth
through the generous favor of Superln
tendent Poarse. This, however, Is only
one reason why Pearse should be en
trenched for another three years on n
.S.MiOO-ii-vpiii- mii In rv.
For fear that the Omaha schools
might bo degraded by the election of
candidates pledged to break up favor
itlstu and extravaganco In their
management, the friends of the school
book trust are actively at work for the
fusion reform school board ticket, upon
which Superintendent Penrsc relies for
his retention. It should not be forgot
ten' that Mr. Pearse testified that the
K'hool book trust paid him $500 for a
chapter on Nebraska In a school
geography, depending upon his well
known gratitude for a return of favors
lu other directions. For this reason the
daughter of the general ngent of the
school book trust holds 11 position at
teacher . In the Omaha High school
bringing her $110 a month, while other
competent teachers without a pull are
still waiting for promotion.
There are other reasons also why the
schools of Omaha should be saved from
degradation. Superintendent Pearse's
brother has not yet completed his course
of medical study and he needs the $r0 a
month he Is drawing for drilling the
High school cadets from two to six
hours it week.
The splendid financiering by which the
present Board of Education has man
nffoil i,i itmtv summm ,n,ii. -,.,..' it,,.
" v f""'
"Pi i's j eiu until 11 uiu in jouu
and $71,000 more than It did In 1000,
without reducing the floating debt, cer
tainly entitles the chalrmnn of the
finance committee, M. F. Funkhouser,
to re-election. For these reasons, as
well as for the reason that he takes
such excellent care of the Insurance
combine, the better clement has boon
aroused as It never was before to rally
to Funkhouser nud high taxes.
For all these reasons the business men
of Omaha who want no politics lu the
schools arc expected to come to tho
rescue of the smoothest political wire
puller who has ever filled the position
of school superintendent.
UEHMAN VXFMENDIjIXESS.
A dispatch from the City of Mexleo
says that the comments of the German
press on tno i'an-Ainericnn congress
were the subject of much informnl ills
cusslon nmong the delegates. These
comments, made a few days ago, show
11 spirit of unfriendliness toward the
United States for which there Is no ex-
cuse or warrant. They were apparently
Intended to create distrust of this coun
try lu the minds of the representatives
In the congress of the Southern repub
lies and their effect may be to render
more dltlloult the efforts of tho Amerl
can delegates to correct the false Im
pression that Is known to exist in South
and Central Ameriila regnrding tho feel
lug and alms of the United States.
Tho leading German newspapers In
terpreted the cougress as being a
scheme of this country to Increase its
influence over Latin America, 0110 of
them declaring that the Pan-American
Idea is solely capable of development
upon the basis of the subjection of all
America to the hegemony of tho United
States. This Is the tone of nil of them
the spirit of unfriendliness to this conn
try being unmistakable. While this at
tltude Is not Inexplicable, lu view of the
fact that Germany has large comnier
chil Interests In South America, that
she Is believed to have colonization.
schemes lu Unit quarter ami that sue
heartily detests the Monroe doctrine,
It Is still to be regarded as most uu
fortunate that the expoueuts of public
opinion lu Germany should thus en
deavor to foster lu the minds of the
people of the republics of this hemls
phere distrust and apprehension of the
United States. The tendency of such a
course cannot be otherwise than unfa
vorable to the maintenance of that am
ity and cordial good will betweeu this
country and Germany which Is to be
desired. It Is very dillletilt to feel kind
ly toward 11 couutry whose press, pru
sumably reflecting public oplulou, freely
questions our Integrity of purpose and
attempts to create discord In the family
of American republics.
1'ei imps thesu German utterances will
have no serious effect. Possibly thu
southern delegates to the cougress will
not bo Influenced by them. Hut they
show a spirit not at all conducive to the
strengthening of friendly relations be
tween tne cnitou suites aim uermnny
London newspaper correspondents who
accompanied the duke and duchess o
Cornwall pud York on their tour of the
world send back to their papers tie
eiiieiuy uncomplimentary opinions or
American, cities. After spendlug three
0r four Hours in nuiriuo they inrorni
- tho Urltisli public tliat American cities
- 1 are dirty, 111-Rovcrucd, entirely uuUeslr
able places of residence. It is passing
strange that papers which have such
onderfully acute men on their starts.
are so phenomenally slow In getting the
news of their own titles.
Urltisli writers suggest an alliance
with Hussiii In order to eheck the al
leged hostility of Germany to Great
IJrltaln. When iiootiie In this country
contemplate the constant struggle of
European nntlons to hold In check other
combinations they can congratulate
themselves that the strength of the
United States and Its Isolated position
render It capable of caring for Itself
without being hampered by sueh agree
ments or worried by fenr of their col
lapse.
Judge Dickinson has never been Ho
used of being 'a spoke In the city ma
blue. When he said Judge Gordon
was unfit to occupy tho position of
police Judge he could have had no possi
ble bias for or against him beyond that
furnished by the undisputed nnd Incon
trovertlble evidence produced before
him.
Kvcry man on the republican school
board ticket Is pledged to maintain and
extend the present civil service meth
ods in tho employment of teachers and
Janitors. How long does anyone Im
agine the permaneift teachers' nnd Jani
tors' lists would last after tho demo
cratic candidates should be elected?
Emperor William of Germany is lu
earnest about the negotiation of com
mercial treaties and threatens to kick
over the furniture unless he gets what
he-wants. That threat has worked so
well heretofore when the Kolehstng has
been disposed to block the way that It
111 probably work again.
Just why all this fuss should be made
about tho president Inviting Hooker T
Washington to dinner Is not apparent.
Mrs, Roosevelt has entered no com
plaint about her husband Inviting In
company wheu she had nothing "cooked
up" In the hotJso. nud If she Is satlslled
outsiders should lv.
Eflleleney Junt the Snnie.
Portland Orcgonlan.
Itoosovclt Is now a doctor of letters. But
o have such full conflilenco In him that wo
beltovo ho will bo just as efficient a fun 11 ot
affairs as before.
StrlkliiK llln True OnK.
Washington Post.
Mr. Cleveland's latest contribution to con
temporaneous literature Is on the subject
f fishlnc. Perhaps tho populist editors
will now concede that the former president
has finally struck a topic ho can handle
In' an able manner.
Alment Trentment.
Knnsns City Journal.
Pat Crowo is Btlll giving Omaha officials
tho absent treatment, when his ultima
tums produco the desired effect, however,
it Is qulto probable that Pat will not bo out
more than the prlco of a street car fare In
rder to reach the court house.
npfpndlnR n Known nni-nl.
New York World.
There Is not the shadow of n doubt that
tho "Miller loot" Is Miller loot his steal
ings through the 520 per cent swindle. Yet
wo find lawyer In good standing at the bar
making tho adroit legal fight to Keep tnis
money from Its rightful owners. And these
lawyers aro paying themselves at high rates
from tho loot! It would be interesting to
hear tho moral ground upon which such
protecting nnd partitioning of stolen goods
Is defended.
AM KHICA'S KOnKlON TltADE.
Profit Side of the I.ertner snoni n
llnnitnonir Hnlnncr.
KansaB City Stnr.
Official reports tor tho first nine months
of tho present year Indlcato that tho total
volume of foreign trade for 1901 will be
even larger than that of 1900. In tho nine
months ending with September 30 tho Im
ports wcro Increased more than $22,000,000
and the exports raoro than H,000,000, as
compared with tho eame period of last
year. The excess of exports over Imports
for the nine months waa nearly $100,000,000,
something less than the excess of the same
months of 1900. That this remarkable pre
ponderance of sales over purchases contin
ues so large Is a constant and .disturbing
puzzle to the economists and statesmen
both nt home and abroad. In a general
way the ability of one country to sell de
pends upon the ability of other countries to
buy, and that is why the basis of Interna
tional trade should be kept as equitable as
possible. One country cannot be contlnu
ously and Increasingly prosperous at the
expense ot other countries. Thero must be a
limit .somewhere, else oven tho most afflu
ent nation would ultimately be Its own ex-!
elusive customer.
The balanco of trade brings Oreat Britain
Into special consideration, for the empire.
1b the largest customer of tho United States.
It buys vastly more than It sells to tho
United States In return. While It Is true
that In tho United Kngdom there has been
for a long ttmo an excess ot Imports over
exports, tho general tendency of Great
Britain's foreign Hrado may not be Judged
by Us commerce with tho United States nor
by the apccts of the commerce ot the
United Kingdom. The colonial trade ts
enormous nnd In the main the balance Is
favorablo to the empire. On this point
Hobert Flthlan, an English lawyer now In
this country, says:
"Tho total of British exports and Imports
during the past year Is tho greatest volume
of business ever transacted by any country
In the world nnd amounts to nearly $80,000,
000 Increase ovor the preceding year, which
Is oven more than that of the United Stntes,
whose prosperity Is the marvel of us all.
I admit that so far as tho United Kingdom
Is concerned the lncreaso Is due mainly to
Imports, a large proportion of which Is
composed of foodstuffs. This Is tho only
thing that gives (Sreat Britain caaso for
anxiety, for each year it la becoming moro
dependent upon the foreigner for Its food
supply, but Its colonies aro amply able to
provide it with provisions for Its Increasing
population for the Increased cost only of
transportation."
It Is apparent, therefore, that while Oreat
Britain Is becoming moro and more do
pendent upon the United States for Its
foodstuffs, It finds recompenses that aro
not apparent in the conditions 'that exist
In tho trade with some other countries.
It Is obvious, too, that this Brltlsh-Amert
can trade, ureat and advantageous as It Is
to both countries, could, perhaps, be more
easily abandoned by Great Britain, In case
of international hostilities, than by the
United States. It Is Important, therefore,
that equitable, trad relations should bo
preserved with this largest buyor, whoso
favors toward the United States aro
prompted by economic expediency rather
than absolute necessity, as is generally sup
posed.
Lower Taxes, Higher
Chicago T
Tho recent decision of tho supremo court
regarding the taxation of tho capital stock
and franchises of corporations promises, If
carried out, to have a far-rcachlng and
most beneficial effect upon the real estate
Interests of Chicago. For some time-past
conditions havo been such In the general
financial and Investment market as to draw
steadily Increasing attention to real estate
as offering superior opportunities for In
vestment. Plrst-class bond Investments do
not net moru than 3 or 3Vi per cent, and
capital has been finding such difficulty In
securing Investments even at a slight shade
above these figures that tho consensus of
opinion nmong oxperlenccd observers of tho
situation hns been that eventually It must
turn to real estate, whero 4 per cent nt the
lowest can bo readily earned on absolutely
safe security. Tho readiness, too, with
which stocks and bonds have escaped their
proper sharo of taxation In tho past has
HOir.M) AllOl'T JEW YOIIK,
IUimiIpm In tin- Current of I, Up In Hip
.Metropolis. '
Tho most picturesque, character In the
Now York campaign Is Justlco Jerome, fu
sion candidate for district attorney. He Is
tho hottest kind of n campaigner, Is con
tinually on tho 'firing line," and Is pepper
ing tho tiger at every turn. Tho other night
ho Riddo a stnrtllng statement nt tho Car.
ncglo hall meeting. Ho declared that tho
grand Jury system was debauched and said
ho could provo what ho snld. His charge
that thcro wcro frauds In tho drawing of
tho grand Jurors has created tho biggest
scnsntlon of tho campaign. Tho October
grand Jury called tho nttcntlon ot Justlco
KcMnhon to tho matter, and tho Justice, In
open court, told tho Jury thnt the Jcromo
charges wcro receiving tho nttcntlon of nil
tho Judges of tho general sessions court,
nnd ho asked tho Jurors, pending that In
vestigation, to hold their peace. Thoro Is
no doubt, however, that tho Judges nre Just
ns hot over tho matter ns tho Jurors nro.
,It may bo explained that Jcromo la on the
bench ot another court, that of special ses
sions. Ono of tho lattor says that they In
tend to mako Jcromo apotogtzo or provo his
charges. Justlco Jcromo docs not tako
water In tho least. Ho Is not alarmed over
tho contemplated grand Jury action nud
says:' "I havo not changed my mind ovor
night, and I nm not likely to do so. I do
not caro to discuss tho subject any further
until tho grand Jury cpUs mo, It it Intends
to, when I may make somo disclosures even
moro interesting."
Tammany's latest advertising scheme con
sists of gigantic political cartoons In plas
ter. Thoro aro thrco In nil, nnd the first
mado Its debut Monday. All will bo mounted
on big electric trucks, then be hauled over
tho principal streets of Manhnttan and
Brooklyn. Tho llguro of tho first Is four
teen feet nnd represents tho Goddess ot Lib
erty In tho gnrb ot a bigoted puritan holding
aloft, in plnco ot tho shining light, Scth
Low In cap nnd gown. Ono hand he holds
nbovo his head and In tho other ho carries
tho placard, "I would rather bo Piatt's
cholco than ruler ot Columbia."
In tho other hand tho solemn puritan
holds n box labeled "Carrlo Nation Jerome,"
nnd out of it Issues tho flguro of tho candi
date for district attorney. Tho Idea la or
iginal with Horgan and Slattery, the Tam
many architects, and has been worked up
by Max Bachmann, tho sculptor, with sug
gestions from Crok'cr.
Saturday It was dcrrlckcd to Us place on
tho electric truck and n trial spin was
taken. It .was found at Fifty-first street
that Seth Low's head did not clear tho olo
v.ttcd structure. Then careful mcunuroa
were taken and at Forty-seventh strcot the
mortar-board cap of tho fusion candldato
cleared tho "L" by two Inches, So when
tho truck starts out It will go Into tho en
emy's country through that street.
Two westerners were dining In a bwcII
cafe tho other night, rolatcs the Now York
Press, and each ordered a second portion
of oysters, ono saddlorocks, tho other Blue
Points. "It makes mo sad," said the older
man, "to think of tho oysters that my
father and grnndfathor used to cat. They
came from the town grocery In small tin
cans, holding about a pint apiece, and wcro
labeled 'cove oysters.' I was a boy then
and didn't like the looks of tho things.
They wero small and wrinkled and covered
with bluish whtto Juice. Wo always kept
on hand a supply of 'fox' crackers, and once
a week the old man and grandpop would
have a swell layout for dinner, with 'covo'
oysters as tho principal feature. Two cans
wero opened and stewed In sweet milk,
plonty of milk, with cream, If we had It,
and served in tho old blue chjna soup tu
rccn. As tho platefuls wero dipped out by
tho old jnan ho would hand 'em to grand
pop, who.would fling In a handful ot crack
ers and pass 'era on. Mother and the chil
dren, Including mo, never touched 'em, and
the old codgers would look at each other
and wink, remarking: 'They don't know
what Is good.' With these splendid fresh
bivalves before ua I am sad that those dear
old ancestors of mine did not live to taste
something better'than 'cove oysters.' Thoy
were epicures, up to their limit.
"New York Is fairly rioting In nrcbltec-
tural magnificence," said n prominent archi
tect who has Just returned after several
weeks spent In studying the new forms and
conditions exemplified In tho metropolis.
"Tho greatest evil In New York architec
ture, as In America generally, Is Its Inck of
any unity tho disregard for your neighbor.
Now York shows tho strangest mingling of
poverty nnd richness of any city In the
world and the most utter disregard for
general effect or appearance.
"It Is In business buildings that wo see
tho only original feature in American
architecture. There is nothing like It In
tho world. The, great Incongruity In these
buildings In Now York comes from putting
the rich facades ot houses sixteen, twenty
and twenty-flvo stories high on llttlo nar
row streets, whero they cannot possibly bo
seen, while the sides, which are of the
plainest nnd commonest brickwork, aro
startllngly prominent whero tho avorago
height nt the surrounding houses Is only
four or five stories. Theso facades are, at
most without exception, beautifully do
signed nnd elaborately worked out with the
most exqulsito effect in enduring granite
or richly molded terra cotta. In a photo
graph thoy charm the beholder, but when
he goes to New York nnd sees tho buildings
ho sees nothing but their aides, and the
work Is thrown away. They have solved
the problem better In Chicago, whero they
have not attempted to adorn tho fronts of
offlco buildings, but frankly have mado
them Just great commercial buildings, with
tho sides of the snmo color as tho front.
and the lack of adornment' on the front
tending to establish tho relation between
tho parts," ,
A census of wooden Indians In New York
City shows that thoro nre about 10,000 of
these whlto pine savages guarding the
cigar stores. They run In price from -''
to $150 and are good for about fifty years of
service, If kept well painted, before requir
ing fundamental repairs. One of the old
wood carvers says (ho business Is decreas
ing and fewer cigar stores think It nece-
Real Estate Prices
rlbune.
unquestionably operate to the prejudice 'of
real estate, I have personal knowledgo of
two cases where peoplo disposed of their
real estate holdings and put their money
Into stocks, with the hopo ot having to pay
less taxes, if not escaping them altogether.
This situation has now been completely
changed by the decision of the supreme
court, nnd there can be no doubt the new
conditions will operate greatly to the ad
vantage of real pstate In two ways It will
relieve the latter of the unjust burden It
has borne, nnd In certain to Attract to It
largely Increased amounts of capital now
that stocks And bonds are no longer to en
Joy practical exemption from taxation. 1
regard the decision not only ns Just on gen
crnl principles, but nlso ns the greatest
boon which has come to real estate In many
years. II. S. DIETRICH,
President of the Chicago Heal Kstate Hoard.
sary to have an aborigine, as an advertise
ment. There are so many "wooden Indans" In
tho flesh stnndlng around thn cigar stores
now that it does seem rather a useless bit
of extravaganco to be paying $100 for hav
ing ono carved out of pine.
IN THIS CASH OV CUIIA.
.SiipppshIvp fltpim on the Itoiut to In-
dPMPIIftpllCP.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Tho new nnd the first constitution of free
Cuba having been adopted, nn election for
eexcutivo And legislative officers will be
held In December. This election will start
Cuba upon Its way as an Independent, dis
tinct sovereignty, although there nre some
provisions ot the constitution which give
the United States nn Influence, though not
a control, which Is not permitted to nor en
joyed by nny other country.
It may be not Inappropriately said that
Latin-American republics, ns thoy have
been long known to tho world, aro governed
by tho popular will nnd power modified by
political or personal revolutions more or
less frequent and picturesque. How tho
republic of Cuba will bo governed remains
to bo seen, but ns the United States has re
served to Itself tho right to Intervene to
nssuro the stability of regularly constituted
government, these revolutions nre unlikely
to occur ns often ns they do, for Instance,
In Venezuela, In which country the life of
a mushroom nppcars to bo Immortal com
pared with thnt of n government.
But tho portents of such political nnd
factional dissensions ns may mako tho ten
ure of any Cuban government uncertain nre
many and great. It Is not only that the
electors aro divided In respect to tho ques
tion of absoluto Independence ir annexa
tion to this qountry, but. they differ widely
as to the porsonnel of their first president.
This latter contention will be probably
amicably determined by tho votes of the
majority, to whoso decision the minority
will loyally submit.
The graver mattor is likely to bo: Au
tonomy or Annexation? Thcro Is, com
monly, as llttlo scntlmont In politics as In
business, and It Is not unlikely that busi
ness considerations will eventually doter
mlno tho decision of tho peoplo of Cuba In
this particular. They havo two great and
valuable products tobacco and sugar. Upon
both, when exported to this country, heavy
duties are levied. That upon tobacco Is so
high as to enormously restrict tho exporta
tion to the United States, and our tobacco
growers, who havo dovcln;ed a vast and
Important Industry In respect to a very In
ferior quality of the "weed," will contend
as long and as strenuously ns they can to
keep tho duty whore It Is or to lncrense It.
The Cubans wish for tholr chief exports
tho rcmovnt of all duties, or, at lenst, a ma
terial rtductlon of them. When our neigh
bors find, ns they aro pretty certain to do,
that tho excise on tobacco and sugar will
bo neither removed nor reduced, tho proba
bilities are many and great that they will,
with practically one volco, clamor for nn
r.exntlon, which will be to them (reo trade
In all things with this country, of which
they will bo a part.
The Cubans may stand out a long time
against annexation, but unless they can by
other and less radical means secure tho
trade concessions ihey deslro, It seems to
bo only reasonable to suppose that even
tually they will be Induced to sacrifice their
long-Indulged dream of absolute Independ
ence for tho renltty of that material pros
perity which union with the United States
would tssuro to them.
CHAni.KY TOWNE'S RRTIItEMKNT.
From the Fornm 'of the People to the
Portals ot Plutocracy.
Minneapolis Journal,
Senator Towne Is going to leave us. His
business relations require his residence In
New York City. Thursday night the cltl
zens of Duluth gave him a farewell dinner
and summoned distinguished political
friends of tho senator from different places
to give distinction and character to the
occasion, Among the number was Mr.
Bryrn. Ho paid a handsome tribute to Mr.
Towne, taking, for his text "Moral Cour
age." Tho particular Interest, howevor, centers
In Mr. Towne's remarks. Mr. Towne tells
us that he has not changed his views ma
terially under the Influence of changed con
ditions In this country. Ho reasserts his
quantltlvo theory of monoy nnd declares
that Just what he contended for has been
brought about, Tho only difference Is that
whereas he wanted to use silver to Bupply
a supposed deficiency of gold, nature has
produced the gold In sufficient quantity and
the sllvrr Is not needed.
It would be fruitless to enter Into any
discussion nt this time with Mr. Towne
as to whether two metals ot different and
one of them ot uncertain vnlue might bo
successfully substituted, even on his quan
tltlvo theory, for one ot stablo value.
That ground has been gone over thoroughly,
tho caao has been submitted to the Jury and
the Jury has brought In Its verdict. The
verdict has been standing for several years
and there appears to be no reason to doubt
Its correctness. Nobody seems to be dis
posed to nppeal tho case, not even Mr.
Towne himself, at this time. On the con
trary, bo seems to be entirely satisfied with
business conditions and with his now re
lation to tho "nioney power."
HI new relation Is undoubtedly m.to
agreeable and comfortable than that which
he sustained at one time, a fact which Is
highly gratifying to all his friends, per
sonally as well as politically. Mr. Towne
will carry away with him from Minnesota
tho good wishes of a great many men who
ndmlro his brilliant talents, hold him In
high regard for his admirable personal
traits, but who have no use whatever for
hlh financial theories and political notions.
The retirement of Mr. Towne from poll
tics Is not without political significance.
It takes out of the field ot politics nnd rev
moves from the arena of popular discus
sion probably the most effective and plauBl
ble advocate of these theories to which
Mr. Towno has given adherence. This is
stated without qualification, but with the
hope that the time may come when theso
brilliant talents may be employed In tho
advocacy of more substantial and useful
doctrines than those which have been pro
mulgated by Mr. Towne during the last Ave
years.
NOT WANTKI) ELSEWHERE.
"Trillium of the Ppiinlp" (.'o 11 flu r it Irt
lll IIiiiiip Mtnte.
Washington .Stnr.
Mr. Bryan, (n sheer ilesporntlon, has
taken tho stump In his own state. Ho
walled In vain for n call from Maryland,
from Massachusetts, from New York, from
Virginia, from Iowa. He offered to go to
Ohio, but his letter rcmalnpil unanswered.
Itememberlng then that a campaign was
In progress nt home, he packed his grip
and started again on tho well known cir
cuit. It was the right step, for two reasons.
In the first place, of all the campaigns this
year, that In Nebraska Is fashioned after
the Bryanltc order of things. There Is
fusion of nil the opponents of republican
ism. Democrats, populists nnd sliver re
publicans have pooled their Issues, and
largely as the result ot Mr. Bryan's Influ
ence. The crowds he will address there
fore will bo thoroughly sympathetic, And
the npplnuso wllll warm his blood and con
aolc him for tho slights he has endured
nt the hands of tho Oorman-Croker-Mo
Lean contingent of tho parly. His heArt
Is still true to Poll, and Poll's heart Is still
true to him, If he makes no converts to
his cause he will have a good time, and
that will repay hlra for his labors.
In the second place, If Mr. Bryan Is to
hopo to cut any figure nt nil In tho next
democratic national convention he must
contrive In some way to hold on to thn
west. The oast Is lost to him. Mr. Hill
and Mr. Croker, though hating each other,
nre as ono against him: Mr. Qulncy, In
Massachusetts, hassupplnnted George Fred
Williams, while Mr, Gorman And Mr, Mc
Lean nre manipulating tho middle state
for anti-Bryan purposes. Mr. Watterson
in playing for favor In tho houth again.
His rhetorical Jig over tho Booker Wash
ington episode Is proof sufficient that he Is
eager to rcsumo his old leadership tn that
section. That, of course, bodea no good
to Mr. Bryan. The south, moreover, Is
fickle. It has supported Mr. Bryan,
twice for the presidency nnd It Is likely
to be looking next time, for n probablo
winner. Not even tho south can live on
eloquence alone.
Tho west remains and Mr, Bryan will
need Its Influence In his business. Dis
couraging ns the outlook Is, ho probably
has no thought of giving It up. It would,
bo unrcnsonablo to expect him, nt 45 and In
tho flush of his powers, when most men
nre hut beglnnlng'thelr political careers,
to retire voluntnrlly from the field nnd
become a mero "rooter" for others. Thero
must bo nt lenst one moro good fight In htm,
It not for personal leadership, for the
principles for which he- Btands. and 1901
Is tho time set for action. With the wfst
behind him he will still be n power In his
party nnd entitled to hopo for at least re
spectful attention at Its hands. Can ho
hold the west? If fusion carries In Ne
braska next month under his leadershln
will tho Influence of the victory spread
throughout thnt section?
PERSONA I. NOTES.
King Edward's llfo has been Insured for
$2,500,000 until the coronation.
John McCurdy hnB Just completed his fif
tieth year as engineer on tho Michigan
Centrnl, and although 70 yoars of age makes
dalty trips between Michigan City and
Jackson, 153 miles,
Tho original of the proverb "no cobbler
beyond his last" Is recalled by the Indigna
tion Prlnco Bismarck's tailor Is showing In
Berlin over Prof. Bcgas' status of that
statesman. Tho tailor says thn Btatue's
clothes don't fit.
A tower In memory ot the late Bishop
Whlpplo Is to be erected ovor the crypt of
the cathedral at Faribault In wblrh his
body reposes. The fund Is Increasing rap
idly, ono of tho liberal donors being Bishop
Mlllspaugh of Kansas.
Thomas Nicholson, an Indian ot Calgary,
known to tho tribe aa War Hawk, Is quoted
sb saying when ho waa presontcd to tha
duko'of Cornwall and York: "King's men
very kind to us. 'Mcrlcan man ho darn bad
to injun. King's man help; long knives
kill."
It Is announced that United States Sen
ator Henry Cabot Lodge will not make even
ono speech In Massachusetts during tbo
present state political campaign. The re
publican plan of campaign In the state Is
for a quiet one. The democrats are active
on tho stump.
"Only second to Washington" was the
estimate United States Senator Gcoie P.
Hoar gave of his distinguished grandfather,
Roger Sherman, In an nddress at a recep
tion tendered him by tho Lucy Jackson,
chapter of the Daughters of tho Revolution
In West Newton, Mass,, a fow nlghtB ago.
FASSINO PLEASANTRIES.
Chlcngo Tribune: "Wns hn wounded
seriously?" nsked tho reporter, hurrying to
the scene of the nffray.
"He was." briefly answered the police
man. "Did ycz think it wns In fun?
Judge: Cholly-I shot n fine deer while
In Maine. I'll tell you how It happened, ,
Ethel Oh, 1 enn guess. You didn't know
tho gun was loaded.
Atlnnln Pnnfl tllllllntl .
Who la vour
choice for governor. Uncle Dav
"Well, sun: des nt dls time
Irna nn1 nnnn! lint I'll saV (Us
Dave?" ,
Ima mv mln' 1.4
..Hl t,.i 111 aa. ,11- miinh! DA
IICC till Ul'Ull, lUfc .. .
olo man mighty hard up dis year!"
Washington Stnr: "Do you realize," inld
tho economist, "that thore Is u hciiyy f -plus
In the United States treasury?" 1
"Well," answered Senator Sorghum, I
ain't my fault." I
Cleveland Plain Denier: "Upton says .
will r.over mnrry until he lifts the Amet
en's cup."
"Foolish man, why didn't he say untl,
tho Boor war ends and let It go at that?"
CM, I'nut: "So vuiir natent medtclns
was n failure,''
No: tno meuicinewns an rigui, ns sjco
medicines go, but how could I expect to be
successful when 1 Inadvertently got hold ot
an advertising man with a conscience?"
Philadelphia Press: Miss Iludd Yes. she
did say something about you, but I don't
know whether It was meant to be compli
mentary or not.
Mr. Hallow Oh! I'll wnrrnnt I Impressed
her.
Miss Budd I don't know: nt any rate she
commented on your "blooming cheek."
Pittsburg Chronicle: "Will you marry
...a oi,l rtPAflln m'nr mv linitnAli nlA m
queen?" ho nsked. ...
She was Inclined to laugh his proposal
In pnrn
"You may never
have such another
Cllliilvnp nr. ciiiitinucu, i iiiititv ui e,
really excellent servant girl who Is about
tn lnvA hr nr-Hrnt nluce nnrl whnm f
I, i. - , i .. . , i .
could cngago nt once,"
inereupon niio icn upun inn uosom,
SORROWS WOMO HEAR.
B. E, KUer In Record-Herald.
1.
A wprnan old nnd bent
Went weeping nil the day:
"Good mother, why those bitter tears7"
Asked one who pussed that way.
Her poor, old, knotted hands she wrung,
Her poor, old, wenry head she hung,
And then ho heurd her say: v
"My boy! My boy, thut once I pressed.
Ho Innocent, against my breast
Han fallen In disgrace;
Today, with chalnn upon his feet,
He tolls, a convict, In tho streetl" 1
She sobbed and hid her face.
II. , , i '
A woman rich nnd fair -t
Kmltted many n nigh,
And ono Imbued with sympathy
Drew near and asked her why.
HtiA Hlnnlv twl-li.fl I,A I....... j- .
Timty.eamcd'unon her Skin" y hSud?,'
And Hflrllv miirln rn.,1.,. '
"Ah, fate has been unkind to me,
I have no royal pedigree,
No noble crest Is mine)
My son may win enduring fame. '
But proud descent he ne'r may claim
From any k ngly Una " Y m