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f 6 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, yOVEMBEB 1, 1901. The omaha Daily Bee 15. ROSEWATER. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: DtfLlVEltiiD 11Y CARRIER. IfeUy lieu, without Sunday, per copy.... 2c' JAu'o' liee wiuiiiut ounitiiy pur weca lie Dolly ucc, ineiuuing oUuuuy, per week. ,17c tiunuay nee, per io,iy... ,o Evening tef, without aunciay, per whvk-.wc Kvrnins uc, incluU ng bunuay, per week. loo Coiiipiatnia ot irre.jUliiritu.-b in uolivory Bhouiu no uuUrcsseU tu City circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha! Tlio Uto Building. ,, Houtn umana; City nail uulldlng, Twen ty.imn ana At Streets. . Council jJluifa: w i'earl Street. Chicago: lwi Unity nuilalng. New ifork; Tetnplu Court. .Washington. Mil Fourteenth Street CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edl torlal matter should ho addressed: umaha lit, Euiiuriul Ui'purtinont. liCdlNJS LISl'TKRS. UusliirbH ietit' and remittances should ho auurcKHeui 1110 Uuo ruuiisning company; umana. HEM ITTANCES. Itcmlt by dratt, express or postal order, BayaDio tu tno xteo Publishing Company, my '.'-cent stamps accented n payment or mill accounts Personal checks, except on Otnului or uustcrn cxcnunges, noi uccupicu. THE UE1S PUBLISHING COMPAQ JT. J M. ,- STATEMENT OF CIRCUIATION. Ittato of Nebraska. Douglas County, s.: Ueorgo II. Tznchuck, secretary of 'i'hc Boe JPubllhMng Company, helng UiUy sworn, ays that thn actual numiier or full ana compluto ccples .or Tho .I).illy. Morning, Evening ana Hitnduy Uetf printed during tho mouth of October, 1901, was as lop lowu, l ait, loo 17 l 19 1X1 :i 2 L'3 ji..; Hi; w M) .ai ...ys.r.iui ...stMiuti s ait.or.ii 3 utytijii 4 ;.. :aii,Mio 6 uti.uim 6 .tMK!U 7 V!,t 7ii 8 ,..a,Nto 0 l!8.NOI 10 UM.7IHI IX SH.sno 13 '211, WM 13 i!ii,o.-r. 11 jh,.i:io 15 v,.,.ii!M:o ic...... i'f.,.ino ...UKtlU ...u.iito ,..:to, i7o ...us,.ino ...:t-',7o ...'JS.770 ...Jto.rio ...ao, inn ,..i!!t,07.-. ...:umiio ...:io.7Hi ...;to,iio ,,.:i:i,i.-(i Total , , , ii7.:iii ,1iCsh uriMiiil und rciu'rnnl copliw... li.H.VJ Not total Fftlcs. ".007, l7 Net dally avirngn '2ti,'27 1 OKOttOB B. TZSCHI'CK. Subscribed In my, prewnre and nworn to (eiuro IUU linn oin iim ii t. JD01. M. B. UUNaATlS, (Seal.) , Notary Public. Last chance to reguVter conies Satur day. ) - ' , ' If you are not registered by Saturday night 3'ou will not bo ablo to vote next 'Tuesday. Silver as an Issue has disappeared. Even the silver paint which the fusion' lets put on the eapltol dome has faded, Not h singje bond prOiwsitioii is to be Voted on lu Omaha at the coining elec tion. But this Is the exception rather than tho rule. Whenever tho Insurance companies ECt out to "readjust" lire risks It means raise lu rates. They never "readjust" rates downward. Registration Is as Important as. voting. The man who Ueglects to have bis 'tame enrolled by' the registrars delib erately disfranchises himself. ' Franco might borrow tho ctty trens; urcr's van to moke its collection from Turkey. It'ls effective In operation and is less expensive than a lleet of war ships. When Stiperlutendeut Tearse gets; through superintending the political tjumpulgu we niuy expect hliu to present his annual report, now two month's overdue. The British government Is buyiug an other Installment of Missouri mules. ' From this distance It would appear there wero kickers enough at homo without buying more. In spite of thq stories of drouth and prospective, destitution which were cir culated last summer the ouly famine noted up tu date Is a car famine ou: tho railroads. Of course people who, In 1S0U, advised men to wear gold badges ami vote for ellver see nothing reprehensible lu a democrat having himself registered Under oatli ns it prohibitionist, "Just for fun." "Calamity Jauo" has revisited tho scenes of her early exploits, but those Who formerly knew her do not recognize tho present claimant of the name. Pros perity has probably affected her as well its others. Our unliable popotrutlu contemporary that is apologizing for Judge Gordon and his system of disappearing police court flues "should read up Its buck flies und post Itself on what an expensive ofllcci' Cioriltui has been. Apples are reporttyl to bo scarce this year in now orh una tuo prices in consequence high. IJiihsvII Sage will bo forced to adopt! something else for his noonday meal If ho keeps expenses iu Hide of the time-honored limit. It Is now proclaimed that 'Thomas Jefferson entertained a negro nt dinner lu the white House. That ought to ettlo It. But Jefferson runs the risk of being dislodged from the bhrlno of de mocracy ho liis occupied so long. New Jersey has Just put iu operation ft strlncont laWliu'iilnst the iiilnhoinUnn of food products. If tills Is followed up by a law forbidding tho dilution of stocks by the addjtlou of water tho In vesting public will bo benefited, but ono of uUUc'.s chief Industries will bo ruw'd. The German wheat crop is 1,837,000 tons short mid tho country must Import 3,000,000 tons lu order to supply tho home demand, Even with a full crop tho country must Import grain, and tjjo pllghtest decrease from the average Import. With these figures lu view American farmers can easily uee they havo nothing to fear fromhostilo legislation lu that couutry. pally ueiwithout , w""".)' catr-ffi gimtle trusts were forme.! long before Dally llc! mid BUiiaay, uno lear....i... o.uu n ... - ., . ... , . illustrated iiee, onu iear.... 2.00 the wloiitlon of the Mckinley tariff. -Mr. ;nrj?nii stiiionugs to the delusion !" uth century iutmcr, ono Year., i.w that the tariff aloue Is responsible for is the tariff rim motuerpf trusts - . . ; ..... in ins recent campaign speeches u- .Hum .Tennliigs Bryan ban rrltrrutrd his former assertion that the tariff Is the "mother of trusts," lu spite of the no torious fact that homo of the most gl- the. existence of tnists.. But uclther Mr. Brviin nor any other American fiUtefinan has ever known it tiiothcr who was younger thuti her offspring. In order to refresh his memory atid that of all other people who still labor under the delusion that the trusts are the outgrowth of tho tariff wo deem It proper to call attention, to the fqllowlng list of trusts, representing nothing below .$10,000,000 each, that were organized before Mr. McKIuIcj-'h Inauguration and flourished under tho Wilson tariff: '' When Formed Shares. and Bonds. JS7.M6.000 n,2;.:.,ono 12,000,000 11,605.900 10,000,000 Unknown 30,935,300 .10.000,000 2,080,000 25,050,000 51,080,000 . 35,431,600 28,412,000 130.388.000 M.191.000 1 1.500,000 70,000,00) - sn.o'rto.ooo io.oo'o.ooo 33,593,700 28,500,000 50.000,000 97,250,000 20,857,000 , f . 30.0f0.000 28,722,000 10,000,000 , .18,015,000 American Surht Co US87 ConBolldated Icn Co l'SO. National Salt Co 18M National Stnrch Co....., lsno Sperry Flour Co. (Cal).. 188!) Chicago Reef combine.... 1885 American Spirits Co 1887 California Winnmakers' companyi 1887 Chicago Brewing and Malt.4 - -. V. it.i cuiupauy ..'.. l lo.'i Milwaukee and Chicago Brewing company.. 'if.. ISO 4 American Tobacco Coj...' 1890 National Wall Paper Co.'.187d Standard Kopa Co Iftfli! IT. S, Leather Co 189.1 U. S. Utlbbcr Co .'1892 American School rural turo Co ff... 1892 Central Lumber Co. CCal). 189S American Window Olaes Co ". 1890 Pittsburg Platrglass .Co.'. 1891 American Cotton Oil Co.. 188:t American Linseed Oil Co. 1887 Agr. Chemical Co 18D0 Standard Oil Co 1872 Fuel and Iron Co. (Colo.). 1S92 Coal, Iron & Rallrond Co.'s (Tcnn.) ..tLtWi Lako Superior Coosoll- 5 dated Iron Mines 189.1 American (Sewing) Ma chine Co 1895 Union -Typewriter. Cc-..,189 American Klectrlc Heat Co f.... 189S 10,000,000 ''Is, 150.000 26,543,000 Ltilectrlc Storage Batlery , Co 1S8S Ocnoral Klectrlc Co: 1892 Wcatlnghouse Electric Co. 1891 16,483.950 30,000,000 Anaconda Copper Co 1S91 National Lead Co... 1R!U Brooklyn Wharf and Warehouse Co 1893 29,822,003 30,000,000 15,000,000 11,000,000 Western Elevator associa tion 1887 Diamond Match Co 1889 Aggregato capitalization.... $1,093,881,35:1 Many of these twists have been re organized and now represent an aggre gate of more than two billions of capital. While many of the more recently or ganised trusts have been, stimulated by the tariff It will be conceded by Colonel Bryan that the-destruction of these colossal concerns Avould have seriously affected America's commercial supremacy lu the markets of the world und 'materially tetayd.ed the growth nud prosperity of this couutry, f" A FOUTWAL MQSTUOSITl , ' 1ft his famous work, "The Tollers of the Sea," Victor Hugo describes a hor rihlo salt water monster with tentacles that reach out iu all directions nud grasp and crush everybody that conies within its reach. When Victor Hugo described this monstrosity of the deep he must have had In , his, mind's eye that mauy-heuded bugaboo otherwise known as Tom Deunlson. For years In every campaign waged In, Omaha Deunlson has. been the pollt leal dragon fish wltlv.tentflclips.thut reach nut Into , all nol tlcal enmns and wlnii around the bodlcs 'of ' a'lV candidates for .otnec. A few days ago Tom nennison was advertised as a ruUaway from the prospective grand Jury. Now he Is placarded ns being upt pnly anchored in uinuna, out steering an tnc political machines, running 'for every office on both'tlekets and pouring money luto all ttie political, rathoies. .' .. . ';, it i iveeoruing to ino iveiiogg organ, ueu- lilson Js turning the Third ward upside down to re-elect' Power and trying to pry Superintendent Pearse away from his $3,000 Job; according to the other yellow Journal Deunlson Is throwing money by tho handful Into tho repub lican campaign treasury to dowii Power and elect McBrldc and the other, antl- machine candidates. Both of-the yellow Journals agree that'the onlj-lssuc In the school board camprtlgn'ls'whother Deu nlson or Pearse (stp- write the next chapter on Nebraska' geography for the school book tnlst.' It Is also- agreed on all hands that Candidate Funkhouscr can discount Deunlson In writing poli cies. But Deanlson's policies do not de plete tho school fund so heavily as tho other class. ' If things' do not go better before next Tuesday, It will bo .all up with Omaha. Deunlson's ticket Is sure to bo elected and ho will bo crowned Emperor of tho Land of WelbDeflued Rumors. The question Is, Will tho people of Omaha rise to tho occasion and make Dennl sou's election unanimcms? VALVE OK IVESTEltK FARM LANDS. Director Sage of the Towa, Agrleul tural Experiment' utatlon has Just re turned from a tour of observation In tho western states and made public his conclusions regarding agricultural con ditions of that section. According to Mr. Sage, lnnd In Iowa sells, for moro money per aero than It does In New 'York Iu this'statement, of course, land lin the. Immediate proximity to tho metropolis or the larger cities of tho Empire state was not Included. What Is true of farmlug lands In Iowa In com parlsou with the land In the states on tho Atlantic seaboard Is also true of the other states west of tho Mississippi tills hide of tho arid and seml-arld region. It has for years been a geu orally recognized fact that the pralrlo lauds of tho west were more productive than tho lands of the cast, but until comparatively receut date the dlfferenco lu dlstauce to tho point of consumption of thu'product has more than offset the greater fertility of the western farms The change Is due primarily to two causes. Tho western farmer has largely abandoned tho slack methods of farm ing of former .lays and Is today the most Intelligent and progressive fanner In the world. There Is less waste land on his farm and he secures a greater return for the labor expended lu prodncliig a crop than In former years. The west has also built up in other lines than agriculturally and today, even with In creased product lou, a greater percentage of the crop Is consumed on or lu tho vicinity of the farm than In former years and the surplus product Is shipped to tho world's markets lu more con centrated form. Much has beeu done In this direction to overcome the huudlcap of distance, but much remains to be accomplished. The farm lands of the west have not yet reached the maximum of value, based upon the selling price of what they produce. Tins packing houses and live stock have solved the problem so far as corn is concerned, but the . it her great agricultural (.tuples largely go to the world's markets In the raw nud more bulky stale. Wheat today lakes rank almost on an ciuall!y with corn as a Nebraska staple. During the crop year UXKi It. amounted In rouud numbers to :m,000,0(KJ bushels und of this the railroads curried out of the state ''.V 000,000 bushels hi the grain and ouly 3,500,000 bushels In the form of flour, the remainder being consumed at home. If the great surplus of wheat had been manufactured within the state it 'would have hud an added value us well as In creasing the prosperity of the state by tin addition of Industrial population. Uvery dollar added to the value of the product of the farm Is money added to the value of the farm and every dollar added to the value of the farm Is an addition to the prosperity of the com muul'ty. Tills Is only one, though a large one. of the Items In which the same principle could be applied with prollt. Build up the industries which thrive along with agriculture and these west ern prairies will be the permanent home of the greatest prosperity In the wo.Id. Tiiniwnr.ixa run tvaciieiis. Another abuse of Omaha's present public school regime Is the systematic terrorism of teacher practiced by those lu Immediate control. At no time In the history of our schools has tills perni cious practice been carried to such lengths, until now a timid teacher is afraid to open her mouth In complaint or crltlclsui for fear of inarklug herself for persecution or dismissal. When attempts were made two years ago to learn to what extent the Insur juice agents on the school board were using their positions to shake down school employes for Insurance preml urns, tliu state of terror in which our school teachers lived was first realized Teachers who had been the unwilling victims of the Insurance venders on the board refused to open their mouths for fear of punishment to follow. Instead of becoming better, the sltun tlon has grown worse. .Tcacners are coerced liy those above them luto join lug annuity societies, buying tickets to lecture courses and musical festivals, subscribing to tills, that and the other The coercion lias not necessarily been by forcible methods, for a wink is often as good as a command. They have been made to understand, however, that compliance with the requests of board members, superintendent or principals, although on matters lu no way pertain lug to their school work, means en trenchmeiit In favor and progress In the line of promotion, while Indifference to their solicitations Is followed with fault-lludiug ami discrimination. Thus instead of merit and faithful per formance of duty being the sole avenues to advancement, subserviency to tho dictation of the overlord often becomes an equal, if not more potent, passport to recognition. It may be more soothing to keep our eyes closed to this condition of affairs, hut the evil Is a growing ono nud tin less checked it will eventually destroy tho efllcleney and effectiveness of our schools. Hand lu hand with the prac tlco of unloudlng relatives of board members and superintendent on the school pay roll, Irrespective of teaching qualltlcatlons, the terrorlzutiou of the touching force is a disturbing factor that we must face lu order to eradicate it And it will not bo eradicated by continuing the present combine lu con trol of the school board through the election of tho democratic candidates, for whom the combine leaders and school superintendent are straining every effort. The Humauo society has delivered an oplnlou that the readers used in tho public schools of this country aro none of them suitable, because the subjects embraced in them do not tend to cdu cnto along the lines of that society By tho tlmo tho various societies havo Injected mntter to their llklug In tho readers theso text books will resemble an unabridged dictionary. Possibly It might lie better to leave such things for other Holds of education and continue to put Into readers selections calculated to develop tho elocutionary powers of the pupil. The last fcteamer to return from Cap Nomo brought S.'tOO.OOO in gold. It also brought over 100 meu who had no money to pay faro and had stowe. themselves nway on, the ship when It sailed, leavlug hundreds of others wh were just as destitute and not so for tunato In securing passage. The search fur gold Is as alluring ns gambling and the chances of success hardly mon numerous. Count von Moltke, who has recently visited the United States on a mission for his government, expresses surprise at tho rapidity witli which this countr adopts now inventions and puts now theories Into practice. It Is this faculty of tho people which accomplishes some thing whllo Europe Is thinking about it that has put tho United States lu the forefront of Industrial nations. Private market houses havo been tried In other cities in tills country, hut lu none of them with very marked success, The .market house Is essentially ono of the public utilities and should bo owned and managed by the city. At the same time, of course, there Is nothing that can prevent private Individuals from sing their own property for any legiti mate purpose they may wish. Waslilnctoti enrresnondeuts are advis ing their papers that the forthcoming message of the presldeut will not con tain any pointed references or take any ecided stand on nny question. Tneo ore Hooscvelt has never been back- ard in saying what he thought nud lore Is no annarent reason for thluklug that President Roosevelt lacks the cour- ge of his convictions. Turkey Is already preparing to resist the demand for indemnity In behalf of Miss Stone, the mlxsloiiary who Is In the hands of brigands. It. will plead ontrlbutory negligence and several tlicr tilings. The famous Mr. Johnson was never In It for a minute with urkey when It comes to the matter of good excuses. "The best authority'' In England states that King Kdwnrd Is dangerously 111 and has submitted to several opera tions. "The best authority" also says there Is nothlug the. matter with tho klug and that no operation has been performed upon him. Will someone who has the ability to demoustrato his statements please tell us the truth? Are tho taxpayers of Omaha who ove been groaning under high tax rates going to vote to continue an admlnlstra- lou of the public schools that ate up $71,000 more of taxes In 3001 than In WOO and $100,000 more tlinu In 1800 without reducing the floating debt per- eptlbly to the naked eye? In eighteen months that he has been In oflice City Treasurer llcnnings has turned lu $10,000 as luterest on deposits of city money. County Treasurer El- sasser has been lu otllco twenty-ouo months, but has not turned Iu a cent of Interest on county money. Jinl When the Fight U On. Raltlmoro American. Admiral Schley has a habit of "getting up, walking around and sitting down," but he Is not ono of those who go away back and alt down. It In t'p to Hryun. Indianapolis' Nows. Senator Jones of Nevada declares that tho unexpectedly largo lncrcaso in the output of gold has donn for finance what bimetallism would have dono and that thero is no silver question at present. Now, let's hear from you, Mr. Bryan. AdvmitnKOK of flood Trtttper. Chicago Hecord-IIerald. If the Schley court of Inquiry has served no other purpose it would have been valua ble In that It teaches bow much stronger the man who can control his temper while dealing with his enemies Is than tho one who loses his headj and becomes abusive. Squeal of thr Coppered. (Chicago News. Gentlemen who Jbave lost large sums In copper stocks aro ' still swapping experi ences. They may "And some consolation in tho reflection that' they are tho advance guard of swarms of other gentlemen who will discover In time that It Is an Impos sibility for stocks, of all sorts to continue to go up in price Indefinitely. SprcnlntliiK on the Message. Brooklyn Kaglr, The statement that tho prctddent will write his own message Is supplemented hy the Intimation that ho will write it on original lines. Thero will be no disposi tion to dispute It. What ho may say on the subject of corporations will be awaited with much interest. As vice president he alluded to tho necessity for shackling cun ntng. Circumstances alter cases. Those who are cunning are defined as being dcx terous, skillful, knowing. Shackles for dexterity, for skill, for thoso who know, would romo from a strange iralthy and should como from none. Modern Yankee Doodle. Now "York Tribune. As the old song put It, Yankee Doodle stuck a feather In his cap. But that was long ago. The Yankee Doodle of today is not a fellow of fuss and feathers. He is a calm, cool, unpretentious worker, who tolls effectively and accomplishes great things without pluming hlmsolf, without vaunting or putting on airs. No weary Titan he. Too vigorous In his lusty youth, too sturdy with his massive shoulders,, bis mighty thews and slnows, to feel fatigue, he Is ready to cope with burdens which older peoples may find too heavy. With clear, straight vision, with the brains and the brawn to takn up and to carry through the hardest tasks which tho exacting condl ttons of this period may Impose ho will meot bravely the duties of the time. StrlklnK the Tax Dodgera. Philadelphia Itecord. Unquestionably tbe docison of the su premo court ot Illinois In the Chicago teachers' tax case- Is tbo hardest blow that has recently been struck at tax-dodging corporate franchise holders. Tho too fro' quently successful efforts of these asso ciated monopolizers of public utilities to escape tbe ordinary burdens of citizenship, while at tho same time claiming more than their share of public protection, havo dono more to arouse class spirit than nave all other real or Imaginary causes ot discon tent put together. There Is such a thing as going too far, however. In severity as well as In leniency. Without expressing any opinion on the merits ot tbo particular case under consideration, It may be said that tbo taxation of publlo utility com panleH beyond the limit compatible with the Improvement of their service would b of doubtful advantage to tho public. Pecullnrltlea of Onr Civilisation. Kansas City Star. The Sepoy mutiny was precipitated by British disregard of a religious prejudlc of the native troops' In relation to the grease on tbo cartridges. Nothing so in censes human nature ns contempt for its customs and beliefs, and it is quite poesibl that the keenest resentment against the Americans in Manila will be caused by to Interdiction of tbe national Bport of cock fighting. The natives will find it hard to reconcile the facts that Americans drink whisky iu a way to astonish them and yet havo ntern moral scruples about cock fight Ing. Indeed, tho Anglo-Saxon moral stand ards aro something which, It must bo con feseed, must rather confuse the oriental mind. American officers who play poker prohibit gambling by the natives, and the Interdiction of cock fighting by devotees of pugilistic sport must seem mighty queer t people who have never witnessed tbe effect of American Sunday laws and tbe reeults of sumptuary legislation. Jones Forsakes Silver St. Louis CMobe Tho announcement by Senator John P. Jones ot Nevada that bo has come back to the republicans will not occasion much surprise. Like his colleague, William M. Stewart, who boa also returned to tho old fold, Jones has always been a republican on everything except silver. In tho be ginning, Indeed, both Jones nnd Stewart were pronounced gold men. That was In tho days when greenback inflation was nn issue which had many supporters in the west. One of tho men who advised Presi dent Orant to veto tho greenback expansion bill of 1874, which Grant did veto, was Jones, and Grant in that year wrote a tetter to Jonos in favor of a return to specie pay ments, which hastened tho passage of the act of 1875, under which resumption took place in 1879. There is nothing now to keep such men as Jones in tho ranks of tho democracy, to hlcb party thoy went in 1896, on the bolt f tho silver republicans. As tbo senator himself says, "the silver issue Is dead, and o aro face lo faco with other questions. e remarks, with a truth which can not ba seriously questioned, that "tho republican party today is the only party which Is In ROUND ABOUT NKW YOHK.. tllpplen on the Cnrrent of I.lfe in the Metropolis. Betting on tho result of tho mayoralty contest In New York City' is veering around in favor of Shcpard, tho Tammany candi date. From tho beginning of tho campaign until Jato last week even money was the rule. Now it Is 10 to 9 In favor of Shcpard. The Herald reports that In tho betting ring of the Aqueduct raco track Monday Davo Johnson, a well known turfman, bet $37,S0O on Shepard ngalnat $31,875 on Low. George Wheelock, a bookmaker, took tbo Low- end. When tho money had been posted Johnson told Wheelock that ho could have $100,000 moro at the same price. "I don't want any morel" Wheelock re plied. In Wall street Shepard remained the choice tn tho betting at odds of 10 to 9. A remarkable labor strike was Inaugu rated and carried to a successful finish In ellk mill on tbo Jersey sldo of tho river one day last week. Sixty glr weavers left their looms becauso of the employment of a filing married woman who was not in their set." The result was that tho young oman had to leave, and now shn threatens o sue for damages. Tho occurrence took place early Thursday morning, when the oung woman, who Is an expert weaver, en tered tho mill to lako chargo of a loom. In two hours every loom had ceased and tho mill girls in n body, with tho exception f tho newcomer, waited upon tho superin tendent, Joseph Holtham. Miss Walllna Bradley headed tho delega tion nnd said that tho girls did not think tho newcomer was "cllglblo to good so- loty," and the weavers would not work with hor. The story was told to tho su perintendent that tho newcomer had figured In a flirtation. The weavers would not work with a woman who had flirted with married man. Tho superintendent said that ho knew of no wrong that the new comer had dono, that sho was a goon weaver and that to dismiss her would per haps bo a great Injustice, as It would, pro claim to nil that she was considered guilty of the stories that were told nbout her. With tears streaming down her cheeks the objectionable weaver went to tho super intendent and wanted to know what wan. tbo matter. He told her and sho dented all the stories and went back to work. The managers wanted to stand by -the young woman till they found whether or not tho stories wero true, but they had hurry orders, and while they assured tho young woman that, they had no faith In tho charges made against her, they wanted to get the other weavers back to work, and promised that tboy would mako an Investi gation. A committee was selected after the weav ers came back to work, and on. Investigat ing tho matter found It was impossible to find out where the story started, as every body denied all knowledge of it. Tho girt will demand a complete Lpology and then is likely to buo for damages. It will be a novelty In New York, ac cording to the Evening Post, for a reign ing European king to visit tho city. Crown princes and heirs apparent have landod there from the old world, but no Kings. Tho first reigning sovereigns to set foot In the city were tbe genial Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil (1876) and tho dusky King Kalakaua of the Sandwich Islands (1874). Tho monarch, Leopold II, king of the Belgians, who, It has been reported (nnd In a way denied) is to pay the city the compliment of a visit, not before he Is crowned or after he Is dethroned, but while he is actually king, Is a man of particularly simple and republican tastes. At home bo sleeps on f camp cot and ho begins his day generally at 6 o'clock, doing two hours of work bofore eating n breakfast of tea, rye bread and an apple. The rest of the morn ing Is given up to tho weightier business of tbo stato and tbo afternoon, unless some publlo engagement prevents, in superin tending tho management of his farms and estates. His ovenlngs aro usually spent over the affairs of the Congo state, which Is his particular hobby. From tho severity of this reglmo he occasionally takes a holi day to Paris. Whether the New Yort: trip, If undertaken, will be entirely for pleasure he has not declared. American knowledge of him Is so vague .that it Is fairly well summed up by the description on tho bi ographical filo of one of the dally news papers, where he Is described as: "Name, Leopold; nuBiness, King; residence, Bel gium." Fishing In nsh barrels for rags nnd old tin cans, although tho pockets of his tat tered clothes were filled with money, a lit tle bent man was found ono evening last week and taken to Bellavuo hospital for examination as to his sanity. There be gave hit nnmo as Oscar Rcls of 103 East Houston street, and the man who ac companied him, John McGce, asked that be be committed to an Institution. At the hospital the attendants saw noth ing unusual In the little, old man, but they had a surprise a few minutes later when they started to make a search of Itels' clothes in order to place his belong ings in safe keeping. In every pocket ho had monoy. From his ragged trousers pockets they took more than $600 In bills, ranging from tens to twenties. His coat nockets contained several ' hundred more: bills were stuffed Into his watsicoat, and upon turning out one of his back pockets a flood of coin nickels, quarters and half dollars poured upon tho floor. When the little mint bad been fully ex plored It was found, that tbe sura total of the man's money amounted to $1,187, Mc Gee explained that bo had known Itels for a number ot years, and that tbe man's eccen triclttes, slight at first, bad so Increased that it seemed best to have him sent to some Institution for safo keeping. One Itlik HnouKh. Philadelphia Ledger. Tho woman who went over Niagara Falls In a barrel has received an offer of mar riage, but she seems to think she has bad enough hazardous adventures for tbe pres. eat, - Democrat. touch with the economic policy ot the twen tieth century." Keeling in this way, his place, of course, is back tn tho party, to which nearly all tho prominent secedcrs of 1891? have returned, except Teller, and he Is on tho way back. The element cnlled the silver republican party has dissolved, llko tho populists, and their members havo returned to their original affiliations. Tho present outlook Is that Nevada will come to tho republicans in 1904. Nevada Is a small state, hut the break which Is In progress thero Is under way In all tbo Rocky mountain region. Colorado, Idaho, Montana and tho other states In the min ing region which worn carried for Bryan nro practically safo for tho republicans three years'hence. Tho vanishing of tho silver issue removes tho only barrier to tholr return to their old base. A solid northern republican vote Is reasonably cer tain for 1991, and this will probably be re enforced by a considerable accession from tho south. Tho outlook for the republican party for the near future Is especially bright. Hcpubllran preponderance In 1904 promisee lo be greater, Instead of less, than It was In 1900. PrtlCH OF STEEL BILLETS. American Vrodoot Sold Abroad for Less Than at Home. 8t. Paul Pioneer Press. The assertion of Joseph Lawrence, M. P., In an address before an English chamber of commerce that Mr. Schwab had told him that tho steel corporation could deliver steel billets In England for $18.50 n ton is an Interesting bit of commercial Informa tion. There is little doubt that the asser tion Is accurate, and If accurate It means that American billet makers can undersell British makers in their own markets, in all renditions of business, since the lowest cost of producing steel billets In England Is $19 a ton. This advantage Is maintained. In spite of wages that are about twice aa high as thoiso paid In English steel mills and In splto of the freight costs from Pittsburg to Liverpool. A England can make steel much more cheaply than any other European na tion, tho uselessness ot maintaining a duty of 3S per cent on steel billets Is apparent. It serves no purpose from the standpplnt of revenuo or of protection, but It does 'enable tho steel makers to maintain a price some 33 per cent higher than the English cost of production. At the samo time the steet men have not taken advantage of this sit uation. In 1896 tho price of billots was about $20.25, and througho" 1897 and 1898, In spite of Improving business, they sold at from $14.25 to $16.50. The margin of profit nt these prices was not perhaps largo, but It was probably something. During the boom of 1899, when the mills had more business than they could attend to, the prlco wns run up rapidly until It reached $40 In October, In an effort to discourage orders, and did not fall below $30 until July, 1900. But as this was a period of high price in England also the Imports were small. From July. 1900, until last March the price of bllleta ran a dollar or two above or below $20 most of the time, when another era of high prices of from $26 to $30 began. This still continues, the present price being $26. The previous era of high prices wa not only prior to tbo existence of the steel corporation, hut the high prices them etves were apparently forced upon the mills by a demand larger than they could attend to. The steel corporation, either because it has to meat effective competi tion or because It believes that thero l more money in sharing economlos with producers, has not forced up the prices of Its principal products to an extent that Is not apparently justified by the relations of supply and demand. But though thle Is tbe case, It Is not desirable that any concern hnulri havo the powor to Ignore ordinary economic laws. It Is not what It has done, hut what It has In its power to do, that mokes It desirable to Impose upon It tho check ot possible foreign com petition. The situation In respect to steel billets Is typical ot the situation of a large num ber of articles largely controlled by trusts which enjoy behind tho barrier of a stiff duty tho power to demand prices which they' could not demand If the duty were re moved. As in most of theso cases prac tically no revenue Is collected, the only argument against the withdrawal ot duties which havo outlived their usefulness 1b that of the individual who In reaping bonn ets at the expense of tbe rest of tho coun try. PERSONAL NOTES. Queen LUluokalanl has sent to Father McOee of Washington an altar cloth worked In gold with lace trimmings. Henry Wattcrson will bo ono of tho guests at the annual dinner ot the Boston Merchants association, which will occur in November. Admiral Schley's clear, graphic, yet un pretentious description of the battlo ot Santiago has brought him a host of lnvlta tlons to speak In different cities. Dr. Kdrauud J. James, head 'professor ot political sclonco in the University of Chl cajo, may receive a nomination for alder man of tbo Seventh ward ot Chicago. It Is intimated that soon after the pend ing mayoralty election In New York Richard Crokor will retire from politics. Should Shopard be defeated Tammany would prob ably force tho leader out whether ho likes It or not; should tbe result be otherwise If you do, a lit tle draft or a sharp wind will give you a cold or a cough. If you have a cold now, the best advice we can give you is this : Go to your doctor and ask him to name the best medicine in the world for colds and coughs. If he says, "Ayer's Cherry Pec toral," then get a bottle at once. If he has anything better, get that. "Ayer's Cherry Pectoral is a most wonderful remedy for children. When tbey take cold and cough at night, or have the croup, it gives immediate relief. I haven't been without' it in the house for over ten years." Mm. SoriiiA. Krikter, Brooklyn, N. V, Uc, Mc, II.M. J. C AY BR CO., Lowell, Mail. Croker, It Is said, will seize the opportunity to retlro with the prestige of victory. Ivau I'ctroff of tho United States cen sus bureau has rrcntcd n now record by taking a census ot Nunlvak Island, tn Her Ing sea, where tho population numbers COO nnd feeds solely on walrus and fish. It Is not generally known that tho em press oMlermony Is a year older than hor husband. Tho kniscrln, with her gray, in deed, almost snow-whlto hair, makes n de cided contrast to tho uupeor, who docs not look his forty-three years. Tho German Medical Review states that tbo kaiser is far from being In satisfactory health. He suffers from nbnornml nervous symptoms, complicated by other conditions, tho result of long-continued overstrain and anxiety caused by his majesty's multitudi nous laborn In keeping himself abreast with tho work in almost all tho great stato de partments. During tho recent visit of tho czarina of Russia to Franco tho Parisians gossiped a great deal about tho Blngular resemblance which was observed to exist between tho empress and a statuo known ns "Modern Franco," by Gaston Michel, which Is placed at tho foot of one of tho supports of the Alexander III bridge. Tho statuo Is of n femalo figure, seated nnd holding nn. emblem of peace In her hand. Fow Journalists nro so popular with tho reading publlo as T. P. O'Connor, M. P . whoso Initials, "T. Y.," nro to bo scon In so many different publications. Ho has had an interesting enrcor an a journalist nnd has bad n se.it In tho Houso ot Commons slnco 1S85, when ho wns returned for two constituencies. Whllo most mon are con tent to wait for months and even years before they venturo to speak In Parlia ment, Mr. O'Connor addressed tho house the very day ho took his scat, Thn stato fight In Maryland this year, which has for its object on tho democratic sldo tho election of Arthur P. Gorman to thn United States sonnte, and. on tho republican side, thn choice of a republican eticcessor to Gcorgo L. Wellington, turns tnrgoly on tho disfranchising election law adopted by tho democratic leglslaturo In special session this year and on tho opposition, to It by tho republicans. Of tho 60.000 colored voters of Maryland, 32,000, n clear majority, havn tho required educational qualifications and several thousands of them aro land owners, bank depositors and business men.. LAUGHING JIATTUII. Philadelphia Press: Jnpkley Well, that's tho coolest eavesdropper I' ever heard tell of. Conkloy Who? Joakley An Icicle. Waslllneton Slur: "lln iiRnfuln nt n. citizen," paid Uncle Kben. "depends a heap on wncinor no regynnns nis voio as a puu llo duly or ns an usset." Brooklyn Eacle: Vermllvo (dlnlnrt Do you know, I don't think thero Is unythlug thnt can qulto romo up to a lobsterl uruiKcruon xou egotist! Unltlmoro American: "It seems Impossi ble to break Into society," moahed thn Oarvcnu. "This Is tho fourth time I havo cen operated on for nppthdleltls und tho only Invltntlon I have received Is ono to call nnd settlo with tho Burgeon." Cleveland Plain Dealer: "All talk nbout woman not being ahlo to dress well on $300 a year sounds funny, doesn't it?" "Yes. Wonder what nho does with tho money?" "Gots chocolate creams and inatlnen tickets, 1 e'pose." Chicago Tribune: "Can ho -cook?" asked the proprietor of tho restaurant. "Cook?" echoed tho caller, who was root ing for a friend out of a Job. "Can hn cook? Say, 1'vo seon that man mako four equal) pies put of ono old pigeon!" 'Philadelphia Press: "Young man," cried tho long-faced Individual, "you aro on tho road to rjiln!" . , . , t ... ,,, "That so?" replied the unregonerato youth, "thf n, what nro' you doing? Going or coming?" Pittsburg Chronicle: Bornm 1'vo given up my old apartments and I'm looking for new ones now. Kidder That so? I saw soiunthlng adver tised in today'n jViper that would Just suit you. Borem What was It? Kidder "To rent, nice room for a gen tleman with gas.'l PAYING THE MORTGAGE, American Agriculturist. We've dono a lot of scrlmpln' an' o-llvln' hand-to-mouth, Wo'vo dreaded too wot weather an' wo'vo worried over drouth, For tho thing kept drawln' Int'rest whether crops were good or bad, An' raisin' much or llttlo, Hcemcd -It swal lowed all we had. The women folks wero savin' nn' thorn nln't a bit of doubt But thnt things thoy really needed' lots of times thoy done without. So we'ro brcathln' somewhat easy, an' we'ro feolln' lens nfralil Of Provldenco's workin'n, since vn got tho mortgngo paid. T wish I'd kept a record of tho things that mortgugo ate, ' In principal nn' Infrewt, from bcglnnln' down to datol A hundred dozen chickens, likely fowl with yellow legs, A thousund pounds of butter nn twelve hundred dozen eggs, Somo four or tlvo good wheat crops, an' at least ono crop of corn, An' oats, nn' ryo It swallowed In Its life time, suro's you're born, Bestdea the work an' worry, ere Its appe- tlto was staved 1 i . So we're foelln' moro contented, nlnco wo got tho mortgugo paid. Wo'vo reached tho nolnt, I reckon, whero wo'vo got a right to rest, An' loaf around, an' visit, wear our-go-to- mcctln' best Neglcctln' nothln' urgent, understand, about the place, But simply slowln' down a bit, nn' restln' In tho raco! In time I'll gut tho windmill I've been wnntln', I suppose: Tho girls can huvo their organ, nn we'll nil wear bettor clothes. For wo'vo ulwuys pulled together, whllo wo waved nn' scrimped an' prayed. An' It seems there's moro to work for ulnco wo got tlio mortgugo paid. v