TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUT DAY, DECEMBER 13, 1001-
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Unless tho Hoard of Kevlow run lie
Induced to reconsider ItH action In the
assessment of the street railway anil rub
companies tho lust resort of tho tax
payers will ho the city council.
Tho Heal Kstate exchange Is resolved
to spank the Board of Itevlew by proxy.
"When tho comnilttco gets through tho
derelict memltcrs of the hoard will have
to apply a porous pluster to the sore
epot.
Cnllfornla railroads are again unable
to furnish rolllug stock suuiclent to
movo the orange crop billed for eastern
markets. The California orange- Indus
try Is a new creation, hut It-has already
reached dimensions which few realize.
"When a niau Is serving on tho school
board without pay It Is mean to have
li t in hauled up before a grand Jury for
trying to make something on the side
ut least that Is the way the unpaid
patriots feel about It In South Omahu.
Omaha gets two members of Ciovornor
Ravage's new Louisiana Purchase com
mission, Lincoln one and Nebraska City
one. We presume Omaha will nlso bi
permitted to put up twice its share of
the funds to bo collected to pay tho bill
Tor fear of threatened cut rates on
the part of longer lines, the community
of-lntercst roads are to slow down their
fast trains out of Chicago. If the com
munlty of Interest Is strong enough to
revise train schedules, why Is It not
strong enough to cut out tho free pass?
A New York osteopathist has sued a
rich patient for n bill of $132 for serv
ices rendered. The regular school of
practitioners ought not to harbor ap
prehensions on tho score of osteopathy
until Its devotees learn how to make
out bills In bigger tlgures when they
have fat pocketbooks to tap.
A naval officer has been relieved from
his post at Havana because he talked
too much and said tho wrong thing at
the wrong time. One would think the
olllcers of our navy, from recent ex
amples, would have learned the lesson
not to be too free with their tongues
on subjects that might become matters
of olllcial business,
When you road the announcement that
n now postmaster has Won appointed to
take a place made vacant by resignation
you can put It down almost Invariably
that the outgoing olllcial has read the
writing on the wall and made arrange
ments with ills successor to turn over
tho fixtures of the olllce at a price that
discounts tho profits of the unexpired
term.
St. Louis has Joined the procession of
cities that are moving In tho direction
of a moro equitable taxation for trau
chised corporations. The present assess
ment of tho street railway system of
S. Louis is !fS,r0(),(K), but the St. Louis
board proposes to force tho assessment
up to its full value, which Is estimated
to be $."0,000,000. " If the assessed valua
tlon of tho St. Louis street car lines Is
only one-sixth of tin; actual value, there
would seem to be n strong casu against
Its board of review.
The mere fact that a reporter formerly
employed on this paper now represents
tho Chicago Tribune in Omaha would
scarcely Justify the charge that The Hce
Is" responsible for tho sensational dls
patch published by a Chicago content
port"y, any more than Tho Hoc could be
held responsible for the malicious fakes
that have been ground out of the World
Herald mill by men who were formerly
employed on the stalf of this paper. As
a matter of fact tho run on the savings
bank was not precipitated by anythlu
that appeared In tho Chicago Tribune,
but by the falso alarm sounded by
Omaha's redoubtable yellow JouruaL
MOtXK T1IAS VCnUClTY KEEDKD.
While there Is very general concur
rence In the proposition that the great
Industrial corporations should be re
quired to make public statements of
their financial condition, which Presi
dent Hoosovelt suggested "Is the only
sure remedy which wo can now In
voke," something more Is needed for
their regulation and control In tho pub
lie Interest. As to this tho president
said: "What further remedies nru
needed In the way of governmentiil regu
lation or taxation can only be deter
mined after publicity has been ob
tained by process of law and In tho
.course of administration. The first
requisite Is knowledge, full and com
pleteknowledge which may bo made
public to the world."
This, says the Springfield Republican,
Is good as far as It goes, but that paper
argues that publicity Is not sufllclent,
referring to recent trust records of
public knowledge In support of that
view. It notes that there Is a large de
gree of publicity touching the essential
features of tho operations of the
Standard Oil company, yet publicity Is
absolutely without restraining effect.
"Tho prlco of oil is arbitrarily advanced
and the trust forthwith advances divi
dend payments from 30 and 33 per
cent on n watered capital to -18 per
cent. Publicity hero la nnd would be
met by tho trust's thumbing Its Angers
to tho public." It Is n matter of pub
lic knowledge, also, tho Republican
goes on to say, that tho United Suites
Steel trust 1b collecting profits from
tho public on common stock represent
lng no vnlue whatever except the value
pertaining to monopoly power nnd on
preferred stock which to a largo extent
also represents no valuo or investment.
The Sugar trust Is likewise squeezing
from the public dividends on u grossly
Inflated capitalization. These and tho
other combinations, decluros tho He
publican, go right on In perfect con
tempt of public knowledge and feeling
In the matter.
While approving the publicity propo
sition, that paper urges that publicity
alono cannot adequately protect tho
public from trust extortion. The trust
must be forced to stand on Its own mer
its as against actual and potential
competition. "If this end Is to bo
reached, not only must the discriminat
ing railroad rate go, but tho factors'
ngt cement must go. Tho practice of de
pressing prices lu one locality to freeze
out competition, while keeping them up
lu other localities, must bo stopped. The
various other devices arbitrarily to
crush out competition must be
stopped." Homo of these requirements
are probably not within the power of
congress, but such as are not may' be
enforced by state legislation. At all
events tho view that something moro
than publicity Is needed to adequately
protect the public from trust extortion
Is unquestionably koumI and congres
sional consideration of the problem will
not bo entirely satisfactory If It shall,
go no further than tho proposition for
publicity, for Important as that remedy
Is It would not nccomplls.h all ibat is
to bo desired and we do not think It is
tho only sure remedy which can now
bo invoked.
OAUK VLAXXOT IN FAVOIl.
Although Secretary Oago continues to
urge his plan for an asset currency It
appears to find little support In congress.
It Is stated that there is no disposition
on the part of the finance committee of
tho senate to framo any financial legis
lation and those who control the com
mittee are strongly opposed on principle
to all of Secretary dago's recommenda
tions. They don't believe In doing busi
ness on bank assets, says a Washington
dispatch, and they do not hesitate to
say so. It is safe to sa.v that a ma
jority of the house committee on bank
ing nnd currency will not favor the
Uogo plan, though some of the members
i i .I... . . . .
mm! in uiu past advocated such a
change In our currency system, ono of
these being the chairman of the com
miitee, Mr. Fowler of New Jersev. Hut
even should the house committee do the
Improbable thing of reporting a meas
uro tor an asset currency it can be
confidently predicted that It would be
overwhelmingly defeated. It Is not pos
slide to get through tins congress a prop
osition that involves the Impounding of
most of the legal tender notes.
xiioro is no public demand for the
legislation which Mr. flage urges, it Is
not asked for by the business Interests
of the country, which are finding no
dllllculty from existing currency condi
tions and am qulto willing to lot well
enough alone, while the general popular
sentiment Is as strong today as It has
ever been against tho retirement of
greenbacks and replacing them with mi-
tional bank currency. There Is no doubt
that Secretary (Sago most earnestly be
llcves that this Is tho right policy, but
at present the country is not with him.
PAKAMA COMl'ASY TAVTlLS.
Senator Morgan, lu presenting to tho
senate yesterday the favorable report
of the senate Isthmian canals committee
on the Nicaragua canul bill, made a
statement that must prove very daniag
lug to the Panama Canal company. lie
stated that the representative of tho
company In this country had written a
letter to Secretary Hay alter the pros!
dent of the canal commission had closed
his correspondence with the Panama
representative, in which an attack was
made on Admiral Walker "replete with
false assumptions and perversions of
fact and evidently Intended to create a
side Issue, the debate upon which, It Is
hoped by M. llutln, will delay, If It does
not defeat, the final action of congress
lu providing for tho construction of any
caual."
The Alabrtma senator characterized
this proceeding as "hut a continuation
of the presumptuous and offensive prop
osltlon previously made by the Panama
Canal company" nnd mndo another
statement regarding tho operations of
the company of a rather serious nature,
undoubtedly Scnntor Morgan hits full
authority for what he said and such be
lng tho case neither congress nor the
country will be disposed to glvo any fur
titer consideration to the Panntua com
pauy. The fact Is that tho whole course
of the Trench owners of tho Panama
has been of a nature to crcnte prejudice
against them. It has not been direct
and straightforward. Tho company has
spent many millions of dollars on the
canal, which will be entirely lost If tho
Nicaragua canal Is constructed, nnd the
straits In which the cpmpany Is placed
seem to have made the managers nnd
agents almost despernte In their efforts
to unload the property. The exposure
of their tactics made by Senator Mor
gan will doubtless prove a finishing
stroke to whatever hope the company
tuny have hnrt of dealing with this gov
ernment. hkhuaska at sr. Louts.
Governor Snvago has appointed a
board of commissioners to represent Ne
braska at the St. Louis exposition.
These commissioners arc expected to
raise a sufllelent fund to defray the ex
penses of procuring suitable exhibits of
Nebraska's agricultural and horticul
tural resources and Industrial products
and to pay tho expenses Incidental to
tho procuring and caring for such an
exhibit, with tho understanding that the
subscriptions to the fund raised by the
commission nro to bo refunded by an
appropriation to bo made by the legis
lature of 1003.
Whllo tho governor haH no other au
thority for tho nppolntment of tho St
Louis exposition commission than the
Invitation extended by Its board of man
agers, nobody will find fault with the
action ho has taken except so fur as It
Indirectly commit the stnte to the re
payment without limit of tho money
that may be advanced.
It Is true that the governor in this In
stance Is simply following out the pre
cedent established In securing funds for
Nebraska's participation In the Now Or
leans Cotton States exposition, yet we
doubt very much whether the taxpayers
of Nebraska desire to repeat that ex
periment. The policy of pledging tho
credit of the state to the promotion of
projects of any kind, excepting In an
extraordinary emergency, such ns tho
grasshopper devastation of 1S74 or the
drouth of 181M, Is of questionable pro
priety. It Is certainly contrary to the
Intent nnd spirit of the state constitu
tion which contemplates the Imposition
of taxes only for specific purposes after
an appropriation has been made by tho
legislature and not before such an ap
propriation has received the sanction of
the legislature and governor.
This was the view taken by the leg
islature of tho state of Washington only
three years ago regarding the moneys
advauced by citizens of that state to de
fray the expenses of the exhibit at tho
TransmlsslsslppI Exposition. In that In
stance tho legislature positively declined
to vote the money advanced by public-
spirited citizens beeausu the expendi
ture had not been previously authorized
by an appropriation.
The state of Nebraska should by all
means -be creditably represented at the
Louisiana Purchase exposition, but
the requisite funds for this exhibit
should either be llrst voted by the legis
lature or else, raised, by outright dona
tions from citizens ' and corporations
who are disposed to. contribute either
for the promotion of their own Interests
or the general welfare of the state.
The last legislature made u $10,000
appropriation for the Nebraska exhibit
at the Hutfnlo exposition, but only a
fraction of that fund was expended on
an Insignificant state exhibit, whllo the
bulk of it was absorbed by members,
relatives and personal favorites of the
commission. Hy far the best advertise
ment at the Buffalo exposition from this
state was that made by the Burlington
road.
It goes without saying that the Hur-
llngton, Union Pacific. Missouri Pacific,
Klkhorn and other Nebraska roads will
make collective exhibits at St. Louis in
which Nebraska's products will be con
spicuous, if tho roads can be Induced
to merge all their exhibits under the su
pervision of the state commission ap
pointed by the governor, Nebraska will
be well advertised.
That the next legislature is likely to
refund the money that may be raised
by tho commission or contributed by
these corporations, without undue pres
sure. Is exceedingly doubtful. The con
dition of thu statu finances does not
warrant such anticipations, as it seems
probable that the membera of the com
ing legislature will be elected on the
Is.stiu of tax reduction.
One Interesting feature of the numer
ous improvements made by American
railroads during tho last few years for
tho purpose of shortening distances and
reducing tho tax on motive power has
been largely overlooked. Most of these
betterments consist in reducing grades,
making cut-offs, building tunnels and
abolishing sharp curves. The latest pro
ject Is for a tunnel to do away with the
famous "horseshoe bend" lu Pennsyl
vania, formerly advertised as one of tho
principal attractions for travelers on
that particular route. It Is no longer
the prospect of a picturesque Journey
that catches the passenger, but comfort
able accommodations and high speed
service. The passenger who wants to
enjoy the scenery out of a car window
has come to be a scarcity, while the man
who wishes to reach his destination
with tho least annoyance and In thu
shortest time furnishes the bulk of pas
senger earnings. "Tho great scenic
route" as a railroad label will eventually
have to go out of business.
Kor all the Ills from which tho body
politic is suffering, whether It be
through a deficiency in the organic lnw
of tho state, speculation lu state funds,
corporate tax shirking, extravagance
and wastefulness In county, city or
school management, tho popocratlc
organ has but one cure-all remedy, Tho
state of Nebraska Is wearing a strait
Jacket constitution that needs loosening
In the stays, therefore vote tho popo
cratlc ticket. The franchisee! corpora
tions of Omaha have been undervalued
by the tax assessors why didn't you
vote the d.omoeratlo ticket? The school
board Is squandering thousands of dol
lars on fads and ologles by and with the
advice of Superintendent Pearse, but no
reform' In school management Is possl
bio unless tho board Is made democratic.
Viewed through the Metcock spectacles
the only salvation for Omaha Is lu
turning the state, county and city gov
ernment over to the popocrnts. This Is
logic as Is logic.
Tho demand for Americans able to
speak the Chinese language exceeds the
supply, but must be met before we can
expand our business In the Orient to nuy
great extent. To case the market Sec
retary of State Hay proposes to attach
ten students as Interpreters to our le
gatlon In China with a view to manu
fncturlng thorn Into material serviceable
for consular positions. As his plan con
templates paying them $1,000 a year
while learning the language there should
be no dlfllculty lu securing plenty of
volunteers for the purpose, providing
always that congress Indorses the
scheme by making tho necessary appro
priation. The Chicago school board has just
made a $10,000 lease for tho occupancy
of two lloors In the Chicago Tribune
building at an annual rental of $3'J,00.
The reason the school board Is going
Into tho Tribune building Is because It
can get tho best accommodations for
tho money that uro available lu that
city. Just imagine tho howl that would
go up lu Omaha If the Omaha school
board should rent a floor of Tho Hee
building for ono year at tho regular
rate charged to other tenants.
Insldo Washington information ex
plains that tho principal opiosltlon an
ticipated for the Isthmian canal bill Is
to como from the railroads, which would
prefer to have the tralUc carried as now
across tho continent by the railroad
route rather than upon an all water
route by way of tho Isthmus that threat
ens to deprive them of a very consid
erable portion of long haul trafllc.
Kxprrleitor nt IllKh l'lnrc,
ChlcaRO News.
Boston's Thomas W. Lawson talks like a
man who Is getting moro experience than
ho really cares to accumulato at tho present
ruarkol rate.
Tlir Knonii nnd the Unknown.
Bnltlmoro American.
Tho Schley verdict In promised within
a week. This Is tho olllcial verdict, Tho
popular verdict has been rendcrod thou
sands ot times.
A IHstant Signal Ron.
New York World.
Omnha has not profited by hor lesson of
tho last census showing a decreaso In popu
lation, but Is preparing a law forbidding
couplca to swing on front gates.
Klllcncr ot a l'ull.
Washington Post.
According to tho distribution of tho prlzo
money. Captain Ohadwlck, tho commander
of tho Now York, stood second In tho hero
class at Santiago. Chadwick pulls down
$14,000.
I.onrly .Vote of Discord.
Kansas City Journal.
A Boston reader has discovered threo
split Infinitives In tho president's message
This Is an nvcrago of ono split to every five
columns. However, nobody has discovered
nny bad breaks In' It.
IlfMiinilirr the l'oor.
Baltimore American.
Tho poor should not bo forgotten In tho
preparations for tho coming holidays. To
thoso who deslro to bring Joy to tho pris
oners of poverty, tho various charltablo
associations offer a safo and effective chan
nel.
II on- mti-li Enilmntrft Grow.
Philadelphia Becord.
The cost of tho Nicaragua canal was llrst
estimated at $90,000,000, next at $100,000,
000, nnd then It rose to $150,000,000. Now
tho lowest estlraato Is $200,000,000, anil tho
peoplo of the tlnltod States will bo lucky
If tho cost from first to last shall stop at
that figure.
IMIi'hforli nml HnyroWe.
Chlcngo Tribune.
Tho two senators will act more llko men
and less llko children If they will ccaso
their tlresomo nuarrollng and busy them
selves nbout their legltlmato labors as mem
bers of a body which has beforo It a great
deal of Important work which is ot intcrost
to South Carolina as It Is to tho rest ot
thn country. This course will commend
them moro to their constituents than the
washing of their dirty llncu la publlo
places.
A Dlplnnmtlc Myth.
Philadelphia nccord.
Annthni- iitnlnmntlr. mvth hns been dissi
pated In tho disproof of tho wldoly propa
gated idea mat ureal Jiruuiu iwunu piu
vintmi nn Intervention of tho Governments
of Europe In behalf of Spain Immediately
preceding tno war ot mo unueu nitui-s who
thnt rmin'trv. It annears now that Russia.
and not Great Britain, was tho power that
mado a European acmonsiraiion against, mo
united States impossinio, it any bucii
demonstration ' wero seriously contem
plated.
soi.nmns thank thu i'uksidknt.
(iriitfful for HI Trlltiilp to 4he Vot-
c-rniiH of tho Civil War.
Cleveland leader (rep,).
Thn Ohio Ival lesrlon has adopted a
resolution of thanks to bo sent to I'resl
dont Itoosovelt for what ho sold about tho
survivors of tho union army In his mes
Bago to congress.
"No other cltlzons descrvo so well of the
republic." said tho president, "as tho vet
erans, tho survivors of thoso who saved
tho union. They did tho ono deed which,
It left undone, would havo meant that all
nlso In our history went for nothing. But
for their steadfast prowess In tho greatest
crisis of our history, alt our annals would
by meaningless, and our great experiment
In popular freedom and self-government
n gloomy folluro."
It nuy seem strange that tho Loyal
Legion should think It necessary to thank
President Itoosovelt for that .utterance, for
It is no moro than other republican presi
dents havo said In tho past. It means
something, however, for President Itooso
velt to pay such a tribute to tho union
veterans. Ho represents a new generation
among presidents. Ho Is the first man to
sit in tho Whlto Houso slnco 1SG0 who did
not participate In tho civil wor on tho
union sldo, or was old enough to havo
done so when tho strugglo began. Thco-
doro Hoosevelt was less than 4 years of
age when that war camo. Ho hulongs to
tho generation that has grown up slnco
tho war, among whom thoro Is not always
a clear understanding or appreciation of
what tho union soldiers did for their coun
try, and who are sometimes Inclined to
forgot why that war was fought. President
Roosevelt was not old cnougn to Know
anything nbout tho war personally, but ho
has read tho history of his country to good.
advantage.
All union veterans will bo glad that ho
has given them full credit for what they
L did In behalf of their country.
HOt'ND AHOLT NKW YOHIC
Hlpi'lr In Mir Current of l.lfr In tlir
.Mr-triMMiM.
Millionaires nro slowly getting together
In New York City. A community of Inter
est Idea produces a touching of elbows tie
llghtful to behold, but whether they dwell
together In peace and harmony Is not so ap
parent. Tho local crop of millionaires In
habiting the famous Bullion How. commonly
known ns Fifth avenue, would seem suffi
cient for tho city's needs, nnd tho natives
undoubtedly think so, But there nro others
born and fattened beyond tho bounds of
Manhattan. They havo grown too robust
financially, and too conspicuous for comfort
on their native heath, nnd seek to lose
themsolvcs among Gotham's money kings,
In recent years tho charmed clrelo of
wealth gathered In Carneglo of Pittsburg
nnd Sklbo castle, Clark of Montana, tho
Dalys from tho samo bailiwick, tho Crock
crs of San Kranclseo. Yerkcs of Chicago, the
Huntlngtons of California and a score of
others. Tho latest nddltlon Is tho Drexcls
of Philadelphia. John it. Brexel has rented
tho Fred V. Vanderbllt mansion, Fifth ave
nue and Fortieth street, at a rental of $11,
000 a yenr. The houso Is superbly furnished
and Is practically as Frederick Vanderbllt
left It when ho went from New York to llvo
la comparative retirement at Hydo Park on
tho Hudson.
Scnntor Clark Is a great lover of art, in
tho Clark gallery ot paintings nro moro
masterpieces than In tho gallery of any
other man In America, with tho exception
of W. K. Vanderbllt. Mr. Clark has agents
constantly In most of tho European capitals
looking out for bargains In pictures. The
Clark mansion now being built will co-it
nearly $2,000,000. It will bo ono of tho finest
residences In America. It Is to havo a pri
vate theater, every detail of which will bo
perfect. Mr. Clark's hall of sculpturo will
vie with that of tho Metropolitan Museum of
Art.
Mr. Yerkes has been In Now York fivo
years, but n great deal of his tlmo recently
has been spent In London, where ho Is In
terested In underground electric railroads.
Another palatial resldcnco going up on
the farther end of Fifth nvenuo Is that of
Andrew Carnegie. This houco will not havo
so claborato an exterior ns tho Clark house,
but It Is said that Its Interior decoration
will bo fully an costly as thoso ot tho sen
ator's homo.
Tho Carneglo art and sculpture gnllerles
will represent an Investment of about
$1,000,000. Though Mr. Carneglo haB so long
been Identified with New York, ho comes
well under tho list of outsiders; for It has
only been within very recent yenrs that ho
has mado Now York his p'ormnnent homo.
Previous to that tlmo l'lttsburs ivhero ho
amassed his vast fortune wn. ..biding
place.
Perhaps tho person who happen! to bo
temporarily "hard up" in New York and
who Is not sometimes? and who goes into
a pawnshop, glides Into ono of tho stalls
and "soaks" his watch for a titty, or per
haps two, fancies that nobody will know
anything about It. Tho person will bo
wrong. There has been n great deal moro
to It than that. His name and nddrcss will
havo boon reported to pollco headquarters
and registered there, together with tho
number of his watch, and all this will bo
on record In black and white, not only for
tho present generation, but for posterity.
Incidentally It will probably surprise tho
general reader to leurn how many watches
nro pawned In Now York In tho courso of a
year. As a mnttor of record, reports tho
New York Times, thoro nro considerably
moro thnn 1,000,000 watches entered In
pawn fit tho various licensed shops In that
city In tho courso of o twelvemonth. Of
courso theso nro not 1,000,000 different
watches, for a good many of them nro
realized upon and taken out several times.
Tho numbor pawned, too, varies from month
to month, but on nn avorago thoro nro
qulto fully 100,000 different entries monthly
for pawned wntchos reported to pollco head
quarters and thcro filed away for futuro
reference.
Tho reason for tho ontry of tho watches,
with their numbers and the names and nd-
dresscu of tholr owners. Is thnt a means
may bo provided for tho tracing and ro
covory of articles that havo been either
stolen from or lost hy their original owners.
Tho amount ot public work in progress In
Now York at tho present tlmo Is something
astonishing. It Is doubtful if any city In
tbo world Is Improving Itself so rapidly or
in such a great varloty of wajn. Tunnels,
bridges, wubways, new parks nnd driveways,
reservoirs nnd publlo buildings, tho total
cost of which will run Into many millions,
nro In process nnd projected, and somo of
tho greatest of them arn rapidly approach
ing completion. Tho subway now being
constructed, with branches, at a cost of
nearly $40,000,000, and tho new rcast river
bridge, which will cost, completed, nbout
$15,000,000, arc, of courpo, old Ftorles, but
thero nro many plans for tho city's boneflt,
of which even most Now Yorkors ltuow
comparatively nothing. Besides tho sub
way from city hall to Kings brldgo threo
othors will bo built nnd In operntlon within
the next threo yenrs. About $13,000,000 Is
to bo expended on tho two Brooklyn tunnels
connecting with tho city hall terminus of
tho big subway ono oxtcndlng to city hall,
Brooklyn, tho other via South Ferry to tho
Bong Island depot In Flatbush avenue.
Plans for theso two havo been prepared,
soundings are being made nnd It Is nafo to
say that contracts will havo been let by tilt?
first of next year. Still another tunnol Is
njoro than holf built under tho North river
from Morton street, Now York, to Jersey
City.
Brldgo projpctn rank next to tunnelH In
Importance. A third Kast river suspension
brldgo Is to be built from l'lku Btreet, Man
hattan, to Washington titrect, Brooklyn, not
far from tho postofllco, nt a cost of $10,000.
000. Contracts for Its piers havo already
been let, so thnt Is assured. A fourth
brldgo, that of tho cantilever type, Is to ox
tend from Sixty-second street, Manhattan,
to Blackwclls Island. Plana havo been pre
pared and only await tho approval of the
War department. Bids for thu six piers
havo Just been opened. Tho estimated cost
of this brldgo Is $8,000,000.
Tho new Tombs prison will soon bo ready
for tho superstructure. In the Bronx about
$15,000,000 nro bolng expended on tho new
Jeromo park reservoir; 5,000 men aro at
work thero dally. Moro millions nro being
Invested on two Harlem river bridges, and
In Bronx park tho city Is helping to estab
Uh tho most complete zoological gnrdon In
America. Small pnrks, viaducts, monu
ments and drives, dock Improvements and
street Improvements, bewildering In cost
nnd number, are In progress, and tho United
States government Is putting In millions In
tho cltv also,
si:i:n timh ix Washington.
I'ull IMnntliiHT Ilt-Kim lij Polltlcnl
Farmer In Cmmrp"",
Now York Sun.
Tho distribution of Heeds hy tho federal
government, suspended until tho rensBem
bling of congrees, was resumed this week.
It Is going forward vigorously to the great
satisfaction of many agriculturists In re
mote districts, hut under a new plan.
Herotoforo all such seeds havo been dis
tributed promiscuously; hereafter they aro
to bn distributed, not broadcast, but to
certain sections of the country only. Thus
Havana nnd Sumatra tobacco will bo sent
only to Florida and to certain parts of New
England, whern tholr culture has proved
successful and where muslin sheets, spread
tion.
All 1 A
All gOOU UrugJJiaia lYvjy u.
. .
" For thtee winters i nau
ru.r iwtoral. In a short
my cough was IrelyBone."
lit, We. $1.0.
over largo tracts of tobacco area, havo been
found to dupllcnto tropical conditions.
Tho federal seed business has been
brought within limitations established by
tho Department of Agriculture Authority
has been given it to adapt tho kinds nnd
quantities af seeds sent to various regions
of tho country, In plnco of tho former
method, which was to supply to ovcry con
gressman a certain amount of seeds to
scatter as chanco or prefcrcneo dictated
or ns tho Importunities ot constituents sug
gested.
Tho number of farmers In tho present
congress is Inconsiderable when compared
with tbo Importance of tho farming In
terest to tho prosperity of tho United
States, This lack of representation seems
of less moment when it Is considered that
tho vast agricultural business of tho coun
try lu not conducted by farmers exculslvely,
but ns n port of tho system which Includes
with them factors, banks, dealers In mor-
chandlso and machinery, railroads, manu
facturers, mlllors, commercial travclors and
nocd merchants.
But tho distribution of needs, thn con
gressman's peculiar and beloved preroga
tive, goes on Just tho same.
I'EIISONAI, NOTKS.
Tho Brltlnh publlo nro delighted to dis
cover that tho prlnco of Wales can mako a
speech, all out of his own head.
Henry Stewart, who died last wook In
Baltimore, was In chargo of tho ordnance
at Fort Sumter at tho tlmo of tho outbreak
of tho civil war.
Tho army of officeholders undor tho gov
ernment is computed to numbor 220.000.
but that Is a small gathering compared
with tho army of ofllco hopurs.
Senator Hcltfcld of Idaho Is a noted col
lector of raro editions. Ho Is the possessor
of moro curious and Interesting books con
turlt'H old than any other man In tho
senate.
James McKeen, Just selected as corpo
ration counsel for Brooklyn, hns a great
knowledgo of tho literary classics nnd sol-
dom makes n speech without quoting from
Shakespcaro, Milton, Burns, Byron or Ten
nyson, his fnvorlto authors.
Mayor Stephen Charters, recently eloctcd
on tho labor ticket In Ausnnln, Conn., says
ho will contlnuo to work ns a Journeyman
carpenter, but will dovoto his ovonlngn to
tho city's Interests so that overy citizen
may find tlmo to talk to him.
It hns been proposed In Washington to In
vito cx-Presldent Cleveland to address con
gress on tho occasion of tho memorial serv
ices for President McKluley. Tho commlt
teo In ehnrgo of tbo nrrangemontn will bo
asked to consider tho suggestion.
Mr. John A. Brashear. who hns Just been
elected chnncollor of tho University of
Wchtern l'ennsylvanln, was a rolling mill
man la I'lttHburg twenty-flvo years ago
and today is tho greatest of landscapo lens
makers and ono of tho foremost scientists
of tho world.
Among tho names announced for tho an
nual meeting of tho Civil Sorvlco Ileform
leaguo nt Boston today nnd tomorrow ono
notes with Interest Harry A. Garfield of
Cleveland, O., n son of President Garfield,
who Is to speak on tho reform of tho con
sular service.
Mr. Henry Huttleston Hogers, tho Stand
ard Oil magnato, hns spent millions of dol
lars and much of his tlmo In Improving and
decorating his homo town of Falrhavon.
Mans., ns ho might beautify his own homo.
Ho has recently given to tho town a library,
water works, a drainugo system, town hnll.
schools nnd n church.
Kx-Congrtssmnn Thomas B. Ueod, In n
speech at tho St. Nicholas society's banqunt
in Now 'iork, asked his hearers to "honor
that handful of Dutchmen who nro holding
at bay tho wnrrlors of tho proudest nation
of tho modern world." This Is tho noarost
to an expression of opinion on tho Boor
war that Mr, Uccd has over glvon.
What You Want
If it's a suit, "No clothing flfH like ours."
$12.50 to $25.00.
Our ovorcoatH aro right whether you want Hie short,
long, regular or swagger.
$12.50 to $35.00 and $42.50
Natural wool underwear, very good value at
50c, $1.00, $1.50 and up.
In fact, everything in elothing or furnifihingH.
Karly Hhoppers will llnd a fine assort mont of holiday
novelties.
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. 8. Wilcox, Manager.
ItHangsOn
You think you can wear
it out. The chances are,
it will wear you out.
Simple home remedies
will not answer here.
Neither will ordinary
cough medicines. The
grasp is too tight, the
hold is too strong.
Better consult your
doctor and eet a prescrip
He knows, you know,
m know it will be: "One bot
tle of Aver's Cherry Pectoral." 9
lr nor t f I
. .-.! -r.V. T thrn trn Aver'
a vciy u-.. -h... - , . " A '
time I ceed couBhbS nights, and soon
ri,A.snns or rev.
nronklvn Kaitlo: Mr. Duknno It lnokt
as though tho cojinl treaty would pool m
ratified.
' Mr. Onswell Yes; nntl then Undo Ham
j can tako his pick.
Homrrvlllo Journal: Tho professions of
law and mctllclno aro necessarily clonoly
united. The lawyer'H services nro often
needed to collect tho tloctor'H Mil,
Bhllndelphln, Hecord: Mlnnlek O. you'rn
prejudiced against hlin. Them's this much
nbout him anyway; ho wouldn't stand Idly
by nnd hear a friend abused.
Slnnlck Cortalnly not. llo'd Join right In
Bnltlmoro American:
Why did you throw
Mnnngtng Editor
thnt visitor down
stairs;
Answer-to-Inqulrles Editor I Io camo up
hero and n.ikcd mo It duck pautu wero mndo
ot feathers.
Boston Transcript: Barnes So you nro
going upon tlu stage? Expect to beennm
a groat actor ono of theso days, 1 sui pr in"
Howett Expect nothing. I want to V irn
to wrlto us thoy tlo upon tho stngo when
they havo a letter to write. Jlmlnl S'o.
nography Is nothing to It.
Boston Transcript: Tudor Harris gt3
all his clothes rcndy-miulo now.
Kutton Ho ho told you, too?
Tudor lie told mo nothing. IIo didn't
havo to.
Philadelphia Press: "Isn't It funny thnt
they cull this n 'plum pudding,' " Fald
tho first man nt lunch, "when thoro isn t
n plum In It at nil?"
"O. I don't know." replied tho other
"Webster defines a plumb ns 'u llttlo lump
or weight of lend. "
Somcrvlllo Journnl: Hmythe How e.igrr
overyono wns to seo tho bridal party n'
tho wedding last night!
BJoties Yes, thero wero even a lot of
rubber plants among tho decorations.
A CIIHISTMAS mini:et.
Minna Irving In tho Critic.
When silver flutes and violins
In Chrlstmns-land nro sighing
A drenmy wait?, that sotH tho feet
Of youths nnd muldoiiH Hying,
I see among tho plain black coats
And girlish rosebud facet
Strango figures of tho long ago
Como out and tnku their places.
In stomachers nnd gny brocades
That Tlmo has stained and faded.
In buckled shoes nnd velvet suits
With gold bclnccd and braided,
They trend a stately minuet,
Tho courtliest of tlnncoH,
And underneath tho mlstloton
Ilenow tholr old romnnces.
When chimes nro rung nnd carols sung
And snow tho lnndbcnno covers,
Tho spirit of tho olden tlmo
Around tho holly hovers,
Then overy shadow to my gazo
A powdered liend discloses,
And nil tho nlr Is faintly swcot
With lavender ami roses.
VIh lifted sklrUt of pink nnd blue.
1 nny courtesy tlown tho middle,
I hear, ubovo tho stops and strings,
Tho spinet and tho fiddle.
Thn creaking ot a conch and four
Between tho pines and lnurols,
And footsteps In tho frozen snow
That vanish with carols,
Cut Prices
Before buying a Kodak got our "cut
nrlces." AVe aro closing out our entire
line preparatory to moving from our
present location. "Any old price goes."
HUTESON,
1520 Dotiglus St.
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