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THE OMAHA DAILY PEEt FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1902.
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Stick to It for a week at lenHt.
Uncle Snin has hung out a new sign:
"This 1b my lywy yenr."
The letter enrrler nntl tho expressman
can heave n sigh of relief at the passing
of tho holiday senson.
From tho brisk competition to get It,
thnt criminal division of tho district
bench 'seems to bo the' Judicial prize
package.
The latest combination Is that of nil
tho great electrical manufacturing con
cerns. Stockholders should keep un eye
ou thp safety fuse.
An eastern paper accuses Iowa of
having designs of moving the national
capltol to that state. Most Iowaus seem
to llud It easier to move to the capltol.
Omaha people piild over $10,000 to see
Henry Irvffig and Ellen Terry, but up
to thl time Omaha people have con
tributed less than '$U0O to tho McKlnlcy
memorial fund.
Tho latest news from Now York Is to
the effect that Tummnuy has sworn off
holding ofllcc for at least n year, and tho
people will use their best endeavors to
pinko the abstinence permanent
Who will look nfter the tender cnb
biige plants and sensitive onion shoots
In tho penitentiary greenhouse now that
Joo hartley's' services have been
abruptly terminated by Governor Sav
age?
Tho several democratic candidates for
tho Kentucky senatorshlp have opoued
IwutUiuurterti at tho state canltal. They
wJH be forced to open something else
before they secure an election in that
State.
Empqror, William of Germany has not
oniy onicreu n yacht mint In turn couu
try but'has asked the" daughter of I'resi
dent Roosevelt to christen It for him
Nothing but tho best satlslles tho em
peror. t
Now that Superintendent Pcnrsc has
returned from Ula Kansas City audi
torium Inspection tour It Is to be hoped
ho may be able to devote a part of his
valuable time .to an Inspection tour of
tho public schools.
"Wanted, live llrst-class business men
who .uro willing to devoto their entire
time to the management of the pros
pective metropolitan city 6f Omaha for
u period of three years without pay and
Without peruulsltes. ,
Statistics show that during the past
year ?i:,(XO,(i0O lis added to the en
dowment funds of educational instltu
tions lu this country, hike the federa
treasury, tho philanthropist has a stir-
plus mid Is willing to put It to a good
use.
It Is scarcely worth while to nml
any forecast for tliu Omaha auditorium
based on tho experience of St. I.oul
with Its Exposition hall. St. l.ouls has
u population of more than 000,000 a
tho revenue comes chleliy from homo
patronage,
Tho next thing on the carpet Is
tho
organization of tho new Hoard of E
3dti
cation, 'which starts out In an atmos
pheio clurliled of well-dollned rumor
and ought to bo able to see Its way-clear
to effect u few reforms within Its ow
sphere of. "action.
Cuba started off well by having an
orderly election to name the llrst pros!
dent of the new republic. If they keep
up that record and drop tho Spanish
American habit of pulling ott revolu
Hons every chango of the mooiu tho
United States can congratulate Itself on
having tloue a good job down there.
let coyancss make haste slowly.
It may be regarded ns absolutely set
tled that tho American pcoplo favor tho
construction of a cannl that will con
nect, tho Atlantic and Pacific oceans
ithout unnecessary delay. It is also
absolutely settled that the Isthmian cn-
nal, whether by the NIcaraguan route
r tho Panama route, shall bo built,
wned and operated ' by tho govern
ment of tho United States. The Judg
ment of the American people Is against
any partnership with a private corpora
tion In the ownership of tho canal, nnd
this is tho spirit in which congress pro
poses to deal with this great project.
While tho general Impression, based
upon tho report of tho Isthmian Canal
commission, favors tho Nicaragua route,
the American people would prefer that
congress make haste slowly In flxlug
the location of this gigantic enterprise.
Taking It for granted that tho United
States government Intends to build, own
and control tho canal, it still remains
an opCu question whether it may not
bo more economical and benellclal to
eqtilro tho Pauamu canal at rcasounblo
cost than to undertake the construction
of n canal over tho Nicaragua route.
The llrst question with which con
gress must grapple Is, which of the two
routes for tho Isthmian canal presents
the least resistance from an engineer
ing standpoint? The report of the com
mission describes tho engineering dltU-
cultlcs presented by the two routes and
their respective advantages. With ap
parent candor tho commissions glvcs'as-
surauco that the water supply Is nde-
piato on both lines, but while the regu
lation of tho water supply will be auto
matic at Panama, It will depend' ou
the experience and judgment of tho
operator at-Nicaragua. Tho completion
of the harbors ns planned for both
routes would yield little advantage to
Ither, but all other advantages, Includ
ing those of maintenance and opera
tion, favor tho Panama, route.
It Is conceded that tho Panama route
Would 1)0 nearly Yio miles shorter than
the Nicaragua route, and its summit
elevation will ta less. As a result n
deep water vessel would pass through
the Panama cunitl in about one-third
of tho time taken for passage through
tho Nicaragua canal. Nevertheless, lu
tho opinion of the commission, the
Nicaragua route Is tho more advan
tageous for nil trans-lsthmlan commerce
except that originating or ending In tho
west coast of South America, because
for the commerce in which the United
States Is most Interested, that between
tho Atlantic and tho Gulf ports on the
ono hand, aud our Pacific ports and
thoso on the Orient on tho other hand,
the 'advuntago of tho Nicaragua route,
notwithstanding the greater" length of
the canal, will bo pretty near two days.
It Is asserted by tho commission that
the danger from earthquakes, is essen
tially tho same for both routes, nnd
neither In Panama nor Nicaragua Is
this danger sulllclent to prcyeut the con
struction of the canal. ,
The material difference between the
two routes Is therefore chletly In the
mutter of estimated cost. Tho cost of
building tho Nicaragua canal Is esti
mated at ?100,000,000 and tho cost of
completing tho Panama canal at a little
less than $145,000,000. If the upset
price of the Panama canal could; be
llxed at $10,000,000 or less, the canal
by way of Panamn could be completed
for less than $100,000,000; at nuy rate
within the limit of $UOO,000,000. Some
of the most competent- engineers pro
nounce tho commission's estimate of the
probable cost of tho Nicaragua canal
Idlculously low. Instead of $100,000,
000, Its cost Is computed nt $400,000,000
to $500,000,000.
Would It bo prudont for congress to
rush hcadloug Into an undertaking that
Is liable to Involve this country lu an
outluy that may exceed one-half of the
entire Interest-bearing national debt?
Could tho Isthmian canal, by nuy possi
ble Increase lu international tralllc, bo
made to yield a revenue of from $10,
000,000 to $15,000,000 per annum over
aud above the cost of maintenance?
Would not tho prospective drain ou tho
national treasury by an enterprise that
would Involve au outlay of-$500,000,000
materially weaken thu credit of the na
tion aud force an increase of tho In
terest charged upon tho existing na
tional debt? Would not tho prospective
expenditure of' $500,000,000 absolutely
block for many years any attempt to
reduce tho war taxes? Would, it not
as a consequence also seriously Inter
fere with tho policy of commercial reel
proclty between the United States and
other foreign countries which promise
to enlarge tho world's markets for
American products of tho farm! mill
and factory?
These are serious problems to which
congress should give, mature consldera
tlon before committing tho country to
the Isthmian canal project.
A MODEL MAY()U.
For the llrst time In Its history the
American metropolis has for its' chief
executive a man who entertains a hfgh
Ideal of civic virtue nnd oltlclal obliga
tlon.
It Is announced through what Is be
lleved to be reliable authority that be
foro assuming tho duties of mayor of
Greater Now York, Seth Low had dis
posed of over $1,000,000 worth of stocks
lu various financial institutions which
might seek to become depositories o
city fuuds. Many of theso stocks and
bonds Mayor Low has owned for years
They were all of tho gilt-edge order
and mauy of them were Mocks lu bank
and trust companies, Inherited from his
father, and had stood In tho family
name from tho time the banks Were
organized. Most of these securities
cannot bo duplicated as Income pro
dueers by any mercantile or Industrial
Investment. Not only has Mayor Low
divested himself of all relations t
financial concerns that were liable t
become fiduciary agents of the city, but
he has also disposed of all his holdings
In other corporations which uro curry
lng on a public or scml-public business
as contractors for supplies or mate
rials required by the city.
In taking, this action Mr. Iow has
acted upon tho principle that n public
Ulcer, like Caesar's wife, must be
above suspicion in order to retain pub
lic confidence and esteem. While tho
charter of Greater New York does not
expressly prohibit tho mayor from hav
ing nn Interest In banking institutions
ud other concerns that como into direct
business relations with tho municipal
government, he very properly has cut
loose from connections that might place
him In a false light as n representative
of the municipality.
This Is ou example which It Is to bo
hoped tho mayors of other cities will
mutate.
MVNICWAL CONSOLIDATION.
The committee of eminent lawyers
and citizens appointed to consider the
questions of municipal consolidation
and reduction of taxes havo formulated
n most attractive plan, which the gen
tlemen profess to regard ns entirely
practicable and confidently expect it to
be accepted by tho people.
This plan contemplates tho establish
ment of oiio metropolitan city covering
an area that would lncludo within its
boundaries the cities of Omaha aud
South Omaha and tho villages of Dun
dee and Florence. It Is proposed In tho
plan outlined thnt the entire machinery
of government of tho consolidated
ltles aud towns shall bo placed under
a board of control, which shall consist
of live members, to be selected for their
known ability and probity of character,
who shall serve without pay and who
shall have full power to appoint all
other necessary olliccrs aud agents they
deem necessary under such ordinances
ud rules as they may see fit to enact.
It Is also proposed lu this comprehen
sive plan that the urea cbvered by the
consolidated corporations shall bo sep
arated from the remainder of Douglas
county and freed from all excuses In
cidental to county government.
This plan of the live eminent lawyers
uud citizens recalls forcibly the ex
clamation of tho French general who
lowed the charge of the heroic 000
who rode Into tho Jaws of death:
'This Is magulllceut, but It is not war!"
The plau submitted is magnificent, but
it Is utterly Inapplicable to existing
conditions, and, with all duo deference
to the live eminent citizens, it is also
utterly impracticable.
The eminent projectors of tho plan
admit that it caunot materialize until
life is blown Into it by tho next legis
lature, which convenes in January, 1003.
With absolute assuruuee thut tho next
legislature would enact a law to curry
out tho plan, the proposed reduction
of taxes would be postponed for from
fifteen to eighteen months. But the
next legislature will do no such thing,
and the people of Omulm uud South
Omaha will never ratify any such
scheme. And, worst of all, there is no
prospect of finding five citizens, known
tor their 'ability aud probity of char
acter, who would be willing to assume
the responsibilities and discharge tho
burdensome functions of local govern
ment, without compensation.
Public-spirited cltlzeus may possibly
exist in the older cities that boast re
tired capitalists lu tho prime of life
who possess theso qualifications and
who nre willing to devote their eutlro
time to puulle affairs as a matter of
honor, but Diogenes, with tho aid of a
calcium light, could not find one such
man in Omaha. No first-class business
man lu this community, who Is compe
tent to manage the affairs of ,a great
corporation, would be willing to aban
don his own ' business aud devoto his
entire time to public uffalrs without
pay.
Hut even If five such self-sacrificing
business men could bo found, It is ex
ceedingly doubtful whether a majority
of tho taxpayers or voters within the
now corporate boundaries would be will
lng to vote them nbsolute control of the
machinery of local government it Is
ulso exceedingly doubtful, notwith
standing the. eminent legal authority,
whether tho property owners withlu tho
new corporate boundaries could bo
freed by any process, outsldo of a con
stltutlonal amendment, 'from puylug
their share of the liabilities of Douglas
county. The county now has a bonded
debt of more than $500,000. It owns
public buildings and grounds located
within the corporate boundaries of
Omaha, acquired by taxation and bond
Issues. It is very doubtful whether
the owners of property In tho cousoll
dated city could escape tho payment
of their share of this debt and yet re
tain part ownership In the county build-
lugs.
Viewed from the standpoint of prae
tlcal experience tho uew plan strikes
us us belug too visionary for this gen
oration. At any rate, tho people who
expect to effect uny material reduction
lu tuxes, either lu tho city,- county or
public schools this year, havo nothing
to hopo for from a plan that cannot
bo put in operation for years, to come.
Seven Sioux Indians nro going to
Washington to collect pay for ponies
alleged to huve bceu lost mauy years
ago lu the attempt to rescue sumo
white women from other Indlaus. Thu
vuluo of all thoi ponies the Indlaus
owned at that time would probably not
pay railroad faro to Washington, but
llko a snowball lu It travels thu bill
will bo big enough when It reaches, tho
capital.
And to think of It, that some of tho
very men who havo' been shouting loud
est for purity aud honesty in local gov
eminent put their names to the petltlou
for the unconditional pardon of the
prince of embezzlers and greatest .cor-
ruptionlst who ever held olllce In Ne
braska,
Itusslnn nihilists have not abandoned
tho cheerful pastlmo of placing bombs
uudur the houses of people lu authority,
They made nn attempt to clevato the
family of tho czar's cousin and fears
aro cntcrtnlucd tlmt another epidemic
of such outrages is likely to break out.
Living In Hussla appears to be a choice
between being blown up or being sent
to Siberia for blowing up someono else.
Most people would prefer a residence
In Nebraska.
Police Judge Gordon hns filed another
ofllcinl bond based on his election In
1805. Hut why go to all this trouble
every two years? Why not file n bond
good lu perpetuity that will also cover
his heirs and assigns? Tho mere fact
thnt tho pcoplo have voted for another
man at tho last election aud turned
Gordon down ought not to Interfere
with his vested rights In tho emolu
ments and perquisites of tho ofllcc.
A few years ago tho people of Colo
rado were absolutely certain they would
be utterly ruined If they did not get free
and unlimited coluago of silver. The
first of the year the papers in almost
every city lu tho state published an
nual rovlows and tie showing Indicates
beyond contradiction that the state
never had so prosperous a year as tho
ono Just closed and It did not get free
coluago of silver, either.
The city tax rato for 1002 Is already
In process of incubation. To keep it
within bounds will require tho co-opera
tion of both school board and council.
There Is ho good reason why these two
bodies should work at loggerheads, as
they havo for tho past two years, when
ever the tax levy Is up. They are both
spending money out of the same pocket.
Tho Weather bureau Is to establish a
station lu the Yellowstone park to as
certain, If possible, what becomes of
mauy storms which come down from
the northwest but ure lost lu that sec
tion. There is no hurry about digging
them up, and ou a pinch thu rest of the
world could stand It to havo a few more
lost.
Mnny of One Mind.
Now York World.
It Is a mlstako to assume that girls aro
ever of ono mind. Fifty-six of thorn have
ejected the same man In Omaha.
The World's Arbitrator.
St. Ijouls Globe-Democrat.
Tho willingness of tho nations of tho
earth to refer their neighborhood griev
ances to tho United States Is qulto com
plimentary, but likely to become qulto bur
densome. A Gold Buk from the West.
Philadelphia Record.
When a gold bug sails out of tho west to
alight at the door of tho federal treasury
and make his headquarters there, tho be
lievers in 18 to 1 silver dollars must admit
that tho fact is portentous. A gold bug
from tho cast would havo beea no such great
matter.
Taels Outivelnh Tradition.
'Washington Star.
By dining with Minister Conger a num
ber of Chinese dignitaries' have violated
tho traditions which prevented association
with foreigners. But- tho Chinaman was
ever astute, and when it comes to a di
rect choice he would rather have traditions
broken than tho treasury.
Road Will Apprerlated. ,
Kansus City Star.
As long as Admiral TCervera can feci
friendly enough toward the United States
o send a bunch of autograph photographs
to this country in acknowledgement of the
treatment ho received on this sldo of the
Atlantic, It would seem that tho naval war
at Washington might .bo brought to a close.
Knickerbockers Getting; Good.
New York Tribune.
It Is now certain' that New York for tho'
next two years will contain comparatively
few fraudulent buckot nhopB, "got-rlch-
qulck syndicates," pool rooms, policy shops,
faro banks and swindling schemes of any
kind. Thercforo, honest Industry, sobrl
ety, diligence and bard work will havo a
better chance.
Unreliable Estimates.
Buffalo Express. 1
George S. Morrison, a member of tho
Isthmian Canal commission, Is said to have
acknowledged that the estimate of $159,000.
000 for tho Nicaragua canal is only a be
ginning and that the canal would really
cost $300,000,000 and perhaps more. If tho
commission has deliberately undorestl
mated the coat it has pavod the way for
futuro scandals as serious, perhaps, as
those which havo Involved tho Panama
canal.
The Land at Opportunity.
Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal.
This is the country of the individual
where every tub Btands on its own bottom
and where every man is given tho oppor
tunity to mako tnonoy it he wills, or do
anything elso ho prerers. Our millionaires
knvo won their way la most cases with
stout hearts and bard work, Just as our
statesmen, poets and artists havo done.
Kmorson, In ono of his rail-driving sen
tenccs, said no"man should repine for what
his soul desired. Let him take it and pay
tho price. Ho can do it In tho Unltod States
as be can do It in no other country In the
world.
Too Many Itnllronrt Accidents.
Springfield Republican.
It is a tlmo of many railroad accidents
Hardly a day goes by that one or moro
of them aro not reported, as a rulo accom
panied by loss of life. Ono would suppose
wo wero going back toward tho Infant days
of railroading. From tho tlmo of the d!s
aster at Seneca, Mich., over a month ago,
In which fifty or more persons wero killed
there has been a steady succession of acci
dents, an astonishing proportion of them
being caused by careless head-on collisions
Tho heavy business presstsg upon tho
roads seems to be moro than they can safely
handle.
The Arbitration Committee,
Indianapolis News.
It Is a matter for congratulation that ox-
President Cleveland hau consented to be
como a member of tho special commltteo
appointed by tho National Civio Federation
to bring capital and labor closer together
and to smooth out the rough places for
them. Composed as tho committee Is of
such men as Mr. Cleveland and Bishop Pot
ter, It will be bard to Impugn Its motives
or to mnlntnln that the members havo any
other object in view than doing tholr duty
fearlessly and honestly and to tho boot
Interests of tho country. Whllo, therefore
the decisions of the commlttea will not be
compulsory, nevertheless they will inform
public opinion and decide for It on what
side it shall cast Its Influence. The result
will be that even tho party that is not
satisfied with the judgments of the com
mlttee will hestuto before it will aot eon
trary to Ua.
llOIJXn ABOUT NEW YOIIK.
Hippies on the Current of t.lfe In the
Metropolis.
Copper King Lawson of Boston does not
entertain a very high oplnlon.of New York
ers In general. And for very good reasons.
Last summer, it will bo recalled, he tried
to break Into yachting circles lu Gotham
nd was turned down. Later on tho Now
York speculators attacked Lawson's copper
ank and let out all the water nnd some of
tho metal, squeezing tho Boston carnation
pcclallst for sovoral million dollars. These
incidents lend a copper tint to tho Bos-
tonlan's opinion of Gotham, and it Is hot
stuff.
In a calendar of fifty-two tablets, one for
ach week, compiled by Mr. Lawson and
sent to his friends during the holidays, ho
indulges in these sarcastic remarks:
"Wall street on dry days amuses itself
by soaking tho public also on wet days
and other days."
"A Woll street pilot Is ono who, tired
t sinking his own craft, sinks others for
salvage."
"A trust is n modern skyscraper, with
foundation of water, no windows nnd tho
roof In tho cellar."
"Tho letters nnd figures used In tho Inn-
guago of the tapo nre very few, but thov
spell hell in 99,000,000 different lan
guages." In Introducing January, Mr. Lawson says
thcro aro thrco fundamentals of stock
speculation, which ho describes as follows:
"1. Toko what comes to you as thouqh
you liked It. Never for an Instant forget
it's a gamo of chance, and, whllo It's free.
no ono is compelled to como into It.
"2. When you loso tho other follow wins.
and ho Is as much entitled to It as you.
"3. Don't rail against Walt street bo-
cause it in time gets tho entlro stake
through its commission. Wall street Is
the gamekeeper and roferco. All Interest
ing games must, will and do havo them.
Wall street was thcro beforo you wcro
born and will bo after you nro dead."
Hero arc somo of tho best of tho epi
grams:
"If Rockefeller, Rothschild or the czar
of Russia etnckB up against the tlckor
somebody will ride in the ambulance and
it won't bo tho ticker."
"When you gamble in stocks It Is you
against tho world ono mind against trill
ions."
"There are many philosophers In Wall
street, but they aro nil broke"
"Tho ticker blasts moro lives than rum
and cards combined."
"Aristotle must havo been flirting wUh
tho tapo when he said tho world was made
up of two kinds of pcoplo liars and liars."
"A lie well told In Wall street Is tho
truth."
Tho Brooklyn Eagio eays that during this
year $0,600,000 of property has been stolen,
$1,051,610 baa been paid by banks and stores
for special protection, $1, 521,000 has been
paid for prlvato watchmen nnd detectives
and tho city has paid $11,938,312 for Its po
lice forco. This makes n total of nearly
$25,000,000. Crlmo has Increased In ten
years. In that tlrao burglary has Increased
113 per cent, whllo tho population has In
creased only 35 per cent. Thcro havo been
31 murders, C03 robberies, 3,472 larcenies
and 1,513 burglaries during tho last year.
Tho population of tho ocean Is estimated
at 3,000,000. That Is to say, tho number' of
atlora and others whoso business is ou the
high seas equals tho inhabitants of the
thirteen original colonics. Last year moro
than ono-sUth of this ocean population, or,
to bo moro exact, 550,000, olliccrs and men,
of 4,313 veasels, entered the port of New
York. These figures aro significant- of moro
than tho mere oxtont of our commerce.
They toll tho story of neglect of tho nation,
tho state, tho city and tho church to protect
seamen whllo they aro on land. Something
In that direction has Indeed been done.
There nro several admlrabto charities and
societies which labor in hchnlt of .these
men of tho sea. Among tho best of theso
s tho American Scainon's Aid society,
which was established seventy-throo years
ago. Miss Helen Gould has recently erected
a splendid clubbouso for tho seamen of tho
navy. But for tho most part our attitudes
toward the sailors has becu that of neglect.
Tbore aro good laws for their protection,
but thoy are not enforced. Tho sailor, when
ho reaches New York finds bis most cordial
welcomo from tho harpies who prey upon
him rather than from the men who may
pray for him.
The expense of lighting the city of Now
York is no small ono. For 1902 tho appro
priation for lamps and gas in tho two
boroughs of Manhattan and Tho Bronx is
$1,361,500. In ro borough of Brooklyn it
is $990,000; In the borough of Queens, which
Is, in proportion to Its total population, by
fur, tho best Illuminated of tho boroughs
of 'the city, $376,000, and In the borough of
Richmond, $150,000. All told, the expenso
of gas and electricity furnished on streets,
in public buildings nnd In highways lu
Now York City Is a round $3,000,000, a year.
Tho city of Now York, through its chari
ties department, engages quite extensively
in the agricultural line. During tpo sum
mer of 1901 tho official .harvest was 60
bushels of onions, 46 bUBbels of rhubarb, 96
bushels of beans, 25 bushols of parsnips,
41 bushels of carrots, 2 bushels of radishes,
4,713 heads of cabbage, 2,367 heads of let
tuce, 17 bushels of spinach, 35 bushels of
peas, 35 bUShelB of beets, 3 bushels of to
matocs, 17 bushels of leeks, 4,621 cars of
corn, 343 squashes and 957 cucumbers,
rr,nsoNAi, notch.
Secretary Rltchlo of tho Cincinnati Mu
nlcipal Reform league reports that tbero
aro 8,440 penny-ln-tho-slot machines In that
city and tha over $3,000,000 drops Into them
ovory year.
It is said that Herbert C. Hoover Is ono
of tho highest-salaried men of his years In
the industrial world, At the age of 29 ho
Is in receipt of $33,000 annually for his
services as a mining expert.
Someono complimented Qcncral Miles on
tho uniform ho ,woro nt a rocent reception
in Washington. Tho veteran said, sig
nificantly: "I fear I am getting too much
red tapo on my uniforms, don't you?"
Richard Henry Stoddard, one of tho best
of tho living American poets, Is lying dan
gerously ill at his homo in New York City
Slnco the death of his son, Dorlmcr, tho
dramatist and actor, he has failed rapidly,
Thcodoro S. McClclIan, a printer of
Brunswick, Mo., who recently celebrated
his 91st birthday anniversary, did all tho
typesetting and presswork on Longlollow'o
"Outro-Mer; or a Pilgrimage Beyond tho
Sea," tho first proso work tho poet wrote,
W. Scott Miller of Loulsvlllo, Ky., has
been granted, by tho courts of that state,
the right to control and collect the money
yielded through visitors to tho Mammoth
cavo. Tho matter has been In litigation
and the four daughters of tho into Dr.
Georgo Grogham, who own the cave, are
widely separated, ono of thorn living in
Switzerland and another In California.
Thoro will bo established In honor of tho
memory of General Frederick Townsend
Ward, leader of tho "over victorious" army
of China, who was killed near Nlng Po, in
October, 1862, n Cblneso library In tho
Essox Institute, In Salem, Mass. It Is the
first of Its kind In America, Oenoral Ward
was born In Salem In 1831. fought with the
French In tho Crimea, with Garibaldi In
South America and later with tho victorious
army in China, which "Cblneso" Gordon
afterward commanded.
.NOMI5 l,.ST YIJAIl'S ItllCOItllS.
Now York Journal of Commerce: The
total capitalization of oil "Industrial" con
solidations In tho United States at tho pres
ent time, nftcr making nllownnco for dupli
cation, may bo placed nt approximately
$G,600,000,000. This docs not lncludo rail
way, street railway, lighting or banking
consolidations
St, Louis Republic: Amcrlcnn cltlzenJ
havo reason to review tho record of 1901
and to fnco the probabilities of 1902 with
peculiar satisfaction. They belong to tho
most prosperous nation In tho world. Their
government, In splto of dangers, still
stands for thct best truchlng of civilization
nnd the sanret thought of free nnd en
lightened humanity. They nro tho onvy of
every other people Tholr futuro 1sln their
own hands. A glorious past should bo a
guarantee of a consistent futuro.
Now York World: Moro thau 217.000,000
shares of stock have been sold "on 'change"
In" this city slnco January 1. At $100 per
sharo tho property thus sold Is 25,000,000,
000. It Is a sum inconceivably great, ex
pressible only In comparisons. It Is (
iwemy-ijvo limes uio mini lnieresi-uear-lng
debt of the United States: It would
dig 3,000 tunnels to Brooklyn at $S,000,000
each; it would build n $100,000 library for
every 300 Inhabitants of tho wholo coun
try. Amazing total i Besides tho specu
lation In bucket shops In tho Consolidated
exebango Is the Produce exchange, In
land, this single mart of a slnglo city hns
sold In a Blnglo year $l,fiGC In shares for
every family in tho United States!
Chicago Tribune: Tho record of embez
zlement and other forms of financial dis
honesty during tho year jut closed, like
that of tho thrco years preceding It, Is dis
tinctly encouraging. Tho record of the
ast four years Is ns follows: 1838, $5,851,-
2C3; 1899, $2,218,373; 1900, $4,660,131; 1901,
$4,0S5,569, as compared with tho reports for
a long series of years preceding 1S9S these
nmounts nro comparatively small nnd they
testify eloquently to tho general prosperity
of tho times. It Is only In periods of panic
or general financial depression that tho em
bezzler lnrgcly nourishes, or his work bo-
comes apparent. Tho banks, ns usual, were
tho principal sufferers In 1901, their losses
amounting to $1,513,49G, but even theso fig
ures aro Smalt when compared with those
of some past years.
Chicago Trlhuno: Tho rocord of deaths
by violence In this country In 19dl shows
qulto n decrease, being 7,852, as compared
with 8,275 In 1900. Tho latter flguros wore
an Increases of 2,050 over thoso of tho pre
ceding year. It is not possible, of course.
to obtain accurate statistics on this point
by mall and telcgrnph, ns many cases are
not reported, hut they are sufficiently nc
curnto to Indicate that crlmo Is not rapidly
Increasing in this country. Tho record of
bulcldcs, howovcr, tells another and sadder
story. In 1001, 7,245 persons "shuffled olt
this mortal coll," as compared with G.755 In
1900. Tho sternly lncrcoso in the suicide
habit, largely duo to tho easo with which
poison may bo obtained, this bolng tho most
common agency employed, Is shown by tho
following record of cases In n scries of
years: .lu 1890, 2.040; 1891, 3,531; 1892, 3,860:
1893, 4,436; 1894, 4,912; 1S95, 5,7:9; 1S9G,
6,530; 1897, 6,600; 1898, 5,920; 1899, 5,310;
1900, 6,755; 1901, 7,245.
Mil. SCHWAB'S "DUAD TIIIISTS,"
Does ii ChmiKe or .niiir Improve
Their Chiirnrlerlnllcn f
Philadelphia North Amcrlcnn.
It would bo -Interesting to havo ths '
opinion of Mr. Schwab, president of tho
United States Steel corporation, on tho
nature of tho sower pipe and window gluss
combinations that havo been formed, or;
rnther renewed, during tho last week, tho i
former at Pittsburg, and the latter nt
Munclo, Ind. Mr. Schwnb undertook re
cently to expound beforo tho Bankers'
club of Chicago tho fundamental principles
of tho "trust" and tho "consolidation" bv
contrasting them. "Tho trust." ho ob
soverated with all posslblo poBltlveness "lij
a doad business proposition, with which we
will never ngnln bo troubled." It was
founded for tho purposo of restricting
trade. Increasing prices and throttling
competition, and consequently had worked
Its own destruction. "Out of tho ruins," hu
continued, "had sprung tho bcncllclcnt 'con
solidation,' which hnd for Its guiding lino
tho very opposlto of this tho expansion
of trade, tho creation of uew avenues nnd
tho reduction of prices."
It Is now announced that tho manufac
turers of sower plpo and window glnss
within tho last few days havo perfected
arrangements for securing control of the
entire trndo of tho United Slates nnd
maintaining uniform prices by gcnornl
agreement. Mnnlfcstly theso two trusts or
shall wo call thom "consolidations." out of
regard for Mr. Schwab's sensibilities?
have not been organized for chnrltablo
purposes. Both seek to create and main
tain trado monopolies. Their underlying
principle Is tho throttling of competition,
which carries wltn It tho power to restrict
trado nnd regulato prices according to
tholr will.
After all, It matters llttlo what namo Is
given to theso monopolistic alliances.
Neither can they bo Justified by BUbstltut
Ing a now title for an old ono. Tho trust
apologists may juggle tholr words never so
clovorly, they cannot conceal tho fact thnt
now trusts aro being ndded every month to
tho hundreds that already exist. The
abuses growing out of tho trust system
cannot bo cured by coining agreeable
definitions. That a slnglo panacea has
been discovered for all tho diseases from
which tho Industrial system Is suffering
no scnslulo person will contend. Neither
will he, unless 'governed by solf-lntcreat,
nttempt to forestall tho application of
V
WhyTlookold? hy allow your: gray hair to
add 20 years to your age?
Ayer's Hair Vigor always'restorcs color to gray
hair, all the dark, rich, color of youth.
any remedy by Insisting that all tho organs
of tho body Industrial and commercial nro
sound and working naturally.
IOWA'S IIA.HKUT OK 1M.UMS.
CirorKln WonderlnKlr VImv the
A tin it iln noo of tlii IlmvUojrc Htnle.
Atlanta Constitution.
How docs it happen that tho stato of
Iowa is capturing so, many political plums
this your7 Nothing liko It has ever been
known In tho history of tho stnto. We aak
this question In no spirit of dissatisfaction,
but Bltnply to get n tho root of tho good
fortuno to which our sister commonwealth
of tho mlddln west has fallen hoir.
Jeremiah Wilson, who hns heon secretary
of agriculture for tho past flvo years, will
continuo In nil probability to occupy this
portfolio under President RoosovclL At
luast no declaration to tip contrary has yet
been made, and now that Lcslla M. Shaw
has been called to tho oQlco of secretary of
tho treasury It will bo tho souiowhat
anomalous lot of tho stato of Iowa under
tho present administration to bo repre
sented by two members of tho president's
cabinet at the samo time. Even tho great
stnto of New York hns rarely laid claim to
such an honor.
But thu Inventory Is still Incomplete.
David B. Ildndcrson, speaker of tho na
tional houso of representatives, hails from
tho stato, of Iowa, and it tho republican
party remains In tho nscendancy In con
gress It Is likely that tho present spoakor
will succeed himself.
Anothor distinguished representative of
tho stnto who occupies nn important publlp
otllco Is Goorgo K. Roborte, who holds tb'e
ofilco of director of tho United States
mint.
Kj, whllu tho stnto of Iowa Is just about
tho slzo of tho stato of Georgia, it happens
by an extraordinary coincidence to ho get
ting tho llon'a shares of political plums Just
nt this time. But wo cougrntulato It ou Its
good fortune.
LAiciis i.nifr ovrcit.
Chlcnao Trlhuno: "What a difference"
nuiHcd I'nclo Allen Sparks, "thiire Is be
tween tin- human form dlvlno and tho
human form as tho fashion plates make It
thoso duysi"
Philadelphia' I're.is: "My dear," nid
Mrs'. Oush, "your mourning bonnet la Just
lovely."
"Yes," replied tho young widow, petu
lantly, "but thu fnet thnt I havo to pay for
It myself robs tno of all tho ptensuro I
might havo In wearing It."
Detroit Frco Press: Clara It's a thrilling
story, Isn't It?
Miuj.,1 Ono of the most thrilling 1 aver
reail- I couldn't skip more than half of It.
Soinervllli Journal: Mrs. Winks I
wonder why It Is that pcoplo always call
a locomotlvo "she."
Mr. Iltnks I don't know, I'm sure, unless
It Is because she Isn't good for much, with
out a muti to mn her.
Washington Star: "There Isn't as much
kicking In foot ball ns I had expected," said
the young womuii.
"No," suhl tho young mnn. "If you enjoy
kicking you want to tuko nn interest In
base ball."
Philadelphia Pres.: Mrs. Hiram Offon
Anel do you think you could do thu rooking
for tho family with n llttlo help trom mo?
Applicant No, ma'am, I de not.
Mrs. Illiom Often You don't?
Applicant No. nm'iim, but Ol'm sura Ol
cud do It wldout auny help from you.
Chicago Post: "Havo you dono any thing
with thnt n-ystcry yetr asked tho frlonii.
"Yos," unswered tho detective, "wo liavu
found several clows that muko It more
mysterious than ever, which fnet you will,
of course, understand Very materially en
hances our artistic enjoyment."
Brooklyn Kngle: Mrs. Datto How ild
Mrs. llllklnH ever get tho reputation for
being such a buru?
Mrs. Bnrkey Sho tried the experiment of
making It n point never to wiy nnyililtig
but good of unyono behind thlr bilcliv
HOI.I, CAM,.
Nathaniel arnhnin Shepherd,
"Corporal Green!" tho orderly cried:
"Hero!" wns tho answer, lesud nnd clear.
From tho Hps of tho soldier who Ktood
near:
And "Here!" wns the word the' next ro
plled. "Cyrus Drew!" then silence fell,
This tlmo ne) answer followed tho call;
Only his roar mun had sion him fall,
Killed or wounded, ho could not tell.
There they stood In. tho falling light,
These men of battle, with grave, dark
looks,
As plain to be rend as open, hooks,
Whllu slowly gathered the shades of night,
Tho fern on tho hillsides wns splnshfd with
blood,
And ileiwn lu tho corn, wlie-ro tho poppies
grew,
Wcro redder stolns than the popples
knew,
And erlniHon-dyetl was tho river's Hood,
For' tho foo had crossed from tho other side
That day, In tho faces of a murderous tiro
That swept them down In Its terrlhlo ire,
And their llfe-blooel went to color tho tldo.
''Herbert Kllao!" At tho cnll there enmo
Two stnlwart soiellers Into tho line.
Bearing betwe'cirthesm this Herbert Kline,
Wounded nnel bleeellng to nnswer his name.
"Kzrn Kerr!" nnd a volco nnswereel,
"Hero!"
"Hiram ICerr!" but no man replied.
Thoy were brothers, theso two; tho nd
winds slKhcil,
And a-shudeler crept through tho cornfield
near.
"Kphralm Dcnne!" then a soldier spokot
"Donn cnrrlcel our regiment's colors,'' ho
sale! ;
"Where our enslcn was shot I left him
(lend.
Just titter tho enemy wnvored rend broke.
"Close to tho roadside his body lies;
I patiHcel a moment nnel gnvo lilm a drink;
Ho murmured his mother's name, I think.
And elouth enmo with ft and closed his
eyes."
Twas a victory, yes, hut It cost un dear,
For that company's roll, when called at
night,
Of a hundred men. who went into tho
tight,
Numbered but twenty that answered
"Hero!"