THE OM AHA DAILY BEEt TUESDAY, JAUATIY 21, 1002.
The omaha Daily Bee.
13. HOSKWATISH, EDITOH.
PUHLISHKD HVEHY MOHNINO.
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THE 11EE 1'UHLISHING COMPANY.
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Btato of Nobraska. Douglas County, ss.:
George, u. Tzschuck, secretary of Tho lleo
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
complato copies of Tho Dally, Morning,
Kvenlng and Sunday lleo printed during
the month of December, 1901, was as fol
lows:
1 30, JOO
2 :io,oir
3 :io,:tau
4 :io,:no
6 :to, i.-.it
6 HO,!! 10
7 ao,aii(t!
8 .io,:ioo
s :io,:i.-;o
10 ao,j io
u ;iu,ihu
12 ao.r.oo
17 ao.ooo
18 ao.auo
19 ao,8o
20 30.410
21 ao,7oo
22 ao.oio
23 ao.iso
24 ao.iso
33 80,110
26 ao.ooo
27 ao,7o
2fi ao.sio
29 aO.MBO
30 ! 10,440
31 ao,4ao
13
,,ao,i."o
..ao.r.ao
..ao.aoo
..ao.iuo
14
15
16
Total
Dia.'-T.r.
10,0118
Less unsold, and returned copies
Not total sales... 033,107
Not dally average 30,101
GEO. B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed in my prcsonco nnd sworn to
before me this 21st day of December, A. D.
1301. M. B. HUNQATE.
(Seal.) Notary Public
It is a $1,000,000 snow this time.
Tho World-llcrnlcl lins not yet pub
lished any letters from Its renders en
dorsing Its editorials on the BarUey par
don. Tho annual report about the poor con
dition of cattle on the ranges has put
In Its appearance. Up to ditto It Is en
titled to a discount of fully 05 per cent
From now on It will bo In order to
look for Isthmian canul scandals every
evening under the congressional bed.
They may never bo found, but there will
bo a constant string of alarms.
The Omaha newsboys might clnlni
tho privilege, of calling In tho new coun
cil of arbitration to settle their strike.
The arbitration council has as yet not
been forced to get busy, anyway.
Tho sultan of Turkey has a new nuto
inoblle. Tho small boy who puts nails
and glass in the street nnd punctures
tho tires on his royal highness' auto will
do well to have his laugh In advance.'
Tho rifles coveted by the High school
cadet battalion can wait. Tho cadets
seem to have progressed very nicely up
to this time without this additional
equipment and the school Tjoard has no
money to burn.
Poultney lllgelow Is credited with say
ing the United States and Germany arc
Hkoly to bo at war before tho expiration
of nix mouths. It must be remembered
that Mr. IJIgelow came over to this
country to talk.
Colonial Minister Chamberlain makes
an ottlclal denial that the lioer war Is
likely to be terminated soon. The news
from South Africa will bear witness
that he Is telling tho truth to the best
of his knowledge and belief.
It Is not a question what politics tho
supernumeraries on county, city aud
school board pay rolls profess, but
.whether tho services caunot bo dis
pensed with or procured at more reason
ablo rates. Tho taxeators must go.
A Dakota man lays claim to the In
vention of a llylug machine that will
.work successfully. A good strong um
brella 'will answer tho purpose on a
;wludy day in that section, but It cannot
bo depended upon In all parts of the
.world.
An effort Is being mado to gather up
tho fragments of the opposition to re
publicanism In Iowu and form a new
party. Theso new political babies nro
born In Iowa with regularity, but It is
seldom ono has enough vitality to sur
vive the second summer.
Dr. Parkhurst Is dissatisfied. This is
his normal condition, It Is true, but there
eeoms to bo some ground for his pres
cut dissatisfaction. Mayor Low has been
In ofllce two whole weeks as mayor of
Now York aud some things are still not
up to the l'arkhurst standard.
Omaha would bo pleased to entertain
Prince Henry, but, realizing tho multi
plicity of demands upon tho time in
cluded In his brief sojourn ou this side
of tho Atlantic, it. will not press Its In
vitation. If ho will rotu'rn a llttlo later
ho can help open tho auditorium.
Tho British government Is making a
material reduction In the speed of the
now torpedo boats it Is building, bring
ing them down practically to tho sumo
speed as those under construction for
tho American navy. From Great
Britain's experience with such boats of
extreme) high speed ,it is ojvjdcnt our
Navy department has been wlso lu tem
pering judgment with foresight
SVKCIOOS PhtA FOB CVliA.
Tremendous prosauro is being brought
upon congress to cxpcdlto reciprocity
with Cuba. Tho most specious argu
incnts for placing Cuban sugar nnd to
bocco on tho free list arc advanced and
tho most dire predictions aro Indulged In
as to tho terrible things that will en
suo unless congress shall como to tho
relief of tho Cuban planters and the
Sugar trust.
Tho New York Tribune, one of tlie
leading champions of tho Cuban cause,
presents the situation in a most lurid
light It says "Cuba prostrated by war
is Just getting upon her foot again. The
first good crop of sugar cano in seven
years has ben produced and Is ready
for milling; If it Is milled and tho sugar
Is sold a largo measuro of prosperity
will bo restored to tho Island; If not,
prostration and distress will continue
and In many cases bo Intensllled. But
tho enne cannot bo ground unless a
murket is found fpr the sugar and tho
only market possible Is in this country.
This mnrkct must bo opened by reci
procity and this must bo done within
tho next month or two, otherwiso the
relief will como too late. A year'B do
lay will mean tho spending of $20,000,
000 or $30,000,000 of Cuban money In
Europe, nil of which under reciprocity
would como to tho United States. There
aro other dangers even moro serious.
Another year of industrial and commer
cial stagnation will gravely imperil the
peace of tho Island. Industrial nnd com
mercial grievances wero tho causo of
tho Cuban revolts against Spain. There
Is tho peril of a change of Cuban senti
ment toward this country. If we con
demn the Cubans to tho same evils as
those they suffered under Spanish rule
it will bo only natural for them to re
gard us with distrust and animosity.
In order that our war with Spain shall
not have been fought In vain reciprocity
with Cuba ought to bo -established and
ought to be established now."
This would bo a very touching appeal
If It were based on substantial facts and
did not pervert tho truth of history.
Tho Immcdlnte enactment by congress
of a law removing the duties on Cuban
products exported Into tho United States
under conditions of reciprocity would
doubtless enrich tho Cuban planters aud
tho Sugar trust magnates, but would It
materially benellt any other Interest or
class? How much of the prollt on sugar
and tobacco, under, reciprocity, w.ould go
to tho wage-working classes of the Is
land, whether on the plantations or off
tho plantations. If It is true that Cuban
sugar and tobucco In the raw stute
and Cuban cigars can only be marketed
lu the United States, where is the dan
ger of losing $20,000,000 or $30,000,000
of Cuban trade? "Would tho Cubans
sell their products lu America nnd buy
their merchandise in Europe Just be
cause they had to pay tariff duties ou
their exports? Would they not in any
event sell in tho dearest market and buy
in tlio cheapest?
Thd United States, has been for gen-
orations the best market for Cuban raw
materials and lt'wlll so continue whether
Cuban sugar aud tobacco Is put ou the
free list or required to pay an Import
duty tho same as tobacco and sugar im
ported from other countries.
If it wero true that 'the Cuban revolts
against tho authority of Spain were
Inspired chlelly or wholly by a desire to
redress Industrial aud commercial griev
ances, then our war with Spain, waged
In tho name of humanity against mili
tary despotism aud tyranny, was utterly
unjustlllnble. Were, tho Cubun patriots
who staked their lives and fortunes in
the revolution against Spain inspired
solely by a dcslro to sell sugar and
tobacco on moro prolltable terms than
the Spaniards wero willing to concede?
Was not the battle cry' for free Cuba
raised because of tho indescribable
cruelties of Weyler and his Spanish sol
diery? Was not the distress that pre
vailed in Cuba prior .to and during tho
rebellion against "Spain caused by the
levying of a crushing tribute upon tho
impoverished population of tho Island to
feed, clotlio and maintain a Spanish
army or moro than 250,000 men? Has
not tills country done enough for Cuba
by emancipating its peoplo from tho
galling yoke of its tuskmostcr and re
storing it to peace and prosperity.
Is not tho plea for immediate reciproc
ity legislation by congress merely a ruse
to assist tho speculators who own and
control the enormous sugar crop that is
waiting to bo,,milled for export and the
Havana syndicate ofcigar mitnijfuctur
ers who hopo to recover by one single
net nil they havo lost during the Spanish
war?
A GOOD HEASUN Will'.
If The Bco has "nevor been Justly
charged with cowardice or hypocrisy," why
did It not protest when Mayor Mooros se
lected a pair of corporation agents as mem
bers of tho Board of Ilovlow, whtlo all tho
time The Bco was pretending to be lu
favor of an Increase; In tho corporation as
sessment? One word from Mr. Ilosewnter
and the mayor would not have dared to
solect corporation agents to review cor
poration assessments. World-Herald.
Tho Bee did not protest against tho
men appolntod by Mayor Moores to serve
on tho Board of Review, becauso It is
uot gifted with tho qualities of a mind-
reader nnd did not have any Inkling of
the cholco to bo made by the mayor un
til tho names of the nppolntees had been
presented to the council and conilrmed
by that body. But oven if the mayor
had taken Tho Beo into his confidence,
one word from Mr. Bosewuter would
probably havo had no more weight In
determining tho selection of tho Board
of Review than oue word from the
mayor to Mr. Rosewater would havo In
chauglug tho editorial policy of Tho Beo
upon any public Issue.
While Its euemles havo industriously
spread tho Idea that Mayor Moore takes
his Instructions from tho editor of Tho
Bee, tho falsity of tho assertion bus been
proved on numberless occasions by
the appolutment to chy ofllces of men
known to bo hostile to this paper and its
editor. The Idea that Tho Beo sneezes
whea tho mayor takes a plncu oX snuff
has also been frequently dissipated by
Its expression of views on public Issues
In direct opposition to those known to
have been entertained by tho mayor.
Tho prevailing opinion, so Ingeniously
encouraged and fostered by tho World
Herald and by politicians getting their
inspiration from that source, that every
appointment mado by tho mayor and po
lleo commission and every stop taken by
tho municipal administration, has its
origin and Inception In Tho Beo build
Ing, is about ns idiotic as the belief that
every Hue appearing on any pago of any
Issue of Tho Beo passes under tho eye
and receives the approval of tho editor
lu-cnlcf. Those who aro familiar with
newspaper work know that it would be
a physical Impossibility for any oue man
to supervise aud read all tho material
that ilnds a place In the news columns
of a paper printing half a dozen differ
ent editions 305 days in the year.
TAKE AO ilACKWAUti STEPS.
Great pressure Is being brought and
will continue to bo brought upon the
Board of Education nnd the Board of
County Commissioners to recede from
tho position which they havo taken to
bring about retrenchment nnd economy
In tho management of tho public school
system and the affairs of the county
government Tho policy they have
adopted is a direct response to the de
mauds of tho taxpayers and will meet
the approval of all people excepting
those uffected by tho prunlug-out
process.
So far as tho Board of Education Is
concerned the proposed reduction lu sal
aries does not go Into effect until after
the close of the present school term and
cannot bo regarded as arbitrary or op
pressive. The teachers whose services
are to be dispensed with at the end of
the llscal year have due notice and am
ple time to seek employment elsewhere.
Those whose salaries have been reduced
should bear in mind that the board is
not actuated by a desire to punish or
discipline the teachers, but merely to
bring the expenses of maintaining the
schools within the limits of the fund at
Its disposal. They uhould also bear In
mind that In most instances the change
In the salary scale has simply restored
the scale of two years ago, which lu the
main was satisfactory, aud was ad
vanced through undue pressure regard
less of lluancial conditions.
Manifestly, the board had to make a
choice between two necessities, that of
cutting short the school term or making
a slight reduction in tho pay roll. The
shortening of the school term would
have been a serious setback to many
thousands of children without affording
any special advantage to the teachers
other than the prolougatlou of an al
ready long vacation.
lu lopping off supernumeraries and
sinecures and reducing the county pay
roll over $12,000 a yeur the new county
board occupies an equally commendable
position.
comparison between tho county pay
roll of 1S05-IHI and that of 1000 01 will
fully Justify the vigorous Use of the axe.
Six years ago there was more work lu
every department of the couuty than
theie luih been during the pabt year. At
that time there was ten times as much
foreclosure business and live times as
much litigation in our courts; there were
nearly twice as many prisoners in the
county Jail and the work In nearly every
county olllce was much heavier
than It Is today. Instead of decreasing
tho pay roll to correspond with the de
crease lu the volume of business there
has been a steady Increase la tho pay
roll from year lo year, while tho tax
payers have been fairly groauhig under
the Increased burdens. Something had
to be done to give them relief and thu
board of commissioners Is simply doing
Its plain duty lu weeding out needless
employes.
Whether the supernumeraries are re
publicans, democrats or populists Is Im
material to tho taxpayers and political
considerations should not influence tho
action of tho board any more than per
sonal favoritism.
If tho council follows tho example set
by the school board and tho county
board with respect to the city pay roll
the people of this community will have
good reuson to believe that nn era of
economy has really commenced.
According to tho Lincoln Journal one
of tho signs of the war upon Governor
Savugo has Just como to tho surfuco.
"It bus recently transpired that the
editor of Tho Beo Is writing letters to
every supposed candldato for governor
In the stato to como and seo him, aud
It Is said that several candidates havo
obeyed the command." In view of the
fact that candidates for governor aro as
thick as blackberries In July nnd
tumbling over each other in tho scram
ble the stupidity of the fakir who set
this cnunrd afloat must bo apparent
even to the fool friends of Governor
Savage who aro trying to make him
believe ho can get tho nomination by
a simple turn of tho wrJst
Omaha's continued nnd continuous
growth depends upon Its ability to en
largo constantly tho opportunities for
steady employment of worldngmen and
worklugwomen. Tho new-comers will
swell our population Just as fust as tho
work to keep them employed Is fur
Dished by now mills, shops and fac
tories, nnd moro peoplo mean rising
realty values, brisk retail trade aud
larger bank deposits.
If Wayuo county can collect back In
terest on deposits of county fuuds in
banks that conspire to secure the use of
public money without giving tho bond
required by law, so can Douglas county,
which has for soveral years had the In
terest earned by county deposits di
verted to private gain. What is our
couuty attorney going to do about it?
King Alexander of Servla Is said to bo
willing to nbdicato in cxcliango for a
satisfactory pension. In caso ho does
his successor will bo Prince Karageorgo-
i
vltdl. Alnmnilni" tnnv tint nnlnv liln tin.
Sltloil. but he Iiiih tin rlirht tn Itilll.-t- Qtif.li
n name upon tho public to secure a quiet
uuio ror uimself.
Those gentlemen who made them
selves, conspicuous Just before election
as venders of well-dellncd rumors nro
ndmonlshed thnt they will hnvo to step
quickly to tho front if they want to get
in beforo tho curtnln fnlls on the grand
Jury they were so eager to havo called
Whnt'n a Mttic TIiIiik MUe Tliatf
Washington Post
Sorry, girls, but Prlnco Henry is married
and has two children!
Hot Time for a Finish.
Philadelphia Ledger.
If Kitchener la theatrically Inclined ho
win terminate the Boor war Just In tlmo to
get homo and tnko a conspicuous placo In
tno coronation festivities.
Sure Till nun In Sin lit.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Tho Now York tunnel dlnnator turn
brought to light so many devices for safety
on railroads that it is a wonder a railroad
accident Is over permitted to occur.
No Objection HnUcit.
aiobc-Domocrat.
Tho Carnoglo institution for tho advance
ment of iclenco will bo governed by a cor
poratlon of eminent Americans and not by
tho United States. This Is ono of tho big
corporations to which nobody will object.
Warm Time for the Prince.
Indianapolis News.
Affairs of stato will havo to halt whllo
Prince Henry is "la our midst." Wo shall
all wish to glvo him tho tlmo of his life
But ho really ought to stay moro than a
fortnight to got a proper idea of Undo
Sam.
Itlpe for Gold Ilrlcks.
Washington Post.
That Omaha editor who took tho pains
to explain how Hon. Wob DaviB thrust
aaldo tho vlco presidential nomination and
thorcby lost tho opportunity to becomo
president will bo sum to rccolvo a largo
bunch of green goods circulars by tho next
mall.
Whnt We Oct ly DIkkIiik.
San Francisco Call.
It Is estimated that tho products of the
United States taken from tho ground last
year wero worth upward of $1,000,000,000
even in tho form of raw material. That of
course does not lncludo grain or any crop
taken from nbovo ground. It Is merely a
showing of what wo can get out of the
earth by Just digging for it.
ConRrenimtiMi nnd Their Pny.
St. Louis Republic.
Mr. Eddy's proposition that no congress
man cams $5,000 a year casta llttlo credit
upon lcglslatlvo work. If tho mon sent to
formulate the laws do not earn this rnto
of salary there should bo revision of the
rolls. To tho plea that llfo In Washington
Is expensive a simple nnswer 1b that tho
peoplo do not send representatives there
to livo in luxury. Tho movo for hlghor
congressional snlarlcs Is opposed to a sim
plicity in American llfo in a placo whoro
thoro should bo' the most simplicity.
Let St.' I.onln Own" Up.
LoulsvHlo Courtor-Journal.
At last ttiero are intimations that tho
St. Louis world's fair may not bo held till
1904. Sucn an announcement might as woll
have been made months ago. Nobody in a
position to know believes that tho exposi
tion can ' bo got ready beforo that tlmo.
Sixteen months' beforo tho opening of tho
Chicago fair tho buildings wero practically
up; sixteen months beforo tho date set for
tho opening of tho St. Louts fair tho ground
has Just been broken. Tho exposition will
bo all tho bjggcr and better for postpone
ment. CUItTAIMNr. PENSION IIII.L9.
rtnlen Adopted hy (he Senate Commit
tee on I'fimlonw.
So great has been tho flood in congress of
bills for pensions involving claims which
havo no standing that tho scnato commit
tee on pensions has been forced to take
action to curtail tho number. A Washing
ton dispatch saya tho senate committeo has
adopted a codo of rules governing such
measures. According to theso rules tho
applicant for a pension or incrcaso of pen
sion must fllo a carefully prepared petition,
addressed "To 'tho Congress of tho United
Stntes."
In petitioning congress for a pension the
applicant must set forth his postofflco ad
dress, age and tho proper designation of
tho military organization to which ho be
longed or tho names of all ns-al vessels on
which ho served, and tho length of servlco.
It must nlso bo stated whether application
has been mado to tho Pension bureau, and,
if so, tho action taken. If no application
has been mado to the pension ofllco tho
reasons for not doing so must bo given.
Tho petition must also contain a Btato
racnt giving tho nature and degree of all
disabilities, whether mental or physical,
showing specifically those, claimed to havo
been contracted in tho service and in tho
lino of duty. It tho application Is mado
under tho law of Juno 27, 1890, tho peti
tioner must specify all existing disabilities
not duo to vicious habits and tho extent to
which they disable him from tho porform
anco of manual labor. Tho character and
value of all property owned by the peti
tioner and the net annual Incomo from all
sources should bo glvon.
Tho facts enumerated In tho petition
must bo supported by tho claimant's Hiyorn
statement, and tho petition and affidavits
should bo transmitted to ono of the sena
tors representing tho etate In which the ap
plicant resides.
No bill will bo considered by tho senate
pension committee unlesn application tor
pension or lncreaao of pension has first beon
mado to tho pension bureau, nor while tho
claim is pending in tho bureau, except in
cases where conclusive proof Is presented
that tho claimant has no penslonablo status
under existing law.
It Is provided by tho new rules govern
ing legislation for pensions that where an
original pension or Incrcaso has beon al
lowed by a special act no proposition for
additional pension will be entertained. In
no caso will allowanco for arrears bo
recommended, nor will application for In
crease of pension be favorably considered
If tho claimant Is regularly in receipt of a
salary from tho government of tho United
States.
Bills proposing to pension sons or daugh
ters of' old soldiers will not be entertained
except In cases where It Is shown by satis
factory ovldonco that tho proposed bene
ficiary hos becn'ldlotlc, deformed or other
wise permanently holpless from a period
antedating tho ago of 10, nnd then only in
case of destitution. .
Hills for Increasing pensions which have
been granted undor tho law of 1890 at less
than $13 a month will not bo considered at
all. Consideration will uot bo given to any
bill proposing to restore to tho pension rolls
tho name of a widow whoso pension was
forfeited by remarriage. Bills proposing to
pension brothers or sisters of soldiers are
not admissible. Bills for original pensions
will originally bo considered la preference
to those for on Iscreaso,
HOUND AIIODT NHW YOltlC.
Hippies on the Current of Life In th
MctrnpollH,
Frequently tho country Is regaled with
loud chuckles from New Yorkers when
Ihoy unload an assortment of "gold bricks
pa what Is locally called "tho provinces
A lofty noto of superiority runs through
tho cnchlimtlons nnd tho Impression Is con
fveyed that New Yorkers are a llttlo tho
.smoothest people along tho pike. No ono
familiar with tho run of llfo In tho bl
town will question tho claim. Tho number
pf smooth workers to the snuaro acre In
AJreater Now York Is ndmlttcdly nt th
top of tho record. It Is also capablo of
demonstration that tho average Now
Yorker will grab glided bait and swallow
tho hook moro voraciously than tho inuo
cents of "tbo provinces." Even among tho
superior class, tho workers of cinch games
the shovore of tho queer aro many who oc
caslonally go against anothor's game nnd
Klvo up considerable cash for experience
A native of tho town, annreclatlne the
vaiuo or packages In nttractlvo wrapping
secured half n thefusand common clnv
bricks, transformed them Into dainty pack-
nges and carted them to tho homes of
numerous peoplo who cared llttlo or noth
Jng for bricks, but wore so taken with tho
ppcaranco of tho packages that they were
willing to promptly ndvanco tho alleged
express charges upon thoin. Tho ingenious
liromotcr of this brick exchango obtained
tho names of his victims from tho lists of
cabla passengers of incoming steamers, nnd
ho decorated each packago with a genuine
shipping tng and thus mado it appear that
tno parcol camo from tho purser of tho ves
eel from which tho victim had Just landed
or from somo companion of tho voyage
Tho enterprising follow would havo mado
n fortuno if ho had confined his efforts to
his fellow townsmen, but ho went against
ono of tho provincials, a Mlssourlan, who
insisted on being shown. That finished tho
gamo.
Curbstono brokers in Wall street wore
iworked to a finish by an adventurer last
wcok. Ho Induced the brokers to buy Snno
Hook nnd Eyo stock in largo bunches, run-
nlng tho prlco up to $40. Whon tho ndven
turer moved out of town tho price dronnod
to $1. ,Tho stock of tho Snap Hook and Eyo
company of America was first traded in on
tho curb about six months ago. It has
boon quoted at from 30 to 48. Not much
was known on tho curb about tho concern
except that it manufactured a hook and
oyo that was said to bo a dream nnd nn
testacy to nil womankind. It was known
that tho company had nn ofllco at 25 Broad
street and that It had n factory somewhere.
That wns all that tho curb speculators
cared to know until they wero unnblo to
make deliveries of stock which thov hn.i
ibeen commissioned to buy. Then thev
wanted to know a lot. Anyono wanting tho
etocK now can probably get It for 30 cents
wuiiam Minor of Fmnkl n syndicate
fame, who swindled tho community out of
moro than a million dollars on promises
ot iu per cent a week to depositors, nnd
who was convicted of grand larceny, must
servo out his sentenco of fivo years in tho
penitentiary. Tho court of anneals re
versed the order of a lower court granting
Aimer a new trial. "The decision was
timely," says tho Brooklyn Eagle. "It was
not expected for a fortnight yet and If It
naa been dolayed even ono day Miller ex
pected to havo been out undor ball nnd on
his way to Japan, where tho decision ot
tho court of appeals would havo been a
mattor of purely academic concern to him.
Tho exposure of this plan for his cscanri
will Incrcaso the public satisfaction nt thn
findings of tho court. The fact thnt money
could bo found for tho very heavy bail
required Is additional ovldonco of tho
fraudulent character of tho enterprise. An
honest, business unjustly broken up by the
pollco docs not havo nest eggs of $75,000
lying around to get Its promoters out of
trouble About tho broad fact that the
Franklin syndicato wns a swindle thoro
can bo no question. It wan a particularly
desplcablo and dangerous swindle, becauso
It appealed to the Ignorant nnd to tho peo
plo with small savings. Tho only open
question wns whether tho shrewd men who
dovlscd this scheme had been nblo to keep
It out of the reach of tho lotter of tho law.
Tho finding of tho court of appeals is that
they did not and tho result Is that Millar
will servo tho sentenco Imposed upon htm
by the trial court, unless the United States
courts Intervene. Miller's punishment is
not tho less Just because his confederates
have not been brought to book. They ought
to bo caught also, but tho punishment of
tho ostensible head of such an enterprise
will at least mako it moro difficult to find
men to act as flgurchcadB In such designs
hereafter.
FHIISONAI. NOTES.
Under tho Texas local option law it has
been held illegal oven to trado peach brandy
for moro peaches in a "dry" district.
The balance on tho wrong sldo of tho
ledger of the late Buffalo Pan-American
exposition is now definitely stated to bo
$3,320,114.69.
Senator McEncry of Louisiana says his
election cost him Just $5,90, the prlco of a
railroad ticket from Now Orleans to Baton
Rouge, tho state capital.
Postmaster General Poyno would have
tho approval of the reading public it ho
excluded from tho malls all papers con
taining puns on his name.
Governor Odoll celebrated his forty-
eighth birthday Tuesday and received a
oquot of forty-six rosos. Tho governor
says, Jocosely, that somo very kind friend
must have sent tho flowers.
William F. Miller of Brooklyn, tho 520 :
per cent speculator, has had another turn
In the courts and must servo out his five
year sentence. Tho court of appeals rc-
orscd the order granting him a ner trial.
Lewis Nixon (not Lewis F. Nixon, as ho
is often called), tho new Tammany leader.
Is a graduate of the naval ncadomy nt An
naopolls and is a man ot scholarly attain
ment besides being a designer and builder
of ships.
County Commissioner Maurice Rosen fold
ot Chicago has refused to accept a salary of
$1,500 for fivo months when ho was out ot
tho city. Ho says: "I was called away by
sickness In my family and didn't work, so
why should I accept pay?"
Chicago Is willing to transfer Its big
sewor to tho national government If the
latter agrees to extend It to the Mississippi
river as a navigable ditch. Tho modesty
of Chicago brightens tho highways and
byways of tho now century.
Tho "Holy Ghost and Us" company,
which gives occasional performances In
Brooklyn, dipped a maiden of 54 in tho Icy
waters of Now York bay a fow weeks ago.
Last week tho company attendod her fu
neral. The "baptism" took.
General Wood has issued a decree fixing
the prlco of gas In Havana at $2.50 in Span
ish gold per 1,000 cubic feet. The former
prlco was about $3.75 per 1,000 cublo fcot,
This decree also regulates tho prlco for tho
uso In public places of 200 slxteen-candle-power
electric lights at $1.10 a month each.
Senator Depow says whon tho marriage
coremony for him and his wlfo was per
formed by Consul Van Burcn thoro was a
silk American flag on the tablo In front of
them, a bible on ono side of It and tbo con
stitution of the United States on tbo other.
bo that, "as that Is all there is to this
country, wo wero really, married la tho
United States." . -
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I.O, fiKT YOUlt HAIIl CUT.
Washington Star: Perhaps tho commis
sioner of Indian affairs will kindly explain
why ho has issued a ukaso requiring tho
wards of tho nation to cut their hair,
abandon their blankets and stop painting
their faces. Quito a number of cltlzons,
exclusive, of Indians not tnxed, would llko
to know.
Buffalo Express: Our usually sensible
commissioner of Indian affairs Is Interfer
ing unnecessarily with tribal customs whon
ho orders reservation Indians to havo their
hnlr cut nnd stop painting their faces.
That's nono of his business. Thero's no
disputing with tastes nnd oven whlto men
do not rotlsh sumptuary laws.
Chicago Record-Herald: After a half
century ot experience with tho Indian
ngents "Poor Lo" wns hnppy In tho thought
that ho had managed to hold onto his hair.
In his childish Innoccnco nnd simplicity ho
did not bco how thoy could tnko this from
him. But there is no limit to tho "benevo
lent assimilation" of tho government whon
It comes to dealing with Its untutored nnd
untamed children of tho forcBt. From tho
Interior department has gono forth Iho
edict forbidding malo Indians to wear long
hnlr and forbidding tho painting of faces
by cither box. Indian dances nnd feasts
wero already prohibited. Wo nro going to
clvlllzo" tho Indian if wo havo to tnko
away his lnet blanket and bis last pair ot
bended moccasins. Of course thoro will bo
weeping nnd walling in tho reservations
when tho news Is broken to Lo, but so
long as tho Indian is a ward ot tho nation
nnd fed on roast beef nt public cxponso ho
cannot complain if wo rogulato tho cut ot
his clothes nnd tho length of his hnlr. It
this does not "civilize" him1 wo will put
him on a' diet df Boston baked beans nnd
oatmeal porridge.
AHE THE UNITED STATES 'ITf"
iV Qiinker City Editor Rxprrnnrs Some
Doalits on the (liientlon.
Philadelphia Record.
It Is not surprising that members of con
gress should think thero Is hardly a limit
to tho power of that body. In tho past
quarter of a century it has been doing
things which would greatly distress tho
cautious fathers who attempted to placo
restrictions on tho nuthorlty of tho na
tional legislators. Even their power to dis
regard constitutional prohibitions 1ms been
affirmed and exorcised In tho caso of terrl-
ory lying at somo dlstnnco from tho main
body of tho country. Members of congress
who maintain thnt tho civil war settled a
great many other questions besides slavery,
Including questions of grammar, wero ex
asperated when Justlco Brewer of tho su
preme court decided thnt It Is necessary to
uso tho plural form In speaking of tho
United States as, for example, "tho United
Stntes aro a 'nation."
There Is no doubt, that tho opinion of
Justlco Brewer is based on tho constitution.
That document, ns well ns all tho states
men and grnmniarlans of tho days beforo
tho war, tolerated only tho plurnl form.
Thomas Jefferson, nnd perhaps nil ot his
contemporaries, used tho plural In the caso
f congress, nlBo, as "Congress, at tholr
last session," etc. The Idea was. In fact,
that the nation was a collection of saver-
Ign states. As tho motto of Illinois put
It: "Stato sovereignty, national union."
When tho right of tho states to secedo from
the union wns effectually denied at a tre
mendous cost tho lmportanco of tho slates
diminished In tho popular mind and tho na
tion became supremo as a distinct entity.
Then pooplo began to speak of tho United
States as "It." Ifi contrast with Jofforson's
uso of tho plurnl in speaking of congress,
President Roosovolt in his message says:
Tho congross assembles,"
Tteeentlng tho decision of a Justlco of the
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but their use is at the cost ol health.
supremo court, n member of congress hni
Introduced a resolution to thn effect that I'
is tho uonso ot congress that tho United
States aro "It." It would bo qulto ni
reasonnblo to bring In n resolution that
46 is 1.
I.AIlrill AMI RKOW KAT.
Washington Stnr: "You say you never
goosl)7"
"Novor," nnswercd Miss Cayenne.
' When I feel disposed to hear my neigh
bors discussed I merely mention a name
nnd proceed to listen."
Boston Trnnscrlpt: Hatton That bore
of n Badger wns behind mo at tho theater
Inst night, and ho wns talking nearly nil
the time.
Budge Yrs, nnd to his own wife, thn
nuisance. Heally, It looks ns though thero
was mnllco In It, doesn't it?
Clilcn go
Post: "Why do you call her
nn nrtlsto?
Sho's sensational, but sho
cntrt net
"I mount an artist without tho final 'e.
Her sensationalism gives her wonderful
drawing power."
Chicago Tribune: "Curses on my pnv
erty!" exclaimed the man who had failed
to break tho bnnk nt Monto Carlo. "Mv
system was Just beginning to get its work
In. nnd In n few mlnutos I would hnvo been
winning money by tho barrel, when my
supply of cash gnvo out!"
Pittsburg Chronicle: Mr. Dinwiddle It's
odd about tho Nicaragua, canal bill.
Mr. Van Bniam What's odd about it?
Mr. Dinwiddle It was railroaded through
thu hou.io ot representatives.
Ilaltlmoro American: "I should advise,"
said tho pollto croupier, as ho raked In
another stnek of Lord Itosslyn's blun
checks, "that you tnko something for your
system."
Yonkers Stntomnn: "John, whon you
came home last nlcht vmi inlWo.i ,n,t
, acted very nuecrly. You were lifting your
n-i i Mini eiiueuvoriiig io sicp over imagin
ary obstacles." k
"Oh I Yo, my dear. All the evening
I felt, ns If I wero wnlklng on clouds. You
remember wo had nngel cako for supper."
Chicago Tribune: "Well," said the man
en the opposite side of tho Htroot car to the
passenger who had been staring at him In
nn absent-minded way, "do you think
you'll know mo tho next tlmo you Beo
mo?"
"Why, yes," replied tho other, recovering
himself. "A man can't easily forget a
fnco like yours. Why don't you havo It
changed?"
WHEN I WAS COIJHTIN' HUTU.
Itny Fnrrell Greeno In American Agri
culturist. I llko to sit on rainy days within my easy
chnlr,
An' smoke my pipe, an' close my eyes, an'
wnvo n truco to care.
I never want to rend a book such times,
but feel ns though
I'd rnlher walk with Memory the lanes of
Long Ago.
I plum forget that I'm a man, I llston low
to hear
Tho cherished plan my boyish chum Is
whispering In my ear
A plan for four Instead of two closn-cltng-
Ing hearts, forsooth.
For Jim was courtln' Mllly then, an I was
courtln' Huth.
Perhaps a drivo to singln' Bchool soma
seven miles away,
With both tho girls tucked close an' snug
besldo us In tho sleigh;
Fcrclmnco a moonlight skntlns; trip with
them, wo planned to tnko,
Tho first hnrd freeze, to Eddysport, five
mllcsj ncross tho lake.
I henr the sleigh bells clilmo again, tho
crunch of crusted snow,
For, nh, tho drifts aro deep adown tho
lanes of Long- Agol
But though tho nights were cold, our
hearts were warm with Love's sweet
truth,
For Jim was courtln' Mllly, then, an' I
wns courtln' Huth
I bless tho Lord for rainy dnys, for plpo
an' oasy chair,
They mako mo plum forgot my aches an'
pains, nn" frosty hnlr.
A tender spot within my heart moro tonder
downs to grow
Toward her, my better half, tho Huth I
wedded long ngol
An' when dear Jim, my neighbor now,
sometimes an evening spends
With us, nnd brings his wlfo with him, nn
added charm It lends
To plan for four Instead of two an echo
of our youth,
When Jim was courtln' Mllly, an' -when I
was courtln' Huth.
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