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TOE OMAHA DAILT BEE: WEDNESDAY, AmiL 22, 1903. TlIE OMA1U DAILY BEE. E. ROrftWATKn. KDlTOIt. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. TERMBOF SUBSCRIPTION. tHr 1m (will. out Sunday). '" Year..) Dally Bee and S'inrtay, On.; Year illustrated Uee. On rT v IJunday Bee. One I cur fc.turday Bee, (ne Year J-?' Iwentleth Century Farmer, One Year., iw DELIVERED BY CARRI1 . t)o!ly Bee (without 8utinny), Pr copy.... 22 lally Pee (without Sunday). per week...izc lily Bee (Including Sunday). Pr weea..lic fiunuay P, per copy J3 fcvenlng Um (without Sunday). per 60 fcvenlng lieo (Including Sunday). Per, week 100 Complaint of Irregularities In delivery hould bo addressed to City Circulation V Bertment OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. ' South Omaha-City Hall Building. Twen t -fifth and M Htreet. Council Bluffs i Pearl Street. f'hlmrn IfUit TTnttv Hullfllna. New fork 232 pHr Row Building. 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TZ3CHUCK..- Bubacrlbed In my prtaenca and sworn to before me thla Siat day of March. A. p., W03. M. P. HUNG ATE, (Seal.) Notary Public Boom! Boom! Boomer Benson! " Benson forever! Boom Boomer Ben on! There la nothing to prevent people from planting trees even after Arbor day baa gone by. Hawaii la threatened with a coal famine, but. Inasmuch as the beating stove has not yet been acclimated there no great amount of suffering Is likely. The membera of the Real EsUte ex- cnange tax, committee, wonting aiae oy side with the corporation Big Five of the council, 1b a Bight fof the gods to behold, Nine out of ten of the bolting repub licans who are opposing Moores Were against 'Moorea' three years ago " when be was elected without them. They would be against him now even If be bad had s unanimous nomination in convention.. - It is Burorialng that Colonel Brvan consented even to the reading of a let- ter of regret from David B. Hill at that Kansas City banquet Had he known Hill had been- invited Bryan certainly would not have accepted until assured that Hill would not be there. The government of Salvador will pay the Judgment rendered against It by the arbitration court, but protests that the decision la unfair. In the Inter- i national court, as In other courts, the party that loses always thlnka that beteflorU wUI b t0 the honor and credit of baa not been given a fair deal. Ed Howell -was a safe man for the corporations when he was in the coun- cil and he was a safe man for the cor- oorationa when he waa In th atata n. ate. No wonder they are satisfied be will be a safe man for the corporations If be could be boosted Into the mayor'a chair. According to Senator stone of Mlo- sourl no man unworthy to hold up the old Jeffersonlan flag will be nominated b the democratic natloual convention next year. "If he is," he adds, "God pity , us, for he will be defeated." As If there were anything but defeat In store for him, anyway. After framing up an extension of the gaa lighting contract. Corporation Bell- di.uijsui irom me council chamber to make s speech for Benson for mayor before a First ward meeting, uoea anyone need a further pointer as to which side of the corpora- prove an ordinance reducing street car United States." This Is taking a some tlon fence Benson Is to be found? fares to 8 cents. . If 'the csafcartrs of iv intn h. w v.. The republicans have put up a council ticket which on the whole Is superior to uy mat uub vmu preoeutea to me vol- - M . , . . . . 1 vr. or maua m recent years, n la v..v.v.u,w, owuuBvr luu tut? council ticket put up by the democrats In op- poamou, iu8 neix city council should bo without even one lonesome democrat. W'. s.v. rTr ' aw .o.u. i iuc uuixot is not tne lm- portant thing If ouly the voters are not misled a. to which are the corporation candidatea. The contest is between the corporations and the people-the corpor- ntv usuuiiR .u.yor moores te- cause, he sumla for the people as against tne corporauuns wnen ttielr in - lervaia iriunu. Nebraska -gets a differential rate on grain shipments out of Omaha as com- pared with ahlpmeuta out of Kansas City, but ouly over the , opposition of the Nebraska railroad, .v hich prefer to encourage the long haul at the cwt of the Omaha market This U the kind oi uear-aisuieit iivauueui NeDrasua shippers usually get from their own roaaa, wnose policy too orteu looks to Immediate revenues rather than future profits resulting from the building up of local industry. rnt satwsal aumimstkattos. Mr. ' Bryari told the Missouri demo cratic editors ttiat h found throughout the country dwp and growing; dlssatis- faction among the republican voters with the policy of the national admin- Intra (Ion. If be bad ben asked to "show" whore and why there la this alleged dissatisfaction Mr. Bryan would bare been placed In an embarrassing position, the fact being that there la I no evidence anywhrre that republicans are disannulled with the policy of the national administration, excepting such as are connected with the corporations that are contravening the laws and may at any time be called to account by the federal authorities. ' Why should republican voters be dis satisfied with the policy of the national administration? It la the policy of the preceding administration, which was overwhelmingly endorsed ' only a little more tj,nn two rears neo. Its first our-1 I. t.K.n.rii. .hlh I ,v,,,rari,c " I the country has enjoyed since the re-1 nnl.Hnan nortv sua tnnkd tf I fare. Certainly no republican voter ob-r Jecta to this. The national admlnlstra- A .. ,lt - l -J t, I UUl UCIICTC IU BUUVllilK I course respecting the economic system 1 of the country that might disturb and unsettle business and all people who , I want a continuance or prosperity must annrove this. The aim la to kpn our I industries active and thus supply labor I for all our people and nowhere are re- - - - publican voters opposed to this. As to the policy of the national ad ministration regarding the combinations a vast mnJority of,- republican voters approve it. Tosslbly there are some I 0, - ho think that more drastic measures Bnu'(1 bve been adopted, but these are likely to conclude, ; upon more careful " "-vi, vuu mi servntlve course waa the. wiser. A rad- I lol anil HAtnflAnB .....1 doubtedly be disastrous to the Industries and business of the country and there fore it Is not favored by t,he national administration. Where la the lntelll-1 gent republican voter who finds fault with this position? Then as to the great question of the relations of capital and labor the attitude and course of the I national administration have been I eminently wise and greatly useful.' It has done much In the Interest, of a pol-1 Icy of conciliation and to cause both capital and labor to consider more care-1 I al I - a . , . . i iuny tueir mutual interests and their public duties and obligations. Presl- dent Roosevelt baa shown himself to be the earnest friend of labor and desirous of promoting Its welfare In all proper ways. ,1 it will be seen that there Is absolutely nothing In the policy of the national ad- ministration to which any , republican voter can reasonably object . It la the policy under Which the nation hna Vn extraordinary progress and now enjoys that the consolidation movement engen great prosperity. We see no Indies- dered by the events of the last few tlqnt anywhere of republican 'dissa.8- years has Jeen given s stinging blow In faction, out on the contrary evidence I of an overwhelming sentiment in , the I party favorable to the maintenance of the policy pf William McKlnley; and ot uneodore Roosevelt We do not ones- t,on that the former democratic leader believes what be told the Missouri edl- lon' anz De mistaken. With practical Danlm,ty the republican voters of the c0011 approve the policy of the na- t,onal Jminlstratlon, could ast osm ask morki Edward E. Howell, democratic candl date for mayor, is quoted as follows by the World-Herald: " ' Thai am Kir Inn a m I If tm a ha 1 w . ..v. w aw jw sAiaajva: us. Omaha; and If sleeted to the office my best I those who belleva In me. I stand abso lutely by the platform adopted by the democratic City convention. I authorise my friends everywhere to pledge, in my behalf, complete fidelity to that platform and I w'11 be tru t0 u ,n wo, Bd la An With a childlike and bland amile the democratic organ asks, "Could any one aek a more exPnc,t pledge than this?" Certainly not But some peo- PIe would like to know bow that pledge Jibes with the obligations Mr. Howell na assumea to tne corporations, that j a'e now taking such an active Interest I " nis election. -. - t v Complete fidelity to the democratic platform would compel Mr. Howell to favor very radical reduction of tele- phone tolls, and it the managers of the telephone monopoly really believed that UOWell would -keep that pledge would they have entered the. nool . with the other franchlsed corporations to boost noweu uy uooming uensonr - ., If Howell intended fatthfolly to carry out the democratic platform pledge he would be compelled to favor and ap- the street railroad company believed Howell intends to live up to that pledge would they have Joined Fred Nash, the manager or tne electric lighting monor . . . . . . " . I oiy. wno is working night and day to noeur, If Howell proposes to be true to the aemocranc platform pledges in word and In deed he would be obliged to approve tn prainance pro- puimg . ror municipal ownership of electric lighting, which Mr. Nush haa defeated through hia subservient tools In the council and which he may be de- lauded upon to continue to oppose In tue next couocii. woes n atana to rea- son that Mr. Naali would . be spending 1 ma money ana wasting his time la sup - i iKin 01 xiuweii election if ne aid not regard Howell as s man who can be trusted to frustrate every movement looking toward municipal ownership of electric lighting and the submission of any proposition for cheaper light and power In case be is elected mayor? If Howell could be depended upon to carry out the letter and spirit, of the I democratic platform to tax . thplr I terminal properties would the Burllng- ton railroad, the Union Taclflc railroad I and other railroad Interests, take such an active Interest In bja election by I booming Eraatus Benson, kncwlag all th time that two republican Totea for Denton are equal to one rote for Howell T la It not natural under those peculiar conditions for cltlaens of Omaha to ask themselves whom does Howell propose to cross the allied corporations or the people? Or Is he playing a bunco game with the Intention to double cross both? AS VBJKCT LKSSOS IS Bonn ISO. The Benson boomers are glrtng bmaha an object lesson In booming such as it baa not Been since the memorable boom daya of C. E. Mayne & Company. Accordlng to the boomers, there la an Immense tidal wave for Benson. In fants In their cradlea are crying for Benson. Young women are throwing bouqueta and klssea at Benson. Old women are praying for Benson. The Salvation Army Is for Benson and the German Turners and the Bohemian Tnrnort and tha ornhoti f all zither - nationalltiea are turning handsprings, malnnnrlnB - e and aninernaiilta for The blacksmiths and the whitesmiths have Joined In the anvil chorus for the noil T..,K.1,... Tn.nn Tk fl, i.UUUBVJUUl DVJU. A ill; alarm bells,, the church bells and tha bells on the locomotives are all ringing for Benson. The Bemls Bag company's . - - siren wnisue la acreecmng ior uenson morning, noon and night aud nrettv Boon all the steam whistles In the Union Taciflc shops, that are now clear ing their brazen throats and tuning up, will rend the air for Benson. So clear the track for Benson, the Boomer, and give Omaha a real boomer tr mayor. Let publicans and repub- Hcans. poiwcrats and plutocrats, printer nd democrats rah for Benson. Boom I Boom! Boomer Benson. Rah! Rah! Rah! for Omaha and that mighty Boomer Benson. MIL NOT DlSTUtta PROdRKSS. The leading financial papers of the country do not regard the decision In the Securities company case, should It afflrnied by. the court of last resort 88 at Bl1 likely to disturb the progress f the country. Oue of them remark! that the decision doea not mean the de- fitructlon of property Interest The opinion of. the court "doea not destroy one blade of wheat along the line of the Northern Pacific or the other railroads involved; It does not hold up traffic, nor m x . . m a . - uoes u put mercantile interests out or business. The roads affected ought to be worth Intrinsically 8S much as they were before." It Is urged that the ef fecta of the decision are to be looked for In the domain of speculative values, Another paper observea that every trust and railroad combine has been put on Ita good. behavior, even if It has not Incurred the likelihood of drastic treatment at the hands of the law. and the face, but It aeea no reason to appre- bend any serious consequences to the legitimate' . business Interests of the country. This seems to be the rational view to take of the matter. Of course there baa been " created a feeling of uncer- tainty in regard to railroad consolida tions and other combinations that are amenable to the law, as It has been construed. If this shall stand there will doubtless be changes of more or less Im portance In their bearing upon financial, Industrial and commercial conditions. but the substantial business structure of the country, while It may be a little ShskOH, XV ill not t)6 OV6fthrOWn ftDd WC shall continue to make progress,-with a basla at least as sound and secure, if not far more so, than that we have. now IT IS OUR a AM. The visit of Representative Cannon to Cuba appears to have convinced him that this country will gain more from the reciprocity treaty than will Cuba and the coming speaker of the house of renresentatlves is not lacking In bus! ness Bagacity. He is quoted as saying that the concessions granted to Amer lean producta in the treaty aud the de- velopment of the Island will prove of more advantage to the United States than the concessions to tobacco and sugar will, in the long run. to Cuba. "When Cuba Is fully develoDcd." said Mr. Cannon, "and has a population of TOnnnm. which can be annnnrtpd wpII. the wrlnrorttr treatv will h of mor value to the producers of the United states than to those of Cuba. Those people will buy their wheat flour and other provisions and their clothing and other manufactured irooda from the i. n Annht that in m w ihnnM tr. a i trade with that Island, which I. certain to grow steadily if not rapidly in nnniit.tinn Meanwhile there la favorable promise, according to the latest advices from Havana, of a sattsfactorv conclusion f tre ne,roHtlna with rm.a being reported that the only differences are ,n gard to details relating to the acnnlrpmentf r,rorrtlea for naval ata Li. rK - .. .hnn m th me.sn.rp f Prpi Ljent Falma to congress, has the most friendly feeling toward the United states, giving assurance of the mninte nancts of cordlal relatlona between the 1 renubllcs. The pretended Justification of the I walk-out from the republican city con ventlon waa the casting of the vote of Delegate Haarmann of the Second ward for Moores, when he had said privately before the convention that his preferred choice waa Bingham. But Mr. Haar- mann waa elected on a ticket headed for Moores for mayor; be was elected by the votes of Mayor Moores" sup porters while every Bingham man In the Second ward voted against him; be voted with the Moores delegates on or ganization and all prellmluaries; be made no objection whatever to the cast ing of the solid vote of the Second ward delegation for Moorea; be at no time requested a poll of the delegation; be did not walk out with the boltera but remained In the convention and par ticipated In all Its snbseqnent proceed ings; finally be declares that be la sat isfied with the nomination of Moores nd will cast bis vote for him on elec tion day. In view of all these undis puted facts, Is It not plain that the bolt- era have simply Invented a trumped-up excuse to cover a prearranged plan? With unanimity of action the stock holders of the Steel trust have Just held their annual meeting to elect dlrectora. To show that It la still loyal to the state of New Jersey the meeting was held there In conformity with the conditions of incorporation under the New Jersey laws. Given an opportunity to get a. more liberal charter from aome other state and see how quick all the big trusts would move headquarters to other parts. The merger lawyers got the decree In the Northern Securities case modified on the strength of their notice of an ap peal. When the dividends are dla trlbuted and the railway magnates have secured all they can get out of It, they will be free to drop their appeal and let the whole litigation go. It would not be surprising If this were to be the plan they ultimately pursue. If the combined strength of the electric lighting monopoly and the gas company can head off a municipal lighting plant by stealthily extending the street light ing contracts far in advance of expira tion, we may be sure they will do It. There Is such a thing as driving things too fast The people will suruly rebel gainst euch flagrant corporation tyranny. The latest Invention la a new process of iron ore reduction which Is expected to outdo Bessemer steel and revolution ize the Iron and steel Industry. There Is no good reason why the wonderful advances made In Iron working during the nineteenth century should not be equaled by still further advances In the twentieth century. ' Neceaeltr Promotea Wladom. Philadelphia North American. The International Agricultural congress. meeting In Rome, has decided to postpone for a year the declaration of commercial war against America.- Europe knows which slda of the ocean its bread is buttered on. Plerp Morcaa't Case. . Chicago Chronicle. .. In tha matter of speaking softly and car rying big sticks It, may be observed that Uncle Plerp Morgan hss always carried a club Ilka a telegraph pole, but has not been noted for soft speaking. It thus falls out that ha hasn't gone quite so far aa ha an ticipated. , , . -. , .-i- Scrapplngr. loathe Backyard. . ww,Xtff;k' World. . The government, '.fcaa. called upea Ger many to "expla1n""ertaln recent happen ings In the CerollripVln relation to Ameri can citlzena. One'Vesult of our acquisi tion of the Philippines la that Germany is now our next-door' neighbor In the ant, and neighbors sometimes quarrel over the back-yard fence. Feellaa? tlte Comfortable. Kansas City Journal. . Attorney General Knox la not doing any boasting, but he is feeling quite comfort able. It Is always gratifying to a lawyer to win a great legal victory, and It is par ticularly ao when it includes a handsome personal vindication. Nobody la now ac cusing Mr. Knox of being an attorney of tha trusts and corporations. - Dope or I'gly Magra. Boston1 Herald. For the prompt elimination of all Impuri ties of the blood and for the development of pink complexions try tha pure food treat ment of Dr. Wiley of the Agricultural de partment at Washington. , Dr. Wiley seems to be yearning for some of the laurels of Jim Dumps. Next we know he'll be trying to produce the smile that won't come off. No Escape for tha Raaeala. Indianapolis Journal. If the Pennsylvania prees-muzillng bill should b allowed by the governor to be come a law the Philadelphia papers can move across the river Into New Jersey and those of Pittsburg into Ohio, and proceed aa before.. Raaeala who hope to. protect themselves by preventing newspapers from telling the truth about them will find It necessary to move to some other country. Blaadera of Naval Enarlaeera. Philadelphia Record. It would appear from the unfortunate development of certain atructural defects in the battleship Maine that there is no cesslty for an overhauling and strengthen ing of the engineering department of the government naval autflt at Washington, Our shltiiiullders can turn out stanch ships, but their offensive power Is lessened by bungling miscalculation of government de signers who arrange for the disposition of their guns and the conatructlon of their boilers. Kxcelleare of Gaveraaaeat Credit. Indianapolis Journal. The secretary of the treaaury is said to be wall satisfied with the results of his re funding offer thus far. Up to data he has received nearly $30,000,000 of and 4 per cent bonds, for which he has iasued I per cent bonds. The old bonds are still eomlng in at the rst of about U, 000,000 a day and the secretary believes that It he cares to keep bis offer open long enough be could refund the entire amount of $100,000,000 named In his circular. , The transaction has resulted la easing tha money market and adding, materially to tha national bank cir culation. Incidentally it has furnished gratifying proof of the excellence of the government credit. Political Crooks Fear Newspapers. Kanaaa City Journal. One of the visiting editors observed yes terday: "Don't you remember how Bona tnr Karris Jumped on the newspspers ia the legislature? Now, I see he Is indicted for boodling. Ain't tbat queer? Then there wss a Senator Sullivan, who did not like newspapers, snd I see he wss indicted also for something crooked around 'the legisla ture. Tbat la runny, aorna more. Then, again, there waa a Senator Matthews who did not like newspapers. He also la in dieted. 'And Senator Smith of St. Louis became frantic at the papers. Ha alao la now Indicted! Ain't it funny tbe fellows who denounce newapapers are now under Indictment for being bad?" He added: "When you aee a publlo mil throw a fit at newspapers you ran bet be la a crook some where, and it la tha subllcatloa of facts tbat goads aim." BITS OF WASHINGTON 1,1 FBI. Mlaor Sc-eaee aad laefdeate Sketched aa tha Spot. The brightest and keenest editorial para grspher on the American press passed away with the death of Harry L. Merrick of the Washington Post, last Monday. Mr. Mer rick was an indefstlgsble worker. He kept up his stint day after day and year after year, rarely foregoing the regular grind even when on a .vacation. His paragraphs were a distinguishing feature of tbe paper bright, keen, witty, equally remarkable for brevity, broad grasp of current events and familiarity with the characteristics of thn politicians of tha country. Exchange edi tors who levied regularly on Mr. Merrick's paragrapha will sadly miss the genial spirit that moved his pen. Mr. Merrick was a native of Xenla, O., and waa 44 years old. This Is the lateat story told of a meet ing of Senator William M. Stewart and Postmsster General Payne: After greeting the postmaster general. Senator Stewart threw his wide-brimmed, hlgb-crowned slouch hat on the floor, drew up a chair, leaned over In a confidential manner and whispered something In Mr. Payne's ear. "I'd be real glad to do tbat, senator," said the postmaster general, loud enough for his visitors to bear, "but I can't; I'm helpless." Mr. Stewart leaned a little cloaer and continued his whispered argument. Tm sorry, eenator," replied Mr. Payne, "but that position Is under the classified service. I can't do It." ' The senator kicked his hat out of the way, pushed his cbs.tr still closer, leaned over until his lips were right against Mr. Payne's ear and again whispered and gestic ulated for some time. "Really, senator," said Mr. Payne, some what impatiently, "you aak an impossi bility. I have nothing to do with the case until the r.ppilcant is certified to me. Tbe civil service " The senator brought his fist down with a hang on the desk in front of him. "D n the civil service," he cried in a voice that made the visitors Jump. "It's good tor nothing never wss and never will be. It's rotten backwards and for wards, cross ways and sideways. It keeps desirable people out of the government service and undesirable and useless people In the service. Don't talk to me about the civil service. I don't believe In It." Tha postmaster general laughed and the visitors smiled. "I belleva your views on that question are pretty generally known, are they not, senator?" asked Mr.' Payne. "I hope so," replied Mr. Stewart Then Mr. Stewart combed out his beard, shook hands with Mr. Payne, codded to tha visitors and departed. "The trust p-vmoters tried to win over to their side of the wntroversy Judge Rich ards, who aa solicitor general waa the chief aasistsnt of Attorney General Knox In the preparation of the cases against tbe rail way merger and the beef trust," writes the Washington correspondent of the Chicago Inter Ocean. "Richards conducted the suc cessful suits against the Addyston pips trust, the Transmlssourl Freight asso ciation, and the Joint Trafflo association, and he had made a closer study of the trust legislation than had either Griggs or Knox. The trust promoters some time ago coccluded that Richards would make aa able defender of the trusts, as he had been an able and uncompromising prose cutor of the trusts. They made him tempt ing offers and eome of bis friends advised him to go to New Tork and open an office where he could command his own price and enjoy a fine Income. i "Mr. Richards Is a poor man and these offers were tempting. but he refused -,to become a trust promoter for money and accepted an appointment to the United States Circuit bench Which was tendered to him . by President Roosevelt, notwith standing the stubborn opposition of Senator Hanna. who had another candidate and did not want to see Richards honored with promotion to tbe place vacated by Judge Day when tbat gentleman was promoted to a place on the supreme bench. The re fusal of Rlcharda to accept tbe offers of the trust promoters had much to do with the president's decision to Ignore the op position of Senator Hanna and appoint him to the bench." . Land grabbers in various parts of the west are sorely perplexed by the offensive activity of the Interior department Jn blocktng their schemes. The latest grab attempted Is In Oregon. A Wsshlogton dispatch to the Bt. "Louis Globe Democrat explain the deal as follows: When W. A. Richards was appointed commissioner of the general land office a few weeks ago Mr. Hitchcock, secretsry of the interior. at once started upon an Investigation Into conditions In the land offices of tne Pacino coast country. The first result of that In vestigation has Just been announced in the removal of three commissioners in Oregon and the announcement tbat a number of commissioners and other land omce offl clals will be prosecuted for complicity in the gigantic frauds that have been oia closed by recent Inveatigations. it la conservatively estimated that wore than 100.000 acres of government land have been illegally entered by alleged nomo- steaders in Oregon within tbe last year, and the preliminary lnveatlgation has pretty dearly established the fact that officials of th government have actively contriDutea to the perpetration of the frauds. Gross negligence, collusion, frsud In the tsking of acknowledgements and various other Irregularities are charged against some of the commissioners In Oregon. The matter Is now In tbe hands of the Depart ment of Justice. It Is charged that offi cials of tha land offices In Oregon have been parties to fictitious entries on publlo lsnds and have In some Instances formed actual partnerships with land locaters and syndi cates who are seeking to secure control of large tracts of timber and agricultural lands. Tbe schemes employed hsve not been rsd Ically different from those uied In gobb'lnj up publlo lsnds In Nebraska. Kmpl.yes of syndicates hsve made alleged homestead entries on public lands, taking advantage of the commutation featurea of the home stead law and immediately trauaferrlng their holdings to the syndicates. Evidence baa been secured which shows that tbeae ostensible homesteaders are simply the hired agenta of the syndicstes that are trying to secure control of the lsrgs areas of public land. In some Instances ths offi cials of the land office have formed partner- shins with the speculators and have suc ceeded in getting control and possession ot ths most desirable land In their districts. Special agents who hsve been Investigat ing the situation report that the commis sioners and land officials have given the apeculators every opportunity tor csrrylng out their plans. The homestead sppiics tlons have been approved without tbe re quired inquiry and but little attention has been paid to tbe law requiring an lnvesti gallon Into the legality ot tbe filings. Officials of the Interior department re fuse to discuss the esse further than to state that the action has simply been taken In pursuance ot the policy ot the depart ment to break un the fraudulent practices tbat have been going on in tbe weat for several years, the eontlnusnce of which would exhaust toe public domain and put aa snd to houestsadlng. within a tew years. A Pre. slag Need. Chicago Tribune. It ia no wonder Lieutenant Governor Lee of Missouri feels the seed of rest. Several tblnga have conspired lately to make him tired. ; TRADB WITH THB3 ORIENT. Mr. Hltl No! the Oalr rehhle aa the Pacifle Beach. Chicago Tribune. Mr. James J. Hill said at the launching ot bla great vessel. Minnesota: "In order to develop our commerce with tba Orient and meet the competition of natlona, there must exist a power ot con trol that can collect and forward It. But now we ere ' told tbat such power Is a crime, and that he who exercises It is a criminal. I now hers plead guilty to that crime, whatever the penalty that may be Imposed." Mr. Hill is not reconciled yet to ths de cision in the Northern Securities caae. He affects to believe that It brands him as a criminal because he la endeavoring to pro mote the commerce of his country by se curing for It a vast Asiatic trade. That trade will be a benefit to tbe United States, and Mr. Hill's efforts to secure It by build ing big unsubsldlied freighters are deserv ing of praise. But the trsdlng Instinct la not so near dead among Americans that Mr. Hill aad a few associates are the only men who know how to develop trado with the Orient and other parts of tbe earth, and who must be given tbst "power of control" which Mr. Hill speaks of. The "untutored mind" cannot perceive why It Is essential to tbe development of the trade with eastern Asia that the power of collecting and forwarding merchandise shall be In a few hands, or how the work could be simplified by the oiganltatton of tha Northern Securities company. The In ference to be drawn from Mr. Hill's rea soning Is that he would Ilk to see the power of - collecting and forwarding all products Intended tor export In the handa of a few men who controlled absolutely the consolidated .transportation system of tbe country. Mr. Hill Is an able man who has some excellent ideas on the subject ot trsde and commerce, but he has no monopoly ot In formation, and of ideas. Before be was born there were Americans who knew how to trade profitably with Asia without hav ing to depend on railroad combinations and tha suppression of railroad competition. There are still Americans who know how It can be done. PERSONAL NOTES. The Vanderbllt-Nellson wedding cost the mother of tha bride $.S0O. , Popa Leo Is said to he the owner of the most elaborate and elegant wardrobe In the world. Richard Mansfield will have to get busy. ' ' Sir Thomas Llpton Is having all kinds of preliminary sport with Shsmrock II. He always gets the bulk of his fun on the other side of the Atlantic. ' Grover Cleveland believes that the daya of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" are paet, but It Is hardly probable that the children of tbe Cleveland household will agree with him. The. former home of Qcneral Philip H. Bheridan. Jn Washington, which was pre sented, to him by admirers throughout the country, has been sold by his widow, the price being $56,000. Edward Elgar, whose musical setting of Cardinal Newman'a poem, "The Dream of Geronteua," has Just been heard for the first time in America, is a Roman Catholic, an organist by .profession and waa a grest friend of tbe cardinal. Another literary landmark ot Boston la soon to be torn down. The house In Boylston Place where Motley wrote his his tories Is to give plsce to a tall office build ing. The house has been occupied . for twenty-five years by the Boston Library society. . r : Society women In, New Orleans have he gun a movement to have .the street rail way company put on palace cars for their convenience and comfort. They say they cannot ride in the present cars when they are Jn afternoon or evening dress, as the cars are dirty and there Is no telling who their sealmates may be. They do not mind paying extra fares for tba use of exclusive cars. - Congressman Payne of New Tork met a gray-hatred acquaintance of long ago the other day and asked how he waa coming on. Shaking his head sadly, the other re plied: "Oh, I've - been out of employment a full month, having fallen a victim to the uncertainties ot offlceholdlng." "And how long were you in officer' asked Payne, who was fsst growing sympathetic "Just thirty years to the day." Tbe late Abram S. Hewitt did not believe In the stereotyped saw "If you want a thing well done do It yourself. " He used to say: "My principle of tconomy always has been never to do anything myself if I could pay someone else to do It as well." Mr. Hewitt held this system to be the truest economy to save himself for tha most Important uses. He was of opinion that the great weakness of Gladatone as a political leader was that he seldom allowed a subordinate to do anything. . , Waltham Watches Foreign made watches are no longer the fashion. Tht Perfected AmertcM Waich," m Kustnied hook of interesting information about witches, kviH bt tent free upon request, American Watlham Watch Company, Waltham, Mass. ,""BSBBmaBBhaa S30o22 BUYS A TICKET .' AND , SLEEPING CAR. BERTH . VIA UNION PACIFIC Gnli.orniac'Orogon NO DETOURS ("' t Bo Changs lJn ol Cars mm "Ths Ovtrland Routo" ill ths TICKET OFFICE, 'Pbooe FlfrVcaitho Slsnisrd BBsam k. la. 1 ft MP t Jaiail Awarditj Klghitt Honors World's Fair Elghtst fists U.S. Gov't Chemist- tea b)rino aowoasi oo. ohioaoo FLASHES or FIX. A girl never looks at a large, empty loom without saying: "Wouldn't this l-c a :ovely place to havs a danca In? Someriile Jour nal. "He ohaaed the car for a block and a half, whistling as loud ss he could all the time.' "And did he catch It?" "No. You see his whistling attracted the motorman, who looked around and discov ered what he waa trying to do." Phila delphia Ledger. "What's a country gentlemsn?" "A man who can afford to lose money by farming." Detroit Free Press. "Say. mamma " queried little Elsie, "whai la a stag party?" "Stag, my dear, la an abbreviation ol stagger," replied the knowing mother. Chi cago Newa. Uncle Charles Why will you women folki say such wicked things behind your friends' backs? Aunt Jane Surely, you wonldn't have tu say tnem to tneir races. Boston Transcript. Making the beds Is a good deal like mak ing good resolutions. To get the best re sults It has to be done over again every day Somervllie Journal. "Thev gave me a wedding fee of 50," said the minister, delightedly, when ths young couple had departed. "What a bless ing!" "Tee. dear." re tilled his wife, with out stretched hsnd, "it Is more tleesed to glvt than to receive, -Philadelphia Press. 'No," Said the friend. "I don't think your new type of American girl will create any thing of an artistic stir' "Why not?" asked the artist In a tone of Indignant disappointment. "Because ber legs are not too long nor her wslst too short. In faot she looks too much like a human being to be accepted as artistic." Waahlnston Star. Having been on a visit for a week or two In St. Louis among political friends the two Chicago aldermen - were returning home. "Mike." said Bill, "did you get any new Ideaa down there? "Bill," solemnly answered Mike, after a pause, - "grafting In Chicago Is In Ita In fancy." Chicago Tribune ... THE WOMAN WITH A BABY. 8. W. Glllllan In Leslie's Weekly. 'Mid the herd of human porkers crowded on the trolley car All is selfishness and Jostle, making age and sex no bar; Men collapse in seats and stay there, letting shrinking ladies stand With a look of Indignation and a strap In either hand. Tet there's one thing that, you've noticed, never falls to mak. a tlr. t . .t When a woman with a baby comes they all ' . make room for her. - I have sat In stuffy coaches on a crowded railway train Llst'nlng to case-hardened travelers who declared with might and main That they'd aee the railroad company In hades' fiercest heat " Long before they'd even think of giving anyone a seat. Then, ere scarce they'd ceaaed tbelr boast-' ing they would rise without demur For a woman with a baby, they must all make room for her.. There Is 'something sweet. Madonna-like In pictures such aa that. And It makes the lowest ruffian feel like taking off his hat; For It bears him back to babyhood when loving mother arma Closely clung to him and kept off e'en the least of earth's alarms. So, no matter what his station, he will evermore defer To a woman with a baby he haa reverence for her. Onoa I dreamed I stood In heaven, Just In side the pearly gate. While to every new arrival good Bt, Peter , said: "You're late: rFor the places all are taken and the harps are an in use. Oolden streets are Just so crowded that I had to call a truce." Then a little, tlred-out woman lugged a baby Into view. And St. Peter said: "We're full up, but we'll find a place for you." TO Ko Changs ef Road way. UH FAINAM ST lift.