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14 Tim Omaiia Sunday Ber . ft68fcVATfiR, KDITOft. PUBLISHED EVKIIY MORNING. TERMS Or iUfeSCRlPtlON. Dee (without Sunday), ons YiOr.tl.00 Hy be and bunday, urn Vear " HUtrted bee, Oim Year "fxlav Jjre, one ar ? ftllirMV nn ...... V.. mm ..... 1W I Wtntlnth t'enfurv Kurmpr. One Yeaf.i 1.00 i ! DKUVERED BY CARRIER. lity Nee (without Sunday,, per copy.... 2c Mly Bee (without Hunauyt. u?r we... ully Be tlnoiudina nundali per week..l.c ''day Mf; per ropf; JJj .venlng Bee (witHuul 8 Jnday t, lr week. 6 Evening Bee tlnfcluulng Bilhtlny. P'r, s week le Complaints of lirt-gu'.rltl' In delivery hituii be addreaaed to City Circulation ' ftment. OfrFICEB. Omaha the Dee iJu.ldlng. ... Bouth OttiklM Vll) Hall UlUlng, TW y-flfth atvl M Htreeta. council l!lnfr'-l'J Pearl Btrest. I'hlcago ifrin Unity building- .... k Nf ew YorkM I'ark Row HUiming. I Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. ton oOl Fourteenth hti CORRESPONDENCE. ' CORRESPONDENCE. . ' Communication relating to new! and ef ! 'orlal matter Should be ndureea: Omaha ), F.dllorial lffpnrtmvnu j Remittances. 1 Remit by draft, exprena or postal order, buyable to The Bee Bubllsnlng Company. Only l-cent stamp acueuteu In payment f all account. Personal checlia, aeept on Jmbha or eastern eschHhgri, not scct-ptea. i THE UEK FUBUtiHlNU COMPAM. 1 STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraeka, Uoula County. .!, Ueorge B. TaSchUuk, eeumUiv o' Titu Be Puhiimiinr Company, being duly eworn, ays that ths actual number of full and romplet copies at Th Dally. Morning, fcvining n gundsy he printed during tu month of May, waa aa follow i 1 1 ao.wuo 17..'. 21. -low U 31,030 ik ao.rso ft , hO,eMIO II...... HO.8T0 a., ,au,ui U.,, W,i0 M HW.iWO ft UU.eKIU te,... uo.tou ft 3U.7&0 ft 80,UM a ao.utw) so ai.sno gf.ovo I 1 80,070 1 1; miaou i 4 i... au.suo ri..i, itw.tsa i... M.gru I I UO.NTW 1 1 aoiu ' I 80,TW it U7.tr ll 3U.440 it... aortt ll SO,U(W it.. U0.7MW i t.,..,av,UM it mijfito Leas unsold'ana'VlVu'rheS'copVii.'!.'.'.' nn:i ihm Kat toUl 1m IMS-ten Met fcVMmga sale. tttl.MT i OEORtia B. TZSCHUCK. ' Hubaciibcd In Hi Ipreeancs and aworn td tfor ma this Hat day of May, A. U. 1903. i M, B. HCNGATb, f (Seal.) Notary Public. f 8t Louis Is now trying to unload Its bridge arbitrary. It might come up to Omaha to got information how to do it. There la really no good reason why we cannot demonstrate our Fourth of July patriotism without maiming soiud one. i Under the circumstances the best thing the Kansas lawmakers could do was to bring their extra session to a speedy close. l Those Cornell crews must have been Immune from the typhoid epidemic that raged among the students at Ithaca this spring. Emperor William Is a pretty good poli tician. If he were foot-loose and located In these United States he would not long remain a statesman out of a Job. I It Is to be hoped that Peter Kara georgevlteh will give us t rest with his proclamations and pronunclamentoes until we are through perspiring in Hie dog days. i Independence day, 1903, will be made i memorable. President Roosevelt will ; exchange salutations with Uncle Sam's ; brown children In the Philippines by r Pacific cable. j Sir Thomas Upton Is expected to visit ; Bt. Louis before he goes home. If he ' Is not careful a promise will be exacted f from him to try for the America's cup 3 In 1904 on one of the exposition lagoons. j When the government of a nation 4 finds Ittelf In Mi Indefensible position j It does not like to bo reminded of it by. i Its neighbors. Tint Is why the Russian f government will docltue to receive th I Jewish petition. J Secretary Cortelyou Is discovering that J ono of the principal duties devolving I upon him as head of the new commerce J department Is to explain to persistent office seekers that there aro not places ! f-vougb under bis Jurisdiction to go 1 arouud. I . tt will probably turn out that the people whose hounes burned in the Tcpeka floods fared better than those I wnos buildings were simply washed I away, Inasmuch ns the insurance poll- cles are enforceable against fire but not against water. i . i - - ' ? With one set of people calling for his I resignation and another set cnlllug on htm to stay, Postmaster General Payne I cannot possibly, please them all. But f a long, as President Roosevelt Is satls- I fled to keep Mr. Payne In the cabinet f tne others will have to be. The Judge ot ths supreme court of Nw Mexico deposed by the president aa a result of charges fllod against hhn doclsres he will carry his case to the L'nlted States senate. l)y the time the i senate convenes every ono will have I forgotten about the aggrieved Judge. I According to White House authority, thfjeport that the promhn-tl tariff plaak i lii tbe Iowa republican state platform i has been framed under the supervision of President Itoosevclt Is unfounded. Tha tariff plunk that Presldont Roone- Teat will stand on will be promulgated 1 by , tho republican national convention Of 1004, i Down In Arkansas the attorney gen eral of the state has gtvan an official onlon to ths effect that school dl roctors cannot legally resign their poal tlogs. With us in Nebraska the troublo l1H the other way not to prevent school directors from resigning, but to get rid of those who liavt outlived thslr usefulness or never had any, Com pulsory reslauatlou In certain erucrg anatei would be more advantageous to the welfare of the schools than com fulsory continuance of ofUclul service. tiuvtftsntst siLr-isstfiASCt. Among th problem that will present themselves for solution to the American people In tlie very near future Is govern ment self-insurance, t'p to a compara tively fecent period the fidelity and In- ttgrlty of public officers national, state ami municipal was guaranteed by per sonal surety bonds. The establishment of lM)iid guaranty companies which for a consideration assume the risk of mak ing good losses that may be Incurred ll .rough dishonest custodians of public fund has almost entirely superseded the personal bond surety system and pip ed the way for a monopoly of the guaranty Insurance business. As a natural consequence the guaranty ronpany bonds have become a spe-lflrt tnt Upon public officers, who In I'.irn haV fettccrrded In irinny Instances In shifting the bond Insurance extome f,-om their own shoulders to the general ubllc. In Nebraska) for example, the last stnte treasurer Secured appropria tions through the legislature to cover bis bond insurance premiums In excess of the whole salary to which he v.ns ei. titled under the provisions of the con stitution. The precedent established for tht lnent of the Inst state treasurer will doubtless be followed by succeed ing state treasurers unless, Indeed, the court', should decree this practice to be in contravention to the constitution. Y still more radical departure vn ttkMi by our late legislature In the Oi iSha charter amendment bill, which requires the city to pay not merely the out of the city treasurer's bond, but alM of the bond of every other city otllciAl, elective or appointive, including the members of the police and fire tie paitments. it does not require a stretch of the Itmiglrifttlon to foresee that the evolu tion from personal liability bonds to guaranty company insurance must ln t'Mttibly lead to the assumption on the part fjf the states, counties and ?lt;es of the expense of Insuring the falthfdl- iiess and honesty of all public officers at the public expense. If It is right and proper for the state to repay the utate treasurer for the cost of his Insurance premium It Is equally proper to ref.ind to the governor, the supreme rottrt judges, the state officers, state npentft and state employes the premium on their guaranty lwnds. If it is right find proper for the state to bear the expense o; guaranty bonds for officers Who Ml evert branch of the state government It Is equally proper for the counties, cities, villages and school districts to dcfi-ny the obligation Incurred by their officer In the shape of bond insurance premiums. When that stage Is reached we will be forced to Itsk ourselves whether the states, counties and cities should not gsrutne the whole risk of integrity In surance through the creating of Sn in surauce fund .by deducting a fixed per centegc from the salaries of all public official and the establishment of bureau of inspection and audit that will guard against undue risk. While government self-Insurance would doubt less bf strenuously resisted by the suar anty bond companies and might be Un popular with some office holders, it would have the support of the tax payers. The imposition of a trl.-I-U saluiy tax, graduated according to the si.e of the Income, would be no .'iard ehip on office holders and would work no Injustice to anybody. The fact that guiirflnty Insurance Is now levied arbi trarily by what may bo considered an Insurance trust Is within Itself a niost forceful argument In favor of govern ment self-Insurance national, state and it nniclpal. It is a step that will force itself upon the country sooner or lator as u matter of public necessity. AMKUlCAtl UtSPOASIDlLtTT. There is no principle of American public policy so universally acquiesced in by our people as .is the doctrine de. clared nearly eighty years ago by Presl dont Monroe, but there are thoughtful men who see In the scope that has been given to this doctrine, In its development by events not contemplated when It was enunciated, the possibility of future trouble for the United States. In his address to the graduating class of the Yale law school, Mr. Whlteluw Reld considered the Monroe doctrine In the light of the present situation Of the American continents and of our present necessities. He said we will certainly not abandon the doctrine, "but we may find. If nolKKly Is opposing us, that per haps its extension quite so far beyond the original purpose of Mr. Monroe and Mr. Adams, as the fervor of our patriots has tarried it, may prove to be attended with wholly unnecessary Inconvenience to ourselves." The turbulent and revolutionary Spanish-American governments commit offenses of one kind and another against foreigners. They ran In debt and fall to pay. Snail the Monroe doctrine, asked Mr. Reld, be construed Into an International bankruptcy act, to be en forced by the Tnlted States for the benefit of any American republic against all Kuropean creditors, or, on the other hand, is It to degenerate Into an Inter national collection agency, maintained by the United Stntes for the benefit of Kuropean powers which may have Just claims against American republics? It Would seem to have been clearly demon strated In the case of Venezuela that there Is no Intention to make this coun try a collection agency, nor will it shield any southern republic lu the refusal to psy Its Just debts, the extent of our Interposition going no farther than the safeguarding of the territorial Integrity Of those countries. This raises the question whether, In saying to Europe that there must bo no aggression against the southern republics, we do not be come morally responsible for the proper conduct of the protected states In their relations to Europe. Still another Important consideration Is Whether we should apply tha Monroe dK'trtue U U0 republic! which Krt f ' - THE OMAIIA DAILY I1E: SUNDAY, more renfte from us than they are from Eurbpe. How far south, said Mr. Reld, do we mean now, In'the twentieth century, to push the Monroe doctrine and hold ourselves ready at any chal lenge to fight for ltr The uulf of Mexico, the Caribbean sea and the waters of both oceans about the Isthmus are within our proper sphere of influ ence and must te forever dominated by this republic, but "toward th rest of the American continents It may Some flay prove more convenient for us to assume less responsibility." It Is not to be doubted that Americans generally feel that there should be no limitation placed upon the application of the Monroe doctrine In this hemisphere, that It embraces every republic, however re mote, but It Is by no means Improbable that events of the future may produce a modification of the present view of American responsibility In this respect and lead to A general acceptance of the Idea presented by Mr. Held, that the application of the doctrine should not be extended beyond that portion Of the southern continent which Is within the legitimate sphere of Influence of the United States and the protection of which against foreign aggression Is vitally necessary to our security and welfare. THE OTliCrt SIDE OF 1SOODIASO . The editor of one of our most pro gressive weekly Journals calls attention to what he pleases to term "the other side of boodling" as suggested by the corruption uncovered in so many sec tions of the country. "The foolish little rascals who are getting caught are the effect," he declares, "the cause Is to be found In the proclivity of corpora tions of large capital and small con science to buy legislatures and contracts without regard to the law or tho right. If they did not exist. If they did not pay the money, If they did not work their schemes, boodling would not live for a single minute." This Is simply restating in new phrases what has been repeatedly exposed by The Hee that the bribe giver Is the prime requisite for the production of the bribe taker and that the wholesale corruption work Is for the most part carried on, if not directly by, at least iu the interest of the great corporations whose members profit by the betrayal of tho trusts reposed in public servants. The corporation seeking a franchise prefers to put up a big round sum for the counctlmen rather than to psy a reasonable royalty to the city. The corpofatlo bent upon evading its taxes would rather hand the money over to the assessor than pay It Into the public treasury. To procure legislation they have no right to ask, to secure con tracts that do not belong to them, to get possession Of the public domain without color of law, the corporations are ever ready to hang up "tempting prizes to lure the public officer from the path of duty and of rectitude. It is well that the bribe takers shall he exposed and brought to Justice, but the task Is incomplete until a fow strik lug examples of punishment to bribe givers are also furnished. "The foolish little rascals" are but disciples of "the big bold rascals" and It will not do to make fish of one and flesh of the other A HOl'tri'L OUTLOOK. Judge Gray, president of the anthra cite coal strike commission, said in an address a few days ago that one lesson he had learned and which he hoped the country has learned, from events which made the strike commission necessary, is hopefulness for the future. He de clared that there Is no trouble so menac ing or dangerous In the conflicts be tween labor and capital that It cannot be peacefully and righteously settled by tho common sense of the American peo ple. In regard to the commission he said he had been personally Impressed with the fact that If a body of seven such arbitrators, appointed by the presi dent from widely divergent sections of the country, could bear the testimony given at their hearings and could arrive at a Judgment unanimously which the public opluiou and common sense of the people endorsed, there was not much danger that public opinion in this coun try would become so lax that troubles between labor and capital would be come vitally dangerous, though they be ever so threatening. Snch nn expression as this from a man like Judge Gray Is In a high de gree reassuring and there Is In existing circumstances and indications substan tial support for his view. There has been within tbe psst year abundant evi dence of tho Influence of public opinion upon conflicts between labor and capital and there has been hardly an Instance where this opinion was not properly di rected. The potency of this influence is more fully recognised today than ever before by both capital and labor and it is reasonably to bo assumed that each will be more careful In future to regu late their course with reference thereto. They will hereafter give more consider ation, there Is reason to believe, to the public Interests. So far as organized labor is concerned there is certainly being shown a very decided tendency In this directum. The more Intelligent and sagacious leaders are Inclined to lunugurate reforms In methods nnd to repress that spirit of hostility which haa too commonly been allowed to domlnnte the organizations. On the whole the outlook aa to relations between labor and capital la encouraging. In granting an honorary degree to the new Chinese minister, almost Immedi ately on his srrlval In this country, Amherst evldeit'y has an eye to bust tiess thst othe f colleges will do well to observe. Not that any oae win uues tlon the deet1 learning aKd tho broad educational qualifications Uf the re cipient, bu ns the ofllclaW representa tive of his government he wjll be largely consulteii by Chinese stunks coming to thaTJttliU States, wblba governed by his advice In the selection of the Institutions In which they should enroll themselves. It Is safe to say that with the degree just conferred on him as a reminder Amherst will be on the list of recom mended colleges that Is kept on file at the Chinese embassy. WHO tS TU PAX' TIIK VV kROHAtll The district court for Lancaster county has, after exhaustive deliberation and serious cogitation, drawn a black line through the constitutional amendment by which the regular sessions or tne state legislature were extended from v.ij ivi.ju, ...... r uu .uc rj "- makers was Increased from S3 to o per day. While this decision Is by no means final, It will hold good until ro- versed by the supreme court, and State auditors will be restrained from Issuing warrants to members of future legls laturcs in excess of $120 for each regu lar session. Whether this will discourage men who have an ambition to shine In the halls or legislation rroni becoming canuiaaies for legislative honors Is problematic. In I the light of past experience with Ne braska legislatures, salary docs not ap pear to be so much of an object as an opportunity for making a collection of pasteboards that entitle tho holders to free transportation on the railroads, free . , . ... ... . telephone cominunclntlon, free telegraph messages, free rides on the street cars, free theater seats and free drinks, with Incidental opportunities for securing lucrative corporation Jobs. The more serious aspect Of the Lan caster court decision Is Its bearing on the creation of a state treasury over draft. Uor nine consecutive sessions of .1 I t i ....... , nw . . 1 iuu it'KiBimure loo meiuueia um u boodlers. awlndlcrs and all-round scound declares the court, drawn out of the rels who find a refuge there and pay lib state treasury $180 each in excess of ery for tha protection of ths grand old l.i nnnatittltlnnnl no,, limit Tim new. i.aiu .i'(iiaiuvaviiua '? Iilliiii auv. v-a draft for each session, therefore, would be $23,940, or a total of $213.4(W, ex clusive of the overdrafts of the various lieutenant governors who have presided over the nine succeeding legislatures since and Including 18S7. How the state Is to recover this over draft and how many of the 1,179 ex- members of the legislatures who have been overpaid can be Induced to dls gorge Is the question. In the meantime the edict of the Lancaster court will afford another plausible argument for ine rnnroaa tax agents to explain away the constantly increasing state debt and the unreasonableness of charclnc un the deficiency to the undervaluation of the railroads by the state boards of railroad assessment. PUMSHMENT t'tlf PtCOKAOK. The courts in Alabama and Georgia are dealing vigorously with those found guilty of the crime of peonage. In the federal court at Montgomery, Ala., to which nearly a hundred Indictments were presented by the grand Jury, a prosperous planter who pleaded guilty to eleven Indictments for peonage was sentenced to five years' Imprisonment , t a , i in each case, to be served concurrently. In Georgia three men who were tried In the United States court ftt Macon for holdlntf a neirro in involuntary servl- Imnnolno MnlttiM Vm BUM- "Tn luipvuniQ """"" view of the fact that It Is the first crime of this kind which has ever occurred In Georgia, nnd because of the frank con fession of the young men, sentence Is I a , - 1 A I ... .. 1. 1 t A I ... v that tne purpose or tne court is to warn ana aeter otners rrom a like crime." i xuui uiese exiuuim-B win unve mis effect is reasonably to be expected, but vere, who msde ths mad night ride to Lex tbcro should be no delay in prosecuting ington, crying to the farmers a warning of others who are under Indictment and th.e. cmlnf ' th 'rme1 n'y- v that , , . , , , . no leniency in punishing the guilty as the crime deserves. The government should vigorously continue the lnvestl- gatlon which the men in the secret . . . . . , ... service have been ordered to make until the system of peonage has been com- pletely stamped out. This atrocious motlirxl nf re-ennlnrement has Imn . mt Jt mr. tm . - mm -..I- I- i"uu'1' al 'i''. v J stntes a ia Da ma aim t.eorgia Dtn it is quite probable that there have been cases in other southern states. At all .v.t. ir I. ..hi tn r . - w - tne criminal system ana n is me ae- termination of the Washington author!- ties that this shall be done. The federal Lwla onn b dennd1 nnon t f.lrl.. fully enforce the law and in doing so they ought to have the hearty commend - atlon of everybody In the south who Is capable of understanding the heinous l character of the crime of peonage. Andrew Carnegie has not yet re - sponded to the plea of Andrew D. White for H,000,OUO to endow ltMMr''"'" m" nnd scholarships for the promotion of the Study of history, civics and politics in twenty-five American universities. a- .i i., r.. VMto- r " - address should be sent to Mr. Carnegie's address under special delivery stamp. It now transpires that Judge Uook. 1 who has recently been appointed ns the successor of Judge Caldwell on the clr- cult bench, will not resign from the district bench until he has been ran firmed by the senate as a member of the higher federal court. Judge Hook goes on the theory that a bird In the hand is worth two In the bush. The Colored Natlonnl Immigration as soclatlon will ssk the next congress to for his safety, ilk theirs, lay In the horse's appronrlnte f 100,000.000 for carrying "P1 na ureaess of foot. No more pltl , . m . ...... . less enemy ever urged forward a deliverer, COIOinea ui urfciv- i v. Llbeiiu. Ten cnanees to one tne con gress after the next congress would be " ..l.-ul fne an annrnnrlstlnn tn nni- thn . ., .j return passage of th. expatriated. Former Postmaster General Smith need not have felt It incumbent on him an.lnln at aneh lenirth hla version of v- the Tulloch charges. No one except a few rank partisan opponents has shown the least disposition to attach any odlmu of the postofficc scandals to Mr. Smith. Henry Wattersou's suggestion of o ' NiC 1 Joseph W. Folk for the presidentla JUNE 28, 10O3. on the democratic national ticket li vetoed on the famlllnf ground that Mis souri Is sure to go democratic anyway and therf Is no use planting Iwlt where there are no fish to catcll. If Mr. Kolk had only thought of It he might have selected some doubtful state for his operations against the boodlers. Tk Beat Trtit. Chioimo Tribune. rof a Fourth of July lockjaw the fe i.a.i n am f Km a Int. JnKrtnV ihd hlS toy ,,, , t(,.,arM, Apartments about lh midd:e of June. Contlnus thd treatment until July I. imt May Me ware Nw Tofk Trlhune vv owe a debt ot tratttude to the Dvmln ban republic for adorning the roll of tha world s rulers with tho plctureaque and ra n"mB f res,u'"1 Long may he wave I Proaneet ot m Standoff. rhlladclphls Tress If Bryan is able to forve the next demo efatla national convention to stand on the Kansnji Cllv nlatform there will b greater number of democrats than ever before who will prefer to go oft and stand on their dignity. Mapertu In Their Line, Washington Post. The Xwtlonftl Dancing Masters' aeaocla t'n, in eeaelon at Newport, has approved new dance to be known as the "Doubl. Cross." There are a lot of posiofflca poll- Uc,anB who the danclng mMiet. pPintr on the ins and outa of double cicss. Great Roost for Exiles. Chicago Chronicle. Major Oourley, the fiery Canadian ora tor, who wants to sea tha United States wiped off tha map, will get small sympathy from his compatriots. What would Can arln. rirt without th Amoploan ,mh.Ml.pi 1 U"")n J8CKT Yoonsr olil Peopl ot Today. Louisville Herald. People quit growing old at 40 half a cen tury ago. They quit It When t?ley ceased thinking themselves old at 40. ceased dress ing old at 40, not .to speak of drinking themaelvea old at 40. The young man of SO or 60 yoars now wears the natty Back tweeds or serges that his son or arsndeon wears, tipped off with a jaunty hat. H goes to base ball, the races; he keeps up with the procession and la all in for a good time In moderation, healthfully. Tho young woman with him In white, or colors, with the gny hat, who has tha manners of a youthful, hut elr-renrtln. lrl of in In the last century, la hla.wif. perhaps grandmother, but none the less young and h&fW M- Thr feel young-, they drea young, they believe themselves young by the Great Horned Spoon, they are young! Ton nao ot Admirals. Philadelphia Record. It appears from the recent discussions over tha enlargement of tha navy start that when an admiral steps aboard hit flagship he adds just fifty tons to Its weight. This ariaes from the necessity of providing for the luxuries of the officers at the expense of the fighting capacity Of the ship. Tha regulation allowance for lux urlous quarters on a battleship Is KO tons, but when an admiral steps on board spa clal allowance la made for his private so- commodation, including two bath tubs for his use. As the number of admirals shall ,ncrea8e wUh tn .nlar,en,,nt ftf th4 navy and with the provisions for early retire- ment from the service, It will be necessary to provide more and mors luxurious quar ters on ooaro. tne noaung palaces, it is not stranra that thera shmilri K mi, ... ......... i entnusiatm among tne coourgers for a great' ncvy. But think of a Decatur or a Pry requiring two bath tubs on his ship! OREGON'S FA IX REVERB. Leslie Matlock Hides Before the Heppil FIOOd .nd g-T TOO L,T I . anvivcu vail LonsfellOW has Immortalized Paul Re. mianignt cry mey were enaDiea to prepare foP Ulo lllVil . . , - . ifl, Paul Rsvere "the embattled farmers" eo..M not have "Hred at Lexington the shot heard roun1 the worl1" The Incident is among the heroic events that are fondly referred t0 , the Mtemtirt reIatlnr to n by. our revolution. Every American lad haa felt his pulses quicken and his heart higher when he has read the story. " "IB WlSn that som dsy. some how. there may como to him th opportunity to Imitate Paul Re vere. To all such It may be said that op- portunltles are numerous. The lad who n, P,r" cr"n out warning that b(l(, nabltB Both and ev W(ly fcr maren nK down upon him to tie his hands and weaken his moral purpose and destroy his manlr Independence has a Paul Revere op- P""'- ''der ,s w,,ln him. I frvlnar With th Villi rtf nAnalonAs T V- h,f(j h, i, the warning and the warned, and 1 the decision he may make to arm himself against the Insidious enemy and strike for 1 Not ftnly , thlm eif-frectir sense do. the Paul Revere srilrlt find many opportunl- 1 tics, but In the other sense. In the form of Paul's own sctlon ss affecting others, there when the wall of water fell unon wnn. ner. ths hapless Oregon town, and gentle Willow creek, transformed into a torrent, rose to be the flresdful agent of death and ni,v to the eleenlnr neonle. t.esll. He lrtok foun1 within his ribs th spirit of Paul 1 I Revere, rar down the canyon was the Ore gon town of Lexington, where 800 people ' unconr?'" of. (f"n'"'' M"t,oc.k anponsr iinnn hlii hnfM unrl nut mnf In am. rld(, tha flo(h, an(J aave w llv nlne ,, away. Behind rose the pursuing wsll of water. It gathered wrecker as It ran. end - "f " l "J" roaa wa, ,,, onyi arii h orae leaped bowlders and ruts, urged " forward by th young Revere of Oregon. Ahead r?T?lPtJn 1. ph "L!'1- 8,J rnA he sourred. If he could not outrun the - dMtroVer snd sav others he was doomed, i . .M,.- .... ,v.r phased h .r.. - death. If his beast tripped or failed. At last h dashed into the single street of Lexing. I ..m . m. ...... . ton. Crying TO in mils: ana tne roused I peopl fa to safety, and not a lif was f. fhnurt lB A f,w mnut, on,v ,wn houses wer left of all th homes in which ioo slept when th deliverer came. But this Paul Rever of Oregon did not stop st th rescu of BOO. Remembering that still far- ther down thd canyon th hamlet of Ion tood , th, that aeath w tiln nfht befor ths waters cam upon him he I found a telephone aid warned th sleepers I tlow- T1 rlht L,,1 Matlock saved i Pr,l,n,"' nn- tnougntful or duty snd I thoughtless of himself, h grasped It and 1 wo Ilk a hero. J FERSOXAL ASD OTHUcRWISK. Csar Nicholas will be pained to learn of ths Indignities heaped upon the colored cltl teni of Alabama. It Is a fairly safe guess thst ll'e insur ance agents are not falling over rach other In trying to do bualness with King J'eter. Milwaukee sent tl.000 to the relief fund for sufferlns- Kansans. If the state needs further relief all it has to do Is to pull the cork. Ths sudden return to this country of J. Plerpont Morgan shows there ars some 'undigested securities" sorely In need of assimilation. Oom Paul Kruger, summering at Mentone, IB obliged to chase camera fiends with a club. In that attitude the U. O. M. pre sents a striking picture. An Irreverent Missouri editor classes Senator Bill Btone as "a sinker." Geo logically ths classification Is correct, but Oumohoe Rill's experience with baking powder proves him a "raiser." Thers Is much idle talk about Boston sinking. Doubtless the Hub has a few ainkrs, but while tho sacred codfish holds Its honored perch there Is no danger of getting beyond the water lifeline. The fealt trust having promptly paid its fine of 11.000, with equal promptitude levied the fine oh consumers. It is a rare dny in June or any other old month when a pinched eomblhe falls to shift Its troubles. Although the waiters ie Chicago ore doing business at the old stands, a count of spare change shows they burned ths tips behind them. JuRt whnt they accom plished by striking becomes a sorrowful mystery. An ancient junketing bill recently ap proved by the governor of Pennsylvnnla contains the remarkable credit of "1157 for liquors returned." Evidently the patriotic lawmakers had too great a load to assimi late the surplus. Do chrtoons pay? Is not the question. What do cartoonists get? is a mors In structive one. John T. McCutoheon and his dng, so long attached to the Chicago Record-Herald, goes to tha Chicago Tribune on July t, and is said to be slated for a salary of $20,000 a year. The fact that a 'longshoreman whipped seven Nw York policemen and that bis athletic wife subsequently whipped the 'longshoremen Is accepted as convincing proof of woman's prowess In the mauling art. Strange to say the woman has not been offered a place on the force. George Madison Randolph, a lineal de scendant of Pocahontas and the Randolphs, lives In Bt. Louis. He claims to be seventh in descent from the famous Indian maiden Miss Marlon Bomers West, the highest salaried woman tmploys of the District of Columbia government, and for sixteen years in the engineer department has just died at Washington. AKNl'AL. MISrORTl'SE. Dnty of Doctors During (he Fourth ot July Gunnery. Amerloan Medicine. The annual Fourth of July noise and slaughter are beginning earlier, continuing longer nd growing more frightful each year. Officers, and especially ths health officers of Cities, should ponder well the article published on "Fourth of July Teta nus.'' by Dr. Wells In American Medicine, June 1 19CS. In Chicago the health com mlsslcner a month before the craze should begin, already reports during the five pre ceding weeks seven deaths from tetanus due to firearms, toy pistols, ate. In last year's entire season thers were only twelve, and In 1901, when ths mayor's proclamation was enforced, the number was reduced to four. It had been twenty-four in 1900. Health olcers should issue popular directions how to, treat such wounds, as Dr. Reynolds has done. The Journal of tha American Med ical Association says that the greater num ber of cases follow bad treatment of phy slclnna, who do not act with scientific thoroughness. "The responsibility lies with the physician who first sees the wound." Tho selling or use of the deadly and mis named toy pistol should be punished. And one day I enough! If mayors cannot he msde to do their duty as tn this single day let them rigorously prevent criminal folly from beginning a month or two before and dragging on for a month after the fatal day of "pelebratlon." Ideal Vacation Trip. Kansas City Star. It Is possible to make a delightful and extensive excursion trip at this time of year for the moderate cost of 10 cents. All that Is necessary is to sit out on the ve randa after Supper and look through the advertising pages of one of the Inexpensive msgaslnes. In s few minutes, if there are no Interruptions, one may be hundreds of miles away amid the rool breeses and splendid scenery of the Rockies, or reclin ing comfortably In a steamer chair on the deck of tn ocean liner, or casting a line In one of the wooded northern lakes, or bath ing In th surf that thunders down the beach on th north coast. Too Much Style for Comfort. Detroit Free Press. A (South Dakota college president Is on trial charged with Immorality, said Im morality conslsttrg in having used beer In making a Welsh rarebit. What crime will they charge against him If It Is also shown that his wife uses brandy in making mine pies? Polar falp at Tromaoo. TROMBOH, Norway, Jun tT. Th polar ship America, with the Ziegler expedition on board, arrived here last night from Trondhjrm. It Is taking on board 100 dogs and five ponies pnd will said this afternoon for Archangel and thence to the polar regions. Strongrest In the World 5urplus 178,000,000, "If I Had Not Opposed Life Assurance I would not now be working at lianl labor to support my- self and children." said a young widow last week If men weiv less careless in providing for the unexpected there would be fewer such sud instances in Omaha Life assurance not only protects the widow and orphan but it provides for old age It lifts a load of worry from a man's shoulders and gives him a confidence in the future that nothing else could impart The Equitable Life Assurance Society. II. D. NEELY. Manager. Merchants National Bank Building-. Omaha. mi. GRASrHO TUB IMPOSSIBLE. Scientists Searrhlns for the Prtnt-il t'nose of All Thlnsrs. Kansas City Journal. Odd and sliver have long bern consid ered us the most costly of the precious metals. Rut thorium, barium, uranium, radium and polonium, In rareness Snd value, are farther above gold and silver now than gold and silver are above the bcr metals, lead and Iron. Tiny tubes containing a hardly appreciable quantity of barium cost $5,000 each. An atom of polo nium weighing fifteen one-hundredths of a grain cannot bo extracted fur much lees than $7,500. The cost of getting these new found metals has so far prevented the com plete discovery of thslr wonderful proper ties. They all possess the quality of emit ting their power perpetually without ap parent ('Imlnution or loss, nnd so u lentlsts claim that they are arproachlng to the dis covery of the primal cause of light, heat and force. The great progress which has been made during ths last fifty years In unraveling tha mysteries of nature Iihs aroused the pop ular belief that the mind and energy of man nre capable of almost all things. What our fathers once attributed to witchcraft and miracles we assign to the reasonable or probable operation of human agency. If there la a seemingly real and Inexplicable communication from the spirit land, we deny the actuality of the ghost, and charge It 'to the trick of some clever clairvoyant. If a deluge sweeps down a river valley, we do not ascribe tha cause so much to the violence of the elements as to the obstruc tions of bridges, dams enit embsnkmenti which railroads and cities have erected. A drouth Is looked upon as a misfortune, due to the Inactivity of rainmakers. The plngue or a pestilence Is peculiarly the fault of careless doctors and sanitary Inspectors, and Is remedied by hunting down and de stroying germs so Infinitesimal that they cannot be seen with the microscope. Earth quakes and cyclones are rated among the correctable disturbances and Inconveni ences. Deserts have already been abolished, mountains removed. Continents divided and oceans spanned. So It Is now very natural for the mind of msh to seek for more difficulties to conquer and remove. Since we cah Speak across the Atlantic without any oiMr medium thsn the ether, why not try to communicate with the In habitants of other planets? Blnee we have proved that ths hesrt, when the body li dead, may be made to beat, why not recog nte It as a Scientifically established fart that life is eternal, and then strive to hold communion with the invisible forms of all those who once breathed snd walked upon the earth? Blnee the necessary power li simply a matter of mechanical construc tion, why not let the human species unite and push back the froren tones, moderate th troples and regulate the tides. th winds, the seasons and the weather? Thee would be grand undertakings, but no mors daring than the efforts of ths little body ol scientists who are now pursuing thelf search for the primal cause of all things. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. "Does ths course of true love run smooth er than It did?" "Well, yes ever since pa began to b troubled with corns," answered ths girl. Chicago Post. He Look, look! I think that man out In the breakers Is drowning! Sho Oh, heavens! and I have left my camera at home! Judge. Sern Father-So, Sir! Tou want to marry mv daughter, do you? Terrified Young Man Y-yes, nir; but not any worse than sho wants to marry me. Chicago Tribune. "I'm glad I met Hennlgan's wife." "what, glad you met that woman?" "Yes. t now understand something that has often pussled me. I used to wonder wnit was tne matter with him.'Wllus trated Bits. . ... . Hobo Charley Bay. loldy. if dat daws bites me he dies, see? idy i believe you; I don't see how he could recover.- r. Bam ltlmore American. Little Jim Your sran'ca is awful old, am t nT Little Rob Yes-slree! Why, he's so old that he can't remember the time when ha wasn t living. Chicago Post, "I hnve been reaillng about some of the great men," said Mrs. Mey.ton. And ieonious loosed at tier wltn Joy in his eyes and exclHlmed: "Then you concede that sucn things hav been?" Washington Star. "And now. dear." said the delighted youth, "when may I spenk to your father?" You aon t nave to. uerr-. "riien tr sweet young thing who had Just accepted him. lie tola me toaay tnai ll yi.u umu t speak to me tonight he o speak to you to morrow." Philadelphia Press. "Then you've been to Niagara?" "Yes. I was quietly married last Tues rtny week and the next day we reached Niagara. Boon as we got there I started out to see th fnlls with my wife," "Magnificent, eh?" "You bet. Vou should have seen U the other men turning around to look st her as she passed." Indianapolis News. DECLARATION OF IXDEI'EXDENCH. In seventeen hundred and seventy-six. On the Fourth of July, th paper war signed; Fifty-six men did their names affix. Their lives, their fortunes, their honor did bind. "We hsv suffered long." these brave men said. For themselves and their countrymen speaking. "And repeated petitions we hav msde. In humble terms fair treatment teeklng. "Rut onlv the snswers of Injury came. To a candid world w submit the facts And put on th guilty prince th blame That Is earned by a cruel tyrant's acts. "We will not longer such rule endure: Henceforth we ar free. Independent states. Bv the power of rKht do we make sure Of our friendships and of our hates." DE1UAH F. COCHRAN. Omaha.