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TITK OMAHA DAIIT BKEi SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1003. Tiie Omaha 'Daily Blx E. ROSBWATER, EDITOH. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERM 3 OF Pl'Bacnil'TION. Dally IS09 (without boiiday), uno fear.. I W Ially Bee kii. oi.,iui. una e.ir Illustrated life, cm Viir j-J; Sunday Br. Oij Year J y 8tunly Uco, uu Vcar J: Twentieth Centuiy Farmer, One Tear., l.w DEL.1VI.KKL) CAR Kl EH. Pally Bee (wltliuut Sunday), per copy.... So Hlly Hee iwit.miit 5inifUy. prr wek..l. Dully Be (Including Sunday), per weok..lc Sunday Hee, pot- npy f!0 rei n lion (w th .tit 8un'ay. per 8,5 Evening I3e (Inducing bunday). 1". wk ' Complaints of iriepularltea In delivery should be addres-ed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The 13ee Building;. South Omahn-Clty Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Strata. Council BlurTs !0 Pearl Ptrret. Chicago 16) fnlty Building. New York S2S Park Row Building. Washington &ri Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to newa and edi torial matter rhould be addressed: Omaha fcee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by dratt. express or postnl order, payable to The Bee Pnbll'hlng Compttny. Only 2-cent stamp accepted In payment or mall account, personal, checks, except on Omaha or eaulnrn exchange, not ncceptea. THE BEE PCBL.ISH1NQ COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraakn. lNjugls" Count. George TL Tsuehuck. secretary of The Be Publishing Compan. tjeini; duly "Worn, ay that, the actual numiier of full and complete, coptea of Th -Daily Morning. Evening and Sunday Be printed during tne month of June. l!. was as follows: 1 ,.ao.A2o i si.tso t ....80,070 11 3O.0T0 t j.so,bo Ko.uTo ...';., 80,800 ' 18 aO.fHKI .80.810 : -. . . .00,030 ...XM30 . 81 itT.7n 1 2t.(mm 22 :io,nao i.......' 80.730 a, ao.uoo .. 80.6 IO ' 24 3O.0JS0 W 81,000 23 30,30 U ...80,030 2 81.S10 18. ......80.H40 Ti 3WM0 U. 30.T30 28.... 7,20 14 27.H10 a so.ewo U JW.770 .. , Total Leas unsold and returned copies. . . .S0.U30 .012,030 . .7l Net total sales... .0OS.2U4 Net average sales 80,075 . GICOUGE B. TZSCHL'CK. Subscribed in njr presence and sworn to belore me UUs 3WU nay or June, a. v. a. nuiiviAiE. (Seal)' Notary ruuiic. PARTIES LEAVING FOIl IIUMER. Parties learlag the city for the snmnter may hart Th Bee - sent ta . thene regularly by " " notifying-' The Bee Datlncn , ' efBce, in person or. by mall. The address trill bo chanced ae eften as desired. ( Having accomplished Us main object at long range, that Jewish petition will stay borne and save, postage. . The soothsayers said Tope Leo would file on Thursday, but they conveniently forgot to specify under what calendar they were working. Democrats down In Kentucky will be real disappointed over the failure of tho republican to develop a political feud In their state convention. ' ' ' News that a Michigan man died in his 6Dtb year as a. result of the excessive use of tobacco, is hardly likely to repress the consumption of the- weed. : - Charles M. Schwab; the millionaire president of the Steel trust, Is agaln'un oer tne doctors care, rrosperlty is a serious disease for some people. If General Miles' ride had only been over our North Sixteenth street pave ment be would never have been able to make the distance in his record time. Arbitration wins out In the settlement of the great building -trades strike In New York City. Arbitration is what they will all have to come to eventually. Pollco Judge Berka's edict that any man. who attempts to steel a refrigerator In midsummer deserves to spend month In the cooler, will certainly re ceive universal endorsement. With "mergers and consolidations lu the air in every direction, why not a merger of the Innumerable improvement clubs that have sprung up on nearly very ten-acre' patch on the outskirts of the city? , - - As a result of his observation during his western tour Secretary Wilson pre dicts a' short corn crop. The crop may be abort, but Iowa and Nebraska may be counted on to furnish at least their proportion of the total. The school board cannot understand tho wide margin of difference in the bids for supplying Omaha school buildings Iwita soft coal. The price schedule of the oai dealers is beyond, understand ing,, so the school board may as well give It up. Tha pollco board and the city council of South Omabu. are engaged In giving a continuous peiformnnce to Illustrate the beauties of divided responsibilities in municipal government, i Each new act on the bill re-euforces tbe growing de mand for municipal home rule. - It is all right to train policemen so they. can hit the target when they shoot, but they must-a!o be impressed with the lesson that they have no right to shoot 'except When forced to do so. Neither the policeman nor his revolver should be allowed to go off at half cock. . The epigram tint "a man is us old as he feels," finds vindication again hi the order of Presldeut Itooaevolt abolishing the age qualification for employment as laborers iu the government sen-Ice. Every man who Is able and willing to work and earn his money can have the same chanee for a Job under Uncle Sum. The aswatitnent of real estate, whlt-h Tax Cuuimilouer Fleming is making' for tho coming year's tax roll, will un- Cer tha uew law stand for four year. subject only to revlslou for new lin- yrovenients. This gives the real estate assessment for liXH au added impor- tanoe to that which attached to any previous aaseseoieut. , tntfWKKT AM) Tilt VVHRXXCV. It la not a new fact that rrealdent Kooiicvelt tnkes a very lively Interest In the subject of currency leKls'ntlon, with u view to increasing the volume of money as I'lrcunistnnoea may require In tbe lnter-(t of the legitimate business of the country. There is nothing sur prising, tlit-refore, in the statement of tfenntor IxhIc that the president hopes for some legislation by the next con prong ' thrit will meet the demand for more money nt certain exigencies. In regard to this very Important question, which Just now is engaging the serious attention of the ablest and most experi enced financiers In the country, the president has very properly no special plans or policies to urge, leaving the question entirely to the determination of congress, with the mere suggestion that in the opinion of the chief executive something should be done to provide for a larger supply of currency as the needs of the legitimate business interests of the country call for It According to Senator Lodge it is the hope of the president that this question will be taken up early in the session of the Fifty-eighth congress and there is promise that this will be done. , The sub committee of the senate committee on finance has had the question of new cur rency legislation under . consideration and will have a measure ready for In troduction nt the next session of con gress. As yet there Is no authoritative, statement regarding the nature of this measure, though there are reports re specting Its general nnture which are nt least semi-official. These indicate that It will be a very conservative measure, not going so far as the AJdrlch bill, which met with no great support either in financial circles or among the people, yet embracing such provisions of that measure as are demonstrably sound and safe. It has been pretty clearly shown that the Aldrlch bill is not as a whole acceptable to the country. There are ol- Jectlons to it on the part of the public and on the part of the banks. It Is necessary to frame a measure that will avoid these objections and this is by no means an easy matter. The interest which President Roose velt Is taking In the currency question will undoubtedly have a considerable In fluence, but it is by no means certain that it will bring about legislation. In this matter the president is not regarded as an authority. A great deal will de pend upon the attitude of the republican leaders in the house of representatives and it is still being said that Mr. Can non, who will be speaker in the Fifty eighth congress, is uncompromisingly op posed to any legislation for providing ad ditional currency as now proposed. Mr. Cannon has distinctly stated that he will put no obstacle In the way of 'currency legislation approved by a majority of re publicans In congress and there ought to be no doubt of the sincerity of this as surance. At all events this question is certain to be very prominent In the de liberations of the next congress and It ta safe to say that there will be soma; ac tios regarding It, ... . . .,..,,, TBM TRKA.TIES WITH C17JU. A couple of weeks a go It was reported that the treaties between Cuba and the United States would probably not be ratified for' several months. It was stated that while a majority of Cuban senators favored the treaties and real ized the moral obligation to carry them out, nevertheless they felt that Cuba would lose nothing and might gain by awaiting the action of the United States congress on the reciprocity proposals, for which an extra session la to be called In November. Better counsel has prevailed with the Cuban senators, doubtless due mainly to the Influence of President Palma, and the treaties with the exception of the one relating to the Piatt amendment have been ratified. The United States thus secures tbe naval stations In Cuba which it desires, under conditions that are en tirely satisfactory to both countries and will undoubtedly prove advantageous to each. - Under the naval station treaty the United States is to pay a specified sum annually to 'the Cuban government as rental as long as It occupies the sta tlons, which are to be maintained solely for naval purposes, excluding from tbe areas occupied industrial, commercial or other enterprises. AH the expense con nected with establishing these stations will of course be borne by the United States and it goes without saying that nothing will be omitted necessary to make them as strong as possible. They will serve as a protection to Cuba as well as to this country. The treaty conceding to Cuba sovereignty over the Isle of Pines was made In consideration of tbe grants of coaling and naval stations The residents of the Island were ex tremcly anxious that It should come un der the control of tbe United States, but they will probably have no reason to complain of Cuban sovereignty, as It Is provided In the treaty that citizens of the United States shall suffer no diminu tion of the rights and privileges acquired prior to the date of exchange of ratifica tions and undoubtedly all residents will le treated alike. , As to the Tlatt amendment treaty It Is not to be doubted that It will be ratl-fl-yl, though It Is possible this may be postponed pending the action of the con tTetis of the United States on the reci procity treaty. In any event, however, the ultimate ratification of that treaty may be regarded as assured, since that is necessnry to the complete establish ment of political relations between Cuba and the United Status. The ratification of the treaties noted Is an Important step Vor'd Hernia would Tike to have The Bee take up the candidacy of Judge L,.r,.:nJu t.ir supreme Judge and urge tin republicans to nominate him. Tbe Bei might be rflad to support Judge Dickinson If he were nominated In tho tvpuUlcan state convention, but even if Le lUottJA iot be Iht rrpublic&a noaitud, there la nothing to prevent the World Herald from showing Its nonpartlsan shlp by procuring the nomination for him from the democratic state con vention. With Judge Barnes running as the republican candidate and Judge Dickinson as the democratic nominee "the people would be certain to secure a Judge who would do his duty." This is the World-Hera Id V opportunity to demonstrate that It is sincere in its non partisan profession. BEMLDT FOB THE OK LAY. Although the bills enacted by the last Nebraska legislature went Into effect July 1 and are supposed to be In force, no one yet knows exactly what they are because the volume of session laws bns not yet appeared from the press. The constitution is express In Its provision that ."ail the laws shall be published in book form within sixty days after the adjournment of each session." The con stitution also provides for publication of the journnls of the two houses, although the time limit is not so definitely stated. These provisions of the constitution have never been lived up to, at least not in recent years, and the delay in the nrlntlne seems to be getting worse rather than better. One of the causes for this state of af fairs was formerly found In the fact that the contract for printing the ses sion laws wns let to some concern that was getting out a volume. of compiled statutes on its own account and the ses sion laws were held back In order to per mit of the prior issue of the new edition of compiled statutes, which would find a sale on the market ahead of the dis tribution by the state of its official pub lication. It was thought that all delay would be obviated thia year by giving the printing contract to a new bidder and attaching a penalty clause imposing a forfeit for each day in excess of the stipulated period, which even. then wad thirty days more than that prescribed by the constitution. For some reason or other this . precaution has not had the desired effect and the people of Ne braska are again being governed by new laws about whose requirements every one is in the dark. ' . ' ' , We believe the real remedy Is to be found in letting the contract for pub lishing both session laws and legislative journals at the time tbe legislature con venes instead of waiting until after it has' adjourned. Inasmuch as the bid ding is at so much per page, the state would be at no disadvantage with refer ence to the prices it would 'have to pay, On the other hand, tbe printer would be able to begin the work as soon as the bills begin to sift through the legislative hopper, and while the great bulk of them would still come at the close of the session, be would have a good start be fore the time when the contract has un der the present system been awarded. He certainly -would have no excuse then to charge the delay to failure to get pa per or other materials and " the sixty days of the constitutional limit' would be ample, to , enable him to complete the Job. If .this plan were; pursued ths offi cers of tha law and tbe peopia concerned1 generally would have ' access ' to lhe printed session laws In ample time be fore they would go Into effect and the legislative Journals would' be available Jn printed form by July following each legislative session. x " The great conventions of the national organizations are being held in different parts of the : country, but, so far as we know, Omaha is hot in the race for the location of future meeting jplaces. While it Is . true most of these conven tions will go to St Louis next year on account of the exposition that will be then in progress there, Omaha could and should be laying the foundations - for capturing a few of these gatherings for 1905 and J 006. With' Omaha's advan tages and experience it ought to enter tain at least two or, three of these big organizations each season. - By the acceptance by Dr. A. B. Storms of the presidency of the Iowa State Agricultural college that institu tion is again in condition to prosecute Its work vigorously. The Iowa State college has already achieved an enviable reputation in agricultural education and is recognized as one of the most pro gressive lnltutions eugaged In this field. With a liberal administration it should make still further and more striking advances in the immediate fu ture. The supreme court of Missouri will undertake to maintain Its dignity and reputation by disciplining a couple of country editors for contempt In criti cising too severely one of its decisions. With so many boodllng aldermen and bribe-taking lawmakers beaded for the Missouri penitentiary, newspapers in that state ought to be able to find enough corrupt officials to excoriate without casting reflections upon the members of the supreme court The conference of populist reformers at Denver Is receiving a great deal of free advertising, but so far as the pro gram has been made public It content plates merely a mutual admiration so cletv for the same old discredited and dislodged patriots who have been,con ducting the reform masquerade for years in the hope of catching on to some public Job with a fat salary attached. frame's Great Bunch. Chicago Newa 81deJty aid with Paul Revere. Phil Sheri dan. John Gilpin and the messenger who brought the glad tidings to Alx, history will now place th nam of Nelse Miles, An lades of Praaperlty. Indianapolis Journal. It the production and consumption of Iron is an Index of prosperity, this country never enjoyed greater prosperity than it doe at present It Is now producing pig Iron at the rate of 414,63$ tons per week, and at last report tliere was on hand for sale lu the opeu market only three days" supply. At the present time we are producing pig Iron at the rate of over COOO.OOQ tons per year, aa amount aqusi to tbe total produo- tlon last year tf Great Britain, Germany, France and Belgium. '' KJa Howard's Merer Flay. St. Iouls Globe-Democrat. A proclamation revoking the 'crimes act In Ireland immediately ' following the stormy refusal of the Dublin corporation te present the king an -address Of welcome on the occasion of his visit, shows that Edward Is a ball player of no mean ability himself. ' Even Hawaii Rejoice. 'Hawaiian Star. There has seldom been so bright' a future before us. Brightest of all is the tact that the legislature will soon be through with Its labor, and the territory will have a rest for two years. Everyone breathes a sigh of relief when the soloes betake themselves to their respective homes. Thrifts the lattio Heart.' New Tork . Sun." It warms the patriot heart to know that the American sea fighters did themselves and their country credit not only as guests, but likewise as hosts, In German and Brit ish waters. Nor does It hurt the patriot pocketbook, for the sea fighters themselves, and not the national treasury, ' pay the shot. All the little extra delicacies neces sitated by the social activities at; Kiel and Portsmouth came out of the pay and al lowances of the officers of Admiral Cot ton's' fleet .and every other American can enjoy the reputation for hospitality earned broad by his Sailormen in foreign waters with the comforting thought that It didn't cost the national treasury , of , his country a oent . ...- 1 ' Tarulaa Down of Philadelphia Record. By appointing Wu Ting-fang, lately Chinese minister at Washington, to a sec ond rate clerkship In the Foreign- office the authorities at Peking have supplied a meas ure for estimating their intelligence. A person with Mr. VTu'tf experience in th ways of the outer world, and accomplished withal, even according to Chines stand ards, should be welcomed as a leader, not doomed to be a drudge. The timidity and Stupidity of Chinese conservatism could not have been more strikingly exempitnea. ty the way. It might be asked whether true merit always meets with due reward in this country, or whether thi man with a pull" baa- not a better assurance of getting a high place In the government service than he who is merely well' qualified and de serving? ' " ' : THE YOUNG . HAN'S ERA. la It Really Coincident with th Bra .of Trusts and .Combines. New Tork Mail and Express. Three years ago, a New ,.Tork and a Nebraska democrat made the simultaneous announcement that -In the. modern indus trial combinations the young roan does not "get a chance.". The dlsoovery was of equal validity with the accompanying dis coveries. that "the gold bags" were wasting our substance and "the empire" was eom- tng swiftly, down, the pike. All three eon tentlons have been woofully battered by the event, none mors so than the presumed dis advantage of the young man In an Indus trial world where the-, trust Idea is rife. The final coup, it may almost be said. Is administered by thai appearance-of an other young man to relieve a young man of the active .duties. tot; headship, in the greatest "trust" - in' th world. . W. . E. Corey, who has been designated to perform those managerial functions because of the continued ill health-of ;Cbarles M.' Schwab, Is 88 rears old. ., W.ben Mr. Schwab was made president .of ;the United States Steel corporation,, he-was 38-years old. The other most active figure In tha trust,: Mr. George Wi Petklns.- has.tuniM.ilji'.Is a ,. Here , .are , three. nn,0who , when ,they cam to the, top .of, tj) corporation were still "youths," -according to the ttoman definition. -With all tdr exceptional qual ifications, they wouJA be plodding along during these years with small returns and a limited outlook In almost any profes sion they could have chosen, looking ahead to the years- that lie .on the shady side of 40 for the full measure of opportunity and recognition. Their" youth and the cir cumstance 'that thoy' 'began, each in his own way, quite at the bottom, and worked up from grade -.to grade, have not handi capped them.,. , .:;(, Rather,- they bav , helped them. The higher, the organisation and the broader the scope - of - a business enterprise, the keener must be Its search for energy and ability, wherever they may be found; the more absolute must be . Its divorce from favor or family Influence, or the mere rou tine processes of selection that give the elder man the preference because he is th elder. A "trust" run by a family, as cer tain - conservative and: -retrograding bust nesses, are la England, - or carried along with no other momentum than the expert nc of tbe veteran, would not keep Its vast operations together, : much lea meet th competitions of rivals;- GOULD'S OVERLAND ROUTE. Gathering tn Links mtj the Chain to the Golden Gate. San Frandscoi, Chronicle, George Gould's Interests In the Western Pacific and th Clark; Salt Lake railroads have been repeatedly asserted in, a general way, but on all past occasions when he was interviewed on the subject he either denied the relationship with either enterprise point blank or left th. interviewer in a maze of doubt. Still, . rumor persistently associated his name with both railways, particularly with th Western Pacific. .. However, during a recent visit to Wheeling, W. Va.', to in spect his Wabash interests there, Gould either Incautiously er... Intentionally ad mitted practically everything that rumor has heretofore asserted by revealing his transcontinental railroad plans to an Inter viewer to the following; extent: "We will have our road completed and In operation from tidewater to tidewater, from ocean to ocean, within eighteen .months." And without naming the Western Pacific; he praotleally describes It in tb published In terview when he say: "On good feature about the railroad will be It lack of dangerous or even heavy grades. None will be so hard as to prevent the hauling of seventy or seventy-five cars in -a single head train, and this I saying a good deal." The first statement tallies exactly with the declarations of President Bartnett of the Western Pacific company when seeking terminal facilities tn Oakland and In San Franclsea last winter, namely, that the road would be built and tn operation within two yeara from that time. Tbe second state ment fits the surveyed route of the Western Paclflo. which enters the Salt Lake basin from this state over the lowest pass in the Sierra, ascending from both side on com paratively light and easy grades. Now that tbe Western Paclflo has ob tained, a clear right of way from San Fran cisco bay to the Nevada state line via Berkwlth Pass. Mr. Gould has probably reached the conclusion that further con cealment of his relations to the enterprise Is unnecessary. He la doubtless making this' admlhslon because opposition to his plans from any quarter would be foolish and futile. The enterprise is now standing on solid ground. All of th preliminaries have been vigorously pushed. Terminal facilities on both sides of th bay have been secured and little remain to b don to begin construction in earnest. It la evl dent from what Oould has said in his Wheeling interview that no time will be lost In completing th line, for he is not a maa civsa to talking mnlcclessly OTHER LAUDS THAN OIRB. -On of th most noticeable features of tb recent love feast between Franc and Eng land has been th cordial attitude of influen tial Paris newspapers, wnich seems to in dicate that some powerful Influence must have been brought to bear upon the edi tor. Before President Loubet set out for .London various leading journals were pro fuse In their prophecies of the good results which might be expected to follow his visit. The Gil Bias,' for Instance, assured its readers that the French president would be certain of a cordial welcome on account of the sympathy which Frenchmen had ex hibited, toward the king during his recen . severo Illness and that th friendly feel ings thus provoked wer likely to be dur able. To the British monarch himself tha Gil Bias was especially complimentary, de claring that "there is no European states man nor diplomatist who has a sounder and clearer- conception of International relations than King Edward. During a period of thirty years while prince of Wales he took advantage of his leisure to study the institutions and the development of parties in the different countries tie visited. His personal relations with sovereigns, states men, politicians and even party leaders. hav given him an exceptional knowledge of European politic. Endowed with extraor dinary sagacity and aouteness. he recog nised the movement tending to bring to gether th French and English peoples, In advance of his advisers and even befor It was realised In Paris or London. He re solved to tak advantage of this movement and In a certain sens to reveal it to fh English aa well as th French peopl la order that they should benefit thereby." What appear to be precis details aa te the financial position of th murdered Ser vian royal couple ar now forthcoming. On the wholo, it appears that King ' Alexan der's personal finances could not hav been in a worse state than they wer. . The monthly Installment of $20,000 for the civil list was regularly taken by Queen Draga and It Is even said that her royal husband had to ask for pocket money, which h got in sums of about GO cents at a time. The well authenticated story Is told of the king having ordered a bouquet for the wife of a foreign ministers on th occasion of her de parture. Queen Draga refused to pay the florist's trill, which was finally settled by the king' private meagre salary. Queen Draga, however, appears to have been comfortably situated. Bh had a bank account of J175, 000, chiefly with English banks. -She also owned a villa at Brussels. King Alexander, on the other hand, was In debt to th Volga and Kama bank of St. Petersburg to th amount of over 1 100,000. Th property -that he claimed to own amounts to nothing Ilka this sum. schema of no small magnitude, involv ing an expenditure of more than 160,000,000, has Just been adopted by the French Sen ate, a- relates to in improvement or a number of French ports and the construc tion or enlargement of canals In connection with them. Th sum of nearly 16,000,000 Is to be spent In Improving the navigability of the Garonne, the Orleans canal and a series of waterways In the north and south of Franoe. Naw canals are to be constructed at a cost of $30,000,000. '. They Include the Canal du Nord, destined to cut off a bend of the Oise and supplement the St .Quentin and Ourcq canals, the Loire canal and other water courses Intended to link Combleux to Orleans, and Cette and Marseilles with the Rhone. The remainder of the credit will be devoted, to Improving the harbor accom modation at Dunkirk, where it Is proposed to spend $5,000,000, and at. Boulogne.. Dieppe, Havre, Rouen, St: Nasal re, Nantes where the expenditure will be .between $4,000,000 and $6,000,000 Bordeaux, Bayonne and Cette, In his statement the minister, pf. public works said he. did not expect .that a loan would, be seeded, and hoped, that the, works wouia do corapieiea in seven or eigui years. AU these works are considered necessary In order to. meet the growing ; competition of, the Italian ports with the southern lit toral of France, especially In view of the opening of the Simplon tunnel,' and also to promote the development of the northern coal fields.. A similar bill passed through the Chamber of Deputies by the Waldeck Rousseau, ministry two years ago contem plated a much larger expenditure but failed to. become law. It Is expected that the present measure will be more fortunate, as the need for many of the improvements Is known to be urgent 1- -One of the latest orders promulgated "tn Finland, and professing to carry the au thority of the cxar, forbids the Inhabitants' to have in their possession, without the special permission of the governor general of the grand duchy, rifles or cartridges or explosives of any kind, such, for Instance as dynamite.. The shopkeepers who sell this kind of article are required to keep special books, the entries in which must be stamped, countersigned and controlled, by the authorities. They have also to keep an xact Inventory of the goods In stock under that category, together with the names and addresses of the persons to whom they have made sales. They are not allowed tb sell to any persons but those having a lloense for firearms. In which must be Indicated the maximum quantity of purchase per mitted. Shooting meetings are not allowed to be held without the sanction of the gov ernor general. Every Infraction of this rule is to be punished by a fine not exceed ing 00 marks, or with Imprisonment in de fault, together with confiscation of th prohibited articles. - Th free sale of sport ing guns has not yet been forbidden. . - A correspondent of the London Times, who was recently at Sofia, says that neither the Turks nor Bulgarians want to fight,, and that the sultan may yet make concessions rather than run th risk of a change -of government in Bulgaria, which would pre cipitate a catastrophe. General Petroff. the Bulgarian premier, told him that the Turks hope to starve out the various bands, in the Adrianople vilayet by seising the crops after the harvest and letting tha villagers make shift as best they may. They aim, he says, at the extermination of all Bulgarians In Macedonia by methods which practically amount to massacre. , General Petroff fur ther asserted that the Turks have thirty battalions of troops along the frontier,4 as compared with eight battalions of Bulga rians, and that this compelled the Bulgarian government to Increase their frontier forces to a' corresponding extent A circular note had been sent to the powers explaining the necessity of this step. At the same time General Petroff expressed great contempt for the Turkish army and Turkish military arrangements. v-ranchls In Massachusetts. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Massachusetts keep a tight rein on the management of street railways. Fran chises ar revokable for cause, stock water ing is forbidden and franchises ar equit ably taxed. The companies ar under th supervision of th railroad commissioners, who have power to ' change locations. Btreet railway franchises In that state are practically granted "during good behavior." Dneter Learn Something. New Tork World. It will be sad news to th Appendicitis club, which rejoice la th a beanos of the vermiform appendix, to learn -- that the doctors have discovered a use at last for the organ from which many have been separated In recent years. After all, nature generally knows what ah is about, even though tho doctors do not always find oat POLITICAL DRIFT. George B. McClcllan I being groomed for the Tammany nomination for mayor of New Tork. . The Brooklyn Eagle thinks Bustard's Bay would make a more attractive summer capital than Oyster Bay. Senator Queries of Wisconsin Is doing the real farmer act by assisting In his hay fields. It Is a mighty poor senator who cannot make hay at horn or In Washing ton. If nominated for president by the demo cratic national convention of 1904, Arthur P. Gorman of Maryland would be th first candidate put up by th democratlo party from th solid south, so-called, slno 1844. According to the testimony on corpora tion did business with members of th Missouri legislature to the tune of $200,000. A simple business statement, but It carries a vast amount of amassment and regret to other thrifty solons. Crawford Fairbanks, the millionaire brewer of Terre Haute, who has been sug gested as the democratlo candidal for gov ernor of Indiana, announoes that he can not be prevailed upon to accept the nomina tion under any circumstances. Ex-Governor Boutwell, Silas Dean and Robert T. Davis, th three surviving mem bers of the Massachusetts convention of 1863, have Just held a reunion In Boston In commemoration of th fiftieth anniversary of the famous event la Massachusetts his tory. Since 1891, when Mr. McKlnley was in augurated, there hav been three secre taries of state, two secretaries of the in terior, two secretaries at war, two of the treasury, .two of th navy, three post masters general and three attorneys gen eral. , When Governor Jefferson Davia of Arkan sas, before an audience of 1,000, charged the supreme court 'of that state with corrup tion ha forgot t "except present company" and there seemed to be nothing for Jndge Carrol D. Wood, a member of the supreme bench, who was seated on the platform, to do but seise the governor by the collar and aim a blow at his face. Jeff dodged, as usual. Wilmington, Detl was for many years the closest city, politically. In the country, and In one recent election It was carried by the winning candidate for mayor by a majority of one vote. Recently, owing to the fac tional differences which exist in Delaware, it. has become democratlo and in th last election; with two republican candidates in the field for mayor, tho democrat won ny a majority , of 1.400. . Th term of United State Senator Mc- Comas of Maryland expires during the sea slon of the next Maryland legislature, and. though he is a candidate to succeea nim- Mlf, several other . candidates nave ap peared, among them Sydney n. jnuaa, William Johnson, ex-Senator weiungxou and - Congressman Wacnter, recen uy ue feated by a small majority on the repub lican ticket for mayor of Baltimore, WATER-SOAKED SECURITIES. - ' Unpunished Rascals Who Flee h , J, Investing Public ' ori ' Baltimore American. if onen facts and visible condiUons are proper criterions by which to Judge, the prn of overcapitalising-, corporations has Tt axnerience .of th world of- finance -has not been , a pieasani one w.vu th watered eomnanles. Events nave run along a line detrimental to the Interests of financiers, as well as of tne puDlio. r man- cial Institutions are loaded with reams of doubtful securities, and the publto has sustained Irreparable loss because of being amiied into their purchase. Promoters, too, have encountered trouble,, nut.ineir. o- eulty , has. rlaen. from .the., full awakening Of.; the, Rublio befor ,thsaia promoiera Were able to unload tneir noiamgs.-'- : In the future the public will be more cautious about Its purchases. Th Issu ance of a mer prospeotus will not be suffi cient to guarantee the sal of securities. The public has bought' on faitn once, nut that faith has proved a very expensive exnerlment Credulity was the weakness which . promoters played on. .: They or ganised companies,"' capitalised them on the highest basis of the most promising years tn th history of their companies, and put the securities on the market with th most brazen and shameless misrepresentation of th true facts'. That is why so many peopie""were- victimised.- The purchasers deluded themselves Into the belief that they were buying upon the. recommendation of honorable mep. Since then It has been ais coyered that many who were deemed trust worthy were, at heart mora dishonest than many another less exalted figure who at present is adorning soma cell In the peni tentiary. There are some men who affect to hold an honorable position In a community who account it an evidence of financial dexterity to deceive and fleece tbe public. As a matter of fact, the man guilty of such a practice Is a plain, common thief. A rogue is often elaborately strategic He Is non th less a rogue for all that Nor Is the man who assumes for himself the prestige of aa honorable position in the community any the less a rascal because of that posi tion. The man who takes advantage of the public's mistaken notion as to his reliability to palm -off on the publlo a line of securities which sell high because of his deliberate and false representations Is more despicable a criminal than the poverty-stricken fellow who snatches a purse to buy himself bread. The past- three years hav proved that th worst and most harmful rascal ar not all locked up In prison cells. Bom are still roaming at large, and among those some are men who have made a specialty of floating "water-soaked" securities. Wait No Lon If you have neglected to buy your tummer suit Now is the time. ; : We have marked down our broken ; lines and various lots of serge, Cheviot, - worsted and fancy mixtures from 25 per cent' to 60 per cent, and you can certainty find a bargain if you don't delay. Suits, 7.50 that were flO and 312.50. . Suit's, f 10, that were 15, $18 and $20 ' . Suits, $15 that were $20, $25, etc. NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE.OURS. There are plenty of special values in our Furnishing department. And - your choice of any straw LTat in the store at HALF PRICE roWnii2lCii2 . . . . R. S. Wilcox. ManB&tr. TIMEIr VTTBRAftCB. Jaatlce Brewer's Declaration en the Crime f Lynehlap. New Tork Tribunet Justice Brewer's declaration that lynching la murder, and that the participants In the orlm can be held by any court In the land for murder lit the same degree as if the crtm war committed by an individual, gives no new definition of th acts by which the country has been Increasingly disgraced In recent years, and puts no new ban Upon them. Coming, however, ' from h Justice of th supreme court Of th United States, that resolute and timely assertion I likely to produce a salutary effect It should nt least clear the vision and rectify the opin ions of many persons whose detestation of other forms of lawlessness has blinded them to the real nature of criminal reprisals. It should, furthermore,. strengthen and unify the sentiments of an undoubted majority of the people whose separate protests , have hitherto lacked th foroe which the. public voice I capable of exerting. Justice Brewer says: "There Is going to be a reac tion against th atrocious crimes with which th papers have been filled. .The fact that the people are now interesting themselves In the discussion of tMs problem makes It manifest that there la a tendency toward a change. I expect that It will come soon." There are welcome indications that Jus tic Brewer 1 not mistaken that. Indeed, the reaction which ha foresees has already begun. Th Wilmington horror found few apologists and evoked a sterner and more general 1 condemnation than has .osually followed outbreaks of mob f rensy. It Is a gratifying fact also that Governor Dur bin's ' incisive utterances concerning tho Bvansvin riot won Such almost universal approbation aa vividly recalled tb manner tn which the country responded to th lata Senator Davis grim admonition to a con stituent who sympathised with Debs. These are signs of . a tendency which has even now set In of a coming development of publlo opinion which we believe will put an end to the hideous orgies of lynoh law. - Justice Brewer spoke In his private ca pacity. We hope soon to see his righteous assertion of a plain fact of law being car ried Into practical -ellect by publlo prose cutors and Juries. , That la what is needed, and a few lessons of that kind would per haps be sufficient i -. . . . POINTED rLESAHTRIES. , "This," said the vnunr an J tfmM taw. V!"- "'s but a rough draft of the will " Then." said the old !awv- iti needs flUng." Baltimore American. V "Even that Imnecunlnua llttl nwiMm can afford an automobile. I wonder how ne manages It?" lie can't" Cleveland Plain Dealer. "I told DADS Vftllf IWMtml war. .kn. ren of your brain." ,.. , . -wnat aid he sayr' Said thev went haf anntivx I- the reform school." Judge. . . "Don't vou know that vm tt - house for the money you spend on smok- lng7 . . , Tea. answered the- obstinate mm, "k,, maybe the trouble with taxes and assess ments and repairs would drive me to drink, and that would be worse." Washini-tnn Star. ...... " " Salesman Here's an autnmnhtl that win run 100 .miles without stopping. -.. Farmer Bumpercrop Well. . that .won't dew; what I want Is one that will stop whenever I git ready tew. Kansas City Journal. . ... "I've got a good story to tell you. i don't link I ever told It to you before." ' : vis It really funny?" . . ., "Yea Iniloa It I. "Then you haven't told It to me befor." Cincinnati Tribune. - "Jones Is a great growler Isn't her" -. . "Hurricane Is nothing to him I" "Finds fault with everything?" ' "Worst I ever saw!"- .. '-.: "Family can't live with him?- "Satan himself couldn't!" "By the by what's he doing now?" ' Kdltlna the Rand nt Unn, an1 a:iH.h department of . a family, msaainel"--At- janiaonst.tnuon,. ,.,r;,,vw.T - HIAWATHA OW BASH DALC ' ' " , , .- . - .r-, (,!-.-,-; Milwaukee Sentinel. ... f 5 ' ; J "''Then, again," said Hiawatha. "I am somewhat Interested , In this base ball proposition. - I'm a redhot, ranting rooter, ' Very fond of pitchers battles, ' Fond of extra-Inning contests. Daffy over foxy team Work, Always out to kill the umpire - When he make a bum decision. ', It is claimed, my tittle dearies, ' That this pastime was Invented By a gent named Father Chadwlcfc. . - Who was aided and abetted By old Grandad Adrian Anson. , - Should you ask me who discovered - . And originated base ball, I would tell you In a jiffy It was Skln-the-Sassy-Musicrat Of the tribe of the OJIbwaya Of the sporty old OJlbways, Who received their correspondeno Where the falls of Minnehaha Gleam and gurgle In the sunlight This young Skln-the-Sassy-Muakrat Was a thoroughbred from wayback, . Very game was he, and nifty; He could sit in for sn evening .-' And corral the red and blue ones, . He could guzzle firewater . ' Like a dry old dromedary Stocking up at an oasis. And it never seemed to touch him. ' After scheming for a fortnight . All the brave he called around htm And explained bis proposition; . Then two team were straightway chosen One was called the Mlghtv Mud IIns, Captain, Skln-the-Sassv-Muskratt And the other, Heap Bad Actors. Captain, Big Chief Blte-the-Features, On a level Stretch of meadow . ' '" Near the shores of Gltchle Gummls These two factions came together. . Rurk-Afratd-of-His-Reflectfon Volunteered to act a umnlre: ' ".i Up earns Skln-the-Sassv-Muskrat, Swung at several wild pitches. Hit the ozone with his war club. Batter out!' the umpire shouted. Whereupon the Mighty Mud Hens, I-ed by Skln-the-Saasy-Muskvat-Drew their scalping knives and started For the lurkleas arbitrator.-' Buck-Afraid-nf-Hin-Refleotlon ; Very thoroughly they scaloed him. Then they made him run the gauntlet, ' This, my children, is th sorv . . Of the rise and fall of base ball ' In the land of the OJlbways!'' ger