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George B. Txschuck, secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
ay that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Pally Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of June, 1903, was a follows
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8o,flao
1.
.81,1X0
.80,070
.80,070
.80,010
.80,080
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12... 80,40
il 80.730
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n 80,000
u". ao.oso
a 3,ao
2 81.310
J7 31,810
28 27,200
2 SO.ttOO
0 8O.030
Total t 8ia,080
Less unsold and returned copies 0.7MQ
Net total aaJea o24
Net average sales 80,070
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ffloe, tm person or by mall.
The address will be cheesed
mm eftea a desired.
The summer vacation habit threatens
to become both contagious and epidemic.
Time for guessing on the value of the
Omaha water works plant seems to
have been Indefinitely extended.
Knowing every one expects warm
weather in midsummer, the weather
man is determined to disappoint no one.
The fact that the conclave of cardinals
inaugurates its ' session on Friday re
futes tho impression that churchmen
are superstitious. ; "; .
. President Tarry of tho National Man
ufacturers' association must be groom
ing himself for the succession to Presi
dent Baer of the coal combine.
Speculators on the Board of Trade will
burn up the corn crop several times
during the next few weeks without
waiting for the aid or consent of tho
thermometer.
Nearly every eligible Nebraska town
has entered the competition for the
normal school location. No live Ne
braska burg ever missed an opportunity
for free advertising.
No cardinal Is barred from entering
the lists In the competition for the papal
robes. Perhaps that is why so much
baste is manifested to start the voting
before too many entries are recorded.
The city hall is to have a new copper
roof. While the workmen are engaged
at the Job the glastlcutuses, which sur
vey the city , fathers from on high,
should be Inoculated against hydro
phobia. gsssr i
The district court of Lancaster county
has come to the rescue of the trading
tamp, with a decision affirming its
legality. The decision, however, is a
trifle late, as tho trading stamp busi
ness petered out some time ago.
One of the spokesmen for the antis
writing in the Lincoln Journal declares
that "If Rosewater persists in his old
tactics Judge Sullivan will carry this
county by a large majority." Are the
antis getting ready to bolt again this
fall?
Our supreme court has held that
under the Nebraska constitution the
erection of a normal training school Is
not a work of Internal improvement.
The normal school Is -expected to put
on a few frills ou the outside as well
as on the inside.
, Reliance will defend the cup in the
romlug International races,' having dem
onstrated its superiority to all the other
yachts that have heretofore upheld the
name and fame of Aiuerlcu. Shamrock
III will have to step lively to get even
a show for its money.
The Joint committee of the various
Improvement clubs contemplating amal
gamation has agreed upon a plat
of co-operative action. The purpose of
the Improvement clubs Is to get every
thing in sight and they figure correctly
that If they .get together they wQI get
there easier. 1
The printer evbo hus the publication
of the bouse aud eeuate Journals Is re
minded that some of tho we tubers o
the late Nebraska legislature may be
ambitious to run for office again this
full, In which event some of their
friends might like to consult the printed
record for endorsement for theia,
.CCflTYOF MHCAHTILK CFKDIT.
Discussing the situs Mob created . by
condition - in Wall -street,, which are
naturally commanding the earnest at
tention of the country, the United
Stntes Investor, proverbially conserva
tive in Its opinions, thinks it Is quite
within the limits of reason to suppose
that there Is no ground for any real
shock to mercantile credit It snys that
the credit of certain admittedly over
capitalized and.nilsmannged enterprises
mny suffer materially, but there Is no
reason to stipposrt that the average busi
ness man has been overextendlng him
self in an essential manner. "Every
body who has been doing business has
had to have larger credit 'than for
merly," observes that journal, "on ac
count of higher commodity prices, but
a readjustment In this particular is as
likely to come . about gradually . and
easily as to be effected by the opposite
method, provided the' banks use discre
tion and give the general mercantile
community preference over railroads
that want money for purposes that can
be deferred and over industrial com
bines that want it for the purpose of
pulling themselves but of culpable sit
uations." The InvestosA suggests that
if the banks' concentrate their energy
on taking care of the great bulk of
merchants and manufacturers, who
have been conducting their affairs with
a fair degree of conservatism, leaving
the inflationists to work out their own
salvation, "there ought to be a guar
antee of a continued, though possibly
temporarily modified, Industrial pros
perity for this country." "
There irana to be no reason to doubt
that. so far as the legitimate and con
servatively conducted business interests
of the country are concerned they are
in no present danger from what -has
taken place in Wall street All the
Indications are that mercantile credit
has not been overstrained, that with
respect to this credit the banks have
been pursuing a careful policy, possibly
compelled thereto by the excessive con
sideration shown to the overcapitalized
combinations and the stock speculators.
Legitimate business could not afford to
compete for money with the combina
tions and the speculators and conse
quently there has not been generally
on excessive extension of mercantile
credit It is very fortunate for the
country that this la the case, for other
wise it would hardly be possible to es
cape a widespread and disastrous panic.
The moderation that has been exercised
in regard to mercantile credits is un
doubtedly the saving fact In the situ
ation, upon which it appears safe to
base the opinion, very generally held,
that the great decline in stock values
will not result in any serious detriment
to the business of the country or any
actual impairment of those . interests
upon wlucu the national prosperity
rests. . ,
The consensus of opinion among those
who give Intelligent thought to- the sit
uation is that there Is no present dan
ger to the legitimate business interests
of .the country and wo think no one can
have any doubt respecting Uila who will
duly consider the fncts that 'make for
a continuance of business activity and
prosperity. They are all . of a nature
to Justify confidence. '
DAMAGE D1TS AQAISST TBS C1TT.
Over in Chicago the Civic federa
tion Is endeavoring to institute a reform
in the matter of suits for damages for
personal injury brought against the
city. Investigation has disclosed that
nearly 3,000 of these damage suits are
now pending in the courts and that the
amount of personal Judgments against
the city of Chicago aggregates some
$4,000,000, drawing interest at 0 and 0
per cent. The most alarming feature
of the situation is that during the past
five years thcro has been an increase
of more than 100 per cent in the num
ber of these actions. The remedy sug
gested by the Civic federation is a legis
lative enactment limiting the time In
which damage claims may be filed and
requiring that in cases of injury from
defective sidewalks the claimant must
make and file a detailed statement
within thirty days of the accident' At
present suits are instituted In Chicago
any time within two years after the
accident which forms tho ground for
the action, and the city authorities then
practically have no opportunity to se
cure evidence for a defense or to dis
tinguish between genuine and fraudu
lent claims.
The question of personal damage suits
Is apt to be serious for every large city.
Fortunately for Omaha ft already has
the protection of a legislative enact
ment similar to that ' proposed by the
Chicago Civic federation. The clause
In the Omaha charter which relates o
personal injury suits is as follows:
No city shall be liable for damages aris
ing from defective streets, alleys, side
walks, publlo parks, or other public places
within said city, unless actual -' notice In
writing of the accident, or . Injury com
plained of, with a statement of the nature
and extent thereof, and of the time when,
and place where the .same, occurred, shall
be proved to have been gtveu to the mayor
or city clerk within twenty days after the
occurrence of such accident or Injury. And
It Is hereby made the duty .of tb city
clerk to keep a record-of such notice, show
ing time when, and by whom,, such notice
was given, and, describing the defect com
plained of; to at once file such notice and
report the same to the city council at lie
next meeting, and - any person, or per
sons, claiming to have been injured by the
cause herein Indicated, shall at any time
after giving notice contemplated be sub
ject to a personal examination by the city
physician end euch other physicians as the
city attorney, may Indicate, or by either
thereof, for the purpose of determining the
character' and extent of the Injuries com
plained of; a failure or refusal to submit
to such an examination shall prohibit the
maintaining of such action against the
city, or recovery of any damages there
from. .Where the city bas been really culpa
bly negligent and .o Injury thus In
flicted on person or property, It ought.
In Justice, to .make good the damage.
Omaha has been especially fortunate
a the matter of damage suits, not aJone
because of the. protection afforded by
the statute quoted, but because under
the administration of former City At
torney Connell, extending over nearly
twelve years, an energetic and effective
defense was put in against all suits of
questionable nature or claiming exces
sive damages. Ordinarily the popular
prejudice Is against the municipal cor
poration and in favor of the claimant
for damages, so that the result depends
almost entirely upon the character of
the defense made for the city and the
ability of the city attorney. The best
that can be hoped is that Omaha will
fare In this respect as well in the Im
mediate future as It has In the past
RUSSIA'S rRSPARATIQXS.
A dispatch from the Chinese capital
Mates that Russia has stopped the ex
port of wheat from Manchuria to Japan
and that she is rapidly colonizing the
Chinese province, preparatory to ths
possible necessity of having to defend
It against an attack from Japan. Ho far
as the stoppage of the export of wheat
is concerned, assuming the report to be
correct It Is not a matter of very vital
importance to Japan. That country can
get all khe wheat It may require, though
at perhaps a somewhat greater cost
than if Imported from Manchuria. Tho
real significance of the matter la in the
supposition that the action of Russia
means that anticipating war that power
is making provision for such an event
by keeping under its own control all the
wheat production of Manchuria.
Respecting the other matter of coloni
zation, it is even more significant Tho
statement is made that before the ap
pointed time of evacuation next fall
Russia will have about 100,000 of its
people In Manchuria and It Is qulto
probable that it will have even more
than this number. Russians are pour
ing Into Manchuria as rapidly as It Is
possible to get them there. An Ameri
can recently returned from the Orient
says that it may be true that Russia is
going to withdraw her garrisons from
Manchuria next full, according to her
agreement, but she is sending her peo
ple overland by the thousand to settlo
on the land and make their homes on
It along the line of the TTsnsslbcrlnn
railroad. He saw dally trafnlonds of
immigrants into Manchuria and there in
no doubt that by the time set by Russia
for withdrawing its military forces from
that province there will be occupying
the tejjritory such a Russian population,
all of it ready for military service If
necessary, as will render Russian occu
pation absolutely secure.
This preparation on the part of the
Russian government shows a practical
sagacity of the highest order. It is not
to be donbted that the people whom
that government Is sending Into Man
churia are to be relied upon to defend
Russian authority there to the last ex
tremity. It is entirely probable that
they ne, selected with, this In view and
that ample provision Is being, made to
pse tlum as n military force should cir
cumstances require this to be done. Un
doubtedly a very large inojorlty of
them are fully acquainted with military
requirements and are amply equipped
for any emergency. Assuming the Hus
sion population of Manchuria to be 100,
OJO within the next six months and it
is likely to be even more than this-it
will afford at least half that number of
fighting men to defend that province
against Japanese invasion.
With such a force Manchuria would
be pretty safe until Russia could pour
in there an army sufficient to probably
make its hold secure. It thus appears
that Russian policy is guided by the ut
most shrewdness, that that power is
losing no opportunity to make safe its
foothold in Manchuria, and if It shall
succeed in firmly establishing itself
there it may throw to the winds all the
assurances and promises it has made
and close the doors to the commerce of
the world. It seems safe to say that
Japan alone cannot prevent this.
Iowa's State Board of . Equalization
finds Its sessions more protracted than
usual this year on account of the in
creased work devolving upon it by be
ing charged with the assessment of all
the telephone lines in the state. Unlike
the Nebraska board, the Iowa board pro
ceeds on the theory that It is its duty
to value in detail all the constituent ele
ments of the corporate property subject
to its Jurisdiction, whereas in this state
the figures furnished by the corpora
tions have been regularly accepted with
out question or checking. There is com
plaint now in Iowa about alleged lax-
ness of - assessment methods, but tho
complaints would certainly be multi
plied many times if the still laxer
methods of Nebraska prevailed over
there
For some reason or other the courts,
and more particularly the federal
courts, take the position whenever a
tax levy is questioned that the tax
should be knocked out on general prin
ciples, unless the authorities uhow it
to have been legally imposed at every
stage. In other words, the burden of
proof is put on the city or county, as
the case may be, instead of on the tax
shirkers. It would not bo a bad Idea
for the courts to consider the injustice
done to other taxpayers upon whom the
shifted burden is louded, as well as the
grievances of the complaining property
owners, who think their property over
valued, or who hide behind the tech
idealities of defective notices.
Governor Uerreld of South Dakota
while in Washington insisted that the
people of his state were too busy to talk
politics, but be still found time to an
nounce that the republicans there are
unanimously in favor of the nomination
of President Roosevelt This would l
a safe statement coming from the gov
ernor of any of . the transmlsiilsslppl
states traversfd by the president during
his recent western tour. The president
will have solid delegations In the nex
republican national nominating conven
Uon from every state in the central and
far west
It is asserted that fifty reformers have
responded to the summons to meet at
Denver to devise ways and means of
consolidating popullstic elements Into a
new party, but only about a dozen
names are mentioned in the account of
tho proceedings. The attendance fig-
res have apparently been made up on
the assumption that each of the great
reform leaders speaks for at least four.
Colonel Bryan seems to have for
gotten to send a letter of greeting and
advice to the congregation of former fol
lowers assembled in Denver to revivify
the so-called reform forces. In former
years no bunch of reformers could meet
nywhere without having word from
Mr. Bryan, encouraging them In their
efforts to down the money power and
head off the demon of imperialism.
Oee Ise .tor Had lam.
Chicago News. I
As radium is worth about 170,030 an ounce
might be well to coin a few ounces as
convenient small oliango for billionaire
trust promoters.
Lee's Literary Efforts.
' Washington Post.
Speaking of profitable literature, former
Lieutenant Governor Lee, of Missouri,
wrote one letter for $10,000 and got It Then
the lobby agent squealed on him.
King si a Mixer.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Should King Edward ever be unfortu
nate enough to lose his present job there
little doubt that he could in time car
petbag his way Into our congress. As a
Ixer he appears to be the correct thing.
Bryan's Busy Season.
Chicago Chronicle.
Colonel Bryan's Job of reading people out
of the party becomes more and more on
erous. The colonel will presently realise
that the heretics are more numerous than
the faithful and Issue an omnibus bull of
excommunication.
No Quarter for Larrleisaess.
Philadelphia Record.
This country Is not going to submit to
mob violence, whether the outgrowth of
strikes or of race disturbances. It Is going
to
by
maintain order and suppress violence
force. The authority of the atate and
the nation will be sustained.
Why Keane Groans.
Chicago Record-Herald.
James It. Keene says he- lost "only
600,000" ' through the New York failure.
He doesn't care for the money. It's a mere
bagatelle. But he confesses that he Is hu
miliated. It makes him ashamed of him
self to think It wasn't squeeied out of the
little fellows. Poor Keene I W can all
appreciate his feelings.
Carse of the Cotton Corner.
New York Tribune.
Owner ef British cotton mills are dis
turbed and anxious because American spec
ulators have foroed the prices of cotton to
skyscraplng figures. The English manufac
turer are curtailing operations. They can
not afford In existing conditions to pay the
price which' are now exacted for the
Southern staple;- The matter has been un
der discussion Kin" Parliament and the ten
dency abroad H to develop new sources of
supply as far -as .possible. The cotton cor
ner is dolsg ;. -great .deal of harm. .
Same Old Trick.
New York World.
The bituminous coal operators at the west
have decided to add 60 cents a ton to the
price of coal , to consumers to cover the
small Increase, of wages granted by them
to the miners.. This Is the same old trick
that was played by the anthracite coal
operators In 1900, when, to cover a 10 per
cent advance In. wages, they added EO cents
ton to the retail price and thus netted a
clear proflf of about 38 cents per ton. But
was It not Mr. Mitchell who suggested that
the anthracite operators might well give an
advance In wages because "the public would
stand It?"
What Colombia Ha te Learaw
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
The principal thing Colombia does not
know, but which she will be taught. Is
that Uncle Bam Is the very poorest sort
of subject for blackmailing purposes. He
Is rich and he la generous. He knows the
value of a canal across the isthmus, and
he appreciate the financial difficulties of
the little and. revolutionary republic. But
he also knows his own business, and while
he has money he holds It In trust for hi
own people, and not for peoples who are
Impecunious because of their own fault and
their Inability to appreclatevand utilise the
resources of their country. For that class
of people he has little use. He will pay
that which he has agreed to pay, and pay
promptly and willingly but he will not
submit to blackmail.
THE VICE PRESIDENCY.
Senator Piatt's Suggestion an the
Part ef Wisdom.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Two things In connection with Senator
Piatt's suggestion of Senator Aldrlch for
the second place on the Roosevelt ticket
should be noted. First, the nomination
for vice president on the republican side
will come to the west. Secondly, the as
sertion mad by some of the papers Is
untrue whlqh says that Piatt was tho
cause of Roosevelt's nomination In 1900, and
that, therefore, his mention of Aldrlch Is
doubly deserving of attention. Aldrlch Is
an excellent man. He Is by far the most
powerful member of the senate. But Rhode
Island 1 not a pivotal state, and It will
not furnish either end of a republican pres
idential ticket the days.
It was the west and not the New York
senator that started the boom which gave
Roosevelt the nomination for vice president
In 1900. Roosevelt bad always been espe
cially popular In the-west. It thinks him
more of a western man than It doe an
easterner. He 1 never considered a New
Yorker. Still. In the allotment of place
on the national ticket of 1904 he will "be
credited to the east and the other place
on the ticket will come to the reglqn on
the Alleghanles' sunset side. Possibly It
will come to the transmlsslsslppl region.
This Is the part of the country which Is
meant these days when the term the west
la mentioned. It is, also, the part of the
country In which Roosevelt s strength is
greatest, and It is the part of the west
with which he Is best acquainted.
The Piatt suggestion about Aldrlch, there
fore, will not "go." Tb New York sen
ator 1 a shrewd and consistent republican.
He Is for the ticket at all time and under
all circumstances. But this aspirant will
have no chance In the convention of 1104.
Probably he would not accept the candi
dacy even if It were offered to him. This
much la fixed, however. The second place
on the republican ticket will come to the
wet. Several states Ohio, Illinois, Ml.
sourt Indiana, Minnesota. California and
others have been mentioned In connection
with the nomination. Probably some of
thee will get It In any ease, the candl
dacy belongs to the west la the coming
canvass.
PKltSOJAL AMI) GF.HF.RAL.
Prof. W. N. Ferrin has been elected pres
ident of the Peciflo University at Furost
Grove, Ore. 1
C. W. Harrington, a Brooklyn engineer,
has presented two blue crsnes of a rare
variety and an alligator to Prospect psrk.
Dr. Irving King of Richmond. Ind., hns
been elected to the chair of psychology nnd
history of education In Pratt Institute,
Brooklyn. '
John Prlsben Walker, editor of the
"Cosmopolitan," has bought Berkeley Lake
and 10O acre surrounding It, In Colorado,
and will Improve the property.
Virginia negroes are trying to raise ISO.nno,
with which to pay for the services of John
S. Wise and John O. Carlisle In their con
test over the validity of the sufTrage sec
tions of the new Virginia constitution.
A naturalised cltisen living In Seattle,
who states that he la a son of Frederick
VII of Denmark, and that Ms proper name
Is Karl Christian Frederick Vnscen Tur
densjult. has petitioned the superior court
to change bis name to John Andersen.
Thomas A. Edison Is a bitter enemy of
cigarettes. One morning he found a pack
age outside of his office and posted the
following sign: "A degenerate who is ret
rogadlng toward the lower animal lire has
lost hi packet The same can be bad by
pplylng to the storekeeper.
Phlneas d. Wright of Putnam, Conn-
one of the wealthiest resident of that town,
la now preparing his own tomb. He drew
plan for It and Is seeing that his con
tractor Is carrying them out. Me uoru
In 1829 In New Hampshire, and bqast that
his first dollar was mad carrying the bod.
Durinf last week's slump In stocks on
Wall street an operator long of Steel when
that security wa sagging turned to James
Keene, who was closely watching tne
tape, and said: "Keene, me ireu i o.
my oul." "Man, man." replied mr. jeei..
If vou feel an Inclination to pun on
falling market try to steel yourself against
It."
M. W. Aver, the Philadelphia millionaire,
owns the largest dairy farm In New York
state. It Is located In Ferldale, Delaware
county, and contains Just 1,000 acres. On
the farm Is the largest creamery in ine
country, where every day In the year 65,000,
000 pounds of milk Is made Into a ton uml a
half of gilt-edged butter. There are -tu
head of thoroughbred Jersey cattle on the
farm. The property embrace Mr. Ayer's
country seat. Farming on so extensive a
scale wa started a few years ago by the
owner as a novelty and experiment.
Senator Cockrell possesses a remarkable
- m 1 V.
memory. He never rorgeis a iaue, u o
can go Into any neighborhood of Missouri
today and call by name dozens of men
whom he has not seen In many years. On
one occasion Dr. D. H. Yodng of Fulton
wrote the senator asking for a copy of a
government medical book. Mr. Cockrell
replied, regretting that his quota of tho
Issue was exhausted. Ten years later an
other edition of the work was printed, and
one of the first copies to be sent out of
Washington was one addressed by Senator
Cockrell to Dr. Young.
WHAT RAUIIM MAY DO.
Sir Oliver X-ode on the Properties of
the New Metal.
Chicago Itocord-Herald.
The layman whose interest has been
stirred by the descriptions of radium, end
whose curiosity Is still unsatlnfled. will And
an excellent and easily comprehensible
presentation both of the facts and the spec
ulations on the subject In the article in tne
current number o the Nineteenth Century
and After by Sir Oliver lodge, to which
reference wa recently made In these col
umn In another connection.
It Is especially for what the writer has
to say about the aid that radium gives In
forming a theory of the transmutation, of
the element tbelr origin and decomposi
tionthat the article will be read. He tells
how the radium atom breaks down, how
some of Its component parts, or electrons,
fly off Into space, and how other electrons
appear to form themselves Into new com
pounds. 1
"Here we appear to have, In embryo," he
says, "a transmutation or the elements, the
possibility of which lias for so long been
the guess and tho desire of the alchemists.
Whether the progress of research will con
firm this hypothesis, end whether any of
the aeries of substances so produced are
already familiarly known to us In ordinary
chemistry, remains to be seen."
He suggests that tho new substance pro
duced from the fragment of radium may
be comparatively unstable forms akin to
the stable and persistent elements a we
know Ultra; and adds that It Is also prob
able that all the well-known stable ele
ments are themselves In process of break
ing down, though at an almost Infinitely
low rate.
He continues:' "If tbre be any truth In
thl speculation, matter Is an evanescent
and transient phenomenon, subject to grad
ual decay and decompenltlon by the action
of lis own Internal forces and mnM,mn
somewhat as ha been suspected and to
some extent ascertained to be the case with
energy."
If science 'does not find thnt It hn over
reached Itself In these theories the next
tep to be expected In the progress of Its
speculations will concern the method of
the origin of atoms, or, In other words, the
life history of matter Itself.
QROTEH CLEVELAND'S APPEAL.
Addressee Himself to the larf a.n.
of Employer nnd Employe.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
"We shall not go far astruy," ava former
President Cleveland In Collier's Weekly,
regarding labor troubles, "if we assume
that both side have been at fault. Wher
ever our sympathies may be, we can hardly
escape the conviction that labor has made
demands and permitted. If not encouraged,
conduct which cannot be Justified: nor can
we safely deny that In too many Instances
employers have been heedless of the Just
claims of their employes."
Against the employer who takes and
obstinately holds the attitude of George F.
Baer, that the conduct of greet national
Industries should be under the absolute and
unlimited control of the private owners
against employe who take and obstinately
hold the position that even the national
government shall stultify Itself by dis
criminating between cltlxen-tha ex-presl
dent appeals to the American sense of Jus
tice, of fair play, and of patriotism.
Such appeals should be heeded nay, they
must be heeded. Against foreign attack
our national existence and Independence
are safe. They may be troubled, but they
can never be overthrown except upon the
incredible supposition that the American
people should confess their Impotence to
govern themselves aud welcome a con
queror. Our really dangerous foes are of
our own household. They are those who
seek to create classes la our cltlsenshlp and
set these classes against each other, who
deny. In fact the equality of all American
cltisen a such before tb law.
What the American republic needs above
all other thing Is more of the spirit that
will resolutely discourage and. If necessary
forcibly tramp out the class Idea the Idea
that any set ot citlsena have anything to
gain by the Injury of any other set of Inw
abiding cltisen the false theory tha
Ignores the truth that w must all, rich
and poor, educated or Ignorant, wMk or
strong,' go up or down together.
BITS Or WASHlSnTO LIFE.
1
Scene nnd Incidents at the National
Cnpltal Sketrhea en the Suet.
The policy of the War department In the
matter of the Issue of arms and a ccou fer
ments to the militia of tho different state
Is shown In a letter addressed by Colonel
Parker nf the cavitlry In charge of the mili
tia division of the adjutant general's office
to Ihe adjutant genernls of the various
states nnd territories and the District of
Columbia, in which he says:
"Under the act making appropriation for
the support of the army, approved March
2, ltt3, the secretary of war Is authorised
to expend $2,000,000 In procuring articles to
fully arm, equip and supply the organised
militia. This Is In addition to the issue of
standard service magaslne arms and accou
terments authorised by the mliltla act of
January 21, 1903. As the sum appropriated
will probably not fully accomplish the ob
Ject and further appropriations will be
necessary from time to time, the secretary
wishes to expend this sum of $2,000,000, al
ready appropriated. In such a way as to
put the department -In possession of the
articles which will contribute most effec
tively to the Immediate preparation of the
militia for active operation and render them
most effective If they shall be unexpectedly
called Into the service of the United States.
"So far as It Is consistent with the ac
complishment of this purpose, he desires
to meet the wishes of the governors of the
several states In the preparation of material
for which they may make requisitions. In
the proportion which the number of organ
ized militia of each state bears to the whole
number In all the states. As the prepara
tion of artillery material requires consid
erable time, the secretary Immediately
after the passage of the act authorised the
chief of ordnance to apply the sum of $3i0,
000 to the preparation for mflltla use of
field pieces and carriage of the new modet
with which the regular army is about to be
equipped. As a guide to the further ex
penditure of the sum appropriated the sec
retary would be glad to have from you all
the Information which you can conveniently
give as to the articles which you deem
most necessary for the full armament and
equipment of your National guard."
The United States government Is the
backer of the airship experiments of Pro
fessor I.angley to the extent of having
given $00,000 for the experiments, and In
furnishing Professor Langley with clerks
of the Smithsonian Institution to help him
In his work, and scldiers to act as a guard
of the Buzzard and Its houseboat. No di
rect appropriation has been made by con
gress of any money for the experiments,
or for any other airship trials, but the
board of ordnance and fortifications made
two allotments' of $36,000 each, one in 189$
and one in the following year, to enable
Professor Latigley to conduct hi work, on
the theory that his machine, if a success,
would be a war engine which the United
States should own. The Smithsonian In
stitution clerks are utilized on the theory
that they are making scientific Investiga
tions in the line of the work of the Insti
tution. It is not known under what au
thority the United Slates soldiers are em
ployed as a guard for the airship.
The allotments by the board of ordnance
and fortifications were made under the
paragraph of the appropriation bills for
the years mentioned, which provide for
"all needful and proper purchases, exper
iments, and test" or "the most effective
guns, small arms, cartridges, projectiles,
fuses, explosives, torpedoes, armor plates,
and other implements and engines of war,"
and "for the test of experimental gun,
carriages and other devices procured. In
accordance with the recommendation of
the board of ordnanoe uid fortifications."
An Interesting provleo of this paragraph
of the appropriation bill Is tbat before any
such money shall be expended, the board
must bo satisfied that the United States
ho the lawful right to use the invention
Involved, "or that the experiment or teat Is
made at the request of a person either
having such lawful right or authorised to
convey the same to the government"
A little, dirty, watery-eyed dog created
considerable excitement at Tenth street
and Pennsylvania, avenue northwest about
7 o'clock one night For some unpro
clalmed reaoon it began a campaign aglrit
Us tall, and spent-half an hour In an en
deavor to bite it off. A crowd of 200 or 0
persons gathered around tho dog, and many
expressed a belief that the dog was mad.
All stood at a recpeotful distance. Finally
Bicycle Policemen Charlton and Simpson
and Bicycle Sergeant Plcmous arrived, but
so many people surrounded the dog that
they were afraid to shoot It. Policeman
Simpson strode up with his baton to kill
it, but the minute tli dng caught sight
of the stick it darted through the crowd,
scutteMnit men and children In all di
rections, and tan up Tenth street. The
bicycle policemen gave chnse, and at
Twelfth and O streets Bicycle Policeman
McQumlo succeeded in aolng tbe fugi
tive, aud the rase was over.
The dog surrendered peacefully and fol
lowed along quietly at the end of the ropo
down the street, where he was turned over
to the poundmaster.
The War department ha directed Gov
ernor Tuft to accept the highest bid,
amounting to $1.H,M2, for the subsldary
Spanish coin which wan found In the treas
ury at Manila when the place fell Into the
linnds nf the Americans. This is about
alf Ihe face value uf the coin, and It Is
said that the purchasers, If the sale I
completed, expect to make a handsome
profit through the shipment of the coin to
some t.f the South American republics
where it Is current. There may, however.
be a hitch In completing the transaction, as
PRETTY GOOD
Are tbe bargains we are offering now in clothing.
Walk round our windows and see those blue serge suit's
at $5.00 they sold at $15. Then there are $18.00 chev
iots at $10 $20 suits at $12.50 $25 -suits at $12.50, etc.
All our broken lines of spring and summer suits are great
ly reduced. And if you have an idea of purchasing a
suit this season don't put this chance aside. $5, $G and
$0.50 trousers, $3.50.
$2, $2.50, $3 and $3.50 negligee shirts, $1.75.
$1.50 negligee shirts, $1.15.
$1.00 colored negligee shirts, 75c.
Boys' and men's straw, hat's, 15c.
NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS.
R. 8. Wilcox.
the Spanish government has mad formal
claim to the money under that section of
the treaty of Pari which provides for the
return to Spain ef movable publlo properties.
The few passengers cn a Columbia car
near the corner of Fourteenth street and
New York avenue northwest, shortly aTter
midnight witnessed a peculiar and an amus
ing Incident. A young colored girl, who
occupied the end et, wa on her way
home and fell aaleep In the car, using the '
end of the seat on which to recline hr
head. All went well until the car struck
the slight curve at the corner mentioned,
when she lurched forward and rolled Into
the street. Fortunately for her the cars
was going st slow speed and she was
only slightly injured. The fall naturally
caused her te awake with suddenness and
she wa very much surprised upon finding
herself In the street The conductor and
other paassngors hurried to her arslstanoe,
but she declared that she wa net hurt and
refused to go to the hospital, as wa sug
gested. She said her name was Mary Ford,
her age IS years, and that bar homo was at
No. 10 Green' court northwest
SAID TO BE FINNY.
She Do you remember before w were
married dear
He Why, it's among my happiest recol
lections. lookers Statesman.
The Iawyor On't we prove an ellbl?
The Crook Let's see, boss. I've got an
alibi bought and paid for dst I didn't use
last time 1 wus pinched, W1U sat do?
New York Journal.
Soaks Just one more highball and than
we will go.
Stoke-No, thanks. If I took another I
would feel the effects all day.
Soaks Suffering cats! That's why I take
'em. New Yorker.
"Aren't you afraid of trusts?" asked
the public-spirited man.
"I ued to be," answered Senator Sorg
hum, "but I huve found that if a man Is
polite and Industrious a trust Is a right
good employer." Washington Star.
An artist draws a picture, sn equine
draws a dray; the man who mnxrlea draws
a blank sometimes, we've heard them soy;
a thirsty man draws water: a blossom
draws the bee. If I can only draw my pay
that's good enough for me. Chicago News.
rdy Why did you leave your last placet
Cook I couldn't stand the dreadful noise
between the master and missus, mum.
Indy What wo the noise about?
Cook The way the dinner wa cooked,
mum. San Francisco Wasp.
"Say!" remarked the transient guest at.
the Grand Arizona Hotel, "haven't you any
napkins around here?"
''Napkins? Nnpklns?" mumbled the
waiter In a puzzled way. "Oh! you're a
detective, aln t yer? I reckon you mean
kidnapers, don't yer?" Chicago Tribune.
Casey O'RaflVrty la a sick mahn. He
has heart complaint nn' consoomptlon.
Murphy Sure, consoomptlon' a bad dis
ease. OiHey It is thot same: but It's slnw.
He'll die av the heart trouble a year afore
he'll die av the loons throublc. Kansas
City Journal.
Dusty Rhoade WIIllo, I hear yer fodder
was a preacher.
Weary Willie He wus dat Dusty.
DuHty Rhoades Well, wld pronpects Ilk
doae how did you come to do d hobo act?
Weary Willie He had a country congre
gation dat paid his salary In oord wood,
an' I had to cut it up Into kindling. Phil
adelphia Telegraph.
AMONG MINE OWT.
"And he said unto him. Say now unto hei
Wouldst thou be spoken for to thi
king, or to the captain of the host? Ana '
she answered. I dwell fmong mine own
people." II Kings, Iv, J.t.
"Among mine own!" This Shunarolte
Knew all of rich content;
She knew that through the day and night
The roads forever went;
That they led to the city wall .
Where merriment and moan
Were mingled In their rise and fall
She stayed among her own.
The many roads that lead away
Stretch far and fulr to see.
On some the pipe and tabor play
And ring with revelry;
Down one the glow of glory wait
For him who fain would roam
The many reads that hold our fate
They also lead us home.
The roads that tempt the wsno'rlng feel
Lead on through scenes that change;
Lend on to where we long to meet
One face that Is not strange.
Perchance they skirt the desert sand
Or meet the flying foam ,
But, lead to whataoever land.
They also lead us home.
The Bhunamlte 'twas hers to go
Where Jewels flashed as fire
Amidst the "broldered garment glow.
Yet she had her desire.
The subtle harmonlex that blent
In cadence round the throne
Dimmed In the carol of content
She heard among her own.
"Among mine own!" Where friendly eye
And friendly hands are mine;
Where humble" songs of pleasure rla
And there are bud and vine, '
And honey bees to search the sweet
Upon the breezes blown
There, satisfied, the heart repeats
The croon: "Among mine own!"
W. D. Nesblt In Chicago Tribune.
SCHOOLS.
BROWN ELL HALL,
OMAHA.
Social atmosphere home-like and happy.
General and college preparatory courses.
Exceptional advantage In music, art and
literary Interpretation. Prepares for any
college open to women. Vaasar, Wellesley,
Mt. Holyoke, Western Reserve University.
University of Nebraska and University of
Chicago, admit pupils without examination
on the certificates ot the principal and
faculty. Thoroughness Insisted upon a es
sential to character building. Physical
training under a professional director.
Well equipped gymnasium, ample provi
sion for out door sports, including private
skating grounds. Benrt for Illustrated cata
logue. Mis Macrae, Principal.
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