TITE OMAHA DAILY HEE: TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 190.1.
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PARTIHB LEAVING FOB ICatMER,
Parti leaving; th elty for
sat t thm reajalarly hy
notifying Th D Business
fflee, in parson as by snail.
Th address will he ehaaged
as nften a desired.
President Roosevelt has a way of put
ting homely truths so that they strike
home.
King Ak-Sar-Ben has his eye on the
1,500 mark on his registration book.
Push it along.
If Champion Jeffries will only keep
off the stage now there may be some
disposition to forgive him.
The sick man of Europe will hare to
be careful or he will be laid up with an
' International summer complaint. '
v Kansas City Is getting a postscript to
its flood experience. It will take some-
uudk stronger man water, nowever, to
down Kansas City. '
As the tailenders of the league, the
Omaha base ball bunch may feel free
to play with perfect abandon the re
mainder of the season.
If the new pope repeats bis distribu
tion of $20,000 Jo the poor of Rome
very few weeks his popularity in the
Yiclnlty of the Vatican will be assured.
Some South Omaha people want to
stir their Commercial club into more
active life. After the Job is done they
might move down to Omaha and repeat
the performance.
It is certainly wonderful what in
genious stories are concocted to explain
the disappearance of the money brought
from home by rural visitors Intent on
seeing the city sights.
If James J. Hill has taken the con
tract to put Governor Van Sant out of
politics, the chances are he will find it
a bigger Job than forcing the merger
through the anti-trust laws.
Nebraska republicans through their
State convention today will record
themselves for President Itoosevelt for
1904 with a unanimity that will leave
no doubt that they really mean it
In loyalty to Omaha, the proper thing
for Edward Dickinson to do Is to take
advantage of Judge Mungers open
bridge decision and bring his Mexico
& Orient road right iuto this city.
Justice Brewer leaves no one in doubt
as to where he stands on the lynching
question and every law-rcspeqtlng citi
seu will have to take the same stand
If the mob spirit is to be eradicated.
If the contractors keep see-sawing for
exclusive rights over Omaha's street
paving much longer tha people will con
clude that the only thing left for tlictn
la to eliminate the contractors alto
gether. Now that the electric light company
Is anxious to secure a contract for light
ing the whole city for the next ten
years, why can't the gas company make
proposals covering the whole city for a
like or a shorter period?
With the prospect that there will be
at least f 10,000 less mouey at the dls
posal of the school board treasury by
reason of decreased revenues the hoard
has raised salaries aud created new
positions that will increase the school
expenses for the coming year by sev
eral .thousand dollars, apparently Indif
ferent as to the material increase In the
tax. levy of 1904, which is sure to ex
ceed this year"4 tax levy by from 2 to 3
mills, or from fiOO.000 to $300,000,
PASaMA CAKAL THBATT RfJECTAD.
The announcement of the rejection of
the Panama canal treaty by the Co
lombian congress is not altogether sur
prising, though certainly disappointing.
There have been contradictory reirts
almost dally in regard to the prospects
for the treaty ever since it was laid
before the congress at Bogota. One day
It would be reported, apparently upon
good authority, that the chances of the
treaty being ratified were good and the
day following it would bo stated that
the opposition to the treaty was firmly
holding Its ground and might succeed
in having it rejected. Only a few days
ago the attorney for the Panama Canal
company called at the State department
in Washington and stated that his
agents at the Colombian capital bad ad
vised him that tho lower branch of the
congress was by an avowed and open
majority strongly in favor of ratifying
the treaty and that the upper house,
which at the outset of the canal dis
cussion was almost unanimously op
posed to ratification, stood nearly one
third in favor of ratifying the treaty
without amendment. The Colombian
diplomatic representative at Washington
was reported as late as last Saturday
to be hopeful of favorable action vn the
treaty, though admitting that the pros
pect was not altogether encouraging.
It has been well known that consider
able anxiety existed at Washington and
It is probably a fact, that rejection of
the treaty was expected by the officials
of the State department The only sub
stantial ground for the hope of favornble
action at Bogota was the attitude of the
people of tho state of Panama, who with
practical unanimity desired ratification.
It has been reported that so eager were
they for this that there was danger of a
revolt in the event of the treaty being
rejected and the feeling there is so strong
that it would not be surprising if a strong
uprising In protest against the rejection
of the treaty should take place. The
construction of the canal would mean
such an upbuilding for Panama that the
people there are not likely to complac
ently accept tho action of the Colombian
congress, dictated as It undoubtedly has
been by mercenary and selfish politi
cians. Petitions were sent to the con
gress from the municipalities of Panama
urging ratification and the fact that
these were disregarded, or exerted little
if any influence, can hardly fail to prove
very exasperating to the people most
Intimately and deeply concerned In the
construction of the canal.
The rejection of the treaty makes It
incumbent upon President Itoosevelt,
under what is known as the Spooner
act to enter Into negotiations with
Nicaragua and Costa Rica and It Is to
be presumed that this will promptly be
done. Terhaps Colombia will propose
the negotiation of another treaty, but
It would seem that the law rormlroa tha
president to proceed at onco to acquire
territory and other concessions foir the
construction of a canal on the Nica
ragua route. The action of the Colom
bian congress, prompted aa it evidently
was by a grasping spirit la likely to
cause a decided change n public opinion
in this country and revive the zeal of
the advocates of the Nicaragua route.
' BO QAIS FUR THE TAXPAYERS.
A prominent real estate owner, who
has been identified with the movement
for tax reform and reduction of mu
nicipal expenses, propounds these ques
tions to The Bee:
1. When will the contracts for public
lighting with the gas company and tha
electrlo lighting company expire?
I. Is there any necessity for a long tin
contract with the electrlo lighting com
pany or gas company?
8. How much in dollars and cents would
the taxpayers of Omaha gain by discon
tinuing all th gas lights and lighting all
of our streets with electrlo aro lamps?
Responding to this inquiry, The Bee
would say that the contract with the
Omaha Gas compauy for lighting cer
tain streets with Welsbach incandescent
lamps will expire December 31, 1903.
Under this contract the city has been
and is still paying $30 for each lamp.
The ordinary gas lights under former
contracts have been $25 a year. The
contract with the New Omaha Thom-son-Houston
company, recently trans
ferred to the Omaha Electric Lighting
company, will expire December 8t,
1905. The price per lamp under the ex
isting contract is $1)4.50 a year. ,
There is no apparent necessity Cor
long time contracts with either the gas
company or the electric lighting com
pany, nor is there any good reason so
far advanced why the contract of the
electric lighting company should bo ex
tended until December 31, 1913, in view
of the well known and overwhelming
public sentiment In Omaha in favor of
municipal ownership of electric lights
and other public utilities as soon as the
opportunity Is afforded. The proposi
tion to substitute electric lights for gas
lamps does not contemplate any reduc
tion in taxes. It is simply nn effort to
monopolize the entire lighting of the
city of Omaha under the plea that the
general public would derive considera
ble advantage from the unification of
street lamps, and that the proposed re
duction of $24.50 a year in the price of
arc lights would enable the city to pro
cure a proportionately larger number of
electric lamps than it now has, although
the total number of electric lamps
would be only , about 1,320 as against
over 1,000 gas lamps, about 500 arc
lamps and 200 to 300 gasoline lamps.
It is claimed on the part of the elec
tric lighting company that the substitu
tion of electric lampi for gaa lamps
would require an outlay of about
$90,000 in addition to the present plant
but even if this estimate Is correct It
does not warrant that either the con'
sumers of electric light or the general
taxpayer will derive any benefit In dol
lars and cents. In a nutshell, the pro
posed monopolization of public lighting
by the eleotrlc lighting company does
not purport to offer any relief to the
taxpayers. The Increase In the number
of electric lamps la carefully figured to
.cover and absorb all tha funds now
paid to the gas company and no reduc
tion in the future levy for pnblle llpht
Ing could be possible during the con
tinuance of the ten year contract.
the traxsmississippi vuxqkrsh.
The fourteenth session of the Trans
mlsHlsslppl Commercial congress will be
gin today st Seattle and conclude on
Friday. The object of the congress is
to consider subjects of special interest
and Importance to the western section
of the country, with a view to sugges
ting and influencing national legislation
for the promotion of western interests.
It has in the past been a very represent
ative body and it is expected that the
congress which meets today will fully
maintain this character, the promise be
ing that it will be largely attended.
Besides, the commerlcal relations of
the west with the Orient, which Is likely
to be tho most prominent subject in the
deliberations of the present congress,
the official call enumerates us topics for
consideration that of irrigation, railroad
rates, Improvement of harbors and
waterways, a government department
of mines and mining, good roads, com
mercial relations with the southern re
publics, the beet sugar Industry, en
couragement of borne manufactures,
statehood for the territories, legislation
for Alaska, the merchant marine, con
sular service, preservation of forests.
etc. It will be seen that this program
furnishes ample material for the con
sideration of the congress and all the
subjects embraced In it are of vital In
terest to the west The whole couutry,
of course, is concerned in these ques
tions, but as to some of them the west
Is particularly so and therefore western
people will regard with especial inter
est the deliberations and conclusions of
the congress. This body has exerted no
little Influence in promoting the pro
gress of the west and will undoubtedly
continue to do so.
WARLIKE PREPARATIONS.
The Balkan situation la assuming a
very grave aspect and while it is be
lieved that war will be averted the con
ditions are such as to make a conflict
quite possible, If not Inevitable. The
memorandum addressed to the powers
by the Bulgarian government is an ex
ceedingly strong arraignment of Turk
ish policy, clearly showing that the
course of Turkey in Macedonia has been
such as to Incite and justify the revolu
tionary movement It Is a statement of
outrages and cruel persecution on the
part of the Turks, based upon Informa
tion officially obtained and said to be
entirely authoritative, which ought to
make a profound Impression upon the
powers and arouse a feeling among
Christian peoples the world over which
will compel the nations to enforce a
change of policy on the part of the Turk
ish government
Meanwhile Turkey is preparing to
crush the Macedonian revolt but in her
effort to do this there is danger that
Bulgaria may become involved. This
Russia and Austria, with the assent of
the other powers, will endeavor to avert
and probably will. succeed in doing so,
since a conflict between Bulgaria and
Turkey would endanger the general
peace of Europe. ' It is thus manifestly
a perilous situation, requiring the most
careful treatment on the part of all tho
European governments. There is evi
dently a vast amount of combustible
material in the Balkans ready to burst
into a conflagration that would have far
reaching results.
Well defined rumors regarding the
pending merger of the Chicago Great
Western railroad with the Chicago, Mil
waukee & St Paul and the Chicago '&
Northwestern have been in the air for
many weeks, but up to the hour of go
ing to press nobody connected with the
projected merger appears disposed
either to affirm or deny them. While
the impression prevails In railroad cir
cles that the victory achieved by the
Great Western in forcing an entrance
Into Omaha over the Union Pacific
bridge has precipitated the alleged ab
sorption. President Stlckney, who Is
now at St. Paul, expresses surprise nt
the report, but refuses to make a state
ment either in confirmation or denial
of the report, and President Earllng of
the St Paul road also refuses to deny
or confirm. This is by no means sur
prising or even significant Whenever
a big politician or a big railroad man is
cornered he most always manages to
evade a positive assertion by refusing
to either affirm or deny well-defined
rumors.
Bryan's projected flight to Europe is
puzzling the democratic reorganlzers.
It Is given out that the primary object
of Mr. Bryan's Journey to Europe is the
study at first hand of the social am
economic conditions of the leading
countries of the old world. Bryan's
personal enemies, however, intimate
that his primary object is to stay out
of the country until after the November
election simply to avoid the embarrass
ment of taking part, or refusing to tuko
part in the political campaign in Iowa
and other states that have gone back
on the Kansas City platform.
To fuse or not to fuse Is the question
that is again disturbing the populists
and democrats throughout the different
Nebraska counties. But it is the same
old question and the answer depends on
the complexion of the returns of the
last election. In counties which are
either democratic or populist by fair
majorities, or are hopelessly repub
lican, the Incentive to fuse is entirely
destroyed, while In counties where
there is a hope of winning from the
republicans with combined forces the
fusion sentiment has been kept alive.
Commerce between the United States
and Canada has grown at a rapid rate
in fact t a rate more rapid than
commerce between Canada aud Great
Britain. Our northern neighbor really
has more in common with us than
with its British cousins. The recent Im
migration into Canada is largely from
the United States, which also serves to
strengthen the ties thst bind the two
countries, and it is inevitable that their
commercial relations will continue to
become more and more intimate.
What Mr. Gorman Forgets.
Atlanta Journal.
Doesn't Mr. Gorman know that official
honesty as an Isssue for tha democrats will
drive most of tho politicians to tha opposi
tion party?
A Pablle Benefactor.
Chicago Tribune.
In order to furnish th publlo mind some
thing with which to occupy Itself during
the Interval between th Corbett-Jeffrle
fight snd the yacht race a kind soul comes
forward with another contribution to the
Bacon-Shakeepear controversy.
Raassnled or Repealed.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The Northwestern Millers' association has
advanced the price of flour 10 per cent Th
public will fork out the difference, wonder
ing, as usual, what has become of that
old law of supply- and demand.
Harh Noise, UtUe Work.
Philadelphia Press.
Th people of this country will soon com
to th conclusion that we could dig a eanal
across th continent from Philadelphia to
San Francisco with less fuss than we are
having with that Panama affair.
Meanest la the Class.
New York Tribune.
Wher could b found a more contemptl
blo rascal than the thief who, under the
cloak of piety, stole the funds of a New
England organization for th aid of aged
and impoverished clergymen? The total
of the principal of this fund was less than
$100,000, and only a few dollars could there
fore be doled out every year to each of th
unfortunate ministers who sorely needed
help.
Perverted High Schools.
Chicago Chronicle.
Discussion of the high school question at
the Northwestern university failed to bring
out one fundamental fact. It is that the
high school as now directed is perverted
from Its original purpose. The high school
was no part of the original common school
system. Stealthily It was tacked on to that.
but the real purpose of the tackera was to
qualify Its students better for bread-win
ning In commercial occupations. From that
purpose It has been perverted Into a feeder
for universities. Soma day th taxpayers
will set tha high school back where it be
longs and will tell th universities to feed
themselves at their own expense.
Where Is Colonel Mossy f
Portland Oregontan.
Again and again, and yet again, the edict
that the range fences must com down has
gono forth from the Department of the In
terior, and still the wealthy ranchmen's
barbed wire fences encircle wide areas of
our publlo domain. This edict, though ful
minated from high place, has come to be
regarded as about as effective as the stern
orders of a politically handicapped chief of
police to his nominal subordinates, enjoin
ing upon them strict attention to duty. If
the fences must com down, as the publlo
has been assured time and again that they
really must, why are they not taken down?
Authority is Impeached and respect for tt
weakened by every order Issued by Its
agents that is Ignored.
Trades for Women.
Boston Transcript
According to all th statistics which are
issued from time to - time, there are no
unsuitable trades for women. At least
there ar very few with which they ar
not Identified, and this fact rather makes
the question of suitability an Idle on if
anyone wants to offer It. General con
firmation of this fact will be found In th
report of the statistics of manufacture
which the commonwealth of Massachu
setts Issued recently. And particularly
convincing of woman's adaptability to
trades of all kinds or of their suitability
for her will be found In the information
that the handling of lumber and th man
ufacture of bricks and of drain pip ar
among her accomplishments. Adding this
bit of news to that which says tha per
cent of Increase In female employes was
greater the paat year than was that of
male employes sets on to wondering what
revelations will be forthcoming In similar
Statistics a decade hence. We think that
the time la approaching when statistics will
not ba th dry and uninteresting things
they have been called In th paat
A WORD IJf MR. BRTAN'S BAR.
Friendly and Gratnltons Advic from
an Admirer.
Washington Post.
It is. of course, Mr. Bryan' t right to
make himself ridiculous, and to alienate
such respectful consideration aa may still
linger In tha minds of thoughtful men.
Nor can any one prevent his selection of
a lot of noisy blatherskites to swell his
retinue and multiply its Idiotic uproar.
Nevertheless, there are many thousands of
honest American citizens who one admired
Mr. Bryan and will now regret th neces
sity for replacing that sentiment with one
of sorrow and disgust.
Ills speech at Urbana, O., on Wednes
day last was silly enough in Itself. There
waa no need to affront and grlev those
who would like to think well of htm by
an Intemperate and undignified personal
attack on Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Bryan Is in
no position to denounce bolters, for he has
made It very plain that he Intends to bolt
himself, should the democratio platform of
1904 Ignore the platforms of IBM and 1900.
Jle forgets that th platform upon which
he was nominated, seven years ago, prac
tically repudiated all preceding declara
tions by the party and launched an en
tirely novel propaganda. If. therefore, Mr.
Cleveland had no right to withdraw in 1896,
Mr. Bryan will be equally at fault should
ha withdraw next year. For him to say
that his Is the only pure and authoritative
democratio proclamation ever Issued by
the party is th most childish and absurd
Impertinence. There wer great demo
crats before he waa born, and there will
be great onea long after he shall have van
ished from this perishable earth. It Is
not what Mr. Bryan thinks, but what th
democracy In convention assembled thinks,
that makes the party's law. He Is a
leader only so long aa tha great mass of
th organization wants him In that plaoe,
and the verdict that seta htm and his
doctrines aside in 1904 will be quit aa valid
and authoritative as that which. In 1896
and 1900, promoted him over th tried and
experienced carlalns of that day.
We have as little admiration for bolters
as Mr. Bryan professes to have. In our
philosophy, the man who thinks himself
better, and greater, and more virtuous than
his party Is a tiresome prig, and when th
man happens to b a beneficiary of the
party he Is aa ingrat to boot. But th
spectacle of Mr. Bryan, with an entourage
of mouthing mountebanks, proclaiming
himself the only tru prophet and de
nouncing all who disagree with him aa
renegades Is a little too much for our
patience and composure. He will do well
to remember that he has already been twice
overwhelmingly defeated, and to consider
that modesty will become him somewhat
better than this fantastlo arrogance.
ROl 3D ABOl'T HEW YORK.
Ripples on th torrent of 1.1 fe In
the Metropolis.
Th New Tork Central company has let
tha contract for enlarging Its trackage
facilities In New Tork City. Tracks are
to bo lowered and doubled by placing one
set of tracks beneath the other, and elec
tric motors will be substituted for steam
within the city limits. The depression of
the main tracks Is to be about twenty feet
below the present level, and twenty-five
feet below that will be another set of
tracks, so as to obviate the present crowd
ing at the existing terminal. The work Is
to be completed in thirty months. The con
tract price Is In the neighborhood of 15,000,
000. The present tracks running to Fifty-sixth
street where' the existing tunnel begins,
will reach th terminal through an open
cut That line, four tracks wide, will nc
commodat th main Una traffic, while
about thirty feet below a tunnel ten tracks
wide will accommodate tha suburban
trains.
Tha underground tunnel tracks will reach
th surface at about Fiftieth street by a
1 per cent grade, and will reach the four
track tunnel now existing northward be
tweeen Fifty-sixth and Fifty-seventh
streets.
Th main station, that is th terminal
for th main Una traffic, will b depressed
ten feet lower than it is at present, and
will extend from Forty-second to Forty
fifth street The suburban station below
will extend from Forty-thrrd to Forty-fifth
street Th low level tunnel will extend
three blocks below Fiftieth street and th
space and tracks there will be utilised aa
storage yards for cars and electric motors.
The suburban station, thirty feet under
ground, will b about 200 feet wide.
At the sal of th diamonds smuggled
Into this country by Michael Lelnkram,
Joseph Goldman of Memphis, Tenn., waa
the successful bidder, paying $24,000 for th
lot. Tha diamonds, several thousand in
number, and weighing from about a fourth
of a carat to about four carats each, war
appraised by the government experts at
$24,900, not Including th duty of 10 per
cent.
Michael Lelnkram when leaving the
Kronprins Wllhelm had the stones hidden
In a flannel abdominal bandage. He was
convicted and sentenced to two years' im
prisonment in Elmlra and to pay a An
of $6,000. William Ooldwasaer, an expert
diamond merchant, put in a claim for th
goods, saying that ha had let a customer
take th stones, presumably to show them
to a Berlin jeweler, and that instead th
customer had given them to Lelnkram and
with tha latter' aid had attempted to
smuggle them into the United States. For
making the seizure tha treasury agent
will receive $8,000, or one-third of tha price
for which tho goods wer auctioned.
If plans submitted to the sinking fund
commission be oarrled out New Tork will
have the most magnificent police head
quarters in the world. They contemplate
a flve-tory, seml-eteel, skeleton frame
structure, covering the area bounded by
Grand, Center and Broom streets and
Center Market place. The walls up to tha
third story will be of buff Indiana lime
stone and beyond that brick. Th who)
will be surmounted by three domes, th
central and chief dome being 176 feet above
th street level. On the fifth floor there
will be separata prisons for men and
women. The cells are to be of steel. Th
estimated cost is $500,000.
Jos Bluehorae, 8 years old, a fullblooded
Sioux Indian, died Monday of last week at
Orange, N. J. He was with a traveling
show and took part in the street parade
in th morning, although then suffering
from pneumonia. During the4 afternoon
his parents piled him with" all the reme
dies available, and finally soma of th show
officials notified Dr. E. G. West hut the
little lad had gone to the happy hunting
grounds before he reached th tepee.
Frederick R. Markwlth of the Orange
morgue was sent for the body. He found
twelve Indian men and squaws with it.
They demurred when Markwlth sought to
take charge of the body, until one of their
number had the matter explained to him.
Then the mother got out Jose's ' most
handsome parade dress. With tiny beaded
moccasins, and dressed the little form.
Markwlth took the body to the morgue.
A tall Indian visited the morgue In the
evening. He explained the proprietors of
the show would not let the parents of the
dead child attend to its burial and that he,
as the lad's cousin, had been delegated
to arrange the details. He asked to see
th body, and Markwlth led him to the
room where It lay.
"Will It be burled with prayer r asked
the red man.
Markwlth told him it would not be unless
the parents or ha remained for the burial.
The Indian took a crucifix from his neck.
He placed the cross In the tiny clasped
hands. Taking from under tho, heavy red
blanket he wore a fancy Indian rug he
spread It on tha table and laid the body
on it. Then he placed a handsome Indian
scarf about th faoe.
. After all this the Indian seemed to miss
something and he told Markwlth that he
must hay some feathers. A new feather
duster was brought, and half a dozen of
the best feathers were taken out and placed
In the child's mocassins and hair. Then
th Indian told Markham he must leave
th room, as he wished to say a prayer.
Markwlth did so and soon he heard the
high pitched voice of tha Indian Intoning a
etcange cant. After that the Indian could
be heard talking as If In prayer, and In a
few moments he opened tha door and
walked out
Ther are 17,000 barbers In New Tork City,
and befor September 1 they must all dis
play signs in their shops containing the
new regulations fixed upon by the health
department Under these rules sponges
and stick astringents like alum ar barred,
and the provision Is made that every cus
tomer must have a fresh towel. Razors
must be sterilised after each attack. Cus
tomers are advised that It Is best to have
their own cups, brushes and razors to
minimis th dangers of cutaneous dis
eases. The rules provide that all barbers
practicing th trad In th city must b
registered, at th Board of Health offices.
"With all that is published about com
fort for tha feet and Improvements, mad
by men in the regular trade," said a shoe
manufacturer in Brooklyn, quoted by the
New York Times, "nothing has been said
about men who make a specialty of exten
sion shoes for cripples and deformed per
sons. It is not so long ago that it waa al
most an Impossibility for a man with a
deformed foot or a short leg to hid his
misfortune. We all, remember the heavy,
thick-soled blocks with high heels, that
mad a man feel almost as uncomfortable
as though he had a wooden leg. Tou see
very few of them now. Manufacturers
have been improving on th extension shoe,
as It is called In th trade, by the us of
springs and other contrivances, until they
can make a deformed foot look very much
like any other foot, unless It la a very
bad case. A man with one leg two or
three inchea shorter than th other can
have a pair of boots made ao that nobody
need know It but his shoemaker. Cus
tomers In our particular line have aa many
pairs of shoes as other men. In calf, tan,
and patent leather, and In all th fashion
able shapes, too. They have to pay about
three times as much for them as men with
both ft alike do; that's all th dlffer-
A CI1EERISU OUTLOOK.
Prosperity Hot Dependent on tho Ti
garles of Speculators.
Philadelphia Tubllo Ledger.
Happily th prosperity of tha nation does
not depend upon th vagarlee and uncer
tainties of th stock market and tl.e ex
plosion of financial bubbles does not por
tend the collapse of Industry, blight to
crops and manufacture and a oaua In
commercial activity. Ther may b lower
ing and cyclonlo weather In Wall street
but beyond It the sun of prosperity Is se
renely shining, and the man "who hopeth
all things" can find 'abundant Justification
for hia comfortable optimism.
The noise of the escaping water and wind
from certain exploitations Is not a fore
warning note of national disaster, unless
tha accredited Indications of national thrift
have suddenly become misleading. Th In
ternal commerce of th country maintains
tha encouraging activity reported in 1901
Trafflo on th railroads, lakes, rivers and
canals Is Increasing. Th latest govern
ment report on Inland commerce la exceed
ingly optimistic On of th great commer
cial agnncles, whose business it Is to pre
sent reliable exhibits of th commercial
situation, reports that railway earnings In
July showed an Increase of 14 per cent over
those of July a year ago, and tha figures
for July, 1902, wer th moat encouraging
ever returned for that month. Another
eommerolal authority declares that th dis
tribution of commodities is already taxing
railway transportation facilities. Th Iron
Age regards It as significant that th traf
flo officials of tb most Important lines cen
tering at Chicago believe that notwith
standing th provisions mad for Increased
rolling stock and power, ther Is reason to
expect that facilities will be Inadequate to
move th merchandise that will be offered
for transportation during th fall:
Indeed, a larger volume of transportation
than ever before Is anticipated, and much
annoyance and loss may be again Incurred
by delaya In transportation.
This Journal says that although the west
bound movement of merchandise waa never
greater than now at this season, few empty
cars ar coming east. Governor Odell of
New York, Just returned from th west,
says that he has never seen such buoyant
contentment and such overwhelming proofs
of prosperity as ho has witnessed there.
The advance In cotton has added millions
to the wealth of th south, for cotton
growers can realli upon their crops at
present prices by sale or mortgage. Des
pite th strikes, which have temporarily
affected operations In certain industries,
and th flurry In Wall street th outlook
for our substantial enterprises Is full of
promise, and will remain promising for a
long time to come. Americans are hop
ful. They readily rebound from real na
tional misfortunes, and are not disposed
to magnify small obstacles In the path of
progress and prosperity.
PERSONAL, KOTES.
If General Miles can resist the aeductiv
offer of the magazine editors he may com
out of it very peaceably after all.
England has sent a team of golf placers
on a tour of th United States. What have
wo done to deserve this, and what can we
do to frustrate it?
The mooting of Senator Hanna and ex
President Cleveland on th same platform
will ba the greatest event of th year in
the heavyweight class.
The work of placing the statue of General
Sherman on its pedestal on the south side
of tha treasury building, Washington, has
been begun and will bo completed in a few
days.
The sultan of Sulu, who is a pensioner of
this government, paid a visit to Singapore
and became so enamored with the delights
of tha place that he wants to liv there.
Singapore has a tenderloin nearly as bad
aa New Tork's.
The Massachusetts statistical bureau finds
that the men engaged In th liquor business
average higher returns than the employes
of any other Industry in th Stat. It is
generally supposed that a saloon keeper is
not In tha bulsness for th purpose of cul
ture. Alfred H. Smith, now general manager of
th New York Central & Hudson River rail
road, began his successful career twenty
five years ago as a railroad man In th
office of the Lake Shore In Cleveland. Then
he Joined a gang of laborers and received
$1.60 a day,
' George Wyndham, chief secretary for Ire
land, who now figures prominently in th
publlo eye in connection with the Irish land
bill, Is sometimes spoken of aa "th knight
errant of English politics," because of his
Instinctive love for forlorn causes. Mr.
Wyndham has written soma pretty verses
and rumor credits him with being th au
thor of a clever novel.
When Emperor William of Germany waa
staying with Lord Lonsdale, a fellow-guest
talking to another across the table, quoted
a Una from Shakespeare, adding th words
"as th divine William said." Th em
peror heard the quotation and, turning to
hla hoat, said, with a pussled look: "Curi
ously enough, I do not remember that my
sainted grandfather ever said that"
Great Art of Legislation.
Philadelphia Pre.
There Is no question but that tho session
of th British Parliament which has Just
been prorogued will pass Into history as on
of the most Important ever held. Unless
the nationalist leaders be greatly mistaken
the Irish land purchase act (for it Is now
a law) will restore Ireland to the Irish and
end the agrarian conflict which lias per
sisted in one form or another since tha first
English conquerors dispossessed the native
clansmen and Inclosed their common lands.
The new land law may properly be enum
erated among th great acta of legislation
like Magna Charts and th Bill of Rights.
Brush
Up
As much as
suit it looks
If you are lucky enough to find your
; size among the broken lines of suits we
have left you can look like a new man for
as little as ? 5.00, $7.50, $10.00 or ?12.50 '
i They are just half price at these figures.
There's only a few of these left and
If your size Is here lt' an unusual
bargain when you consider our
kind of clothing.
All summer Btuffs fixed with moving
prices.
R. S. Wilcox. Manager.
TUB PtOIMST-i ftnWARD.
Wast of Energy and Money In a
Tasaiplag Match.
Chicago Tribune.
Ten thousand peopl paid $3,900 to sea
a man of M knocked out by a man of IS by
a blow In the pit of th stomach. Tha blow
had th usual effect. Tb man who re
ceived It clapped his hand wher he was
hurt and "squirmed around." There were
a large numbsr of people in San Francisco
on Friday who had queer ideas as to what
Is interesting or entertaining, and who were
willing to pay a bls"h prloe for Instruction
or amusement Th drawing power of two
prize fighters Is superior to that of tho most
popular prima donna or actors, but allow
ances must b mad for tha fact that the
gladiators seldom give performances. A
weekly series of entertainments would not
bring in $03,000 apiece. There would be no
such demand aa ther is now for reserved
seats.
It Is said that $23,000 of th proceeds
went to Jeffries. That is $3,300 a round.
Corbett is to get $1U000 to -oonsole him for
his defeat and for th blow which laid Mm
low. In th old days th winner did not
mak so much as he does now, and tha
loser got nothing except when the generous
viotor shoved a sovereign or two into tho
heel of his fist It may b necessary in this'
calculating and mercenary age to giv th
loser enough to cover all training expenses,
whloh must be large, and leave him a fair
amount of net earning. Otherwise It'
might be difficult to find many men who I
would go Into a fight when they had to par
out a good deal' to fit themselves for it
when th odds war against them, as they
wer against Corbett Th lust for glory
and tha champion's belt is not th Incentlv
It was once.
It Is not likely that tha large sum which j
Jeffries Is to pocket as the reward of a few
minutes' hard work and weeks of prepara
tion will tempt many to take up tho flstlo
art as a means of earning a living. It has
tempting rewards for but a few. The prize
fighter usually Is In his prime for only a
short time, unless he can resist the allure
ments of liquor to which so many men who
have been mighty with their fists havo
yielded.
Looking at the matter purely from th
standpoint of dollars and cents, the prize
fighting business does rot pay. From an
economlo point of view it is to ba regretted
that th fore which is exerted by prize- j
fighters In dealing sounding thumps to on
another's bodies could not be utilized in
boiler making, blacksmithlng, or some other
useful occupation which calls for strength,
and skill, and that th 163.000 nald out .
at San Francisco could not ba v been nn
Into a manufacturing plant in that city to
give employment to labor.
JESTS AKD JINGLES.
Nell She has an automobile tonga.
Bell What do you mean?
Neil Oh. she's always running other peo
ple down. Philadelphia Record.
"It 'pears dat de opportunities of dls Ufa."
said unule Kban, "is a heap like llsh. li s,
alius de blgges' ones dal gits away."'
Washington 6 tar.
They saw him emerge from a shop with
me inree-nn.il sign over tne ooor.
"What were you doing In there?'" they
asked.
"Merely passing time away," he replied,
aa hla hand Instinctively sought his empty
watch pocket. Chicago Post.
"So you're a veteran of th rebellion."
said the young man, admiringly. "Tho war
clouds were thick about you when you wer
a youth, weren't they?"
"Yes," replied the veteran, as he en
dorsed th pension voucher he wished to
have cashed, "but they all had their silver
lining." Philadelphia Record.
"When he proposed to me I was delighted,
of course," confessed Miss Ann Teek, "but
I tried not to let my faco show him what
my answer would be."
"And did you succeed?" asked Miss Pep
prey. "No, he found his answer there."
"Ah! read between th lines, I suppose."
Chicago Tribune.
"Lead pencils!" cried the peddler, sticking
his head In at tha door; "want to buy some
lead panolls?"
"No," replied the busy man. "I've stopped
buying pencils; everybody steals 'am from
me."
"Well, these ain't good enough to steal."
Philadelphia Ledger.
"Tes," said young Mrs. Torklns, "Charley
sometimes plays cards, but not for money.
"Indeed?" said the caller, suspiciously.
"Yes. They buy red, white and blue ivory
souvenirs and use them for prizes. It Isn't
so very different from progressive euchre."
Washington Star.
"Say," whispered th arranger-In church,
"what's this collection for?"
"This offering,' replied the man with th
collection plate, "Is for foreign missions."
"That's all right, then," said th stranger,
froduclng a dollar. "I was goln' to say It ,
t's fur the choir It ain't worth It." Phlla- .
dclphla Press.
ABOV T. L1PTOH.
Wm. E. Kirk in Milwaukee Sentinel.
Abou T. Llpton (may his tribe Increase I)
Awoke on night from a deep droiun of
peace v
And saw an angel with a fountain pen
Scribbling upon a sheet of foolscap. TMB
Regaining his composure, Tom sat up
And asked th anjtelio on to have u cup
Of his best tea. The angel shook his head,
"I'm on the water wagon now." he aald.
Abou T. Llpton waved hla hand: "I aee.
But by the way, what writest thou?" said
Th heavenly vision answered, "Well, I ,
HareTm this little sheet. In black and white.
Tha man whosa boat will get the needed
place
Th winner in th coming yachting race."
Th gallant Llpton brightened up. "l'ra
ray
fell."
Ha queried, "does the name begin with L?"
"I'm sorry, said his guest, "It is a shame.
But aa things stand, I cannot writ your
name." , . .
T. Llpton mad reply. "Would I wer It,
But put me down as one who never quit!
The angel wrote and vanished. The next
He called1 on Tom again, but not to write.
Bald he, "I have, on this large, handnoma
chart .
(A fine example of tha engraver s art).
Th name of aom true sportsmen Just
th best."
And lo, T. Llpton' name led all the rest!
you like the old
it.
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