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TITE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19. 1903. Tiie Omaiia Daily Bee. K. ROBK WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. r'ally B (without Hunriay). One Year.. $4 J e1ly B- and Sunday. one Ier J !U! Iliuatratei Hee, One Year J Pnnflay Bee. One Year "r puturriay He, One Year - J-JJ Twentieth Century Farmer. One Yew.. 1.00 DBLIVERED HY CARRIER. r'ally Fee (without Sunday), per mp;.. 'ally Be (without Bwnday), per week. .120 I'ally Bee (Including Sunday), per wee. .10 P'inday Be, per copy "11 VI Z pvanlng Bn (without Htinday), per wee to Evening Bee (Including ounday), Pr vrk t Complaint's' of 'irregularities In de'Jvery hould be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha-The Bee Building. . . South Omaha-City Hall Building. Twenty-fifth and M Ptrcets. Council Bluffs 11 Pearl Street. Chicago 1610 Unity Butlrtlne;. New York Park Row Building. Washington 5fll Fourteenth Btreet. CORRESPONDENCE. 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ST.140 87..,. 8O.170 U..,.,. ....... .37,010 2S 11. ...,.....!. .80,800 .... U.., ,. ..1)0,040 ..... It...... 80,880 ' M.... ... 90,200 , . Total Less unsold and returned, copies. ...80.2IO ...80.310 ...a,7i'o ...80,010 .838,815 Net total sal. ,.8,O07 ,.. 80,783 Net avsrage sales Subscribed In my presence ana aworn to before me tola gist uay of July, A. 1. mi. , . U. U. HUNG ATE. ' Beal) Kotary PubUo. . Pahtucs i.BAVixa rou simmer. Parties leaving; th elty tor eat t thoaa " rearalarly ' X ettfylaaT The Be Easiness effiee. la peraoa or by aaall. i , Th address will lt suaaged ' ; as ftea as dealred. The wild and wooly west Is not Clamoring for an emergency currency. Tbe claims and possibilities of the Ricaraguan canal are again a live topic. Why don't . populists who bellere In fusion Join tbe democrats and be done with ltl There Is political music In the air. The campaign keynotes hare been sounded. Potatoes are quoted at 1 15 conts pound at Dawson, Alaska. Here is chuce4o get .rich quick. ... . . . Fop the present and for some time to come the Chicago Great Western will not be married to any other Iowa roll road. The police reform broom has com menced to sweep the drug stores, and men who dispense soda water with a tick in it will have to reckon with the captain. Tar and broken rock, mixed in specific proportions, may now compete with Other paving materials, but the Board of Public Works draws the line at tar and feathers. The proposed viaduct across the rail road . tracks at South Omaha has be come an imperative necessity, and it is to' be hoped that its early construction Wl not be impeded. Circuit Attorney Polls h" traced back the boodling legislatures of Missouri for twelve years. The starting point of Ute boodling legislatures In Nebraska could be traced back to the first ter ritorial legislature. The water works company haa made a proposition to South Omaha for a ten years' extension. Manifestly the water works company does not expect to go out of business under the Howell com pulsory purchase act. . .B The National Bank of Commerce and the Western National Bank of New York are to be consolidated within the next thirty days and the prospectus credits the bank with a capital of 25, 000,000 and a surplus of $10,000,000. In cidentally it is reported in New York financial circles that the retiring presl dent of. the Bank of Commerce, Mr, Hendricks, will receive' 250,000 aa parting gift Junt to keep the wolf from his door. Omaha still continues to grow in pop ulation. Every habitable dwelling Louse in the ctty is occupied, but the public school enrollment shows a de cline. Why? Manifestly because the public schools have been deteriorating instead of Improving, and the private and sectarian schools and academies in this and other states have absorbed thousands of children that would avail themselves of our public schools If they were of the highest type and standard. Cable advices from Vienna announce that the RuKwlan fleet bound for Turkish waters is not intended so much as rueuiee as to protect the sultan in event of an uprising patterned after the midnight visit of the Servian lullt tary aasiis to the late King Alex sudor. Tliis version of the advance o tho ItusaUn naval squadron on Con stantinople may prove true but it has always been the policy of the uu apeakable Turk to bwsr of Greeks THK FHMTSXT FOtt BKJKCTIOI. According to the advW received by the diplomatic represents tire of Colom bia at Washington, the reason given for the rejection of the Panama canal treaty was the alleged encroachment upon Colombia's sovereignty which it was contended would result from the treaty, tho question of compensation or in demnity, it is stated, not entering into the discussion. It is well known, bow ever, that the money consideration was the foremost matter of discussion when the treaty was submitted, the question as to sovereignty coming up later, wnen was found that objection to tbe mount of money to be paid by the United States would not avail to de feat the treaty. The shallowness of the pretext for re jection on the ground of encroachment upon Columbian sovereignty is essl'.y shown by a reference to the terms of the treaty. After stating the grants sked by the United States, article iv of the treaty says: "The rights and priv ileges granted to the United States by the terms of this convention shall not ffeet the sovereignty of the republic of Colombia over the territory within whose boundaries such right and priv ileges are to be exercised." Nothing could be plainer or more explicit than this, but It is further declared: "The United States freely acknowledges and recognizes this sovereignty nd dis avows any intention to impair it in any way whatever, or to increase its terri tory at the expense of Colombia or of any of the sister republics in Central or South America, but, on the contrary, it desires to strengthen the power of the republics on this continent and to pro mote, develop and maintain their pros perity and independence." , Could any language have been employed more as suring than this of the Intention of the United States to deal with absolute fairness toward Colombia and to In no wise interfere with or impair the sov ereignty of that republic? Out govern ment fully understood ' that the consti tution of Colombia forbids the alienation of any of its territory and the treaty was framed with reference to this con stitutional provision. Nowhere In tbe convention is there a single provision or condition requiring any surrender of sovereignty on the part of Colombia, though necessarily that country would have to make concessions which would abridge its authority over the territory leased by the United States. As was said by President Marroquln, however, in his message accompanying the snb mlHsion of the treaty to the congress. Colombia would be most amply re warded for the concessions asked in the great benefits it would derive from the construction of the canal. In spite of the professed reason for rejecting the treaty, it is not to be doubted that the real reason was the money considera tion. v What the next move will be In not yet disclosed. It is said that the Colom blan government may seek a renewal of negotiations, r but , upon terms not likely to be acceptable to the United States. President Roosevelt is un doubtedly very strongly In favor of the Panama route, but it is safe to say that he is not disposed to accept any terms which Colombia may propose. It would seem to be the plain duty of the presi dent to enter without delay into nego tiations for the construction of a canal on the Nlcaraugua route, the Spooncr act as to this being clearly mandatory, CESTKH Of POLITICAL l.tTtCRIST. Ohio is this year the center of politi cal interest and there is in prospect one of the liveliest campaigns which even the Buckeye state, the arena of many strenuous political battles, has ever known, xnat state elects a governor and legislature and the legislature to be chosen will elect a successor to Senator Hanna. The republicans have nom inated their ticket, headed by Myron T, Herrlck, and it appears to be settlt-d that Tom I Johnson, mayor of Cleve land, will be the democratic candidate for governor. Until recently It was thought that Mayor Johnson would be a candidate for the United States sen ate, but his political followers per suaded him that he could do better for the serice by running for governor aud as he will have full control of the con vention he will have no difficulty la se curing the nomination. His greatest efforts In the campaign, however, will doubtless be directed to the election of the legislature and should that body be democratic he will name the senator, Thus Johnson completely dominates the Ohio democratic situation. ' It is needless to say that Senator nanna Mill manage the republican cam palgn and that it will be done skilfully and Judiciously. The republicans are already well organised and are entirely harmonious, having in this respect decided advantage over their opponents, In whose ranks there. is no little dh Senslon and disaffection. jlBlOTHCn PROM ISC FROM CHI It J. It is announced that Minister Conger has again secured a promise, this tlruo in writing, that a treaty between China and the United -States will be signed In October providing, among other things, for the opening of two ports as urged by our government. - Mr. Conger had been endeavoring for some time to ob tain this concession, which it was nn aerstiKxl Russia opposed, and it has been reported that there was some dis satisfaction at Washington with - the minister, but this feeling will perhaps disappear now that. he has brought about an agreement in a form tliat seems to assure Its fulfllment In dealing with the Chinese govern ment, however, under existing condl tlous. the possibility of a failure of any agreement entered into is always to be considered. In the present case the ports to be opened are In Man r n una ana mat province is now prac tically under Rusulan control. It would appear that the Chinese government lhaa received eUa factory, assurance o the evacuation of Manchuria by Russia in October, yet until evacuation becomes an accomplished fact there will be doubt in regard to the sincerity of Rus sia. If she should not keep fnlth China will-have an excuse for not do ing so. Still the fact of the promise being In writing warrants the belief that ft will be carried out and another Im portant achievement for American di plomacy may be recorded. The open ing of the ports suggested by our gov ernment will, it is confidently expected-, be of very material advantage to our trade with China. wnint in tks BAVinot The Omaha Electric Light company has issued a manifesto wherein it warns the public in general and the taxpayers in particular that "those interested in preventing this city from substituting electric lights for gas and gasoline street illumination at a saving of many thousand dollars a year to the taxpay ers are resorting to many methods to deceive the public and thus array Omaha dtlsens against such a proposi tion." There are three parties Interested In preventing the consummation of the ten-year electric lighting deal. The party of the first part constitutes the overwhelming majority of citizens who favor municipal ownership ; of public utilities in general and electric lights in particular. They are not bo much con cerned about the alleged saving as they are about the frustration of any scheme that blocks municipal public lighting. The party of the second part is the gas company, that very naturally does not want to be wiped off the map by its arc light rival. What the gas company is doing to prevent the electric light company from monopolizing ' all the lighting of the city Is known only to the managers of the gas company. The party of the third part are the people who foot the bills for public lighting, and, so far as we can learn, they have not yet been able to discover where any saving. i taxpayers will be effected by the piwjsed ten-year con tract True, there is said to be a propo sition formulated to materially reduce the cost of electric arc lamps, but that proposition also carries with it the ex clusive public lighting of the city by the electric light company for the same amount of money that is now paid for electric lights and gas and gasoline light ing. In other words, the ten-year con tract, aa we understand it, is simply a proposition to snuff out all the gas and gasoline lamps and put In their place a sufficient number of electric lamps to make up the difference between what the electric company now gets for its lights and what the city Is now paying for all the lights. If that deal were consummated some parts of the city would get better light, some parts would get poorer light, and the fund raised for public lighting would all be absorbed, by the electric lighting company instead of being dis tributed. That la all there la to it, and all the manifestoes and all the caution signals will not alter the stubborn facts one lota. Among the financial reforms ( that are being agitated by bankers all over the country is congressional legislation that will do away with the money order system by the express companies aud the Postofflce department. The" com munity of interests that exists among bankers will, it is believed, enable them by concerted action to bring sufficient pressure upon congress so that tho money order business of the country shall be controlled wholly by the banks. The preliminary step in this direction Is to be taken two weeks hence at the annual meetlnir of the New York State Banker.' association by the passage of , . , resolutions demanding the abolition of the money order branch of the postal service. While the banker will,, doubt less, be able to bring a tremendous pressure upon the national legislature, another element more powerful in elec tions than the money power will un doubtedly resist any attempt to- de prive the people of the benefits of postal money orders. The assessment of Missouri railroads for the year 1903 as fixed by the state board of railroad assessment exceeds $123,000,000, an Increase of more than 4,000,000 over the assessment of the preceding year. The railroads of Mis souri are presumed to be assessed at one-third of their actual value and the mileage Is about SO per cent greater than that of the railroads of. Nebraska, which are assessed for only a fraction over $26,500,000 on a valuation of from one-sixth to one-seventh, while as a matter of fact their assessed valuation Is from one twelfth to one-thirteenth of their actual value, computed either by the aggregate market value of their stock and bond or their net earn ing. A special school for truants of all ages, sixes, weights and sexes is recom mended by Superintendent Pears. Such a school would be very much in the na ture of a reformatory for criminal and vagrant Juvenile, but whether any beneficial educational development could be wrought-by a eparate public school for truants is problematic. Manifestly It would be Impracticable to bring young truant children from the remot est part of the city to a common cen ter unless they were provided with free transportation and a guard to see that they land after they are provided with street car ticket. . Tbe citizen and taxpayer cf Omaha are cautioned by the electric lighting company not to read the nowspapers and not to listen .to any discussion about the pending public lighting propositions before the council has taken action. The right way to bring this about would be to empanel all the cltlxena of Omaha as Jurymen, put them under aUi not to talk to each ther or allow themselves to be talked to by anybody, and above all things to abstain from reading papers or circulars that might prevent them from reaching a conclu sion without bias or prejudice. The wife of a wealthy farmer resid ing in the neighborhood of 8unbnry, la., has been kidnaped and her husband -hns been asked to deposit a ransom of $50,000 a la Tat Crowe. Whether the rich Iowa agriculturist is disposed to emulate the example of Mr. Cudahy by planking down the spot cash in a se cluded spot has not yet transpired. The Iowa laws, like those of Nebraska and other states, have made the kidnaping of children a high crime, but the kid naping of married women waa not thought of by the lawmaker. The charge that government officials in Indian territory have conspired to defraud the Indians by leasing nnd buy ing their lauds at ridiculously low prices Is now being investigated by the secretary of tbe Interior. Revelations' in this regard are by no means start ling or novel.. Land speculator backed by crooked -Indian agents have carried on operations In land leasing and land purchasing on Nebraska Indian reserva tions for year and their rapacity haa only been checked, but not altogether suppressed. This community heartily approves every effort made by the police for the suppression of resorts for thieves and crooks of both sexes, but it is an open question whether the police commission can arbitrarily cancel a liquor license and bar any dealer, however vile, from pursuing his vocation until he 1 con victed of criminal conduct In a court of Justice. The commission cannot make law nor can it forestall the Judgment of the courts, even when acting with the best of motives and for the public good. Baying- th Maoau - Detroit Free Press. Mr. Bryan haa repeated his assertion that Mr. Cleveland is a bunco steerer. One would think that Mr. Bryan would grow weary of quarreling with a man that ' never recognizes his existence. The Wolf and the Laamh. Chicago Mews. If certain official a of the Indian bureau are really engaged in skinning the red brother out of his property the old saw about setting a wolf to guard a lamb can be brought out again and the rust scraped off It. There Will Be Something: Doing;. Chicago Chronicle. x When Russia begins making "urgent and categorical representations" to the sublime pcrte tt la time for the commander of the faithful to get his shooting irons In readiness. There will be tntngs occurring before long. , Costly Ramming? Experiment. Philadelphia Record. It Is believed that the battleship Massa chusetts Clalodged the rock on , which she struck; one of the pinnacle, of Dry Ledge, off Bar Harbor, seems to be miss ing, and It Is supposed that It was knocked down by the Impact of the colliding vessel. A danger to navigation may thus have been removed; but a $5,000,000 battleship is rather a costly Implement to be used in ramming down harbor obstructions. , . Abolishing: a Knlaanee Philadelphia Press.: The managers of the Boeton & Main railroad should be heartily commended for the stand they have taken against the practice of tipping at their depot In Boeton. It had come to be so common and the exactions of the railroad employes were so great that the traveling pubtlo waa seri ously Inconvenienced. It was a usual thing for the station men to hold baek baggage until a tip was forthcoming end oftentimes travelers refusing to tip were compelled to miss connecting trains or leave their baggage behind them. When the situation became known to . the railroad managers they at once posted an order forbidding employes' to accept any tips and naming dismissal from the service of the road as fV VrUn X t'h.Vu J la right, and every railroad In the country should adopt the same course. The tip ping practice la a nuisance and It should be broken up. THE NEW GRAND CHIEF. Reapomalble Dnrtee of the Bead ef the Locomotive Bretherhoed. New York Tribune. The election of a successor to th la mented chief of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Engineers is an occurrence whloh Interests not only all railroad managers and stockholders, but the whole public The new chief, Mr. W. ft Stone of Iowa, whose name la not generally familiar, but whose ' qualifications have doubtieaa been carefully oonaldered by thoae responsible for the choice, will make no aerloua mis take If he faithfully endeavors to follow the example of his predeceaaor. It Is ex ceedingly gratifying to receive the assur ance of the executive committee that no far need be felt of any radical change In tbe policy of the Brotherhood. Mr. Stone, It was officially declared after his election, "will carry out the conservative principles advocated by P. M. Arthur In every essen tial. 'Come, let us reason together.' and Do unto others aa you would that they hould do unto you.' will continue to be the policy of the order." Evidence of a determination to fulfill that promise will surely gain for the new grand chief the sympathetic regard of th country, and In duo time assure to him that full meaaure of respect which Mr. Arthur commanded for many years. - In these days of reckless conduct on the part of not' a few labor organisations, of broken agreements and toleration for law less acts, the course firmly and quietly pursued by Mr. ' Arthur seems doubly worthy of admiration. The locomotive engineers are a fine body of men, and, we do not doubt that a great majority of them heartily accepted his counsels. Yet they might have been misled and demoralised If the authority beetowed upon their late leader had been differently exerclaed. No fact Is more clearly recognised among themselves than that he was the most potent factor In raining- the Brotherhood to the rank which It holds. Fair dealing, good faith, aa acknowledgment of obliga tions to the public. In short, the reasonable view, were things on which be always In stated. Mr. Stone succeeds to a difficult plaoe, all the more difficult In one aenae beaauae of the reputation of Ita recent Incumbent. But, on the other hand, Mr. Arthur left him an Inspiring example and a safe chart. So far, too, aa the publlo Is Informed, the organisation la still faithful to the prin ciples which he laculcated and which the executive commit tea haa - Juat reaffirmed. Under these clrcumatanoee It is to be ex pected that tbe grand chief wlil have a J createrous admialatratHQ A HKW IRELAND. niewlasr VTosaieets Aavroaehlng Real. laatfea Under ihm Land Act. Philadelphia Public Ledger. Today there stands perfected upon the statute books of the British empire a sys tem of leaislatlon that will give the land back to the people, righting, so far as It can be done, the wrong of many centuries and changing the fare of Ireland M no bloody revolution could have changed It. A year that at Its commencement seemed to have no promise or even thought of Ire land among the men and things, the peo ples and policies, with which It would deal, has, scarcely more thau half over, completed In Its behalf one of the moat far-reaching, benign and statesmanlike pieces of legislation ever devised and enacted by man. The act which goes into operation In No vember establishes the conditions Under which landlords must sell their estates to the tenants upon them. The act further provides that the British government shall give to Irlah tenants the sum of $60,000,000, and lend them the further sum of I7U, 000,000, If necessary, with whloh to buy their Janda. The borrowers are to pay per cent Interest, and sixty-eight and a half years are allowed them In which to pay back the principal. That Is to say, Irish tenants will hereafter pay annually as an Instalment of the purchase prioe of the lands they occupy a smaller sum than they have heretofore paid as rent: they will be assured against eviction; they will be given th Incentives and the new dignity of being land owners they will be able to rid their soil of alien or absentee magnates; and, In the course of two generations at the very furthest, will have sole posses sion and ownerahlp of every foot of soil of their beloved lale. . A people of great capacity for exertion, of remarkable cleverness of mind, and even fertility of genlua, wherever the Irish have gone they have prospered; In Amer ica theyvgovern most of our cities for us; In Russia they lead the armies; in Spain they are high among the aristocracy; In Mexico and on the west coast of South America they have taken their ) places among the moat successful captains of vast enterprises. But they ara a home loving people, and the Imagination may be bold In sketching the new Ireland that will rise under conditions which will keep the youth and strength of the race at home and set It to work developing the Island, bringing Its waste places to cul ture, enriching with reawakened Industry its cities and towns and surrounding them with a suburban population living In com fortable and cultured homes. Mr. Justin McCarthy, In the last Fortnightly, dwells up.on the Intellectual and literary beauty, aa well as the material prosperity. Into which the. life of th delivered people may now be expected to bloom. Por there Is a deep undercurrent of the poetlo In the Irish nature; every peasant la full of the memories and legends of lake and stream. Superstitious to a degree, and necessarily Ignorant, the Irish popular nature yet re sponds by a kind of Instinct to the artistic In speech and song. Already there la be ing born a new literature In the handa of such young enthusiasts as William B. Yeats and Ner Hopper, while from every side there rises a call for return to the old language the virile, native Erse. Hap ptest of all, there are signs that the an cient antipathies are dylngf In the good feeling Inspired by the sudden glorious prospects Ulster and Munster, Lelnster and Connaught sat down together In the Irlah national conference In April and united in pledging the satisfaction of the nation with the program proposed by Mr. Wyndham. It la a new. Ireland already. I FRANK JUDICIAL OPINIO!. Jlaraernaan'a PCavin Words Abeaf n Jersey Iziastrr. Kansas City Star. Vice Chancellor Pltney's frank statements as to trust promotion, made from the bench at Newark. N. X, Saturday, are unusual enough to bear repeating. It sounds strange to hear a judge announce that In -his opin ion promoters who sell watered stock for large sums get their money "by cheating somebody." The customary term of "high finance" found no place in the vice chan cellor's vocabulary when he said: "Tou know and I know, and everybody ought to know, that stock is Inflated to unload It upon the public I consider It a fraud and the men who buy are fools.' There Is need of more of this plain talk ing.; Political platforms and party orators may go on to th crack of doom denounc ing the "blood suoklng corporations which sap the life of the republic" and nobody will be hurt. Denunciation Is expected from political sources and little attention Is paid to .It. Bo long as people are content to censure trusts white admiring the men who have grown rich in Illegitimate promotion schemes, the big corporations have little t fear. But when' a judge declares from the bench that a trust promoter who un loads worthless stock la a swindler his statement carries conviction. The phrases "stock Jobbing" and "infla tion" have become so familiar as to attract little attention. It is different when the action which they desorlb Is called plainly a "fraud" and when the promoters are accused of "cheating" their victims. It candor like that exhibited by th New Jersey vice chancellor were more common public sentiment would be sooner awakened to the character of the outrages that are being perpetrated under the guise of "finance." PERSONAL NOTES. Dr. Nathaniel T. Palmer of Brunswick, Me., has practiced medicine tor sixty year. Frank Blnlon, who keeps a hotel In Ver non, Ml., with the aid of his youngest daughter, celebrated his 103d birthday on Sunday, August I. He Is a native of Vir ginia. His father lived te be 104, and his grandfather. It la said, died by accident at the age of 110. The commission consisting of Secretary Root,- Senator Wetmore and General Rug gles. appointed to select a sculptor to de aign a statue of General McClellan, to be erected In Washington, D. C, has chosen Frederio MacMonnles of New York. Tbe statue probably will be placed In the reser vation south of the State department. 8. C. T. Todd, general solicitor of th Standard Oil company, la understood to re ceive, salary and commission, 1260,000 a year If any other man In the country earns as much as this In a similar way It la not gen erally known. J. A. Caaaatt of the Pennsyl vania gets 75,000 a year, that being the largest salary paid to any railroad presi dent In the country. Sir Henry Irving haa been chosen presi dent of the British Empire Shakespeare so ciety, an organisation which alma to help the rising generation "not only to study Bhakeapeare'a works, but to love them." James J. Hill,, who built successful rail roads In the northwest when everyone said he couldn't make them pay, has had a per sonal representative In China looking up the chances for new railroads there. M. Lou bet, president of France, Is r ported to have determined never again to stand for office. In a recent Interview Abel Combarieu, secretary general to M. Lou bet. said: "At the expiration of the period of seven years, for which he was elected, the president will atep back into the ranks. He is a plain dtlsen, whom the people have raised to office for glyen time, but be would consider It contrary to the spirit of the constitution for him to take advantage of his present position in order te aeour re- 1 election," ' BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. Mine and Ineldente Cketehed the Bnot. A Washington correspondent call at tention to a species of graft more repre henalble than any yet unearthed In of ficialdom. It Is difficult to believe thst potty greed could be carried to th ex tent of withholding official news and selling It to favored buyers, depriving legitimate newsgathers of the fruits of their labors In order to Increase the Income of well salaried officials. Tet the correspondent cites instances of iiuch official mlseonduct. Here la a typical case: One grafty official was handling matter every day which would make good reading, but only the minor news was given out to th army of hungry newspaper men, he reserving the cream of the news to be used ever his own name. When business first opened up this official formed a partnership with a mem ber of the local staff of one of Washing ton's papers, and letters ware sent out to leading newspapers offering advance news of the workings of the bureau. Th other neyspapers and press associations were thus shut out by the official syndicate, but there waa a slip of the trolley, and the company failed to do business. Then the official turned his attention to magaslne work and worked It for all It was worth, too, calling to hla asalatanc a photo grapher in th bura and a man Friday, who could .write with the vest. On en occasion th phetographer-olerk was taken from hi work and supplied with phote- graphlo materials at government expense and kept four days taking pictures of old records to be used In a magastn story for1 th officials. This on story of th official's cost Unol Sam: Clark-photographer, four days. official's man Friday, chief of a division, S7.60 a day, four days, tt; stenog rapher and typewriter, four days, U; pho tographic material and writing paper. U-M. making a total of f&.M th government paid out for the privilege of having the bead of the department put hi nam under an article which he did. not writ, but for which he received a good round check. Newspaper men who were familiar with these facts had all th data In reserve with the Intention of laying- tnem before th president, but before this waa don th grafty official stepped down and out. As a general thing, th Washington, newspaper man Is a doolie creature and 'will submit to a great deal of rubbing, but whenhe ee hi legitimate field usurped by such official th limit Is reached. Article published over th signatures of those prominent in official . life In Washington decreased th amount of news that niters through the regular channels, because newspaper men, no matter how alert and enterprising, are unable to cop with the grafty officials, their secretaries, chief of division, and a verbal order that no new muat be given out respecting such and such questions. Perhaps the first intimation th newspaper man haa that thestory I rip Is the advertisement in the dally papers that "Hon. Magaxln Graft, ecretary of the Department of Exclusive News, will tell over his own nam th inside fact of "How I increased My Bank Account' In th July number of th Official Round -Table.' Article fully and beautifully Illustrated (at Government expense) and secured at heavy cost." The secretary tb en of the high officials said to th writer while talking of th diffi cult matter of getting- Inside fact about matters of a news nature: "It would be worth my job if It were known that I said so, but I am sick of this work. I cam - her as secretary.' but I think I will resign In .the fall and enter newspaper work, for th good Lord knows I have had experience enough to make me a pretty fair newspaper, man. Two-third of my work haa been that of preparing articles for magaxlnes and newspapers for th bos, and th other third of my time ha been utilised in manufacturing lie to tell you newspaper fellow to throw you off th track of what is going on. I was told about th answer Dewey sent the editor, and I'd give half my salary If all th high fellows ' were ilk him. - Let' go and wet our whistles In hla honor." Th Clvfi Service commission ha under taken a novel means of correcting abuse In the matter of transferring clerk and other employes In the postal service. A special Inspector ha been sent out, with Instructions from the commission to visit postmasters In a number of central state, coach them in the civil servtcej regulations and warn them against the practices which were disclosed by the recent Postoffice de partment investigation. Not the least remarkable feature of th new methods of correcting abuses of the civil service rules la the fact that the In spector in this cast is a young woman. Mis Caroline I. Griesheim, who has been con nected with th Civil Service commission' office for many year. Her tour embraces the states of Ohio, Indiana, ' Illinois, Wis consin and Minnesota., She will confer with postmasters and I oral civil service board and explain to them th recent modifica tions of the rules whereby it Is Intended to prevent the transfer of clerks from Interior offices to the departments In Washington, and to avoid the employment of employe and clerk In positions outside of th grades to which they ara legally appointed. The occurrence of a number of Irregu larities In Ohio give especial importance to Miss Grleshelm' work In that state. Since the revelations made In the course, of the postoffioe investigation there have been cases of violations of the civil service rules brought to light in the postoffices of Ohio, and It will be a part of tbe Important civil service Inspector' business to report on these. The patent office ha granted thirteen sep arate patents, covering a machine Invented by Elmer Gate of Washington, for meas uring thoughts and feelings In the human intellect. He call It a dlamagnetlo sep arator. The patents are all assigned to T. J. Mayer of Washington. The machine Is said to register- th effect on the body of varying thought state. If the subject be a girl, and a very p repose esalng young man passes before her vision, th moeptlon of th love sentiment causes a rise of tempera ture, which la Indicated by the steam dial attached to the apparatus. If the subject be a woman of more mature years, en grossed in the pursuit of frills and tucks, and the Instrument la applied at the mo ment she receive a message ' from the dressmaker telling her that her appoint ment haa been postponed, and that the foul ard will not be ready until next week, the Indicator la certain to ruah back to "Low," after which It will go to "High," followed, for several seconds, by jerky pause at an tb Intermediary divisions of the dial. Thus th same machine can be used te In dicate the set-up feeling of an editor when he hits off a happy paragraph or of a poet who has found a rhyme for rhododendron, or of a thief who haa annexed a purse. All kinds of feelings will register. Anyone In doubt about whether he Is thinking or whether the process I going on strongly and with vigor, haa only to attach the nip pers to his bumps and watch the Indicator. If he goea to sleep, watching, tb machine will, show It, and when he awakes, he haa only to look at th clock to be sure that he I not dreaming. There la a feeling In high official and act entlfle circle that tbe dlamagnetlo separa tor ha com to fill a long felt want. Pension Commissioner War declares that he is becoming hardened. The clamoring of office Makers and pension grabber hav oad his oailoua. A man who had given hi country a minimum amount of service and demanded a maximum amount of pen sion money called on the busy commissioner recently. In speaking of that particular Case Mr. War remarked: "Good thing for the country and treasury that that fellow didn't hav the nerv dur ing th war that he ha now, or we'd hav to pay him a general' pension." COST OF Ct'P HINTING. Listen's Third Atteaawt Coat Rim Nearly Tbree-Qnarters at Million. , Nsw Tork Sun. Few person hav an Idea what lifting th eup mean In money.- Each of Sir Thomas' efforts ha cost him more than half a million dollar. This time his ex penses are more than they hav been in former years, because he ha kept two racing boats in commission. Th new Shamrock probably cost to build about $200,000. It haa five suits of sails and these cost tSJ.000 each, so that with It sail Its coat Is 1300.000. Extra spars have been needed, more ringing has been used than was first put on the yacht and many other minor expenses have probably brought th cost of the boat up to ttSO.Ono. Shamrock I had new salla and It used soma that were mad for Shamrock II, two year ago. These had to be remit to flt the elder boat. With new rigging . nnd cleaning and painting. It Is probable thst the trial boat ha cost to0,000. There are forty-five men on each of these radrvg boat. Th captain's salaries are I4.S00 each, th officers, 13,000, and forty men on eaoh boat draw about 130 a month apiece. - They have been engaged for six month, so their total Wages will amount ta ri400. In addition to their wag Sir Thomas pay each man a bonus of ITS for string up th yachting- season on the other ld and, coming across the ocean. mi. . , i ' i n v r, i rock wins. It will be much more. This bonus will amount to 1&.000. On Erin th crew coat about - 17,600 and on Cruiser and th smaJler boat about ,000. This make th total cost of men for the ix month $60,400. It costs quit a nlo sum to feed SOS men each day. It I fair to estimate this Item at BO cents a day for each man, so that th total food bill will b about CAOOO. Th yacht will occupy the dry dock al altogether twenfy-two days. - This costs 1304 a day, making th total $4,600. There are many other charge In connection with th dry dock. Men hav been hired to paint th yachts, other hav been em ployed to make changes and repair. Ball nd spars hav been stored and tighter and derrick hav been used to step and unstep th tnae-ts. It 1 said that $15,000' will about oover the expenses at th dry dock. When It waa decided to bring (Shamrock X across it was found necessary to hav n extra convoy. Krtn could not do the work of tb two racer, Sir Thoma bought the tug Cruiser for about $73,000. Her ha ha chartered a barge and a houseboat, and engaged an excursion temr to tak hi guest down to see the races. AH this will add $20,000 to hi expanses. This makes the total cost of trying to lift the .cup, $638,000, and not a cant ha been charged up to entertainment. x During th races Erin will' be orowded every day. Ever since the yachts arrived her there have been parties of friends aboard and many guests have been brought from the other aid to live on Erin. It Is fair to say that Sir Thomas' bills will total $700,000. LAUGHING GAS. Checks Is Bill workln' nowT Stripes Not him! He's got a Job In de city hall I Cleveland Plain Dealer. A good many people hare had appendicitis who didn't even know how to pronounce It until they wer taken down Bomervlll Journal. "Maria," uddenly announced Mr. Wil- Jams, "I M.ocO In may aa wen ten you I have lout steel stocks within the last few weeas. ' - "I suppose that settles It," moaned Mrs. Wlljams. "I can't have the hay fever this year I" Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Watkyns The Bjohnson are not In real society, are theyT Mr. Wylkyns Mercy, not Why ' they have show books on a marble top center table in the parlor, Boraervllie Journal. - "Are you the man who wrote the beauti ful sonnet In the newspaper?" asked the lady enthuslaat. "No, madam," sadly replied the aricsled person. "I am merely the man who con ceived the Idea. The proofreaders wrote It." Toledo Blade. "That summer boarder eanght some fish' this morning," said Mrs. Corntoeael, "Hays he threw his line Into a school of 'em." , "Any flab, that was foolish enough to let him catch 'em didn't belong to a school," rejoined her husband. "That must hav been an asylum." Washington Star, Old Employe You know a well as X do that I have been as faithful as clockwork In your employ. Old Bmployer (bitterlr) Tea, Just exactly as faithful as clockwork. You struok every time you could end never gave more thnn five minutes' warning. Baltimore Amari- "You don't turn your horse out to pas ture?" "No; I give them their grass th French way." i "How la thatT" "Why, In the barn a la m owed. Chicago Poet. , i SWIMMJXO TIME.' Field and Stream. Other day we went a-ewlmmin', in "n Tom n Bill. Down to th' deep hole In th' crick right by Klmpklns mill. Oset We had a pile o' fun a-layin' In th' sand 'N buryln' one 'nother where th' sun was hottest and Then we'd run, jump In again haadfo'mo Ilk a frog) 'D.you aver do that? Tom says "War to learn to swim is not to fool eroun' Where y' kin touch, but go right out wher' y' gotta swim r drownd. I tried ft other day 'n sunk juss ' eulok 'a lead 'N third time I waa goln' down Tern got me out 'n said. F I hadn' been here you'd a drowned ' what you'd a done." 'D you ever do that? Ma says lust th' jruther day, "If comln dog days time. You stay at home ffm swlmmln' now, for th' crick is all green slime." I don't see why a feller can't go awimmln' when it's hot. But Mn tsys. If I do I'll git plsened Ilka aa not, So I don't stop to ast no more, but Jus go down 'n go In. ') you ever do that? 1hr day' Ma says t' m when she see my hair all wet, "What you been a-doln' now? Swlmmln' again. I bet!" Nen geel I hatched It! 'N now I dry. my hair all good 'N comln' home I jus step 'n split up a little wood Out 'n th' shed so Ma'll think I'm wtln' co It's hot. D you erer do that? SCHOOLS. OROUIIELL HALL, OMAHA. ' octal atraoepher home-Ilka and happy. General and sollege preparatory courses. Exceptional advantages la musio, art and literary Interpretation. Prepares for any collage open to women. Vasaar, Wellesiey, ML Holyoke. 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