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The address will' be changed
as eftea as desired.
Sir Thomas Lip ton should feel per
fectly free to try again whenever he Is
so disposed.
The Pacific coast salmon pack Is said
to. be short a million cases. Boarding
house Inmates should take due notice.
If the city can use its own streets
for a market house, It can also tine Its
own streeta for an electric lighting In
stallation.
unanging specifications without n
cbauge of price- is a very common prac
tice with contractors for public works
who enjoy a pull. '
Tho Nebraska State fair has generally
managed to keep on good terms with
the weather clerk and this year will
probably be no exception.
Any one who wonders what's the
matter with Nebraska can have his
mind quickly disabused by taking in
the state fair at Lincoln this week.
Before the county board undertakes
to straighten out the crooks in the Elk
horn river it will havo to straighten out
the crooks in the Elkhorn river bridge.
To file or not to filethat is the
question puzzling a lot of republican
patriots who are not sure whether to
bank their money on their popularity.
One of the eastern capitalistic mouth
pieces objects to Labor day as a class
holiday. As if there were any one who
amounted to anything who did not
labor.
It appears that the only paving
specifications that will suit the demo
cratic members of the public works
board are specifications drawn or
O.-K'd. by a particular set of con
tractors. The Omaha hyphenated has declared
'Itself as opposed to a long-time contract
for electric lighting. Are we to under
stand that it is opposed to a ten-years'
extension, but would favor a five-years'
extension?
Friends of the Panama canal in Co
lombia think they perceive a mora fa
vorable feeling for a new treaty. The
people of Colombia have to make up
their minds one way or another before
long if they want to do business with
Uncle Hum.
One of the populist organs indulges in
a lengthy disquisition on populist politi
cal ethics. After the record populist
office holders made In this state. It will
take more than our most powerful
jiilerosiHipe to discover any traces of
ethics in tho Vks"! they left their party.
That soif nppolnted democratic judi
cial convention seems to have worked
so well that the same trick might be
turned just as easy with the demo
cratic county nominations. Why give
the rank and file anything to say when
the machine bosses can handle the thing
without assistance?
Superintendent Fowler's annual encyc
lical to the school teachers of Nebraska
contains a lot 'of recommendations
good, bad and indifferent. If the state
nuperlutendent would take up a few
potnta at a time that properly come
r within ' Ids jurisdiction lustead of
spreading out over the whole field of
school administration and school policy
1st would accomplish mors.
STATKSMAZDKC CUVS8EU
In an address a few days ago' Gov
ernor Odell of New York urged that It Is
the duty of every citizen to regulate his
conduct with reference to tho general
public Interest and welfare and to ob
serve those principles which mean the
greatest patriotism obedience to laws
upon which depend the stability of our
government. He said that a man may
fight the battles of a country against
foreign foes and still, by his disregard
of the statutes of the state, encourage
among those whose ideas of government
ore crude, doctrines which mean de
struction to thut which - he himself
helped to create. "Mutual forbearance,"
said Mr. Odell, "a respect for the rights
of all, will make more certain our ef
forts and bring us a realization to the
fullest extent of that which awaits en
ergy, ambition and labor."
A like thought was expressed by
President Roosevelt in his Labor day
address at Syracuse. He declared that
it is all essential to the continuance of
our healthy national life that we should
recognize community of interest among
our people, that the welfare of each of
us Is dependent fundamentally upon the
welfare of all of us and that In public
life that man is the best representative
of each of us "who seeks to do good to
each by doing good to all; in other
words, whose endeavor It Is, not to rep
resent any special class and promote
merely that class' selfish Interests, but
to represent all true and honest men of
all sections and all classes, and to work
for their interests by working for our
common country."
This is sound and statesmanlike coun
sel and 'If generally heeded would do
away with most of the evils and abuses
that demoralize alike our political and
social life. The first and paramount
duty of the citizen, as urged by Gov
ernor Odell, Is obedience to the laws
ond a proper respect for those who have
been given authority to execute the pop
ular will as expressed in law. Only thus
can the preservation of social peace and
order be assured. The disposition to
disregard this obligation of good citi
zenship has become far too general in
recent years and is rightly viewed byx
thoughtful men as a grave danger to
our Institutions if allowed to go on un
checked. Disrespect for law in this
country, manifested in various forms,
has brought upon the United States the
reproach of being the most lawless
among the civilized nations. There can
be no question as to the soundness of
Mr. Roosevelt's statement that "the wel
fare of each of us Is dependent funda
mentally upon the welfare of all of lis,"
but It in not an unreasonable suggestion
that before this shall be so generally
recognized that each will endeavor to
promote the good of all there must come
a pretty radical change in human na
ture. Relflshness is still and perhaps
to a greater extent than ever before the
Impelling and most 'potent force in liu
.man affairs and will undoubtedly con
tinue to be indefinitely. Yet this fact
does not militate against the wisdom
and soundness of the president's view,
which it is well to have presented to
public consideration, even though there
be no promise of its early realization.
Certainly such counsel as that of the
president and Governor Odell ought not
to be altogether fruitless.
WORK FOU AsJW BUR C AC.
Not much has yet been made public
regarding the operations of the new bu
reau of corporations, but it may be
confidently assumed that It is not idle
and that in due time the country Will
hear of developments which will not be
without interest. It takes time to prop
erly put a bureau of this character, with
its entirely new machinery and duties,
into working order and Secretary Cor-
telyou and Commissioner Garfield are
careful and conservative men, who will
proceed in carrying out the law in a
way not likely to cause distrust or dls
turbance.
, In a recent article the Philadelphia
Public Ledger, commenting upon the
course of the anthracite coal comt lna
tlon in reducing production and raising
prices, remarked that the bureau of cor
porations could make no better begin
nlng iu the performance of its duty than
lu investigating the Coal trust, which
has an entire monopoly and enforces it.
"If there was need for the president to
intervene in 1002," says that paper,
"when he had no constitutional warrant,
Is there .not now stronger reasons why
the bureau should get to work in the
coal field and crush the monopoly by
the strong hand of the law?"
In regard to the policy of the anthra
cite combination, shaped to make the
public pay for the cost to the operators
of the last strike, the Ledger points out
that after the 1000 strike coal was ad
vanced BO cents a ton. "The months
wore on and the consumers found that
the 60 cents extra was. a fixture. The
annual production of anthracite was
then from 55,000,000 to 00,000,000 tons
and the consumers began to contribute
an added rrofit of anywhere from $0,
000,000 to 130,000,000 a year. The 1002
strike followed and although the op
erator! were collecting an exorbitant
price for coal from the public, an addl
tlonal 50 cents went on top of the former
penulty' which the public must pay
The production Is now 60 000,000 tons.
There was a 10 per cent increase in
miners' wages and other slight Increases,
which make the cost of production a lit
tie higher a few cents a ton, perhaps
and the Coal trust ia exacting annually
a dollar a ton on 00,000,000 tons from
the American public more than wa
raid previous to the two strikes."
The situation shows most conclusively
the existence of a combination, or what
Is practically a trust, which controls ab
solutely the production and the prlcn of
anthracite coal. There is not a shadow
of doubt In regard to this. Mines lira
closed and prices are advanced by a ftw
men and thus tbre Is as complete a mo
nopoly of the anthracite coal fields a
can te conceived of. One of the great
J t public necessities Is subject to ths
I management of men who have little
concern for the public Interest ami are
governed chiefly by their own cupidity.
here would seem to b no question as
to Oie duty of the bureau of corpora
tions to Investigate this combination and
scertaln if. possible the nature of its
organization and its methods, to the end
that he president and congress may be
advlned as to whether or not this for
midable and dangerous trust can be
dealt with by national legislation.
KB AM HOSPARTISANSBIP.
Honest nonpartisanshlp on the bench
would commend Itself to good citizens
of all political creeds, but sham non-
partisanship must fall to command
popular respect or confidence. The pre
tended nonpartisan judicial ticket incu
bated by a handful of lawyers and
nominated by the democrats will fool
nobody. .It Is a poorly concocted
scheme to trade the places on the dis
trict bench for the supreme judgeship.
Incidentally it is presumed to be a mas
ter stroke of political diplomacy by
which the votes of a considerable num
ber of dissatisfied republicans can ' be
pooled on the two lonely democrats
who hats been labeled nonpartisans.
While both of tha democratic candi
dates are reputed to be fairly qualified
for judicial positions, the fact that the
democratic convention harnessed them
In with five members of the opposing
party is not very complimentary to the
democracy, even if the republican can
didates had any special claim upon
democracy.
It is a notorious fact that each of
these five candidates had been a candi
date for a straight party nomination in
the republican Judicial convention. It
well known that up to the time of
that convention none of these men pro
fessed any sympathy with the demo
cratic party, and one of them at least,
Judge Dickinson, had been elected in
opposition to a nonpartisan ticket eight
years ago, and in opposition to the reg
ular democratic nominees four years
ago. Only a week ago he voluntarily
addressed a republican ward club and
sought to Impress upon its members
the idea that he was still and will con
tinue to be a republican partisan. There
can be no doubt that had he been suc
cessful In securing a republican nomina
tion, he would not have troubled him
self much to get a democratic non
partisan nomination.
Manifestly, therefore, the democrats
have simply made themselves a harbor
of refuge for two rejected republicans
who will be pitted as much against the
two democrats on the ticket as they
will be against the candidates on the
republican ticket. If democratic leaders
imagine they will strengthen their party
by this gauzy pretense of nonpartisan
shlp, they will find themselves out on a
rainbow chase.
It is not uncommon for misfit lawyers
to propound questions to witnesses that
draw out testimony against their
clients and .frequently prove fatal to
their case. The seal of the World
Herald to make a case in favor of Judge
Sullivan belongs to the same category.
Commenting on the, attitude of The Bee
n relation to the public lighting
monopoly, Judge Sullivan's fool friend,
the editor of the World-Herald, says:
In his brief before the supreme court
(the railroad assessment case), the
editor of The Bee declares the people
must stop electing to office the men
nominated by the railroads, and yet we
find Mr. Rosewater giving cordial sup
port to Mr. Barnes, a man whom Mr.
Rosewater well knows was chosen as
republican candidate as judge of the
supreme court by the railroad lobby."
Will the World-Herald kindly inform
the people of Nebraska where Judge
Sullivan stood in that famous railroad
tax case? Did be stand for the people
or for tho railroads? If Sullivan had
stood for the people, we feel sure .the
people would have stood up for Sulll
van, and The Bee would have cham
ploned his re-election, but Judge Sulli
van preferred to make his bed with the
railroads and the people will let him
repose In peace.
Popocratlc critics of the administra
tion are now trying to find fault with
the new Department of Commerce be
cause "it provides places for 10,143
henchmen of the party in power." They
are careful to omit the fact that more
than ninety-nine one-bundredths of the
government employes subject to the
new department were simply transferred
from other departments, and that in
point of fact the aggregate number of
employes In those departments has been
reduced rather than Increased by virtue
of the consolidation. A little dis
crepancy like this, however, cuts no fig
ure with political color blind carpers
bound to manufacture political capital
with or without a foundation of fact
What President Garrett of the Indian
Rights association says of Indian in
spectors whitewashing crooked Indian
agency officers after accepting the hos
pitality of the men whose conduct they
are. sent to investigate, or taking evi
dence only from among the friends of
the beclouded officers, touches a vulner
able spot, not only with reference to
the frauds In the Indian territory, but
with reference to sons of the Jobbery
perpetrated on the Inllan reservations
In this state. Reform in the Indian
bureuu service will not be thorough un
less it Includes all the different Indian
agencies.
Teople who favor municipal owner
ship of public lighting, aid thfft means
0.1 per cent of the citlzeis of Omaha
Irrespective of party, will not, we feel
sure, countenance or condone any ex
tension of-the electric lljfhtlng coutract
beyond its present tern'.. What relates
to the electric llgjit contract also re
lates to the gas contra'-t. If the city Is
to have Its own lighting plant within
the next three years., no ' contract for
gas light street lumps should le entered
Into that would eiteni beyond January
1. loot'., when the electric lighting con
tract expires.
And now the Nebraska senators are
accused of turning a trick in the plat
form committee of the late republican
convention by which the reciprocity
plank was tossed over the transom
without ceremony by a vote of 4 to
2. In view of the fact that the Ne
braska senators were from 4,000 to
8,000 miles away from Lincoln when the
committee was in session, and hsd not
been in the state for months, their In
visible influence must have been ex
erted by wireless telegraphy.
When The Bee intimated some weeks
ago that this year's state campaign
would narrow down between Robert E.
Lee Herdman and some republican
dark horse, the World-Herald scornfully
resented it as a reflection upon popular
Intelligence, but strange as It may seem
and yet nevertheless true, thex World
Herald now declares that Barnes snd
Sullivan are lost sight of in the contest
over the f 12,000-a-year supreme court
clerkship plum.
If any democrat in this Judicial dis
trict can figure out how either of the
two democrats on the sham nonpartisan
ticket can be elected when they are
running against five republicans on
their own ticket and four republicans
not on their own ticket, we would like
to see the white of his eyes.
m ip.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The price of hard coal has been raised
again, probably owing; to the fact that the
people who furnish It havo an Idea that,
some of the consumers are basely hiding
money away.
A Lone-Felt Want.
Chicago Post.
. Bishop Joyce's refreshing- suggestion that
our theological schools need a chair of
common senso might apply to every part
of our educational system, from the grades
up. There v Is nothing more generally
needed today than systematic and earnest
Instruction in common sense and common
honesty. -
Fsmoai Gallery Spectacle. '
Washington Post.
It is seml-offlclally announced that no
matter what changes Speaker Cannon may
make In the house committees, the galleries
will not be deprived of the daily delectable
treat of seeing Sereno Payne of New Tork
smilingly and somewhat pompously pre
empt the first aisle to the left of center
and "move that the house do now adjourn."
Put on the Brakes.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
In some parts of the country It seems
that In granting licenses to run automobiles
there should be more particular examina
tion as to common sense than as to knowl
edge of steam or electricity. The ownership
of one of these horseless establishments
seems to Imbue a man with the desire to go
through the streets at the speed, of a dog
with a tin kettle tied to his tall.
American to the' Core.
Louisville Herald.
Louisville has a stronger claim to be con
sidered "the American city" than Philadel
phia. The percentage of the letter's foreign-born
population Is 22.8. Louisville, out
of a population of 104,731, has 21,427 foreign
born, or 10.6- per oent. Cincinnati's foreign
born ' people are 17.8 per cent, Cleveland's
S2.6, Pittsburg's Jit. Philadelphia draws
most of its population from Pennsylvania,
whose population Is 84 per cent native-born,
against 97.3 per cent for Kentucky. Of Ken
tucky's total population, 2.147.174, there were
In 1890 reported 1,8S5,33S born In Kentucky
Itself. The total native population of the
state was 2.0D3.295. Kentucky la thus Amer
ican to the core, and Its busy and beautiful
metropolis, American, too. In every sense
of that jioble term.
Dot He Didn't Conch Cp.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Secretary Shaw came and we waved our
napkins at him and said privately and In
public that he was one of the best secre
taries of the treasury that there ever was,
but the secretary did not appoint a dis
bursing agent for that $5,000,000. He said
this Is no matter of sentiment, but a plain
business proposition." The money will be
forthcoming In good season, though one
needs to count carefully when one Is spend
ing $5,000,000.' Secretary Shaw was taken
into a high place and shown all tha king
doms of the earth, strung along Sklnker
road, or soon to be so, and he greatly liked
the view which has at present as the
terminus of Its perspective, the car sheds
of the Transit company. These are, how
ever, to be quite concealed by Adolphus
Busch's Tyrolean Alps. "Beyond the Alps
lies the car barns." Before the secretary
went away he told us our universal expo
sition was going to be the finest sver seen.
19 THERE A HARD COAL TRTJSTf
Pertinent Inquiry Renphlna; Down
Into the Porketbook.
Chicago Post.
We have grown so Into the habit of speak
ing of trusts and fancying that we can see
a trust In every industrial combination
that It may sssm the height of absurdity
for anyone to question the existence of an
Anthracite Coal trust. Of course, all ordi
nary evidence favors the belief that such
a trust exists, but when we Inquire Info the
matter more closely we find that the gen
erally accepted definition of a trust does
not apply to the hard coal arrangement
In the first place, the father of all trusts
the Standard OU company has assured us
repeatedly that Its chief purpose is phll
anthroplc; It was formed with the object of
cheapening kerosene and other petroleum
products to the consumer. The hard coal
operators cannot plead guilty In this par
ticular. Again, a trust is something against
which the antt-trust laws of the nation and
the several states operate. But none of
these has interfered with the activities of
the anthracite coal producers and carriers.
The coal operators control the source of
hard coal supply, tbey control the means of
transportation and they control the retailer.
They .have suspended the law of supply and
demand, for tbey can tell to a cent months
In advance Just what tha selling price of
coal will be, no matter what the amount of
production or the percentage of consump
tlon. Only recently they have said that
they were over-producing and might soon
have to close mines and restrict operations,
but surely this cannot be true in the face
of the automatic,- predestined advance In
the price of ooal. Overproduction cannot
raise prices.
Ths coal strike costs the operators about
10 or IS cents a ton to pay Increased wages.
but the consumer Is charged tl a ton mora
today than he was Just before the strike.
If the production has exceeded the de
mand, how are we to account for this dif
ference of SS or to cents a ton If there Is
no hard coal trust?
H Is all very puxsllng. Must ws. In spite
of these conflicting views, conclude that the
anthracite combination is one of the most
perfect monopolies this country has seent
IAMPI.R OF JKRSF.V Jl STICK.
Maaasjlna- Directors of Corporations
Hot Crlmlaallr l iable.
New York Tribune.
It may be said without disrespect to
Chief Justice Gummere and his colleagues
that Intelligent and right-minded cltlsens
of Newark and neighboring towns who
have watched the proceeding! In the trolley
accident esse with deep Interest would
have been better contented with the result
if the court had permitted the Jury to
exercise Its functions, Instead of ordering
a verdict of acquittal. Doubtless the court
possessed full authority to do what It did,
but so much competent, evidence had been
put on the record In support of certain vital
points presented by the prosecution that
it Is not altogether satisfactory to have the
court dismiss those questions of fact as
not merely unproved, but unworthy of the
consideration of the Jury. We do not care
at present to refer to these Issues In detail
or to the unfortunate circumstance that
the case was tried under an omnibus In
dictment which made no discrimination
among the defendants, but It seems desir
able to call attention to one of the con
ditions which Indisputably existed when
trolley car and locomotive crashed together
In Newark last February.
The chief Justice, in saving the jury the
trouble of finding a verdict, said the state
had not shown that the front platform of
the trolley car was so crowded with pas
sengers as to Interfere with the motor
man's use of the brake. Nevertheless, the
front platform was crowded, and It was
crowded In violation of an express rule of
the company, as counsel for the defend
ants took pains to show. That Is a matter
of general Interest,, for It brings to mind
the fact that the same regulation la com
monly made by street railroad managers
only to be broken with their connivance
by their employes when circumstances
render the breaking of it profitable to the
companies. A little incident which happens
to be within our knowledge supplies an
Illustration of this familiar policy. A
woman riding In a closed car of the Metro
politan company had with her a little girl
who was sick and faint, and whom for
that reason she led out on the front plat
form for the saKe of the fresh air. It
chanced that the car was not full and
therefore the woman snd the child were
ordered to the seats they had left by tha
conductor, to whom the case was explained.
In our opinion he did right, but doubtless
a few hours later that same car carried
as many passengers on the front platform
as it would hold, because seats and stand
ing room Inside were Jammed and the
conductor knew the company wanted him
to collect as many fares as possible.
If In old times the occupation by passen
gers of the front platform of a slow horse
car was not particularly objectionable. It Is
certain that the front platform of a heavy
trolley ear, moving swiftly through streets
In which there has been an enormous In
crease of traffic, should be reserved ex
clusively for the motorman, whose attention
ought not to be diverted from his duties for
an Instant, and who ought not to be sub
jected o the slightest risk of physical In
terference. The rule nominally requiring
such conditions to be preserved la proper
and necessary, but it Is a piece of Impu
dence to pretend that It Is Inviolable so
long aa there Is no sorld motive for viola
ting It, snd then to permit, or instruct, em
ployes to disregard it utterly when iilcke's
are waiting to be collected from more pas
sengers than the Inside of a car will hold.
Whether the motorman of the trolley car
which was shattered In the Newark tragedy
was or was not hindered In applying his
brake by the children surrounding him, the
regulation cited In behalf of the defendants
in the case ended yesterday was wilfully
and recklessly violated on the 19th of last
February, as It had been hundreds of times
before. ' Has it been scrupulously enforced
ever since? Are similar regulations habitu
ally enforced on any street car line at the
expense of the company?
PERSON At; NOTES.
Paul de lAieaan, father of the famous
opera singer, Zelle de Lussan, has Just died
at Folkstone, F.ngland. 1
President Harper has declared that the
students of the Chicago University Dra
matic club shall not wear tights. That's an
Institution which needs no press agent.
A Chicago millionaire, wise and weary
In his experience of the world, and at an
age where follies and foibles are Imprac
ticable if not distasteful, has given $1,000,000
to his relatives Just to see what they will
do with It. Just watch em.
Mr. J. P. Morgan has offered to ray
$400,000 for a certain Oriental vase, eind he
was not In his cups when he made the
offer. Such a treasure will be a good thing
to have unbroken about the house, what
ever befalls the shipping trust.
Prof. Max Puchat of Paderhorn. Ger
many, who bears the title of musical direc
tor to the king, has been elected director of
the Milwaukee Musical society from seventy-eight
applicants. He was a pupil for
a number of years of Frans Liszt.
Otto Goldschmldt, the surviving husband
of Jenny I.lnd, once renowned as "the Swe
dish .nightingale," recently celebrated his
seventy-fourth birthday. He la living
quietly on the English estate the songstress
purchased with the proceeds of her Ameri
can tour.
An Iowa editor had an auction sale of
delinquent subscribers" accounts. The
amounts averaged along about $2.50 or S3.
The sale afforded a real opportunity to
test the credit of some who had failed
to pay the editor. One account was knocked
down for two matches.
It Is astonishing, tha unanimity with
which the members of the United Order
of Humorists throughout the country are
declaring that the situation In Asiatic Tur
key Is Syrlo-comlc, or at any rate less
Svrlous than was supposed. There are
five ways of spelling Beirut and fifty ways
of turning this ancient Jest.
Emerson Enterprise: Bryan and the Kan
sas City platform were not turned down
at the democratic state convention because
the delegates were overawed by the ma
jestic presence of Colonel Bryan. It would
have bean Interesting, however, to have
taken an Australian ballot so the delegates
could have voted their true sentiments.
William Mackabee, an Inmate of the
naval home In Cray's Ferry road. Philadel
phia, and the oldest living veteran of the
American navy, will celebrate His one nun
dredth birthday today. He was born In
Baltimore and went to sea in 1833 when
12 years old on the old frigate Constitution
D J ring the civil war he served on Penn
sylvania. Stanton Picket: There Is no fusion in
Nebraska this fall (?). It so happened
that two distinct conventions, held at
different places and aided by long-distance
telephone, mutually recognised the superior
Qualities of the same men for like posl
tlons and nominated them. It was a clear
case of great minds running in the same
channel for ths public good. Perhaps the
fact that -both inventions were held on
the sams day was merely a coincidence.
Perhaps?
Fremont Tribune: Frank Reavls of Falls
City has achieved a notable political vic
tory. He has Just been nominated for ths
position of district Judge, against a strong
faction and lively opposition In his home
county. He was assisted at the nominat
ing convention by Congressman Hlnuhaw
who Is one of the llvest political wires
la Nebraska. Mr. Reavls will have hearty
support for the election, lie will be ele
vated. to the bench and he will make a
satisfactory and creditable Judicial officer.
DOINfi IT4 THE ARMT.
Items of (ieneral Interest Gleaned
from the Army ana Xavy Register.
Major John F. Oullfoyle, Twelfth cavalry,
of .the board detailed to revise the small
arms firing regulations found his visit to
the range at Fort Sheridan last week a
profitable one. He went there to tnlk over
the new regulations with the competitors
and obtained views at first hand of what
further changes were desirable in tha vol
ume on this subject shortly to be published
by the War department for the benefit of
the army and militia. A number of mooted
questions were discussed and a good deal of
valuable information acquired. It is Inter
esting to know that a unanimity of view
prevails In favor of retaining the rapid-fire
system at 800 yards, with an. Increase In
time limit.
Major Oullfoyle has submitted a report of
the results of his observations at Fort Sher
idan. He found that the bull's-eye target
adopted by the board met with unanimous
approval. Quite a. number of experts were
of the opinion In this connection that the
points of the bull's-eye at SOO yards should
be Increased In diameter from eight to ten
inches. The new amlng positions pre
scribed by the revised regulations also met
with favor and commendation was heard
on every hand respecting the system of
rapid fire adopted by the board. H has
been recommended, however, that the dis
appearing target should have other valua
tions for hits besides five and sero. The
revised regulations will probably change
this target to conform to this view which
Is regarded aa entirely justified. A proposi
tion tins been made to eliminate the rapid
fire system at 809 yards In ths marksmen's
course and to Introdure it In the sharp
shooter's course, giving a time limit of
thirty Instead of twenty seconds as now.
Major Gullfoyle Is detailed for duty as in
spector of emallarms practice. United
States army, and as acting assistant adju
tant general of the army in Washington,
and will report In person to the acting adju
tant general of the army for assignment to
duty accordingly.
In connection with the army competitions
which are coming to attract more attention
and awaken the latent Interest in marks
manship. It Is Interesting to know that
there Is destined to be a consideration of
the question whether commissioned offi
cers shall engage with enlisted men In
these competitions. Some years ago this
question came up In various forms and for
a time there were separate competitions.
This year's work, however, has been with
out such separation. Major Gullfoyle had
encountered at Fort Sheridan the old ques
tion which does not relate to the matter of
discipline as might be supposed and as
was at one time foremost In the discus
sion. It is questioned whether enlisted men
under such circumstances are not placed
at a disadvantage since a commissioned
officer who Is a good marksman Is very apt
to possess means of practice at his own-expense,
and in this way to obtain a possibly
unfair advantage over the enlisted man
who Is his competitor. For this reason
it may be desirable In the end to establish
distinct prizes, one for the successful com
missioned officer and the other for the suc
cessful enlisted man.
An Important general order will shortly
appear from the War department. It Is
of tho greatest Interest to army officers,
since under its provisions the amount of
baggage to be transported at government
expense Is Increased three-fold. Quarter
master General Humphrey, who has had
much practical experience In his depart
ment, Is responsible for the change, and
It Is on his recommendation that the quan
tity of army baggage to be carried without
cost to the owner, as specified In para
graph 1242 of the army regulations will be
as follows: "For a major general, 10,800
pounds; brigadier general, 8,400 pounds;
field officer. 7,200 pounds: captain, 6,000
pounds; first lieutenant, 6,100; second lieu
tenant and veterinarians. 4,600; noncommis
sioned officer, 1,600." Heretofore, excess of
baggage has been transported by the
owner at his own risk and whatever coat
might be Imposed upon It. Hereafter, this
excess will be transported by the govern
ment at the favorable rates which may, of
course, be obtained by the War department
and the actual cost of the transportation
will be charged against the owner whose
benefit by this arrangement Is derived
from the special rates which the govern
ment dlbtatns and which, of course, would
not be available for the Individual.
The question of army music Is before
the general staff with every prospect that
some reformatory measure will be evolved
as a result of the deliberations. Numerous
suggestions, have been submitted to the
general staff from a variety of sources. In
cluding chief musicians, who ought to be
In a position to know what Is most needed.
One of the steps upon which everybody
agrees as necessary for the achievement
of practical results Is the Increase In ths
pay of army musicians. This, of course,
can only be done by legislation, and It Is
probable that among tha recommendations
sent to congress during the coming session
will be one In favor of a change In the
law so aa to give members of army bands
greater compensation than - they now re
ceive. The change Is considered as abso
lutely necessary tn order to preserve the
artistic quality of military bands.
General A. W. Greely, chief signal officer
of the army, has adopted the plan by which
the government shall be In possession of
photographic records of Important military
events and scenes. He has already equipped
with photographic outfits sergeants of the
signal corps who are on duty In Alaska
and the Philippines, with Instructions that
the product of these photographers shall be
sent to Washington. Detailed Instructions
have been furnished so that interesting
incidents and surroundings may be pre
served by means of the camera. Now the
same system is to be adopted In the United
Btates where there Is much of Interest In
a military way, such as the maneuvers In
New England and the military programs
at Fort Riley and Weet Point, Ky., to
say nothing of similar events In other
parts of the country. The signal corps has
purchased twelve photographic outfits,
which will be distributed to as many ser
geants who are regarded aa competent to
do this work. These sergeants are ex
pected to use the utmost economy In the
consumption of material furnished by the
government, and they will be required to
make detailed monthly reports of the
work performed, the report to be accom
panied by two unmounted prints of each
view. All the negatives will be the prop
erty of the signal corps, and all prints and
negatives which are considered of sufficient
value to be preserved will.be sent to ths
signal corps post at Fort Myer, Va., to
be marked and filed.
Doing- anlto Well, Thank Yon.
Minneapolis Times.
Chief Statistician King of the census of
flee has cruelly punctured President Roose
velt's race suicide notion by the statement
that according to the census there were
2.049.132 births in 100 and only 1,030,048
deaths. Remembering that deaths are
much more fully reported than births the
showing Is not as favorable as the" real
figures would be. If the president meant
that our "best people" are not multiplying
as rapidly as they should, there Is com
pensatlon In the fact thut ths humbly born
of today are the "best people" of a quar
ter of a century or so henco,
CRT TOGETHER.
Merging; of the Irrigation and Trans.
Mississippi Congresses Snssrested.
New Tork Evening Post
The suggestion that the Transmlsslsslprl
congress and the National Irrigation con-
gresa be combined comes from the west,'
following close after the meeting of the
former at Seattle. The lattor chose Ogdnn,
Utah, for a gathering place. It would seem
that enough of common Interest exists to
make the proposition to unite a sensible
one. "Congresses ' and "fairs ' wiin long
names and all-embracing purposes are too
common, and If the country beyond the
Mississippi would attract attention to Itself
there must be some definite purpose be-i
hind Its exhibitions. The objection, fre)
quently urged, that the Transnilslsslppt
congress represents a much larger area
than Is Interested in Irrigation laws and
methods Is not so valid as would appear.
Barring the first tier of states beyond tho
big river, there Is hardly a community that
Is not vitally affected by drouth, occa
sional or periodic. From North Dakota
to Texas and from eastern Washington to
southern California, Irrigation Is the fann
ers' hope. Everywhere In that Immense
area the Wright' Irrigation law was looked
upon as the forerunner of a general re
vival of Interest In the problem of niakhiK
arid lands productive. With Senator Du
bois of Idaho heading a company to water
35,000 acres of land about I,ewlton. with
the Denver Chamber of Commerce discuss
ing a project to reclaim 6,0u0 seres In the
Grand valley,' Colorado, and with number
less smaller private enterprises on foot. It
Is difficult to see what more Important work
a serious-minded Transmisstsslppl con
gress can take up. Heretofore certain del
egates to both bodies have fought the Idea
of union, but the obvious advantages of
the consolidation seem likely to appeal
more forcibly as the alms of eaoh are bet
ter understood.
COMING AND GOING.
How
the Anthrnclto Conl
Rarons
Work tho Consumer.
Plttfburg Dispatch.
It Is Interesting to observe the explanation
by which the anthracite coal corporations
Justify their order to shut down the mines
on the plea .of overproduction at the snms
time that prices are being shoved tip 10
cents per month by order of the same au
thorities. Only hist spring It was heard from tha
same sources that the deficiency In pro
duction during last year's strike was suf
ficient to explain the dearth of fuel and
famine prices, and that It would take at
letmi. year b me&ay proaucuon to m&KR
up the shortage. It seems rather difficult
to reconcile that statement with the pres
ent allegation of overproduction and con
sequent shutdown. But the corporate logto
tackles the difficulty with zeal slid con
fidence. There have been an extremely urgent
demand and large consumption for one size
of hard coal. 'The vigorous efforts of the
companies to meet that demand have pro
duced an oversupply of other sizes. Hence
the overproduction and shutdown. One
might suppose that the legitimate result f
such a condition would be to lower prices
on the sizes of ooal of which there Is an
excess; but the anthracite corporations
know & trick worth two of that.
By shutting down now they will be ablo
to allege next winter another shortage In
the size of coal for which thero is thi
greatest demand and to extract some mors
(10 and 112 prices. Then after that extol
tlon has been worked to Its capacity they
oan repeat -the "overproduction" pretext
next summer and produce artificial scar
city again.
SMILIXti 1,1 MS S.
Mlas Anne Teek He asked me If I re
membered how hot" the summer of '76 was.
The Ideal
Miss Pert Tea. the Idea! Just as if
you'd tell him it you did. Philadelphia
Ledger.
'John Jones, the natlent who nnu In a.
little while ago," said the attendant In the
out-patient department, "didn't give his oc
cupation."
"What was the nature of his trouble?"
asked the resident physician.
injury at tne base or the spine.
"Put him down as a book SKent." Phila
delphia Press. .
Spellbinder Tes. mv friend, eternal vlirl-
lance Is the price of liberty. He on your
guard; a word to the wise Is sufficient.
Voice from the Audience Then vou must
take us for gol-darn fools! Vou have been
talking for an hour and a half! Kansas
City Journal.
"He called me a boiled lobster." explained
the complainant.
.Tl-All . V.A A f A 111
. TT,, ,.-I,...A UriCIIUtUll, 1V Till!!
red automobile, and hp looks like one."
"Discharged." said the Judge. Chlcaco
Post.
"So you think H la an advantage ot a bny
to be reared In the country." ,
"To be sure," answered Farmer Coru
tossel. "A boy has a heap better chance
"So you think It is an advantage to a bov
Is surrounded by orchsrds and melon
patches he ran have a stomach ache with
out the doctor Jumpln' to the conclusion
tnat ne s got -penaicius. wosiungtop
Star.
The kangaroo can Jump a bit;
The' flea's a Jumper, too
He'll Jump, he'll bite, and then he'll flit,
And never leave a clew.
When either Jumps, nobody tries -
His Jumplets to pursue
We're glad the flea has not the size
Of the big kangaroo.
Chicago Tribune.
ARMY OP THE COR.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
AH summer long the army stands
In ranks erect and clean.
The garrison of level lunds
And of the hills between.
The Armies of the Wind and Rain
Come shouting to the fight;
Alert upon the spreading plain
The corn waits In lis might.
It flaunts its'tnsseled banners high.
And beats earh swaying shield,
Until the summer's battle cry
Ia chorused from the field.
Victorious and sturdy still
It rUes from the fray,
And rustling chants of gladness fill
The long hours of the day.
The dawn's first tender, rosy blush-
Ths hailing of the morn
Finds, shrouded In s peaceful hush.
The Army of the Corn.
But friendly breezes come and go
Till dylnK afternoon
ITenrs. faintly sighing, soft and low.
The echo of a croon.
And so. serene and bold and brave.
All through the summer lorg
The gleaming banners proudly wave
In endence witli the song.
Until the golden autumn morn
When there will come to spoil
The standing Army of the Com,
Tho hopeful Troop of Toll.
A
i
Many a woman
ta - '
has tound a hus-
band in Ayer's
Hair Vigor.
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