Tim OMAHA DAILY . HER: MONDAY, .TANUAHY 25,,
1904.
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George H. Tsachuck. secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, felng duly "worn,
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning.
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
the month of December, 1903, was as fol
lows:
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I so,xoo
f ao.070
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10 SO.flSO
II. . 80,400
12 i.... 80.400
IS 4. 87,010
14 8O.HU0
15 80,700
U....A ...81,100
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... .81.020
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J8,.., 8O.7D0
29 30,5X0
SO 88,610
11 38,400
Total.'. 847.8M
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Net total sales 36,t34
Net average sales..... 80,220
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"Is Cleveland ' still possible?" asks
Leslie's Weekly. Yes, but most de
cidedly improbable.
It might have beeu ' more grotesque.
Clementina was also an applicant for
the Omaha postmlstressHhlp. '
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When all the souices of sensational
detective work fail the redoubtable Tat
Crowe always serves the purpose.
. In the opinion of many, Arthur Pne
tSorman holds the key to that deadlock
In Maryland and at the proper time
he will turn the bolt
The mld-wlnter cold, snap will prove
highly gratifying to the foal dealers and
the Ice makers, but It will also send the
poor man's suvlngs up the chimney
flue.
- Chairman Ilanmi has selected a new
sergeant at arum for the national ,coin
ralttee. It Is now In order for demo
cratic editor, to show .' how tbji is, an
other blow at Roosevelt
With Uncle 'Joe: Cdnnon' at the" helni
of the house, the, meuace ot a treasury
deficit during the present fiscal year
will not assume sufficient dimensions to
frighten even the most tlnl.'d financiers.
j
' Democrats favorable to the nomination
of General Miles as candidate for. presi
dent have drawn analogy between the
present general and "Hough and
Heady." Shades of the last new army
uniform 1
The, German I'etroleum company will
hare a better understanding of the mag
nltude of one of the institutions of the
United Stutes when it places Its $5,000,
OoO capital In opposition to the Stand
ard OH company.
Chancellor Andrews has shattered
that .overworked populist statement re
garding his relations with Mr. Kocke
feller and Brown university. He really
llkea the Standard Oil magnate and does
not care who knows it
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The next Pennsylvania republican
stato convention, which represents
nearly 700,000 republican voters, will
consist of :tL'5 delegates. The next Xe
braska republlcun state convention,
which represents about 115,000 repub
lican, will consist of -1,001 delegates.
The Pennsylvania railroad has shut
down on passed 1
Now we uuderstund Itryau's latest ful
initiation agulnst Judge Parker. The
Judge accepted an Invitation to dinner
the other day from one of the repre
sentatives of the Wall street , money
power. Iu 18!C a Jny Gould dinner
cost Blalue the presidency. Moral: Can
UKlatoa for the presidency should patron
ize the five cent lunch counter..
, The cotton boom la not . altogether
bleuslng in disguise. Whatever benefit
the South niay derive from the rise In
cotton must be more than offset by the
harm tnut has been wrought te tho
cotton goods InduHtry, especially lu New
Kuglnud. Iu the long run the collapse
of the cotton boom, which cauuot be
far off, will curry in its train wreckage
that will prove almost as disastrous as
the collapse of the boom lu Industrials.
According to the Lincoln Star the de
cision of the republican state central
committee to hold only oue state conven
tioii this year is In line with tbe very
generally, expressed opinion throughout
the state. According tothe best In
formation The Hce has beeu able to
obtutii, the decision of the republican
committee la in line with tbe expressed
wlshe ff the' couiuiuuity-of-lnterest
railroad managers who are curryln
out the prugruiu laid out for them by
'the community -of-lnterest magnates who
ere trying to smother Theodore Kobse-
Ttslt
INDIFFtlttKT TO RtCjrRfJUTr.
According to one of tbe moat eenlous
dvocateg of reciprocity with Canada,
tio kocpa in cIokt touch with public
sentiment thers the feeling In the Do-'
minion upon the subject of closer trade
relation with the United States is that
f Indifference. He anys that all classes
re more of 1pm prosperous and believes
tfiat n lengthy period of prosperity will
rrjiiilt from the great Inflow of people
ml wealth and the development of the
nntural resources of the ,' country. It
ppears that the Canadians desire a
wal policy that will provide conserva
tive protection to commercial and Indus
trial interests, but any trade alliance
with other countries is not favored.
his authority states that the spirit of
independence is very strong so strong
that reciprocity with the United States
or closer trade relations with.' Great
Britain ,1s not given serious 'considera
tion. The men who are campaigning
for a high protective or retaliatory tariff
re in the minority, '"because of the
general understanding that such a policy
would Interfere with the peopling of
the western wheat lands and Invite re
prisals ngniust extension, of foreign
trade." What is desired and expected
s such adjustment of the tariff as will
give conservative aid to struggling In
dustries. If this correctly represents
Cuimdinn feeling there is no immediate
danger of the adoption of a policy
hostile to American trade with thnt
country, while It would-probably be
futile for our government to propose ne
gotiations looking to closer trade rela
tions with the Dominion. It may fairly
e nssuiued that even no earnest advo
cate of reciprocity would be disposed to
ttempt ts thrust that policy upon a
people who are indifferent In regard to
It and feel so Independent in their pros
perity that they are giving no serious
i-onslderatlon to the subject of closer
trade relations.'
MISSOURI RlVtH 1MPR0V K M K R T.
Members of congress representing
states and districts adjacent to the upper
Missouri have been repeatedly repulsed
in their' effort to secure appropriations
for the Improvement of the navigation
of the Big Muddy, not because con
gress is parsimonious In voting away
millions 'for- river and harbor Improve
ments but because the . Missouri has
long ceased to be a navigated If not
navlgnble stream. Appropriations for
pulling up snags and deepening the
channel of the Missouri river -above
Omaha are very properly pronounced a
waste of money ontirely unjustifiable,
even with on overflowing treasury.
What, is really wanted by the com
munities residing In towns adjacent to
the Missouri river is protection from
the periodic overflow of the stream and
the ravages that destroy millions of dol
lars worth of property annually. In
other " words, congress would be fully
justified In appropriating a reasonable
sum annually for h? building of dykes
and the rlp-rapplm? of embankments ad-
acent to towns and cities along the
Missouri river. If the members of con
gress and Missouri river . improvement
commissions and committees would
stop talking about making the
Missouri river navigable and simply
confine their demand - to appropria
tions that will safegunrd the prop
erty exposed to destruction by the
Missouri river floods, they would prob
ably stand a fair chance of success,
If they fall, it will be because they do
not call things by their right name.
There Is now an unexpended balance
of $38,000,000 In the treasury to the
credit of river and harbor improve
ments. If the apportionment of this
enormous sum does not include a reason
able expenditure . for dykes and rip
running work on the upper Missouri
river, a bill xr Joint resolution authoriz
ing such work during the present and
coining year should be passed through
congress without tJefious obstacle.
THE JtlW WAR HKCHtTARF.
In a few days Governor Taft will
succeed Hon. Ellhu Root as secretary
of war, his appointment to the position
having already been confirmed by the
senate.. He will find the War depart
ment in excellent working order, due
to the wise administration of Mr. Hoot
who has made a record in he office
which fully Justified the high commenda
tion recently given him by President
Hoosevelt The retiring secretary, who
will resume the practice of his profea
siun, in which he holds a distinguished
place, has shown that he has uncommon
executive ability. When he went Into
the department there was urgent need
of reforms aud these he has effected
without any Irritation or friction. The
task devolved on him was by no means
simple or easy, but he addressed him
self to It with energy, Industry and pa
tience and the results are proving
highly satisfactory.
Governor Taft has also shown a high
order of executive ability. His work
In the Philippines, most delicate and
difficult, has been marked throughout by
a wisdom and a clearness and Soundness
of Judgment that have won for him uni
versal admiration and commendation.
As secretary of war the mbst Important
part of hta duties, will relate to tbe
Philippines and he will exert a great
Influence' at Washington iu promoting
the interests of the islands. Mr. Hoot
has been a great secretary. He will be
sut(ceded by a man whose proved
ability gives asuurance that the excel
lent administration" of the War depart
Uient will be maintained.
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FVRKlUK AUCLXtHATlOXa.
The pure food bill passed by the house
of representatives prohibits the Intro
duitlou Into any state or territory, froin
a foreign country, of auy article adul
terated or uilKbrauded, within the mean
Ing of tho act How extensively adul
teration Is carried on abroad. In articles
for export, is shown in a statement by
Prof. Allen, secretary of the National
Pure Food association, w ho made a very
thorough Investigation of European food
uroducts.
Prof. Ailed' etatej that be learned
fmm the authorities of the municipal
laboratories of Paris that 00 per cent
of the French wines and 80 per cent
of their crinmpiigncs are either adultera
tions or Imitations.' Much of the wines
Included in the 00 ier cent never saw
a vlneyord and grape forms no part of
their composition. The fact has long
been well known that a considerable
part of the prepared foodstuffs exported
from European countries is adulterated,
yet they come into our market under the
representation thiyt they are pure. These
articles are not' permitted to le sold
lit the home market. They are pre
pared entirely for export and wnile the
adulterants may not generally be harm
fulthough some of them certainly
are It is manifestly a fraud upon con
sumers' to sell them as pure.
Prof. Allen says the Germans are
perhaps doing more for their food sup
ply than ony other nation, in the way
of studying methods to make it purer.
They ai serious about protecting the
purity and" quality bt their food and
there Is Teason to expect that their ex
ample will be followed by other coun
tries. -Indeed steps in this , direction
are beinp taken by several European
governments, among them Great Brit
ain, whose food laws are said to be In
sufficient and poorly enforced, In conse
quence of which England is the prin
cipal dumping ground for Impure foods.
The legislation of the Jast congress,
providing for an inspection of imported
foodstuffs, drugs and liquors, has had
a good effect and if the measure which
the house has passed shall become law
it can confidently be expected that for
eign adulterations will be shut out from
our markets. The prospect for this leg
islation appears 'to be very favorable.
Thelavf limiting the hours of work
for bakers to sixty hours per week, or
ten hours per day, has been declared
valid by the Nevt- York court of appeals.
The decision of the court .written by
Judge Parker, sustains the constitution
ality of the law, on the ground that It is
a measure for the protection of the pub
lic health and Is an exercise of the
police power of the state. In support
of his opinion, Judge- Parker declares
that a man is more likely to be careful
and cleanly when well and not over
worked than whed exhausted by fatigue.
According to medical authorities, bakers
are to be classified with stone cutters,
file grinders and other workers whose
occupations necessitate inhalation of
dust particles, and hence predispose its
members to consumption. The same
logic would doubtless apply to hod car
riers, plasterers, coal miners, milling
hands and scores of other occupations.
There is also a natural inference that
the legal restriction of the working day
to ten hours for any single" handicraft
also carried with it a defense of the law
limiting the hours of labor to eight
hours,, for whloh American trades
unions have been contending. Whether
the sympathies of Judge Tarker for'the
American workingman have been stimu
lated by his ambition to become an oc
cupant of the White House next year
has not yet transpired. At any rate,
however, he has placed his political sup
porters In position to claim 'that be can
be counted on as an ardent friend of
labor.
Not content with issuing injunctions
8nd mandamuses, our Nebraska supreme
court Is now appointing receivers for
embarrassed Institutions. We- were
uiider the Impression that our supreme
court not many years ago gave it out
unottlciully, If not officially, that It would
not exercise original Jurisdiction in any
cases which the district courts were
con. ietont to handle and that it actually
refused to. entertain several suits re
manding the "petitioners to a lower
tribunal for their first remedy. If the
supreme court Is to take concurrent
Jurisdiction with the district courts It
will be kept busy, no matter how much
of its appellate work may be unloaded
on the supreme court commissioners.
Congressman Walter L. Smith has
achieved national, if not International
renown by heading off that infuriated
mob from storming tbe Council Bluffs
Jail. A medallion bead of the embattled
congressman has made Its appearance
in Leslie's Weekly with commendations
that should insure for Judge Smith the
next nomination for sheriff of Pottawat
tamie county. , ,
Multiplied by five, the railroad depots,
depot grounds, right-of-way, trackage
and terminal facilities within the city
limits of Omaha would be assessed for
$001,550, while tbe two office buildings
on upper Farnam are aasessed together
for $087,500. But the railroad tax
agents will doubtless object to a multi
plication by five.
I L "fT
Omaha Jobbers want the railway
traffic managers to give them a com
modity rate. That demand will be com
piled with when the Omaha Jobbers
assert themselves and cease truckling
to railroad managers in order to secure
petty personal favors. v
For a number of years the western
Implement and vehicle dealers have
waged an unrelenting war on the "cat-
houses." Now they propose to devote
their lighting energy to war on the
Harvester trust as well as the offensive
mall order concerns.
Pate must conspire agulnst the Ne
braska wheat raiser. It hns been but
a few weeks eince he secured reason
able rates for shipping his product to
Minneapolis and now it Is announced
that the market Is congested.
Mr. lienors K. Lovee, the new presi
dent of the llix k Island railroad is to
receive $75,000 a year. The tax agents
aud attorneys of the Hock -Island will
have to redouble their efforts to knock
down the' railroad assessment.
Nebraska bus five republican con
gressmen whose renomlnatlon, and re
election are practically conceded. The
perplexing question Is forced npon
those with senatorial aspirations as
well whether to give up a sure thing
In exchange for a contingency. With
the candidate for senator to be named
In state convention as part of the party
ticket, a' hit or miss shot for congress
man and senator at the same time be
comes an Impossibility.
Hard Joh to I lot 4 lw.
Baltimore American.
King Peter of Servta is ready, It is re
ported, to- resign his uncomfortable throne.
Between the asRaselna, who seem to hold
the balance of power, and Uie powers, who
demand their punishment, his enthusiasm
over the job has petered out.
Promises to Get la On.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Japan does not regard Russia's promises
as very binding unless 'they are Incorpor
ated in a signed anoT sealed treaty. Even at
that Russian promises are ranked higher
than those of our machine politicians,
which, after being formally and Jointly
signed, do not hold good for two years.
FSkrlty of Mena and Mind.
Boston Transcript.
Imagination, eloquence and alt those
higher effluvia 'of the human Intellect are
distressingly dependent upon considera
tions of food supply. The trouble with those
dollar dinners of the Lincoln (Neb.) type
Is that the public speaking unconsciously
conforms Itself to the character of the
viands served. '
Hotel Rates for Politicians.
Philadelphia Press.
The question of hotel rates at the na
tional conventions has not been satisfactor
ily adjusted. St. Louis hotels are demand
ing, as did the Chicago hotels, $20 a day
for a room on the theory that, four men
can sleep In one room and should pay 15
each.- That la extortion. .There ln not a
shadow of excuse for charging higher rates
at a convention than at any other time. In
fact, rooms should cost less, as they can
all be rented. ' '
I.S.W for Trndlnar Stampers.
Springfield Republican.
The measure which the New Tork Merch
ants' association aaks the legislature to
pass concerning the use of trading stamps
requires that all such stamps -must bear on
their face a cash value in cents, and must
be redeemed tn money or merchandise at
the option of the holder. Merchants buy
ing the stamps are held responsible for
tholr redemption by the Issuing concerns.
Such a provision would be likely to have
substantial preventive effect.
Blue Grassers Hoot the Gaols.
Philadelphia Ledger. ,
Those four Paris footpads who tried- to
hold up two Americans In the French city
failed to discriminate, and Wer promptly
put to route. The belligerent tourists proved
to have been from Kentucky, and the dis
patch did not say that either of them was
provided with the "guns" with which tra
dition arm nine out of every ten sons of
the Blue Grass state. The Americans
handled themselves ao well that two of the
would-be highwaymen fled and two were
handed over to the police, sadder but wiser
for their experience.
Forces .that Promote Temperance.
Philadelphia Record.
The progress of temperance Is promoted
vaatly more by the discrimination of rail
road companies and other lfc-rge employers
against men who drink; by the recent ac-
tlon of a miners' convention against dele
gates who might frequent drinking places
or appear under the influence of liquor, and
by the advice of the international Associa
tion of Machinists fct its members against
treating visiting "members of the grand
lodge, than by legislation, the 'agitation of
temperance, aocletloa, and the instruction of
school children In-'the. deleterious effects of
alcohol. , ,-
Marshall Field's Democracy.
Chicago Tribune.
But would not it be odd for the demo
cratic party to nominate for Its candidate
in 1904 a man who voted for MoKlnley in
1896 and 1900, and who has been about as
much of a republican as he has been dem
ocrat during the last twenty years? In
fact, Mr. Field is In no reaped in accord
with the modern democratic creed, except
In his Klncere attachment to the principle
of a low tat iff, which, as cne of the large
Importers In the country, he Is bound to
advocate, both because he conceives it to
be best for the Interests of the country and
because It Is manifestly to- the advantage
of the commercial classes.
RECORD TO STAND OX.
Methods of tho Administration la
Deallnar with Peiloffle Crooks.
Boston Transcript.
Whatever may be the 'outcome of .trials
now In progress, or those yet to be begun,
the record as It Is Is one on which the re
publican party can well afford to stand In
the coming campaign. It cannot be said by
any falrmlnded person that the govern
ment aovered up or sought to cover up the
scandals In the postal service. The temp
tation to avoid publicity is strong with
every depertment head who finds that his
subordinates are under suspicion, but If it
was felt In thli case It was not allowed to
Influence -the administration. The Inquiry
has been carried on in the spirit expressed
in President Roosevelt's letter of instruc
tion to Postmaster General Payne of August
0. last. Tho pessage of time may have
dulled readers' recollection of this letter,
which Is well worth reproducing at this
time. It reads:
"OYSTER BAT, N. Y.. Aug. , 190S.-My
Dear Mr. Payne: While for departmental
reaaons It la obviously .advisable that the
Investigations now going on by Mr. Brls
tow be brought to a conclusion as quickly
as is compatible with thoroughness, yet it
ts still more necessary that they be thor
ough and complete. I doslre tke report of
Mr. Bristow and any other reports which
may bo necessary to a complete presenta
tion of .the results of the Investigation sub
mitted to Messrs. Bonaparte and Conrad
and their opinions taken as to whether any
farther avenues of InveatlgaMon should bt
followed, or ary further facts supplied. In
order to secure a complete exhibition and
redress of any and all wrongs that have
been committed In the department. Please
submit a copy ot this letter at once to Mr.
Bclstow, and also to Messrs. Bonaparte
nd Conrad, for their Information
'I need hardly say how much gratified I
am by the evident thoroughness of the In
vestigation thus far and the clearly ex
pressed and acted-on purpose of the de
partment to get all the facts and to punish
any wrongdoer who can be reached,
whether within or without the service.
"My desire that the advice of Messrs.
Bonaparte and Conrad should be taken as
to further Investigations Is not because I
question for a moment the single-minded
purpose of the department, but because,
from their different points of view. Ideas
may oocur to thera which may not to you
or to me. Faithfully youcs,
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
"Hon. H. C. Payne, Potsmaster General,
Washington, D. C."
This Is one of the documents which demo
crats In the coming fdmpalgn will not be
.lkely to emphasise, however much they
may discuss tho postal scandals. The
democrats desire a congressional Investi
gation to run on either to the opening of
the campaign or Into Its progress. In order
that the "scandals" may be kept fresh In
the public mind and In the desperate hope
that some "material" may bo developed
that may be used by their party orators.
ROtin ABOIT NEW YORK.
Rlpales ea the t orrent of Mfe la the
Metropolis,
While the automobile show In Madison
Siuare Oarden gives a perspective view
of the marvelous strides of the Industry
and Its popularity as a pleasure vehicle.
It does not shine with equal brilliancy in
heavy hauling, extended experiments by
several New York brewers not having been
satisfactory. The machines were of the
eleotrlc variety, and the brewers ay they
are too expensive and not sufficiently re--llnble
for their purpose. The batteries cost
1750 each and the tires t0 a set, both of
which have to be7 constantly replaced.
They are to be replaced as a motive power
by horses, as soon aa the change can be
made.
"I do l ot make the charge that the
system Is a failure." said one of these
brewers, "but I have found to my cost
that it hns not yet reached a point, with
our present streets, where the cost of
operating them Is low enough to warrant
their further use In my work."
The celebration of New York's two hun
dred and fiftieth birthday Inst year seems
to have awakened Its people to the fact
that it Is growing old and there Is quite
a noticeable desire lately to become ac
quainted with the city's political and so
cial history during the change from the
little village of New Amsterdam to the
city of Greater New York.
It is for this reason that the city has
decided to have edited the minutes of the
common council from the end of the Dutch
reoccupatlon in 1674 to the occupation by
the English militia In 1776. These records
furnish the greater part of Information
on what was done in running the city for
more than a century. Prof. Osgood of
Columbia university and Austin B. Keep
have the task In hand of editing these rec
ords. There will be about nine volumes In
all, one of which la already about com
pleted. New York today Is gradually being meta
marphosed. Dwellings costing from $20,000
to 150,000 have been rosed' to the ground,
and apartment houses, churches. Stores,
buildings of aiy sorts, are being o'eirfolished
to make room for the city's two great
new terminal stations. In all, something
like $5,000,0000 worth of buildings have been
torn down. Besides the new terminals,
other changes of great Importance are In
prospect throughout the metropolitan dis
trict; the beginning of a handsome resl-
-dontial section along the Riverside drive;
the tunnels that are to unite Long Island
and New Jersey with Manhattan; the re
placing of the Ghetto with boulevards and
parks. These changes, which will mak9
New York a different city within the next
decade, are Interestingly described. In an
article by Frederick Boyd StevenBon In
tho current Harper's Weekly.
When two young women were fined 1600
each recently for usury the case served to
call attention to the fact that there are
hundreds of unscrupulous men who con
duct "salary pawn shops," and that they
hire young and attractive women to attend
to the business, while they keep In the
background. Although perhaps not as pic
turesque as the Shakespearean character,
the money lenders of New Ydrk still have
enough Shylock In them to make them In
teresting. Like all other enterprises that
of usury has made rapid strides. In these
days of advanced civilisation the business
of money lending has become a liberal
profession, especially liberal to thoxe In
It. It Is no longer conducted in out-of-tho-way
places, dark alleys and hidden re
treats, but under the glare of the lime
light. In the large office l-ulldlngs down
town, in offices tastefully decorated and
furnished.
It developed in the-surrogate's offlne re
cently that there had been living In this
city for a good many years a millionaire
who had never paid anything near the
amount of taxes on his property that he
should have been assessed with. The man
was worth more than $2,000,000 when he
died. He had lived very quietly and while
bis friends and neighbors knew he was tn
comfortable circumstances, nobody had any
idea of his great wealth.
This case brings to mind the statement
that was recently made by a well known
banker that New Yorkias more million
aires living within Its borders than any
other city of this country. It Is said that
no less than 1,000 persons are residents of
this city who are possessed of at least
$1,000,000 .and many are multi-mllllonalres.
This may' seem to outsiders like a tremen
dous amount of wealth to be owned by
1,000 persous, but irom the way money
comes pouring Into New York and the way
In which very' rich people flock here from
nil parts of the world and the lavish man
ner In which they live. It seems nice a
very small estimate of millionaires. The
fact that one of them should be missed In
the courting la still more surprising.
t.. iv. .nn(n nf tha new tilan of as
sessing wparately the lefnd and the build
ings In New Tork City wo have an official
estimate of the value of the city dlsaasocl
.ti (ha oiriatlns- tmorovements. The
bare acres of Manhattan Island ore de
clared to be worth $2,37.130,887. Its build
ings are rated worth $676,284,424. or less than
one-fifth the value of tne lana proper.
iri,,,. it ,nnin that 83.6 Der cent of tne
total value rests In the larul proper and
16.4 per cent In the Improvements. In the
Bronx the proportion is 75.6 per cent land
and 24.4 per buildings; ,ln "Brooklyn,
64.2 per cent land and 46 $ per cent build
ings; In Queens, tz.i per ceni tana ana ai.s
.... hii(M(mrn. and In Richmond. 621
per cent land and 47.7 per cent buildings.
The new Ilgni inrown on mo auujcui, mm
the result ot the assessors' work, taken to
gether with recently published Board of
Health estlmatea of tho city's population
for 1904, suggests a veritable feaat for the
..i...innii.r in.iinf1 fltated in tha form
piauDum.if - - -
which Is deareat to the heart of the sta
tistician, the facts are somewnai as fol
lows: Persons
to an
nnroufhl.
Acres. Population.
., 14,038 1.928.K66
., 2fl.Ol7
.. 49.6HO 1. IIS. 096
., 82,83 U8.010
.. Sti.buO 73,!i
Acre.
137.40
. 10.81
2ti 41
t.W
2.00
Manhattan
Bronx ... .
Brooklyn ..
Queens ....
Klcnmono .
Totals .
...209,218
ST84.SM
Acros Worth
per in- per In
Value
habi
tant. 1-1S7
1-12
1-24
' x
habi
Tarnuirh.
per acre.
...$209 227.00
... 7.3200
... 9. 436.(0
9T4 60
615.60
tant.
$1.52.75
676 50
ss.fln
4?1 61
$06-30
Manhattan
Bronx
Brooklyn .
Oueens .
Rlchmona
PERSONAL NOTUI.
General Joa Wheeler has denied all In
tent of becoming again a candidate for
congress In Alabama. He has ten nomina
tions arid ten elections to his record.
George B. Cox, republican leader of Ham
ilton county, Ohio will be a candidate for
delegate-at-large from his state to the re
publican national convention.
Lawrence Washington, a great-great-
grandson of George's brother, lives In Alex
andrla, Va., and Is a clerk in the library
of congress. He has twelve children.
The sausage makers have found an eco
nomical way of adulterating their product
by the uso of cornmeal. Hera Is a case
where the man who cheats us la Something
of a benefactor.
A study of the Boston tax lists as re
cently made public shows Joshua M. Jiears
to bo the largest Individual taxpayer there.
Hla tax amounts to $70, It?. 57. Quinsy A.
Bhaw Is the second largtBt contributor to
tbe city treasury, with a tax of $40,102.40.
PASSING OP OLD COMMAS DER".
Few Leaders Left of tbe Great Armies
of Xorth and Month.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
General John B. Gordon was the Inst,
or the last but one, of tho lleutennnts
of the confederate army, Buckner, Flti
hugh Ie and other officers who held Im
portant commands are living, but mine
In this list reached a higher rank than that
of, major general.
In the first organisation of the confed
erate army five generals were kppolnted:
8. Cooper, A. S. Johnston, R. B. Ie,
Joseph E. Johnston and O. E. Peaurrgard,
ranking in the order named. As Joseph
E. Johnston had been a brigadier general
In the United State army. Cooper and A.
8. Johnston colonels, R. E. Lee a lieutenant
colonel and Beauregard a captain. General
Joseph E. Johnston sent a protest to Jef
ferson Davis, Insisting tliat his name
should come first on the list.
This provoked the first controversy in
the confederate army and had Influence
agalrmt Johnston until the last. All these
generals are dead.
There were added to the list of full gen
erals later the names of Bragg, E. Klrby
Smith and Hood. All of these are dead.
The first major generals of the confed
erate army were Van Dorn, Q. W. Smith,
Longstreet and Jackson.
Later all of these were promoted to
lieutenant generals and the list was ex
tended In the last year of the war to
Include Hardee, A. P. Stewart, 8. D. Lee,
Wade Hampton, J. A.' Early, Richard A.
Taylor, Polk, Ewell, Forrest, R. II. Ander
son and John B. Gordon.
The lieutenant generals under Ice In
the Petersburg campaign were Longstreet,
Gordon, Ambrose J. Hill and R. 11. An
derson. The lieutenant generals under
Hood In the Nashville campaign were 8.
D. Lee, A. P. Stewart and B. F. Cheat
ham. ' The lieutenant generals In .the Car
olina campjjpWn against 8herman were
Hardee, A. P. Stewart, 8. D. Lee and
Wade Hampton. All who held the rank
are, with possibly one exception, dead.
In the union army there was, until the
last year of the war, no. higher rank than
that of major general. Of the officers who
distinguished themselves In this rank only
Generals O. Q Howard. Schofleld. Sickles,
Merrltt, Bchurs and a few others are liv
ing. Of the major generals on the con
federate side only Buckner, Wheeler and
a few others are living.
Some of these senior officers were not
olderthan many men In the ranks, not a
few of them reaching the rank of mnjor
general at the age of 30 or 32. As a rule,
however, the officers who held high com
msnd were older than the men who served
under them, and .while there are living
a good many regimental officers and sol
diers at the age of 70 and 75, there are
comparatively few general officers living at
that age.
Longstreet and Sherman were about the
same age. Sherldnn was only year
older than Gordon, only a year younger
than Howard, and was no older than
Schofleld. Sickles was born In the same
year cs Grant and Schurs Is three years
older than Gordon was when he died.
POPULARITY OF ROOSEVELT.
People with tho President and Deter,
mined to Have Him.
Ban Francisco Chronicle.'
Of course there is opposition to the re
nomlnatlon of the president, and It Is as
persistent and malignant as It Is secret and
treacherous. It Is headed by the great
army of boodlers and bosses who will fight
to the death the nomination of any presi
dent who cannot bo scared, cajoled or de
ceived. Every man who has. been caught
in evil practices or placed under suspicion
during the recent searching Investigations
ot the civil service Is an active supporter
of "anybody to beat Roosevelt." In hearty
accord with them are tho land sharks and
all dabblers In shady transactions with the
federal government. , To these, also, are
joined a large number of active and un
scrupulous promoters and speculators who
thrive by the manipulation of stocks of
doubtful value and who viciously oppose
the president as tha apostle of publicity
In corporate affairs. Many ot this class
are rich and Influential. They are import.
ant contributors to the campaign funds of
any party whose candidates they approve,
regardless of the "platforma" on which
they are running. Finally,, there are a cer
tain number of republican senators who
have become accustomed to dominate the
White House, and object to ' president
Roosevelt because he Is beyond their con
trol. These are the principal elements of
the opposition to the president, and there
U no question that there Is a real power
In the combined forces. Under ordinary
circumstances It would bo sufficient to pre
vent tho nomination of any tandidate
aiatnst whom they might unite.
L'v fertunately for them the people are lor
Roosevelt and determined to nave mm.
And their reasons for wanting him are the
precise reasons for which tho opposition
object to him. He Is upright, vigilant, fear
less and uncompromising, and as such he
appeals to the popular heart as no recent
president has done. A bom leader and a
born fighter, the people admire him. Aa a
!ifa!on- advocate of purity and economy
in public affairs, they trust blm. As the
most vigorous upholder of the great Amer
ican' traditions, they propose to Daca mm
up. The nature of the influences opposed
to the president are so perfectly under
stood that they are regarded as the strong
est evidence of his fitness for his great
office. The fact that Wall street gamblers
r.fuse to contribute to Ms campaign win
bring to bis support ten times more voters
than could be attracted by the fireworks
and spellbinding whloh Wall street money
woSld psy for. This being tne general puD-
llo feeling, successful oppesiuon to mm
president In (the convention . cannot na
hoped for. It Is therefore ery un:meiy
that It will be openly aispiayea. ine cur
rent rumora about Hanna or others are
simply "feelers" put out to see what com
ment they will evoke.
Cheek tho Land Grabbers.
, St. Paul Pioneer Prtss.
Borne 15.000 bills are said to be now pend
ing before congress. Sift the whole assort
ment and It will be difficult to mm one
which Is more important to the future wel
fare of a large part of the nation than the
bill for the repeal of the lawa which per
mit the gobbling up of large tracts of !nd
by Individuals or corporatlona. to the ex
clusion of the uctual settler. The question
of lurge or small estates may ' determine
whether or not a .community or a state
shall be an oligarchy, governed by a privi
leged few, or a republican commonwealth
of the genuine American pattern.
Tbe Glory of Panama.
Chleago Record-Herald.
It has been found that there are more
privates than officers in the army of Pan
ama. Really that country seems to be
worth saving.
png COUTANT & SQUIRES
UUCll Our Ohio Cooking Coal make
from aoot and amok.
coal aold In this market. Wa also aell the Rock Springs, Sheridan,
Cherokee, Walnut Block, etc - Our cheapest coal Is good and hot-nut
size, S.OO; lump, $9.29.
Our hard coal Is the SCRANTON-the best coal that comes from Penn
sylvania. We sell tb Arkanaas Anthracits grata and lump for hsaters, and
nut for base burners-.QO also coks, wood, kindling and steam ooal.
FADS COST. MOSEY,
niar Trlrea raid for Little Things by
Collectors.
Philadelphia Tdger. ,
The cabled announcement from Inndon
of the sale at auction of a Mauritius
postage stamp for the enormous sum ot
$7,250 shows to what extravagance the pas
sion for acquiring things rare and carious
will carry the collector. In the ease ot
preMnus porcelains, carved Ivories and In
taglios and other small art objects for
wilch high prices are occasionally paid,
the lay mind can understand exception
valves; but for a pcttnae stamp a tiny
scap of paper of no Intrinsic worth save
for Its p ace in a series or a link In an
unessential record such exaggerated valua
tions will be appreciated only by philatel
ists. A singular f.tct about this London
sale, which Is believed to mark a record,
Is that the stamp which the collectors were
so eager to possess In by no means the most
rare of this class of curious. Others are
far mure scarce, but do not happen to be
so much coveted, ao that scarcity Is hot
always the criterion of value. The Mauri
tius stamp of 1847, which figured In this
week's London sale, hsppened to be one of
only nineteen or twenty known to exist
out of an Issue of. say, 1,000 printed In
France and sent out to the island colony
In the Indian oce.m. Uro or some other
disaster overwhelmed the postofnee, It la
said, after a very few had been sold, and
the only used specimens which have been
traced were attached to dinner Invitations.
The kecSiness of the pursuit for these
curious postal relics Is an Interesting hu
man phenomenon, and f nds Its Illustration
In many directions. Everybody remem
bers the furore aroused a few years ago
by the purchase of the famous Peachblow
vase for $18,000 at a sale In New York, and
how eager Is the competition for book
oddities, old furniture, prints, gems, coins,
natural objects and the thousand and one
things men covet, that they may enjoy the
satisfaction of possessing that which fow
others have.
Wealthy collectors Justify themselves for
their Investment of large sums In little
things by their ability to pay, while less
.,..,, m,mhera nf tha claaa buv with
,h, CXDCCtatlon lhat Mr acquisitions will
grow in value, a hope rarely realised.
Prices, moreover, are not safe Indications
of value, even from the oollector's stand
point. In the case of old furniture, espe
cially, It often happens that heirs will bid
against each other for some heirloom. At
a recent sale In this city a tea service
wortn Drougnt si.nuu (or mis reason;
and at the Grim sale. In Baltimore, not ao
long ego, various elements combined to en
hance the pried of seven old Chippendale
chairs, which fetched $1,000 apiece. In tho
latter case tradition connected the furni
ture with the author of "The Star Spangled
Banner;" and the $1,500 paid at Christie's,
in London, for an original ball and claw
foot Chippendale chair, Is for s'znllar rea
sons not so difficult to understand. But
the payment of thousands of dollars for
such unconsidered trifles (is stamps be
longs to a dlffetcnt categoxy, and Is bound
to excite wonder, except among tho ranks
of the confirmed collectors. ' ,
Midwinter inversions.'
Kew York Tribune. ,
In certain institutions of learning In the
rpaclous west whero dlscuailons of present
day topics often rise to a white heat of
fervor, the question whether college stu
dents who Indulge eagerly In athletics of
various sorts are likely to live longer than
the bookworms Is up for argument. Who
can settle so doubtful a problem Who
will exemplify most clearly the survival of
the fittest, the boys of brawn or the boys
of brain T
LALUHIMf. 0.11,1:1, .- . ..
"Oh, no; they're not at all fashionable.
They had a call the other day that proves
mat.
"A call from whom?"
"From the stork. "-Chicago Post.
"He Is a freethinker. Isn't he?"
"No; he's married." Town Topics.
Teacher What Is this word?
1 ommy 1 ncm 1 snuw, inn nin.
Teacher hat dons a geivtleman remov
when ho enters a house?
Tommv Well, If ma Is awake pa removes
his shoes. Chicago News.
"But would you die for mo?" persisted
the romantic maiden.
"I would," replied the frank ard eiderly
suitor. "Even now I am using a high-
firlced preparation warranted to restore
mlr to Jtn original color." Detroit Free
Press.
The handsome young dentist slipped the
diamond ring on tbe lovely girl's rhapoly
finger.
"if vou break this entrapment, dearest."
he said, with a dreamy, .'era way gase, "I
shall have to charge you for my time, you
know." Chicago Irlbune. t
Clara O, miml I wish the Lord had
made me a man.
Mother-Perhaps he has," dear; only you
haven't found him yet. New York Sun;
He (dejectedjy,' after the refusaD--I don't
see how I can ever live without you!
fiuiivaa iiiiisuHiiuuuy J w 111, a wij
Sapa to give you a clerkship in his office.
omervllle Journal.
"He ts a very enthuslastlo young man,
said Senator Boiflum, "but rather Indis
creet." ' He Is fearless and outspoken."
"Yea. He Imagines that his opinions of
the trusts are important, when the consid
eration that most nearly J fleets his Inter
ests Is what r.nmn trust may happen to
think of htm." Washington Star.
SO H(UW AT Al.l
B. W. Glllilan In Baltimore American.
He sat upon the front-most eeat, the show
waa to be bad:
The hero'd elgneij away the last broad
acre that he had.
Not knowing lhat the villain was a f.ctor
in the uhrs
T'ntil the liiack-brnwed creature snapped
his Angara In hla face '
And Hissed: "You re In me power-r-r-r! Do
your irst I do rpt care!"
Thn hnrolne, with purple 1'ds and gay per
oxide l.alr,
Hud kwooned away, from running that the
hero might be warned.
And, coming to, had nude her threat, "Be
ware a woman scorned!"
It was the ame old rotten plot, the same
old hamfut cist,
The same old' melodrama of the dim and
inoldy paxt.
As -ne by one the audience began to see
the point
They tose and left the plsce and hurled
fierce curws (m the Joint.
They all had rn Kime bad before, had
expected it skhIii;
But Oils wuh niite the worat lhat e'er
QlxKraced a h'-imiin pen;
Yet tHrotikh It u II ! front-seat man
leaned forward toward the stage '
And let that burn plot way him from the
, heights ot Joy to rue.
At length the place ri e npty save from
him who sat in front, ,
And there he stayed until tfe last poor
Thespian did his ntnnt;
The others who had earlier eft, rung 'round
about the door
To see that human wondcwlhat such play
ing couldn't bore.
He comes at last, the tears are s'lll un-
drled upon his cheeks,
A rurloim tne approaches Mm and thus
politely 1 peaks:
"Pray (ell us from what rustic spot such
Innocence arose?"
He aald: "I'm from Chicago, where they
haven't any shows."
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