TUB OMATTA' DAILY HEE: WEDNESDAY, FETWTTATtY 24. 1904.
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Omaha s Jubilee year promises to be
nu epoch maker In substantial Improve'
merits.
Omaha's grain market is here to stay.
The railroads might as well make up
their minds to that first as last
It Is not the May option so much as
me August rennty mm interests tne
wheat growers of the United States.
i
New Mexico would not mind a few
earthquake shocks if they would only I
shako down statehood from' off the tree. I
Boutb Omaha democrats are to hold
uieir city primaries r nuay unu a mosi
mianous ivemeuney cat ngm is annci-iwted.
It was not the talk In congress that
Influenced the vote on the canal treaty
, i much as remarks by men not In offl
clal life. . - '
, v.. .vi .a - . iT I i 1,11 1 1 1
It may come as a Burnrise to manv to
learn that Oerman socialists annrove the
action of Emperor William in expelling
Russian anarchists.
With Washington's birthday marked
off the ll04 calendar we will have to
wait for St. Patrick to afford an excuse
for another holiday celebration. '
Tb explosion of an oil burning loco-
ti otlve on the Santa Fe railroad is sug-
restive of the dariger of petroleum for
t earn making as a substitute for coal.
Whenever the attorney general of Ne-
urns wants an outing lie manages to
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discover a case mat requires his pres-
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once in Washington at the state's ex-
llln8e'
Having disposed of the Manama treatv
the verbose senators will now begin the
rmiments which must ..rocod,, tb
i rmatlon of Leonard Wood as major
The record of the Philadelphia factory
la making seven locomotives ln one day
causes one to wonder whether the next
transcontinental railroad would not be
bullt ln a month.
T .1 1. - ,,.. , J
,t iUV wuaaua wic improxmem
ieague succeeds In extracting all the
unused poles that now disfigure the
streets of Omaha, it will be entitled to
u big credit mark
The battle for place between General
Harry and Field Marshal Culver would
awaken more interest were either war
rior expected to lead his troops beyond
the first encampment.
Alabama, although working in a bad
cause, has the merit of having discov
ered a way to make a constitution which
the supreme court of the United States
resolutely refuses to pass upon.
A fool can ask questions a wise man
cunuot answer. Thut is probably why
Chancellor Andrews will not answer all
lUit foo. questions that lire being put
to hiui in connection with the alleged
Uoctefell. r monument.
As long as the former Iowa auditor
and his insurance examiner refuse to
returu to that state many pi-ople will
persist ln believing Unit Governor Cum -
wins struck no false trull when he
opened lu that direction.
By placing the probable end of the
-rar In August or September the Rus-
stans do not encourage the American
rtrmer wuo tnougut io unload ins sur -
pius crop at goou prices, out luissian
are probably trying to impress the Japs
that they need not be lu a rush.
Kdgar Howard declares he Is glad
John O. .VeUer has ubaiidoucd the popo -
era tic combination and that he ought
to have been put out long ago. It is
bard to determine whether to charge
tills disrespectful allusion to a brilliant
champion of reform up to Ingratitude
or to jealousy.
VASAL TUB ATT HATiriBtX
It hns boon wall understood for at
lenst a month past that the treaty with
Panama would be ratified, but the vote
on the convention was somewhst in ex-
reus of what careful observers expected,
belnc ix more than the required two-
thirds majority. It was shown nt the
outset of the democratic opposition to
the treaty, under the leadership of Sen-
ator tJorninn, that the minority party
would divide on this question, but there
wns uncertainty for a time as to whether
the number of democrats disposed to
support the treaty was sufficient for Its
ratification. Discussion of the matter,
the action of southern state legislatures
and the expression of public sentiment
In ttie south favorable to the treaty, had
the desired effect niton senators from
that section, the number of whom that
vntorl tnr H. convention hoi no- lnreprl
than had been counted upon. The first
artlcle of the treaty pledges the United
States to guarantee and maintain the
Indepv.Mlence of the Republic of Tan-
ama. which now has a constitutional
government and has been recognized by
the principal governments of the world.
Tresl.lent Roosevelt has selected a
canal commission and It Is presumed
that there will be no avoidable delay In
preparing to enter upon the great enter-
prise, the completion of which will prob-
ably require twelve to fifteen years and
an expenditure on actual work of per-
bans not less than $150.000.000. possibly
considerably more than that. There Is
i., , r.nnor.,0 ernm
Colombia and it is not nt all probable
t there will be. Possibly something
,v b Hono tn ti.a fntnro i.v wav of
imleinnltv to Colombia, though of course
timt ..entry has no Just claim against
the United States. The conclusion of
thp l)UlInl,n cana) quP8tlon, delayed by
dl.llKK.ratic opposition, will be regarded
with satisfaction by the country.
AS TO y BVTHALITT.
The reply of Russia and Japan to the
American note suggesting recognition
of Chinese neutrality and territorial in
tegrity, while containing qualifications,
nre to be regarded as giving, under tUe
circumstances, as reasonable assurance K
as couia De expected or. tne oeingereins.
Japan pledges herself to respect the
neutrality and administrative entity of
clllna 8 Xoa a" Rusl. making a sinil
Anrrti rrAmnnf alioll nKaori'A t In rruf I
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'flltn - 'More tnan tul" sne 00,11(1 nol
wlth a ProPer reg&tO. for her Interests,
agree to do. If Russia should Invade
Chinese territory outside of Manchuria 1
Japan might be compelled In self-
defense to do likewise ana tnererore
8he makes the condition contained In
nPr reply.
ine Russian government manes tnree
conditions: mat Lhina must strictly
observe neutrality, that the Japanese
government must loyally observe the
engagements entered into with the pow-
ers and that ln.no case can neutrauza-
tlon be extended to Manchuria this
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,asl condition being ratner supernuous,
mnc American note oniy content-
P'tpd the neutrality of China outside
or Mancnunn. me ruture or wuicn must
be determined by the outcome of the
war. The condition required by Russia I
that China must herself strictly observe
all the clauses of neutrality Is the one
of chief significance. It Implies a nils-
giving as to the Chinese government
being able to enforce neutrality and for
this there Is undoubtedly sofne warrant
As we have already pointed out, how-
ever anxious the Chinese government
mav be to observe and enforce neutral-
tralltv. It mav be able to restrain its
1)lH)Dl from the commission of acts vlo-
lnflve of n(,utralltv. it la a well under-
Btood fnct popuiar sympathy in
Phln- nanmHaltv In tho reoHnn about I
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""". " "f strong., wuu uayau.
MOUra ln" ,nPnnese n portBnt
vl,tory on land an uprising of Chinese
asalnst the Russians would be very
Heriin creaitea to tne crunese minister
there was not made by him, but what It
says Is not quite incredible. It states
that the Chinese government may be
expected at any time, through the lnflu-
ence of an increasing popular excite
ment, to decide that its Continued neU-I
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tralltv is neither possible nor desirable,
Xhat a possibility which was evidently
In the thought of the Russian govern-
raent when the reply to the American
note was framed. Another dispatch re-
isirts the organization into divisions of
the bands of mounted bandits ln Man-
chnrla. with the Durrtose of destroying
the railway, severing telegraph lines and
otherwise harrasslng the Russians.
There Is no doubt ns to the existence of
these bands of so-called irregulors and
they are heartily In sympathy with
Japan and quite capable of giving her
enemy a great deal of trouble. What
they might do in Manchuria the Chinese
government could not properly be held
responsible for, but they are doubtless
assoi-tnted with other bands outside of
tl,nt Province.
u ,8 thus apparent that Chinese neu-
"""'"J reHt8 uPn a ratner insubstantial
basis, owing to the weakness and tim
idity of the government, strikingly man-
ll'cstcd when on the outbreak of hostlll-
I ties the dowager empress and court pro-
posed to desert the capital of the empire
land go where they thought they would
be safer.
SCfFRAOK DISCRIMIXATIU.1.
The supreme court of the United
State8 tw,w declared that it has no
power to- interfere with the suffrage
1 clause of the new constitution of Ala-
bauia. This cluuse makes a dlsorimlna
tlon against the colored race In the mat-
ter of registration. An appeal by a col-
ored citlren of thnt state to the federal
- - -
I i.upreme court wss yesterday dismissed
1 for want of Jurisdiction, It being held
I that no federal question was Involved
I In a similar ease, decided some rime
sgo, the court said that "equity cannot
undertake now, any mors than It has In
the past, to enforce political rights. In
determining whether a court of equity
ran tsi JurlsdloUnn one of the first
questions la what It can do to enforce
any order that It may make.
Unless we are prepared to supervise the
voting la the state by officer of the
court. It seema to us that all that the
plaintiff could get from equity would be
an empty form. Apart from damage
to the Individual, relief from a fc-rent
political wrong, if done as Alleged by
the people of a state and the stnte itself,
must be given by them or by the legls-
lative and political department of the
government of the United States."
It thus appears thHt appeal to the
courts against discriminating suffrage
laws in the soutli Is useless. The only
source of relief Is congress, according to
the highest Judicial tribunal. It is manl-
festly a very Important decision.
DOtF.IT BItAKtS
IIaIf century's experience has den-
nstrated that in hard times real estate
value are the first commodity to de-
Ine and In hard times real estate Is the
ln commodity to advance In value,
That lesson has been strikingly cmpha-
b? "r experience with real es-
tate values In Omaha. The collapse of
th 0mah state boom antedated
by w"1 J" the cra8n of 18y3- and
the marked advance in price of the
Products of the mill and factory, which
lSn back In 1807, did not show its
sympathetic effect upon real estate
h "" 1002- ' also notable that
tne navance in farm lana values pre-
ceded the improvement In town lot
lvalues.
'e now reached the stnge that
rainy empiiasizes tne restoration or con
fldence In municipal property values.
Th" 'ater hns not only been wrung
out W foreclosure, but gradual sub
stl,ntla: Improvement, Increased facill-
We8 for distribution and enlargement of
industrial activity, and the erection of
more mills and factories have stimu
lated Individual and collective enter
prise. The activity of the Omaha real
estate market through bona fide snles,
and the extraordinary pressure upon
architects and builders for plnns of
projected buildings affords gratifying
I, convlnclnir ., of hniM
boom and genera, ndvanccB , real
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The only menace to Omaha's future
growth comes from excessive taxntlon.
Investors In real estate, and especially
.... .
capitalists who want to erect perma-
nent Improvements, alwavs ask us a
conju,, Drecedent whether the Invest-
ment wl leld rPnRonable income. nnii
,, Income of a real estate Investment
depends largely upon the size of the
form,d contrlhtitlon toward the mnlnte-
nuncB of muni0noi ..ntv and rat
eovernmenta
xhose who tre 08t vltaMv concerned
ln the future growth of Omnhn must
tner(.foref exert an thplr influence to
prevent extravagance, wastefulness and
jobbery ln the management of the
affalr8 of the cltr county and school
district. The keynote nil along the line
Bhould be "Down Brakes!" Stop all
iPaitao;M, sinecures and steals of every
description and the city will move on
at a pace unprecedented ln its annals.
The national committee of the popu-
list party proclaims itself ln favor of
keeping in the middle of the road and
going it alone ln the national campaign
of 1904. But the republicans of Ne-
braska should not allow' themselves to
be lulled to sleep and take it for granted
that fusion Is dead and the state ticket
will have a walk-away. The divergence
of populists and democrats on national
Issues this year may not be any broader
than It was in 1802 when they ran sep
arate electoral tickets. When it comes
to the state ticket and the legislature
the V are liable to DOOl issues and DUt
t,n o itVi f
The World-IIerald forgets to state
that the university budget presented to
the last legislature was made up at the
Instance of and endorsed by the fusion
Board of Regents. The Board of Re
gents Is the responsible administrative
body of the University of Nebraska un
dcr the laws that govern thnt lnstitu
tlon.
r.lVa nit nther nnnmlintlnna that nit.
tnin much mihllcitv the Omaha Civic
improvement league is menaced by an
intrusion of professional office seekers
and political hacks who want to keep
themselves In public view and grind
their axes on public improvement grind
stones.
From developments in the form of
Injunctions and counter Injunctions in
the flKht for tue republican nomination
'or congress ln the Des Moines district
on would ,nfer that an Omaha pollU
clan would feel perfectly at home at the
Iowa capital
Statesmen who desire to represent the
congressional districts at the national
convention would save much future
trouble by indicating ln time whether
they want to connect with the local post
office or with the consular service.
Being the year of a presidential cam
palgn, managers of aspiring Chautauqua
assemblies may Issue prospectuses as
sured of the fact that much of the re
quired oratory can be secured at a ma
terlal discount from regular rates
The general public will not look upon
the illegal action of some members of
organized labor
as typical or union
principles anr more than it will consider
the action of absconding cashiers as
typifying the American banker.
Perhaps some of the state bouse dep-
titles who are seeking places ou the
state ticket may be willing to compro-
niise on an assurance that they will
I continue to hold the Jobs for which
they are now drawing salaries.
Tha Beat Uirrrt Toaea.
Washington Put.
There are some Indications that those
ho vera so anxious to make material
P uttxtfcvOoo u BsJumoi ta kTa am
opportunity to do so through the medium
of Increased Are insurance rates.
SaaMtk Bad Swift.
Brooklyn Ragle.
Japan Isn't letting any grass grow under
Its feet; or, perhaps It would be more fit
ting to say that It Isn't permitting any
barnacles to accumulate on Its torpeSo
boats.
tiond ! of the Times.
Philadelphia Press.
One of the most heartening signs of the
times is the promptness with which the
Insurance companies have responded to the
demand made upon their resources by the
terrible destruction of property In Balti
more. Please Pnaa I the F.arth.
Chicago Tribune.
An unconfirmed but Inherently probable
rumor comes from St. Louis to the effect
that the plumbers and coal dealers of the
country already have engaged the most de
sirable suites of rooms at the hotels for
their use next summer.
(randraotbera In Politics.
Sprlr.gfleld Republican.
Mr. Hearst's strongest appeal to the south
Is now said to be bused on the fact that
one of his grandmothers was a member of
an old Georgia or Carolina family. Appar
ently the value of grandmothers In politics
has hitherto been overlooked.
Baey Times for Grabbers.
Chicago News.
With Japan attacking Russia, tn the east.
Great Britain Intriguing In Tibet and Ab
dul Hnmld raising Cain In the Balkans,
the Job of "localizing" the big war Is not
going to be the easy chore that some diplo
mats have ied us to expect.
Cuba and the Borrowing Habit.
New York Tribune.
Cuba's f:S.non,OX) loan Just taken by a
single bunking concern shows that Its
credit in the money mnrkets of the world
i gilt on the edRes, anyhow. It will no
doubt pay and borrow again and go on
that way until It "overworks the parti
ciple," so to speak, when It may need a
little financial doctoring and nursing,
which wo, h It nearest friend and guar
dian, shall be quite ready to administer.
The Island Is richly productive and only
needs a measure of economical wisdom In
Its administration to be one of the most
prosperous governments, little or large, In
the world.
A Tax on Intellla-encr.
Philadelphia Public ledger.
The American Newrpaper association has
decided to take aggressive action against
the International Paper company and the
(reneral Taper company, which constitute
what Is known as the Paper trust, distin
guished by all the earmarks of a tariff
made monopoly, whose greed Is limited
only by Its ability to mulct the reading
public. The tariff tax on paper and wood
pulp, like the tax os art. Is levied on in
telligence and prepress. Tt Is, therefore, an
obstacle to the broad education of the pub
lic, which leads straight to material pros
perity. We are hearing much at this time
of the proposed tariff on food In England.
The tariff on the raw material of the news
paper Is an exaction on nobler pabulum
the food of the mind.
PKRSO!AI. HOTES.
William T. Evans, a former body ser
vant of the famous Confederate Oeneral
Robert E. Lee, is living at Arbury Park.
Dr. Rmmet, a srnndnephew of Robert
Emmet, the Irish patriot, has Just cele
brited his golden wedding In New York
city. .
President Rooavlt has been Invited Xa
a reception In fhe new hcime Of the Re
publican Club of New York at such time
as he might designate. .
The emperor of Japan has never been
outside of his own country. His son. the
crown prince, though In his twenty-fifth
year, has also refrained from traveling.
Representative Curtis of Kansas, who Is
sometimes referred to as the "Indian mem
ber" of the house, has been at various
times In his life a Jockey, a hack driver,
law student and politician.
Dr. Eduard Zeller, emeritus professor of
philosophy in the University of Berlin, has
Just celebrated his 90th birthday, and Em
peror William presented him woth a por
trait and an autograph letter.
Edward C. Wall of Milwaukee, who Is
being boomed as a democratic candidate
for the presidency, la reported to have
made 1150,000 on the recent advance In the
price of wheat and has retired from op
erations on the board of trade.
Ir. Carl Aaron Swenson, the president
and founder of Bethany college at Uads
borg, Kan., and one of the most prominent
Swedish-Americans in the United States,
has Just died In Los Angeles, Cai. He was
born In Sugar Grove, Pa., ln 1867.
Cabin Steward Kumasharo of the torpedo
boat destroyer Perry at the Mare Island
navy yard, has applied for a discharge
from the United Stutes navy. He longs to
follow the guidons of the second Japanese
reserve, of which he Is a sergeant.
A Kentucky woman was unable to de
cide with which of two friends she wished
to dance, after making engagements with
both. Tha rivals went Into the yard and
used their revolvers to sood effect, with
the result that neither danced with her.
Cobra George Salem, an Egyptian, who
entered the Missouri university last fall,
and Is taking the four-year course tn agri
culture, is so well pleased with his work
that he has succeeded ln persuading sev
eral of his friends in Egypt and Turkey
to come on and take a similar course.
Representative Cooper of Wisconsin has
been sending very fine grass seed to some
of his constituents for a couple of years.
Ijist wek he received this letter: "Dear
Mr. Cooper I want to thank you very
much for the seed you have been sending
me. Please do not send any more, as our
canary died ten days ago. The bird did
not seem to thrive on the seed you have
been sending."
What may be called "the kitchen cab
inet" of Japan consists of Marquis Ito,
Count Inouye, Count Matsugata and Mar
quis Yamagata. These four men were
leaders ln the transformation of their
country from its former medieval condl
tlon Into the progressive nation which It
now is. Marquis Ito Is credited with having
drafted the constitution under which Japan
is now governed.
Two or three members of the senate like
brandy and are fastidious about the kind
they drink. They found a hotel In Wash
Ington where there were several bottles
labeled as of the distillation of 1811, This
brandy cost T6 cents a drink. "Here It
Is," said one of the senators when he had
Invited two companions to have some.
"It is the finest In Washington. You can
see by the label that It was distilled tn
1811. Isn't that right. Mr. Bartender?'
"That's what the label says," the bar
tender replied, "but I don't know the
printer."
A movement for the erection of a monu
ment to the late Marcus A. Hanna has al
ready been Inaugurated at Cleveland. The
Initiative was taken on the night of Mr.
Hanna's funeral at a meeting of the city
republican organisation at the Tippecanoe
elub. The meeting was attended by nearly
very precinct captain In the city and was
tn the nature of a memorial meeting. The
proposition to create a monument fund met
tha hearty approval of tha representatives
ef the entire party organisation. A ron-
siaVeraJbJa stun asui already keca f IcAgaa fur
tba yvfaa
THE GOYKRXOftSnit.
Pawnee Republican: There are five or
six candidates already ln the field for tha
republican nomination for governor. Among
tha number Is W. H. Harrison of Grand
Island, formerly of this county. The good
book says a man who does not stand by
his own family Is worse than an Infidel
Mr. Harrison Is a clean, strong, capable
man, with executive ability of the hlgheat
order, and his old home county should give
him Its heartiest support.
Weeping Water Hernld: Candidates for
governor are bobbing up frequently. One
of the most active Is J. B. Dlnsmore of
Sutton, who labors under the Impression
that Oovernor Mickey's chances for a sec
ond term are not near as flattering as his
(Dlnsmore's) friends lead him to think his
are. Mr. Dlnsmore will likely prove a
strong candidate, but he Is up against a
proposition In trying to defeat Governor
Mickey's nomination for a second term.
Central City Nonpareil: With four or
five candidates for governor In the race,
the republican state convention promises
to be a rather strenuous affair. Up until
a week ago the political situation was In
a state of delightful calm and It looked
RS If the coming convention would be little
more than a ratiflc:itltin meeting. With
the entrance of several gubernatorial can
didates, however, the aspect is materially
modified, and the man who Is fortunate
enough to be a delegate will doubtless get
the worth of his money If he likes a
scrap.
Fairfield Herald: That gay old poet,
Blxby of the State Journal, says that the
opposition to Governor Mickey Is because
the latter (not Blxby, of course) Is a re
ligious man. Nobody knows any better
than Al Blxby that he Is telling a whopper
when he tells that. It Is not upon his
religion, but upon his record and his gen
eral availability as a candidate before tha
people, that the governor will be consid
ered by the convention. It Is very easy
for a candidate to bo Injured by Injudi
cious remarks, not at all called for, by
supposed friends. This seems to be a case
of that kind, and If the governor has a
muszle laying around loose anywhere It
might be advisable to apply It to the cor
pulent rhymer of the State Journal where
It would do the most good.
Western Wave: In view of the numer
ous candidates popping up for governor
It may ha In order to remind the lenders
thnt If the republicans want to lose the
state of Nebraska this fall, let them turn
Mickey down. With the Bnrtley off:ilr
nnd the Dietrich disgrace fresh In the
minds of the people. It only remains now
for the party to turn down a straightfor
ward, honest man, In order to convince
the people of this state that It Is not sin
cere ln Its professions. It has become a
custom that if an officer Is half right to
give him a second term. Mickey Is one of
the best governors Nebrnska ever ha1.
nnd Is generally satisfactory to all hut the
grafters, and If the republican party Is
wise he will be renominated by acclama
tion next May.
Kearney Journal: It is announced, and It
seems authentic, that Hon. J. B. Dlnsmore
of Sutton, Clay county, Is a candidate for
governor of Nebraska. The announcement
conies as a surprise; most everyone seemed
to consider that present Governor Mickey
would have clear sailing for a second
term. But, the more the merrier. It Is a
free country. Mr. Dlnsmore has a perfect
right to run for the ofilce If he wishes to
do so. Personally, we like Mr. Dlnsmore.
We would rather have him for governor
than any man In Nebraska at this time.
We have personally known him for thirty
years, and found In him a plensnnt, affable
and courteous gentleman, and we believe
him to bo always attentive to business
entrusted to him and entirely free from
corruption. In W2 he was a candidate for
thp office and only lacked a few votes of
making It However. Kearney feels under
obligations to Mr. Mickey, especially In
regard tn the new State Normal school.
Our people believe that Mr. Mickey, at
heart, favored Kearney and that he did all
ha could honorably to secure Its location
here. For this reason In particular Buffalo
county will probably send a delegation for
the present governor.
Wood River Sunbeam: The quietude that
has been hovering over Nebraska politics
has st last been broken and" candidates
are appearing on the surface thick and
fast. Especially Is this so regarding tho
governor's chnlr. Nearly every dally pa
per last week had a new candidate, and
so It goes. There seems to be some sort
of dissatisfaction with Governor Mickey,
and from the numherV'f candidates ap
pearing It looks as though the governor
would have a hard fight to obtain the
customary second term. Among the more
prominent aspirants we notice thnt W. H.
Harrison of Grand Island Is coming to the
front, also that J. B. Dlnsmore of Sutton
comes on the scene of action' bedecked ln
smiles. Judge Robertson of Norfolk Is also
an aspirant. And so It goes. Candidates
doubtless without number are grooming
themselves for the race. But why all this
stir? Isn't Governor Mickey justified ln
asking a second term? Has not his been
a popular administration? Because a man
Is honest, sincere and an earnest church
worker Is It a disgrace to the state which
he has served so faithfully to bestow on
him a second term? Hasn't the Mickey
reign been one to meet the popular ap
proval? Are the people satisfied? Are the
railroads satisfied? Ah, there Is where the
rub comes. Maybe they are and perhaps
they are not. Time will tell.
FIRE INSURANCE IN 10O3.
Ratio ef Profits and Laa.ee an In
structive Study.
Philadelphia Record.
In view of the Baltimore losses, the
stutement of fire Insunuice business In
the United States ln 1908, complied by the
Spectator, Is unusually opportune and In
teresting. In one important point tt ap
pears to be at variance with a statement
quoted ln these columns the other day
from a leading Insurance man of New
York, who said the Income of the com
panies was about 830,000,000 a month. This
table gives the Income last year as SCO!),.
000,000, which is not much more than 817,
000,000 a month. The difference Is probably
accounted for by the fact that the table
of the Spectator does not Include In the
Income "deposit premiums received on per
petual risks, commissions received on re-
Insurance (deducted from commissions
paid), premiums of lki2 reoelved, apprecia
tion of securities owned (not sold or ma
tured), and, ln the case of foreign com
panies, their receipts from their home
offices."
The compilation shows a capital of some
thing over 803,000,000, and total assets of
Satft.GOO.OOb (an Increase of nearly 828,000,
000 In the year), a surplus at the beginning
of this year of 8122.000,000 (an Increase of
811,000.000 over last year); net premiums
written of 1197.000.000 (also an increase of
811,000,000 over last year). The losses paid
slightly exceeded 897.000.000. and the divi
dends of something over 87,000,000 were
more than 11 per cent of the capital.
As compared with ten years ago, the
losses paid Increased less than 27 per cent
while the Income and the assets Increased
a good deal more than SO per cent. The
lottsaes for the past five years have been
pretty uniform, over 890,000,000 In each year,
and much heavier than ln the Ave previous
years, when the losses paid ranged from
8C3.0nC.OO0 to tTCOUO.OOO.
TbLIbbj Saart.henent.
Chicago Recurd- Herald.
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WAR SCEMCS AND WARRIORS.
Gossip About Men and Place. Promi
nent In the Row.
Admiral Alexlcff. chief representative of
Russia nt the pent of war, Is 81 years of
age. He entered the navy as a youth
and was an ofiler of the Russian fleet that
rendezvoused ln New York harbor during
the dark days of the civil war In 1S63.
when Russia of all European powers was
tho only friend of the Union. Displaying
a high order of engineering skill, Alexlfff
rose rapidly and was entrusted with Im
portant coast defense work. It was when
he was finally In charge of a ship of his
own and sent on a mission to the United
States thnt he evinced his marked diplo
matic talent, as a result of which he was
given the post of military attache at
Paris, which he filled for eight consecu
tive years, working constantly for the
Franco-Russian alliance, which was finally
made. In 1892 he was recalled to St. Pe
tersburg nnd made chief of the naval
staff. Three years later he was placed in
charge of tho Asiatic fleet. Last August
he was made viceroy, with almost sov-
ererelgn powers ln the region of his Juris
diction. Vladivostok is a very busy city, but like
most of the eastern towns looks best from
a distance as one Is approaching from the
bay. Its one main street with an un
pronounceable Russian name is dusty
n the summer and tho whole place Is
dirty and grimy In all but the winter
months.
Back of the city are rolling hills, and
at a distance from the city these besr
heavy timber. Along the water front are
several docks, all belonging to the govern
ment, and batteries are to be found
everywhere. Heavy guns appear at every
angle of the harbor entrance and the bay
Is always more or less warlike In appear
ance from the presence of Russian battle
ships. Huge Intrenchments snd barracks, filled
with Russian soldiers, always at work,
are on every side, and In the summer time
the water front Is continually the scene
of some war preparations.
The city is quite a manufacturing cen
ter and large sawmills, flour mills, match
factories, tanneries, mechanical snd naval
works, give It a little of the hustling
American air. Vladivostok Is, too, the ter
minal of the great transslbertan railway,
and a fine stone station has been con
structed. Trains run regularly, and al
ready a great deal of business Is dons by
this government venture.
Vladivostok has not as cold a climate as
many people have been led to think. Quite
to the contrary, the summers are very hot
and moist, and at times mists, similar to
those of the Oregon coast prevail. The
seasons break off abruptly and the winters
are not severely cold. But little snow falls
and the skies In the winter time are usu
ally clear.
A certain historical sentiment Is at
tached to the name of Peresvlet. one of
the big Russian battleships at Port Arthur
which has thus far apparently escaped
Injury," says the New York Tribune.
'That name was borne by one of the
principal vessels of the little Russian
squadron which visited New York during
our civil war the first Russian warship tn
enter that harbor. That was not, as some
have been saying, In the winter of 1862-'6S,
the "darkest days of the war,' but ln the
fall of 1863. The ships spent several weeks
In New York, and the officers snd crew
were entertained, both publicly and pri
vately, with lavish hospitality. The
Peresvlet of those days was then much
visited and admired. But It would cut
a puny figure beside the steel-clad monster
that now bears Its name."
Laka Baikal Is no mean body of water.
It la the largest fresh . water lake In tne
old world, with the exception of the Vic
toria Nyanza. It Is 3S"8 miles long from
north to south, from eighteen to fifty-seven
miles wide, and has an area of nearly lfi.OOO
square miles. It Is smaller than Lake.
Superior, Michigan or Huron, but Is larger
than either of the other two great lakes.
As the Dead sea Is notable because Its
surface Is below ocean level, Iake Baikal
la notable because Its surface la l.WS feet
above sea level and the bottom Is 1,624 feet
below It. giving the lake the extraordinary
depth of S.1S6 feet.
In summer the storms strike Lake Baikal
out of a clear sky. The wind rushes down
fro.n the north like a hurricane, without
warning. When It strikes the surrounding
hills, which nose out into the lake In rug
ged, precipitous promontories, the hurri
cane changes to a cyclone and the surface
of the deep sea Is twisted Into the most
appalling shapes. Russian boatmen never
attempt to weather Baikal's storms if
there is any hope of reaching the nearest
shore. If the shore be astern, sailors turn
about and flee. If It be ahead, they flee.
Baikul terrifies the Russian, not only In
summer, but in winter.
In winter it is equally us dangerous.
Ho long w&ity for the Coa! and no
5hortvreigh$$ vh en 7-011 get it
VidorVhile Coal Cal605ra3anBi27
t.. see., fi.ee.
So 1 4 for SO yaws.
When the sir holes ilowi In the loe. as is
frequently done, there Is an explosion thnt
can be heard for miles. The surface of
the Ice becomes a volcano, and. huse
mountains of Ice shoot upward, fall and
disappear ln the water.
There sre two little seaports on an Islund
off the Atlantic coast which may yet play
a very Important part In the Russo-Japanese
war, for they supply a large part of
the fuel burned on the Mikado's warships.
These ports are situated on the Island
of Hokkaido, or Jeso, which adjoins the
Island of Nippon the largest of the em
pire on the north. Mororan Is on th
southern coast, on the shore of Volcano
bay, so named from the number of
canlc peaks which overlook It. Otaru, the
other port. Is on the west coast.
That these mines will be hotly contested
for when the war pets to be well tinder
way Is well understood, for they axe among
the finest coaling ports In the world nnd
before 1R30 their output had Increased
vastly, and nt present It la over l.OOO.OOO
tons annually.
Tho largest part of tho coal Is operated
by a monopoly known as the Hokkaido
Tanko Tetstido Knlsha, one of the weal
thiest corporations In tho world. It not
only owns coal mines, but railroads, steam
ship lines, mont of the harbor front of the
Mororan nnd Otaru, besldo warehouses,
coal piers, etc. Its capital In no less than
20,0rio,onu yen, equal to 810,000,000 ln Amer
ican money. The company In question
employs a force of S.000 people, of whom
about I.SflO nre women, but nil of the mines
are equipped with American apparatus on
an extensive scale.
EM I I.I Q HRM ARKS.
Mrs. Jenner Lee Ondego You are observ
ing Lent, of course?
Mrs. Selldnm-llolme Yes: we bnv nar-
quet seats now. instead of giving box par-
"Mad? I should say so. I expected a cup
of hot coffee to warm ine up aixl when I
got It It was stone cold!"
"Then It seemed to produce the desired
effect, after all. It made you hot." Phila
delphia Press.
"Do you think she loves you for yourself
alone?" asked the romantic person.
"Certainly not," answered tho little for
eigner. "She loves me for my ancestors."
Washington Star.
Customer Are these five or six wedding
rings all you have In stock? Why. you'vs
got a whole tray full of engagement rings!
Jeweler Yes. sir, and it will take that
whole tray full of engagement rings to
work off thorn five or six wedding rings.
Chicago Tribune,
"I was dreadfully mortified when I took
that silver-plated pitcher the Pedro club
Java us on our anniversary down to the
eweJer's to have It exchanged."
"What whs the trouble?"
"They said they'd already exchanged it
four times." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Rroker What shall I do? My wife won't
be dictated to.
Friend I don't blame her.'
Broker But, man, I married my stenog
rapher! Princeton Tiger.
Rip Van Winkle had Just been taking a
nap. Placing a hand upon bin beaftrv. tie.
murmured drowsily. "How this grows o1i-
me." After which he fell Into a second dnzo
that he might sleep out the remaining t 1 1
years. Yale Record.
"What are the duties of the United States
enate?" inquired the visitor from abroad.
"You see, said the man who now admits
that he can't tell you all nlxiut everything,
"there is invariably a great deal to b
said on both sides of the question."
"Yea."
"Well, It Is the buninees of the senate ta
ser i...:' ' Is all said." Washington Star.
I.ENTF PIKTY.
Town Topics.
The Ixnten girl Is much In vogue.
Her modest dress Is seemly block;
But. Just to add a charm, the rogun
Has pinned on violets -a lack!
Her downcast eyes fair lids disclose,
Mer shapely head Inclines In prayer;
Sweet lenten girl! how well sh knows
I, too, am bowed In worship there!
Fur when I heav a sigh bv chance.
As if remembering my sins,
She casts on me a tender glance
My penitential spirit wins;
The oval of her cheek a.is. rls
A deeper rose her fond lips curl.
As with the sinner there she flirts,
My dainty, darling, Lenton girl.
All Who Wear Glasses
Should have their eyes tested at Intervals,
even If the neoefle.lt be not apparent
to them. Borne people go on for years
wearing the same glauKes. This Is all
wrong Drop In and we will tell you If
your glasHes are light.
J. C. HUTESON & CO.,
213 South 16th St.
Paxtoa Block.