Tnn OMAITA'- DAILY DEE: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1901.'
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(Seal.) Notary Public.
YVlmt would Horace GrcWey have suid
of Srcrettiry Tuft's iiroposltlon to scud
college men to the I'hllipiilues?
General KoiiKuputkiu mity. consider
himself lucky that he received his medal
before hu demonstrated his ubtllty to
earn it ou the Meld of battle.
To a ninn up a tree it looks at if the
$2,0)0 crib to stop the Missouri river
from overflowing into Florence lake 1b
only tho entering wedge for another Job.
Chicago theater managers are trying
to get together for mutual protection.
An organization of theater-goers for mu
tual protection would be more Justifia
ble. If the Aden incident Is repeated Great
Britain may take the opposite side of
the question of the right to search neu
tral vessels from that which it endeav
ored' to enforce in 1812.
Alt-Snr-Dcn X wants it distinctly un
derstood that the troublua of Ills royal
cousins In the prjent will not interfere
In the least with his, annual court fes
tivities to be held in Orbtiha this fall.
Missouri never had much ut for Min
nesota anyway, and the decision of
Judge Sunborn, which keens one , of 4ts
' . 11.1 i .i .. .. N-
yiuiunifiii politicians in me pcuiienuary,
will not increase the feeling of friendli
ness.
The terms of . the Frunco-Kusslan
treaty must have chameleon-like quail
ties. So far no probable combination of
powers against the latter country has
brought forth a threat of French inter
vention.
Reports from Constantinople today
sound much like those which came from
St. Petersburg a few weeks ago. If you
are looking for war It will not do to
keep your eye away from the Balkans
too long.
Wheat operators have evidently real
Ized that the Japanese eat rice and that
the road to Russia Is beset with perils.
This may 'explain In part the sharp de
cline lu tho price of wheat in twenty
four hours.
The Mikado evidently appreciates the
friendship of the United Stutes. Within
the last forty-eight hours he has given
this country all it has asked, including
a big claim for damages and an Ameri
can fugitive.
l m
liorjman house conferences between
democratic leaders may mean that the
free und untrammelled west is to coiv
trol the next democratic convention, but
It looks more UW putting the tiger's
stripes over the hide -uf the symbolical
donkey. ' X
Senor Bunau-Varilla resigned . his po
sition as minister as boon us the Panama
treuty was ratified. This energetic
ireuchman may be found later in an
Other capacity where the reward for his
services will lie more apparent
South side Second warders are said to
bo determined that they shall have two
new school buildings and with that end
lu view have started an agitation for
the Issue of $1X.0(0 lu bonds by the
school district. But lu the face of a 00
per cent Increase In taxes it la doubtful
, whether the voters of Omaha will te
disposal to add fKiQ.OOO to the school
debt aud increase their annual tax bur
dens correspondingly.
It Is Jut about a year since the law
was enucted with au emergency clause
for the luuucdiutc und unconditional ac
quisition of the wnter works under the
purchuse clause of the franchise and
the entire negotiations takeu out of the
bunds of (he municipal otticers to be
lodged with a governors pointed water
board. And now un Inquisitive preacher
Is curiously asking some one to tell him
why the purchasing process has made
uo faster progress.
rH tmaiicial aupkvt.
It Is rjulte Impossible at present to form
any definite conclusion as to what will
be the ultimate effect upon the financial
affairs of the world of the far eastern
war. All depends, of course, upon
whether the conflict shall be protracted
or not aud whether also it shall be local
ized and, confined to the present Ixillgo
rents, conditions which no one can fore-
ell with any degree of certainty. The
opinion of those whose Judgment In such
matter Is entitled to high considera
tion Is that the war will be prolonged
nd there Is every Indication ou the part
of both the belligerents to continue it
s long aa they have any resources for
doing so. It Is the Judgment of many.
Iso, that other nations are certain to
Kroner or later be drawn into Uie con
flict.
It appears that the question of pos-
ible financial effects Is receiving atten
tion in the centers of finance abroad and
r. this country. The New York corre
spondent of the Philadelphia Tress re
marks, as the result of Inquiry among
financiers there, that if Russia and
Japan shall be compelled to borrow in
all probability the loans will be placed
on the continent of Europe or in London
and that a transaction of that kind
would not be directly or strongly felt In
this country. Indirectly, however, the
effects would be felt here, particularly
n diminishing international trade aud
thereby depriving us of some part of our
presumed International credits. Another
ffect. It is suggested, would be to shut
the door to those American iuvestors
who are undoubtedly today looking to
wurd Europe for large supplies of capital
by means of which to effect new Amer
ican propositions.
In view of these considerations it is
said to he the opinion of American finan
ciers that this Is to be a year of the ut
most conservatism, that large undertak
ings are not to be encouraged, nnd that
the day of the great Industrial trust is
ended, sinee It Is evident thirt the great
public no longer has any faith In promo
tions of that kind. There is, of course,
nothing In the situation to warrant a
feeling of pessimism In regard to the Im
mediate future. It is Inevitable that a
great war, promising to be protracted,
should lead men engaged in large finan
cial affairs and having capital to invest
to exercise unusual caution and con
servatism. It is not to be assumed, how
ever, that American enterprises are to
he halted or that there will be no new
investments in legitimate- industrial nnd
commercial undertakings. It Is quite
possible that even the Indirect effects of
the far eastern war upon our interna
tional trade may be much less than
some seem to arprehend nnd this coun
try is certainly secure in Its unprcce-
dentedly strong financial position. So
far as the exercise of a Judicious con
servatism is concerned It is to be de
sired, since it cannot fall to produce
more healthy and more stable conditions.
- SOVTn AMERICAN CLAIMS.
We have already referred to the de
cision of The Hague tribunal in favor
of the blockading powers In the Venez
uelan case and expressed the opinion
that the award was essentially Just. It
appears, however, that the decision was
disappointing to the Washington au
thorities, who expected an entirely
different award, and it is aald that offi
cials of the Department of State have
made no effort to hide their surprise
thatv a peace tribunal should render a
verdlcti that practically puts a premium
on violence, It is stated that the anx
iety' created "by the decision is due to
the fact that it opens the door to repe
titions of the VeucXuelan affair, with
the consequent dangers of strained re
lations and possibly trouble" over the
Monroe doctrine. The impression ap
pears to be that as a result of The
Hague verdict the United States will
be forced to assume responsibility, In
directly at least, for the debts of all of
the South American and Central Amer
lean republics, to avoid the coustant
danger of a clash over the Monroe doc
trine. It is remarked that the decision
puts tills government in a position
where it cannot object to blockades and
bombardments unless it believes the
Monroe doctrine has been violated.
lu the newspaper comments on the
decision it Is pointed out that it is an
encouragement to strong governments
to institute war blockades against weak
powers for the collection of pecuniary
claims and any encouragement of this
sort must ultimately threaten the pres
ent equilibrium of this hemisphere. We
are Inclined to think that while this Is
not an unwarranted view the danger it
implies is a good deal exaggerated.
What the allies did in the case of
Venezuela was only done after that
country had rejected all offers to sub
mit the claims against it to arbitration
and nothing was .left to the claimants
but to adopt coercive measures or a ban
don their demands. Before determining
to adopt coercion the powers concerned
in the blockade informed the govern
ment of the United States of what they
contemplated and made inquiry as to
how far they might go without Incur
ring the displeasure of this government
They gave satisfactory assurance that
they had no Intention to seize any .ter
ritory of Venezuela or to Interfere In
any way with the independence of that
country. They did not propose to In
Ihe slightest degree contravene the Mon
roe doctrine. There has never been
more direct and complete recognition of
that doctrine by European nations than
In this Instance. Why should there be
any doubt that the doctrine will be
respected in future In the event of Eu
ro(ean governments deeming it neces
sary to resort to coercion for the col
lection of claims against any country
of South or Central America?
It seems to us that there need be no
solicitude in regard to the effect of The
Hague decision upon our relations to
the southern republics. It is absurd to
say tii.it it will require us to assume
responsil tllty, eveu indirectly, for their
pecuniary obligation to foreign cred
ltors. We are pledged only to protect
their territorial Integrity and their In
dependence agntnst European aggres
sion, not to shield them from the pay
ment of their Just debts. In our Judg
ment there Is no tin tiger to this country
In The Hague decision, but on the con
trary that It will have a salutary effect
in leading the countries of the southern
continent to make an earnest effort to
pay their obligations, deal honestly with
creditors aud thus avoid hostile demon-
tratiom for the collection of claims
uliiHt them.
CHICAGO FOLLOWS VJiAUA.
Chicago Jobbers nnd heavy shippers
re emulating the example of Omaha
in pooling Issues for the purpose of en
forcing fair treatment and preventing
railroad discrimination. An association
embracing about corporations nnd
firms, Including such large shippers as
Marshall Field & Co., J. B. Farwell &
Co., Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co.,
Franklin McVeigh & Co., have pooled
Issues for mutual benefit and mutual
protection under the name of "The Chi
cago Shippers' association."
The incentive for this new departure
is said to be the discovery that under
the prevailing transportation rates New
ork has an equal chance with Chicago
in the markets of the Mississippi and
Missouri river valleys. This condition
ppears to have created serious alarm
mong Chicago Joblcr8 and manu
facturers, and stimulated them to adopt
plan of campaign which they believe
will effectually protect them against
discrimination In favor of the American
metropolis. Commenting upon the pro
gram mapped out by Chicago business
men, the Chicago Record-Herald de
clares:
Railroad officials do not view the organ
ization of the shippers' association with
larm, nor with hostility. They say they
have such associations to deal with in
other centers and that If a manager Is se
cured who Is broad enough not to demand
nythlng of the railroads which Is unjust
to their Interests In other centers, good will
probably result. Some of the traffic men
dmlt that Chicago Is being discriminated
against, while others sny the unparalleled
growth of the city's Industries is the best
proof that such Is not the case.
What applies to Chicago In Its rivalry
with New York applies with equal force
to Omaha in its rivalry with commer
cial competitors. Omaha shippers do
not propose to make unreasonable de
mands uion traffic managers, but they
have a right to insist that no commer
cial rival shall be given advantage over
hem by discriminating rates. As one of
the great distributing centers, Omnhn
has a right to insist that it shall enjoy
equal privileges and equal opportuni
ties with its commercial rivals. If rail
road managers will concede these
rights, Omaha will have no quarrel with
the railroads.
Building Inspector Wlthnell refuses to
testify before a council committee sit
ting within closed doors, and has en
tered formal protest against such pro
ceedings. ' Mr. Wlthnell protests alto
gether too much. An honest public offi
cer has nothing to fear fro'ra investiga
tion, whether -behind ; closed doors or
with open doors. If Mr. Withnell's part
n the .preparation of tho specifications
submitted to the council by himself and
bis associates has not been shady or
tainted no harm can come to him or
anybody else by telling the facts to the
committee under oath, and there is no
danger that the committee will take
advantage of him or try to distort his
answers, if there nas been any collu
sion with paving contractors, or im
proper meddling by contractors or their
stool pigeons, then an open door investi
gation would be a mere farce, because
every party implicated would try to
square the other by telling the same
story and witnesses too conscientious to
perjure themselves would suddenly dis
cover that they are wanted on the other
side of the river and get out of reach
of the committee.
The commissioners of Douglas county
have reached the conclusion that it is
their duty to expend $2,000 on a crib in
East Omaha immediately to prevent the
Missouri river from foreclosing Its mort
gage on sand bars that shift from Iowa
to Nebraska and Nebraska to Iowa.
Inasmuch as the estimate of the county
engineer places the cost of permanent
protection at $250,000, and engineers'
estimates like . architects' estimates
usually vary anywhere from 25 to 200
per cent of the actual cost, the $2,(nJ0
expended for a crib will be only a drop
In the bucket.
With $125,000 of unpaid outstanding
warrants drawing 7 per cent interest
and more than $125,000 of a floating
debt in the shape of legitimate claims
for which warrants are to be issued as
soon as the next levy is made, it would
seem that the expenditure of $2,000, or
any other sum, for rlprappiug or build
ing cribs in East Omaha cannot be Jus
tified on any other ground than that of
emergency or impending calamity. In
that case the national government or
the state government should be asked
to come to the rescue.
Were it not for the legal limit of
$25,000 ou the amount of money raised
by taxes that the school, board may
devote to the purchase of new sites and
buildings In any one year, there would
l no telling where the school fund
levy would stop this side of the full 20
mills.
y 1 "
The succession of disastrous fires
throughout the country cautions every
large city to relax no effort to secure
proper Inspection of building construc
tion, electrical wiring and the storage
of explosives and combustibles. A
stitch iu time saves nine.
Hambllaga ( Treason.
Philadelphia Press.
Governor Garvin of Rhode Island only
a short time ago waa on Bryan's list of
democrats who would make acceptable
presidential candidates. Governor Oarvln
will bow be deprived of that doubtful dis
tinction since tut sees no reason whjr Lb
party should continue to follow the lead of
Bryan and Indorse the Kansns City plat
form. Thia will probably give the hyster
ical Nebraskan some more tits.
Center Shot with Prayer.
Detroit Free Press.
Sunday night the pastor of a Des Moines
church prayed for Japanese success. Mon
day a representative of Japan placed an
order for 2.fton barrels of pork with a Des
Moine packing house.
We Brav Some,
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
"Physical condition," as the railroad men
say of the Siberian railroad, may be Im
agined when but 3.000 soldiers a day can be
forwarded on it. Any one-track American
road could transport at least 30,000 a day.
Value of Fait Professor.
Philadelphia Ledger.
President Harper of Chicago university
says that S.1.0W Is too small a salary for a
full professcr. Possibly; but the full pro
fessors who say that Rockefeller Is greater
than Shakespeare are overpaid at any
price.
A Core-All Hard to Get.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Radium not only cures fits, blindness,
baldness, cancer, rheumatism, toothache
and locomotor ataxia, but It Is claimed to
be a remedy for wife beating. It Is safe
to call It a remedy for anything so long
as It costs 1500,000 an ounce, and you can't
And the ounce.
Iloes Arbitration Arbitrate?
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The decision of the Arbitration tribunal
at The Hague In the Venezuela case will
not strengthen arbitration In favor as a
means of settling International differences.
For an arbitration tribunal to decide that
the display of force by a creditor nation
Is all that Is necessary- to secure for It
preference over other creditor nations Is,
In fact, a triumph for force rather thnn
arbitration In regulating the affairs of the
world.
Great Talk Krat Promised.
Washington Star.
Should Bourke Cockran present the name
of Mr. Clevelar.d. Isldor Rnyner that of
Mr. Gorman, David B. Hill thnt of Judge
Parker and William J. Bryan that of Mr.
Hearst to the St. Louis convention, a
mighty stir would be created. It might be
well for the owner of the building In
which tho convention will sit to take
something of this kind into account,
and strengthen the supporters, nnd
particularly the roof. Oratory has never
actually taken the roof of any building.
but these aro times when all things seem
possible. Let the brethren be made en
tirely iinfe, both ns agnlast fire and wind.
Since Mr. Bryan's feat at Chicago In ISM,
the value of a rattling speech and the re
sponsive howl In a convention has been
carefully considered, and even with the
thermometer In the )'s, St. Ixnils next
July may witness a spouting contest phe
nomenal for strenuoslty.
GOYERXMEXT OWNERSHIP.
Railroad Corporation Believed to Be
Working; for' that End.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
A prediction recently made by Vice Pres
ident Taut Morton of the Atchison railway
system carries a greater significance than
perhaps its utterer thought. It was that
"when all the railroads are owned by one
syndicate there will arrive a time when a
vehement demand win be made for govern
ment ownetshlp anoV-ontrol of the rail
roads of the Unlted"Btates." The predic
tion is by no means at" hazardous one, and
It further ' suggests : tfie:" question whether
corporate policy Is not actually working for
that end. -
This is suggested Tior only-by -the per
sistent adherence of the corporate mag
nates along the course which Is clearly
recognized as tending, to create that pop
ular demand. It has even stronger support
In the universal practice of making stock
and bond capitalization represent two or
three times the actuar cost of reproducing
the property. ' Making- railroad capitaliza
tion represent "three dollars for one of
actual Investment,". In, the words of WU
Ham Walter Phelps twenty years ago, or
industrial Issues even a greater proportion
accomplishes neither operative nor financial
strength. We have seen In the last year
that it is a positive weakness.
But if the corporation maneuverers were
contemplating and preparing for the time
when popular sentiment should call for
government condemnation and purchase of
their property they could hardly make a
better prima facie preparation for getting
a tall price than by a dropsical capitaliza
tion. They might not expoct to get the
full par value of their stocks and bonds In
government securities; Jmt they could rely
that they would 'get no less for making
the total look trig.
The Dispatch, as Is well known. Is op
posed to the socialistic resort. But,
whether deliberately or blindly, the cor
porate interests are taking the course to
produce that result; and the bearing of
Inflated stock and bond Issues on the price
to be paid by the government for the prop
erties Is peculiarly suggestive.
MARRV1XQ OS fl.OOO A YEAR.
I'kase of a Cbleaaro Bank to Its Wil
lie Boy a.
Chicago Tribune.
Whether a bank clerk should marry on
less than $1,000 a year is not a question
that can, be settled one way or the other by
mathematical calculation. Nor will any
amount of figuring prove a local bank
either right or wrong In requiring its em
ployes to consult the management before
making this momentous move.
An employer may fairly claim the right
to look carefully to the safety and effi
ciency of his service. To this end personal
liberty must not be Invaded, but reasonable
rules of conduct may certainly be laid
down. No man can be expected to give
his best attention- to his dally task If
there Is gnawing at his vitals, an endless
worry as to where his family's next meal
Is to come from. And such a heart break
ing need for money Is dangerously apt to
lead to questionable methods of acquiring
It. When a clerk contemplates a possible
Impairment of his working value by ex
posing himself to both theso distracting In
fluences the bank feels that good business
requires that it should be Informed of that
event. Its vetoing power Is hinted, but
not expressly declared.
No one can assert that a man and his
wife can or cannot live happily and with
out running Into debt upon any arbitrarily
fixed Income. The personal equation enters
too greatly Into the problem and affects its
solution far more than the else of the
washing bill or the expense of church con
tributions. One bank has fixed $1,010 as
the minimum annual salary upon which it
wishes a clerk to. marry. Its officials be
lieve that it will take at least this sum to
enable him to live as he should, to dress
as he should, and to have a margin large
enough to prevent eternal debt and eter
nal temptation. Whether the enforce
ment of this regulation comes under the
head of "reasonable requirements for em
ployment" Is a question that varies accord
ing to the Individual makeup of the man
to whom it la applied. Probably the aver
age married hank clerk will find It hard
to make both ends meet on $1.00 a year in
Chicago, where the cost of living is not
low.
OTHER. L.AXD9 THAU OVR.
According to the Irish correspondents of
London newspaper, there is likely to be a
good deal of trouble yet over Mr. Wynd
ham's land bill. It appears that a number
of verbal flaws have been found In this In
strument, which will make certain amend
ments necessary, and it Is becoming appar
ent that the Irish members of Parliament
mean to seise the opportunity of reopening
discussion on the whole land question. They
say that the government cannot get amend
ments In the interests of the landlords with
out granting others In the Interests of the
tenants. It is understood that especial ef
forts T.ill be 'made to secure better terms
for the evicted tenants. Moreover, alt rlgns
seem to show that Mr. Redmond Intends to
press the Roman Catholic university ques
tion very urgently. Report says that he will
be satisfied with nothing less than the im
mediate introduction of a government meas
ure. His attitude Is the result of pressure'
from the Roman Catholic hierarchy, the
need of an attractive item for the party
program, and the unconcealed sympathy of
the Irish executive. It is generally sus
pected that Lord Dunraven's proposals are
in reality Mr. Wyndham's, and that both
Mr. Wyndham and Sir Antony MacDon
nell, representing the lord lieutenant, have
a clear understanding with the Roman
Catholic bishops. The government Is not
expected to back on Irish university bill
In the coming session, but It is thought that
Mr. Redmond will be granted every facility
for bringing the question before Parliament
and pressing the claims of the priesthood.
Meanwhile, this matter wilt be agitated In
Ireland, and the iufluenoe of the .Roman
Catholic bishops will be employed to secure
the funds necessary for a full and regular
attendance of the Irish party In the House
of Commons, '
That Dmperor William Included In his I
universal accomplishments the art of musi
cal composition was known, but hot until
now that he had a royal rival In the person
of the czar. A correspondent writes, that
at a private soiree In the Winter palace
recently several works from the Imperial
pen were performed. Including an elaborate
composition called "The Bong of Peace."
This work Is described as being divided,
like Gaul, In three; parts the first depicting
the turmoil of battle, the second the
stricken battlefield covered with dead and
wounded, while the third and finale Invokes
retribution upon those responsible for such
horrors. Of course, this was written before
tho present unpleasantness, and while the
czar was still occupying his proud position
as the peace sovereign of the world; but
should there be any more soirees Intimes
at the Winter palace these days it may be
imagined with what efTect the performers
would give the last part, where retribution
Is Invoked on those "responsible for such
horrors." For it must not be forgotten
that those scrappy little Japples began it.
Roumanta's rr.lnlster in Berlin, Dr. Bt:Ml
mau, may or may not have based his re
marks on the Balkan situation upon offi
cial Hvformatlon from St. Petersburg, but
his Intimation that Austria Is to be de
pended upon to keep order while the Rus
sians are engaged with Japan is very inter
esting. Russia and Austria being the
powers most nearly concerned, have under
taken on behalf of and with tho consent
of the rest of Kurope to maintain the
Balkan status and prevent Macedonia from
upsetting '.he balance. Austria Is not par
ticularly Interested In the affair In the
far east, having no territorial interests
and little commerce there, but It Is vitally
concerned In the doings of Its immediate
neighbors on the east. It Is not unreason
able, therefore, to believe that an under
standing has been reached between the
Vienna and 8t. Petersburg governments by
which Austria for the time being shall
assume the chief burden cf Uternatlonal
police duty In the Balkans. Equally inter
esting was Dr. Beldlman's statement that
Russia's Black sea fleet could be depended
upon to look after the czar's Interests
In the event of an outbreak in Macedonia
or Bulgaria. This was based upon the
assumption that the diplomatic barriers
to the passage of the Dardanelles will be
effectual to prevent the Black sea fleet
from being sent to the aid of Admiral
Alexicff in Asiatic waters. Russia needs
naval forces very badly In both places.
What It proposes to do about it will be
not the least Interesting feature of the de
velopments growing out of the war.
Africa's 'yellow peril," as some English
newspapers characterize the movement to
Import Chinese labor into the Transvaal,
has become a burning Question In connec
tion with the campaign In England
against the Chamberlain fiscal proposals.
Recently orators have been systematically
Interrupted by cries of "Chin chin, China
man!" which is regarded in some quarters
as a fitting reply to Mr,. Chamberlain's
arguments. It is pointed out by these
advocates of free trade that the Trans
vaal was to have been opened up as a
paradise to the British worklngmen, but
that "the door has been slammed In the
British Immigrant's face," and that yellow
labor is preferred by the mine owners
solely because It Is cheaper and free from
the Inconveniences of trade unionism. The
controversy Is carried on with great bit
terness, and the Imperial government urged
to refuse assent to the Transvaal ordi
nance udmltting Chinese labor. It Is not
likely that the government will do this,
and this fac has only served to Increase
the virulence of the controversy.
Piesldent Loubet has begun the sixth
year of his administration, and bids fair
to complete the full constitutional term of
seven years. Only ont French president,
McMahon, endured for an entire septen
nate, and In his cae the fear of what
might befall If the then rather unstable
equilibrium should be disturbed was more
Influential to maintain him In power than
was his administrative ability. M. Loubet
owes his lease of power solely to his per
sonal qualities. Curiously enough, though
the most democratic of all presidents of
the third republic, M. Loubet has been
entertained by and baa In his turn en
tertained more high potentates than any
previous chief of state in France mon
archical or republican.
HIGH M'fcF.D THAIS8.
Superiority of American Over Euro
pean Trains.
Chicago Record-Hern Id.
After an exhaustive research Mr. George
r Tunell. a statistician employed by a
western railroad syttem, Insists on the su
periority of American railroad trains over
those of Kurope In the matter or speed
The result of his labors Is shown In a
pamphlet publication which Is obtaining
wide distribution and the purpoee of which
Is to refute the statements made by a Mr.
Bohulze to the effect that under govern
ment ownership German rallroaj service
had become superior to American service,
Mr. Tunell treats of speed alone, assum
ing that the maintenance of higher speed
trains betokens a general superiority of
train service. The questions of safety.
punctuality and iihedul" end comfort of
passengers are not taken Into account, It
evidently being taken for granted that
higher operating efficiency Implies these
other elements essential to a superior train
service. Klaborate tables are given ty Mr,
Tunell showing he speed of trains betwet-n
leading American and European cities. The
trains averaged were S'.l Uerman end 86
Amerlran. Twenty-two German ai.d
twenty-six American roads show trains
averaging forty miles an hour. Eighteen
German trains and ninety of the American
trains show an average Journey speed, or
THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR
rv lip
Absolutely Pure
IT IS A MATTER OF HEALTH
speed including stops, of forty miles an
hour, while the total number of German
trains having an average running speed,
stops Included, of forty miles an hour Is
45 as against 122 American trains. The
numbei of German trains having an aver
age running speed above fifty mlks an
nour is three, while there are twelve such
American trains. The total of German
trains having an average running speed of
from forty to fifty mlies an hour Is four
and of Americpn thirty-six; number of
German trains averaging between forty
and forty-five miles Is thirty-eight and of
American seventy-four. When all the Ger
man trains were grouped there were but
three groups showing on average Journey
speed of thirty miles nn hour as against
twenty-two American groups, nnd only
three groups showing an average runnlni;
speed of twonty-flve milts as ng.tlnst
eighteen American groups.
Mr. Tunell finds that the average running
speed of fifty-live trains between Jersey
City and Philadelphia Is 43.32 miles an hour;
of thirty trains between New York and
Buffalo, 39.4ti; of three trains between Buf
falo nnd St. Louis. 3S.7U; of twenty-one
trains between New York and Boston, 39.06;
of ten trains between Pittsburg and Phila
delphia, 27.12. The average running speed
of twenty-four trains between Leipzig and
Hamburg Is 39.16 miles; of ten tral:is be
tween Bremen and Nuremberg, 3S.IU; of one
train between Berlin nnd Hamburg, 3fl fi;
of twenty trains between Munich and
Frankfort, 31.41.
The comparison Is less favorable to
American tiains than It would have been
had Mr. Tunell Included the fastest trains
In the world, which operate between Cam
den and Atlantic City on the Rending, hav
ing a running speed of 67.96 and 66.92 miles
an hour. The Mediterranean Express on
the Nord railway comes next, with r.8.72,
the Empire State Express third, with 64.40,
and then follow In order the Hamburg Ex
press, the Edinburgh Express, the
Plymouth Express and the Twentieth Cen
tury Limited of the I,ak Shore and New
York Central roads. It would be exceed
ingly Interesting If Mr. Tunell should sup
plement his work by comparisons tetween
the other requisites of good train service.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
Bourke Cockran again reads his title
clear to' a seat In congress, bourke will be
60 years of ago tomorrow.
Judge Parker's boom is not as conspicu
ous as It was last fall. An excess of win
ter caused a contraction of the hot air.
The populists will held their national
convention at Indianapolis. For some time
back the supply of natural gas at the
Hooeier capital has been falling away, aud
something had to be done.
Not even a roll call was granted In the
Massachusetts house of representatives to
the proposition to allow women to vote
In caucuses and elections for municipal
officers. Two hours were devoted to de
bating It and then It was cast aside. Only
twenty-four members favored a roll call,
which was six less than the n timber re
quired. Guy D. Goff, candidate for tho repub
lican nomination for mayor of Milwaukee.
Is tha oldest sou of Judge Nathan Goff of
West Virginia, now Judge of the United
States court of appeals for the southern
states, who, as a member of congresa,
served with President McKlnley on the
committee of ways and means, was secre
tary of the navy In President Hayes' cab
inet and who has been governor of West
Virginia.
The interest-bearing debt of the United
States on December 31. 1903, waa 1901,747,230,
or $11 per capita. In Great Britain the debt
Is $76 per capita and In Holland it is (90.
France has a national debt so great that
each Inhabitant owes $150. The ray of aun
llght is the fact that France has borrowed
from the people, and there Is no danger of
foreign creditors foreclosing a mortgage on
that country. Argentine dwes $12s per
Aplta and Australia $263.
Robert M. McLane. mayor of Baltimore,
believes in applying plain business methods
to the government of his city, and as a
consequence the work of straightening out
the devastated community Is progressing
rapidly. Hera la an Illustration of the
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fin
We have similar hats for less money $2.00 and $2.r0
and our lowest priced are the best to be had for the money.
No Clothing; Pits Like Ours.
R. S. WILCOX. Mgr.
blunt way In which ho acts and talk
Shortly before the great fire there a num
ber of bills were brought to him for ap
proval. They were of the kind which In
many large cities are bunched under the
head of "sundries and incldnntnls," hut
Mayor McLane requires that they he Item
ized. One of tho Mils was for cigars, and
ncross it the mayor, wrote: "The city ol
Baltimore does not smoke cigars."
The late Senator Ilannn's (lrt speei h In
a republican national convention was at
St. Louis in 1S96, Just after McKlnley hud
been nominated for president, and Chaun
cry M. lvpew, who had maile the nomi
nating speech for Levi P. Morton of New
York, had accepted tho result. 71r. ll;um;i
said: "Mr. Chairman and Centlemeh of tha
t'onvc.itlon: I am glad thnt there was ntio
member of this convention who has the in
telligence at this late hour to ascertain
how this nomination was made by tho
people. What foeble eflorts 1 may have
contributed to tlie result I am here to lay
the trulls of It at tho. fori of mv party
and upon the altar of my country." lAp-plause.)
stHii.iM li.m:s.
"Of course, oV.ct.ir, the German measles
Kre never serious."
i never met but one futa) cuse."
'e'alal?"
"Yi's; It was a Frenchman, nnd when h
discovered It was German measles he had
mortification set In." Philadelphia I'rcss.
"How arc your sympathies In this east
ern fuss?'' they askil him.
"O, I don't enro which whips." ret.trt.ed
the veteran war correspondent, rlth a
bored look. I've traveled in a jt&rtkslm
nnd I've traveled In a drtsky, ani ono
tires me about as much as the other.--Chicago
Tribune.
She Do you know Mr. Raymond's wife?
He Not to speak to her. I was en
gaged to her at ono time. Town Topics.
"De man dut thinks he known it all,'
said Undo Fhen. "Is kep' busy wotitler'n'
how so many foolish people kin pro:-por."
Washington Star.
Pnt An pliat would yez do If vex wor
rich?
Mike Oi'd hov wan ov tHm nulymo
blles, thot Mows a whistle lvcry block.
Judge.
"Ef yer real Interet ted," cnM Deacon
Skinner, "I'll tell ye wluit t want fur thet
horse." v :.:'.
"O, I wo.ildn't be Ir rested in kuowln'
thet.' replied Farmer Ehoude.
"No?"
"No: but I wouldn't mind knowin' what
ye'd take." Philadelphia Press.
"Do you belong to the union?" asked tha
head waiter.
"I belong to the best of unions," replied
the new v.alter, presenting- a certificate
of membership In a church.
Thereupon tho entire force repaired o
the kitchen t) discuss the case. This
was something that had never been sprung
on them before. Chicago Tribune.
THE WAR IS MA1K.
W. J. Lampton tn New Y'jrk Bun.
Us folks down to Maine ain't ootherei
With, the style of words that's primed
All about the shooting matchcji
Over yonder wher-J the Russians
And the Japanese me lighting
We don't care for little, easy
Words like Saracharlfuto,
Hakodate, Ishakan,
Vladivostok, Tschovolovskl,
Tsugarukl and the ohers,
Done In consonants ai.il rneezes.
Fits and spasms and contortions.
We don't give a continental
For the Russlan-Japaneusy
Style of language In the papers
For we've got some Maine Jawhreakerk V
That we guess are rather something
In the line of nomenclature.
For Instance, now, suppose you tuck's
Molechunkemunk and Schoixjlo,
EKgemoKgln and I'ejenscot,
Moosetocmogantlc and Kealscua.
What's the matter with their measure?
Ain't they equal to the lingi
Of the Muscovite and Mongol?
Still, If you think that they are mild ones,
Chcmquasahomtlcook and 8f;ua Pan.
Wytopltlock Htid Cupsntic,
Sisladobsls and f hesuncook.
Macwahoo anil Patt aKuinpus
May lie found to make It plainer
To you that In Maine our language
Beats tho Russo-Japaneasy
To a pulp from start to finish.
These, we mention J:tst in passing,
Are but few among the many
That we give our towns and rivers.
Lakes and mountains and we're ready,
If the Muscovite and Mongol
Shoot their language nil to pieces,
To supply them with some samples
To replace their present t winters
That will make them pause und wouder.
Nothing like it anywhere.
It's a specialty of our own. A
fine black derby hat of excel
lent quality and style. It's a
perfect hat, not to be excelled
by the work of any hatter.
And if that in the kind of u hat
you want the price is $:.)).