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THE OMAHA DAILY KEE: WEDNESDAY. MATCHI 0. 100. it i s A The Omaha Daily Bee. E. ROHKWATLIt, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally II ee (without Sunday), no Year $1 ."0 I 'ally Bee and Sundav. line Year " Illustrated Bee, Otw Year 2 fi Sunday Il, Olio Year , 2 "0 Saturday Bf, Ore Year 1 Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. 1.1.0 DELIVERED HY CARIUER. Dally Beo (without Sunday i. pr copy... Dally K-n (without Humliiyi. per wwk...1:o I Hilly lie (Including Sunday), per week. i.e. Funnily Bee, per copv r Evening H (without Sunday), per wwk. Go Evening Beo (Including Sunday). P' r wwk 100 Complaints nf Irregularity In delivery should he addressed to City Circulation De partment OFFICES. Omaha Tho Bee Building. South Omaha CM v Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Streets. Council DIuffH in Pearl Street. Chicago 1S40 t'ulty Building. New York-Zn Turk Row Hulldlng. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORREHI'ONDENCB. 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Subscribed Id my presence and sworn to before mo this 1st day of March, A. L. 1804. M. B. HUNQATK. (Seal) Notary Public. The sunburst of . Japan on the enow field Of Asia baa duzzlcd the world. . President Smith must have Studying up on the subject of suicide." been "race With Increased knowledge of the Mor mon practice of matrimony people may begin to Inquire about the Utah idea of divorce. Admiral Alexicff may have secured the form of letter used by the British generals during the early stages of the Boer war. The floods will have to work overtime this spring to Inflict damage within reach of the destruction wrought by fire during the winter. You cannot keep a good man down. There are earmarks of Wu Ting Fang in tho story regarding the Intentions of China In the present war. . Real estate transfers show continued activity in local real estate. With a rising market, the Investor who gets in at the start is like tbe early bird that catches the worm. If Russia wants an expert to advise on the construction of Its Trans-Siberian railroads, no one will question the abil ity of former President Burt of the Union Pacific to fill the bill. The sultan of Turkey evidently looks upon the control of the Dardanelles as one of his greatest assets and it is for sale to Russia only for the highest price that can be exacted. Popular protest against the diamond trust, which has raised selling figures -0 per cent, will be heurd after the hur vtMtUng of the next crop in Nebraska if th present grain prices are maintained. A paper with fake circulation can give its advertising away. A paper with a genuine subscription list built up by many years of honest toil and en terprise has no free gift advertising space. Delegates to the Sunday school con vention at Jerusalem will offer great temptation to the Macedonians who re aiemlier the high price America ,iaid not so long ago for the release of Miss Ellen Stone. It will take some time yet for the Omaha and Winnebago agency to re cover from the period of rottenness It had to endure under the administration of the crooked officials who were only recently dislodged. Canadian opinion of the railroad merger arranged by J. J. mil takes the form of a new line to the Pacific coast. It is certain that tho manager do not expect to handle business originating north of the bonier exclusively. Senator Gorman will approach the na tional democratic donkey with greater care since he was so remorselessly thrown from the saddle in Maryland. A suspicion is growing that tho demo cratic donkey has become u trick mule, anyway. It should be a matter of pride to Omaha to see to It that the Auditorium if completed lefore fall. A whole lot of people who ought to contribute to the Auditorium fund are not to le found among the list of subseriU-rs. Let them come to the front without waiting farther to be urged. In Fort Omaha the government bus a valuable property thut ought not to be allowed to remain idle when It can isg ' readily b converted to excellent use as the location for a military training school. It was undoubtedly a mistake to have transferred the army imst from Fort Omaha to Fort Crook, but as thut tep seems to be Irrevocable, the thing to do is to make the best of conditions as tbajr act. i , .. e"" - .m ... " "J1" K . am mm -in .i ")'"' 1 ,1 ,8tV 1 0 I -I. PM,H1 B mimin 1 " . .83,870 " , '" " ii I, -.3, tLVSIAU TIM CASAL MATTKH. Soidp two weeks ana Attorney (.moral Knox ndvlKiiI tbe president that tbe title to tin- 1'jinanin canal property was clear mid it vvn tmsumed that within a brief Jinio. not exceeding thirty day, tlie money for the property of the cannl company would lo paid oror and the whole- matter would ! dlepotieil of. The stiitu brought In the French courts by the Colombian government, one to com pel recognition of ownership In Its uliiires in the canal company and an other to prevent the company from transferring Its property to the United States without the consent of Colombia. It was Ulleved at Washington would prove no obstacle to the completion of tho negotiations. It was pointed out that the first suit does not affect the title, but only the distribution of the proceeds, with which the United States Is not concerned,. The second suit, however, Is a direct attack uimn the title. It being an attempt to enforce the literal execution of the original agree ment between Colombia and the canal company. This, It was stated, did not In the least disturb the Washington au thorities. Another question, however, arose to cause delay In closing up the canal trade. This was the discovery by At torney General Knox that the counsel of the Tanama company In this country fdld not possess the necessary authority to complete certain legal technicalities found to be necessary. Accordingly the canal company's attorney will have to go to Paris to obtain the required au thority and this will prohably delay the completion of the matter a few weeks. There appears to be no reason, however, to upprehend any troublesome complication. Indeed a Paris dispatch says upon the authority of officials of the canal company that no obstacle has arisen to the transfer of the concession to the United States and that the Amer ican ambassador has been informed that there Is no flaw In the title. Never theless it is most desirable that every precaution be taken to make absolutely secure the position of our government and avoid every chance of future con troversy or difficulty. It has been ar gued by Senator Morgan and some others that tho United States could not under existing circumstances get a flaw less title to the canal property and al though the Judgment of these men may bo somewhat clouded by prejudlca against the Panama route, it would be a mistake to treat their opinion with indifference. The United States had better delay work on the great enter prise for months than to have' any ques tion arise after the money has been paid to Panama and to the canal com pany in regard to the validity of our title to the property. We want no future disputes or complications re specting this very Important matter which might interfere with the progress of the great task after it has been be gun. DRAWMQ THE LUIS AT JL'VOKS. Judges of the state, county and federal courts of Illinois ,are to be asked how many railroad pusses they have re ceived and used. The investigation will be made by a commission of lawyers, at tho head of which is Judge Seymour B. Thompson, author of several legal text books and editor of the American Law Review. The agitation against Judges accepting free passes on railroad and steamship lines, and privileges from other corporations, was begun by leading publications of the country re-. cently and a number of prominent law-1 yers have organized to carry this agita tion into practical effect. Tho Judges will be asked if they have passes on transportation lines and how frequently they have taken advantage of these special privileges. The trans portation compunies will be requested to produce their books and give out their free lists. It Is said to be an open secret thut every county Judge In the 10J counties in the state of Illinois, every Judge of the supreme -court and every federal Judge is given aunual passes. These passes are manifestly given with a purpose. Some Judges re turn them; some Judges use them. What the commission Is trying to as certain Is to what extent complimen tary free transportation is used bv Judi cial officers. If, as Is generally believed, the accept a uce of favors from transpor tation companies Is general among the Judges, the remedy against the evil is to be sought In an amendment to the state' constitution of Illinois, prohibit ing members of the bench from accept ing or receiving railroad or steamship transportation or valuable favors from other corporations. . But why draw the line at Judges? Why not also include lawyers, who are all In court parlance officers of the court? Why not also include other pub lic officials In the proscrilied list? Again. If the general distribution of passes among occupants of the bench is a liar to the administration of Justice without fear or favor In Illinois, why has It not also the same effect In Nebraska, or for that matter In any other state? WHKHK THK TARIFF DtXtFITS. In a recent rejiort the American con sul general at Berlin noted the fact of heavy shipments of German steel to the Pacific northwestern states, due to the low frelg'its charged by ships tak ing grain aitroad from the i-oast on return shipments. It ws stated that these ships nr glad to take rails mid heavy machinery at nominal freight rates for ball.ist. The consul stated that so fnvorable are the terms that lailroad supplies frm Germany can be delivered at Piigct Souud at a cost of trauH!ortation with which Pittsburg, Cleveland and Chicago, with a transcon tinental railroad haul, are wholly un able to conqiete. Referring to this the Seattle Post In telligencer remarks that the manufac turer on the sealaiard has no protec tion save that afforded by the tirlff. but for which there never -eu!d b any iron and steel Luduftr established on the Pacific coast, Bimply for the reason that manufacturing could not be done there ns cheaply, paylug the American scale of wages, ns the Iron and steel products could be imported from Kurope, with the excessively low ocenn freight rates and the combination of German manufacturers to make prices low in the export trade. "With the tariff kept as It Is," says that paper, "the Iron and teel Industry can be built up here to tbe point where It will bo able to supply all of our own wants and save at home millions of dollars that go abroad." As that Industry on tbe coast Is at pros ent In lta first stage of development It certainly requires for continued growtli the protection which the tariff affords and under which what has already been accomplished toward building up tho Iron and steel Industry In that section of the country wns made possible. There Is no doubt of the benefit to the Pacific northwest of republican tariff policy. HVSSIA'S HLAVly SKA FI.KKT. There Is no doubt that Russia Is ex t remedy anxious to send her Black Sea fleet to the far east, but thus far her overtures to the Turkish government to permit the warships to pass through the Dardanelles have met with no en couragement, though according to the latest advices Turkey Is willing to make the concession under certain conditions. It does not rest wholly with that gov eminent, however, to grant the desired permission. The Russian fleet is locked in under a treaty made many years ago between Turkey and the rrhioiml European powers and even were the sultan to give formal assent to the pass age of the Dardanelles it would un doubtedly be vetoed by most if not all of the other nations concerned in the treaty. Even Russia's ally, France, would hardly favor such an act, while Great Britain would be as adamnnt against it. It was reported a few days ago that the Russian government had proposed a plan for evading the treaty. This was that for a single night the great guns and complicated system of mines which protect the passage of the Dardanelles should be left unguarded, allowing the fleet to pass through unnoticed and se curely. Perhaps if such a plan wero carried out the nations of Europe would take no action regarding it, but it Is most improbable that Turkey would thus hazard losing the good will of the treaty powers, which would certainly be the result of bo flagrant an evasion of her obligations to those powers. It has been suggested that Russia would not so dare to stultify herself, the clos ing of the Dardanelles being by solemn compact toward the formation of which she contributed largely, but in an exi gency Russia will not allow compacts, however solemn, to interfere. Whether or not the Russian govern ment will yet be able to Induce Turkey to permit the Black Sea fleet to go out is a question. The conditions the sul tan Is said to ask are such as Russia is not at all likely to grant. Indeed to do so would alienate the friendship of nearly all Europe and probably would precipitate a terrible conflict In the Balkan provinces, where peace Is now being maintained with great difficulty. As to the fleet, it is doubtful whether it would be of much rervice If sent to tho Orient. Having been designed for a special purpose, that of coast defense, it is comparatively unfitted for general ocean service and the line of battle. With few exceptions the ships are old and would be able to accomplish little against the swift and powerful war ships of Japan. It is in accord with the eternal fitness of things for the members of the repor torlul and editorial staffs of the World Herald, most of whom were involun tarily pried loose from the payroll of Tho Bee, never to lose an opportunity to belittle, besmirch, misrepresent, mis quote and fclander their former em ployer. It is most cowardly nnd despic able, however, for these men to carry their spite work to members on the reportorlal and editorial staff of The Bee, who, under the courtesies of the profession are entitled at least to fair treatment. Such contemptible and dis honorable style of Journalism has been strikingly exhibited in tho treatment of Messrs. Claiborne and Best, the two employes of The Bee upon whom the redoubtable District Attorney Summers has sought to wreak his vengeance by the use of the machinery of the federal court. In any other community than Omaha the attempt to put a brand of Infamy iqion newspaper representatives who in the ordinary discharge of duty had turned the searchlight of publicity upon conspiracies to rob the govern ment, or Its wards, upon official crook edness, and debauchery, or who had in any court proceeding given their re port orial observations of an Incident, would have been resented and de nounced by every uewspaper man as an attempt to terrorize and gng the press. But Omaha yellow Journalism Is Ix reft of every spark of manly professional pride and Us degradation has touched the lowest level. If the city should buy coal in the open market It would liuve to pay the market price no mutter what it might have been previously paying under an expired contract. If the city buy advertising space in The Bee after rescinding a former contract of Its own accord, there Is no good -I'll son why It should not pay the regular legal rate that Is exacted from private Indivliltia Is for advertising of the same class. The Omaha school board Is Inundated with applications from all parts of the country for positions In our public schools. With topnotch salaries and eruiaiiont tenure. Omnha ought to com mand the best teaching talent to be had anywhere, and then with more efficient supervision it should have public schools equal to the very best. The proposed conversion of Fort Omaha Into a training school lot tha signal corps of the United States army will be welcomed by the citizens of Omaha, although the grounds and build ings of the old fort might be used to bptter advantage for other branches of the service. But we fear that Genpral Grpeley's training school Is about as far off as several other former projects for the rehabilitation of the old fort that have fallen through. Tk Vonr Choice. Detroit Free Press. The moat reliable reports at hand show that Japan has landed between 1.1(0 and 150.010 troops In Cores, The May Made Tlaln. Raltlmore American. The Russians believe that a land victory will be gTound for ending the war. The program In the case Is thus simplified. All they have to do Is to go ahead and win. Perhnpa lie lias Cold Feet. Philadelphia Press. Considering the number of wives that some of the Mormons acknowledge to have. Reed Smoot may be entitled to a little credit for not having any more than the law allows. Revive the Toa-a. Washington Star. After all there appears to be a great deal of sense in the togas which tho Roman senators wore. If one of them found It needful to carry a bottle of exiugh medicine Into the senate chamber there waa no dan ger of its obtruding Itself from a pocket and calling forth facetious comment. Why (he Japs Mast Win. Washington Post. Prof. McGhee declares that the Jupaneeo brain Is larger In proportion to the body than that of any other race. "His head Is mosatkephalic for the most rart. with a tendency to brachycophnly In the gross types, and dollehocpphnly In the fine type." If the Russians have anything that looks more like an explosion of the alphabet than that, we want to know It. Ona Thins; Positively Known. New York Sun. It Is carious that no film of Judge Park er's political principles has yet been de veloped. He remains a highly respectable vagueness, a possibly great, but at present cloudy. Unknown. Perhaps his supporters have carried caution too far. Each wing of the Democracy may suspect this nebu- louBness. What Is positive about the Parker boom Is that It carries Mr. David B. Hill and his fortunes. Hot Air Campaigning. Chicago Chronicle. The veterans of the civil war, who re member how little marching and fighting could be done, even In this oountry, In the winter time, must be somewhat mystified by the latest move of the Japanese at Possiet bay. The idea of marching an army and Its wagon trains 200 miles over Ice-covered mountains, where there are no wagon roads and no supplies, with a view of cutting a' railroad and the pressing on 800 miles farther, must strike the boys in blue as a forlorn hope. The expedition can only be compared with Benedict Arnold's march to Quebec or General George Rogers Clark's capture of Vlncennes. x Xevrapaper Strategists. Washington Star. It Is evident that the war correspondents In the far east are going to have as much difficulty as their brethren had who served In South Africa, ' . Both the Russians and the Japanese take the same view of such matters that Lord Kitchener does. There Is much to be said on both sides of th question. Journalism, however. Is .not easily balked 'and Is never discouraged. The people must have the news, and those who set out to secure It are usually equal to the emergency. Weyler tried suppress slon In Cuba and failed. Kitchener's atti tude did not keep back the story of the progress of the war In the Transvaal, and we shall doubtless bo kept In reasonably close touch with events In Corea and Man churia. The man behind the pen should be, and as a rule is, as much alert as the man behind the gun. In a sense, too, he is a soldier WHERE FAIHBAKKS 9TADM. Not a Candidate for Vice President, but Subject to Be Hrafted. Indianapolis Journal. There has been a Vast amount of news paper gossip connecting Senator Fairbanks' name with the vice presidency, and most of it has been harmless so far as his In terests and those of the party are con cerned, but two or three publications within the last tew days certainly place the sen- tor In a false position before the public. It has been stated recently that Mr. Fair banks has Informed his friends that he will accept the nomination, and one news paper has gone so far as to Intimate that It la authorized by the senator practically to declare blm a "receptive candidate." Those who know Mr. FuirbVnks best know such assertions to be as silly as they are unwise. The Journal has no hesitancy in declaring that Senator Fairbanks has never nmila any such statement to anybody. It is generally recognized by his friends that If ho should be nominated for the vice presidency it would be because his party drafted him. and for no other reason. It is a mutter of general belief among repu llcans from Maine to California that Senator Fairbanks is the most available man fur the vice presidential nomination and it has been the general opinion that he will be forced to accept that nomina tion as Mr. Roosevelt was forced to ac cept It four years ago. Hut the statement J thut Mr. Fairbanks U In any sense a can. dldate is without foundation of fact There can be no question but Senator Fairbanks would add strength to the ticket. He possesses elements of strength pecu liarly his own. He Is strong geo graphically, politically and personally. The general Judgment of him la, and. correctly so, that he Is not only a very able man, but that he Is pre-eminently a safe one! To wide popularity among the masses he adds especial strength among conservative business mm. He is strong In New Eng land, in the eastern states, in the middle west and In the northwest. In Indiana he Is exceptionally strong. If Senator Fairbanks should be elect. vice president republicans would feel that he was in the direct line of promotion to the higher office. Because he would be making somewhat of a present sacrifice Jn accepting tho nomination for second place they would feel like rewarding him. lie woiim make an Ideal preFldent of the senate, and us a recognized presidential posxinimy ne would Invest the office of vice president with unusual dignity. The Journal does not share in the feel ing of some of the senator's friends that his acceptance of the nomination for vice president would mar his political future. The fact that he would accept It from a sense of duty to the party would enhanco the high esteem In which he is slr..Hv held. This is not his last chance, nor is the floor of the senate his only field. He Is still comparatively young, and his polit ical career has not culminated. He can afford to wait. Time Is his friend and ally. If he should accept the call of the party to become Its candidate for vice president this year his nomination for pres. Ident foar years henca would b almost a forefon conclusion, NOMI V l I(i A SF.XATOR. Dawson County Pioneer: The nearivt thing to choosing a I'nited States senator by a direct vote of the people is to select the man In the party's state convention and then elect representatives to the legis lature pledged to support the state con vention's nominee. If such a course was pursued by all the states a change would be soon brought about by which a direct vote could be had. Beaver City Times-Tribune: If then is any opposition to nominating a candidate for I'nited States senator In tho state con vention it is not well founded. The senti ment in favor of popular election of sena tors is already overwhelming, and but for the opposition of senators themselves would soon be an accomplished fact. Twice has the lower house of congress voted In favor of popular election of senators, but the senate has refused to ratify the house action and submit a constitutional amend ment Until such an amendment Is adopted the best thing to do will be to nominate candidates In state convention nnd leave tho election vlrtunlly to tho people. If there is any opposition to this plan it comes from men who have a selnsh motive, Everybody knows more than anybody, nnd the people have a right to say first-hand who shall represent tbem In the upper house of congress. Whatever opposition there Is must bo based on the fact that a popular election would tend to prevent special Interests from swinging a legisla ture into line for the election of Borne man who would be more of a representative of special Interests-than of the people. urand Island Independent: The position of The Omaha Bee in the matter of the recommendation by the republican state central committee that the republican party, at Its next state convention, should select Its candidate for United States sena tor, thus disposing of n lung, bitter and expensive fight In the legislature. Is not In spiring uny confidence In that paper. The Bee opposes the establishment of this precedent by the republican party. Its reason, at least ostensibly, is that to adopt tho method of selecting senators would no poor party policy, bocauso It would so Tho Bee thinks result In trading. Tho Bee makes a point that it would prefer placing tho names of all candidates for senator on the ballot, giving the voters a choice. The Bee, however, docs not recom mend that this be done. It can see ns well as anyone that tho result of such nction would not be final. It knows from past enoixavors or the kind that no fnir. definlti: expression is obtainable from such action it is too complicated. Tho straight votes cast, ror instance, for an element of doubt that renders the scheme Impracticable. Only on the face of It. Is It putting the election of United States senators more directly to the people. Theoretlenllv It seems to he all right. Practice has demon strated Its absolute uselessness especially It might seem, to the editor of The Bee. t-oini Kemibllcan: The. Republi can Is not particularly Impressed with the proposition of having the republican state lulnnlu e.naorse a candidate for the unitea states senate. The supreme law or tne land, the constitution of tho United States, vesta tho right and gives the power of electing senators to the several state legislatures, and, until a change Is made in the organic law, mien right should not be usurped, or such power limited. Not- wunnuinning tne fact that a number of cases have occurred In which Jockeying legislatures succeeded In doing anything but a good Job of that work, yet a hun- area and more years of governmental ex periment has demonstrated that the estab lished way Is not only convenient, but al tcgether safe, conservative and satisfac. tory. The Republican la not a blind wor sniper of things ancient. It has, however, an abiding faith In the constitution and be lieves that no stones should be ruthlessly torn rrom that mighty pillur of govern ment, erected by the splendid wisdom, loresignt ana disinterested patriotism of the fathers. Then, too, It should be borne In mind that the injection of a senatorial fight into local legislative campaigns may be fraught with great danger to party suc cess. For these and other reasons, not enumerated, the Republican Is constrained to say to the coming state convention- hands off. Sidney Republican: Nominating a sena tor. "Under this head The Omaha Bee of last Sunday opened a very timely and proper discussion of the advisability of the state convention placing In nomination a candidate for' state senator. The Bee, true to Its often repeated policy of popu lar vote on this very Important office, rea sons out very clearly that It Is a question able proceeding for the state convention. The fact that such a nomination and a vote on the same does not eject, and requires afterwards tho usual election by the legis lature should remind the delegates to the state convohtlon to calmly deliberate and see what effect such action might have on the result of the election of repre sentatives to the state legislature before taking any such action. It Is very Im portant that the next slate legislature be republican, and the nomination of any man for the senatorship might endanger the election of members to the legislature In close districts, where the nomination was not the choice of that particular dis trict. The state committee recommended the nomination of a candidate for senator no doubt Imbued with tha same deeire us a large majority of electors to' secure the popular vote on this office, but until this Is mode effective by constitutional amend ment nnd considering the large state and national ticket to be e'.ected the action is very questionable. It certainly removes the question of the election of a United States senator further away from the people and may cause com plications in some districts that woniid cause the loss of republican members to the next legis uture to convene January. 190. The dele. gates to the state convention should well consider the questions and at all times keep the Interests of the party In the etate as paramount to all others In order to leave no doubt that Nebraska will elect an overwhelming republican legislature with increased majorities for the stale and national ticket. (Jetting; Back Stolen Property. Brooklyn Eagle. That is a weak stutement from Washing ton thst, while the authorities know that soma of the lands of this government are now In the hands of thlives, they really do not know how they are to get them back. Well, other people know, and the way is to take them back. Then let the thieves do the lawing to regain posesssion not trrk ti I'nited States to do that. If the properties have really been Helen it ought to be an easy matter to recognize the properties. The m;ips show where they are. And. having located the land, It is easy to put a marshal or a troop In posses sion. We have grave doubts as to whether a man who has robbed the government would have the Impudence to sue for his loot after It had been tuken away from him. Demoeraey's Internal Dlaeord. Chicago Chronicle Idem.) When a political party gets to a point where it Is doubtful whether Its candidate and nominal leader will co-operate with It there Is an unmistakable need of emanci pation and reorganization or of party dis solution and death. "Will Mr. Bryan sup port a democratic candidate standing on a democratic platform?" No, he will not and that is one of the stroniieiit and best reasons why there should be a democrailc vandidats sad a democratic platform. Ayer's Pills, Ayer's Pills, Aycr's Pills, Aycr's Pills. Keep saying it over and over again. It means so much to so many people. AmFs It means an active liver, for one thing. And that means no consti pation, no biliousness, no sick- headache, no dyspepsia. lUd by J. O. ArT aiso auunotiiNn or ATBR'S HAIR VTOOR-For tbe hair. ATBR'S CHBRRT FRCT0BAL Tor eoarsa. ATEB'8 6ASAPJJUIXA-For to blood. ATSB'S AOUB CORS-Tot BMdana aad agaa. BITS OP WASHIXGTUX LJKK. Minor Scenes nnd Incidents Sketched on the Spot. A large hunch of trouble, social and otherwise. Is In readiness fur the congress man who attempts to enact Into law a bill taxing Jewelry In Washington. Wealthy Washington women, rre-emlnent In the so cial life of the national capital, are agi tated over the measure, which was drafted and Introduced by the district commission ers, and which alms to reach valuable per sonal property now untaxed, being classed us licirluoius. The bill takes Jewelry out of that cluss. There Is hardly a social function nowuduys where the bill Is not discussed with great anxiety und some bitterness by the women possessing Jewels. Mrs. 1 Z. Loiter Is said to own the finest collection of Jewels at tho capitul. Her rubies ulune are worth a king's ransom. "For making tea, $10,ii00," read the clerk, who was droning through the agricultural and appropriation bill In the senate re cently. "What's thut?" aHked Senator Galllngcr. "For making tea, $10.0iX," read the clerk ugain. "I suggest, Mr. President," suid Senator Galllngcr, "that the language be changed to 'producing' tea.' Thut is whut it means. This senute la not in the business of muk Ing tea or applying funds therefor." "In view of tho arid conditions of the rostuurunts in the capltol since they shut out drinks, it might not bo a bad plan to make a little cold tea," growled Senator Stewart. Secretary Shaw tells a story at the ex pense of some disciples of the prohibition faith. There were some good and well meaning people, he said, who volunteered to look after the Interests of society In general. They subscribed to the tenets that forbade the quailing from the cup that smacketh of liquor. Thay gave a banquet wondrous In the moderation of Its menu. Watermelons wound up their festal itinerary. Now, some creature In whom dwelt the spirit of wicked had poured champagne Into the watermelons. The sparkling stuff had permeated the fruit from end to end and left Its Impress at full strength from base to circumference. F.ach one of that faithful band of abstemi ous citizens smacked his lips unconsciously, and then quickly glanced at his compan ions, i hey looked suspiciously at one another. Then they resumed the attack on the luscious melons with renewed vigor, and slyly extracted the seeds and put them in their vest pockets! A few days ago, relates the Washington Post Representative Burkett of Nebraska took his small daughter with him to the bouse. For a time she was much Inter ested In 'the proceedings and give close attention to members who addressed the house. But after a time she became tired. Finally, a member of tho democratic sldo was recognized and began a speech. The little girl listened for a time, but her pa tience was not as exhaustless as the ar gument of the member who was speaking. 'Papa," she asked, "la lie talking for our side?" "What do you mean by our side?" Mr. Burkett asked. "Well, do we believe what he Is saying?" "No, my daughter," responded the states man from Nebraska. "The member who Is speaking Is a democrat, and we do not be lieve a word of It." 'Then," sighed the little one, "let'B go home. What's the use of staying here?" John E. Wllkle, chief of the secret ser vice, entered the office of Assistant Secre tary Armstrong In tho Treasury depart ment and said In disgusted tones: "I ate a beefsteak the other day and it has Just cost me 111. Si." "Well," answered Arm strong, "I knew beef prices were rising. but I didn't think " "It was this way." Interrupted the secret service man: "The beefsteak cost me 11.25 and the first bite I took out of It I broke a tooth. The dentist looked me over and said there were so many improvements necessary in my Jaw It would cost $10." Mr. Armstrong listened to this tale with a severe expression. 'Wllkle," he said, 'reproachfully, "you should eat more regularly. Then you will not attack your food so voraciously." It- Is not thought that Speaker Cannon will ever see a better picture of himself than that which hangs in the house ap propriation committee. Ho posed for the painting without being aware that he was doing so. Old members of the committee, of which Mr. Cannon was chairman so long, wanted a good portrait of their col league, but Freeman Thorp, the artist en gaged, could not get Just the expression sought. Finally two conspirators engaged the Danville statesman In conversation while Mr. Thorpe watched bis victim. Sev eral subjects were brought up, and then one of the two told a poker story. The artist at once "got busy" with his sketch. In n few minutes he had caught Cannon's "poker face" und the result is the picture now hunglng In the committee room. A man rhoows the girl who is nice and different from other girls, just like the housewife chooses ir Jl m because it is good and different from other coals. Clean as hard coal. Nut $f, fine for cooking; lump ffi.r0, splendid for fur-' naces. grates and heaters, VICTOR WHITE COAL CO., 1605 Farnam, Tei.127 I BSe. a sex Bold for eo ft Co.. Lavslt. PERSONAL. NOTES. A good many edltorlnl paragraphs are being written on the theory that Admiral Dewey Is to get the whole of that S29,7! prize money for the Spanish ships sunk in Manila bay. As a matter of fact, his share will be one-fortieth $C0,743.S3. Like most men of genius, the late Prof. Mommsen, the great German historian, had striking eccentricities. One of these was absentmlndedness. He once permitted his hair to be frizzed off by a candle by tha tight of which he was reading. An autograph letter from Thomas Jeffer son, written 100 years ago to the Indians of the Louisiana purchase, has recently bean unearthed from the archives of the Sae and Fox Indians In Oklahoma. The letter will be a feature of the Oklahoma historic exhibit at the St Louis fair. William B. L. Dllloway is to ba orator at tho celebration of Evacuation day In South Boston, Mass. It falls on Bt Pat rick's day, March 17. Secretary Moody Is to be a guest, and the navy is expected to be well represented by ships In tho harbor at the time. Canada has cold to the highest bidder 25,000 patent models which have been stowed away for several years In tlus cellars of government buildings In Ottawa. Tbe bid for the lot was $800 and T. G. Brlgham, a coal merchant of Ottawa, waa tho purl chaser. Canada docs not now require ap plicants for patents to deposit models of their Inventions. POUTED REMARKS. Travelei-They say you have no profane words In your language. What do you peo ple do when you want to swear? Kducated Japanese We speak a few words In Russian. Chicago Tribune. She Does you employer ever tell his clerk funny stories? He No, but we don t dare undeceive him. Town Topics. "I suppose a good memory Li very valu able to a man in your position." "I don't know, answered Senator Sor ghum. "A good memory helps some. But it's knowing Just when to forget things that counts. "Washington Star. "You know my Intentions are good," he pleaded. "Of course," was the reply, "und I sup pose you might sell them for paving blocks if hades wasn't pretty well paved already. As it Is, it looks to me as if you hud loaded up with guods for which there is no mar ket left." Chicago Post. T1IK SI'S DAY APPETI TE. S. W. Glllllun In Nsw York Sun. It started to develop when I was a farmer lad The folks were scared at finding what an appetite I hud. But I was kept from worry by the fact that all the rest Could keep the pace I set them when I did my level best. It reached its climax Sundays when wo ull were gathered In Our Pa and Ma and Henry Clay and Sadie and little Mln, Beeldes your humble servant, who was there with all his might Prepared to do destructon with that Sun day appetite. We'd eat a hearty breakfast buckwheats, sausage, maple drip; , The weary wait till noontime seemed a long, half-famished trip. We'd then have biscuit chicken, mashed ' potatoes, gravy, too. With jellies pickles and preserve a lovely lot to chew. We'd eat until our eyes stuck out, then gravely call for pie! TO think of it I wonder that wa didn't burst and die. Then apples, turnips, walnuts, till tho shades of coming night Drove all of us to supper with that Sun day appetite. I have It yet. and so have you. 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