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a TIIE OMAnA DAILY REE: TUESDAY, ATRIL R, 1004. Tim Omaha Daily Bee E. RttSSwA.TER, EDITOR. PUBLI8HED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF BURBftlPTION. pelty Bee (without Hundnr ,' On Y'r Dally Bee and Siindsy, Ose Year , Illustrated H, One Year undsy Hw, One Year..... Paturday Be. On Ymr... Twentieth Century Fnrnwr, One Year DELIVERED BY CARRIER. rn(lv Rao flthoti Hunriav). ner ropy. M nn no 1 no 2 1 M 1.00 lc t'ally H-ee (without fundnyi, per we.. .12c Dally Bee (including Sunday), per week..lje n UIMU Sc livening tin twltho'jt Pundny, per week. 6c Evening Bee (Indiidlng Sunday), per week. .v.T , Mc Complaints of -trregularlty In delivery should be: addrensed to City Circulation department . . OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. Bouth lOmahaOUy Hall Building. Twenty-fifth, and M BtreMs. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. ChlcaVo 1W0 T'nlty Building. NewTVork mi Park Row Building. Washington i"l Fourteenth Street. 1 ; rCORJiBSPONDENCE. 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IWV.THO 19 ao,T2o II 30,0 It SW.N20 II t....t.. 2,MM 29. 80,210 80. BO.MK 31 20,1120 14. .8,90O IS v S0,4SO It ;.(,.. .80,800 Total ; Less unsold and returned copies. .980,310 1023 Nat .total sales., Nat average sales B1U.MKT 2M73 OBO. B. TZ8CHUCK. 8ubacrlbed In my presence and sworn to before ma this 1st day of April, A. D. ,1904. (Beal) I M. B. H UNGATE, . . Notary Public. The launching of the Easter bonnet lias proved emipently successful. When the signal corps settles Itself In Tort Omaha, Omaha will signalize its satisfaction. The assessor Is again abroad In the land and the tazshlrker will resume the jwverty face. A between Baker and Gurley, Tom lilackburn mftv have to enter the race tot congress himself. , . ; , . , J Is It not about time for the republican Judges of the state supreme court to get together on the Herdman succession. . The "fuzsie-wuzzles" seem to have termed B habit of breaking the British quare." ' . ' voumy lunomg doiki wecuon loaay. Get out and vote yes or no, as yon think proposition anouia oe carriea or ue- Astbe weather grows warmer man's desire for coolness is shown by the rapid rise of Judge Parker ; as ' democratic nominee for president . - Oklahoma democrats should remember liiat they are not numerically strong 'engli to indulge in the Missouri pas Jtliue Of killing each other. with nnnnnn mn in tha fleiii Janan laflst' b$ ready to dp something interest- Ing on laid In' a short time or the game M'Ul harfify do worth the. candle. . ,,. ... , 1 In pMgUcliy ..abohshlng perpetual rows for members-of religious orders the pope ittay take from the anti-clericals nd of their strongest arguments. The citizens of South Omaha, regard- less ofj party, will iwake no mistake in rvounsj i v .wen tsuuugi; moiie uy eiwi- Inr t rack .Koutsty . as. mayor for a pecond terrii. FQr;.harmlng nalvenesa it would be dlttlcvR'to equal the dispatch from Houston, Tex., which said: "The roegroetf who have been causing trouble .Vest of jUila city have disappeared." The jWjorld-Iieiald declares that on very ideation of fact Mr. Bryan's word 1 'absolutely good. As a political prophet ; and electfon "forecaster, how- ever", Mr1, t Bryan's word is subject to heavy discount. The Auditorium subscription I'st has now reached the home stretch and If all bnaiess men who are able but have not yt t subscribed will fall In line the nee of the convention, in case the two lio.W. stake will be reached before the thtrda n '"lnl- The retention end. of this week. ol tnat ru,e re,,t" not w,tD two-thirds, "Every man for himself" seems to be th motto since the merger struck the tweakers e( the supreme court Dexplte warning and anticipation, the "com uitfulty of interests" evldeutly encoun tered a aevere Jolt . Th?re are several strips of unpaved afreet wlthit, a stone's throw of the . coyrt bouse that the council can order without waiting for petltious from atatxica property owners. Why not Vtait on these? . ;ll tha Interstate Commerce commission gj-ta a few mora decisions like the one froai tha supreme court throwing open the; hooka of the coal carrying roads ta ' commission will be in position to doujobstrate its ability to make Itself au ffecttva) fioverunifutal agvncy. It la ha doubt very cruel for the Igortotxua at Bt Louis to eat dogs and suiued to be identified with the con the humane society la within the scope servatlve element that the unit rule is of its powers when It protest, but why the necessary corrollary of the two- should a .dog, if any one desires to eat it b more entitled to the good afflces of the society thin Ui alxnaLi at the raoUxj bottaaag ' 4 " rR(XJHBf or tut WAR. The latest Information from the seat of war In Eastern Asia that appears to be trustworthy shows jrrest activity on the iart of the Japanese in -preparing for 1an evidently intended aggressive movement on a most extensive scale. The figure given place the forces of Japan now in the field at upwards of 300,000, which are being concentrated as rapidly os possible at strategic points. This Is being done with no little diffi culty, owing to the wretched condition of the country through which the armies must march, so that the task of con centration necessarily proceeds slowly. The Japanese soldiers, however, seem to be showing the greatest fortitude, thus far justifying the opinion regn riling them that they are nnnble to endure any amount of hardship and privation. There is little Information hs to Rus sian military operations, though un doubtedly' they are being actively pushed and the army constantly rein forced. The European military experts still think that the first great land battle will take place somewhere on the Yalu river, though they are not at all certain as to the probable location. In fact It is all conjecture with them, as It must be with anybody who undertakes to divine the plans of either of the com batants. The beet that can be said is that both are active and that the indi cations point to a fierce engagement in the near future. . TUB SAN DOMiltQU KU1SAHCK. A few days ago it was reported that there was favorable promise of a res toration of order in San Domingo, but later Information is to the effect that a new insurrection is being organized, so thut a fresh outbreak of violence in the turbulent island may be expected at any time. There is said to be much lnter est felt in the situation at Washington and that the administration has become convinced that interference on the part of our government Is hbsolutely essen tial to the well being of the islands. What form this should take Is the per plexing question. The assistant secre tary of state, Mr. LoomiB, in a published article short time since, said there was no thought or possibility of the annexa tion of Ban Domingo to the United States in the minds of either the, administra tion or of the representatives of the island now in Washington. This ac cords with the very general public feel ing, yet It Is realized by those who have given any attention to the matter that unIo9 that so-11! republic can show a wer capacity ror governing ixseii anu protecting the rights of others having relations witn it, tnis country may De compelled to take some action to'put a "top to the nuisance of chronic revolu- tlon and perpetual disorder on an island that lies in the pathway of commerce between the continents. This may be necessary not only for the protection of American interests in the turbulent island, but also the safe hruardlng of the interests there of other natinn. foP wn,,.h wi ara fleld In noma mPnBUre responsible. It appears to be fully realized at Washington that if the United States does not make- an effort to restore and maintain order in Ban Do mingo some of the countries having hi' tereets there will take mejigii res to pro tect those interests and in -such, an event Pur government could noS Reasonably complain. If we propose applying, the Aionroe aocinne xo oan uomingo we necessarily assume ah. obligation to see that that republic fulfills Its duty- to other countries. We want neither -a o- nexaUon nor any action. l,hat, mlght ,ea;d to annexation or eyen a protectorate, but our government may 'W compelled to make Jts voice heard In some, way that will pt anVnd tO'lntermlttepf anarchy at either, end of the island of 'UaytL somk dbmovraTIC THOVBLta: The democratic party , is Just now much troubled over the question 'as to wnat should be done in regard to the rUPg or practices whicn bave prevailed In past national conventions.. A plat form can be adopted by a majority vote, but since the first democratic national convention a two-thirds majority has been required for the nomination of a presidential candidate. Whether or not this rule shall be retained in the com' lng convention is now beliur very serl ously discussed In democratic circles. apparently the sentiment among the conservative wing of the party being generally' favorable to .abandoning it A lending organ of this element points out that should Hearst, or those behind him and with him, bave delegates enough to control a few more than one-'.bird of the democratic national convention, tLey couM virtually dictate the noiul but witn tne wire majority, or the con vention. In every convention in which It has prevailed it has been adopted by only a majority vote, so that the coming convention could refuse to adopt it by a bare majority. The radical wing is of course in favor of the retention of the two-thirds rule and there are some conservatives who think the long-established practice should be continued. A Washington dls- patch to an eastern paper quotes a dera- ocratlc leader as saying that the two- thirds and the unit rule are too firmly settled as rules of party practice to be I upset now. He remarked that the ar- gument that a convention t-an be held np by means of . them is all right in theory, but never works out in practice. A randldate for nomination who has a I majority invariably gets the necessary I two thirds, while the rule is useful in preventing senseless stampedes. It was further pointed out by this leader, pre- thirds rule. There Is a good deal of opposition to tha unit rule, which is still mora undemocratic than tha two-thirds rule la Raw Jew tha. .-gamma ay lesder Is fighting for an unlnstmcted delegation to the St. Louis convention, while the Parker supporters are striving to . have : the delegation Instructed for their randldate. ' The unit rule principle hi being ' antagonized in some other states, but general adherence to It is highly probable. An Interesting struggle in the national convention over the two-thirds majority rule Is very likely and It cannot be con fidently predicted what the outcome will lie, though probably the rule will be re tained. There is said to be very little support among democrats at Washing ton who will have most to do with the organization of the national convention for the movement for the abrogation of the unit rule ox the two-thirds rule. The lenders, it is said, are sure that they can beat Hearst without any such ac tion. It is at least possible that in this they may be mlstnken, though it is a fact tbRt the movement for Hearst ap pears to have about come to a halt and It Is doubted If he will hnve to exceed 200 votes with the states voting as nnlts. In that case, as the convention will consist of 904 delegates, the two-' thirds rule will eliminate Hearst as a possible dictating quantity. THBMK THINGS TO Bf MjKBtB. Taxpaying citizens of Douglas county who are opposed to the issue of more bonds on general principles should bear three things in mind: 1. That the proposed bond issue is not Intended to create a new debt, but simply to pay off a debt already exist ing. The prime object of the bond issue is to take up the $105,000 of county warrants drawing 7 per cent Interest and pay off about $100,000 of claims already audited for which 7 per cent warrants would have to be insued by the. 1st of July, while tho bonds would draw only . 8 per cent and may be taken by the state treasurer tor Invest ment in the permanent school fund. 2. That the issue of the bonds, If the proposition carries, Is not compulsory. It simply gives authority to the county commissioners to take up as much or as little of the floating debt as In their best Judgment will be most desirable. The board is at liberty to issue any amount from $1,000 to $200,000, but no more. If the tax collections under the new revenue law and scavenger act are sufficient to sink the floating debt and pay running expenses they need not Issue a dollar of the bonds. 3. The proceeds of the bonds must be exclusively devoted to the refunding of existing debt and cannot be diverted for any other use tinder any pretext. Any attempt to use any part of the funds derived from the proposed bond issue can be enjoined by the courts or pro ceedings enn be instituted against the county treasurer 'and his bondsmen for any amount lawlessly diverted. According, to latest . Washington . ad vices, the visit of August Belmont of New York t the natibnal capital in the interest of , 4udg , Farkr'a candidacy nas'accompiKned a great deal toward clearing; '; up the .democratic- situation. 'Sir. Belmont,!' -we are told, "made two things obvious regarding the scope and sincerity of the movement In behalf of Judge Parker. One was that many pow erful Interests in. New York and else where, regardless of politics, are pre pared to extend enthusiastic support to the New York Jurist. The other was that a strong and effective organization In behalf of Judge Parker's candidacy has been formed in New York, New Jersey and several other eastern states." The many powerful interests in New York and elsewhere that have assured Mrr Belmont of their enthusiastic sup port, for Parker are captains and knights of industry who do not consider Roose velt a "safe" man. The powerful in terests constitute the bulwark of the trusts. But the American people will have something to say when the Issues are Joined and the verdict is rendered next November. 'Few social questions are asked more frequently than "What is the Increase of crime?" The National Census bureau is seeking an answer to this Inquiry. It is undertaking to secure a record of all the persons who are 'sentenced to the various jails, penitentiaries and other prison's in the United States, during the year 1004. The wardens-ef the state prisons and the sheriffs of the counties are being requested to act as special agents to report certain facts concern ing every person delivered into their custody. The census officials complain that some Nebraska counties bave not been heard from, but that is because many jails in this state are empty, though In some cases the sheriffs have possibly neglected the matter. But the records of the census bureau and the resulting statistics will not be complete until all are heard from and It Is hoped that the pressure of other business will not cause the sheriff of any county to block this most important inquiry. The proposition to refund the floating debt of Douglas county, which la now ben ring 7 per cent Interest into bands bearing 3 per cent Interest is in the interest of the taxpayers. If the bond proposition carries tomorrow the busi ness affairs of the county can be placed on a cash basis. If the bonds are de feated the costly credit system will con tinue for an indefinite period. The "disinterested" organiser of lrrl gation societies, George II. Maxwell un covered, his source of revenue before the congressional committee and showed that while irrigation la a great thing for the west it is also considered a good thing by the land grant railroad which seems to have an affinity for water in ditchea as well as on Wall street . Bouth Omaha citirens especially tha taxpaying citizens who appreciate the conservative and economical sdnilnUtra tlon of municipal affairs they have en- Joyed under Mayor Koutsky will be chargeable with rank Ingratitude if they da uptr J U If. tb& t&a te Is continued In the office for their own good, even more than for his. We violate no confidence in giving as surance that Principal Waterhouse will not require any prolonged period for pondering whether or not to accept a proposed Increase In salary should it be offered him by the school board. The democratic committee is doing what it can to make the delegates to the national convention comfortable while In St. Louis. This Is about all of the comfort most democrats expect to get out of the campaign. Where to Sea Parker 4aer4ea. New York Tribune. Possibly the democratic politicians who want to know what Judge Parker thinks are expected to go to Wolfert's Roost with their queries. ' Another Prophet Kaockvd Oat. Chicago Tribune. It will be remembered that President Jeema Hill, some time In 1902, organised an antl-Rooaevelt merger, and this also has the appearance of being kocked out Am Expert la the Baalaess. New York Tribune. Ex-Senator Pettigrew of Bouth Dakota, who' will bead the democratic delegation from that state to the St' Laouia conven tion, threatens to lead a bolt from that body In certain contingencies. Mr. Petti grew has had a wide and picturesque ex perience as a "bolter," and If his newest political associates really value his com pany they will do well to put bolts and staples on all the convention doors. A Kolnre Possibility. Chiccigo Chronicle. The Japanese are not only Intelligent and progressive, but they are ambitious. The Idea of a coalition under Japanese leader ship of all Asiatic Mongolians can hardly have failed to suggest Itself to the people who are now trying conclusions with the Russian empire. With that Idea even em bryotlc In the Japanese national mind it is Ill-advised to scoff at the possibility of the "yellow peril." Our children or our chandchlldren may have to face It. Chief lvll of Speculation. BoHton Transcript In all the corners, or attempted corners, the Melancholy feature Is the fact that thousands of people are drawn Into the maelstrom. Beginning In a small way with their speculations, they continue to en large their operations as the success of their leader grows. - When the ultimate crash comes they are wrecked and thou sands of women and children who have had no part In the mad game are fated to suffer, perhaps for life, with them. The unfortu nate leader becomes odious to those who have previously bailed hint as king. JLDUH PAKKICR A TYPE. Personal Characteristics of the Prob able Democratic Nominee. Walter Well man In the Record-Herald. Now that the glamour of a probable nomination for president is thrown about Judge Parker, it is easy for his admirers to set him too high and to ascribe to him great qualities which he has never shown himself to be the possessor of. And it is just as easy for his critics to go to the other extreme and place him .too. low. Ha has actually done so little and said so little that when wa lOome 4cj ah analysis of him in view of the -veflt large and curiosity -etlmWlactlhg fact? (iiat la less than a year he may be the head of Our state, the task is a good deal, Ilk that of writing up Jones and Smith and Brown,' of whom we never heard before, but who we are assured have all their lives been good men and a ere lit to their calling, be. It law or medicine or merchandizing. . , It Is a type and possibility rather than as an Individual that Judge Parker la In teresting. If the democratic party Is seek ing the antithesis of Mr. Roosevelt, If It wants a candidate who Is as unlike the president as the tropics differ from the arctic, it is coming, to. the right place to find him. Mr. Roosevelt Is nervously ac tive; Judge Parker is phlegmatic and se date. The president ' Is a field captain, a foreman of the gang, an actor who must be always doing or' talking about doing and frequently both" together in order to be happy. Mr. Parker Is a Judge, calm, thoughtful, slow,' sedate. Mr. Roosevelt would lasso a problem and have it safe in his corral and be ouf. on the grass looking for more trouble before Judge Parker had satisfied himself Ills' saddle girth was se curely adjusted. Where the present presi dent says, "Yes, do this," or "Do that! What's next?" the possible future president blinks his gray eyes behind his glasses and remarks: "You may leave the papers, rll take the case up as soon as I can get to it" I'KHE AI.THT TRADES. Preconceived Ideas Rndely Shattered by the Facta. Chicago Inter Ocean. For centuries the tailor has been the subject of Jesting pity because his trade supposed to make him physically weak, while tha stonecutter has , been usually represented- as . the Image - of strength. Bo sailors and miners are sup posed to follow' darlgerous trades, as In deed they do if the chances or external Injury alone be considered, while book keepers and salesmen are supposed to be n little danger from their occupations. Disease, however, kills scores where ac cidents kill one, and of all diseases con sumption kills the most sdults. And with regard to deaths from consumption a life Insurance eipert has recently prepared a chart, from official mortality returns, which upset many popular notions as to ths rela tive healthfulneas or unhealthfulneas of various trades: It sovers thirty leading trades, and shows the percentages of deaths from consumption to deaths from all causes of workers In each. In the middle atand the painters and grocers, with percentsges or t sna n.z. From grocers the figures rise through liquor dealers, molders, longshoremen, pot ters, clgarmakers, silk workers, hatters, salesmen, plumbers.', bookkeepers, brass workers, glasaworkers, printers, and stone cutters, of whom 16.1 per cent die of con sumption. From painters the figures go down through brewers, bakers, policemen, weav ers, iron and steelworkers, masons, butch ers, carpenters, tailors, blacksmiths, mer chants, sailors, brakemen, and miners, of whom only 6.4 per cent die of consump tion. It Is certainly something of a surprise to learn that the most widely fstsl of maladlts Is less likely to kill the prover bially weak tailor than tha proverbially strong butcher, and thst sailors, who must endure the most sudden and violent ehsngea of temperature, , are less subject to con sumption than printers, who can hardly work at all except In a reasonably even temperature. In this connection It Is Interesting to note that large employers or labor are being convinced with Increasing ease and rapidity that provision of clean, well ven Misted, and property heated and lighted shops Is an Investment that pays good dividends by Increasing the contentment " " ,.;, ployea, and In this manner the mortality t, ' ... .v. ...w. ... k- 0WiBsiafaJQ rfsi"ionnolJa4n, ARMY GOSSIP 1 'WAHH1KGTO. Current Brent Gleaned from the Army and Kavy Resjlster. - .. The general order slsjped . last Friday by Secretary Taft turning over athletics and entertainments at army posts to the Young Men's Christian association has been held up. Lieutenant General Chaffee Interposed emphatic objection to having the order Issued by his authority since he does not favor the Introduction of civilian Influence even of the unquestlonsble char acter represented by the Young Men's Christian association sentiment The irmy recruiting service during Feb ruary enlisted 1,148 men. of whom I.R81 were enlisted in cities and 67 at military posts and surrounding towns and In the field. At the city stations 1.646 foot and 8-10 mounted white soldiers and fifty-six foot and forty-nine mounted colored soldiers were secured, and the total number of applicant rejected was 7.472. At military posts and surrounding towns 348 foot and sixty-three mounted white soldiers, twenty seven foot and fourteen mounted colored soldiers and five Indians were enlisted, and the number rejected was 212. At stations in the field fifty foot and one mounted white soldier, two Porto Rlcans and sixty Filipinos were enlisted and twenty-four ap pllcants were rejected.' No army order In a long time has occa sioned so many Inquiries from pay officers who are concerned In carrying out its pro visions and from enlisted men who will be governed by its requirements as general order 48, March 16, from the War depart, ment prescribing certain rules for, ths purchase of discharge from the army. This order was prepared by the general staff and It Is Important as containing ths an nouncement that discharges by favor as distinguished from purchase are declared to be Illegal, a ruling based on the opinion of the Judge advocate general of the army. An ambiguous clause In the order resulted in numerous Inquiries which have been ad dressed to the War department, and It was disclosed that the order was prepared with out consultation between the general staff and the office of paymaster general of the army, notwithstanding the fact that such an order, by the very nature of its pro visions and requirements, should naturally engage the preliminary consideration of army pay officers or those who ere fa miller with the practice, the laws, the in numerable departmental rulings and the quite as numerous comptroller's decisions relating to the subject of the order. The knowledge that the general staff of the army proposes to take up between now and next December the project of a general sen-Ice bill Is of much Interest and im portance to the military sen-Ice. There Is certain to be many varied suggestions In compliance with tho request sent out to prominent officers, especially those at the head of special staff corps, for suggestions for the reorganliatlon of different branches of the army. The third division of tho general staff will have charge of the matter In the first Instance, although, of course, the' "comptehenslve report" promised on the subject of a general service bill will represent the composite view of members of the general staff. The bill will be ready for submission to congress In December provided the secretary of war and the president deems momentous legislation of this character a feasible proposition. None of the officers to whom the, call was ad dressed has given the matter much con sideration as yet and, of course, it will be some weeks, If not months, before the Invited suggestions are forthcoming. It Is possible that the government will furnish window shades for srmy officers' quarters. r There has always ,been more or less correspondence on this subject and' there are some very good arguments why the quartermaster's department should so equip the permanent quarters of officers. It becomes something of a hardship to furnish window shades when officers were trans ferring from one station to another and were likely to find a variety of dimensions In the matter of windows. A proposition Is now Under consideration by the quar termaster general to equip quarters with these Indispensable fixtures. The admonitory circular from the pay master general of the army In regard to travel orders is found to be necessary earlier than usual in the latter part of the fiscal year. There has been during the present year more travel by. officers of the army than ever before In times of peace. This is due to the fact that many officers hare come to Washington' and have gone to distant stations on general staff duties, that officers have been detailed to and detached from duty at the sen-ice schools, that numerous officers have been required to go here and there on militia duty. Inspection and otherwise, that there has been more than the ordinary amount of change of station due to retirements and consequent promotions, and that many of these changes of stations have required transcontinental travel. The fund at the disposal of ths War department for ths Item of mileage Is rapidly depleting and ror this reason the circular from the pay master general of the army was deemed advisable. Captain A. L. Mills of the cavalry arm (colonel-superintendent . of ths . Military academy) will be confirmed by the senate as a brigadier general of the army. The delay in this action la , for demonstration only, It is now learned. The senators who are responsible for the procrastination real lse that the nomination Is a mistake. Judg ing that Incident as something which has an Influence on army sentiment Of course, no one doubts for a moment that Colonel Mills Is entitled to reward. He Is a cour ageous officer with a fine record, but the elevation of a captain to be a brlaadler general, as has been many times stated In these columns, would be an abnormality In military advancement. It Is one of those things which may be said to well nigh do moralise the service to the extent of creat Ing dissatisfaction and discontent In the commissioned personnel Senators who know anything of the army appreciate this fact and have heard enough about it in the last few weeks. Most of them, however. are sufficiently under obligations to the president of the United States not to kick over the traces and interpose substantial objection to a nomination of this kind They will, therefore, consider jthat their duty Is sufficiently rendered by the delay In making the nomination which will indicate to the president the senatorial disapproval of such a policy of promotion and perhaps lead to reform In that direction. In the meantime Colonel Mills is said to be greatly exercised over the delay and to have made Inquiries In Washington as to his prospects, It Is probable that this will be the last In stance of that kind of reward of gallantry which operates to such a manifest disad vantage of senior officers. Sparnlnar a BailieTa Italy. Spring-Add Republican. Our government stands Justly on Its dig nity In refusing to comply with ths order of The Hag-us tribunal la the recent Venesuelan case that It should collect from ths various powers tha costs of the arbltra tlon. The United States Is not the bailiff of The Hague court. It will pay Its ow Share of the expenses, but will not do more. At the same time. It is to .f hoped i: that eatlsfaotory arrangements can aiade to execute the court s decree In soma I " ... . . . I other way. without causing the court's in- ternatlOB! prestjga to fca sacrificed. THERE IS f.' 9 SUBSTITUTE FOX PSOTtSIS Absolutely Puro IT IS A MATTER OF HEALTH PERSONAL ROTES. Parker Is the only candidate that doesn't seem to care whether Bryan likes it or not John W. Gates and other capitalists are forming a rice trust t control the product or Texas ana Louisiana. It Is stated that Prof. Koch Intends to resign his appointment as chief of the Royal Institution for Infectious , DUeases and to settle In Bouth Africa. The peace of the world would be more secure. If an agreement could be had on the spelling of New Chwang. Why not compromise on New ChanghalT The Agricultural department at Washing ton tells .the farmers that -there Is money to be made from weeds. Well, there la no danger that the crop will ever be abort. Captain-Buchanan, who Is In command of the American-built Turkish cruiser Med- Jldleh, which Is now on its way to Constan tinople, has accepted a commission In the Turkish navy."rt" It Is officially announced that the terri tory of Hawaii is in great financial em barrassment because the legislature has ap propriated $1,600,000 more than the receipts. Hawaii Is catching on. Russia furnishes strong proof of Its de termination to give the Japaneae the worth of their money. A stock 'of phonographs have been rushed to the front and ragtime melody will presently greet the ears of the mikado's warriors.' To eat apples for lunch Is a cure for al most every woe and sin, according to the director of pomology at the St. Louts ex position. Senator Cockrell of Missouri has eaten only apples at his midday meal for upwards of thirty years, and stands ready to testify to their refining Influence. . Qustln Wright the American organist and composer; John Philip Bousa, Reginald de Koven and Victor Herbert have been re fused membership in the French Society of Composers. The reason assigned for thus turning down the Americans Is because French composers are not recognised In America by the laws of production and copyright. " 1 tUlOB IRalGATIOS It HEME. Projected Dam to Control tho Flood ' Waters of the Missouri. Bt. Paul Pioneer Press. ' In an article in- the Pioneer Press last Bunday reviewing the various irrigation projects contemplated by the government reclamation service, the statement was made that the government engineers re port that Irrigation does not seem practi cable in North Dakota. Tentative excep tion la made to this report by II. H. Har rlBon, engineer of the Stillwater water works, who has been over North Dakota very thoroughly. He believes that the possibility . of storing the waters of the Missouri, controlling them and diverting them has, not received the attention that deserves. His observations leaa mm to believe that it may be feasible to build a huge dam between the Mandan bluffs somewhere between Bismarck and w mis ton. As the average fall of the Missouri is about one foot to the mile, a dam 228 feet high, such as la proposed on the Belt river Arjsona, would hold baca tne water and practically" form a Wke or reservoir 226 miles long. The Yellowstone, Little Missouri aridmtiher tributaries would also be affeoted by this dam. From this reser voir water could- be carried by canals and flumes to the sand hills of western Ne braska and could be used for Irrigation and power purposes along I he route. Hsd such dam as that proposed peon In operation last year the ICO.OM.OOC and 100 lives destroyed by tne Kansas nooas wi-uw have been saved. ' That flood, it will be remembered, was caused by heavy and continuous ratns that flooded Kansas, Ne braska and Iowa, swelling the brooks, creeks and rivers that drained tnat vast region Into the Missouri Had It been possible to hold back tne upper waters or the Missouri, as It would have been had there been a dam and a system of weather reports, the local rainwater could have been carried off without damage. The damage In that case was extraordinary, but there Is not a year that several mil lion dolls1 worth of daoiae la not done either by the Missouri alone or by the union of Its swollen waters with tne wa ters of the Mississippi, the Ohio and other streams whose floods reiich .their crest at about the same time. Every spring snows ft.n and twenty fent deep melt and oour Into the Yellowstone and other trlbu tarles of the Missouri above the Mandan bluffs. With,, these wattrs held back, part to be diverted for Irrigation and power purposes and part to bn used later In the season in maintaining a navigable stage of water, not only would destruc tion be prevented but the cost ot pro tective measures would be lightened. The country must either choose between some nlan of controlling the Mlsaourl or the If you feel run down, are easily tired, if your nerves are weak and your blood is thin, then begin at once to take the good old standard family medicine Ayer's Sarsaparilla. It in vigorates, strengthens, refreshes. Ask your doctor all about this. He knows. Trust him laraggtsts. extension of the levee system. While the latter has no indirect results of ad vantage It will cost In the long run as much as a gigantic dam project As an Irrigation scheme the project Is also Important. The water of the Mis souri, It Is to be noted, Is not the alkaline water of the desert regions whore most of the pending Irrigation schemes are projected. It Is soft water of greater value for irrigation. That there are nu merous areas In North Dakota which are Irrigable Is not denied by the engineers' report The contention merely Is that the Irrigable areas are not sufficient to Justify the expense of any project in vestigated. But with ibe construction of the dam for flood control. Irrigation would, so to speak, become a "by-product" of the enterprise. The delivery of the water to the sand hills of western Nebraska would, moreover, be of benefit both to North and South Dakota. That the scorching winds that frequently burn up the crops of those two states would bs greatly tempered If the Nebraska sand hills were under trees, grass and water is a theory not only advanced by Mr. Harrison but widely held. If it Is a true theory ths annual saving In the two Dakotaa, with the creatlos, of wealth In the arid part of Nebraska, would fully Justify ths expense of conducting , the waters of the Missouri so long a distance. Furthermore, there is little doubt that the creation of the vast lake contemplated In the scheme would add materially to the average rainfall of the Dakotaa. From five-tenths to six-tenths' of an Inch Is evaporated from shallow 4akes on a hot day In Minnesota and . the Dakotas and the creation of a vast lake in the seml arld region would add materially ti the moisture to be precipitated. Thu the project would serve both for the direct and indirect Irrigation of a large region. FLASHES OF FIN. hl tne war new tn' morning?" hi nPlctlng' no ePTt says tha Japs w I win. sure, and another one says tho Russians will lick 'em out of their boots Inside of six months," Chicago Tribune. He had play -produ"-by amateur company the otlter night. I oelleve. Who was the hero of It, do yqu know?" phli Ledger0- , Sat throuQ ""-Phlladel- Hawklns My wife never gossips. Bobbins Neither does mine. By the wav. what does your wife call it,? Town Topics! "V,e wo"ll like to name a cigar after n"t cltlsen. "Have you any objection? )! mnitt mo raunuiaciurer to the nrom . well 1 would like to smoke one of the cigars first was the reply. "I wouldn't CUOfl iu in lutMillliea Willi game." Washington Post. any confidence "Dar la a limit to any man'a supersti tlon, aald Uncle Kben. ' "If you dreams bout a special race hoes, you feels like bettin on him, but If you dreams bout a pl1k . ,lov!'. you don't have to hoi' yohse f to keep fUm goin to work." Washington Star. "My ! but the old man's a most unreason able growler!" "You think sof "I know It. Why. he's growlln' from mornln' till night, an' all on earth he has to do la to pay all the bills for the family!'' Atlanta Constitution. Grinder whs 1 1 Asleep at your desk, and work so pressing? M'kly,TB?c.u' m" ir: haby kept ma awake all night. Grinder Then you should have brought it with you to the office. Atchison Globe. "You would like a suitable mottoT" said the tombstone agent. "How would "peace to his ashes'. doT" "That wouldn't do at all," responded the widow, with offended dignity. ''He drove a garbage wagon, but 1 don't see anv use of saying au on his tombstone." Chicago Tribune. KOIROPATKIVS FHOPHECY. Up spoke General Kouronatkin, And upon his hnnds he ' snalkln " Just by way of emphasising hia remarks from habit quite; And the Russians all were listening, And their whiskers all were bristling. As with eager ears out-turning they drank In his words of light. "In this little Japan Ixland, Through the valley, o'er the highland, We will murch midst blood nnd thunder from one end unto tin- other. Not one little Jap shnll linger To uphold a warnlnR Hnitcr. And the whole 1'aclnc orcm shall be filled with 'lltUe brother.' " Meantime while this speechifying, Certain things we art descrying, In way of ruined fortress, sunken ships and battered port; ' Little Japs tend to their knitting. While the Russians still are sitting. Paying homiiKe to the mighty, decompos ing Russian court. Man proposes bs you know God dlHJioHes of It so: (Mark the words of Kouropatkln, In proph etic bliiKter now.l Ood of right shall e'er determine. What bo wheat and what be vermin, And children of the Rirlng Sun are ready Omaha!1""' FRED T. RUDIOER. D Sarsaparilla ttj I believe Ayer's Sarsaparilla will cure M any case of rheumatism. It cured me, jjaar U aw and I bave seen it core many others dur ing the past twenty five year." G. A. DeBaum, Dloomadd, Mo. I. O. Ayes Oe., teweo.