TITE OMATTA DAILY HEE: WEDNESDAY. MAY 4, 1901.
Tite Omaha Daily Bee,
B. ROfiKWATER, EDITOR.
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rSbi. o i WiisWninS eral will decide whether there la ground PlTl by the railroads In the develop
&$lFm&irpi& for proceedings against the so-called "t of western re,urcea "d the up-
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STATEMENT OS" ClRCVlATION.
tau of NsbiTiaka, poogisa County, ss.:
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
ays that th actual autr.r of full and
rnnnlal, rnnlM n TK Il.llv. M.irntnC.
Erenlng and Sunday Be prlntM aunng tne
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Lmmj unsold and returned ooplea.... 9,&n I
Net total sales sMi,tw4
Net average sales 2t,B89
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fliiHHHA In mil MnM anil awnrn tfl I
before dm this M day of May, A. D. iH. I
(Seal) M. B. HtlNOATE,
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When Judge Parker finds his voice be
may make up for lost time.
How long Chinese neutrality will en
dure the strain, which are being put
upon 11, ia anotner pressing question.
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KantiickT mnnhllrans and Tows .m.
ocrata meet on the same day. Telegrams
of mutual condolence will be in order,
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The grand Jury la now In session and
people with ugly nimon In their posses-
slon may get ready to unburden them-
elTes. '
1-B9 nexx time uenerai tt.ouropatain
ooera 1 want te ngnt ne win Keep me
men and guns out of the reach of the
enemy. , . . 1
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From the mm dlatrtbuted en route
iSS.'JrJJi?
toJSr J.':
General Kouropatkln announces that!
ha Hll nnf .tnn th. .tnM r hA
Japanese at the present time. The Jap-
aneee apparently told him that on Sun-
Cay.
Aa no one was to blame for the ac-1
cldent on the battleship Missouri, the
proper thing to do hereafter Is to get
smokeless powder that will not flare
back.
Japan has a chance now to show
whether the defeat of the Russians was
due to the guna or the gunners simply
by proving what the guna can do lnlto
Other nandS. I
Admiral Togo should be wise enough
to realise that he cannot have the cen
ter of the stage all the time, and he
got what be deserved at Port Arthur
for butting in while General Kurokl was
doing hla turn.
Ak-SarBen the Great starta out the
year of his reign 1004 with nearly a
thousand subjects holding prepaid tax
receipts. The chances for reaching the as it should be. and yet It is nnmls
2,600 mark, which Is the record set for takably one of the moat Important mat-
tM. rlvnaifv Var. nA tvffow I
uao j u.Hvv- 1 ' v-. MVa lsi 1.1 V a . I
Russians who barred American con.
ul. from the place, to which they were
accredited may 'be wrry they spoke if
Janan leta the consuls to .orb .no
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proves mat mere is no danger to life
Of foreigners in those very ports.
The democratic success league made a
mistake In offering the official deslgna
tlon to one of the loyal deraocrata who
Indignantly spurns the tempting bait
If one aide or the other of the demo
cratic line-up only bad a little patronage
to hold out as rewards of merit there
would be more movement between the
factions.
South Omaha's new tax commissioner
kaaalreadv buckled down to work on the
asaesatnent for the next municipal tax
Harlna- been elected on an Isann
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of eqnal taxaUon for big corporattoue
and nttle home owners. It will be Inter-
atlng to watch how much taxable prop-
erty hitherto escaping taxation in the
Marie Cltv will be dug ud
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the supreme court does not agree with
the tat commissioner of the Union Pa -
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elite, ne insists tne ruaas anouia d
mwm .v -"-v -..,....,
of UlS roaas cau ue rrpmcru ior, wnneirvrr i-rnrn may jusny oe given tteaaues?
theCourt aays that the value of the
property its market price la an es-
send.l in making an aswasment.
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Nebraska has no rvasou to be dia-
satisfied With the work of the last see-
..on of congress. On top of the Kin-
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kald bill, which lll bring into use
aauch public land, cornea the report that
the IHthflnder reservoir, to cost 11,000,.
000. While to be built in Wyoming will
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afrits water upon Nebraska soil. The
abort grass country la In luck this year.
rnv&KCVTivn or coal TRf8T. ,
It arrears to be the determination of
the authorities at Washington to betrln
proceedings under the anU trust law
nealnst th anthracite coal trust and
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certainly me public will welcome inra
artinn. According to advlora which
uu.ni tr. iw. .,,thntt. ti, nrtmcnt
of Justice la looking to the Interstate
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.ommerce commission to insuxuie nu
Investigation which will furnish the de-
tiftmwt with the 'evidence necessary
to enable It to take action ana it is i
the understood Intention of the com-
ml)Mlion to re(mme its investigation lis
nilUIII IUC 1 1 T A V IHICX V . i .. l
lIKIn k Kii wAalri I'nnpr I n p
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decision of the supreme court or tne
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United Rtstoa th rol-rrrvll) Com- I
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panics are compelled to auDmu to we i
mmn,i..inn nil contracta relating to the
carrying of coal and whatever other
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rTiuen me craiui m.
esnarv to enable It to determine the
. nf rfirlmlnstlon .t Issue.
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it is nnon tne nature or tne snowinui
combination under the anti-trust uu"uin UI uur w l, ru BlnlCT
of flln thl(J hey haye not ,UogrtBPr
Uninle evidence will be found to tuatifr
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but ,t tako tlme to deveon for
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of COUrSO the men Who IIV In Control
f .. .ntnrnot tcma. whlrh am the
or ll,e antnrncite roaas, wnicn are uie
owners or practically all the mines ana
rtipttn tprm. to thn th d not own.
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win matte as stuDoorn ana, persistent
a fight aa poIble to maintain their
monopoly.
It is therefore probable that the case
will run throueh a year or two before
a flnal declB,on ,g reached, but It Is
that In the meantime the public
will get some relief from the exactions
of the monoDolr exoerlenced during the
last two years. At all events It Is
gratifying to know that the Washington
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IBuuiviium aid 1 v v .untun n.iiL v. luid i
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oppressive combination and that there
jR ororelse of ita being compelled to
anawer before the courts for ita unwar-
rentable exactions.
QtKUAlT AfiD THW WAR.
The speech of Emperor William of
Germany a few days ago, in which he
referred to the attitude of Germany to-
wara tne war in tne rar east, appears
t0 have caURPd qu)te R Mnsatlon in
Knrone. This Is nartlcularlv true aa to
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r,"ulc' wur,c l" lu,'"w"uu Br,ru"' lw
obta,n that tho remarks of the ka,Ber
we apecia11y intended to imply that
,n Io"ioie wjuungwncy ueruiauj
might find it expedient to adopt a course
not altogether friendly to the French.
According to report certain pouucians
o' Prance construe the remarks of the
uerman emperor as 1no.1car.1ng tne pos-
slblllty of war being forced upon France
by Germany at -this critical Juncture,
when France's only ally In Europe is
engaged elsewhere and can be of no
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keh Bhou,d oonc- islon.
but the rwt of -4
1 ahln to apA anr warrant for If Aa
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B'rM've meaning and properly consld-
"? lra,8 rea,,y ,n 1e ,D!T8t
nauuuni jiib maicmeui uu
Germany should be prepared for a pos-
"Ible contingency was not a veiled threat
' wr- the French are disposed to
rwd it, but a perfectly natural and
proper admonition to the nation, which
Implied no threat to any other power.
Germany doea not desire war, but on
the contrary is as anxious as any other
country of Europe for the maintenance
of international peace, and it is safe
say that all her Influence will be
thrown In this direction.
rmm diplomatic RgcoitD. 1
Not the least of the achievements of
tha Publican party may Justly
"na 01 WD,,;u rawu:M Pi"
pave a right to be proud, is what has
w . i .u.. , .v. 1 . jm 1
ucen act-DuipiiBiieu iu tuo iuoi iwu nu
mlnlstraUons In regard to the foreign
policy of the nation. This Is not so
generally well understood by the people
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V Ul LI 11 U 1 J U WIIV.T1I1, nilJUfJ UUl (UlTlgll I
1 rfiaiiuun urv uvfjirsnariiT u. tun iuuoi i
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In hls gpeecn , the Benate a week
Renator Cullom. chairman of the
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(.-a.iuiuiii.ifr uu iurriu reiuiiuiiB niniru
in detail what had been done during
the present and the preceding adminis
trations in regard to our foreign affairs.
We do not tnlnk that any one ran read
that statement without being convinced
that every atep taken by our govern-
ment was wise ana wunout a reeling Ot
pride in what was accomplished. Beu-
ator Cullom reviewed the whole course
of tne dlp,omat,c poHoy of the t'nlted
States during the McKlnley and the
Roosevelt administrations, pointing out
tb variou reject In which they had
beon uecessful. always to the ad-
y"ma:e 01 ,ms country ana in not a
I pw caaea to me Denent or tne woria
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1 10 An,pncan pnae ana patriouam.
I uere uaa never Deen a penoa in our
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nisiory wnen so mucn waa aone to aa -
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I nation aa has been accomplished in the
(last half a doxen years, and not the
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preceding administrations for the con-1
aervation of international peace and
good will. It cannot be denied that the
administration of President Roosevelt
tiat n most careful and solicitous In
this direction. No act of this admlnla-
tratlon In regard to our foreign relations
has looked to any other purpose than
that of maintaining peace, but more
than that of making It 'more secure,
From tha verr heirinnln the admlnla.
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tratlon has given It out to the world
I that the policy of this gpTf rnment waa
to do nil In Its power to promote inter-
national peace
That has been and la today the aim
of American diplomacy. Having
Quarrel or Issue with any nation, the
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pence and Ita Influence will be steadily
exerted in that direction, commercial
and not political ascendancy In the
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pie ana mey unaerstanu tnat in oruer
to attain commercial ascendancy them
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fore the voice of the American nation
now, as it aiwaya uns oeen, in iavor
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ui luiri uaiiuiini umiT,
wrr rar-asvan ni
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An impartial observer cannot fall to
M impressed with the fact that tne ani-
tude of antagonism of the railroads to
the develoDment of a grain market at
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wnen viewea rrom tneir own auinipoiui
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disinterested, the traffic of the country
opened up having redounded to their
benefit and made paying properties out
of oxDorlmpntal linos
ul 1IUBB.
The same ! true With reference to the
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great cities tnat rorm tne entrepots nno
pnnvorirlnor rwilnta rif tho rnllrond' srs-
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iems - Jnere no quesuon wau-v.
for example, but that the successful
tabllahment and expansion of the
tock nwket at Omaha has been wor.
millions to the railroads bringing in the
nnd toktn out tne manufactured
Products. A successful grain market at
tnls Plnt. 11 "PPlemented witn inaus-
trlal undertakings necessary to convert
,nt0 weals and food products a falrjro-
portion of the grain finding an outlet
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P,nt of railroafi trafflv;.
v b the railroads should not unite to
help build up such a grain market rather
than to place obstacles in ita way is be
yond eomnrehenalnn. Fnrtunntelv. now
.. ontlonk . n.inphiT hflttr. and
. not lmDrobttbIe the alri tramc
gcheuulp8 wll, satiRfactorfly adjusted
,n the very Dear futUfe ,n BUCj a waJ
. tfl tho imrtnnco of the
Omaha market and give this city a fair
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snow as comparea who tne grain mar-
kets to the north and to the SOUth
When the time comes that Omaha has
an eBtabllBhed grain business with ex-
tenBlve mm and factories, the only
wonier witi whv there should have
hen any U08tne disposition manifested
hy railroad m the first place and
how theT could har. bMn g0 -blivious
r n.i n !,
The financial statement Just published
by Bute Treasurer Mortensen shows
that all of the state money on hand, ait
ZrZZTZ T "'n"r.
depository banks, with the exception of
HIM carried la iU. cash drawer. In-
mnii, k nia
ana iruat tunas snow nearly stw.utsj to
weir creaii, is eviaeni tnat etate
Treasurer Mortensen is living up to
Mh the "plr,t and letter of depo1-
tory jaw, ana mat mere is no farming
out of state funds under his admlnlstra
tton
The pretense of previous treasur-
era that they had no right to place the
trust funds on deposit along with the
current funds is effectually exploded,
Inaamuch aa all the interest earned by
these balances is being credited back to
the state, we venture to predict that no
future treasurer will ever again have
the hardihood to hold out' the truat funds
for personal speculation and try to Jus
tifv himself hv the excuse that rlpnoslta
in the depository banks would be a Tlo-
muon or me law.
The railroad tax a rants are hpateffinir
g f Board f A ment with rep-
resentatlons that under the new revenue
, DroDert la to vahed
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only on the risible tangible assets with
out any addition whatever for franchise
value. A year or so ago they were
pleading before the supreme court that
their franchise value was Included in
I tVia nanaMl aa nrtexa la Am marla Kw wKa
Jk t;uixrui j
Bimr uuniu huu vmj rntjayru nu ururr
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lor lue aeparaie asseasmem or tne rran
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alstency never was to be found among
the Jewels In the railroad tax bureau's
casket.
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Keep Year Powder Dry.
Buffalo Express.
People who have Investigated the sub'
Ject agree In the belief that this country's
armv of araftera Is mora danaeroua tn the
stability of the republlo than the confed
crate army was In 1862. The firing must
be continuous If the union Is to be aaved.
Leklaa- tha Doors of Peace,
New Tork Tribune.
The double doors of the temple of Janus
are wido open, and Cossack and Jap are
marching through them, while the doors of
the temple of peace at The Hague are
now d0UDl, locked by the csar s cirouiar
I declaring that Russia "will not permit the
I Int.i-v.nllnn n t mrw nnmimv wh.t.n.w..
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Hol tw B. x.k. s.rloIr.
Washington 8tar.
1 Don't take Mr. Cockran so seriously. He
come uuwu iim nut w uunri. .uu...
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1 h. umir.. ininmrv. nii ia sum lin M n im.
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He doea that sort of thlna excellently. His
I fancy la lively, his vocabulary rich and his
I extravagances of statement proverbial. But
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disadvantage by reason of a dearth of
Waa After Baaiacsa Hears
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,rgy between the time when they leave
their work at night and when they return
to It In the morning than they expand all
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be shocked and offended If anyone were to
thera io. They think that physical dis-
sipation is tha only method of cnergy-sap-
ping. But men and women of exemplary
"no n"Dl, O'"'1 th" lta"f 1"
I hundred ways. They indulge In wrong
Sing; they worry; tbey fret; they tear
J this, that and the other tnuxinary things
snd thy csrrj- their business home with
thrm and work as hard mentally after bus
iness hours as during thrm.
Rla- Jnh of Hoaae leaalag.
' Boston Transcript.
Apparently fnrle Sam has a good, big
Job of housecleanlng on his hands In Pan
ama before any part of the Isthmus will be
fit for Americans to live In. A death rate
of from SO.i to TO 5, according to whose
population gueeeess you accept, doesn't
sound alluring to our young men who are
always ready to do so much In a "new
country."
Viewea by an Expert.
New York Tribune.
Mr. Bryan's denunciation of the New
York, platform as "ambiguous, uncertain,
evasive and dishonest" and "fit only for a
dishonest party," coupled with tha state
ment that "no one but an artful dodger
would stand upon It." Is not a flattering In
troduction for Judge Parker to the Bryan
Wing of the Democracy. The St. Loula con
vention will not be "drowey with harmony"
when the Bryanltes, the Hearstltes and the
Hlllltes meet, to exchange views and com
pliments. Bl- Talk for Local Effect.
Indlannpolls Journal.
Russia announces In resounding terms
that It will nit accept mediation In the
war with Japan, but will end the conflict
In its own way, and warns the powers to
keep their hands off. This Is merely big
talk for local effect. The powers have no
Intention of intervening without permission,
but the time may come when they will be
asked to do so. When Russia shows more
signs of an ability to defeat Its opponent
repudiation of offers to mediate will have
a better sound.
Moderating Commercial Reaetlon.
Springfield Republican.
The South African gold mines, still de
ndent upon native labor, continue to In
use their output that for March being
,8.212 ounces, or 16.646,195, compared with
S3.600 ounces In Februarjymd 217.46B ounces
n March of lust year. Present production
s about three-fourths of what It was Just
before the outbreak of the Boer war. Its
continued Increase must apparently have
Important effect In moderating the commer
cial reaction which has been spreading
over the world In the last two or three
years.
DOVT VILGARIZB THE WORD.
rate Pertinent Objections te Car.
negle'a "Hero Fund."
Baltimore News.
A word that has noble or stirring asso
ciations Is a precious possession. To dull
Its force, to lower Its value, to make It
vulgar or commonplace or ridiculous Is to
Inflict a serious Injury on the language,
and on the nation that uses it. The word
hero" has been subjected to a great deal
of III usage, and It Is a wonder that It has
survived aa well as it has. During and
Immediately after any war. It Is the cus
tom to apply tho term not only In the
singular to any person who has done an
act of notable gallantry or self-sacrifice,
but In the plural to whole bodies of sol
diers going to the front or oomlng back
from the eoene of action, Irrespective of
any particular performance. "The mayor
welcomed the returning heroes" Is, for
instance, a familiar phrase, and one re.
members hearing It and the like applied
with perfect nonchalance to bodies of men
who, while doubtless possessing untold
stores of potential heroism, had never
been called upon to make any particular
display of this quality!
Thla aort of ' conventional use of the
word, while rather lowering to Its value.
does less harm than, might be supposed.
precisely because so little significance is
attached to It even by those who use it.
The serious use of the term Is considered
to be quite a separate matter pretty much
aa the word "awful" contlnuea to have Ita
full force, or almost Its full force, when
used solemnly, In spite of the constant
use of it aa a mere expletive or slang
term. A much more damaging assault on
the word Is threatened by Mr. Carnegie's
latest foundation. It is devoutly to be
hoped that he or his trustees will find
some other way of designating tha fund he
has Instituted than as the "hero fund,"
and soma other title for Its beneficiaries
thart that of "hero." The persons who
may get the money will doubtless, all ot
them, be persons that have done heroic
deeds, or the surviving relatives of such
persons; but when you make the matter
of being a hero a regular business, so to
say, determining the qualifications by a
majority vote of a board of directors, and
assessing the compensation at so many
dollars a year, whatever other results
may follow, the word "hero' Is sure to
suffer, and that would be a pity. If the
money Is to be given for herola deeds this
fact will be sufficiently known to the re
clplent and to everyone concerned, with
out adopting the crude plan of attaching
to him a label marked "hero" In plain let
ters. There are more delicate and equally
effective ways of accomplishing tha end In
view.
PERSONAL NOTES.
The cabled report of the Bale of an old
snuffbox for $32,000 In London disposes of
the notion that all the fools with money
to burn live In America.
A bad habit Is hard to curb. Now there
Is Vermont, for lnstsnce; she no longer has
a prohibition law, but they are still ar
resting men for getting drunk on Jamaica
ginger.
The empress of China has called off her
birthdsy celebration and appropriated the
money toward raising an army. Another
illustration of the Increasing trend of roy
alty toward harmless amusement.
General Ben J. Vlljoen, one of the most
brilliant leaders In the Boer army, h
Joined the grand army of military novelists,
having written a story of adventure In
South Africa during the war. It Is said
to suggest the biographical in Ita vividness
of Incident.
Judge Beekman Wlnthrop, who waa an
nounced several days ago as the new Gov
ernor of Porto Rico to succeed Governor
Hunt, is a member of one of the oldest
families In New York, Is a graduate of
Harvard anad Is a personal friend oi Prest
dent Roosevelt.
Henry Norman, the well known Jour
nallst, has met the csar and says that
Instead of having found him a- weakling In
mind and body, as frequently described
he Is obviously In the best of health and
presents the situation in the far east In a
sane, clear and strong manner.
Colonel F. IS. Tounghusband, the British
officer In command ot the force now Invad
ing Thibet, Is supposed to know as much
about Asia aa any other man alive. He
traveled lri Manchuria tn 18S0 and later made
a memorable Journey from Peking to India
through Chinese Turkestan. The colonel
also explored tha Pamirs and has takea
part In a number of military expeditions.
Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Btewart of tbe
United States array, retired, a noted war
rior and classmate of Bherman, Roaecran
and Hancock, Is dead in Berkeley, Cal., in
hla eighty-fourth year. Colonel Btewart
was graduated from West Point In the
class of '43 and wss second oldest alumnus
of that academy. He first si w active ser
vice under Oeneral Zachery Taylor In the
Mexican war. In later years he dlaln
gulahed himself while ghtlng the Nes Perce
and Bannock Indians In Oregon. He re
tired from active service In U7I sad from
that time lived In Berkeley,
ROISD ABOIT NEW YORK.
Ripples on Ike torrent of I.lfe In the
Metropolis.
Former Speaker David B. Henderson has
grown wesry of New York. He Is tired snd
Is going to his home In Iowa for rest and
recreation. David Is not aa lively as he
wss some forty years ago. Besides tho
surgical operation performed on him by
rebel bullets check his psce where pace Is
necessary snd he sighs for the soughing
winds snd repose of Dubuque. "Once a
man ventures Into the slippery streets,
says the ex-spesker, "he Is In peril of his
life. At every crossing he Is In danger.
Everhody steps lively. I cannot
atand this confusion. Everywhere there Is
crowding and shoving. I cannot travel In
your street cars. The conductors take de
light In packing the coaches as though the
passengers were sardines, and everywhere
Is the cry 'step lively. "
Paying his respects to the landlords of
Gotham, the former speaker ssld:
"New York Is an overgrown city and the
people are willing therefore to live on
shelves snd take tha poorest aecommO'tS"
tlons. They are victims of the pirate land
lords, villains with hearts of steel. The
landlords have made me determined never
to spend snother winter In this city. I
leased a flat, supposing thst everything
would be convenient and comfortable. This
winter I have to light all the gas in the
house to keep warm. There Is no best In
the radiator. I complain and am put off
by fair promises. There is a dumb-waiter
which does not run, and all the groceries
are brought up In the passenger elevator,
whloh rune sometimes. I didn't go out of
the house this winter for ten days, and In
order to get downstairs I had to drag my
wooden leg up two flights, cross a slippery
roof and go down a scuttle In tha next
building to take the elevator to the street.
These are the conditions of housing to
which New Yorkers submit, and do you
wonder that my good nature Is so over
taxed that I feel at times thst I could slay
a few landlords with equanimity?"
Another glgantlo department store was
opened to the public recently. It Is
on the corner of Sixth avenue and Four
teenth street, and contains Innovations
which show that department store enter
prise may yet be In its Infancy. Nurseries
and banks are now a necessary part of the
up-to-date department store, but It hss
been left to this institution to Introduce a
children's playground. On one floor Is a
large hall with two stages and comfortable
orchestra chairs. The Twenty-third Regi
ment bsnd played In It all day Saturday.
As soon aa things get running It Is the In
tention of the management to Intersperse
concerts with variety turns. Opening from
the concert hall is a roof kindergarten for
the children. There la a lake with an
Island of sand for the little ones to ahovel
to their hearts' content. Then there Is a
fully equipped hospital In :he store, and
novelties galore.
Seashore hotels are springing up like
mushrooms all along the coast near New
York. There are twenty of them, not even
thought of a month ago, which are guaran
teed to be finished by June 16. One con
tractor has the Job of putting up three
hotela of 160 rooms each In sixty days. Thla
Is aome speed In the building line, but It Is
not tho record. There is a place down at
Brighton of 120 rooms which must be fin
ished forty-five days after the first spade
ful of earth Is thrown up for the founda
tion. Old Coney la fairly hopping out of
the ground In new summer clothes. The
doings there are something amssing. They
have about 6,000 men building, painting,
scraping, paving, hauling and setting
things up. It will be a great sight when
the summer seta. In. The glories of Luna
Park, laat year the wonder of the natives,
will be surpassed, and It Is doubtful If even
tha St Louie fair will eclipse Coney Island
In grandeur.
The city budget of New York amounts to
$106,000,000 a year. The entire cost of main
taining the federal government for the
year 1908-04 was only $464,000,000. But the
city of New Y'jrk spenda vastly more than
$106,000,000 a yuar. With Ita many issues of
public bonds for improvements, its expen
ditures run up to $160,000,000 or more. This
is fully one-third aa much money aa is
needed to maintain the federal government
for a year. In directing how this money
shall be spent the mayor haa tbe chief re
sponsibility. It la a prodigal outlay. An
expert student of municipal affairs declared
recently that In publlo service the city of
New York does not realise 28 cents on the
dollar. New York paye salaries to more
than 46,000 persons, amounting to about
$66,000,000 a year. No other city in the
world pays Its employes such high wages,
And now the typewriter girl of New York
haa "organised." It la no trifling move
ment, either. Back of it is the American
Federation of Labor, one of the chief or
ganisers of which, Herman Robinson, has
undertaken the preliminary details of form
ation.. Miss Elsie Delhi, who taps the keys
In a little office on East Fifty-ninth street,
ta the sponsor of the new union. She said:
"We met for the first time last Wednes
dsy and we have thirty girls enrolled al
ready. Yes, there Is an admission fee of
$1, and dues of 60 cents a month.
"No, Indeed, It Is not going to be ex
clusively feminine. In fact, I rather prefer
a majority of men. The women don't Ilka
to give up their dollar. The average
stenographer nowadsys gets only $7 or $S
a week, no matter how expert she may be,
Now we proposed to see thst beginners
shall get that much and qualified stenog
raphers about $16. Then there's the -question
of hours. Some of us have ta work
from I In the morning until ( or 7 at night
We want the hours to be from in the
morning until 5 In the afternoon."
Shipments of coffee received In New York
city recently seem to Justify a suspicion
long held that the supply of Mocha and
Java coffee that reaches this country Is
Infinitesimal. One Importer says that he
hss absolute knowledge of an lnstsnce
where a cargo of Bra ill coffee waa shipped
from this port to Java, the mats Included,
and later was shipped back to this port
ss pure Java coffee. He added thst he
waa positive of the facts, and knew tha
man who shipped the coffee from here.
Similarly, there are strong suspicions In
the minds of many men that the heavy
shipments of cottonseed oil thst leave here
on nearly every steamship bound to the
Mediterranean ports find their way back
to this country as olive oil.
One of the Jokes which the New York
guides are fond of perpetrating on the
sight-seeing strsnger Is to pause In front
of the biggest and grandest mansions along
Fifth avenue, preferably Mr. Carnegie's or
Senator Clark'a, and-solemnly announce,
"This Is New York's Eye and Ear Infirm
ary." In the case of Senstor Clark's now
newly completed house this Joke Is usually
accepted as a serious statement of fact,
for certainly It looks like anything but a
private house. It Is a monster pile of cut
granite, so tall and big and magnificent
that It Is almost Impossible to associate
It with the Idea of a home. To those who
are permitted to peep Into the Interior this
effect Is heightened.
Cracklagr Heats Within Reach.
Boston Transcript.
And now It Is Mr. Olney whom William
J. Bryan objects to. It looks ae though
Mr. Bryan thought himself at a Donny-
brook fair, and that It waa therefore in
oumbent upon him to hit every bead that
came tn hla way.
Fifty Years tho Standard
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Improves iho flavor and adds to
tho hoalthfulnoss of tho food.
PRtCI BAKINQ POWDER OO OHIOAOO.
HAS TUB PVLPIT DECLISEDt
Evidence of Waning? Influence Grow.
Insr with the Years.
Chicago Chronicle.
The opinion Is widely entertained among
observant people that the ability and In
fluence of the pulpit have greatly deollned
In the last ten or twenty years. This opin
ion may or may not bo well founded, but
If It be true that such a decline haa taken
place there Is at least no difficulty in ac
counting for it
One has only to consult the reports of the
United States commissioner of -education
to learn that in the last ten years there
has been a large and Increasing decline In
the number of students In the theological
seminaries, and from other aourcea JuBt as
reliable it may be learned that the scholar
ship and natural ability of the students are
far below what they once were. In some
of the lsrgest and wealthiest Protestant
denominations It Is Impossible to supply all
the good churches with pastors, and a
young minister of real talent can get al
most anything In the way of salary that he
chooses to ask.
This ot Itself is cufflclent to account tor
the supposed decline, and yet It is only a
manifestation of a much broader and more
potent Influence. It la admltteS by emi
nent clerical authorities that thl-country,
to look no further, has been for many
years Inundated with what Is called re
ligious Indlfferentlsm. That is to say, mul
titudes of people whose religious convic
tions are immovable cannot be aroused
Into tsking any Interest in religious mat
ters. They are ashamed of their Indiffer
ence, but they can neither overcome It nor
account for. U. , , , . ,, .
As might be expected, when religious
people become indifferent other people be
come skeptical. With ,the people outside
the churches at the present day it Is an
open question whether there la any truth
In religion or not. There Is not a single
doctrine of religion that they consider set
tled. AH religion Is based on the belief In
a future state of existence, and not one
man In a hundred outside of religious
circles has any praotlcal belief In that
doctrine. The creeds have been either ex
plained away or thrown away.
All these causes are calculated to under
mine the Influence of the pulpit, but there
are other causes for which the pulpit Itself,
or a section of It, Is responsible. The pul
pit haa Buffered Itself to be stamped out of
Its own province.
Because the world has become Indifferent
to religion the pulpit has to a great extent
abandoned religious preaching and Is now
preaching on history, science, philosophy,
sociology, politics and current news.
Irreligious people go to church, when
they go at all, to experience a new atmos
phere, and when they And that they are
atlll In the market or at the primary they
are disappointed and disgusted and resolve
not to come again.
Even when the pulpit preaches religion
It does not take sufficient cognizance ot
the prevailing atate of mind on religious
subjects. It attempts to stem the rushing
tide of inquiry by Ignoring it. The preacher
sits on the safety valve and Imagines
there la no steam In the boiler. Either be
cause the pulpit lacks the intellectual
ability or because It has deliberately
adopted a policy of repression It really
discusses the things of religion on which
the minds of people are running.
To return to things for which the pulpit
Is not responsible. It should not be over
looked that the utility of the orator has
been diminishing for centuries. At one
time he waa the only avenue of Intelli
gence In public affairs snd the only sober
and Instructive entertainer. As the art of
printing hss grown, however, hla useful
ness has declined.
At the present dsy the world relies for
its Information and even Inspiration al
most entirely on the printed page. More
over, on the principle that the demand
governs the aupply, the gift of oratory Is
now rarely found.
WHITTLED TO A POINT.
"No. Indeed. My wife never cleana
house."
"Never cleans nousei wnst ao you dor'
"We move. ' Cleveland Plain Dealer.
When a man Is given to boastlnar about
his ancestors there Isn't much chance that
his descendants will ever be given to boast
ing about him. Somervllle Journal.
Jael had driven the nail Into Blsera.
"The 000 r woman had been housecleanlnv
and Imagined she wss putting down the
carpet," they explained. New York Sun.
"You ssy he Is superstitious?"
"Yes."
"What form does his suoerstltlon taket"
"Why, he thinks it's unlucky to work."
Chicago i'osi.
"Are you In fsvor of protection?"
"Well," enswered Senator Bora-hum, "I
never gave protection, as the word Is popu
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larly understood, a great deal of personal
attention. Self-preservation Is my motto
every time." Washington Star.
Drugsist What Is It. sir?
Mr. C'hlney I really don't know; I'm in a
quandary. The moths have almost ruined
my wig, and 1 don't know whether to get
moth balls or hair restorer. Judge.
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marked Jonah ae the whale swallowed him.
fwrnaps, repnea xne ptiKaunun wua-ie,
"but It won't be a circumstance to the way
.1.. H...IMI... rllaavrM when Ihev
come to discuss this Incident." Phliade'.phla
"What has become of that poet that ran
away with and married the daughter of old
Porkenlard, the millionaire meat man?"
"Why. Porkenlard took him Into the Arm
and makes him work ten hours a day writ
ing rhymes for their street car advertise
ments." Baltimore American.
"Yes, the poor fellow was oleanlng the
window of the hank, ctandlng on the nar
row lodge outside,"
"Well?"
"Ho lost his balance."
"Killed?" . ' 14
"No, the cashier defaulted with It"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
TRITHFI'L TOMMY TELLS IT.
James Barton Adams In Denver Post.
A cleanln' house at our house, an' I Jes'
tell you what.
My ma Is Jes' the Jolllest ol' baby In the
lot!
She goes around a-aloahln suds an conse
crated lye, ...
An whlstlln tunes an alngtn songs an
actln' girly spry. ,
She has her kitchen dress pinned back In
pigeon-tally way,
Jes' like the coats the dandies wear In
boxes at the play;
An' sleeves rolled up till you kin see her
vaccination scaiv-
A plaoe pa says some beau o her'n burnt
there with a cigar.
Ah' pa goes 'round JeS' "Ike a kid a-helpln'
all he kin: ' '
It's him . that tears the carpets up an'
tacks 'em down agin.
An' beats 'em hangin' on the line with
whip he made o hose.
An' tells me I had best watch out or I'll
git some o' those!
An' you Jes' ort to see him eat the second-handed
food
An' tvilln' ma thst fur a change It cbaws
almighty good.
An' when he gits a taste o' roap he only
smiles an says
We mus' expect sich things as that in
spring house cleanln' days.
(
Pa tuk a layoff from his work a purpuss
so's that he
Could help along in what he aaya ia Jes' a
Jolly spree,
An' says It Is a change to help a puttln'
things to rights
A happy change from efflce work to heav
enly home delights.
An' say, but It's a holy show when they
set down to reat, . .
Fur nm'U lny her tousel head agin pa'a
dusty breast,
An' there they'll set an' laugh an' talk
about the Jolly fun
It always Is a cleanln' house when spring
has Jes' begun. f '
A cleanln' house at our house, an- all the
floors Is bare, , '
An' brlcky brack of every sort Is piled on .
every chair, T
An' ma's a sloehin' with the brush an'
sin Kin' at her work.
The suds a makln' both ber hands look
Jes' like pickled pork. ..-
The house'lt soon be pure. an clean as any
throne o' grace,
An' all the stuff nn' things put back Into
their proper place;
Then pa an' ma ll sigh to see a end to all
their fun.
But proud as Lucifer about the 'way-up
Job they done.
"After all, Robinson, the art
one's heart than snern snnste,
pnlntlngr or poetry."
Bean Brnsamell to his nltt
THE NEAREST WE CAN
COME TO A MAN'S HEART
IS IN HIS UNDERWEAR.
IT IS TIME TO CONSIDER
THE MEDIUM WEIGHT GAR
MENTS THAT TIDE OVER
FROM WINTER TO SUMMER.
ALL THE GOOD tllNDB AS
TO MATERIALS AND WEAVES
FROM bOC AND UPWARD
ALL SIZES OK BELFAST AND
DR. DEIMEL'S LINEN MESH
AT 13.00 AND $3.25 A GAR
MENT. R. S. WILCOX, Maaagrac.