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N 10 TIIE OMAIIA DAILY- BEE: SATURDAY, JUKE 18, 1004. TlIE -OMAHA DAILY "BEE. R. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVFnr MORNINO. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee (without Sunday). tie Yeaf,.$4.n Dally bee ami Sunday. One Tear 6 00 lUustrated lie. On Tear Kunilnv ?l fin Vnr io Haturdav Bh. On Tear ? Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. l.W DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Dolly Ieo (without Sunday), per corr tc Dally Kee (without Sunday), per week. ...12c Daily Bee (including Sunday). per week.. .Ho Punilu Bee, per copy Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week, tc evening am linciuaing etnotr i" Week loo Complaint of Insularity Jn delivery noma rm aruressei to w.iy .suuon ' Department. office South OmahClty Hall Building, Twen- ty-nfth and M Btreeta.. Council Bluffs 1 Pearl Street, i Chicago 1640 Unity Building. New York-232 Park Row Building, ' Waahlngton 601 Fourteenth Street, i . CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to nwi anl edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha UM, tutorial Department. REM ITTANCE8. t 1 J . - t . . payable to The Be Publishing Company, Only 2-cent stamp receive! In payment of mall Recounts Personal checks, except on Omaha or ens'ern exchanges, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. IIhuiihi County, as. I Oeorg B. Tmchurk, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number ot full and cnmnlete rotilcs of Tha Liallv. Morn Ins. Evening and Sunday Bee prlr intra aunng in 1 ..ao.soo IT so.eso ' I sro.&oo is ao.ooo .......'.... .99.T40 1 1W.01O 29,790 tO 20.43O I 00,070 n 80,360 . -..... ,...i.a.(40 a S0,1O . i M au,4Mo a so,o70 , so, too aw.roo I So. ISO SO.K40 10 80,100 M seoo u .....s,noo v 89,rio 12 sw.rao U....:.:..:..2UJtO 28 87,100 14 ,..28,l-0 10 2,B30 U JMi.OiM ' 11 88,780 1 U.UO.Q10 . . . . Total V114MO Lea unsold and returned ooplss.... tO,om Net total sales SO 1331 Net avsrags sale 89,oei GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. . Subscribed In my presence and sworn to Bfiiurs me mis isi auy ot May, A. u. lvfi. (Seal) M. B. HUNOAT1C, Notary Public. ' Tha "stand-patters" seam to hare cap- tured the Board of Regents ot the lows university. Mayor Moores In big peregrinations bag found cities with worse kept streets than ours. That's some consolation. .' - .- Omaha will entertain the next state roosting ot the em balm era and under takers and' promises now a dead swell time. 1 ' That war correspondent who left the Scene of tit Vafangow battle In tlm to catch the last car doubtless bad to bang .lo m. strap. ' i When the Japanese have succeeded in raising the Kortetx In Chemulpo harbor ilier may secure a profitable Job on the Maluo at Havana. ; s Thursday must bar been the day of the under dog. Russians destroyed a Jnpurfc"transport and the Washington base ball team won a game. Time Is almost ripe for another report from the British feline on the, roof ot tho world. Thibet should be nearly ready to throw another bootjack. It Is probably Just as well that tbe czar established tbe custom of decorat ing defeated officers, for be doesn't seem to be having any ot tbe other kind to decorate. Tbe advantages possessed by tbe old fnshloned prairie schooner that navl irntes on land over the new style ex cursion steamboat that plows tbe water ii ro nun In emphasised. r With threo Independent Investigations of tbe New York steamboat horror un der way at the same time tbe danger is they may block one another and inula slow Headway. Trade excursions from Omaha belp tho wholesaler. Trado excursions Into Omaha belp the retailer. Why should not tbe Commercial club promote both kinds of trade excursions? It the commissioner of the general land ofllce keeps on withdrawing Ne braska land In tbe public domain from entry some of the fat laud office Jobs In this state may lose all tbelr fatness. r Arkansas democrats reaffirm demo cratic principles "as expressed In demo cratic platforms throughout tbe exist ence ot the party." But where these platforms contradict one another, then What? Admiral Skrydlotr It able to announce his return to Vladivostok, and thus proves hlmsolf the greatest of Russian naval olfleors, being tlie only one so far able to reach the port for -which be started. The people with city hall sites to sell are all in favor of the proposition for Bouth Omaha to vote city kail bonds. Whether they can persuade the property owners who pay the (axes to help them out Is the open question. Tbe county cominlsslouers sre sitting ao a board of equalisation. Here Is an other chance for the tax committee of tho Real Estate exchange to get Into evidence and make further progress Is tbe direction of equal taxation. Prediction la made that second cabin passenger rates to America are to bo Cut ss the result of- the proseut steam ship rate wnr. Unfortunately for the St. Louis exposition Uiese cut rate tick ets do not bear a return coupon. By coming to tbe front with a testi monial to the honor and houeaty of Bens tor Quay, lu protest against a pulpit attack made by a local preacher, al tliough always politically opposed to htm as a colleague, former Senator Allen shows Unit partisanship can souietimes L broader than religion, tflsl coat or LIVIttO V&CH. Eight years sgo tbe democrats urged that because of the low price of com modlties the producers did not receive a fair return and the party demanded tbe free and unlimited coinage of sll ver ss a means of Increasing the price of commodities. There bad been sev ral years of industrial and business de pression, during which tbe consuming capacity of the country was materially reduced, with the neccessry effect ot lowering prices. Since then the money supply has Increased and also tbe con sumlng capacity of tha people, due to ample employment and better wages. Tbe result is blgber prices for commod Itlcs. Now the democrats sny that the cost of living la too high and that pro ducers'sre realizing too much for their products. The farmer is prospering too greatly at tbe expense of tbs wage earner and the democrats think values should come down. Eight years ago their solicitude was altogether for the agricultural masses. Now It is wholly for the wage earners. rerhnps some commodities are higher than they ought to be, but this Is a condition which will adjust Itself In time. According to the bulletin of prices recently issued from the Depart' ment of Commerce and Labor, compar ing those (wholesale) of May, 1904, with May, 1903, it appears that some com modlties are blgber and some lower than they were a year ago. There has not been a general advance of prices during tbe past year, but on the con trary the numbef of articles thst have declined In price has been quite as large as tbe number that advanced. As to wages, they have been about stationary in nearly all industries during tbe past year, so that wage earners generally are at least as well off at this time as they were a year ago. If there should come a sharp decline in prices tbe low erlng of wages would inevitably fol low and very likely would go farther than the decline of commodities. Man ifestly such a change would be of no advantage to the wage earner. When tbe. democratic party was lest In power the country had both low prices and low wages and doubtless would have these again If that party should be restored to power. Its capac ity in this. respect is well linown and therefore tbe people will not this year give it power. HMW MKQLAKU ABU HMCIPKOCITY, Agitation for reciprocity with Canada is being rigorously maintained in New England, Massachusetts leading In tbe movement A few days ago the subject was discussed before tbe Middlesex club of Boston, Senator Lodge being one of tbe speakers and pointing out that reciprocity is a question of detail and be thought that general declarations in favor of the policy avail nothing. Mr. Lodge announced bis willingness to sup port a law which will give tbe president of tbe United States the authority, whenever Canada shall make 'certain reductions In her tariff, to proclaim cer tain reductions in our tariff. It Is of course most improbable that a measure of this nature would be passed by con gress. The Boston Transcript remarks that the establishment of reciprocity with Canada, once it is decided that it is de sirable, is likely to be attended wltb patience-taxing difficulties. It thinks bat the overtures for reciprocity must be made by this country. "Whether it is our fault or our misfortune, tbe time has gone by when w can expect tbe Canadians to approach us with com mercial olive branches in their bauds. Tbe liberal government of Canada is only a little less protectionist than tbe conservative opposition. It has not the slightest intsntlon of making gifts in any future commercial ' arrangements with tbe United States it may consum mate. On the contrary, it will bargain with tbe closest watch over Canadian protected interests." This view Is per haps correct, but we- are inclined to think that there will bnve to be a very great change in American public senti ment before the United States will beg Canada to enter into reciprocity. We are quite confident that the very gen eral feeling at present Is not favorable to such a course. TUB COST TO COLVHADO. Colorado has already spent a large sura of money In the effort -to restore order in tbe disturbed section of that state and undoubtedly a great deal more will be paid out for damages. The closing of the Portland mine' was an arbitrary proceeding for which the stats will probably have to pay. A suit for danioges Is to be Instituted by the mining company and as the owners of the mine are not residents of Colorado the suit will be prosecuted in the fed eral courts, where state influences will not avail. It looks as If the case of the company is a very strong one. It is to be expected that suits for dam ages will be instituted by tbe men who were deported from the state and it is quite probable that Colorado will have to pay a considerable sum for this palpable violation of the rights of cltt sens. The state authorities will And It ex tremely difficult to Justify the policy of deportation. It has been very gen erally condemned and nnless Colorado is completely under the domination of the mining corporations Justice will be done the men who were taken from their homes and families and without being given a chance to speak in their own defense' were shipped under mili tary guard out of the stats. In regard to this tbs New York Times says: "There is, there can be, no authority of Isw for the decree of exile which General Bell Is indiscriminately enfor cing against the union miners. Mem bership In a labor union Is not a crime, It is not an offense sxalnxt tbe law of any- state in the union. Manifestly, efrry miner wbo has been expelled from Colorado by General Bell would have good ground for a civil action for damages under 'article xiv of the constitution, which declares that' no tats shall 'deprive any person of Hfe, lllerty or property without due process of law, nor deny to any person within its .Jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.' Of course, the deported miners ore deprived of liberty snd the protection of law is withheld from them. Governor Tea body and General Bell will search in vain In the constltn tlon of Colorado, In its statute books and In the decisions of its courts, for any warrant of authority for their ar bitrary proceedings." Undoubtedly the organisation .of which the deported miners are mem bers will endeavor to obtain redress for these men and In this It will have the support and assistance of organized labor throughout the country, as well as a great deal of public sympathy, The question Is whether the courts of Colorado can be relied upon to do jus tice to the victims of the arbitrary exercise of power by the governor and his subordinates. The highest judicial tribunal of that state, which Is largely responsible for the conduct of the au thorlties seems to be completely under the Influence of the mining corporations and It is therefore more than probable that the Inferior courts are under the same Influence. At all events, those who have been damaged should make a persistent effort to obtain redress and It Is to be expected thnt this will be done. There Is np doubt that they bavo good ground for a civil action for damages and moreover the opportunity to have Judlclnlly determined the ques tlon of the authority of a governor to exile the citizens of a state should not be lost HAILROAD VALVE M cucsrr. DOUGLAS In the assessment of the railroads for the year 1004 Douglas county does not fare us well as many other counties less favorably situated with regard to railroad facilities. The following conv paratlve exhibit speaks for itself: Road. Mileage Assessment- Union Paclflo. main 1903-3. 1904. line U.4S $331,462 7,746 46,830 81,590 67,304 103.S68 6,m 166,400 17,981 I U6.8S0 Omaha A Republican Valley Z.37 14,756 83.470 43,910 93,670 187,720 Omaha & North Platte 1.82 Omaha A South- western 4.86 Chicago, St. P., M. & O lLOa Chicago & North western 28.8S Chicago, Rock Island St Purine 93 Belt Line 1S.M Mason City Sk. Fort 9,114 138,936 Dodire 18 48,000 100.000 Omaha Bridge & Terminal Co 198 Total assessment.. 1766,871 $1,263,255 It will be noted that with the west half of tbe Union Pacific bridge thrown in, which was formerly assessed at $150,000, and with the Omaha Bridge and Terminal company's property and the Belt Line Included, and with tbe right-of-wsy of the Great Western, which is an entirely new line, added, the total figures are $1,255,256 for 1004 as against $766,871 for 1003, or an In crease of 64 per cent ; Without the Great Western tbe ratio of increase would have been only 48 per cent while the average raise of the railroad as sessment in the whole state Is nearly 65 per cent. ' The proportion to wblcb Omaha -will be entitled "in tbe railroad assessment for 1904 Ts so ridiculously low that even the ' most conscienceless railroad tax agent or lawyer will have to concede its rank Injustice. Out of tbe 111 miles of main track with wblcb Douglas connty is credited, and whose assessed valuation is fixed at $1,255,255 by the state board, Omaha will be entitled to about fourteen miles, or one-seventh of tbe total, equal to $179,351. Multiplied by five this makes $800,755. Just think of it all the railroads in Omaha, wltb bridges, depots and ter minals worth not less than $25,000,000, will pay taxes for city purposes on an aggregate valuation of $179,351, while the Omaha and Council Bluffs wagon bridge is assessed for its west balf alone at $150,000. The fire and police board and city council are now facing tbe perplexing roblem how to maintain tbe fire de partment at Its, greatest efficiency with the limited funds at their command. The recent purchase of fire apparatus, following the construction of the Jackson street engine house, has created an over lap in the fire fund, and even with the prospective receipts from the collection of delinquent taxes that fund will still be overdrawn under the charter limita tions. Tbe only way out is by retrench ment and concentration of tbe Are force where It will be the most effective. Tho proposed abandonment ot the Harney j street englue bouse ana tbe relocation of the company now stationed there in the new engino house ts In line with the policy tbfit should be adopted. There really is po necessity of enlisting an en tirely new fire company by reason of tho erection of a new engine house and purchase ot a new Are engine and other, apparatus. At any rate, tbe finances ot the city are not in condition to Justify a material Increase in the membership of the fire fighting force and are not likely to be for some time to come. , Judge Gantt of tbe Missouri supreme court msy, as a consistent democrat, support Attorney Folk for governor, but be cannot resist tbe temptation to show wbere the attorney has been too ener getic In the prosecution of an alleged boodlcr whose main defense Is tbs stat ute of limitation. ' Tbe late governor of Finland com plains because the natives of that coun try did not celebrate the opening of the war with Japan, Tbey may be waiting to celebrate its close with cheerfulness If present straws point the way It will end. The next legislature should give us a law making it a punishable offense to send dependents or persons a filleted wltb contagious dUease from one Jurisdiction to another with a purpose of shifting the burden of caring for the unfortu nate Yrctini. This ' reprehensible prac tice Is becoming altogether too common and something should be done to stop It and that soon. ricking Flaws. Kansas City Times. Premier Combes relates that he threat ened to throw the man out of a window who offered him a bribe of $2,000,000. But the publlo can't help observing that he didn't throw him out of the window. EraSltlon Balled l. Boston Transcript. Who says that the day of classical erudi tion has passed at our great universities Here Is the wholp undcrgradunte body at CambildRe plunged Into deep dejection be cause Clarkson. their crack pitcher, was unable to decline bonus. Veteran ( Maay F.ngage Baltimore American. teats. A veteran who lately applied for a pen slon admitted In his application that he had been married ten times nnd divorced eight.. Naturally It would be difficult to enumerate he engagements in which he has figured, though If he dies the depart ment might be confronted with a Chinese puzsle In the matter of original widows. High Priced Gratitude. Baltimore American. A rare case Is that of a New Tork woman who expressed no bitterness when the man for whom she had deposited ball to the amount of $3,000 made his escape, She said she was willing to lose the money, as the fugitive had once saved her ' life by his skill as a physician. Twenty thou sand dollars' worth of gratitude ts a big sum In these days as appraisal of that virtue, even acknowledging that its value Is in proportion to Its rarity. Yellow Peril Fading Away. Washington Star. We have now, we are told, a clear vision of the yellow peril. Here ere men gifted with both strategy and courage, and if they come out of this war victorious the white races may well look to their laurel. As a matter of fact, they ought to be looking to their laurels all the time. Com petition is the life of trade. Vigilance Ii the price of liberty. Whatever there Tnay be In the Japanese of courage and capacity. either for war or government, let It ' be developed. The world has nothing to fear from true courage and exalted ambition, whether manifested by the yellow or the white races. THE YEAR'S EXPORTS. Heavy Balance of Trade Favorably to the I nlted States. Chicago Record-Herald. The government bureau of statistics has Just published figures for the May exports of breadstuffs, cattle, provisions, cotton and mineral oils, which makes It appear probable that the country's total exports of all kinds for the current fiscal year wilt exceed lost year's figures, but fall some what short of the record year, 1901. The May exports of these articles amounted to $34,697,876, falling about $16,000,0U0 short of May. 1903. Tbe main de crease is In breadstuffs. For the eleven months ending May the total is $753,469,116, or about $14,000,000 more than in the cor responding months of the preceding year. The three Items, cotton, cattle and oils, increased in the aggregate $76,000,000, but most of this gain was offset by a decrease In exports of breadstuffs, though provisions also showed a slight falling off. The total exports of all kinds for the ten months of the year ending with April were $1,277,807,800, an Increase of $64,000,000 over the corresponding months of the preceding year. Of this increase manufactured ar ticles accounted for more than half. If the total exports of this year are to equal those of the record year, 1901, there should, however, . be an Increase of $68,000,000 over the total for last year. With the- falling off of May In the Ave classes of goods mentioned above, which Include more than half of the total exports. It seems probable that no new record can be established this year. Comparison of exports with Imports for the year, as far as the figures are yet available, Indicates that the heavy balance of trade favorable to the United States still continue For the fiscal year It will probably, be somewhere in the neighbor hood of $u00,000,000, probably more rather than less. NOTED Dl VISE AT WHITE HOl'SE. Doctor Lyman Abbott, Antl-Isnaerlal- tst Leader, a, Coest. Washington Dispatch to 8t. Louis Re- puoiio. Rev. Lyman Abbott of Brooklyn, the famous preacher, author and editor, who is everywhere considered the strongest and most logical leader of the anti-Imperialists, in Washington. Dr. Abbott and the president have long been Arm friends, but In the matter of the Philippines they have occupied positions far apart. The famous divine was a gueat at the White Houia. Dr. Abbott still holds firmly to the view that the present American occupation of the Philippines can be defended only on the ground of having been forced upon this country as tha outcome of the Spanish war. Outlining his posltloa on the Philippine question, Dr. Abbott said: "By the course of events our sovere'gnty as been extended over the Ph!llpy.ln4 Islands, and we have become responsible to the Filipinos and to other nations as well as to ourselves for good governmeut In the archipelago. The absolute essential of that government is: The Philippines for the Filipinos.' 'All ue of the Islands for our own oeno- Ot; all exploitation of the islands for what we can make out of them, is absolutely and Inexcusably unjust and dishonorable. "It requires universal education, and a public school system has been organised and Is being developed, and extended rap idly, and the people are eagerly availing themselves of It. It requires the organisa tion of the local governments in the prov inces and lowna, and the governments have been organised and the people are partici pating In them. "It requires the organisation of a repre sentative assembly in and through which publlo opinion can And both expression and development, and such a representative assembly has been provided for. A returns, necessary as a preliminary to It, has bum taken and tha assembly will bo called to gether at no distant day, "When these preliminary steps have been taken, publlo Intelligence has oeen assured. freedom ot debate guaranteed, a rorr.mon language acquired, in which debate can be carried on, some experience gained In local self-government, a public opinion treat id and a representative body organised through which ideas can be expressed In a word, when liberty has been secured lo the. Filipinos, it will then be time enough for them to consider whether they will be independent of the United States and set up for themselves as a comparatively minor state In the world, or whether they wish to be vitally connected and In the ci joyment of tbe privilege and powers which that protection affords. "If they then desire, as I have no doubt they will, to continue their relations with the United States, though a self-governing body In all local matters. It will be time enough for them and fur us to consider how such a relationship can be established be. tween us and them as will be mutually ad vaulegeous to boUj communities." THAU OCRS. The temerity of Japan In coping with country possessing the military resources of Russia Is no longer regarded by the Russian government with contempt. The csar Is now reported as declaring that he he Is ready to sacrifice a million of his sub jects to defeat Japan. The extent of most wars a underrated at the beginning. The confident prediction, made when the great conflict was In its early stages, that the American civil war would be ended In thirty days, was woefully wide of the mark. The Russian expectation that Japa would be quickly overwhelmed la not likety to be realised. The csur Is talking about the vast levies of troops that may be necessary to re-establish hla realm In the far esst. There Is unrest and dis content In Russia, but, unfortunately, Rus sia is not a constitutional or represents tive government In any ot Its departments In which the million or millions who are to be sacrificed might have a voice in de termining whether the war shall be con tinued. There Is no public opinion in Rus sla which can act on the bureaucracy which makes war and peace. It Is, there fore, dlfTlcult to say whether the eastern war Is popular or not. There is some thing Inexpressibly revolting In the Idea that a few bureaucrats with a pliant em peror can lead a million to the sacrifice without consulting their wishes in so grave a matter. Stories of the general maladministration and peculation by which the Russian mill tary power Is paralysed continue to flow In from all quarters. A correspondent writ ing from Kieff to a London Journal quotes an Invalided physician, recently arrived from Kharlln, as saying that sickness increasing at a fearful rate among the Russian troops In Manchuria, and that great part of it Is attributable to the bad flour and other damaged foodstuffs fur nished by dishonest contractors. The doctor declared that among these poisonous pro visions were 60,000 or 70.000 cases of tinned meats which had been in stock ever since the Turkish war. The evil consequences of one such assignment could not be cal culated easily, and there is no reason for supposing that this is an Isolated instance, This same witness confirms, from his per sonal knowledge, the truth of the previous reports to the effect that a large propor tion, probably one-third, of the clothing food and other articles contributed by charitable porsonsifor the benefit of sick or wounded soldiers disappears In the course oi transit. He also speaks of boxes supposed to be full of supplies packed with sawdust, stones, rags and other rub bish. The report of the British Royal Commis sion, suggesting conscription as the best method of securing an adequate defensive army, has met with almoat universal die approval by the classes from which the conscripts would be drawn. This- dissent Is reflected in- the newspapers. A poll of the leading newspapers shows that twenty six are aa-alnst conscription. Ave are In favor of It and nine are silent or neutral Trades unionists almost to a man are against it, for the reason that it would take them from their occupations, and that military life would unflt them for re-employment. One of the army service papers questions whether the government Is strong enough to enforce conscription In the pres ent state of the public mind. It is urged not without force, that conscription should not be conflned exclusively to the United Kingdom, but should apply to the whole emnlre. England's great defense has been the navy, and the prevailing opinion Is that the navy Is a sufficient protection -with the existing military establishment. The Daily Telegraph holds that conscription win oe the outcome of necessity . and "absolute compulsion"; the Dally News characterises the proposition as "a piece of sublime, au daclty"; the St. James Oasette thinks that tha need for conscription has not been proven. ' One of the latest grievances In Finland Is the arbitrary transfer from the Finnish excheauer to the Russian exchequer of 8.000.000 Finnish marks (about $1,600,000) "on account of the contribution which Finland has to make to the military expenses of the empire." This Is the first time that any mention has been made of such con tribution. To make the matter worse, tho money thue coolly appropriated for Rus sian military expenses was voted at the Diet of 1900 for the maintenance of the Finnish national army. Since this army was disbanded at the end of 1901 a saving had been effected amounting to 14,406,000 marks, of which 2,000,000 marks were trans ferred to St. Petersburg some time ago. There Is at present a balance of about 4,600,000 marks, but, as it has been Inti mated that the present appropriation la on account," there is not the slightest room for doubt that the rest of the money will be requisitioned in due course. For a long time the Russian authorities In Fin land have proved themselves to be quite superior to constitutional restrictions, but hitherto they have refrained from down right confiscation upon any such scale aa this. In accordance with the 'Iberallilng ukase issued by the czar early last year the Rus sian oounoll of state has approved the bills of M. von Plehve, minister of the interior, to repeal the law whereby Hebrews are forbidden to reside-outside "the pale," or anywhere within thirty miles of the Rus sian frontier. It Is Impossible to set a very high value, however, on reforms In troduced under the sponsorship of the most reactionary of Russian ministers. In Rus sia everything depends upon the way laws are executed. The words of a statute are of little significance compared to the whims of the prefects ef police and the governors of provinces, whose function It is to carry them In effect. There is no law, tor in stance, to exclude Jews from Russia, but nobody can get Into the country without a passport duly vised, and Russian consu's living abroad will not countersign the pass port of a Jaw. ' , After all kinds of delays, Inevitable In all negotiations with the Turk, a start seems to have been made at last toward the re organisation of the Macedonian gendar merie. Contracts with foreign officer have been signed, and the latter have begun work In their respective districts. The de lay In the signature was caused by a mis understanding wltb regard to the rate of pay, and some slight difference between the Turkish and French texts, which, it is said, were so slight as to be obviously due, not to bad, faith, but to careless transla tion. The misunderstanding about the rate of pay was not the fault of the Turks, who yielded promptly to tbe views of the powers and consented to pay higher rates than had previously been agreed upon. Now the real work la about to begin. The inspection of the gendarmerie at Monastlr and Uskub proved that the foreign offi cers have undertaken no light task. Their reports Indicate that at the present time the gendarmerie force can scarce y be said to exist. AU accounts agree that the pop ulation la eagerly awaiting the creation of a new force, able and willing to protect the villages, not only from the oppression of the soldiery and officials, but from the Intimidation of the patriotic bands. Cvael Mockery, Chicago Chronicle In the platform th delegates to the Illinois democratic convention refer to themselves as "tbe untrammeled repreeen tatlve of the people," Quit laughing. OTHER LAND! Cream TRflrSimrr Iwa slUrfV Good Health depends upon the food you eat foist BJAKIMOJ eowots) oe, oNioAao. POMTTCAl, DRIFT. , Like other wise men. Judge Parker be lieves that the great trouble with the demo cratic party is too much talk. Three men bearing the name of Mudd are running for congress In one Maryland district.' Mudd slinging in that district is unavoidable. The Missouri supreme court has affirmed the verdict In two out of fifteen boodle con victions. The fact is Interesting es showing that supreme courts "do move." Harry Smyth Cummings, a colored attor ney Of Baltimore, is booked to second the nomination of President Roosevelt at Chi cago. Cummings is 38 years of age and a native of Baltimore. Chicago speculators are asking $54 each for spectators' seats In tho republican con vention. At the same rate, measured by the excitement, seats In the St. Louis con vention ought to bring $200 each. Ex-Congressman Murray of South Caro lina, who tnade quite a fortune as a con testant, Is now doing time In the peniten tiary. His foiling was writing the auto graphs of other people on notes. The Illinois democratic convention gavel is to be suitably inscribed and shipped to St. Louis for action on July 6-7. It com bined strength, beauty and utility, and is built on the lines of the mauls used In driv ing circus stakes. In the hands ot a man onto his Job it's a knocker. An Omaha democrat, in a short letter to the New York Sun. declares that Hearst money and Bryan money beat "the brave young men who dared to oppose his (Bry an's) fatal policies," wherefore Bryan will go to St. Louis to misrepresent seven-tenths of the democrats of 'Nebraska.." , Tom Taggart of Indiana and French Lick, prospective chairman of the democratic na tional committee, declares "there are three rules of deportment which should be the guiding stars of all politicians; First, never drink, for fear of promoting Intemper ance; second, never recuse a anna, ror rear of making bad friends; third, never worry about -what happens unless It happens to you." At the democratic state convention held in Albany a few weeks ago David B. Hill was busy every moment of the day. Toward evening he thought he would secure few moment's respite and a little rost while being shaved. As he climbed Into the barber's chair he handed the tonsorlal artist a quarter of a dollar. "Is this a tip, sir?" inquired the knight of the shears. "No," replied Mr. Hill, "that's hush money. Now, not a word!" It is rumored that Bourke Cockran will not remain a widower much longer. His name la being coupled with that of Mrs, Adolf Ladenburg, the handsome widow ot the banker, but then the gossips find a suitor for Mrs. Landenburg every few months. ' However, Mr. Cockran's liking for per Is not concealed, and at the Grave- send race track he is her shadow. Mr. Cockran, with his gray hair, healthy oolor nd fine physique. Is. one of the most dis tinguished looking' men on Long Island. A few months ago there was talk about Mr. Cockran's devotion to Miss May Van Alen, but her father shied at the suggestion of a match. Smooth Work for Harmony, Springfield Republican. The excellent tacticians at the head of the republican party ore shrewd in de ciding that the coming Chicago convention should not take sides in the factional war fare among the republicans of Wisconsin. There will be two sets of Wisconsin dele gates to the convention, and, as all will be for Roosevelt, the part of caution and ex pediency will be to seat the whole lot with half a vote each. Thus the national ticket will not be much endangered In Wisconsin and the administration will not be dragged Into a local row of uusual bitterness. ; "MY TAILOR CT'TS MY CLOTHES THAT ' I MAY Cl'T A DASH" Beau Brummel to his valet. The prettiest and best made boys' suits for summer can be had rlsht hrp at the htore of the Town." , And SPECIAL for Saturday we offer all of our sailor collar wash suits at 25 PER CENT DISCOUNT. $2.06 suits for $1.60 , $1 60 suits for ..... y II 16 $260 suits for ! $1 HO $3.00 suits for $?.!5 ti M suits for 13 5 4.00 suits for 3 00 $460 suits for ii.it) "No Clothing Fits Llko Ours." groWnm2 R. S. Wilcox, Manager. to? Adds to the healthfulness of all risen flour-foods, while it makes the food lighter sweeter finer flavored, more delicious. - Exercise care in purchasing baking powder to see that you get Dr. Price's, which makes the food more wholesome and at the same time more palatable Hots. Titers are msny mixtures, aiad. ts) imitatloe of baking powd.r, which the prudent will avoid. Th.y are lower In price than cream of tartar paw a.rs, but they are saade from alum. ad r dangerous to use ia (ot4 GLEEFIL GAB. "Zeb," said the colored man's employer, "I'm afratu you are getting a little lasy. "No, sun,' was the eainest reply. "I Isn't lny. I kin do as much work as any two o' dese other men, but I's try In' to keep turn showln' off." Washington Star. He's killed his chances of election," said the first citizen. "That speech ha made to Us queered him." "how was that?", asked the other. -"He started off by saying, 'A word to the wise is sufficient,' and the he gave us about 6.UM words." Philadelphia Ledger. First Contractor How did you fellows happen to get a Job of repitirlng the pipes in timug street? They w.ere laid only a few years ago and there was nothing tha matter with them. Second Contractor I know It, but the sight of that elegant new pavement on that street was altogether too tempting Chicago Tribune. "Gracious, ma, that old ours is a wonder." "What's she done, pa?" "Laid an egg as big as New York Herald. yellow hen of a hailstone. "Pa, is retribution the worst thing a per. son can have?" "No. It isn't half as bad as the feellni one has after he has confessed and then discovered that he wouldn't have been found out If he had kept quiet" Chicago Record-Herald. "Don't you sometimes feel that you are getting more salary from the government man you are actually wormy "Sometimes, answered Senator Sorghum, "Doesn't It annoy you?" "No. As a business man' I am rathe f roud of the margin of profit." Washing on Star. Poor Richard was complliing his almanac. will you pre. diet the temperature?" "That is easv." ha reolled. "I hll lm. ply label each day: 'Did you ever see such" weather?' " Knowing there were always kickers, tht shrewd judge of human nature fell ta work. Ne? w lorn Bun. JIM BLVDSO, OF THE PRAIRIE BELLE) John Hay. Wall, no! I can't tell whar'ho lives. Because he don't live, you see; L'?a.''t.w?y.".,h' ot 0l" of the habit 9J ,lv.ln llKe you and me. earsaV yU be" r th 1t "" Tnat'you haven't heard folks tell How Jimmy Bludsojpaesed in his checks xne uigui. or me irairie Belle? He weren't no saint them engineers Is all pretty much alike One wife in Natchex-under-the-HUI, And another one her In Pike; A keerleas man In hie talk was Jim, And an awkward man in a row, But he never flunked and he never Me4- I reckon he "never knowed how. And this was all the religious be had: To treat his engine well; Never be passed on the river; To mind the pilot's bell; And If ever the Prairie Belle. took lira, A thousand times he swore He'd hold her noscle agin the bank Till the last soul got ashore. All boats has their day on the Mississlp, And her dsy came at last The Movaeter was a better boat, But th Belle she wouldn't be passed. And " ehe come tearln' along that night-" The oldest craft on the line vV Ith a nigger squat on her safety valve, And her furnace crammed rosin and pine. Fire bust out as she cleared the bar, ' And burnt a hole tn the night. And quick as a flash she turned and made For the wilier bank on the right. There was runnin' and cursln', but Jim yelled out. Over all th infernal roar, "I'll hold her rossle agin the bank Till the last galoot's ashore." Through the hot, black breath of tha burnln' boat Jim Bludso's voice was heard, And they all had trust In hie cussedneem And knowed he'd keep his word. And. sure's you're born, they all got off Afore the smokestacks fell. And tiludso's ghost went up alone In the smoke of the Prairie Bell. He weren't no saint but at Judgment 1 ' I'd run my chanoe with Jim, Longside of some pious gentlemen That woi.ld'n shook hands with him. He seen his duty, a dead sure thing, And went for It thar mil ihn. And Christ ain't a-going to be tood hard On a man that died for men. - Cin2 -