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TIIE OMAnA DAILY REE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22. 1904. Tile Omaiia Daily Bee. E. R06IWATZR, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. TTTllffl OF UlUBCRiPTJO!. FHr Be (without Bunder). On Tear..M . Illr Bw and Sunday, On Tear Illustrated Bee. One Year J tundar Bee. On Year J 2J ranmiay bee. One Tttr .... J -J twentieth Centurv Ftrintr, One Year., l.w DELIVERED FT CARRIER. Dally Be (without Sunday). Pr copy..... Sc Dally B. (without Sunday, pw ....! Illy Bee 'including Sunday), per week.. .lie H'ln-Aay Bee, pr OPT 71 Evening tn- (without Sunday!, per week. Sc Evening Be Oncluding Sunday). Pr wek . l'w Complaints oY irregularity In delivery should bo addressed to City Circulation Departmtnt. offices. Omaha Th Bee Bui Win. South Omaha-City JiailBulldlng. Twenty-fifth and M Streets. Council Bluffs 10 pearl Street Chicago 1 Unity Building. New York-2 Park Kow Building. Washington tA Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. 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JtJMO ...... 2043O u. seaao . n. t,no 1..,. 0O.O1V Total. ,......, Laaa a old and lelui 4 opfe.. 10,02 Net total sales 0O1.R31 Nat average aalaa. arvi GEO. B. TZ8CHLC&. Subscribed In my presence and aworn to before ma this tlat day of Mar. A. D. 1X. Notary Public TtTorlt ona" are at a discount In Chicago except with those states who hare them. Illinois republicans maj back mtt, but they will hardly hit back If they do not bare It their way. The edict has been registered that at all eventa the public schools -of Omaha will be managed.' from Omaha instead of from Milwaukee. Colonel Bryan wants to know what is Mr. Belmont's consideration in the Parker candidacy. Colonel Bryan Is becomlnc altogether too innnisltlTe. Now that Texaa has pronounced for Parker, .the champions of the Kansas City platform may have some Idea of the expanding size of "the enemy's country. ..The con Tuition at "Chicago will be a deliberative body tf least to the extent of refusingto hurry -its -proceedltige. TbOMt Chicago hotel keepers know a thing or two. The Bee Invites comparison -pf Its re ports of the Chicago convention with those of other papers In these parts. A glance will convince anyone of The Bee's eupertor- enterprise. ' Colonel Bryan Is making headway. In Chicago be had to hire his own hall In order to speak against Parker, but In New York someone else hired the hall sod let him do the talking. pullsts should have refrained from holding conventions until after the St Louts gathering has adjourned so they might know whether they are to inarch to defeat In double column or single file. ' General Kouropatkln la said to have taken personal charge of the Russian army now In the field. lie no doubt thinks It about time to begin that fright ful slaughter be foretold at Bt Peters burg. The Philippines and Porto Rico .were considerate enough to send to the con vention men bearing names familiar to Americans but look out for tongue twisters hereafter,' now that their rights to representation Is established. The campaign to land for Omaha the conventions of the big national organi zations should be begun at once. If we are to have the full benefit of our new Auditorium. These conventions will not come without going after them. Beth sides, to every contest for seats lit republican convention from states Included In the "solid south" always Insist that they are fighting for princi ple. It Is noticeable, however, that the side that wins never refuses to take the spoils along with the principle. The World's fair management baa In vited the delegates to the republican . convention to Visit the show and offers a special train to carry them. St Louis evidently wants to see the men who do things as well as those who simply play t the work of president making. It will be noticed that the Vladivos tok squadron did not think Itself of sufficient power to attack Japanese ships armed with guns, snd this Is no doubt the secret of the rear admiral's success, for he Is the only Rusalan com mander who has been able to carry out a plan of campaign. Taxpaying citizens of Omaha may be willing to stand for the full tax au thorized for the fire fund, but they. are not willing to countenance an annual overlap to run the fire department on a st-ale not contemplated by the charter. If the board of fire and police commis sioners will cut the garment to fit the cloth It will have the support of the en tire conimuulty. MA. BOOT ADDBMBS. The selection of Hon. Ellho Root ss temporary chairman of the republi can national convention was eminently wise. He Is not only one of the roost loyal and earnest members of the party, but he Is slso a msn of excep tional ability and of a high Integrity which gives force and potency to bis utterances. The brief report of hia ad- drefia telegraphed, while hardly satis factory, yet suggests that it waa as a whole of rare merit snd excellence snd should Induce all who are Interested In a clear and candid statement of repub lican policies and principles, and what has been sccomplished through them, to carefully read the entire addreaa. Mr. Root declared that what baa been accomplished under republican rule In promoting the welfare and advancing the Interests of the nation is without parallel in history. This will be admit ted by all men who are familiar with our bJntory during the past forty years. It has been a period of wonderful prog ress for the American people In every department of effort and activity. To those who are familiar with this it seems inconceivable that they can ques tion the wisdom of still confiding to the party that has accomplished so much the duty of administering the affairs of government and maintaining the poli cies that have made the United States great and powerful and Its people the mort prosperous and contented in . the world. The republican party, aa Mr. Root pointed out, is to be Judged by the record it has made, which gives assur ance of a future usefulness not less meritorious than that of the past TBK AKTI-PABKKH1TK9. The democrats of New York who are opposed to Judge Parker are very much in earnest, as shown bj the proceed ings of their meeting Monday, but it is Impossible to say bow much influence they villi be able to exert at 8t Louis, where they will be represented by a strong committee. These anti-Parker-Ites insist that the Judge cannot. If nom inated, carry New York, and they may be able to convince a good many of the unlnstructed delegates that such Is tho case. As the situation now stands Parker has 235 instructed delegates and of those unlnstructed It Is claimed that he will get 127. As 667 are neces sary to a nomination, the New York' man is still 306 short and It cannot be said that he has a good prospect of securing that number. Several stste conventions are yet to be held, bat If all of them ahould Instruct for Parker be would still be far short of the required votes. Another point to be considered is that not all of the Instructed dele gates are bound to continue in support of Parker after, first or second ballot Experienced political observers in the east believe that unless the judge is nominated on the first or second ballot there will be numerous desertions from him. ; As now Indicated the delegates desig nated as radicals will number about 230 or 240, and the uncommitted and waver ing elements' will muster perhaps 350 votes.. .These together will constitute more than half the convention. It is generally recognised that a good deal depends upon the course of Senator Gor man and the leader of the Pennsylvania delegation, both of whom are holding aloof and are expected to remain non committal until the meeting of the convention. These leaders will undoubt edly exert an important influence, and In all probability will act together. It Is Interesting to note that some promi nent democratic politicians In the east still regard Mr. Cleveland as a possibil ity. A KKPVBLICAN AB BIVBBHABT. Two weeks from today, on July 6, there will be celebrated at Jackson, Mich., the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the republican party. There has been more or less controversy as to the time and place at which the' party came Into existence, but ' there is no longer any question that to the Michi gan city belongs the honor of being its birthplace. In a recently published his tory of the republican party by Me. Francis Curtis It Is stated that there had been gatherings of republicans and the name had been used before July 6, 1&V4, "but because of the fact that In formal convention assembled, a plat form waa adopted and a full state ticket nominated on July 0, 1854, at Jackson, Mich., that day and place must be con ceded to be the birthday and birthplace of the republican party." . The veteran atatesman, Galusha A. Grow of Pennsylvania, in a letter a few months ago to Representative Smith of Michigan, cited the historical events that led to the formation of the repub lican party. Seven days after the pas sage of the act repealing the Missouri compromise a mass meeting was beid In Detroit protesting against that measure and a committee was ap pointed to call a masa meeting. Irre spective of party, of all citizens of . the state to meet at Jackson on July 9, 1854. There being no hall large enough for the meeting, the people assembled adjourned to the "Oaks" and there it waa resolved to call the new party the republican party. At the same time a full state ticket waa nominated, headed by Kinsley S. Bingham . for governor. Thla waa the first, state ticket nomi nated under the name republican after the repeal of the Missouri compromise. The meeting at Pittsburg on February 22, 1855, waa the first meeting of dele gates forming a national party and they called a national convention to meet at Philadelphia June 17, 1856, to nominate a candidate for president At this con vention John C. Fremont of California was nominated for president and Wil liam L. Dayton of New Jersey for vice president The men who founded the republican party as a protent agaluat the extension of slavery could not foresee the great work that was before it of defending the union against the-assault of the slave power, ridding the nation of slav ery at an enormous cost of life and treasure and thereafter developing and building up the country until It bas be come the foremost of industrial nations snd a world power of the flrsf magni tude. Tbey were wlae and patriotic men, but their one aim waa to stay the advance of the institution .of slavery and they had no thought that the polit ical organization tbey were creating would make the most glorious part of the republic's history: As a writer on the record of the republican party says, "from Its birth to the present day it has stood for all that is best In true Amer icanism and has been firm In its opposi tion to every movement and every measure that would tend to harm this republic or keep rt from a full per formance of Its noble mission. It has made possible the extension of a bene ficial Influence to other lands and through tta efforts and by the work of ita statesmen this republic stnnds today the marvel of the world, with a con tented, united people, enjoying a pros perity never surpassed since the nation was born." The celebration at Jackson will be a notable and most Interesting event, par ticipated in by many of the leading re publicans of the country and presenting to the new generation of voters a truth ful history of what the republican party has accomplished In the half century of Its existence. .4rorDaBi.nl ACCU3SKTB. The terrible excursion boat catastro phe at New York, like the similarly shocking theater tragedy of Chicago, has precipitated a great deal of discus sion as to the causes and responsibility. All seriously thinking people naturally ask themselves the question, "Are these frequently recurring accidents, blotting out the Uvea of so many Innocent per sons, necessary or avoidable? The only answer that can be made Is that the penalty we pay to carelessness and lack of foresight la altogether too great While it takes some sad calamity like those cited to make us realize bow un necessary is the. sacrifice of so many victims, the situation la the same in only a smaller degree In. countless little accidents thai are occurring every day. The carelessness that envelops with flames the steamboat overladen with human freight, or trample to deatb the panic-stricken spectators at a theater makes up ita total list of victims singly and in pairs or email groups as well aa In large numbers. The annual slaughter on our railroads both of passengers and employes Is almost too awful to con template. The casualty roll written by each Fourth of July celebration is longer than that of a bloody battle, while the contributions by automobile collisions, capsized boats, falling buildings and burning firetraps are really appalling. The fire loss of property Is chargeable in very large proportion to faulty con etructjoa and Invited risks, but improve ments are being made to minimize these dangers, but while the causes of life loss are equally apparent the progress made In remedying them appears to be still slower. One trouble is that avoidable accidents do not always fall upon per sons who themselves are wholly or In part to blame, but more often engulf Innocent men, women and children who have no chance to get from under. This Is a big subject that demands closer attention from people who run all sorts of foolish risks when they know better, as well as from those In author ity who are responsible for the enforce ment of precautionary measures. The County Democracy la calling upon Its membership to arrange to at' tend the St Louis convention In a body with the tempting announcements that "refreshments of a high order will be served to the braves and their guests free of charge," and "badges of the County Democracy will be worn." It Is plain from this that the County Dem ocracy is bending every effort to wheel Into line ahead of the Jacksonlana and nsnrp the first place In the column of Nebraska's un terrified so long occupied by the latter. It behooves the Jackson lans to Institute a counter movement at once. If the County Democracy can furnish refreshments of a high order, the Jacksonlana can furnish refresh ments of a higher order. There is no limit to the height of a Jacksonlan high ball And see the advantages pos sessed for getting up an artistic badge. What could be more beautiful than a full-fledged "kitty" emblazoned In col ored baa relief on an Ivory poker chip, with a frieze varying from a bobtail flush to an ace full 7 It is up to the Jacksonlana to do something and to do It tight The school board la still paying attor ney's feea to outside lawyers for serv ices In connection with the McDonald litigation. What la the matter with the school board's attorney and the city law department T Why should the tax payers hire lawyers by the year and then pay additional retainers whenever there la litigation to be attended to? For eleven montha of the fiscal year Just concluded the school board spent according to the exhibit of the secre tary, over $50,000 more than during the corresponding eleven months of the pre vious fiscal year. At thla rate the pros pect is not very good for reduced school taxes In the Immediate future. According to the Washington, Post President Roosevelt ha a invited Paul Morton to become a. member of hia cab inet aa the representative of Nebraska. The campaign for a Nebraska vice pres ident may have been of some avail after alL Now, Will Teat Be Ueadf Philadelphia Record (dam.). Mr. Bryan glvea hlmaelf wholly unneces sary eonoern about the supposed uncer tainty's to Judge Parkar'a opinion. The democrat of the country are turning to the Judge because his opinions are known to be radically unlike Bryan's. That Is enough to know. Us la a democrat aud not a populist, he 1 a judge and not a ranter. The democrat party k-nows all that Is es sential of the views of the New Torker. Skaekla Cell pee af av BweiaB. Memphis Commercial Appeal. Now and then somebody get up snd talks Impressively about Davy Hill' a provi dential boom, but there la no use. The Hl!l boom waa like the little dog who lived In the clover, and when he died be died ail ever. Tkt Salseleaa Baadwagoa. Cleveland Plain Dealer. It may be feared that would-be passen gers on the Parker band wagon will miss the opportunity unite they are wideawake. The vehicle Is likely to pa bV o quietly that only the attentive ear will catch the creaking. Peamaylvaala'a Rare Eaalaeaee. Philadelphia Press. Native manhood, fearlessly expressed. In the long run wins respect from all the world. Therein lies the secret of the tribute which Mr. Knox Is receiving from political friend and foe alike. Ha baa been a strong, clean, loyal man, and the world knows It. Great Opealag for 'Water Wif. New Tork World. After reading what the republican news papers say of the condition of the demo cratic party in Illinois, and what the demo cratic newspapers say of the condition of the republican party In that state, it is difficult to see how the prohibitionists can avoid carrying the state. Democratic Halabaw Chaalag. New Tork Tribune. Oregon and Rhode Island have dons ao well for the republican party this month that democratic hearts are not beating high with hope just now. The politicians of negation and retrogTesalon are dismayed when they consider the Indications of pub lic sentiment on the Pacific coast and In New England. They had been looking eagerly for signs of lessened enthusiasm among the voters for republican policies and purposes, and the ashes of the dead sea apples of disappointment are not pleas ant to taste. PERSONAL ROTES. James J. Hill has presented McAllister college, a Methodist institution of SL Paul. Minn., wUh 150,000 toward an endowment fund. Mrs. Helen Coffin Reedy, national or ganiser of the national Women's Chris tian Temperance union, has just died in Farming-ton, Ma. Cyrus Townsend Brady. Jr., a son of th noted author and orator, heads the class thst will graduate at the Polytechnic instl tue, Brooklyn, thla year. The shah of Persia has appointed Mum-taa-Ul-Mulk minister of Persia to the United States to succeed General Isaak Khan. The new minister Is 41 years old and Is a first cousin of Ms predecessor. Arranged upon the walls In the executive offices of the capitol building at Tahlequah are the portraits of nearly all the Cherokee chiefs who have ruled since the time of John Rom. who waa principal chief for forty consecutive years. A movement has been started In Wse hawken, N. J., for a patriotic demonstra tion July 9 In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the death of Alexander Hamilton. A small marble slab now mark the spot where Hamilton fell. The promoters of the demonstration Intend to inaugurate a movement to replace this slab with a suitable monument. The son of Millionaire Anson Phtlps Stokes, who devotes most of Ms time to the east side settrrnent In New Tork City, is said to' have lost his heart to a beautiful Israelttlah s maiden of the ghetto. Some declare that he Is engaged to her; others merely surmise It. Of course, both sides deny It just now. Stokes Is over six feet tall and quite attenuated. He Is one of the thinnest men In New Tork. Hia family are noted for their eccentricities. A prominent Portuguese naval con structor Is now on Ms way to the United States for the purpose of visiting the Brooklyn navy yard and examining th va rious departments. Portugal is going to buUd a number of ahlps and add to Ita navy. In order to obtain admittance to the navy yard the Portuguese visitor 'will have to apply to the secretary of state, and If the latter approves of th same th application will be turned over to th secre tary of the navy, who will grant th neces sary permit STATE POLITICAL GOSSIP. Beatrice Sun: It Is not fair to ask a man whether be will support a d em oc ratio ticket next fall, when there la so little likelihood of one being nominated. Beatrice Bun: The Columbus Telegram Insist that there are traitors In the demo cratic party ready to betray It to the enemy. ( Tea, that is true. The writer hereof Warned th party of these years ago. When the traitors to democracy got control of the convention and carried the party bodily into the populist camp, the outrage waa moat complete. Fails City Journal: Nebraska is In the safely republican" column one more and It la the duty of the party to keep It there. This year there is no poestbls combination of circumstance that can take the state away from Roosevelt, tut this may not al ways b the condition. Th men who pro pose to manage the republican party In this stata must remember that they cannot tread on people's toe without danger of being kicked. Howell Journal: The cholc for gov ernor with th fustonlsts seems to 11 be tween C. J. Smyth of Omaha and Mike Harrington of O'Neill. With either gentle man carrying th banner ot reform any democrat or populist might be proud of their leader. If such men had been trusted with power a few year ago Nebraska would not be In th republican column to day and we would have been saved the dis grace brought upon the state by the eleva tion to high office of such men as Savage and Deitrlrh. to say nothing of th saintly Mickey, who la fast becoming a stench in the nostril of all sensible dtlsena. Schuyler Free Lance: Th juggling of figures by state officers to show a reduc tion la th stat debt always is announced Just before an election. Th popocrata did that one and th popocratlo orators and editors are, not yet done talking about It, ven though the state debt waa In reality on the Increase with considerable regular ity. Now the republicans are up to the same gam and this coming campaign will be filled with talk as to that alleged reduc tion by th republican administration. It don't take much to get up a little cam paign matter and a little manipulating of figures and finance will make a great showing on the surface. Crete Vldette-Heraid : What ar the charges against Mr. OaluahaT Let them be formulated in toto and placed before th stata central committee. If thoy ar of a serious nature and can be sustained, Mr. Galusha ahould b asked to get oft the ticket If User Is nothing In them, th sooner th fact ar gotten before th voter th better. For th good of th party we regret that Mr. Sadllek did not recelv th nomination, for In that evert no defena nor apology would have bee a aeceaaary. Mr. SadlUk. Ilka Caesar's wife. Is above suspicion. The republican ticket will be sleeted, provided the nominees are clean and above reproach, otherwla It will not. and furthermore, It ought Bob HOVSD ABOCT JIW TORK. Ripples the Carreat ml Life la th Metropolis. Th reconstruction of tb termlnsla of th New Tork Central railroad In Nw Tork City, now In progress, is a large undertaking which will require fully three years to complete. A great number ef city blocks have been taken for th Im provement. Oa this ground there are WO building, which represent a fortune In cost An army of wreckers ar rasing tb building and steam shovels are root ing out foundatious and grading. There ar ever l.tOP.OOO cubic yards of material to be excavated, or mora than twice as much aa was taken out In th original construction of th Hudson River railroad. Nearly JO.000 tons of steel will b used In constructing th viaducts, or enough to build a couple of modern battleship. Th work la to be completed by May 1, IS. A look through th yards and Into the excavations already made readily reveals th difficulty of th undertaking. Th task Is far greater than it would have been were th Improvement to be mad in th virgin soil of th unused territory. There is so much f th old work to be taken out or changed, with further diffi culty that th work must be so carried on that traffic shall not be interrupted. With from 800 to SuO train moving each day th magnitude of th teak can be guessed at A big touring car cam te a sudden stop at th foot of a Staten Island hill not many day ago, and the village Idler left their seats la th neighboring stores to see what th trouble waa. It developed that the gasolene tank was leaking, and th machine had left on the ground a trail of the fluid about ten feet long. Among th spectator waa a ragged little boy who took up a position near the end of th gasolene trail farthest away from the car and thoughtfully watched tb chauffeur a the latter tinkered at the machine. Bud deuly th little boy's Innocent manner changed, with an unholy smile he dived Into his pocket produced a match, struck it on his ragged thigh, and laid th lighted end to the trail. A thread of fire ran quickly along the street, a muffled roar followed, and there shot Into th air from th automobile a lively column of flame. Fortunately, the four members of th party had left the car, and the chauffeur alao managed to eacapo Injury. 80 did th boy, by reason ot a pair of swift, young heels. The car was wheeled to a horse trough and deluged with water. Sev eral mechanics then took It In hand and two hours later the party resumed Its journey. The worm will turn. A street car con ductor unloosens Ms wrath In the New Tork Times In this style: "I would like to ask the correspondent who complains about the Insolence of conductors. Why should they be otherwise? Why should they have any respect for th public? It has none for Itself. "Watch It climb on the cars like a lot of cattle; smoke, or try to, all over the cars. No regard for each other's rights. How can conductors have anything but utter contempt for th public? "Stranger visiting this city tell me that th New Tork public la composed of the moat Ill-mannered persons to be found anywhere. Even th well dressed men ar a mass of cads. "Th New Tork public. In th masa, la a big. Ill-mannered brute, aitd until It re spects Itself, shows the proper regard for each other's rights, wa railroad men have nothing but contempt for It" The police discovered a beth street a description of which read like an extract from a dim nii t. officers said that when they went Into ui piace, which they declare to be an 11. legal resort the prom-letor. who la mihi. bly a butcher, stepped on a button be- una in counter, which set a busier going In th rear room. The officer mhH h,ir Into th house and found a trap door be- nina the Ice chest They stepped through It Into another room, found a aecnmt tnn door and enured a third room. In the last room was a closet, and raising the piece of oilcloth they discovered way to the cellar. By the stairway they entered a cave room, they said the stair could be raised by means of hinge and oung up aa a part of th roof. Not long aao "Eddie" For. nu . h. principal comedian In "Plff. Pair, Pouff" at th Casino, waa presented to a lady prominent In New Tork religious and chari table enterprises. Sh declared herself nappy 10 meet in man who had mads such a display of true heroism at th Iro quois theater Are. Tb actor bowed, blushed anf t..ir away gracefully. "But stay. atay. Mr. Foy," she cried. "They tell me you ar a rerr ritm former. I think, after you have proved yourself such a brave man. mi . b a good one: and I would take the chll- areo 10 ae you at th casino had I not heard that th entertainment la a 'rnrk. tall.' " "Madam, don't let that deter vnn nn.. th children and tell them not tn bwtv - anyone but me, Tou see, madam, I am th lempcranc ingreuient in the decoction. I'm the cherry." ' Nsw Tork may be lenient with soma nuisance, but the city beggars hav cer tainly been subdued. It took years and year of wrestling with th question be fore this shirtless, good-for-nothlna- class could b brought Into any manner of sub jugation, but begging In th street or from house to nous Is now a misdemeanor with a sever punish roert Of courae. there la stiU a tremendous amount of begging done, but tho beggar has his profession re duced to such a fine art that he usually manages to elude tb eyes of the law. Those engaged In th business ar almost to an Individual people with considerable money. The professionals ar banded to gether aa closely aa any labor organisa tion. They hav their head leader and their division leaders; thay have Inventor of new begging schemes, they give each other In formation, sign coda guiding them to vari ous parts of th dty, and In trouble thay will stick to each other like glue. Let a beggar get arreated and th whole frater nity turna In to help get Mm "off th island." There ar beggars In this city who own valuable farm In Jersey, Connecticut and New Tork state, who send their chil dren to college and when they ar them selves ar very decent looking and acting persona. Their respectable neighbors never know how they occupy their time wbea they ar down in th city as 'working la an offlc" or away aa "traveling men." This Is a big place, and It la an easy matter for a man to com bar and engage In a ques tionable occupation without being found out There la on type of poolroom which still flourtshe In New Tork. This Is th kind patronised exclusively by women. Th hardiest polio captain will not take a chance on raiding ons of these place. Tet there are other enemlra which ar harder to meet than the police. The ar th landlords. They hat to hav their pram lae occupied by any enterprlaa which baa an air of mystery about It parUcularly If th mystery la associated with women. Probably becaus ever sine tb garden of Eden the forbidden has possessed a peculiar charm for woman It Is not easy to suppress women' poolroom In thla city. Aa fast aa on Is put out ef business another start up. Oa explanation ef this situation Is Fifty Years x5 I 1 v rar in ImproYOS tho flavor and adds to tho hcalthfulnorc of tho food. PRICI BAKING POWDER CO. CHICAGO. that th gambling instinct baa always been just as keen In woman as In man, but In the days before so much was heard of the equality of the sexes and the Independence of woman she had very little chance to In dulge the instinct Even bargain counters ar of comparatively recent date. TRAGEDY AT HELL GATE. Chicago Chronicle: It does not require a seafaring man to determine that an old wooden steamship covered with paint and loaded to the rails with passengers is about the most dangerous lire trap that could be devised. Chicago Record-Herald: Since a thou sand more victim hav been sacrificed to Greed It Is only fair to suppose that there will be a general and wholesome Inspection of the excursion boats and a sensible regu lating of their operations. New Tork Sun: It looks like criminal carelessness that on a clear June day. right In the harbor of New Tork. a steam ship loaded with women and children should be burned to the water's edge and half a thousand lives lost before succer could reach them. Chicago Tribune: The pain of those who have died, horrible as It was, was less than th pain which must abide with those whom th dead Jtave left behind them. That the crushing grief of th surviving members ef St Paul's German Lutheran church of New Tork may be softened la the prayer ef the people of America. Pittsburg Dispatch: Officers and men of th steamer seem to have done their duty; for the small crew, each man of wMch had his allotted task to perform, were power less, In the mad panic, to launch and man life rafts. The many incident of Indi vidual heroism mother sacrificing them selves for their children and men leaping overboard loaded down with little one whom they had tried to save cause thrills of admiration to be mingled with those of horror. . New Tork Tribune: A number of lesson will be found by wide-awake steamboat men in this disaster when . the facta are better known than they are today. The chief one will relate to thepreventlon of any such outbreak of fire aa that which occurred on the General Slocuro. Another will deal with Improvements In construc tion. In th meantime, th public will do well to recognise the probability that travel on excursion boat during the re mainder of the season will be safer than ever before. If no new precautions ar adopted, at least a greater vigilance will be exercised. Again, yie majority of the patrons of these boats will have something to learn about the safeguards provided for them by law. One person In ten, perhaps, can swim, but It la doubtful If one In a hundred can put on a Ufa preserver. Parker r MeClellaa. ' Louisville Courier-Journal. Judg Parker will probably be the nomi ne. If be Is, good enough. He Is all his friends describe Mm to be. We shall follow him enthusiastically, confidently. But If ver he cannot span that awful two third chasm and a dark horse Is to Issue from th womb of the unknowable, there Is a gentleman not a thousand mile from Park Row and th city hall whom both Mr. Hill and Mr. Belmont would do well to consldsr In their list of alternatives. Aa Asaerleaa Charaetertstte. Philadelphia Ledger. On of th characteristics of ths Ameri can people Is that their officials never be eom aware of th rottenness of conditions In a theater or on a steamboat until there haa been a holocaust My tailor cuts my clothes that I may cut a dash." Beau Brumutei to hia valet It doean't always follow that the man with Iota of money ha lets of fun with It Th tailor nurse him. Th shirt to-order maker, etc., all take turna at Ms-wallet and gt a lion's share of th fun. . When he wakes up he'll And his wsy to us and b having fun himself getting vaius for value, may be a novelty. ' Clothes for All Wearers, Furnishings and Hats. "No Clothing Fits Like Ours." R. S. Wilcox, Manager. tho Standard Jl II I' iJO - w 7 ID ilid MIRTHFUL REMARKS. , "Tee, my husband la greatly sfflrted by ' Insomnia. "What does he do for Itr . . "Stays out until 1 o'clock every men-, Ing." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Wrubber Tou look badly thai tnorntng. ' old man. What's th matter! t Klubber Throat trouble. Wrubber TonailltlaT ' ' Klubber No; my wife talked to me for three hou after I got home this morning First Deaf Vut (making e1gns Did ' your wife complain because you stayed, out ' till after midnight? Second Deaf Mute ckaekHnir Did she? You should have seen her! But when It began to get monotonous I Just turned out the light Judge. r "Do you consider marriage a failure?" 1 we asked 01 our rriena ana patron, in . society laay. i "1 do not feel Justified In exnresstnaT an i opinion without giving th institution a 1 fair trial," an replied, "tou Know tnis 11 only my seventh venture. "-71evland xeaoer. . Mr. Khimeay I danced quit a number of times with Miss Cutting last night. Miss Pepprey Ye, she waa telling m how much she enjoyed one of th dances. Mr. Kiumsay Indeed t Which on wa that? Mis Pepprey The one you sat out Phil adelphia Pi Fond Mamma I am not urprised. Edith, that young Mr. Hlgbmus prefer your so ciety to that of Kate Garllnghom. Bh may Km mim rinnhln and coouettlah. but Sh Is far from being your equal In th enduring qualities or intellect ana culture. - Miss Edith Yes, that's where Tv got the bulge on poor little Kit Chicago Tri bune. "I wish " said tHe man whose- chair waa tilted against the coal box. "that I had all the money Willie Randolph Hearst haa used in In hia nt-MMnttAl hunt." "Mnrh toad would that do him." amid th man on the cracaer oarrei. "Oh. I dunno," drawled the other man. "He'd be Just aa clou to th presidency aa be Is now." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Mamma," said the young microbe, "you didn't speak to the stranger that nodded to you Just now. . "Vn dear." answered the mother microbe. 'Ch.'. from a rnreed old tl Mil. while We Inhabit a flOO bill. We must never ke-fl sight of the obligations that otrr station in life Imposes upon us. my child." CMoagol Tribune. -Tou may not believe It." said the Stand ard Oil magnate, "but I really do love th poor. I'm always glad to see them and to do what I can to add" To their numbers," Interrupted th man with the cold gray eye "Tea. w all giv you credit for that" Philadelphia CaAhoUo Standard. " TWO TEARS. Somervllle Journal. Last year In June she proudly took her place . Upon tHe stage before the admiring crowd, A miracle or loveliness and grace; She spoke her little eosavette ao loud That those who sat in the front seats could hear One word In six. at most of all he read. But all admired her beauty, far and near. Even thooah they had to gus at what she said. And so sh made her erarefu! bw. elate At such applause the Sweet Girt Graduate. This year h stands before a kindly tkrong again: A aweeplne veil enwraps her tn He fan. More beautiful she seems tonight thaa when She tried to make her soft rote fill the hall. Thl" vear mln -be rk a ft "T vrfTl P shv. k low that few rut him ran henr. Who- ".nlv form her slightest touch caa thrill. Fanner the future with no thought of fear. nd thus se stand, t-er lover bv her I4. The envy of her sex the Fair June Bride. t