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TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1904.
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The fireworks , at St Louis will not go
off until tomorrow. ''
Mr. Croker again announce that he Is
no longer In politics In other word he
la "cutting no Ice" In New York this
summer.
It is an open question whether there
were more people killed and maimed in
Manchuria on the glorious Fourth than
were in America.
ei
The insane Fourth was manifestly
created tor' the benefit of the'doctor, the
coroner and the funeral director as well
as the dealer in fireworks.
The safety points of the automobile
are never so conspicuous , as on the
Fourth of July.- The automotor does
not shy at dynamite crackers and sky
rockets. Patriotism from tu : pulpit with les
sons drawn from the Fourth ot July by
eloquent divines would commend itself
if it were only , directed against the
slaughter of the' innocents.
From the number of suits being filed
against W. ft. Hearst by men who
worked for him in Wisconsin politics the
impression, is gaining ' ground that the
yellow Journalist must have engaged his
political workers on the 0. O. D. plan.
The coming visit of (general Chaffee
ton bis tour of inspection of Western army
posts should be signalised by an appro
priate reception such as has always been
accorded to commanders of the army
who have honored Omaha with their
presence. '
To preserve historic consistence the
picture of Andrew Jackson should be
turned to the wall If the plank denounc
ing alleged encroachment of the execu
tive branch of the government is to be
tread, as is now threatened by some of
the leading democrats.
According to the latest reports the
Campaign for a safe and sane Fourth of
July celebration was well begun, as the
Casualties so far known are less than
one-half of those reported at this time
last year, and no one living within a
bund red miles of Omaha will admit that
the celebration was any less noisy.
From Peter drunk to Peter sober only
twenty-four hours intervene. People
who read the reports of the Fourth - of
July accidents on the fifth are always
ready to join in denouncing the criminal
. folly of the barbarous celebration that
costs so many precious lives and causes
the maiming of so many men, women
tnd cLlldren.. '
In refusing to go behind the returns
In the Illinois contests the democratic
national committee again maintained
the time-honored democratic doctrine of
state rights, but at the same time it
gave unscrupulous politicians to under
stand that it makes no difference how
victory is won so it Is complete enough
to cover a whole state.
While the democrats are "viewing
With alarm" at St Louis there will be in
progress la Michigan a celebration of
the fiftieth anniversary of the republican
party's organisation, where all of the
celebrants will "view with pride," which
after ail only marks the difference be
tween fifty years of progress and activ
ity and 8 like term of political cholera
jnorbus.'
UJJL i
The rush to Voneeteel and the other
points of registration for Rosebud reser
vation land has been overdone. Not
ha'.f of the people who register can file
on the land, as It will be exhausted be
fore their numbers are reached, and Ut
ile ruore than half of the land la worth
the, cost which entry within the first
six months will entail, but it is the
spirit manifest in this rush which makes
It so hard to suppress gambling In the
American dtio.
TBS JACKSON CELEBRA TION.
Fifty years ago today the republican
party was born and the celebration of
this semi-centennial anniversary at Jack
son, Mich., the place of the party's birth,
Is an event of national interest. The oc
casion will bring together a number of
prominent republicans, some of whom
will deliver addresses appropriate to the
event The history of the republican
party will be reviewed in an address by
Secretary Hay, who Is peculiarly quali
fied to do this, having been connected
with the party since 1800, much of the
time very Intimately. Colonel Hay is
one of the few remaining who can speak
by direct testimony and from personal
experience of the days of the first suc
cesses of the party and of the adminis
tration of President Lincoln.
It Is a record to inspire the orator and
the patriot In the contest against the
extension of slavery Inaugurated by the
republican party were enlisted Abra&am
Lincoln, Charles Sumner, William II.
Seward, Salmon P. Chase. Benjamin F.
Wade, Joshua R. Glddlngs, Thaddeus
Sterens and others who earned imperish
able fame in that great struggle. The
career of the republican party has been
remarkable in the history of political
parties. Since its organisation it has
taken part in twelve presidential cam
paigns, winning nine of them. Its first
national convention, held in Philadelphia
June 17, 1856, declared in favor of in
ternal improvements and urged the use
of public money for the development
and advancement of the country. To
this doctrine It has consistently adhered
and the splendid progress made by the
United States and the American people
is In large measure the result of an in
telligent application of the principles ad
vocated in the first republican platform
in regard to developing the country.
While millions upon millions have been
expended in this way the outlay has
been more than Justified by the results,
and the party still believes in the policy
of national development. Since the first
republican president was elected nearly
every law that has gone on the nation's
statute books was put there either by
the republican party or with the consent
of a republican president or of a repub
lican majority in one or both of the
branches of congress. The only amend
ments to the federal constitution that
have been made since 1804 were the
work of the republican party.
That party has given to the country
many of its wisest and greatest states
men. "In all its history," says a-writer
on the party's record, "fron its birth to
the present day, the republican party
has stood for all that Is best in true
Americanism and has been firm in its
opposition to every movement and every
measure that would tend to harm this
republic or keep it from a full perform
ance of its noble mission. It has made
possible the extension of a beneficent in
fluence to other lands and through its
efforts and by the work of its statesmen
this republic stands today the marvel of
the world, .with a contented, united peo
ple, enjoying a prosperity neter; sur
passed since the nation was born." The
record of past achievement gives assur
ance of future usefulness if the repub
lican party shall continue to enjoy, as it
now merits, the confidence of the people.
SMALL INCORPORATIONS.
The statistics of incorporations con
tinue to show t considerable falling off
from last year and are far below those
of 1902, those for last month in eastern
states, of companies with $1,000,000 or
more authorised stock, showing a total
capitalisation of '1102,000,000, against
$135,000,000 for the corresponding month
last year. It is remarked that the re
turns of new capital are encouraging in
the fact that they make it clear that the
phenomenally low rates of money which
have now prevailed throughout the
greater part of the current year are not
likely to result in an early repetition of
the speculative debauch of a few years
ago, when the monthly totals of new
capital creations reached such threaten
ing proportions. V
This is a feature of the matter that
will be entirely satisfactory to an who
do not wish to have a recurrence of the
reckless system of overcapitalised cor
poratlons that was common two or three
years ago and carried to such an extent
as to imperil financial and business se
curity. A year longer in that course
would have brought on panic and the re
action that has taken place is altogether
wholesome. It is an excellent thing that
the promoter has been put out of busi
ness and that the speculator is finding
little opportunity. We want only sound
corporations that will do business on an
honest basis and these appear to be the
only kind now being organised. The
fact that incorporations are not on so
extensive a scale as formerly is not evi
dence that the business of the country is
bad or that properly-conducted enter
prises are not profitable.. It simply
shows a Judicious conservatism that it
will be well for the country to maintain.
ACCUMULATION Or WLK FUNDS.
An eastern financial Journal remarks
that those who still cherish the delusion
that volume ot money determines- ac
tivity in trade and stimulates production
should find an instructive object lesson
in present conditions in this country.
The supply of idle funds has never been
greater than at this time, aa shown by
the last report of the national banks to
the comptroller of the currency.. From
all the leading financial centers come
record-breaking figures. The reports a)
moot uniformly show decreasing loans
and increasing deposits. Cash reserves
are piling up unprecedentedly high. In
New York the deposits have1 Increased
$300,000,000 in the space of seven months
and the banks there hold between $35,
000,000 and $40,000,000 reserve in excess
of legal requirement The Interior
banks and the trust companies are get
ting 2 per cent on their idle money,
which Is heaping up in New York.
While tills situation is held to indicate
business depression, it is to be remarked
that the loans and, discounts of ths na
tional banks are now in excess of whet
they were a year ago, while the in
creased deposits may not unreasonably
be regarded as evidence at least of a
sound and substantial business condi
tion. If there Is not the active business
expansion of a few years ago, if there Is
rather more caution and conservatism
than formerly in embarking in new en
terprises that call for borrowing, it Is by
no means to be concluded that the coun
try is at the end of prosperity and that
worse conditions are ahead.
There is no danger in the fact that the
currency supply Is somewhat in excess
of the immediate demands of legitimate
business. Bank profits will be for a
time curtailed, but there need be no fear
of any serious financial disturbance from
this. We are unable to see any sound
reason for apprehension in the accumu
lation of Idle money, which probably will
not long continue.
NOW IS TUB TIME. '
The agitation for a sane celebration of
Independence day came to nothing in
Omaha because the city council did not
want to inflict a hardship upon dealers
who bad laid in a large supply of fire
works and ammunition. As a natural
consequence and In spite of all warn
ings a score of men, women and chil
dren have been maimed and some of
them disfigured for life. It will be a
matter of congratulation If a number
of these victims of Fourth of July in
sanity do not succumb to blood poisoning
and lockjaw.
To say that Omaha has fared better
than many other cities and towns of
equal or larger population affords no
consolation, nor is it an argument in
favor of a repetition of the uncalled for
sacrifice. . The repetition of the annual
Fourth of July bombardment should not
be tolerated even if every man, woman
and child and every structure erected
within the city was Insured against any,
possible injury or damage. The whole
sale discharge of firearms and firecrack
ers is a species of barbarity to which
people with tender nerves and people
afflicted with ailments that require per
fect quiet should not be subjected in a
civilized community.
The time to set our faces firmly against
a recurrence of Fourth of July barbar
ism and brutality is now. The greed of
fireworks dealers has been satisfied and
published notice fifty weeks ahead of
the next Fourth of July should be ample
warning against another investment It
behooves the mayor and council to take
steps without needless delay to Insure
Omaha against another Insane Fourth of
July celebration.
There Is no reason why patriotism
should not be satisfied with a general
display of the national colors, a military
and civic parade and a feast of spread-
cagl oratory in one of the public parks.
To this might be added a display of fire
works under the direction and super
vision of the fire department in a loca
tion that would insure safety from acci
dents that are liable to happen. To defer
action -until -next , year because the
Fourth of July is so remote will not
answer the purpose.
We need only recall the fatalities that
have overtaken members of the fire de
partment by reason of explosives that
could and should have been prevented
by an efficient system of inspection. It
was universally expected that proper or
dinances would be passed to prevent a
recurrence of casualties from the storage
of explosives, but as the months went by
the whole matter was Indefinitely post
poned and there is no prospect that pre
cautionary measures will be taken until
after Omaha Is visited by another dis
aster of the same character.
There is a well-defined rumor that E.
EL Harrtman baa concocted a deep laid
plan for the annexation of the Burling
ton system to the Union Pacific, 'and. it
la given out confidentially that Harrt
man has entered Into an alliance with
0. F. Venner of Boston, who is a stock
holder in the Burlington, to plant a few
dynamite crackers that will effect a
breach in the Jim Hill breastworks.
There may be more truth than poetry
in the rumor that Harrtman has his
weather eye on the Burlington, but it is
exceedingly doubtful that he would enter
into a plot with Venner, who by the way
figured conspicuously in these parts in
the receivership contest over the posses
sion of the Omaha water works and has
more recently figured in various other
contests that involve an upheaval of cor
porations in which he has been a mi
nority stockholder.
Material far s Seasatloa.
Kansas City Star.
What Is needed, though, more than any-
thing else, to create a real sensation at the
St. Louis convention Is a man like your
Uncle Joe Cannon, who wouldn't let them
nominate him tor anything at Chicago.
Talkia Threash His Bat.
Kansas City Journal.
Webster Davis Is quoted as saying that
liberty Is dead," yet from the top of each
of Mr. Davis' apartment houses In Kansas
City the stars and stripes are today proud
ly fluttering in the breese. Perhaps the
janitors hadn't heard of the demise.
Pleatr of Room to Grow.
Philadelphia Press.
The opening of t,000,000 aores of land to
homestead settlement this week Is a re
minder that, however full the dties may
be, thers Is still a vast amount of unoccu
pied territory within our borders, and that
the American nation has plenty of room In
which to grow.
Demoeratle Preslettoas Spoiled.
St Louis Globe-Democrat.
The treasury surplus last month was
nearly $11,000,000, which spoiled a large as
sortment of democratic predictions about
the final showing for' the year. Leaving
out the Panama canal payment and the
loan to the World's Fair, the margin Is
almost exactly what Secretary Shaw esti
mated last December.
Waatea, Bays.
Boston Transcript.
Three thrones In Europe want boys. And
If the wants aren't supplied this summer
there will be three downcast aueea mothers
and as many Irate king fathers. It Is a
bit ourtoua the persistency girls have shows
In forcing their soolety on the royal house
holds of Russia and Italy, though It does
aoeora with the general misunderstanding
of the contrariness that Is In human na
ture. Not that little girts areni the nlceet
things In the world, everyone knows they
are, but for dynastlo purposes Italy, Rus
sia and Holland would like boys, please.
. Tsarttaa aad His Keyaote.
New Tor Ik Bun.
Ex-Senator Thurston said It was not fit
ting that tha republican campaign should
open "with a rush and a roar," but It should
"commence and finish in the thought and
quiet and sanctity of the American fire
side, where the great problems of cltiien
ship and statesmanship are always most
sa.'ely worked out." The opening campaign
meeting In the Cooper Union on Thursday
evening seems to have taken Its keynote
from Mr. Thurston, and yet this Is not
weather for fireside musings.
lasvlrea Coaadeace.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The finest thing about President Roose
velt Is that be Inspire confidence In his
own future, as well as that of the country,
whose head be now Is and will be for
nearly five years from this tlms. The
man Is full of latent possibilities that will
work out for the good of all mankind. The
presence of a great, strong, brave, honest
personality, aggressive and resourceful, all
of whose Impulses are right and Just with
such a man at tha head of a nation of free
peop'.e Whose typlflcatlon as well as ideali
sation he Is, what that Is good Is impos
sible? r
Poor Sabetltate for the Caateea.
Kansas City Btar.
The Army and Navy Register calls atten
tion to the fact that since 1901 more than
700 saloons havs been established In the
vicinity of military posts. Many of thoee
plaoes are of the most vicious sort, for the
government can exercise no supervision
over them. They have sprung up to take
the place of the post canteen, which was
abolished three years ago. Doubtless the
persons who secured the suppression of the
well-regulated and orderly bars on the post
grounds where soldiers could meet and
drink their beer are rejoiced over the re
sults. Very likely they think It far better
that men should be demoralised through
the Influence of tbeae 700 disorderly places
than that the government should supervise
the sale of liquor. The gain to most per
sons, however, la not so obvious.
GOLD AS A WORLD GIRDLER.
lfatloas lilaked Together by Comasea
Monetary Staadavrd.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat,
Japan has exported something like 10,-
000,000 of gold since January 1, 1904, largely
on account of the purchase of . the war
supplies. Much of 'It has corns to tha
United States. The gold which has come
to this country has entered by way of
Ban Francisco, was shipped from that point
to New York and formed a part ot the
160,000,000 outflow from that city to Europe,
two-thirds ot which went to Paris on ac
count of the ' Panama canal payments.
Palis used this gold, as she did the Jap
anese gold which went directly to England
and from thence to the French capital,
in subscribing for that $160,000,000 loan that
Was floated In France.
Thus most of the gold which Japan ex
ported crossed the. Pacific to the United
States passed over this continent to New
York, and thenoe across the Atlantlo to
France, and from that point to St Peters
burg. From there It diffused Itself through
Asia, ohlefly In Manchuria, In support of
Nloholaa IL's troops, reaching ths verge of
the Pad no again. , Japan's gold made a
circuit of the globe, and It Is being used
now against Japan. ,It has passed through
many hands In the, Journey, has been
owned successively by the representatives
of many nationalities, but It has. made
me grana tour or jne earth.
What would Magellan, Robert Gray and
the rest Of the globe girdiers of ths ear
lier day have thought of this circuit of ths
earthT Gold is a greater traveler than
any of them. It passes mors meridians
than did Drake or Captain Cook. Neither
Alolblades nor Talleyrand turned his coat
so often as does the yellow metal of the
nations' currenoy. It fights under more
flags than Charles Lee of our revolutionary
army ever did. Allegiance to any cause
or king sits lighter upon it than It did
on Dugald Dalgetty. Gold roams ths
earth as freely as air or sunlight. Inci
dentally, all this shows that the various
nations of the world, despite their rare
distinctions, antipathies and collisions, be
long to one family. The bracing up of
the csar was not a part of ths mikado's
plan when , be was shipping gold a few
months agu to the United States for war
supplies, but world politics pays no atten
tion to the-wishes of presidents, kaisers
or mikado. , ,
RESPONSIBILITY OF DIRECTORS.
Aathorltlee Reaching- for the Red
Culprits.
Philadelphia Frees.
For the third time an accident attended
by heavy loss of life has been followed by
steps toward the Indictment of the directors
concerned. Grand juries have In general
confined their findings to the employes
Immediately responsible for the accident
The directors of the company owning the
General Slocum have, however, been held
for the action of the grand Jury.
After the New York tunnel accident the
officers and directors of the New York, New
Haven Hartford railroad were Indicted.
The trolley accident at Newark a little
over a year ago was succeeded by the
criminal Indictment of all the officers of
ths lines concerned. In both cases the
court ruled, as the law requires, that the
only responsibility which can be Justly
asked of an officer or director Is a reason
able care and diligence In the selection of
agents and the making of rules. If this Is
done, personal responsibility ends.
These Indictments, however, were them
selves an indication that the publlo was be
ginning to enforce a more direct responsi
bility upon those engaged In the direction,
management and control of corporations.
In ths early ' history of railroad accidents
no one was blamed except the employes
directly Involved. About thirty years ago,
by legislation, by Judicial deolslons In suits
for damages, and stilt more by publlo
opinion, there began to be a growing de
mand for a mors Immediate personal re
sponsibility on the part of higher officers
and director.
This responsibility Is certain to broaden
and Increase. It Is ao longer enough for
directors simply to provide rules and hire
subordinates. It Is coming to be necessary
for them to render It certain that these
rules are obeyed and these men do their
duty. The law at present minimises ths
responsibility of directors beyond a general
supervision, but It will not do so Indefi
nitely. The courts are certain, as time goes
on, and publlo opinion become more exact
ing, to hold directors personally responsible,
If, aa In ths case of the General Slocum, a
fire drill has been neglected, apparatus In
tended for safety Is In poor condition and
the offloers Immediately In charge And
themselves with a force whloh Is neither
trained nor disciplined.
No dlreotors can avoid their responsi
bility at these point by simply pleading
that they had taken the reasonabls care
asked of them. The publlo has a right to
require more. Safety Is a publlo aeoeaeity.
If it Is neglected, all concerned must be
held responsible. It I the buslnees of dl
reotors not only to provide what should
Insure safety, but to see that what they
provide doe Insure safety,
ARMY GOSSIP IN WASHINGTON
Carreat Affairs Gleaaed from the
Arsay aad Navy Register.
The general staff of tha army has pre
pared a general order destgnatlag tha posts
at which militia officers may attend gar
rlson schools under ths system of military
education which is extended to those of'
fleers. Ths- posts havs already been an
nounced In these columns and It remains
only to give ths number of officers to be
accommodated at each place. This In forma
tlon follows: Fort Adams, four militia
officers; Fort Barrancas, Ave; Fort Brady,
four; Columbus barracks, eight; Fort
Crook, eight; Fort D. A. Russell, nine;
Fort Des Moines four; Fort Ethan Allen
tsn; Fort Hamilton, five; Fort Harrison,
four; Fort Jay, four; Jefferson barracks,
ten, Madison barracks, eight; Fort Mo-
Pherson, seven; Fort Meade, eight; Fort
Myer, six; Fort Niobrara, nine; Ord bar
racks, twelve; ..Presidio, fourteen; Fort
Sheridan, twelve; Fort Bnelllng, ten; Fort
Thomas, eight; Vancouver barrack, ten;
Fort Wadsworth. five; Fort Walla Walla,
four, and Fort Wayne, four,
The army la having a hard time obtain
ing vsterinatiana At the recent examin
ation of candidates to fill Six vacancies In
that position only one was qualified profes
sionally and he did not corns up to the
physical requlrementa He was permitted
to await further examination by the sur
geons and it Is now reported that ths only
candidate of possible qualifications has
been reported adversely as a result of the
second physical examination. There re
main six vacancies In the position of vet
erinarian and thers are only four applica
tions on file.
During tha month of May ths general re
cruiting service Of ths army made 1,507
enlistments, of which 1,980 were made In
cities and IZl at military posts and sur
rounding towns and In ths field. At ths
city stations 1,141 foot and 693 mounted
white soldiers and M foot and 1 mounted
colored soldiers were secured and the num
ber of applicants rejected was 125. At sta
tions In tha field 11S foot and 1 mounted
white soldiers, 1 mounted colored soldiers,
1 Porto Rloan and 89 Filipino were en
listed and 10 applicants were rejected.
A' deserved appointment to the grade of
brigadier general on the retired list was
mad this week In the selection by ths
president of lieutenant Colonel Oscar F.
Long of the quartemaster'a department to
occupy that grade. Colonel Long has had
thirty-two years' serrloe In the line of
the army and In ths quartermaster's de
partment and he has been . a valuable
officer wherever he has been stationed. He
distinguished himself during the war with
Spain and afterwards by his conduct of
the Important transport service in San
Francisco, in which capacity he gained the
highest commendation of senior officers.
It was largely this splendid record achieved
by General Long which led the president
to give substantial recognition to that offi
cer at this time. General Long was a
brigadier general of volunteer In the war
with Spain. His fine record as a soldier
was not by any mean confined to the
period of the war, for earlier In his career
be was awarded a congressional medal of
honor for "most distinguished gallantry In
aotlon against the Indian at Bear Paw
mountain in Montana." General Long will
remain in Washington for a few weeks
longer and arrange the affairs of the trans
port division of the quartermaster general's
offloe, of whloh he has been in charge, and
will then go to California, where he will
make his home. He proposes to reat for a
year or more and seek to regain his Im
paired health.. While General Long is ths
ubjeot ot congratulations, it is proper to
say that the quartermaster's department
Is deprived of ths services ot a valuable
officer and his transfer from active duty
Is a legitimate occasion ot regret.
The Pullman pack doe not displace ths
aparejo, whloh aa a valuable method of
holding the cargo and protecting the ani
mal's body from Injuries, has never been
Improved upon, but 1 used In conjunction
with the aparejo, to which It I attached,
and become a rigid part. It doe away,
however, with all ropes and the diamond
hitch, with all canvas coverings, and with
the necfslty of the employment of the
killed and trained aparejo packer, and It
is the difficulty of procuring this class
of skilled labor, yearly becoming greater
and greater, which led to the necessity of
devising soma method of simple, practloai
packing, now so skillfully solved by Colonel
Pullman,
Ths new saddle and outfit can be handled
on observation by the unskilled laborer, or
soldier, and meet every criticism of the
trained aparejo packer. Concerning It, Gen
eral Chaffee Indorses: "I am satisfied that
It 1 a thing of much utility and a neoeasary
and valuable substitute for the present
method, of packing with the aparejo, for
the special reason that the art of packing,
with the aparejo I year by year being lost
to ths service and the country generally.
The Pullman outfit can be handled by un
skilled men. It comes nearer solving the
problem of a suitable method for delivery
of small arm ammunition to men on the
firing line than anything I have ever seen
or have heard suggested as a proper equip
ment for a mule to use for such purpose.
I am entirely satisfied that the equipment
Is ons of marked utility to the servloe."
The special commendable feature which
will appeal to all old campaigners Is, that
ths favorite aparejo la not abandoned, but
is retained Intact In connection' with the
Pullman saddle, to be used, if necessary,
on occasions where unusually large or odd
Blsed packages havs to be transported,
which the standard Pullman pannier will
not handily carry. The sises adopted, how
ever, will hold all standard-sited packages
of ths quartermaster, commissary, medical
and ordnance supplies. The old method of
'stiffening" apparejos will be replaced at
factory with a permanent frame ot elastic
steel,
Preparations are being made by the quar
termaster general to have five hundred of
the saddles and pairs of pannier fabricated
and Issued at onoe for use with our mili
tary pack trains, and Colonel Pullman is
now preparing, under orders, a concise
manual of Instructions for the handling
and management of packs, trains, and rig
ging, for general Issue.
Qheap Doctors
They never pay. Don't
employ them. Get the best
and pay the price. Cheap
doctors don't recommend
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. The
best doctors do. They pre
scribe it for fresh colds, old
colds, easy coughs, hard
coughs, weak lungs, bron
chitis, even for consumption.
"Tour Cherry Pectoral has been a
crest blessing to me in curing, my
severe bronchial trouble' w. At.
Crimes, Newburj, V. Vs.
lija, U-N. AC.ATaeOtrVfUtfV
DANGER IN COfRT RIXINO.
laterarctatloa at the Fellaw Servant
law by Federal tapreaas Ceart.
Chicago Tribune. ,
Railroad brotherhood magsslnes are com
menting at length on the recent decision
of ths United State supreme court which
laid down the principle tflat a telegraph
operator for a raUroad company and a
fireman on a railroad engine are 'fellow ser
vants," and that the negligence of the
former causing the death of the latter
In the operation of trains was a risk the
fireman assumed and waa not a ground
for damages against the railroad company.
The ease was that ct Alllne A. Dixon
against tha Northern Pacific Railroad com
pany for damages for the death of her hus
band, C. A. Dixon, a fireman on th,s road,
killed in a collision caused by the negli
gence of a telegraph operator.
The Advance Advocate, the official organ
of tha Maintenance of Way Employes,
makes this editorial comment on the de
cision :
This decision Is far-reaching and affects
every railway employe In every department
of the railway service, a it acts as a bar
rier to the recovery of damaaee on account
of death of an employe from any accident
where contributory negligence can be
shown on the part of a fellow servant,
which, under the meaning: of this decision.
will Include every person employed by the
company.
We may next expert the supreme court
to lay down the nrlnclnle that a passenger
may not recover damages on account of
in;ury received in a railway accinent. or
that his legal heirs may not recover dam
ares on account of Injury received In rail
way accident, or that his legal heirs may
not recover damages on account of his
death from such cause, because In pur
chasing his ticket he "assumed the risk"
of belnr maimed or kl led.
As this decision comes from the United
States supreme court there Is only one
thing for the railway employes of every
grade to do, and that is to demand mat
they be paid for their labor In proportion
to the risk and dancer of their positions,
so that they can buy and Day for life and
accident insurance without depriving thlr
families or any or tne immediate necessi
ties or the comforts of life, which they are
entmea to enjoy a snarers in tne pros
perity which they have helped to create.
PERSONAL NOTES.
It will coat only a little more than $100,
000,000 to run ths city of New York this
year.
There has been a great boom in the New
York life preserver market. Twenty-five
thousand have recently been purchased In
anticipation of the relnspection ordeal.
Oscar Malmras, United States consul st
Colon, was appointed by President Lincoln
the day before he was assassinated and
has been continually in ths service ever
since.
Senator Penrose was one of the con
tributors of the Harvard class of 1881 to a
gift of a 110,000 memorial gate, to be pre
sented on ths occasion of Its twenty-fifth
anniversary.
Samuel S. Robinson, a dvll engineer of
note and a mining expert, who waa the
first to build a bridge on hollow piers, has
Just died In Detroit. The first of this new
type of bridge was erected In New Hamp
shire nearly ' sixty year ago, and It 1
still In use.
Marcus Braun, special Immigration in
spector, waa passing down the pier In
Hoboken after the Deutschland had docked
the other day when he recognised a woman
who, under the name of Martha Heur, was
deported twelve years ago. On returning
to Europe she went on ths stage and, ac
cording to report, made a name aa an emo
tional actress, Now she arrive In the
first cabin and nobody made any attempt
to prevent her landing. She was down on
the passenger lists as Martha Marlow.
As an English tourist was passing Mark
Twain's home in Italy, one of the humor
ist's dogs rushed out of the gate and
barked savagely at the stranger. Mr.
Clemens called the animal back and was
about o apologise' for' the canine guard
ian's ' Btrenuruslty, when ' the Britisher
growled; "If I should kick that brute, don't
you know, perhaps he 11 atop barking at
passers-by." "Well, maybe he will,"
drawled Mr. Clemen. "He never attempt
to bark when he has his mouth full of
meat"
Another "Election" Is On
Begins July 5th
and Closes July 23d.
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Ten
More
Trips
to
the
St. Louis
World's
FaJr
Exposition Dept.
Coupos en
2.
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OVERDOING ORGANISATION.
ladlvtdaalltr Lost la the Maehlaery
of Coasalaea.
Wall Street Journal.
Organlxatlon baa been developed already"
to an extraordinary degree In the United
States. So far ha It been carried that ths
Individual ha com to count for very lit
tle, being almost entirely swallowed up la
the organisation to which b belong. W
do everything through ,ths machinery of
some organisation, be It Incorporated or
otherwise. If this principle of organisa
tion is carried a step further and converted
Into a huge machine, carried on with mili
tary exactness and discipline, It will Indeed
make this country more powerful In the
world of business, but It will tend more
and more to destroy Individual liberty. W
shall have a complete military despotism
In business. It Is argued that such an
organisation under absolute control could
be entirely separated from politics, and
that the Individual, while Under the disci
pline of this absolutism In his business re
latione, would still be Tree to art as an In
dividual It. his political relation. But
that romaln to be seen. Unfitness has en
tered so largely Into politics, and Its In
terests are to so great an extent dependent
upon the policies of government, that al
ready the business organisations are taking
an active part In the control of legislative
assemblies, of political conventions and of
executive departments. It Is therefore by
no means clear that a system of military
organisation In business could exist along
side of a democratic system of govern
ment. One would. It Is probable, overcome
and absorb the other.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
Mrs. Cobwlgger 8o your husband think
hie position In society Is now securer
Mrs. Newrlch Yos. He is so sute about
it that he has stopped hiring a dress suit
and is haying one made to order. Judge
Girl with the Lillian Ruaesll Complexion
If I had to hint to a young man that I
wanted to ml a dish of les c-.etn with him
I think I should ale of tnori'flcntlon.
Girl with the Fay Ten:plron trmlie Tou
might, but you'd eat tie ti crea.M with
him first. Cnlogo Trl??viv.
"Mr. Nervey," snld the girls father.
"It seems to me you alt up entirely too
late' with my daughter.''
"Don't worry about that.- sir. I never
require much sleep," Philadelphia Press.
"Haven't you got a typewriter girl yet?"
"No, I haven't been able to find one
with dark red hair."
"Eh? What' the Idea In that?"
"Weir; when I carry long hair home
from the office hereafter I want them to
be the same shade as my wife's. "Phila
delphia Cathollo Standard.
"Has Crimson Gulch Improved since I
was here before?"
"Ves." answered Bronco Bob. "The boys ,
never hang a man now without havln' a
Jury sit an' determine ies' who'll tie the
rope an' lead the boss from under him."
Washington Star.
WHAT WOULD YOU IK) f
G. W. Comstock In National Sportsman.
Supposln' 'at you had fished all day
'An' you hadn't got a bite,
Supposln' th' shadders- wus gettln long
An' it wus a-comln' night;
Supposln' 'at then you tho't of your friends
Who would laff an' Jeer at you;
What would you do In a case like that
What do you a'pose you'd do?
WaT, we'll say 'at you'd give It up ,
An' doggedly row ashore, .
Declarln at fate wus agMn you so t
It wus useless to try no more;
But supposln' you see a man 6n the bank
With some bass say a dosen or two,
An' supposln' he'd sell 'em to you fur a
song.
Now what do you "spoae you'd do?
Wouldn't you kind o' smile at him.
An' ca'tfously look about,
Before you reached deep downMn ' your
clothes
To haul your wallet out?
An' wouldn't you lower your voice to say;
"This, you know's "twlxt me an" you;"
Isn't that Just th' way you'd act?
lan t tnat wnat you a 007 , -
An" then when down thro iV streets oi
the town
Tour admlrln' friends, aa they'd pass.
Would stop to con-grat-u-late you an' ask
Fur th' secret of catching bass,
Wouldn't you tell 'em flshln' wus kind of
knack
At wu only acquired by afew
Isn't that what you'd say now?
Isn't that what you'd do?
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