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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 15. 1001.
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(SaL)
N. B. HUNOATE. Notary Public.
General Stoessel has the merit of
originality. Ills Inst dispatcb to the
cgar begins) "I a!;hftppy to report."
Now thit the railroads have come
, down on their coal rates, It remains for
the coal deale.. to "col! tliein and go
them one better.
Ch'na would be far more anxious for
the war id end If it were cerlaln Just
whut would hnppen to it when the end
f lie war conK-s.
Ju-.lge Parker is throwing almost as
muci BPcrecy around his campaign as he
.lid around his position on the money
quest ail before he' whs nominated.
An Omaha woman, Iras opened a cam
paign for erjunl suffruge In Oklahoma,
ttere is one case wher,? the average Xe
Tunskan will not insl.-i ujon activity be
, ginning at home. 1
Another Russian warship Is sr.ld to be
t on its way to an American port. Noth
ing like nelecting a port of a neutral
which is able to protect its neutrality
when taking ships from danger.
Those fellows who have gone into
. partnership with the weather man to
boost the price of wheat should remem
ber the fate of Mr. Sully, who trusted a
part of tils cotton campaign to the boll
- weevil.
The drama on the boards at the
?oitnt7 . court in the Walker' estate li
jiibtrate nvew. the edifying fact that
jlie best, way to discover your relatives
la to die first and leave money to be dis
tributed afterwards.
Demo pop organs figure that the fu
sion candidate for governor will run 15,
0od to the head of bis ticket They
mutt be figuring upon a pretty slow gait
for1 the other f usionlsts entered in the
race for state office.
fyissla and Japan may feel puffed up
With prld to think that the Interparlia
mentary Arbitration union was com
pelled to adjourn without stopping the
present war. But there In no pleasuro
In It for Manchua and Coreans.
. aasssssssssssss
With Parker, Bryan and Cleveland all
In the list of democratic speakers, the
national committee may preserve the
tlrae-honored ratio between golden
Hence, ami silver speech, but the distri
bution wit! be anything but equal.
A Japanese nobleman now in this
country asserts that he has no doubt
that Japanese vessels ore waiting for
the Lena outside of the Golden Gate.
There la also no doubt that they will
uot come within the three-mile limit.
, London dislikes the decision of the
Vludlvoptok prise court in the case of
the steamer Calchas. While the United
States and Great Britain stand for the
same idea in the matter of contraband,
It would be surprising that either should
be pleased, although exact Justice may
be done, at least from the standpoint of
Russia,
tlncolq Iim been given a tip that this
Is not food aeason. to agitate for the
conetructlon of a new Burlington pas
senger station there, because Jim Hill
is in no wood to put money into perma
nent Improvements. It might be well
for the people of Lincoln to remember,
however, ' that if they do not agitate
they will never get the depot
fpanlsti And French residents of the
state of Louisiana who took part lu the
observance f Louisiana day did not
have the feelings with which their nn
cestors viewed the transfer of the ter
ritory, but tbey are striking examples of
the effect; of the transfer, showing that
despite the contentions of some alleged
sociologists, the latin racrs are uot out
of step with (he march of rogre.
t DBMOCHATIC DISCOBD.
Reports from New York state that the
democratic campaign managers ar still
at sea aa to how to handle matters to
the liking of democratic Influences at
once powerful and essential to demo
cratic euccess in November. While ,the
principal managers are endeavoring to
bring about harmony, the party organs
are for the most part by no means satis
fied with the managers. One organ
demands the retirement from the cam
paign of Hill, another Insists that Bel
mont take his checkbook and go home,
and still another urges that Chairman
Taggart should go back to Indiana and
remain there until after the votes are
counted In November. When the Parker
organs are not reading the Parker man
agers out of the democratic party, re
marks the New York correspondent of
the Philadelphia Press, they ore busily
engaged In Appealing to the candidate to
get away from the "little politicians"
and take a desk at the national head
quarters, much after the fashion of
Grover Cleveland In -one of his cam
paigns. A persistent effort has been made to
Induce Judge Parker to take en active
part In the management of the cam
paign, but he seems strongly averse to
doing this. It Is announced that he will
go to New Y'ork City, but only for
day, whereas the campaign managers, or
some of them, want hlni to remain at
the party headquarters throughout the
campaign. Insisting that this is abso
lutely necessary if order is to be brought
out of the present chaotic condition of
things. The candidate has also been
most earnestly urged to make speeches
at a number of points, but he seems In
disposed to do so, though he may be In
duced later to lay aside his objections
or scruples and accede to the sugges
tion. We noted a few dayi ago the admis
sion of one of the leading Parker organs
that the high water mark of the cam
paign was reached in the days following
the publication of the gold-standard tele
gram, that the ebb then set In and that
since his speech of acceptance the fall of
the Parker tide has been visible and
rapid. It is not to be doubted that this
decline has been accelerated by the re
publican victories in Vermont and
Maine. Whether or not Judge Parker
will be able to remedy the chaotic con
ditions of his campaign1 Is a question.
The discord and dissension among the
manrgers and orgpns cannot easily be
healed. There are democrats who will
not be reconciled to having Hill and
Sheeban and Belmont to the front. Yet
It. Is manifestly too late to attempt to
get rid of these leaders and indeed there
are none to substitute for them who
would be likely to Improve the situation.
Even If Judge Porker were to follow the
example of Grover Cleveland and as
nr.me the active management of the cam
paign he would be compelled to retain
his present advisers. These men are so
completely identified with the demo
cratic campaign that It Is utterly useless
to talk about eliminating them. With
out their counsel Judge Parker would
be entirely at sea. ; ' v
Th" situation today foreshadows the
overwhelming defeat of the democratic
national ticket and there Is no good rea
son to expect any rise in the Parker
tide during the remaining weeks of the
compalgn.
A CSKLKSS APPEAL.
Laudable as is t,he desire of the mem
bers of the Interparliamentary union for
the restoration of peace in the far east,
they must understand that .'the appeal
they have made to the civilized powers
to Intervene in the war Is wholly useless
at this time. There is reason to believe
that the question of intervention has re
ceived more or less eon(weratlon by Eu
ropean governments. . It, Is certain that
the king of Belgium is very earnestly in
favor of the powers taking action with
a view to terminating hostilities between
Russia and Japan, while it has been re
ported that In French official circles
there Is a sentiment that France. Great
Britain and the United States should
units In on offer of mediation. But no
European government is willing to take
the initiative In the matter and the sug
gestion that the United Stetes should do
so is certa'n not to be seriously consid
ered at Washington.
As has becu repeatedly pointed out,
the- time has not yet come for nn offer
of mediation. Neither of the belliger
ent has suffered enough to be ready for
It. Japan has not. accomplished her pur
pose and Russia still has large fighting
resources. The sailing of the Baltic fleet
la Russia's message to the world that
the war must go on. Japan Is mobiliz
ing another nrniy for Manchuria. With
these facts before them those who coun
sel Intervention must see how futile
such an offer at this time would be.
PROTECTION OF OCR CITIZENS
The president says In his letter of ac
ceptance that It is a standing order to
every American diplomatic and cousular
officer to protect every American citizen,
of whatever faith, from unjust molesta
tion, and our officers abroad hoVe been
stringently required to comply with this
order. While no administration hag
ever failed to give protection to Amer
ican citizens In foreign lands, it Is a
fact that none bag been more prompt
and firm In this respect than the present
administration. When an American citi
zen was captured by brigands In Mor
occo there was no hesitation or delay
on the part of the authorities at Wash
ington in taking action for his relise.
When it became apparent that the sul
tan of Morocco wga not disposed to take
such action in the matter aa was neces
sary warships of the United Htates were
sent to the port of Tanglera. It wae
apprehended by some that tbla might re
sult In a more or less grave complication,
but the result fully Justified the course
taken. The sevdlng of warships to Turk
ish waters was another Instance of the
readiness and firmness of the adminis
tration In safeguarding the rights and
luteruat of our citizens abroad.
The. opponents of h aduluiatration
may regard these circumstances aa evi
dence of a disposition on the president's
part to harard the peace of the United
States, but they will hardly venture to
publicly arraign him for what was done
In these cases. Perhaps an executive of
a "Judlclar bent would have proceeded
differently. He might have carried on
a prolonged diplomatic correspondence,
the Interest and welfare of our citizens
In the meantime suffering. The Amer
ican people, however, admire a man at
the head of the government who when
satisfied that a citizen of the United
States is being unjustly treated In any
foreign land promptly and firmly takea
steps to have the wrong remedied. That
Is the rjlan of the present administra
tion and the knowledge of this gives
greater security against unjust treat
ment to American citizens in foreign
lands.
STRENGTHEN THE COMMERCIAL CLVB.
The campaign of the Commercial club
for an Increased membership that will
double its present numbers should be
taken up and pushed along vigorously
by the business community. The Com
mercial club ought to be the focus of
the collective activity of all our whole
sale and retail merchants and manufac
turers and the guiding spirit and motive
force of our local Industrial progress.
It la not necessarily a reflection upon
the past work of the club to say that it
has a field of future usefulness before
it which, , If it fills it satisfactorily, will
enhance its vnlue to the city many fold.
The reluctance of the Commercial club
to branch out Into new directions has
produced a multiplication of trade or
ganizations In this city with a decentral
izing tendency. Our business men have
been enlisted to Join so many different
societies, associations and clubs that
their energy Is divided and their fire
scattered. One good, strong commercial
club would, no doubt, make a deeper im
pression than a half dozen smaller as
sociations hammering Independently and
often times at cross purposes.
The only way the Commercial club
can take tho first place which belongs to
it, and which it by rights should occupy.
Is by getting nil the active factors in
Omaha's business life enrolled In Its
membership end then making the club
truly representative of the business In
terests. There Is much work to be done
for Omaha, and the Commercial club
should put Itself in shape to take the
lead.
Saunders county is rather a bad
county for the demo pops to hold up as
an example of the operation of the new
Nebraska revenue law. Before the new
revenue law went into effect land was
assessed In Saunders county at an aver
age of 10 per cent of its value, while
other counties were assessed at from 15
to 25 per cent. It was to remedy Just
such inexcusable inequalities that the
new law was enacted, Saunders county
having for years been evading Its due
share of the burden of state government
by systematic undervaluations. If the
new. law baa increased the contributloiA
of Sounders county to the state treasury
it has done Just what It was Intended
to do. and what It ought to do, without
necessarily working any Injustice on the
taxpayers there. Whether the demo
crats and populists of Saunders county
fuse or refuse to fuse will not change
the situation in this respect.
Conditions at South Omaha are rap
idly resuming normal proportions after
the great strike. It is to be hoped the
packers will see their way clear to take
back, as soon as possible, all their old
employes who have permanent Inter
ests here. Experience shows that an
employe who owns his own home or has
a family with children In the schools is
worth, for steady and reliable service,
several times the Itinerant laborer,
ready to go anywhere that offers a
chance for easier work at better wages.
So far os the community is concerned,
a permanent resident striker is usually
a better asset than the imported strike
breaker.
If the Civic Federation wants to do
the public a real good turn it might have
its paid lawyers look up the question
whether all the schemes pending in the
city council and Bchool board! for the
creation of overlaps to bo paid out of
next year's tax levy ore not Illegal, and If
illegal, take the necessary steps to shut
them off. We can expect no material
relief In the tax rate if a mountain of
debt is to be piled up each year to be
met. out of the income of the succeed
ing year before even the current ex
penses are taken care of.
Undo Sam has purchased blankets for
the Filipinos now on dlspluy at St Louis.
ir rne government succeeas in inaKing
"blanketed savages" out of the Igor
rotes and Negritos the Indian agent will
come along in the course of time, and
then the fate of the aborigines will be
sealed.
The proposition to vote f 100,000 'of
sewer bonds for the city at the coming
November election has made Its debut
In the city council, but no ordinance
proposing to submit bonds for the acqui
sition of a municipal electric lighting
plant has yet been sighted lu the council
chamber.
Up to date the World-Herald has been
mum as an oyster about the action of
the democratic city committee resurrect
ing the delegate convention that had
gone out of business eighteen months
ago to make nominations to be voted on
at the coming election.
Fertanat ClramtBe,,
Kansa City Time.
It appears to U t fort u nets thing for
tho Russians that the good roada move
ment kat made so little headway In Man
churia. Speech er Knock f
Chicago Post.
Colonel Bryan Is much annoyed by hts
Inability to find a nice, round paving stone
that will nt comfortably In the toe of
sock. When this ' preliminary shall hv
been attained he will one more adtlreaa
hlmeelf vigorously to the support ef the
Judge.
Am t'asettlee Score.
New Tork Herald.
A Western man threatened to eat New
Tork policeman yesterday. Sorry he didn't,
for that would rather even up the score
for the beef that New Yorkers were forced
to eat during the strike.
Keep It Dark.
Chk-ago News.
For goodness sake do not let the coal
barons hear of this theory that "breath
ing cool dust 4a a cure for consumption"
or they will require the consumer to pay
them for conducting a health cure.
Dwlaar Well. Tak Yew.
New Tork iun.
For a torpid, sluggish, old-fashioned,
non-committal and unmagnetlc statesman,
the Hon. Charles Warren Fairbanks
seems to be covering a good deal of ground
In hi canvas and making a pretty posi
tive Impression wherever he goes.
1,asoBS ef the Maneuvers.
New Tork Bun.
One of the lirroortant lessons taught the
country by the Manassas maneuvers Is that
putting a uniform on a man s back an
rifle In his hands does not In every caa
equip him completely for active military
service In the field. The spirit and the
grit of the militiamen were admirable,
but office work and city life are not the
proper training to fit men for the hard
physleaj work of forced marches and camp
privations.
Spoil of Maatla Bay.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Admiral Dewey receives, as his portion of
the prlie money for the capture of the
Spanish fleet In Manila bay. $18,616.81. and
the next hlgrhest award la to the estate of
Captain GrlcJley. which gets over J9.000.
The remaining six commanding officers are
scaled from that amount to a little over
tl.7no. The share awarded to each sailor
averages three months' pay. The claim that
It Is the man behind the gun who deter
mines battles seems to be lost sight of
when It comes to dividing the proceeds.
WHERE DID SHE GET ITf
Not tho Least of the Surprises Japaa
Is Pattla I p.
(Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.)
One of the most remarkable Incidents of
the war In the far East Is In the ever-re.
plenishing amount of Japanese ammunition
of all sorts, kinds and qualities, and the
question Is, Where did she get It? Tha
amount of ammunition expended In the
siege of Port Arthur Is phenomenal. Dur
ing the active state of hostilities at that
port not less than three hundred Japanese
guns kept up a continuous Are, and ceas
ing not by day nor by night With the
Japanese neither a shell nor a life counted.
The (Jeclmatlon of ranks was but for. a
day. Where on Japanese sailor or sol
dier fell there were two ready and anxious
to take his place in the ranks or behind
the guns doing work so deadly on the
walls of Port Arthur.
The Japanese, whether statesman, gen
eral, admiral, sailor or private, is the
world's present wonder. He has Intelli
gence, prudence and bravery, mlllltary and
diplomatic skill immeasurably superior to
the Intelligence, prudence, bravery and
mlllltary and diplomatic skill of the Rus
sian. He uses his qualities to greater ad
vantage than the Russian can hope to use
them, If the present conflict Is to be taken
as furnishing a criterion. Where Japan
procured her ammunition is a Japanese
secret, and the secretive Japtinese is not
likely to gratify the world's curiosity on
tha subject. Japan has tho ammunition
In undoubted, abundance as the Russian
knows to his sorrow and, more than that,
the Jai)annese aoldler or sailor has shown
that he knows-"how- to moke every shot
and every shell .count. Incidentally, there
Is something quite Amerlcancsqu in his
shooting.
MR. TOW 31 E IS THE GOODS.
Woman's Parker Club Thinks He I a
Wonder.
Chicago, Inter Ocean.
Repeated Inquiries have been made con
cerning the whereabouts f the Hon.
Charles A. Towne in this campaign. It
has been reported that he has changed
politics again. It has been reported that
he Is sulking and It has also been reported
that he has retired.
None of theso rumors, has a basis in fact.
Mr. Town is as active as he was in the
days when he was a silver republican, a
Teller republican, a Bryan populist, a
Bryan democrat, and an independent. Mr.
Towne Is working for results In his own
way. He has evidently become convinced
that a great political field has been over
looked. This field is the chorus.
On Tuesday Mr. Towne was the principal
speaker at the first rally of the Theatrical
Women's Parker Club at the Lyric theater,
New York. He faced an Inspiring audience
of sixty chorus girls, several of whom
had vlHlU-d Esopus and had been so
charmed with the democratic candidate that
they Immediately formed this club. Un
fortunately, the remarks of Mr. Towne are
not given in full In the report of the meet
ing, but enough may be gathered from
them to show that lie must have made a
deep Impresiiton. Here, for example, was
his brief appeal:
"Every dead politician I a statesman and
every live actor an artist. Once you were
vagabonds nd were fed In the kitchens
of great lords. Now do you want the time
back when rich men and organised greed
dole out boons to you?"
As a number of the young women did
not confess to an age that took their
memories back to the kitchens of great
lords, and as a large number apparently
had thoughts on champagne, this query
was Ineffective. But when Mr. Towne
spoke on the constitution and the tariff
be brought the audience to Its feet. We
quote the remarks of a young woman
deaecrlbed a "No. I" In the front row:
"It was 'Just great there. All about
republics and apathy and the constitution
and trust and things. I to!! you It's awful
to be republican. I know gentleman
who votes and he's for Roosevelt, but whan
I tell hjm what Mr. Towne said I guess
he'll think different. And that's where
thin club Is going to be good."
An equally fulsome compliment from No,
( In the second row:
"Mr. Towne Is just grand. He Is up
lifting. All that about the robber trusts,
now wasn't It beautiful? And aa for the
constitution, I think we shou'd all do what
we can for our health. 1 naturally have a
good constitution, but that doesn't prevent
me from exercising every day, and there's
nothing like a long walk. I could hear
him talk about tha constitution all day.
I never knew the slgnlfloanc of It before."
And, again, No. 1 of the fourth row:
"We don't want any kings. Mr. Roosevelt
would be a king Just Ilk emperor what's,
hls-nam of Germany. And, although I
have a -friend In the army, 1 think If X
told him what Mr. .Town said about
ml'ltarUm he'd Just get another Job. Mr.
Towne is right. Our work Is Just getting
en fine, nd ever sine we went to Hose,
mount I've been sure that Judge Parker
would make splendid president Any
man that could be aa courteous as he was
t us girls would have my vote If I had
any to give."
' Thus Mr Town' fiery eloquence ha4
It tiffect. Bixty chorus girls left nil
presence determined to cleave to tha
constitution and to spread his doctrine!
along Broadway and at supper parties,
lu truth, Mr. Towns 1 'Hie goods.'
ROttD AiOtT SKW YORK.
Ripples an the r were at of l.lfe la the
Metropolis.
People front the back counties and from
primitive town can find "the comfort of
home" in the big city If they look In the
right plc. Lt century condition hav
not been crowded out by the marvel of
recent progress. Horse cars are still there,
rumbling along unmindful of the unseemly
hast of lees plctureoou conveyances. Tho
lines oa Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets
re unconventional and accommodating,
and, most wonderful of all, cars will stop
wherever a passenger desires to get on or
off. Employe are always good-natured
and the horses have a pleasing habit of
galloping now and then. Nothing In the
way of obstructions upon the tracks daunts
these little cara. A short time ago some
thing was on the Eighteenth street track
so the cars could not reach Broadway from.
the east. The obstruction was Just west of
Fourth avenue, and when the conductor
and driver found they could not pass It
they held a consultation and decided upon
radical action. They promptly put the car
off the track, turned It into Fourth avenue
and went clattering over the stones to the
Seventeenth street track, which, although
eastbound, gave the car a chance to reach
Broadway and then switch to the proper
track.
To save the life of a 1-year-old girl Peter
F. Clark, driver of fire engine 129 of the
Williamsburg department, turned his horses
on a sidewalk, overturning the engine and
being pinned himself beneath the mass of
iron and steel.
Riding on th 'rear step of the engine
were Lieutenant Radd and Engineer John
Calvin. They were thrown Into the street
and severely Injured. Clark was taken to
the Eastern District hospital, where It was
said he had sustained a compound fracture
of the skull and Internal injuries. He Is
not expected to live.
The Williamsburg department got a call
to It Herbert street. With a Jump Clark
was In hi seat and in a second had fast
ened himself with the leather belt. His
horses were full of mettle and he let them
go at a good pace.
The streets were filled with vehicles, but
Clark drov with skill, threading his way
to the corner at which he waa called upon
to run down the child or give up bis own
life.
No one knew who she waa. She had s
doll In her hands. The shrill screech of
the whistle only fascinated the child. Then
Clark swerved his horses and th crash
came.
Greater New Tork will have a population
of ,191.250 In 1920, according to a sober pre
diction made by an engineer of national
reputation. According to the figures on
which he bases his estimate this means nn
Increase In the population of the metropolis
of 2,367,251 Inhabitants. If one can imagine
a monster city, as large as London with all
its environs, a city capable of containing
the combined populations of Paris, Berlin,
St. Petersburg, Dublin, Butte, Mont., and
Paterson, N. J.; or, to take another view,
a city with a population within 100,000 as
large as that of the state of Pennsylvania,
or one as large as the combined populations
of Alabama, Indiana, Wyoming, North Da
kota and Hawaii, one may obtain an idea
of the Immensity expressed In these seven
figures. If we add. to this the possibilities
of a series of wonderful transportation sys
tems, uniting almost within the hour New
York and Philadelphia, with its" increased
population ef 2,000,000, Into practically on
mighty municipality, with a chain of big
New Jersey cities like Jersey City with
480,000, Newark with ,400,000, Elisabeth with
150,000, and ft score of smaller places, we
may hav a vision of the future more mar
velous than the dream of tho most daring
romancer.
The charge that strangers are no made
to feel at home In some of the big
churches In New York is well founded,
according to the observation made by a
Pennsylvanlan who ha lived there for ten
years. "A few years ago I rented a pew
in one of the big churches In Fifth avenue
and kept it for a year. My family was not
numerically large enough to All the pow,
and I notified the usher that I could usually
accommodate from two to three strangers.
I learned Indirectly that the sexton, who
had the renting of the pews, objected to
too mucn liberty on my part. He said that
If every pewholder Ir. the church made tho
same sort of offer he could not come up
to tb4 expectations of the governing board
of the church, which expected him to rent
every pew. The logic of this was thai
If strangers desired to attend that par
ticular church very often they would be
expected to pay for their sittings. To put
it a little plainer, strangers were not wel
come, although a aign In the vestibule said
they were."
variant on the gaa meter thief ha been
discovered by the police. For a long time
a gang made rich hauls by going about and
representing themselves as meter inspec
tor, and thereby gaining admission to flats.
The warning against these thieves was
mad so general that they have now
adopted a new plan. They have become
'.'telephone inspectors," and they confine
ihelr visits to the swellest flat buildings In
th city. In many cases they find the
apartment free of occupant after they
are admitted by the Janitor, and they plun
der them at leisure. Still another profitable
form of theft la being' practiced by a fash
ionably dressed woman who goes about
from one big hotel to another and enters
the women's dressing rooms. She Is known
a "th waahstand worker," because she
relies on the thoughtlessness of women who
take their rings off when washing their
hands and then forget to replace them. This
woman picked up two ring valued at tl,500,
th police declare.
Colonel John Jacob Astor' new hotel, th
St. Ragls. opened for business last week,
take rank with the Waldorf-Astoria in
dimension and Is th most luxuriously fur
nished hotel In America. The hotel and its
stationary decorations cost 14,000,000. Th
furnltur and fittings coat ll.SOO.tM). Land
lord R. M. Haan. an expert, personally
sought and bought all over Europe, under
commission from Mr. Astor, pictures, carv
ing, statuary, rare fabrics snd other
works of art. Among them are two Sevres
vase bought from a nieoe of Queen Maria
Christina. "Bh needed the money and I
had the credit." says Mr.- Haan.
The main doors are ef bronse, and cost
130.000 each. In every room ther is a 175 I
electric French clock. There are fifty
pianos In th house. Ther I library of
1,1(0 volumes, In charge of a professional
librarian.
Th dining room, in shape of a letter L
on the Fifth avenue corner, I furnished In
dull, deep red. Th walls sr of various
marble, carved and .surmounted by an
arched oelllng of gold bronse, with festoon
of bronse along th aide, In which sr sat
small electric lights.
"Mr. Astor told in he wanted this hotel
tu be a place where people who hav good
home could com and feel at home," said
Mr. Haan. "I hav tried ta carry out taat
Id, and when Mr. Aator looked over th
house recently he said he waa satisfied."
From th single room with bath at M a
day to (h royal ult of fiv rooms. In
cluding th us of a SIO.OAO bed. at $128
day, each apartmeat 1 a study In har
monious luxury.
TUB rRESTDBftT A CCK FTAJirK.
A Vorltahl. Keyaot.
Washington Post (ind ).
A veritable key not for th tump
troageat Caaapalga Daeanacat.
Chicago Tribun (rep )
By far th strongest campaign document
which ha yet appeared on th republican
side.
BlaaT aad Botabast.
Atlanta Constitution (dem.)
As combination of bluff and bombast
the letter Is worthy Its author.
Proof of Ability.
New Tork World (dem.l
Further nd stronger proof of his ability,
aatuten and capacity for party leader
ship. AMe. Brilliant. Dashing.
Springfield Republican lnd.).
An able, brilliant and almost dashing
paper which displays Mm ' In a fighting,
yet rather fascinating, mood.
One of the Best.
Philadelphia Press (rep.).
A powerful and commanding production.
It takes high rank among the masterpieces
of American political literature.
A Happy Contrast.
Pittsburg Dispatch (rep.)
It Is as lucid as all of the president's
writings snd presents a happy contrast to
that ponderosity of style sometimes asso
ciated with profound statesmanship.
Baltimore American (rep.)
The president meets with characteristic
courage and frankness every issue which
separates the two parties In th present
campaign.
Desalt Political Coavletloa.
Indianapolis News (Ind.).
Back of It Is a man whs has clear and
definite political convictions, who has no
doubt of their soundness and who hatl
abundant courage to show forth hts faith
by his works.
Stand Pat.
New York Herald (Ind ).
Summed up In homely phrase Mr. Roose
velt's lengthy letter Is "Stand pat." Llk
an impetuous mountain stream, the cur
rent of his utterances moves rapidly.
Cashing over, but not dislodging, the ob
stacles It encounters.
Baprenae Confidence.
Washington Star (rep.).
If a man on the eve of a duel were to
offer his antagonist choice of weapons, to
waive the question of distance, and agree
to take both, sun and wind in his face,
he would be rated as very confident of the
result.. Mr. Roosevelt, In efTect, has done
this.
I nreserved Laudation.
Philsdelphla Ledger (Ind ).
An unstinted, unreserved laudation of
republican policies, past, present and to
come, and a denunciation of not only every
thing which is not . republican, hut of
every one who dares to raise his voice in
criticism of anything the republican party
has done, is doing or may dp.
PERSONAL NOTES.
The European Princess who has been
startling the world with her escapades will
have a hard time to keep out of the
clutches of the American theatrical mana
gers.
General Walter Wyman. of the Marin
Hospital service, and many other Wash
ington scientists, will go to Chile next
March tt attend the International Banltary-J
Convention of the American Republics.
C. Utterbeck. representing the Carnegi
Museum; of Pittsburg, has made what Is
regarded as the greatest pre-hlstoric dis
covery In recent years In Montana. Ha
has found the petrified body of a dinosaur,
weighing 2,500 pounds.
The list of csar's relatives tnclud a
brother, an uncle, four cousins of the first
degree, ten of the second, thirteen of the
third and a great uncle. All of these
except the thirteen cousins of the third
degree must be addressed as "Imperial
highness."
A life of Andree Is to be Issued by the
Geographical 8oclety of Stockholn, of
which he was a prominent member. He
was well known, not only as an areonaut,
but as a meteorologist, and his personal
qualities endeared him to a number of
friends, his letters to whom are to be
embodied In the biography.
The moat bet I tied monarch In the world
Is Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria.
Without his Imperial crown, which Is the
Identical tiara of Charlemagne, he is nine
times a king, twice a grand duke, once a
grand prince, twice a prince, four time a
margrave and a multitude of his titles as
count and so forth is past enumeration.
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LAICHIXG I,IE.
Rev. Goodman Tou know what th
"golden rule'' Is, of course?
Pyrett Oh, of course! It's a rule of con
duct we lay down for other people to fol
low. Philadelphia Ledger.
t'nele Josh 'Most -xery official thit
amounts to anything has to file an anniml
report.
I'ncle Hiram Yes; Sn' I guess that's
about all some of 'em do. Puck.
"Now that the strike Is over, I'd like to
see meat go down."
"I'd rather ftl It." Cleveland Tlnln
Dealer.
Towne I understand you called him a
liar to his face.
Browne Well, not In so many words.
Towne No? I heard you made It rretty
strong.
Browne I did. I told him he should 1
s war correspondent in Shanghai. Phila
delphia Press.
"No, boss," said the husky beggar. "I
never asked nobody fur money before."
"You didn't, eh?" replied the fat little
man. "I don't believe you."
"Fact. My game has always been to
soak a mug wld a leud ripe an' take w'at
I want, and dats wau 1 11 do ter you. If
yer don't cough up." Cleveland Leader.
With great care and much labor a cater
pillar climbed up a tall spear of grass.
When he reached the top he stood on his
hind end and waved his front end in the
air.
"Just a I feared," said he. "Success
does not bring happiness."
But then he turned and climbed down,
for the caterpillars sre wiser than men -Puck.
Baggs And so poor Daggs is dead! I
never got a chance to bid him good-by.
The first thing I do when I get to heaven
will be to aay how sorry I , . .
Faggs: "But suppose he dldn t get to
heaven? '
Baggs Then you tell him for me.-Town
Topics.
HER NAME I THE PAPER.
Edgar Yates In Kennebec Journal.
fn mm !, mnA tmrn mntlnni the editor tal
Raxooed the reporter's account of the ball.
Dear reuow. no murmurea, uiu man
with a scrawl.
He Just fixed it.
The compositor gloomily stared at hi tak,
"Mv goodness and grief!
Here's a word I can't make
Any sense of; what it looks like, I 11 put
It," he spake;
And he fixed it.
The proofreader gated at the proof In sur
prise. "Well, well!" he said softly; "It's lucky
I'm wise." .
Then he struck out an "m " and Inserted
two "I s;"
, And so fixed It.
The publisher heard the excited girl
through.
"Now, you make It right Mmebewr else
I will sue!"' . -v.'
And since there Is nothing else for him to
do,
He had to fix It.
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