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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7. 1904. The Omaha Daily Bee. K. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TKRMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. J'hilr H-e imttlini't Bunday). one year. .$4 I'i.'ly ! ani Sunday, one year Jlltlntrute'l Hm-, onn NT "J tfunijay B . "no year J-J fi;i1'irnv H'v in rear I--10 'I irctitj' t h Onhirv Farmer, one year... 100 DKLItKHED BT CARRIER. f'Jly l m it limit Sunday), pr ropy Ic Jjtuly lire mtth nit Bunday). per wn.. w J -i.ir B- (Including Uimday), per wek..liC Hir.Hy Iw, jir ropy &c Evening ! (without Sunday), per week o Evening Bee , (Including Sunday), per mi k ,2 i.'rimnlalrits of Irregultrltioe In delivery shftuM be addressed to City Circulation De partment. v OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Uinaaa City ilall bulldln. Twenty fifth and M ttreets. Council bl'jffa ) Pearl street. '"hlcaao Into Unity bulldinit. w Vork--a Park Row building.' Washington 6il Fourteenth street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to newt and edi torial natter should be addressed: Omaha liee. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Kelt hy draft, exrrenn or postal order, p;Hlle to The Bee Publishing Company, i 'nly 2-crnt ftampn received In payment of jrwil accounts. Persona checks, except on iirnha or eastern exchange, not accf-pted. TUB BEE PCBLI8Hl.su COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as. : Jenrg K. Tzschurk. secretary of The Bee publishing Company, being duly sworn, sm-s that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Daily. Morning. Kvi nlng and Sunday Bee printed during the month of November, 1304, was as follows: 1 ,111.310 1 2B..1SO t ....'., o 17 2w.au 1 s,iao i rn.n-m 4 S,4ffO 1 X9.SOO 6 ,..,.O.IMtO. . IC 3O.2T0 87,400 21 2,RBO 7 40.100 22 SH,800 2,nno 2a jh,4o 9 44,10O 24 2,a0 10 S4.10O 1 20,700 11., 3,WM 24 J2.20 12 Sl.O.tO . 27 80,O0 13 .lO.oeO 28 20,700 14 (..a,.,Wfl 29 ,320 1. ..SH.ItM) 30 W,2O0 Total 950,030 Less uusold copies lO.Kltt N'et total sales 943.B14 Dally average 31,617 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to befoie me this 30th day of November, 1904. tScal) M. B. Hl'NOATE, Notary Public. Mrs. Chadwlck is proving the fallacy of the old saving that a woman will al ways tell everything she knows. The Initial paragraph of the presi dent's message bears conclusive evidence thnt It was written since the election. Radicals of noltrjy side can accuse the president of blu'rking the question raised by orgxnlKcd labor and organized capi tal. If the Dogger bank hearing does not start soon the people of Kussla and Eng land may have to be told what It Is all about. t Tip to bank cashiers: If any unknown woman wants to borrow money on notes endorsed with the name of .Andrew vCarriegle, don't lend It .. ' Andrew Carnegie declares that he no longer gives notes or endorses other people's' pnper. A very good rule of business only most business men are ' not In position to apply It. ' ' Nan Patterson Is particularly unfor tunate. Having to stand trial for her ' life, she is denied the usual advertising by reason of the, unseemly haste of Mrs. Chadwlck to occupy the center of the stage. A six-day wheel race In progress at New York has already causod.wrlous In Jury to two of the participants and this seems to be about the only excitement the spectators tan draw from the ex hibition. President Ilockwlth of : the defunct Oberlln bank should thank his stars that that ("Carnegie" note was not for a mil lion dollars rather than for half that amount He bad his mouth open for the line and rod as well as the hook. Chicago druggists who substituted other things for medicines called for in prescriptions art to be arrested. As the prescriptions were decoys, It is pos slblo that the substitute will be the . only ones to suffer something unusual In such cases. British authorities have ordered the arrest of Burke Hoche for delivering a warship to ' liUKuiu, but whether the crime to be charged Is violating the neu trality laws or that of showing British vigilance to be Ineffective Is not made piib;iv at this time. The o flU la I canvass ot lilt- vote of rlouth Carolina shows only one ballot marked, to the credit of Tom Watson. The cry uUiut the suppression of the Watsou vote will have to lie directed to the southern states and lodged against the former democratic allies. l'oi;it'r enatr Carter of the National Loulsiuhti fun-lut- exposition commis sion says that complaints of fifty alleged -fraudulent ruses have come out of 25,000 uwards made at the exposition. Can It be possible that only fifty competitors were dhappolnted in the findings of the Judges? It was to be hoped that French social ibts, who have loig been carping on the subject of reform, would have made 'jrae attempt, U rerorui tie duelling nicLhoda of that countr, but the recent meeting between the socialist leader and an angered citlieu Indicate that the re formers have nothing more effective to offer than the oridnary bloodless variety. I Jit tore congress passes Bourlts Cock ran't bill for the publication, of sworn statements of national campaign funds it might inquire into the operation of siuiTIar tegtslation in Nebraska and a !Yy otlur states, where the sworn state ine.nt of campaign expenses are notor iously farcical. It could, at any rate, ieara several things from such an in quiry as to bow not to trains tha law. "i "' ' " THE PBESWKSrS MESSJOE. President Hoosevelt's annual message is very practical. There la no politics in It No reference is made to the tariff. which may have executive attention later, but other matters of domestic con cern receive careful attention. At the outset the president admonishes against unnecessary Increase of the ordi nary expenses of the government urging .that the cost of doing government busi ness should be regulated with the same rigid scrutiny as the cost of doing a pri vate business. There is favorable prom ise that this advice will be beeded by congress. On the ever-important subject of the relations of capital and labor the president speaks with clearness and force. He approves the organization of labor and thinks it ought to be encour aged, "so long as it is conducted with a due and decent regard for the rights of others." Tbe pervading idea 1n the treatment of this subject is that the laws must be respected and obeyed and that under no circumstances should vio lence or mob rule be tolerated. In regard to the corporations engaged In Interstate commerce the president says that abuses cannot be eliminated by state action and that the national government alone can deal adequately with them. This should be done in no intemperate and destructive spirit yet with a determination that will assure correction of abuses. If existing laws are found to be insufficient for the pur pose others should be enacted to supple ment them. This plainly Indicates that there is to be no change of policy toward the corporations on the part of the ad ministration. Wherever abuses are found to exist the laws will be enforced against the culpable corporations. The president declares that above all else "we must strive to keep the high ways of commerce open to all on equal terms, and to do this it is necessary to put a complete stop to all rebates." The private car and private terminal track and side track systems also must' be stopped. The opinion is expressed that as a fair security to shippers the Inter state Commerce commission should be vested with the power, where a given rate has been challenged and after full bearing found to be unreasonable, to de cide, subject to judicial review, what shall be a reasonable rate to take its place, the ruling of the commission to take effect immediately and to obtain un less and until it is reversed by the court of review. In the opinion of the .presi dent which accords wl'th that of the ma jority of shippers, the most important legislative act now needed as regards the regulation of corporations is this act to confer on the Interstate Commerce commission the power to revise rates and regulations. This indorsement of the proposed amendment of the interstate commerce law will stimulate the move ment to secure such amendment and will not be without influence upon congress. The president refers only briefly to the currency, remarking that the question should receive the attention of congress and suggesting that every silver dollar should be- made by law redeemable in gold at theoptlon of the holder. : As there does not appear'to be any urgency nor any general public demand for legis lation of this kind it is probable that nothing will be done at the present ses sion of congress. On the subject of im migration the president says there is no danger of having too many immigrants of the right kind and it makes no differ ence, from what country they come, but we should not admit masses of men whose standards of living and whose personal customs and habits are such that they tend to lower the level of the American wage-worker. He urges that it is vital that we should keep high the standard of well-being among our wage-workers. Fraudulent naturaliza tion Is characterized as a curse to the government and a revision of the nat uralization laws is recommended. The statements as to our foreign pol icy and the attitude of the United States toward the other nations of this hemi sphere may provoke some criticism, but It is not to be doubted that they will be very generally approved. The upbuild ing of the navy the president regards as a patriotic duty and hei earnestly recom mends that there be no bait In the work. The message closes with a reference to Philippine conditions and an argument for continuing the work of uplifting the natives of the islands in the scale of civilization and the capacity for self- government. ' , PROGRESS VP THE WAR- All interest at present in the far east ern war centers upon Tort Arthur, where the Japanese are reported to be holding the advantage they recently . secured at great sacrifice.. The Russiuns have per- Blatantly endeavored to recapture 203 metre hill aud according to the latest information have lost heavily in attacks on that position, . thus materially weak ening the garrison, which probably does not consist of more than 10,000 effective men, if indeed the number is not con siderably less. "'The' occupation of this hill enables the Japanese to direct a v de structive fire from their heavy guns against the warships of the enemy and it is stated that they have done this ef fectively, though no statement is made as to the extent of the damage done. Another general assault is likely to be made at any time and it is by no means Improbable that it will prove successful, unless conditions are far less serious for the Russians than have been repre sented. If the garrison has not more than 10.000 avallables it is evident that It cannot much longer bold out against assaults of 60,000 Japanese, which is the number stated a couple of weeks ago to be investing the stronghold.' . , - Meanwhile military operations else where are not especially active, though there is continual fighting in a small way and each of the armies Is keeping a care ful watch upon the movements of the other. It does not appear probable, how. ever, that general engagement will oc cur In the near future, the chances being tbat the armies may remain in about their present position for several months. or during the winter. A good deal, bow ever, will depend upon the fate of Toft Arthur. If the Japanese should capture that within a short time a large force could be sent to Marshal Oyama and with such reinforcement be might bring on a general engagement He is thought to be now confronted by a much superior force, but this is doubtful, for it seems hardly likely that Kouropatkln would remain comparatively inactive if his army materially outnumbers that of the Japanese. , As to the Baltic fleet it is making slow progress toward its point of concen t ration in the eastern seas, but within the next sixty days it may be sufficiently near the scene of action to demand the attention of the whole of the Japanese fleet Should Tort Arthur bold out that length of time a turn might come in the course of the war that would be very serious for Japan, but every reasonable probability is that Tort Arthur will fall long before the Baltic fleet con reach eastern waters. IXEXCVSABLB ISDIFFEREXIE. The taxpaying citizens of Omaha are exhibiting inexcusable indifference toward the matter of securing needed charter amendments from the coming legislature. The delegation from this city and county have been elected to rep resent their interests and we will all be taxed to pay our share of the expense of the legislative session, but the ex penditure of this money will be wasted or profitable according as we eecui-e leg islation that will stop treasury leaks and give us more efficient local government There are a dozen places in the city ball and court house where neat sums can be saved by appropriate legislation. We are now haying separate assess ments of our property made by distinct boards of assessors for Omaha, South Omaha and the county, when one assess ing officer with bis deputies can readily do the entire work. We are maintain ing in the same way three official treas urers to collect the taxes and cash the warrants, when one could easily super vise the entire business. We are main taining duplicate sets of auditors for Omaha and for the county, two corps Of engineers and draughtsmen, duplicate superintendents for the city and county buildings, duplicate jails for city and county and a host of minor duplications that cost money all the time. Our machinery for constructing pub lic works, especially the paving and re paving of our streets, has failed sig nally, these improvements having been almost completely blocked for a year at a time by conflicting interests of war ring contractors. The cost to our busi ness men and to the city at large of these worn-out pavements ' would be startling If it could be measured In dol lars and cents. As a cold business proposition, with out reference to anything else, the pro posed charter amendments ought to arouse the interest of our property-owning people. If they continue to let things drift alongonly to complain later because nothing has been done, they will not be able themselves to escape pnrt of the blame. Another odious trust is about to be launched 'in Omaha by a combination of hotel clerks against deadbeats and hotel bill jumpers. The proposition Is to In vent a code by which the clerks of all the hotels that are parties to the com bine are to be notified at once when ever one of them turns down a seedy or suspicious looking Individual unwill ing to put up cash in advance or unable to deposit baggage to cover his account. When these arrrangements are in per fect working order and the poor and unfortunate is unable to hypnotize the first hotel clerk selected for his victim, be will find himself blacklisted at every other hostelry within walking distance. The hotel clerk has been proverbially an autocrat of frigid temperature, but this scheme is likely to make him more than ever a cold proposition, registering below zero even in the hottest days. . About twenty state societies and as sociations, devoted to the propagation of various agricultural Interests and in dustries, chiefly in connection with Jive stock breeding, dairying, grain cultiva tion, horticulture, etc., are to meet in Lincoln during the1 week immediately before or after the first of January. Of course, Omaha would not want to de prive Lincoln of anything that belongs to it but could not these organizations be made to see an advantage in hold ing their meetings occasionally in this city instead of at the state capital? Lincoln might properly entertain them lit legislative years, with the off-year convention located in Omaha. Lincoln has gotten all these meetings by care fully cultivating the different associa tions and Omaha has lost them solely through indifference. The resolution of the police board with reference to further legislation to provide means of replenishing the fire men's relief fund is good so far as it goes, but it does not go far enough. The police relief fund and the firemen's relief fund should both be on the same level and both should be accumulations of money legitimately secured. The benefit balls and entertainments, with the promiscuous solicitation for the sale of tickets, should be stopped once and for all time, as approaching altogether too close to petty extortion. Omaha's strenuous truant officer re ports that in performing the duties de volving upon him during the past month be has walked 238 miles. If be worked every day in the month except Sun days this would mean (list be bad cov ered more than nine miles every day In healthful pursuit of the elusive truant The only thing the report lacks to make It absolutely satisfying is an exact pe dometer record of the number of miles traversed by the truants In getting away from him. i , ? That disastrous fire In New York City, resulting from the explosion of an auto mobile gasoline tank, again suggests the necessity of strict regulation and thor ough Inspection of the storage, sale and nse of explosives, gunpowders and highly Inflammable oils. An ounce of prevention is worth a whole ton of cure. "Swre, Mike!" Cleveland Leader. Mrs. Chadwlck of Cleveland is reported to be beautiful. But pehaw! Her beauty couldn't have had anything to do with the eagerness of all those rood old gray-neded bankers to count out the money to her. Wot Worth the Price. Chicago Tribune. One can scarcely blame the Hon. Tom Tibbies for deciding, after having read the newspaper clippings about himself which were furnished by the clippings bureau, thst they were not worth 6 cents apiece. lllah Ideals Always Iw Stock. Chicago Record-Herald. Secretary Tart assures the Republic of Panama that It has a great future if It follows high Ideals. In case Panama has any trouble In discovering the high Ideals Uncle 8am will be glad to furnish a Job lot on short notice. Possible Fatare Allies. Kansas City Star. The old report that Rursla Is contem plating an alliance with Japan on the prin ciple of the adage, "If you can't beat "em, Jlne 'em," la probably founded on a state. ment made by a Russian diplomat last week. "When we have won," he said. "w shall astonish the world by our generosity. We shall propose terms that will turn Japan from our enemy into our ally, and make us conjointly masters of the Paclfls. England will again be Isolated and we shall head a triple alliance of the far east." What weight le to be attached to this pre diction Is not known. But it Is an Inter eating theory and the plan suggested Is by no means Impossible. Japan, for Instance, has practically made an ally of China with which it was at war ten years ago. FeellB- Toward Rich Me. Indianapolis News. We suppose that If the truth were known few rich men are really and deeply happy. Mr. Rockefeller admits that they may be most miserable, and surely he ohould know. No man that knows anything about human nature will deny that a rich man may be a good man though the task Is not an easy one. The quarrel today with men of wealth Is not ths result of hatred or Jealousy of wealth, but of the conviction that many of our rich men are not good men, not honest and patrlotio citizens. That Is the trouble. When men with millions of dollars use them to corrupt public officers, to buy councils and legislatures, to purchase seats In the senate, and generally to win advantages at the expense of the public by debauching the servants of the public, the people are naturally disgusted and alarmed. This Is a point that cannot be made too strongly. But It Is one to which Mr. Rockefeller gives little attention in his interesting Sunday talks. The question primarily Is not one of the possession, but one of the use of wealth. So it Is not wealth, but predatory wealth of which the people are Jealous. IRRIGATION FOR THE EAST. Profits of Artificial Moisture Appre ciated by Track Gardeners. New York Sun. The Irrigation of our arid regions has commanded much attention, but the sys tem may profitably be extended far "... them, though the understanding of its value Is comparatively new to this part of the union. . A. few truck and other farmers In New Torlc and neighboring states have tried It for 'years, and they have found that Irrigation In the east Is profitable. A gradually widening circle of agriculturists has been brought over to this view. It is a little strange perhaps that our farmers generally did not take more rapidly to the idea, for they are only Just beginning to repeat the experience of farmers in France, Switzerland and Italy, where some of the Irrigated dis tricts have a larger annual rainfall than the Mississippi valley. During the past year the Department of Agriculture has been making Investiga tions in our humid regions, particularly in the eastern part of the country. Its re port. Just published, deals almost exclu sively with the irrigation of market garden crops. It was found that many of the market gardeners of Long Island, New Jer- y and Massachusetts are beginning to discover that it Is very profitable to irri gate their crops. In, nearly every season there are periods of little rain during which the growth of vegetation Is seriously checked. The proper application of water at these times prevents the diminution of the crops that would otherwise occur. At other seasons when the rainfall is considerably below the normal Irrigation Is an insurance against serious damage. These facts have now become so well established that the method Is steadily ex tending among our market gardeners. Mr. Bach of Flushing, In Long Island, who has thirty acres of garden truck under irrigation, estimates that the value of his crops was Increased $5,000 last year by artificial watering. Mr. Rawson of Arling ton, Mass., says that the value of his market garden crops Is often Increased 0 per cent by Irrigation and nearly always as much as 25 per cent. The testimony Is general that the size and quality of strawberries, onions, cauliflower and other small fruits and vegetables are much im proved by Irrigation. With the higher price for crops and more Intensive cultivation that are coming with Increased density of population there Is no doubt that irrigation will take Its place as an Important agency In the agriculture and horticulture of the eastern half of the United States. ' PERSONAL NOTES. The farmers of the United States have raised enough corn this year to pay off the national debt, but it is not generally apprehended that they will undertake to do it. - President Dillon of the North Missouri Press association accepted the presidency of that organization with the understanding that he would get married before his term ends. The United States life saving service rescued 8.300 persons last year, considerably more than were killed by its life-destroying service, so the balance is still on the right aide. Dr. Stephen Call of Ingalts, Okl., is about 80 years old, but he spend his winters In the woods coon hunting. His friends de clare he is the oldest and greatest coon hunter alive. Henry H. Rogers, the Standard Oil man, who once worked for $118 a day, la a little fallow, not much larger than Jay Oould, has a cowlick on each side of the part In the middle of his hair, wears an Iron gray mustache with cow-horn curls and takes off his hat whenever he enters a broker's office, Just as an ordinary servant should do. Charles E. Pope of Sandwich, Mass., the oldest bell ringer in the United States, Is desd at his home, where he waa born and lived all bis life. He was 84 years old and for over sixty-two of those, years he had been bell ringer at the First Parish church In Ssndwlch. In this way hs aided in giving public notice to many notable events, such as completion of the first Atlantic cable, the firing, upon Fort Sumter, the fall of Richmond, the surrender of Lee, etc. He also tolled the bell whsn Lincoln, Oarfleld and McKlnlsy were assassinated. C.OIP ABOIT THE WAH. Real Koaroaatkls). In "Japan, an Interpretation," the late Lapcadlo Ileum draws a charming picture of the old Japan and the spirit of Its peo ple which Induced him to make the Is land empire his home. He says: "The wonder and the beauty of what remains of the old Japan cannot be less ened by any knowledge of the conditions that produced them. The old kindliness and grace of manners need not cease to charm us because we know that such man ners were cultivated for 1.000 years, under the edge of the sword. The common polite ness which appeared, but a few years sgo. to be almost universal, and the rarity of quarrels, should not prove less agreeable because we have learned that, for genera tlnns and generations, all quarrels among the people were punished with extraordi nary rigor; and that the custom of the vendetta, whkh rendered necessary such repression, also made everybody cautious of word and deed. The popular smile should not seem less winning because we have been told of a period In the past of the subject classes, when not to smile In the teeth of pain might cost life Itself. And the Japanese woman, as cultivated by the old home training. Is not less sweet a being because she represents the moral Ideal of a vanishing world, and because we can faintly surmise the cost Incalcul able cost In pain of producing her. "However Intolerable may seem to the mind of the artist or poet those countless restrictions which once ruled all this fairy world, and shaped the soul of it. he can not but admire and love their best results, the simplicity of old custom the dainti ness of habits the delicate tact displayed In pleasure-giving the strange power of presenting outwardly, under any circum stances, only the best and brightest aspects ot character. "What emotional poetry for even the least believing In the ancient home religion in the lamplet nightly kindled before the name ot the dead, the tiny offerings of food and drink, the welcome-fires lighted to guide the visiting ghosts, the little ships prepared to guide them back to their resU "And, the Immemorial doctrine of filial piety exacting all that is noble, not less than all that Is terrible, ln'duty. In grati tude. In self-denial what strange appeal does it make to our lingering religious In stincts, and how close to the divine appear to us the finer natures forged by It! "We know there is Illusion not as to the n-ality of the visible, but as to Its mean ingsvery much illusion. Yet why should we feel obliged to confess the ethical gla mour of a civilization as far away from us in thought as the Egypt of RamesesT Am we really charmed by the results of a so cial discipline that refused to recognize the Individual enamored of a cult that exacted the suppression of personality? No, the charm is made by the fact that this vision of the past represents to in much more than past or present that it foreshadows the possibilities of some highei future, in a world of perfect sympathy. After many a thousand years there may be developed a humanity able to achieve, with never a shadow of illusion, those ethical conditions prefigured by the ideals of Old Japan, instinctive unselfishness, a common desire to find the Joy of life In making happiness for others, a universal sense of moral beauty. And whenever men shall have so far gained upon the present as tc need no other code than the teaching of their own hearts, then Indeed the ancient -1 of Shinto will find Its supreme realiza- lon." "At 60," says a writer In the World's Work, "General Kouropatkln has the same restless energy that he had In his youth when he stormed through the ( horrors of Plevna with Skobeleff, and he is one of the most famous military men now living. Like Skobeleff, he Is a great leader of men, and he knows the value of the theatrical pomp and braggadpcio that appeal to the Tartar hearts of, his Russian soldiers. But, In spite of his boasting addresses, his ostentatious slapping on the back of his "brother" Ivan, the private; In spite of his carload of Icons, amulets and crosses, with the exhortations and benedictions of his priest, he Is a cold blooded calculator, patient and untiring in his study of detail, modest and Just. He If the Idol of his army. Endless toil has been the keynote of his life. "His lust for hard work showed Itself early. At 18 he scorned the fashionable Imperial guards and chose a commission in the Turkestan rifles, because he wanted work. After brilliant service ending at Samarcand he returned to St. Petersburg at 20 to complete his studies in the academy of the general staff. He was a hereditary noble of Pskdrf, but he worked desperately hard and in 1874 took the highest honors. On leave to study abroad after the Franco Prussian war he helped to reorganize the French cavalry. General de Galllfet, the first cavalryman of France, declared in his report that the most brilliant results of the work had been gained through the advice of young Kouropatkln. His remarkable strategic ability n the maneuvers near Mets made him the first Russian to become an officer of the Legion of Honor for mili tary service. He has been severely wounded several times. In the Russo-Turklsh war he was the battle brother of Skobeleff. At Plevna, byl SkobelefT's side, he saw 8.000 of his chief's 18,000 men fall. The only officer not dead or wounded, he led 300 men in a charge agaluit a battalion of Turks. Only a hundred returned, but the Turks had been driven back into the famous "Redoubt No. IS." He. ha won every decoration for valor that the czar has In his gift Skobeleff said of him that he was the coolest and hardest nerved man he had ever seen under fire." ' Until 1887 there was no public telephone service in Japan. The first dty systems were ' Installed In Toklo and Yokohama In 1890, and these were followed shortly by others, until at the end of 1901 there were ITS public stations, with twenty-five city systems and 25,000 subrrrlbers. At the same time 25,000 other persona were demanding telephone service. The telephone and telegraph apparatus In Japan Is of the most modern type, as progress elsewhere la followed closely. Tlie rapid development of these two arts Is characterised by the following statistics, showing the number ot telegrams sent for different years. ' In 1871 19.000; in 1881, ,&86.. 000; In 189L 4,(14,000, and in 1901, 16,221,000. General Linevltch, now in command of the first army In Manchuria, Is one of the very few Russian- officers 'who have risen from the ranks to Important command. He was born In 1838 and on leaving school en tered the frmy as a private. At the be ginning of this year he acted as commander In chief until the arrival of Kouropatkln. His admirers claim that had he not been superseded the Jap never would have won so many victories. Polaaaers aad Their MlarrattOB. Philadelphla Record. A college professor out In Nebraska In deploring the great increase of the foreign, born population of the United States de scribes the Poles among others as belong. Ing to the class of "undesirable" Immi grants. Persons who are, perhaps, much better acquainted with the Pole a their employers entertain quite a different opin ion concerning them. What I to be said tf them In general terms Is that these Im migrants possess the good and bad quali ties of a brave nation whose misfortunes have at various epochs excited the sym. patales fas world. state rnr.M comment. Tekamah Journul; it Is reported that the Omaha Indinn- are soon to receive a payment ,of $lo. Times will be lively around the reserv.itlnn if Father Bcbell will stay away while this money Is being spent. Norfolk News: The Omaha World Herald Is now attempting to drift the sentiment against the dynamite outragers Into polltk-s. but the fI1e of the metrop olis are onto the World-Herald's tricks and will not be drifted unless they are assured that such a cour-e is right from some other source. Kearney Democrat: The city of Omaha deserves to praise the action of Governor Mickey In his appointment of Dr. George L. Miller as a member of the Omaha Board of Fire and Police commls-ion. suc ceeding Judge McHugh who resigned. No more deserving compliment could have been bestowed by Governor Mickey upon a more competent and worthy man. Springfield Monitor: Senator Dietrich, Nebraska's member of the upper house who Is about to step down and out has an idea. It Is nothing more nor eim thnn to have the army of prisoners In the United State who are now doing time for various offences do service in the con struction of the Panama canal. There is merit no doubt In- the suggestion and be sides helping this big undertaking It would give the prisoners employment and they would have a chance to lay up a little nest egg for use when free again. Emerson Enterprise: The Omaha Bee thinks the way to stop bootlegging among the Indians Is to establish a non-license zone around the Indian reservation. This might help- if the sone Included the Mis souri river, Sioux City and Omaha. An other good way would be to punish the Indians for getting drunk. They are citi zens and might be treated as such. And, again, if the federal court will Impose sen tences which Includes a large fine and a year In the penitentiary, as was done lat week, bootleggers will soon seek some other avocation. Wayne Herald: The grafters living In and about the Winnebago agency may be able to make those in authority believe that Father Schell Is a crank and that his charges of corruption are baseless, but to people living in proximity to the reser vations and who know something of the methods there prevalent his charges are not doubted. There is and has been for years about as graceless a lot of scamps operating among these Indians a can be found anywhere on the face of the earth as can be proven by dozens of men who have attempted to do business with the aborigines on a business basis, and who found the wheel blocked at every turn. This gang of fellows look upon the Indian as their legitimate prey and when others attempt to do business with them without paying tribute to the white buzzards they have found these fellows In between them and the parties they were attempting to do business with. WHY FREIGHT RATES INCREASE. Straggle to Earn Dividends on In flated Capitalisation. Chicago Tribuna The common explanation 'of higher rail road rates given by the officials of the rail roads ia that material and wages are in creasing and that It cost more to furnish the service. It is said, In addition, that freight rates are a most difficult thing to determine; that "there Is no fixed rule or exact science that can be applied to them." and that only the most experienced traffic managers are able to say whether a certain rate will be remunerative to the company or not. Indeed, it is the common practice of traffic manager when questioned before the Interstate Commerce commission to state that there Is practically no Intelligent basis for making rates. But all railroad officials will admit that rates must have some relatlon'to the capi tal stock and funded debt of the road. The dividends on the stock and the interest on the bond enter into every computation of what the rates should be in fairness to the railroad. If, then, freight rates are bound to be in fluenced by the capitalization of the roads every Increase In that capitalization which doe not represent actual money added to the road in the way of equipment will eventually be, reflected In rates whose Jus tice may well be questioned by the pub lic. In 1900 the Chicago & Alton Railroad company was leased by the Chicago & Al ton Railway company. Note the difference between the words "railroad" and "rail way," and bear In mind that they are two separate, corporations. The railway com pany leases the railroad company. The Chicago & Alton Railroad company on December SL 1898, stood a follows: Main track operated, miles 843.54 Total amount of stock $22.230.tJi Total amount of bonds S.iftl.HM Sundry liabilities 8.8&o.8u0 Total liabilities $34,732,250 The Chicago & Alton Railway company on June 30, 1900, stood as follows: Main track operated, miles 8G5.18 Preferred stock paid In $19,544,000 Common stock paid In 19 542,kn0 Funded debt 22.WO.Ou0 Sundry liabilities 4.088.897 Total liabilities $tie.i;5.697 During 1899 the bond of the Chicago It Alton Railroad company were Increased to $40,000,000. Interest on these bonds waa guar anteed by the railway company. Adding this $40,000,000 guaranteed bond issue to the liabilities of the railway company a grand total of $106.000.0tX Is secured. The esse then stands: Capitalization In 1898 , $84.72,000 Capitalization in 1900 105,000.000 Other Instance of Increased capitaliza tion might be given, but they are unneces sary. The case of the Alton I sufficient to prove why freight rates are tending up ward instead of downward. In 1900 that railroad was practically the same in mile age and equipment as in 1898. But It was capitalized for three times as much. The rale which might have earned a fair In come on stock and bond in the former year would not have been so remunerative In the latter year. A curious coincidence In this case I that the year in which the capitalization of the Alton was so heavily . The (SotmI Fff is awarded to M TCTT lulLf. Few over all other infants' foods THE HIGHEST AWARD of the " World's Fair Saint Louis VJhis is even higfier than the Gold Medal; Fifty Ycsrs (ho S(2nf:rd 1 U-ds from pure cream cf f arfar derived frem grapes. Increased was the same year In which freight rates began to advance. Railway managers and owner will al ways contend that they must be allowed a fair rate of interest on their Investment. The stocks and bonds will be pointed to as the Investment. Fictitious Increase ot stocks and bonds will result in unfair In crease In rates. For this reason the Inter state Commerce commission should be given greater powers to restrain this In evitable tendency toward unfair ratea PARCELS POST SERVICE. Saaaested Knlarsremeat of Rural Free Delivery." New Tork World. Reasonable rates' for pVi-tal parcel serv ice would lessen the deficit in the cost of rural free delivery. There are now 28.071 rural free delivery routes. The average cost Is about $900 and the total cost about $25,000,000. The rural free delivery I of great worth to the localities which It serves. It gives to the farmer as good postal facilities as the residents of cities. It saves his time in going several miles for his mall; It adds to the Value of hi property, tends to better roads and make country life less lonely. Managed on business principle It net cost could be greatly reduced. The farm er's mall consists less ot first class matter than of newspapers, magazines, book and the many small articles which can be sent by mall. A low parcel rate, as advocated by Assistant Postmaster General Brlstow, would give the farmer the advantages the city resident has at hand in his news stand and book store. It would also enable the easy purchase of the many small arti cles which the farmer's wife and family desire. Even the express companies, which have successfully opposed the establishment of a government postal express, should not object to the enlargement of the rural delivery service by a low rate on small parcels not over five pounds in weight. What a commentary It is upon our gov ernmental conditions that In discussing any propoKed public Improvement there must be considered not so much Its value, Its advisability or Its necessity, but the atti tude of some politically powerful corpora tions that may be indirectly affected! TRIFLES LIGHT AS AIR. Friend So you think the Japs are par ticularly versatile? Tourist Yes, they 'are the only--nation In the- world whose men can use an em broidery needle and a gun with equal facility. Detroit Free Press. Feeder I believe thoroughly In the , antl tipping movement. Plunger So do I. I went broke on the last tip a fellow gave me, Cleveland Leader. Little Elmer Paia, what is hypochon driac? Prof. Broadheud A hypochrondiae, my son, Is a person who has no disease, but many complaints Puck. "Christmas comes but once a year," said the chctry citizen. "No use of its coming twice a year," said the moroxe person. "Must give a man a chance to nave a little money before he can spend It." Washington 6tar. Man with the Retreating Chin They Bay Archie made a miHfit marriage. Man with the Bulging Forehead Yss, I reckon you might call It that. Half a dozen mlKses tit for him before one of 'em got hlma-Chlcago Tribune. "Yes," said the gay roisterer, "I'm hav ing my fling. My motto is, 'Let things rip.' " "Go ahead," said the wise man, "and pretty soon the only motto above you will be R. 1. P.' " Philadelphia Ledger. Before a girl Is married, ahe would rather he would bring her a .box of chocolates when he comes to call. After she is mar ried, she would rather he would bring home a bunch of violets occasionally." Somervllle Journal. THE RILING PASSION. . Town Topics. Among the dusty Kmn that line the study walls I found sweet Marjory ono winter' day Scanning with deep Intent a volume, rag ged, worn. That aeemed within her mind to have full sway. For now she aralled, anon with gloomy frown Chased smile away, ' "No doubt." I thought, " 'Us some en trancing tale I Of chivalry and days when knight were. bold, When storied lore was piped; by. minstrel sung, And love, like all men's hearts. Was gold When love and life were In their pristine youth And ne'er were sold," Obsessed to know what dreams of poet's art Could thus beguile and charm my gentle sage , I crossed the room; then, bending softly o'er, I kissed her brow and scanned the open page. And read: "The skirt and hats thl year are very lame, and Red Is all the rage." TTTTTM i