I THE OMADA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY. DECEMBER 8. 1904. Tire Omaha Daily Bee K. ROSEWATER. KDITOH. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. lHllr pe (without Sunday, one year. lially Bee and Sunday, one year Illustrated Be, onf year Sunday Be, one year Saturday Be, on year Twestteth C'enturv Farmer, one year.. DELIVERED BY CARRIER, lially Bee (without Sunday!, per copy. 1tllU U a lailknul UnniiriVl leT Week $4 ' 2 3.W 1 .' 12c Kallr Bee (Including Sunday), per week.. 17c. Sunday pee, per ropy J0 Evening Be (without Sundayl, per ween ?c Evening Bee Oncludlng oundny). per Week i.c CornplAinYs'of ''irregularities In delivery hould be sddresaed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES Omaha The Bee Building South Omaha-City Hall building. Twenty fifth and M streets. Council Bluffs in Pearl afreet. Chicago 1S4 Unity building. New fork S Park How building. Washlngtotv-otU Fourteenth street. 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It.... 2C.... 21.... 22.... a.... 24 ... &.... 24.... ...sm.n.'M ...a.3to ...29.840 ...2W.800 ,.;ao,To ...80.KBO ...2.WK ...ao,4so ...Sff.ZKU . . .20, TOO ...a,ao ...ao.aoo 12... ..S1.4MO j j 3.ono a w.too 29 SM.3tt4 ao iw.aoo It itO.lMMt IS ....9.20 Total Less unsold copies.. ..KBO.O.tO .. 10,51 Net total sales 4rt.l Dally verag 31.01T GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and aworn to before ml thla th day of November. 1904. (.seal) M. B. HUNGATE. Notary Public. Russell Sage tun undoubtedly prove au alibi ahould Ills nnnie itpisr on anjr of those Ohio notes. For aome unaccountable lea no u Ui Chicago Great Western railroad liaa not yet been sold again this week. Walt till those postal curds fret In ac tion on oowrress and then keep your eye on that poHtal savings bank bill. Hully now predicts &-ieHt oottou. The New York speculator has apparently lovt all confidence In the bulling ability of the boll weevil. t Mrs. Cbadwlck la causing almost as much anxiety in 'circles of frenzied nuance as Tom Lawsou, although she has not said half as much. This exceptional winter weather lias at least permitted. )c ttfreet railway lines to anticipate, the 0rgt cold wave by. f farting fires lu the cars first. World-Herald '"It la useless to dis cuss the relations of the liquor dealers and the governor" a half column of discussion "Therefore we won't dis cuss it." Evidently the librarian of congress does not have as high an opinion of all copyrighted articles as the authors wh, go to the" trouble' of protecting their rights In them. According to Mayor Moores, women hare the Inalienable light to go to the theater bare-headed or bare-footed, so long as they pay for their seats and do not flirt between acts. i Senator Gamble thinks successful con testants for Rosebud lands should not be required to' begin residence in Feb ruary, but the senator must admit that no one compelled them to enter the land. It bat reached a point In the Colorado election cases that the rumor that the supreme court Is to open a new ballot box Immediately Increases the receipts of the passenger department of the rail roads. If the stock brokers show the an tagonism to the president Indicated by the slump In the market yesterday Wall treet may be given a demonstration Just bow little Influence it really has In the country. When the seed corn special gets under full headway Nebraska farmers will lie able to learn Just what they do not know about their principal crop. But perhaps they might teach their teachers something, too. It U but natural that Secretary Mor ton should want younger men as cap tains In the navy, for this l becoming the age of the young tuau, and Mr. Mor ton is not to be blamed for sutudlug up for bis fellows. Whenever there Is a stringency In the city cssh the. council orders all the men employed -on street Improvements and street cleaning to lay off. But super numerary pie biters Inside of the city ball are never molested. Not even the most notorious railroad organs have the temerity to endorse the refusal of the Nebraska railroads to pay their taxes and their appeal to the fed eral courts for immunity by injunction. It must le rank. Indeed. Tliu demand of Canadians for a duty 011 rough lumber from the United KUtes In proof that there Is two aides to the tariff question an outside and au In side, and In Ibis case the United Slate happens to be outside. I , 11 1 - When the Board of Hevlew gets through ita sessions ls members will be thoroughly convlaced 'that a lot of o pla here in Omaha are traveling around oft . reputations of wealth which Uiey ii&ve bo light to whatever ALIEX rnXTRACT LABOR The fact that during the last IWcal year over I,.") contract laborers were excluded from the United Hfates Is con clualve proof that there are still in this j-otintry ierwtis representing Industrial enrjx""'!! win are ready to violate the law which prohibits the Importation of laborer under contract. In referring tu this the coinnilaloner general of Im migration remarks that the number of contract lalMirera refused admission in the last fiscal year was greater than ever before in any one year and be sug gests that further leglHlatlon la neces sary to put an end to the evil. He urges that to put an end to the Importation of contract labor the law ahould provide an adequate punishment for employers who offend against It and undoubtedly there will lie very general acqulescem-e In this rccoinmemWIon. The enactment of the alien contract Inlnir law ninny years ago was brought it bout by conditions which made an Im perative demand for a restriction of this nature. Trior to the pnssnge of the law manufacturers and mine operators, more particularly the latter. Imported con tract laborers by the thousands, neces sarily to the great detriment of Amer ican labor. Moreover, many of those thus brought Into the country were sub jected to a condition of practical bond age. The situation lecanie so serious that a remedy was Imperatively de manded anil i-ongress passed the law to exclude contract laborers. The law has never been as well enforced as it should linve been, bur It has served a good pur pose, and If now It Is found to be In sufficient there should le supplementary leglalatlon. Importation of laborers un der contract' Is something which the American people will under no circum stances tolerate. Free labor Is wel come, but we want none Hint comes here under bondage. OVHKAV OF CURPORATIOXS. President Roosevelt has defined the purpose and functions of the bureau of corporations In a way that no one can misunderstand. The common Impres sion that the bureau was to conduct Its Investigations In a secretly inquisitorial manner is not correct. It Is rather the policy of the bureau, as stated by the presldeut, to accomplish the purposes of its creation by co-operation, not an tagonism; "by making constructive legis lation, not destructive prosecution, the Immediate object of Its Inquiries; by con servative investigation of law and fact. and by refusal to Issue Incomplete and hence necessarily inaccurate reports." This policy of open inquiry and not at tack upon business the president says has enabled the bureau to gain not only the confidence but also the co-operation of men engaged In legitimate business. This statement of -the general policy of the bureau of corporations is undoubt edly In nccord with the intention of con gress; in creating it, but it ls to be pre sumed that whenever u 'corporation de clines to co-operate, with the. bureau tuJ an inquiry the latter will not hesitate to employ secret means In order to obtain the information it desires. While un doubtedly the policy, defined by the president will be followed In all cases where corporations are found willing to accede to the requirements of the bureau,. such as are not -will not lie permit ted to escape Investigation by whatever method shall be found expedient and practicable and such corporations will bp very likely to have made public what ever of their affairs the- bureau may be able to ascertain. There will be a care ful safeguarding of the business of cor porations which take the bureau Into their confidence, but those which do not are likely to have their affairs exposed to the public view. The bureau of corporations has been actively at work since Its organization, much of the labor being of a prepara tory character, and it Is now In a posi tion to carry out the purpose for which it was created. That It will do this ef fectively there Is no reason to doubt. OUft yURTHU'KSTF.lW TERRITORY. The great territory of Alasku has made marked progress in the last few years and there Is every reason to ex pect that it will continue to make rapid advance If the proper encouragement la given It by congress. It Is well known that this part of the national domain lias very great resources, how great has not yet been fully ascertained, but such development as has been made there has paid many times over the price given by the United States to Russia. The annual contribution ' of Alaska to the wealth of the nation amounts to many millions and It is certain to increase from year to year. It is a region which is commanding general Interest and President Roosevelt has very properly given to It extended reference in his annual message, with recommendations that ought to receive the attention and favorable action of congress. He points out that It has lu tome respects outgrown Its present laws, while In others those laws have been found to lie Inadequate. He there fore urges additional legislation that will meet the growing requirements of the people of that portion of our domain aud Improve conditions there. Among other things he urges that Alaska ahould have a delegate In congress and this Is manifestly desirable In order that con gress may at all times be able to obtain accurate Information as to the condi tions and needs of the territory. The considerable American element there, which will be steitdily Increased, ought. to have a representative at Washington who is fully acquainted with Its wuuts und also what Is necessary to th further development of that valuable possession. The president ixjinls out what the more pressing of lliese needs are and It would sem that there should be no de lay on the jiart of congress In providing for them. There is time to do this at the present session and the Interest which the president, has manifested In the matter and which Is aha nil by nil the people uu the Pacific coast who are concerned in Alaskan development should lndm congress to provide at once the legislation which In suggested. The government cannot afford to neg lect a isrt of the country which has lieen so profitable ami which gives promise of such great lieneflts In the future as our vast northwestern territory. pKusiaoc s fix a ya tttisu. There is danger that a large portion of the money realised from the collec tion of delinquent taxes under the scav enger law will be thrown Into the city dump, commonly known as the general fund, when by rights It should be used for the repayment of moules diverted from the proceeds of the refunding bonds Issued last year. It was a palpa ble violation of the letter and spirit of the law to draw any part of the pro ceeds of these Iwiiils out of the treasury for any other purpose than refunding of bonds previously issued, but the diver gence of the proceeds from the sale of refunding bonds was excused under the plea of extraordinary emergency and financial neitsslty. It was not only expected but prom ised that amends would Is made for this questionable method of financiering at the earliest possible moment through the collection of delinquent taxes. Now that the'eudless chain by which floating debts are created one year and con verted into permanent bonded debt an other year Is again to be set in motion, the only excuse given Is that the ex penses of municipal government exceed the amounts authorized to be expended under the charter. In other words, that the needs of Omaha have of late be come much greater than the allowance contemplated and fixed by the charter. Apparently our municipal authorities seem to be oblivions of the fact that Omaha Is a corporation of which the mayor and council are president and board of directors, while the taxpayers are -the stockholders. Suppose the stockholders of any corporation should under the limitations of their articles of Incorporation, or for any other reason expressly limit amount of funds to be expended by the board of directors, would the directors be empowered or Justified In Incurring liabilities over and above that amount, and If they did In cur these liabilities In violation of the articles of Incorporation, would they not be held personally and Jointly responsi ble for exceeding their authority? Why should not the same rule apply to, the mayor and council? Why should they Ignore and override the charter limita tions under any pretext? Why should the municipal authorities pursue a policy that piles up the bonded debt from year to year and correspondingly increases the tax burdens? Every time a proposition has been up to Issue city bonds to take care of an accumulated floating debt we have been told that the loan was made necessary because of uncollected taxes and that the delinquent tax list stood as assets against It. We are now realising on these assets through, the scavenger law collections, but no measures have been taken to apply the proceeds to sinking the loan. If this money is now spent for other purposes we will still have the debt to meet and when It becomes due the only alternatives will be to levy a new tax or Issue renewal bonds. For such deficit financiering to reach the end of the rope Is only a matter of time. One of the speakers at the Ministerial association of Lincoln the other day Is reportetl to have said: "The state of SfKiety In Lincoln today Is deplorable. The university society., which really sets the social pace for Lincoln, la one con tinual round of banqueting and gaiety, money flowing like Mater and holding mutual admiration societies." Surely this Is flju awful state of affairs. Better organize a Civic Federation. Nebraska's members of the electoral college will meet January' 8 to record the vote of this state for Roosevelt and Fairbanks. How many of them would like to carry the message to Washing ton has not been announced. It is safe to say. however, that none of them would dodge If he saw the honor coming his way. Attorney General Prout has called a conference of the county attorneys to meet at Llnvoln next Wednesday. It would 1m interesting to know how many travel on railway passes to a con ference which will consider the best way to oppose the railway fight against the new revenue law. It is said Alexleff recommends that the. Russian Black sea fleet t sent through the Dardanelles to the far east, but as It was this admiral who wanted war with Japan, his advice will proba bly be discounted by those now lu power. Helplug Along; a Theory. Philadelphia Record. Casale Chadwlck and some unnamed mu tual friend are now reported to be engaged in an effort to rescue Andrew Carnegie from danger of the disgrace of dying rich. Signs that Mag Be Kelt. . Washington Post. A. democratic newspaper ought to be In close enough touch with Its party to know that it la going to be a long, hard winter, without relying upon the government's weather reports. I nrle Joe on Deck. New York Bun. The Hon. Joseph O. Cannon has hla wits about him. No fumes of the November victory linger In hla convolutions. Hera i a homely and pithy speech of the Dan ville philosopher: . "There Is a gap of about t3A,uuu,0iu be tween tue Aeat and the 'pants.' " Appropriation hunters please obaerve a- preserve. A Military ftceesalty. New York Tribune. Russia seta aside 15,000,000 to begin to double track Ita Siberian railroad. The prcsptcta are that before the work Is com pleted the r wll be over and the Rua ataas in effect out of Mam hurln for good, ao far aa military occupation la concerned. Tae road. Uowever, will always be useful to serve the Interests of peace, though It haa not been a success la serving those of war, and would not b enual to Itt needs even If another track were to be ltld down according to the program. Poverty Xahe a Plata-erst. Minneapolis Journal. "General" Coxev has filed a petition In bankruptcy with liabilities placed at $27,0110. and asaeta to burn-that Is. they are mostly straw and therefore highly combustible. The commonweal" -leader whose army of protest against plutocracy created a mild sensation a few years ago. tried to be a plutocrat himself on the strength of the advertising he received. A Happy Outlook. New York Sun. The American people were never ao open to reaannable argument as they are now. Never were they so magnanimous in spirit, so tolerant, ao free from the blaa of preju dice fatal to fair and generous judgment. It looks aa if we were entering on a period In which controversy for the sake of con troversy and because of mere pride of opinion woirtd give place to a search for reasonable grounds of agreement. President Harrison's Memoirs, Philadelphia Record. Among the private papers of the 1st President Harrison his literary executor Is aald to have found a complete history of bis presidential administration, with a frank but calm and . Judicious discussion of all Its political Incidents. Including the action of Mr. RUIne and his friends. It is said this will not be published at pres ent, and may not be published at all, though Oeneral Harrison s biographer will have the benefit of the Information It con taJns. The document ought to be pub lished while It is of great Interest. A cen tury hence It might interest a few his torical students, and that Is all. General Harrison and Mr. Blaine are dead, and the former'a view of his own administration ought to be published while people who knew them remain alive. A CONFLICT OF DRCISIOV Ratings of State and Federal ( onrta oa the Eight-Hoar Un, Philadelphia Lodger. The New York court of appeals In sev eral cases has decided that tlie law of that state prohibiting contractors who make con tracts with the atate, cities or counties from exacting more than eight hours work a day from their employes Is unconstitu tional. In the last case Involving the question, three of the Judges decided that the law could not be sustained-, for the reason that It violated the fourteentli amendment of the federal constitution, which provldea that no state whall "deprive any person of life, liberty or property without due process of law. Two of the Judges followed the decision In a previous caae. In which it waa held that the law requiring contractors for public work to pay employes the local prevailing wage rate Is unconstitutional. - The New York dccllons declare that en actments regulating wages and working hours on public work have no constitutional sanction. This Interpretation of the pow ers of legislatures is In conflict with thf decision of the federal supreme court In the Atkins case Involving the construc tion of the Kansas eight-hour statute. Its constitutionality was challenged on the ground that It violated the fourteenth amendment. Justice Harlan In sustaining the legislation said: "We can Imagine no possible ground to dispute the power, of the state to declare that no one undertaking work for it or for one of Its urtmlclpal agencies shall permit or requtrf $n employe on such work to labor In excess of eight hours o( the day, and toinfllcf" punishment upon the contractors who disregard such a reg: ulatlou. "It cannot be deemed a part of the lib erty of any contractor that he be allowed to do public ' work In any mode he may choose to adopt i without regard to the wishes of the state. On the contrary. It belongs to the' state, as the guardian find trustee for Its people, to prescribe the conditions on which it will permit public work to be done, "No one Is entitled of abnolute right and as a part of his liberty to perform labor for the state and no contractor for public work can excuse a violation of hi lawful agreement with the state by doing that which the. statute under which he proceeds distinctly forbids him to do." Chief Justice Fuller and Justices Brewer and Prrkham dlsljenteit. Unless there are features of the New York cases which dis tinguish them from the Kansas' case not at present discernible by the lay mind, thp New York decisions will not sur vive examination by the federal supreme court. ; REFRESHING GOOD SEA SE. Discovery of Rankers Who Conld ot Re Chadvrlrkeil. Indianapolis News. It seem that occasionally the Chadwlck woman found a banker who could neither be bribed nor "hypnotised" Into lending her money. The briber- reems to have been her favorite device iter appeal waa directly to the cupidity of the men whom ahe ap proached. In a dlnpatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer from Elyrla Is the story of three bankers with whom she found It Impoalble to do busnesn. Arthur B. Taylor, cashier of the Lorain County Banking company of Elyrla, waa "treated to a persuasive argu ment in Cleveland, where h met Mrs. Chadwlck by appointment." He thought that the Chadwlck securities were of doubtful value, arid so he said: "Mrs. Chadwlck. I am too young a man to take a chance with you," In the mutter of dis cretion and good aenee Mr. Taylor showed himself an octogenarian aa compared with. Beckwlth and Newton. Parka Foster, pxeHilent of the same bank, waa equally sane. Mrs. Chadwlck offered him. a premium of J1.000 for a loan of $3,500 for three daya. Hla answer was: "It Isn't buslnese." We ahould say so, and yet many men that were supposedly shrewd were caught by thla trick caught because, they wanted to be caught. They were after the premium and tere willing to take their chancee. Finally, 'we have the ease of George II. Ely, president of the National Bank of Elyrla. Mr. Chadwlck Inclosed a 150 bill in a letter asking for an appoint ment. Mr. Ely prpmplly returned the bill, saying that "he preferred not to do bul nes." These men all took the proper, and at the same time the perfectly obvloua course. The surprising thing Is. not that they should have acted as they did. but that the others ahoi.ld not have acted In the same way. The mere attempt to buy a loan, by offering a bonus, or promising to pay a foolishly high rate of Intereet. ought to be enough to put any honfst banker If he has ordinary good sense on hie guard. Yet this was sll there was to Mrs. Chadwlck's syetem. A high rate of Interest always means that the a.curlly is doubtful and that the rlak la great. Therefore, when Mra. Chadwlck offered to pay exorbitant Interest, and large premiums on loans, ahe hi effect confessed that there was grat risk In the venture. No other Inference then this waa posaible. The bankers who did buslneas with her were movrd by pre i Isely the same motive which prompt men to buy "green goods." They are entitled to no eympsthy. The business hich they did with thla woman waa neither roore'nor less than gambling. They took the gam bler's chance, and whether ibe ) or win they are or 1T OF WAmGTO MFK. Miner Scenes anal Inrlaeats Sketched the Snt. The congressional flower show lssted but a few hrlef minutes on Monday, scarcely long enough to fill senators and repre sentatives with the odors of countless blossoms. As a floral spectacle It was .i wonder. "The posy exhibit." says Walter Wellmsn In the Record-Herald, "was tin usually lavish on the republican side of the house, snd In the sinate chamber all previous floral display were eclipsed. In the popular branch, where for some reason Interest centers on such days ss this, prob ably because of the bigger crowd, almost every republics n member had some sort of a bouquet on his desk. On the demo cratic side there was s dearth of posies snd word wss passed round that the demo cratic members, having a sense of the fltness of things, had sent out the usual notice to their friends 'No flowers.' " 'A howling mob In a florist's shop.' was Breaker Cannon's description of the house ef representatives a few moments before the gavel fell at noon. "The floa-ers bent and nodded to the breete. They were so profuse as to be almost ridiculous. They were In everyone's way. Pages were rushing lo snd fro with arms full of bunches of roses and sweet peaa and chryeanthemnms. Out In the lobby were bushfls snd cords more for which room could not be found on the floor. The congressional flower show Is becoming sn annual nuisance. "It would not be so bsd If senators snd representatives, or their wealthy friends, bought theie arrays of nature's beauty. As a rule thsy do not. In nine cases out of ten the floral displays are the offerP.igs of men snd women In the departments here in Washington who want to show their rrntltude to the statesmen who se cured their Jobs for them yes, got their places for them, despite the civil service rules. Some spend their money In grati tude, others wish to cast floral anchors to windward, as It were, having promo tions and such In mind. Many can 111 af ford such luxuries. The custom Is a goo l thing for the florists, but It Is degenerat ing Into a good deal of a farce." A few days ago Congressman Tawney of Minnesota presented to the president on behalf of Jacob Hcherfleus of Winona, ! Minn., a rapier which had been In the possession of members of the Magnus family In Bavaria and the United States since the fifteenth century. The rapier was handed down to the eldest son of each generation until It came Into the possession of Captain Leonard Magnus, who was an officer In a New York volun teer regiment during the civil war. Cap tain Magnus had no male descendants and the sword was given to his son-in-law, Jacob Scherfleus. Mr. Srherfleus has no son. and wished to give the rapier to President Roosevelt, whom he greatly ad mires. Mr. Roosevelt asked Mr. Tawney to thank Mr. Soherfleus for the gift. It Is understood that a determined effort will he made to expel from the house of representatives Congressman lleflln of Ala bama. In a speech at Tuskegee, Ala., In the recent campaign Representative lleflln, referring to the ociApinn when Booker T. Washington was entertained at the White House, said: "There they sat. Roonevelt and Booker, and If some Csolgosx or one of his kind had thrown a bomb under the table no great harm would have been done the country." A circular looking to Hefllns expulsion Is being distributed among members of congress on the ground that such remarks are calculated to Incite attempts upon the life of the president of the United States. Mr. Heflin explained later that he Intended these remarks as .t Joke. In the same speech he said, re ferring . to ,tlie lynching of .. negroes .at Btatesvllle. Oa.. that it was "th rending off of a few more republicans singing Nearer, My Qod. to Thee.'" "This," pays the circular, "was a brutal allusion to the death of President McKlnley." Major General Oeorge L. Gillespie, as sistant to the chief of staff of the army, has been granted a patent on the design for the new medal or honor. This Is the flnal step to be taken by the officials of the War department to Insure the exclusive use of this particular design to veterans, who, by their valor on the field of battle, merited high distinction and were dec orated by their country with the medal of honor. Many of the congressional families find It hard to enter into the social life becausa of the lack of what Is considered a proper place to receive calls. A group or women from one western state have surmounted this obstacle very cleverly for the lust several winters by combining and engaging the parlors of a largo apartment hotel lit which several of them reside. The arrange ment proved a most pleasant and drtlrable one. v SKCOD CLASS MAIL REFORM. Effect of Hestrlctlna the f'lasa tu Legitimate Publications. Philadelphia Press. The salient feature of the annual report of Third Assistant Postmaster General Madden Is his discussion of second-class mall matter, or publications, and the ques tions growing out of It. General Madden was In this post when the reform orders of July, 1901, were Issued, and he haa been there ever alnce. Their practical ad ministration haa devolved on him. He la master of the subject, and haa shown fidelity, courage and tenacity In carrying on the reform. The vast Importance of rectifying the abuses Is presented In a single statement of the report. Second class matter con stitutes about To per cent In bulk of all the malls which pay postage and yet It furnishes only one-twenty-flfth of the pos tal revenue. That la, last year it paid only f5.t7.1&8 out of a total of l:i;.600.um. This extraordinary disparity is aggravated by the fact that more thaq half the matter w'rch geta the benefit of the cent-a-pound rate was never designed by congress to be included in the second clasa, and ought to pay S cents a pound. It has crept In through mistaken constructions and lax ailmlniift ration. The reform ordera were intended to eliminate the excrescences and limit the second clasa to the legitimate publications contemplated In the original classification. Their exclusion or recognition only in the third class where they belong Is a work of time, for they must be treated In de tail. General Madden, besides setting forth the evils with great lucidity, shows how much haa been accomplished In rectifying then), First, the whole line of books which had stolen In haa been cut off. Second, the newt agents, usurped privileges of making Uncle Sam carry unsold coplea of magatlnes at a loss of 4 cents a pound haa been stopped. Third, the great abuae In erfteaslve sample coplea haa been re duced. Fourth, the use of the pound into privilege by Institutions conducted purely for profit lias been halted. This Is a large advance, but the great est and most difficult abuse remains to be handled. This is the vast quantity of fake publications which, tempted by the low rate of poatage, are put forth purely for advertising purposes. The whole re form has been hampered and delayed by adverse decisions of the lower courts, tut the final Judgment of the supreme court has fully sustained the authority and the principle hlch He behind the good work, and if tieneral Madden shall be auppuitrd. aa he ought lo lie. it will ao forward to the great adautage of the country. TWO GREAT RKtKME PRODK KRS. I.lannr and Tohacrn Tarn Bl Money Into the Nallon'a Till. New York Sun. The commissioner of Internal revenue re ceived during the flwal year ending with last June $2t2,9n4.iiot This was HMKl.OCI more than his collect lonn n l!i2-. Distilled spirits and fermented llqifors. snd rlgsrs and smoking and chewing to baccos, contributed most heavily to the revenues. There was collected from the tax on distilled spirits. $1..vm,2C: on fer mented liquors. W..1U-'; on tobacco, 144. 865.10ft. Drinkers and smokers, and all users of tobacco, Who appear to ! Increasing In number, contribute more than nine-tenths of the total Internal revenue. Of the stAtes, Illinois paid the most In ternal revenus taxes. Then came In order New York, Indiana, Kentucky. Ohio. Penn sylvania. The ststes paying the smallest amounts were Arksnsas, Idaho. Maine, the Dakotas, Vermont snd Wyoming. Of the sixty-six collection districts, the Fifth district of Illinois reported the largest collections, the receipts from that district amounting to .14.0S9,J15. The district of Hawaii was the lowest In point of collec tions. Its receipts smountlng to only $I4,6.T'. That snuff Is still taken In vast quan tities Is shown by the circumstance thnt the revenue from snuff Increased by (1.156, 7K9 last year over 1!W2-0B. On the other hand, the receipts from taxes on cigars and cigarettes fell off by I15.7S1. ss com pared with the same year. The present state of the tobacco trade Is shown In this table for 1904: Clgar Irge. number 6.707. 471 Small, number i.S44J7 Cigarettes Small, number 3,22. Large, number ft.t.'l.KlO Tobacco, pounds i .US.kAii.71ii Snuff, pounds 2O.15T.6S0 New York has 5.SW tobacco factories, which used 3S.Wio.wio pounds of leaf, making 1.563,000,0110 cigars during the year. Penn sylvania, csmo second on the list, with 6.144 factories using 3'.4H0,u0 pounds of to bacco and producing 1.W4.W0.000 cigars and stogies. Third In the lint ws Illinois, with 2.61S factories urlng i.Jv.onO pounds of to bacco, and making 3:4.iO,iiO cigars. Flor ida, where tobacco working Is one of the principal industries, had 418 factories, using 4.85,OCrt pounds of the weed to make 235. 64.000 smokes. Alaska has five factories and Hawaii only one. In the calendar year of 19ii3 cigarettes to the number of 3, SHU, 487.216 were turned out In lfHf.' their record was 2,fl71.:)0.44T. That Is, the popular demand for stimu lation keeps the Internal revenue commis sioner In funds.. There still is a consider able tincture of human nature In humanity at the beginning of the new century. PKRSOVM. NOTE. Judge Andrea- J. Harlan of Savannah, Mo.. Is the only surviving mcnilter of the Thirty-first congress. lie was born In Ohio in 1813. Wiile Italy Is endeavoring to exprena its inexpressible appreciation of J. Plerpont Moigan. It should not neglect the opportun ity to have that cope nailed down. Dr. Henry Pratt Judson of the University of Chicago, predicted, in a lecture the other day. that in the near future thern would be a worldwide nation ruled by one government. Dr. Otsuka. director of the K'lusiu Agri cultural Experiment elation in Japan. Is In New Orleans studying rice culture und the methods employed In Louisiana In rais ing and refining sugar. "Uncle Joe" Cannon has to refuse the decoration of the French Legion of Honor. Most people would be satisfied if Uncle Joe carried the decorative principle far enough to stop chewing on the end of an iinllghted cigar ; for a time. Rev. Edward H. Welch, professor of con stitutional history at the Georgetown uni versity, died last Friday. He was horn In 1822.' graduated from Harvard In 1840. and later studied at the great school of Jurisprudence at Heidelberg, Germany. The current discussion of divorce aud I need of national legislation on the su Ject recalls Susan B. Anthony's remark, made several years ago. "The divorce court," said she, 'Is to the American woman what Canada was to the fugitive slave in years gone by." To the Prudent Investor It is not enough to bo assured that a banking concern is the oldest, the largest or the most progressive of its kind. Ho will want to know all about its condition and its ratio of ex pense to receipts anil expenditures. The "Conservative." with f 1,200.000.00 resource and reserve of f 10,000.00, is the safest and largest sayings asso ciation in Nebraska, and it s condition i best described in the three words, "Sound, Solvent aud Successful." Its ra tio of expense is less than '2 percent of the annual receipts. (Jet a statement of growth and resources; then you will want some of that good, paid-up stock, which is paying 6 per cent per annum. The Conservative Savings and Loan Association. tiC.O. K. GII.MOHK. Presldeut. IHU. C. CKOH;K. 1st Vlrs-Prn. J. A. SI I)ERI.AM1, 2nd Y-Pres JOIIX F. FLACK, Oenl. Mgr. Announcement We desire to announce the opening of our Toy Department today, Thursday morn ing at 8 o'clock. Conveniently located on main floor. Here you'll find the largest selection it has yet been our pleasure to show, consisting of all the newest, latest and best domestic and Imported novelty ' toys, games, etc. We invite you, one and all, to see this magnificent toy display. Orchard CARPET A MATTER OF HEALTH so lately Pure IAS HO SUBSTITUTE SMII.IXtt l.lE. "I've got a clever cashier." i es : "He can balance his books on his noe." vivvrutiiu K IB 1 II lH'HIt'l "Ah! my friend." sum the prison visitor, "how your life has been wasted! If you had only followed the right path you wouldn't be here now." "Huh! I follered de right path.-' replied the convict, "but so did de cops. Dere s where de trouble win." Chicago Tribune. "Is your husband a condition critical?" "No." anHwered the imtlent looking woman. "That's what makes me think he must le sick. He doesn't find any fault at all." Washington Star. Nemrlch How'd you get along nt the dinner? Mrs. Newrlch Flue. When they eat pie Willi a fork, I done It. too, eo as not to let 'em see their break. New York Sun. "Your wife Is doing some baking toilsy," said Mrs. Naylsir. "What Is It? Bread or cake? " "She doesn't know." replied Newllwed. "She liusn't finished yet." Philadelphia ledger. "Why don't you make an effort to do something that will cause your ranie to be written high In the annals of history?' "I'm not Interested In any Arms thit publish history." answered Senator Sor ghum coldly. "I don't see why I should be providing them with material." Wash ington Star. The thoughtful little boy with the high forehead tied an oblong receptacle made of tin to the dog's tall and watched the ani mal go tearing down the alley. "For a Scotch collie." the boy explained to the bystanders. "1 thought he wasn't quite as canny as he ought to be." Chi cago Tribune. "How did you manage to persuade our near-sighted friend not to vote for that candidate?" "I got him n pair of opera glasses and hail him look nt the portrait on a campaign banner." Washington Star. A MUXATE' COWESSIOS. Washington Star. Down by the livery stable, on a sultry summer day, Cy Jones got out the checker board aud challenged me to play, I thought I atood n chance, for I . had watched the game a bit; But he started for my king row. I was vanquished wh -n he lit. And everybody laughed and said I had my self to blame For thinking that Cy Jones would let me best him at the game. That's my earliest disappointment. It em bittered my career. I went and got a book and settled down to work severe. 1 beat some other players, and then, as time went by, ' I thought that maybe J, was strong. .enough to tackle Cy. -' Bet my well laid calculations seemed to falter and go lame. Cy let me take a man and then Jumped three and won the game. As years went by I had . some luck and prospered more or less. And yet there's Just one little thing that spoils my whole success 1 know that I am envied as a most sagac ious man. Likewise admired or hated for the way that I can plan. Cy hasn't made much money but I know that. Just the snme. If ever we play checkers, he will beat m at the game. 205 SOUTH 16th ST., OMAHA. r-Wilhelm COMPANY.