THE OMATTA DAILY REE: WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 21, 1904.
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Oral; it. B. 11UNGATE,
Notary Public.
A reform movement whose tracks
Iph(1 through the establishment of Walter
Molse Is naturally subJVct to suspicion.
It is now up to tbe buildim inspector
of Minneapolis to allege tlmt li I not
expected to examine buildings reutl
to be Insecure,
Colorado's latest "murder mystery"
threatens to bu as difficult of solution
n the probleiu of who was elected gov
ernor of the state. '
The cashier of the defunct I'onneant
(O.) bank says he has had no financial
dealing with Mrs. Chadwlck, but from
all Indications the effect upon the de
positor will be the same.
Those paritKraphers who are looking
for a feminine equivalent for a Na
poleon of Bnauce" seem 'o bav "over
looked one 1 si Ah. the power behind tho
Imperial throne of China. '
Tocal merchants are all putting In ex
tra hours to accommodate the Christinas
trade. And the Christmas shopper who
refuses to be accommodated will have
no one but himself to blame.
From the fact that CSeneral Samejlnia,
an officer, of the old Snmurnl wars in
Japan, is one of the best of the military
engineer:! of tho country, all of the
civilisation of Japan may not be of west
' era origin.
The activity of British merchants in
running supplies Into Tort Arthur might
bo cited as good evidence before the
North, sea commissioners to prove that
no Japanese vessels could poaxlbly have
outfitted In England.
New York and Boston will have little
reason to laugh at French duels In the
future, but no one can tell what might
have happened had Tom Lawson at
tempted to see Colonel Greene before
he had eaten breakfast
It is Only natural that the coach of
the University of Michlgau will stand
out against professionalism in foot ball
aa Ion? as he can draw $o,r00 a year
for Instructing an amateur team to the
standard of professionals.
The nntl-scalplng ordinance la to re
main on the municipal statute book-i
and the ticket scalpers will, as a couse
(iieuv, continue to do business as here
toforeonly when the railroad man
agers wink the other eye.
People wondering how Mrs. Chad
wlck could have lured those Ohio
bankers should remember that a large
part of the money risked wag the prop
erty of depositors, while the promised
rewards would be all their own.
The latest Is the engagement by the
tichool board of a professional teacher to
InMruvt members of the High School
Cadet band how to blow the big basoo.
Tlw engagement of a dancing master
for the girls should not surprise anyone.
' For tiome mysterious reason there
seems to be a harrowing dearth of can
didates for the complimentary vote for
speaker by the nine fuslonlsts who con
stitute the lonesome minority In the
lower house of the coming Nebraska
legislature.
Members-elect to the legislature are
all going ou record as favoring a short
hchhIoii but by a short session may
mean a sesslou that stops with the ex
piration of the sixty days for which
iliey arc entitled to draw pay and after
which they would be serving for glory.
Kvidencc brought out in Washington
would indicate that the Kndowment
House ceremony is a sort of a "side de
gree" to Mormonisra, and no one was
forced to take it unless lie wished to;
but curiosity seems, to be a moving force
In bait Luke, as well as in other places.
AMEXD1SQ THE rOXSTlTVTlOX
If our experience In attempting to se
enre a revision of the Nebraska consti
tution shows anything It la first, that
tbe eople of this state do not want a
constitutional convention, ami. awontl,
that they are too much diverted In na
tional campaign years to give the re
quisite attention to constitution chang
ing. The vote on the proposition for a con
stitutional convention, submitted at the
last election, is decidedly significant.
Out of those? who expressed themselves
2.1.4!7 voted against the convention, as
compared with 32,820 for it. Of the
17.,000 who did not vote at all on this
proposition most of them utiqnewtlon
ably refrained purposely in the knowl
edge that their ballots would be counted
against the convention. The constitu
tion of Nebraska calls for revision in
several important points, where the
state has outgrown a framework that
was amply sufficient In the early days,
but It also contains many Important
features safeguarding the public inter
ests that the people hesitate to entrust
to a constitutional convention for fear
they will be emasculated under the pres
sure of powerful Influences.
At the same time there Is nothing to
Indicate that the people of this state
are averse to authorizing such chnnes
In the constitution as all are agreed
should lie miide. nor that the necessary
vote of ratification would be wanting
should the amendments be submitted In
proper form. The last time a set of con
stitutional amendments was proposed
by the legislature was In 1S0 when
they were defeated solely because of the
Intense excitement over the national
presidential contest. Even then two or
three of them came very close to secur
ing the necessary votes. Since that time
the ballot law has been amended so
that straight party tickets can be
counted for constitutional amendments,
providing the amendments are endorsed
by the same machinery that makes the
party nominations. Amendments, there
fore, to which there is no partisan ob
jection, ought to have no difficulty In
securing endorsement by the various
political conventions, and with the
straight votes to start with, would In all
probability secure the necessary ma
jority of all the votes cast.
Under these circumstances It behooves
the coming legislature through Its proper
committees to formulate with the utmost
care a few constitutional amendments
covering the essential requirements and
to submit them for ratification at the
election In 190d. There Is nothing that
the constitutional convention could do
that the legislature Itself cannot do In
this way, without the extra expense
and with the additional safeguard of a
popular rote at the polls. We need n
revision of the Nebraska constitution
badly and the way to get it Is by amend
ments formulated ax' submitted by the
legislature.
iMPBonxa the vmurnx$j. ,
The legislation of cougress for the Im
provement of the Philippines cannot fail
to be productive of salutary results.
The American people having in the
most pronounced way decided In favor
of retaining possession of the archipel
ago, the duty Is Incumbent upon this
government to do all that it possibly can
for the building up of the industrial and
commercial conditions of the islands and
this appears to be fully recogni.ed at
Washington. It was very clearly
pointed out by President Roosevelt In
his annual message, which vigorously
urged that this government should do
all that can be done in the Interest of
the Philippines.
The measure which provides for the
construction of railroads in the Philip
pine Is a step toward the improvement
and advancement of the islands of the
greatest value and Importance. It will
undoubtedly do more than anything else
to develop the Industrial and commer
cial resources of the archipelago and In
doing this will contribute immeasurably
to the welfare and contentment of the
people. No more Important aud useful
legislation can be enacted by the pres
ent congress.
FEDERAL IXCORPORATWX.
There Is no question that the proposi
tion respecting the federal incorpora
tion of the so-called trusts, or of com
binations engaged In interstate com
merce, Is commanding a great deal of at
tention and that there is a very great
probability of something being done In
this direction. We have repeatedly
called attention to the fact that some of
the ablest lawyers of the country con
nected with the great corporations have
pointed out that they , would welcome
an opportunity to incorporate under a
federal statute, as a means of not only
protecting themselves against the dis
advantageous effects of the various state
lawa, but also of commending them
selves to the confidence of the public.
The latter Is obviously the most Im
portant consideration. It stands to rea
son that any corporation doing business
under a federal Incorporation would bo
stronger In the confidence of the public
than one which was operating simply
under state authority, and for this rea
son It Is to be presumed that If there
wa a federal statute, permitting incor
poration of all corporations doing an in
terstate business, such a law would be
used by every corporation that sought
to establish Itself firmly In the public
confidence.
Referring to this the Wall Street Jour
nal remarks that the confusion and
abuses which result from the incorpora
tion of companies under the laws of
forty-five different states "created a con
dition which calls for a system of fed
eral Incorporation or federal regulation.
It is manifest that a company
with a federal incorporation would have
a certain distinction and strength which
would not apply to a state corjmratlon.
ond It is believed that, even If there
should be a free choice granted to every
corporation w hether to incorporate under
state or national law, many would
choose the federal Inceriratlon, even If
Its terms should be much more strict
and Its provisions for publicity more
far-reaching. They would make this
choice because of the standing and the
advertising which a national incorpora
tion would give to any business. "
There can be no doubt In regard to
this. The corporation that had tho rec.
ognltlon of national authority and su
pervlslon would Inevitably commend It
self to popular confidence and accep
tance before any other corporation and
this fact would Induce all of them to
ask Incorporation under the federal law
Assuming the constitutional authority
of congress to provide such legislation,
we should thus have In time a general
policy of corporate control and superrl
slon which w-ould be a complete remedy
against existing evils and abuses.
THERE UU8T BE ECOXOMY-
It appears to be the determination of
the republican leaders in congress that
there shall tic economy in the expendl
tures of the government for the next
fiscal year. Speaker Cannon is repre
sented as being strongly In favor of this
and with him are Chairman Hemmen-
way of the house appropriations commit
tee and the chairman of the ways and
means committee, who are the men that
practically control the course of legls
latlon in the house of representatives.
With these leaders favoring and fight
ing for a reasonable measure of economy
in the popular branch of congress the
country can lie reasonably assured that
there will lie no extravagance in ap.
propriatlons. '
As to what the senate will demand
is n question which caunot be confl
dently answered In advance of the action
of that body on the appropriation bills.
The rule has been that the senate has
increased the sums appropriated by the
house and the latter has In most cases
yielded to the demnnds made by the
former, but the situation has somewhat
changed and it Is quite possible that now
the senate will find It necessary to yield
to the house. Speaker Cannon Is a very
strong stickler for the rights and author
Ity of the popular branch of the national
legislature and ns he Is most earnestly
committed to the policy of economy In
public expenditures. It Is to be expected
that whatever Is done by the house will
be firmly adhered to. whatever may be
the desire of the senate.
At any rate the prospect Is most fa
vorable to the keeping down of expenses
to a point that will prevent a deficit for
the next fiscal year. The estimates of
the secretary of the treasury contem
plate a surplus, but congress should not
count upon this, which depends upon
contingencies that cannot be foreseen
with certainty. A policy of reasonable
economy In public expenditures Is neces
sary and Is expected by the country.
There is no good reason why any acci
dent or outbreak that happens Inside of
a state insane asylum or any other state
Institution should be suppressed for six
weeks, as in the case of the homicide at
the Lincoln asylum last November.
W here dangerous and uncontrollable
persons are confined such mishaps arc
due to occur from time to time, and If
no responsible person Is at fault no harm
can come from publicity of the facts.
On the other hand, if the blame nt
taches to the keepers or attendants, the
responsibility should be located promptly
and the remedy applied. It should be
the duty imposed by law on tho head of
-.crv state institution to make an Im
mediate and officio! report upon every
occurrence within the Institution Involv
ing physical Injury to auy of the In
mates. The great stutue of Nebraska, which
occupied a place of honor In the gallery
of stutes at the St. Louis exposition, Is
to ticke. up her seat in the rotunda of
the state house, where, with the begin
ning of the new year, she will hold n
dally levee with the members of the
legislature and their friends. The ro
tunda Is supposed to be exactly half
way between the senate chamber and
representativ hall, so that In taking her
stand there Miss Nebraska, will be
wisely forestalling complaints of pref
erence for one branch of the legisla
ture over the other.
1 i
The establishment of a public dump
ing ground by order of the city council
over the protest of .the health commis
sioner emphasizes the fact that Omaha's
arrangements for disposing of garbage,
refuxe and waste matter are decidedly
below par us compared with the gar
bage removal system of other cities of
its size. The time will have to come
before long when the city will provide
at general expense for the daily removal
of garlmge from every household as a
sanitary precaution alone.
Lincoln people who put up $1,000 to
pay the expenses of promotion In a
scheme to Induce Andrew Carnegie to
give 1,(hk),ikhi for the erection of a state
hli-torlcal museum and library at the
state capital have come to tbe conclu
sion that they will get no returns on
their investment. They will, therefore,
tiMiwfer their attention from the great
Iron master to the legislature and try
to secure an order for a compulsory do
nutlon by the taxpayers of the state.
StrusBl la - Ditch.
New York Tribune.
The baiting of the bear proceeds apace
at Port Arthur. There seems to have been
nothing for the Russian garrison and fleet
to do but to stay where they were and
suffer, taking aa many Uvea aa poaslble
for every life they cave. The flnul death
roll of that place will (tagger humanity.
Hon- a Wlerd Story Travels.
Fort In ud Oregonlan.
The story that the governor of Oregon,
or the secretary of state, cr somebody
lsu with a strange notion of law and h!
authority, had refused to give one Oregon
republican elector a certificate of election,
continues to have wide currency In the
eastern press, and we find abo that the
Beat tin Times ha likewise given some of
its valuable editorial soace thereto. The
alleged bHtis of this surprising action is
tliut the elector was not registered, and
a not u voter, and therefore not a quail
tied elector: so he cannot sit in the elec
toral college. It go havptoa Inat failure
to register cannot snd does not In this
state dlsqiiAlify an elector otherwise qual
ified. Nobody ever attempted to Withhold
a certificate fr,,ro a republican candidate
after the late election on this or any other
ground. The story Is untrue from begin
ning to end. i
Weakness la Strength.
New York Tribune.
The weakness of the republican party at
present is Its strength. With such an en
dorsement as that given at the recent elec
tion greater things may properly be ex
pected of It than ever before. To deserve
the high confidence reposed In It, It will
have to do something more than "stand
pat" and enjoy the fruits of Its victory.
Appropriate Time for Peace.
Baltimore American.
The call for peace among the nations Ir
singularly appropriate at this time of
peace and good will toward all men. There
could be no better way of celebrating the
season than by taking a definite step
toward the establishment of International
arbitration eventually to take the place of
war with Its bloodshed abroad ami Its
misery at home.
The Pace Toe Warm.
Springfield Republican.
There are some strenuous days ahead for
the elder statesmen of the senate and
house. The president's pace Is already get
ting a little rapid for them, with his desire
for new legislation affecting the very tem
ples Hnd sanctuaries of our great vested
Interests. Within the past week an old re
publican senator Is said to have remarked:
'There is such a thing as too much stren-
uoslty." The elder statesmen are surely tn
for It.
Falling: Off In Exports.
KanHs City Ptur.
The falling off In the exports of food
stuffs the past year would be alarming If
there were no plausible explnnatlon for It.
The decrease Is estimated at about $11S.
Ooo.OnO. The principal articles affected hr
the loss are wheat and corn nnd their
products. Last year's production of both
of these cereals was com pnrs lively light,
and It happens that In the other wheat
and corn countries the crops were unusually
large. Hut not the least Important factor
Is the Increased demand and unusually
high prices In the domestic market, due lo
the great activities of the Industries
throughout the country.
GAI AD I.OSSCS.
fps anil
I Ooirna of the Presidential
Vote In Different States.
New York Sun.
Fewer votes wen polled at this year's
presidential election than at the elections
of 1898 or 1900. and In a rrajorlty of the
states there were fewer votes cast than
at either of these elections.
The states which showed gains were New
York. Massachusetts. West Virginia,
Rhode Island, Indiana. Connecticut. Inho,
Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania. I'tah.
Wyoming. Vermont, California. Washing
ton. Georgia, South Carolina. Mississippi.
Wisconsin and South Dakota.
The other states showed generally a fall
ing off, varying from a few votes In Florida
to mare than lOO.OOO In Texas. The large
loss In the latter puts It out of reckoning
for four years, at least, as one of the big
states, though the slipping of Missouri Into
the republican column makes Texas the
chief of ths states In the democratic elec
toral column.
One of the surprise's of the recent election
was the comparatively large vote cast In
the states of the south In which tho suf
frage had been abridged and in which no
vigorous fight was carried on. Georgia,
for Instance, showed a gain compared with
four years ago, and Mississippi also showed
gain.
Two states which showed a marked fall
ing off were Kentucky and Virginia. In
Kentucky, which has not adopted since the
last presidential election any , discriminating
ballot laws, the falling off was 33,000, and In
Virginia the total vote declined from 266,000,
four years ago, to 123,000. a loss of 140.000.
The vote of Illinois, too, showed a sur
prising slump, generally explained on the
ground that the result of the election In It
was foreseen. In neighboring Indiana, In
which a hard fight whs made iy both po
litical parties, there was no falling off In
the vote. It Increased above the flgnree
of 1900.
TRI K CHRISTMAS SPIRIT.
"Larger (lvlna, Nobler Benefactions
and Pence Advancement.
Leelle's Weekly.
We have the faith to believe that the
spirit of Christmas has a wider range and
dominates more truly the hearts and lives
of men today than ever before In the
world's history. If there are yet many
Scrooges to be won over to a heart of
kindness and gtud generosity, there are
fewer such sordid and miflerly souls than
there were In Dlcken'e day. The world has
been growing better all these passing years
more charitable, more tender and more
forgiving, and the brotherhood of humanity
has taken upon Itself a deeper and more
sacred meaning. Darknesx Is giving way
o light. Injustice to Justice and hatred and
Jealousy among men to "mutual trust and
confidence.
The passing year has witnessed larger
giving, nobler benefactions, greater ad
vancement In the cause of peace, and more
service for humanity than any other year
the world has known. When Ita full rec
ord Is mado up there will be no doubt of
this. With the exception of the war In the
east, the twelvemonth has been notubly
free from famine, pestilence and disaster,
while on the other hand, it has been
marked with more than ordinary abundance
and prosperity in nearly all civilized lands'.
It la well to note and remember these
things at the Christmas season and take
new heart and hope therefrom.
Kven now. as ever, there are not a few
who profess to see cause for mourning and
lamentation In the prevalent conditions of
society, In our political situation, or In the
state of the churches. In their view alarm
ing evil exist in all these directions, and
a period of swift and certain degeneracy
has already set In. Jt la not difficult to
find some facta and some plausible argu
ments in support of these Jeremiads. So
ciety, politics and the churches are still full
of errors and very far from perfection, but
no one who looks out upon the world with
calm, thoughtful and unprejudiced mind.
ud comparea the post with the present,
can entertain a doubt that the age In which
we live is Immeasurably a brighter and
happier age than any the world haa known
before. Let us believe thla and rejoice in
the belief. It la true, and let us be happy
in the truth.
Can we doubt It, also, that eaoh Christ
mas season helps to move the world along
aa no other does, or can do, to a brighter,
sweeter and nobler era, nearer to the dawn
ef universal peace and good will. It can
, ., . ' , . . ,,. ,
hurdly be otherwise where the true Chrla-
. w , , .
mas spirit reigns. For lu the exercise of
no virtue do men gain greater good to
liemselves than that of doing good to oth
ers. 1 ne open hand, the generous deed,
the kind remembrance, these have their re
flex Influence upon life and character, and.
through and beyond life and character,
upon society, government and all human
agencies and Institutions. The Christmas
season, therefore, rightly oliserved, is far
more than a reason of merry-making, or
even u religion festival. It Is the day of
all days In the Christian calendar that the
world rould least afford to Igmsra or forget,
ftOltn ABOTT EW YORK.
Ripples an the Cnrrent of l ife la the
Metropolis.
Steamers sailing from New York to
Europe last week were pretty well packed
with Christmas boxes for the old folks at
home. The German liner Kaiser Wllhelm
II carried IS11 sacks of ordinary mail and
S5.190 registered packages. Much of the
ordinary mail and practically all of the
registered packages contained Christmas
presents. The White 8tar liner Oceanic
took 3,ftO racks of ordinary mall and over
60,0i registered packAges. This tre
mendous consignment is destined for every
nook and corner of Great Britain and the
continent. The Oceanic was the last ve.
sel leaving New York that Is due on the
other side In time to permit the delivery of
Christmas mall to the furthermoet ends of
Europe, and the foreign mall officials re
gard It as the real and logical Christmas
hlp of 1904. The French liner La Lor
raine carried a big mall, especially for
France and the countries south of France.
A big Christmas mall was sent off ort the
17th by the Cunarder Etrurla and the At
lantic transport liner Minnehaha, these
vessels carrying between them J.0S5 sacks of
ordinary and 65,107 registered packages, an
increase over the corresponding day of 1"3
of 914 sacks and 6,671 registered packages.
Thomas Campbell, a braw Scotchman,
who arrived in thla country a few days ago
with a letter signed by the lord provost of
Glasgow, Scotland, which described him as
a "highly esteeemed Scotch barrlter," wa
arraigned li the Jefferson Market police
court on a charge of Intoxication.
At first he was caled a "suspicious per
son," but was held on the charge of plain
intoxication. The policeman based his
suspicions on the fact that the majv spoke
a queer language, shook his fist and "raid
he was the lord mayor."
In the station the letter signed by the
lord provost of Glasgow and recommending
Thomas Campbell to Mayor McClellan and
all the officials of New York, was found.
"You don't do much respect to this grand
letter," said Sergeant Robinson.
"Oh, It s a gra-a-and character that let
ter gles me!" cried Campbell. "Ye wouldna
think it, but this verra day I shuk hands
wT the lord provost o' New Y'ork."
"You certainly don't look It," ventured
Rohlnaon.
"Not a worrd." said Campbell. "Not
worrd. It's yer whusky, mon. Ye ought
te. be ashamed o't, fegs an' ye ought.
What kind o' barrbayrlans are ye tae be
drinkin' red whusky? Guld whusky's Is
no that color In Scotland."
"Well, you should have left rye alone
and hit the Scotch," Jim, the doorman, sug
gested. "Scotch?" echoed Campbell, with a su
perior smile. "Scotch! I asked for Scotch
an' what d'ye think they gl'cd me?"
"Scotch, of course."
"Naw! Farafine lie!"
Sympathy awaited Campbell at the Jef
ferson Market court and he got off with a
warning.
The trucking horses used by a big sugar
refining linn in Brooklyn are such fine, big,
leek looking animals that their passage
through the streets attracts attention and
horsemen generally believe that the cost
of keeping them In such condition must he
considerably above the average.
This Is not the case, however, for la the
stable of the firm an experiment of mixing
molassee with the feed has been made and
the plan has been found to ha not only
extremely economical, but also of excep
tional value In producing nourishment. It
costs only 34 cents a day to feed these fine
horses, which range from 1.700 to 1.800
pounds In weight. This, according to ex
perts. Is from 20 to 17 per cent cheaper
than the old system of maintaining the
stock on oat and hay entirely.
This is what the sugar refinery horses
eat: in the morning they get a quart and
a half of Indian cornmeal, a quart of
wheat bran, seven pounds of cut hay and a
quart and a half of sugar house syrup
which remains after all possible crystallisa
tion of sugar haa taken place.
At noon each horse gets four or five
quarts of oats and the night ration Is the
same as that In the morning, except that
five pounds of loose hay Is placed In the
stall in addition.
The hyglcnlo value of tho molasses feed
formula is proved by an experiment which
was made on two rundown horses that had
been kept on ordinary rations. Their
weights were 8S0 and 925 pounds when they
were put on the molasses system and both
soon showed Improvement In weight and
health. At tho end of six weeks the
smaller had gained 200 pounds aud the
other was 1S1 pounds heavier.
A New York merchant tells of an Incident
that occurred In connection with a boy In his
employment, which Illustrate the restlea
spirit of Young America and his disposi
tion at times to see the world at any cost.
"Nearly three years ago," he said, "a boy
of 15, who w at work In my store, drew
his wages on Saturday night and showed up
on Monday morning aa usual, working un
til noon without any intimation of the
ambitious project which he apparently had
been harboring for some time. At noon
he disappeared and no trace of him could
be found by his parents anywhere.
"At the end of eight months his father
received a letter from him from South
Africa. lie had left the store and gone !
directly to a ship on' the river front, where I
he secured a position as cabin boy, and In !
that way reached the country named. Aa
he was largo for his age, he had no trouble
In Immediately enlisting In the English
army to fight the Boers. Nothing more
was heard of him until the other day,
when his father received a second letter,
stating he had come safely through the war
and was now one of three men Isolated as
lighthouse keepers on the small Island of
Dessau, twenty-five miles southeast of the
southern coast of Africa.
"He was working at $8 per month and his
keep, and aa his expenses were nothing, he
hoped at the end of the year to save up
enough money to bring him safely home.
From the tone of hla letter he apparently
was homesick enough to do anything. If ;
he had banked on the expectation that his j
father would melt on receipt of hla letter j
and send him passage money, he was seri
ously mistaken, as the father said that a
year of reflection on an uninhabited island
would do the boy good. He added, If he
brought him home he probably would run
away again In the next three months."
Pneumatic rubber leg forma are now on
sale In New York. Advocates of these
first aids to the unshapely man contend
that no more violation of material pro
priety la Involved in their ue than In the
employment of padding to correct droopli.g
shoulders or braces to remedy the effect of
a stooped back.
The forms may be so Inflated as to round
out unnatural bends. They can be had
from stock or made to Individual measure
ments. They are light In weight, com.
, ,, , , -'. com-
fortable and Invisible, be lug worn on the
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Inner side of the trousers eg, and they al
. IW f maiiV fumn, y
low of easy adjustment
Tailors view this Innovation approvingly,
iix It :i-,H' !n producing proper res.ilts.
Cushion rubber forms for knock knees
are also on the market, having recently
lieen Introduced.
Nearln tae Srea of Traablr,
Brooklyn Ksgle.
The Baltic fleet Is now within about
7,0ti nillen of the scene of trouble In tha
cast. That la about as near as Russia
comes to success n niosl of Ita military
eriieipil"1 In Oils war.
PKRSOIAL XOTKS.
Colonel Bill Greene gun must have been
transformed Into s beanshooter before tho
colonel reached Lawson s hallwlck.
Charles E. Chadwlck haa been sent to
prison In New York for six years for
forging check for 11.500. He Is not
relative of Mrs. Chadwlck of Ohio.
Kansas City druggists have been warned
that serving "spiked drinks" will bring
them a pot of trouble unless they take out
regular liquor license. The term "Spiked
drinks" sounds less ominous than "coffin
varnish."
Superintendent Maxwell will ask the New
York Board of Education at Its next meet
Ing to adept plan for giving tenement
district school children a midday meal. If
the plan should be adopted and the lunch
eon set should cost ( cents each. It would
cost the city t6.9O4.U00 a year.
One of Secretary Morton's old railroad
friends asked him If he would not rather
be at the head of some department where
he would be more familiar with the work
than In the Navy department. "Not much,'
he replied. "I'd rather he right here
where I can be on deck all the tune, even
though I sometimes may be at sea."
Captain J. W. Collins, chairman of the
Massachusetts Fisheries and Game com
mission, has Just died In Boston. He was
an authority of International reputation
In the matter of fisheries and had exe
ruled Important commissions for the
t'nlted States government before going to
the service of Massachusetts in !!.
vt Milam R. Wilcox, the new postmaster
of New York City, will take office on Jan
uary 1. lm. He will not be welcome to
many of the employes. Almost every man
in the building has been appointed to his
Job for political reasons and almost every
man has no use for a postmaster who
represents something other than polities.
J. P. Morgan gives away almost as much
money In the course of a year as any of
our other great philanthropists, but does
not like to have his charity known. Ten
big charitable Institutions In New York
were built by him, but none bears his
name. His greatest charity Is keeping
young boys off the streets by getting them
work.
ISIRA!NCE OF BAVK DEPOSITS.
Move Designed to Check llnrtfal
Inlaeare of Ran.
Cleveland Leader.
Insuring bank deposits, which Is urged in
an article In the organ of the Credit Men's
association, has received some considera
tion In reports of the comptroller of the
currency. It has not been considered with
much favor by bankers, but some of them
have realized Its advantages. The tax that
all national banks would have to pay In
order to provide fund that would make
depositors as secure as note holders are
would be very mall. But many bankers
do not aeo why they should pay even a
small tax to protect other depositors than
their own. and It may have occurred to
them their own business would not be en
hanced If all the other banks were safe as
theirs.
Banks have a common lnteret, however,
In averting suspensions and runs. For this
reason the banks in a given city will al
ways help a weak bank. If It be not actu
ally Insolvent, rather than have a run
which, like a fire, sometimes spreads, or a
failure, which Is pretty certain to lead to
the withdrawal of deposits from the sound
est concerns. It la this common interest of
bankers In averting events which create
public distrust that Inclines some of them,
and may Incline more, to look favorably
upon the project, which Is In the nature of
mutual Insurance.
OOIG UUTE WELL, THANK Vol.
Anthracite Barons Tarn a Trick Out.
shining- Mrs. Chadwlck' KfforfV
Washington Fojt.
The men who control the anthracite coal
supply of the country are going to get
along first rata this winter, regardless of
how the rest of us fare. Some recently
published statistics show that the owners
of the coal supply have a method of rais
ing money that makes Mrs. Chad wick's
effort look amateurish, and that la also
perfectly safe and devoid of risk. At tho
most conservative estimate the consumers
are to be asked to contribute $S,ono,ono or
110,000,000 to the coal combine, above all
questions of cost or ordinary profit.
The statistical from an authentic source,
place the year's production of anthracite
coal st 57,000,000 tone, of which more than '
one-half Is still In the hands of ooal
operators and their agents. There Is no
contention that one ton of thla supply haa
been mined at a loss to the operators..
They do not do business that way. It Is
a certainty that the price at which coal
was aelling last June was sufficient lo
cover all cot of production and leave a
margin of profit to the mine owners. Com
mencing with July 1, however, the coal
combine has aded 10 cents a ton on the
STRONG....
AS THE
STRONGEST
"Savings aud loan associations pay dividends, uot in
terest," saj's the New York Hank Examiner. Tbat it one
of their safeguards. The Conservative Savings & Loan As
sociation has always paid six per cent and never passed a
dividend day. It has always redeemed its certificate's at
par, practically on demand.
The "Conservative" offers you a choice investment in
its paid-up stock. First mortgage security without the
trouble of looking after your mortgages or renewing them.
An investigation will reveal the many advantages of this
form of investment and its absolute safety. Assets over
one million dollars; reserve ' 40,000. Strongest in Ne
braska. oeo. r. oiL.HOHK, rresideat. Call, on or address us at
C'HAI. C. GEORGE. 1st Ylre-Prea. nar iClU C
J. A. SlSnERI.AHD. 2nd Vice Prea. iU3 dOi lOlil dllCOli
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Set the Largest and Only Eiclvsits Line in tbe City, it
"THE SIGN OF THE KODAK"
Open Evening Until Chriatms.
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Hide from pure tnm of
tartar derived from grapes.
first of each month to the price of anthra
cite, thus placing an additional tax to the
consumer of 60 cents on each ton of coal
held by the operators on December 1. This
would make a little matter of some IlK.otO.-
ono of profit on the basis t.f 30.00fi.no0 tons of
anthracite, the amount estimated to hav
been In the hands of the mine owners and
operators on the first day of the present
month. Allowing the most liberal reductions
from the sum to cover Interest on the In
vestments, storage charges. Interest on
wages paid during the summer and other
Incidental expenses, there will be s sufficient
sum left to assure the coal barons a merry
Christmas nnd a happy New Tear. And
the consumer pays the freight.
MIRTHFII. RKMARKS.
'Io von believe In the survival of tht
fittest?" Hsked the student.
'Only in the event of my own success."
answered Senator Sorghum. Washington
Star.
'We have a keen lot of counellmen."
'Do you think so? 1 notice that they
recently raised their owr. salaries."
Well, rioesn t that prove that they are
sharp as raisers?" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Jefferson groaned dismally.
"And I am the man who wrote tha
Declaration of Independence!"
Herewith he proceiled to dig up ror rna
Janitor, bootblack, elevator man. waiter.
barber anfl iiinety-eigiu oiners. xew mm
Sun.
She seems to he a woman of unusual
toct."
Tact Is no nntne for It. Une s had tne
same house innlcl for nearly two years."
Chicago Heeoril-Herald.
And this." said the foreign visitor In
the senate chamber, "Is where your states
men assemble?"
(ih! nn " renl ed the native, "only tne
senators meet here." Philadelphia I'ress.
"Tickets'" exclaimed the railway con
ductor, opening the door of the drawing
room car In which the trust magnates were
traveling, end stepping Inside. "I beg your
pardon passes: ( nicago i iioune.
Did my diamonds call forth any com
ment?" asked Mrs. Cumrox.
"Yes. Indeed. answered Miss cayenne.
I heard several people refer to you as
the human chandelier." Washington Star.
WHATCHY OIV V CINMKI
Baltimore American.
Whatchy goln' C gimme?" rays the
vounaest boy to pa;
"Whatchy goln" t gimme?" sajs the
youngest girl to ms ;
"Whatchy goln' f gimme?" says the
maiden to her beau;
Everywhere the answer Is, "Oh, surapin,
I dunno."
"Whatchy goln' t' gimme
asks the little
boy at school
His Just fore-f'hrlsimas goodness
makes
him mindful "f each rule;
'Whatchy goln' C glmnie?" sings
gamin in the street;
th
"Whatchy goui t gimme?
band we meet.
on our avery
"Whatchy goln' C gimme?" asks our town
of Lncle 8am:
"Bigger, better waterways, or leave me
aa I am?
"Whatchy goln' f gimme?" asks the world
of Baltimore;
"Greater town, or Just the kind you used
to be before?"
"Whatchy goln' f gimme?" asks the yawm-
Ing money box
Meant to catch the coin to feed the hungry
folks in flocks;
"Whatchy goin' t' gimme?" asks lh
wretched and the poor.
Living in their penury a stone's throw from
your door.
"Whatchy goln' t gimme?" asks the great
big world of you :
"Lifetime full of usefulness, heart sin
cere and true?"
"Whatchy goln' f gimme?" Hear It every
where you go
Always conies tho answer, "Oh. Just
sumpln. I dunno."
Omaha, Nebraska.
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