TI1E OMAHA DAILY REE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2S. 1904.
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Subscribed In my presence ajid aworn to
before me this llyth day of Novemler, W4.
(Seal) M. H. HUNOATE.
Notary Public.
When tlw lobliylt legislature ineetB
but why sim ulate "i ,. .. ..
The weHthcr' man baa come to the
rescue of the coul mau.
Who was it who was saying that the
winters in this cllruute had become
mlkler?
At least we can nil be glad that we
tlo not live at Wllllston, where the mer
cury touched 38 degrees below aero.
The orange belt baa moved south sev
eral degrees, but Nebraska will probably
Ikj In at the finish with a "bumper" Ice
crop.
Before .waatiug time considering an
"antl-treatlug" law Indiana should nee
how a similar statute Js Ignored 1n Ne
braska. ..... ,
Omaha haa proved to be the btsxt tur
key market in the west thla year, but
Wall street still holds the record as the
market for launba. '
By their widwinter clearing aalea the
merchants will uow demonstrate to tbelr
patrons bow much the latter would have
saved If they, had only waited.
Th Kentucky drouth la broken. But
who would have thought that It would
havo required sucb an outbreak of
Horeas to make even Kentucky take
water.
To the Nebraska teachers anaenibllug
to attend thj convention of the State
Teachers' association, Omaha extends a
warm welcome In spite of the cold
weather. . .
(The present ezav may yet throw into
the shade the memory of the lllferator,
but liefore he cnu do much he will have
to Hccure a few more advisors like his
minister of the Interior.
If. .na some correspondent any. Port
At'tlmr Is as strong as six Sevastopol
comhmed, Japan will probably grow sev
enil degrtH'M In Its own estimation when
Sfm ssel Uiiallv ( aplttdates.
W'vxl Virginia takes front rank among
the Nttle providing Christmas mur
ders. "I'eai-e ou earth" seems Impossible
In thai stute unless jart of the com
inunlty la pent to the great Ix yond.
Tlu? reiKrt that prairie chickens are
as coiiiiiion us the douiestiir kind In
w iisic rn Nebraska Is little consolation
to lie iiiMii who rcmemliers that the
e!,si:d 'ecHsoit Is already neurit a month
old. . -i
li n. bud to think Hint those l'ulu-Jhih-s
en a in it cominuiiU'iite with the
(.bust tif Willing Hull. Much trouble
u llht ! eiived if thv nul Sioux warrior
coi'ld relate his exrtcrlcuee i for their
p-l!f.
.i.iul for the puu.sliiieilt of Ser
jau ivgicldes feaulteU In the suppies
ionl i.f the 'uev.-Hpupei- inakiiig the lc
ir :ni.l. ' Now idle run see why King
)vty Insisted on ' abolishing the- law
liuuimnteelng liberty to the press.
The eciiiioniles leiiittudt.il under a new
charter by the elimination of duplicate
wcrk In tlio consolidation of offices need
not work hardship upon a single public
tilth -nr. or employe. The offices can and
will have to be merged gradually so
that tin) terms of those to le discon
tinued will have expired by the time the
merger s completed.
. . 11 1 i a
t Kunsiau may be able to give a few
pointers to nations clalmlug to be more
tjnllguteiH-d. As a mark t pleasure
vi the action of the czar the xenistvo
of Mikscow has din ldeU to apcud 15,000
for nrlusil honaes. In America a'pl,h"1'
Isxly uioTMl by similar emotion would
probably spend (he money for niv works,
while a Hritlab iiinuIclpNl cnuncll would
liu doi'td think of a ImU'piet.
KfitP L'1MT1S T. OPT T FAT tlOLL
The coming legislature should not
ntt-rely ontent itself wfth banishing
professional lobbyists from the legisla
tive hulls and corridors of the state
hnnsc, bnt It ahould also bar the pro
fessional lohbylsis from tb legislative
payroll. It Is an open secret that a
score of corporation lobbyists are pro
jecting themsflvea to the front as can
didates for offices In the two houses of
the legislature and as committee clerks,
deputy sorgeants-at-arms aud cloak room
guardians.
Moat, of this class of rogues are never
at a loss in trumping up claims of poli
tical reward for service rendered In
the campaign and they usually manage
to back their claima with atrong en
dorsements from public men and private
citlzena who would not think of em
ploying them themselves in positions of
trust iu any establishment. It goes with
out saying that the corporation lobbyist
who occupies an official position In either
house of the legislature; or becomes an
attache of the legislature by reason of
employment in a subordinate capacity,
can do more mischief with Impunity and
exert more influence upon members of
the legislature than a corporation re
tainer and hoodie distributer on the out
side. The lobbyist on the Inside can
put In his work at all hours of the day
and night and while the leglalature Is
In full aesslou. He knows wlyu, how
and where to approach the members and
rarely fails to secure an audience when
he nets out to do so. For that reason
he is the most dangerous and should. If
possible, he kept at long range.
While it may not be possible for any
legislative body to keep itself absolutely
free from pernicious lobby Influences,
the coming legislature will go far to
ward making the lobby harmless by
drawing the line at members of the old
gang that has scandalized former legis
latures by corrupt manipulation of mem
bers, tbe plgefht holing or garbling of
bills and the Intrsductlon of holdup leg
islation. The most effective way to
banish the professional lobby is to keep
them off the legislative payroll.
THIS CZAR'S PROPOSED REFORMS-
The ukase of Emperor ' Nicholas, In
which certain governmental reforma are
proposed, shows that the czar lias not
been altogether heedless of the popular
demand and that the efforts of the
reactionaries to " defeat this demand
have for the most part failed. It will
be dlsapiolntlug to the advocates of a
constitutional government for Russia,
though this Is manifestly not uow prac
ticable, but It will be very generally re
garded as au Important advance, giving
promise of the realization at some fu
ture time, perhaps not very remote, of
that which the more radical reformers
are seeking.
If the reforms suggested lnthe ukase
shall be instituted, as there .Is tVery rea
son to. expect they wtU- be.,.alBce It Is
likely that the emperor: has' already
thoroughly discussed them with the men
who eonatltnt tie 'council b? ministers,
a long step will be taken toward a com
plete remodeling of tbe Russian govern
ment. .No one, could reaaonabjy have
expected this at once. ; It Is to he borne
in mind that while the czar ts nominally
an absolute monarch. as a matter of fact
he Is not complete master of bis political
actions. He Is compelled, for tbe sake
of jieace In the empire, to yield more or
less to the behests of tbe Russian bu
reaucracy, an element that represents
vast wealth and Influence. T1Ub la par
ticularly true Just now, when Rtissia Is
engaged In a great war tbat la drawing
heavily nion her resources and severely
testing her ability" to maintain her foot
hold In the far cast. A sharp division
in the ranks of this powerful element
at the present tlni would furnish aid
and comfort to Rtissia'a formidable foe
and produce demoralization at. the Rus
sian capital and possibly throughout the
empire, the preservation of the prestige
of which is uow the main consideration.
There la a cabal of graud dukes to whose
views and wishes the emperor cannot
judiciously refuse to give attention and
while some of these may have liberal
tendencies, the majority and .the most
powerful of. them are for maintaining
existing political conditions. ,
It 'will be seen, therefore, when all
the circumstances are duly conaldered,
tbat tbe ciuir bas shown no little courage
In proposing tbt reforms mentioned In
the ukase. The giving of wider latitude
to the xemHtvos. making all citizens
equal before the law and insuring them
against arbitrary arrest, according re
ligious fi-eedom to all subjects of the
empire, regardlea of creed or manner
of worship, aud giving the fullest pos
sible, measure' of liberty to the press
these are signs of progress which give
assurance of a still further advance lu
the future. The immediate effect will
prohubly be to check the revolutionary
tendency whlcli Ins recently been
widely and strongly manifested, but the
popular movement for a radical change
In the form of government will not halt.
The agitation for a constitutional sys
tem ami for the right of the people to
hi represented' la H national parliament
will be continued and It is not to be
doubted will ultimately triumph, though
the victory may 'not bo won without
bitter civil strife. Russia will emerge
from the war with Japan witb her re.
sources greatly weakened and her pres
tige badly shattered If not utterly
broken. Theu uiay.be the opportunity
for the advocate of a new Russia to
achieve their purpose.
Suppose that the railroads bad de
cided that 30 ier ceut lesa than tbelr
taxes of last year were all they eared
to pay this year and made such a tender
Instead of their lender of 20 per cout
more than last year's .taxes, would there
have been any essential difference In
principle la their arbitrary action? - If
tbey can tender 'Jp per rent more, as iu
their Judgment seems best, they can
tender '.I wr cent less or So -pei" ""'it
less, or any per cent lesa fur that mat
ter, and aay whether they will consent
to pay taxes at all. We hate only lo
Imagine every other taxpayer asserting
tbe same right to pay or refuse to pay
his taxes, in whole or In part, to see
what sort of anarchy It would lend to.
TKOUBLtSOXt VEXEXVELA.
There appears to be more trouble in
store for Venezuela, In which the United
States may become involved. The south
ern republic Is not meeting Its.obligations
and its president, who Is virtually a dic
tator, Is reported to be preparing to re
sist any attempt that might be made by
foreign governments to collect what la
due their people. According to recent ad
vices from Venezuela the fiscal affairs of
the country are In a deplorable condition,
the receipts from customs haviug fallen
far below estimates, thereby postponing
the payment of Installments to the allied
powers now collecting the awards
against Venezuela adjudged by the
mixed commisslou. There Is a suspicion
that the customs receipts have been Jug
gled with In order to make it appear
that the Income of the government Is ac
tually much less than was estimated.
It Is said that our State department
regards the growing delinquency of Ven
ezuela toward the European powers as
a very serious matter and the sugges
tion is made that the failure of that re
public to pay Its debts, after a solemn
engagement to do so, might leave no al
ternative to this government In order to
prevent the use of force by European
powers, than to undertake Itself to bring
Venezuela to terms. While such a course
would be extremely distasteful to the
United States. It Is regarded as the lesser
of two evils and as fraught with fewer
possibilities of complications. Herein
there seems likely to be presented a case
to which the position taken by President
Roosevelt regarding the South Ameri
can republics will apply. There Is at the
head of the Venezuelan government n
thoroughly unscrupulous man. who, IU
appeara, has no intention to meet the
obligations of that country. Yet Venez
uela expects the United States to extend
to her the protection of 4be Monroe doe
trine, as has been done In two Instances.
Is It not manifestly the duty of this gov
ernment to Insist that a country which
asks our protection against foreign ag
gression shall meet its international obli
gations? Are we not justified In doing
this In the Interest of our own peace
and security? The attitude of President
Roosevelt Is that while we will not per
mit any European nation to take the ter
ritory of any republic In the western
hemisphere we cannot he a party to de
liberate repudiation. We cannot stand
as the protector of dishonesty and In
justice and we will not pay other peo
ple's debts. Whether or not Mr. Roose
velt's Interpretation of the duty of the
United States toward the southern re
publics, under the Monroe doctrine, Is
new and a radical departure from what
was Intended when that doctrine was
declared eighty-one years ago, It Is un
deniably Justified under existing condi
tions. .
What may yet develop from the Ven
ezuelan situation, as now represented,
cannot be foreseen, but it Is not likely
that tbe European powers will ,tamely
submit to the republic's delinquency.
Tbey will sooner or later call It to ac
count and thus force some action In the
matter on the part of the United States.
It would be a delicate task for this coun
try to assume the responsibility of see
ing that Venezuela's obligations are pro
vided for and met
Members of the Omaha and South
Omaha tire departments want the legis
lature to amend the respective charters
of the two cities so that their services
may be performed by two twelve-hour
shifts, but there is really no necessity
for the legislature to Intervene In their
behalf. Tbe existing charters of Omuha
and South Omaha give the respective
tire and police boards full power to es
tablish regulations aud fix the time of
service of members of the' fire depart
ment, without the aid or consent of the
legislature, which at best is not likely
to enact new charters or special bills
relating to Omaha and South Omaha fire
departments before the end of March,
aud even if it did enact such laws they
would not become effective until July,
1S105, unless passed with an emergency
clause. As a matter of fact, the pro
posed change' contemplates an Increase
In the membership of tbe fire depart
ment, and If that Involves a material
Increase In the tax levy, the relief sought
will not be possible before the end of
1005, because the tax levy for that year
must be made under the old charter,
which limits tbe total expenditure for
tbe fire department to 12.",000 a year.
When the question of an increased levy
for fire fighting purposes is up the double
twelve-hour shift, which has a great
deal of merit, will come In collision with
the proposition to Increase the, tire de
partment force for the purpose of
manning all the engine bouses now In
existence, and that means an Increase
of $100,000 a year In taxes for Omaha.
To such an Increase there will be a gen
eral demnrrer from overburdened tax
payers. The suggestion of the city comptroller
tbat men employed at common lalsir by
the city receive tbelr checks weekly in
stead of monthly haa much to commend
It, but that It will accomplish the object
proposed, namely, doing away witb the
system of assignment of wages and dis
counting of warrants, is extremely
doubtful. The only thing that would
wipe out the warrant shaver would be
the payment of all salaries or wages
amounting to less than 20 a week in
hard cash at the end of each week, and
even then the chances are that some
Impecunious pay roll citizen would be
disposing of an assignment of his claim
before the week was up.
The big merchants all declare that
Omaha was singularly fi-n during' tbe
period of holiday shoppi. ( from pick
pockets, purse snatchers n . kiopllfters
of all varieties, aud tlion .,o are not
prejudiced give credit Jo the efficiency
of llis polics for this uivtactlou from
thievery. It is safe to say that, not an
other city of Omaha's size fareil. on the
whole, more fortnnatrly In thla rcsistt.
This Is the time when furnaces ami
stoves are lashed to fnry and redhot
pipes Ignite adjacent Inflammables with
disastrous resnlts. Every householder
should mske an Inspection of his heat
ing appliances and satisfy himself tbat
uo nnusual risks are being recklessly
rnn. An ounce of prevention Is worth a
great deal more than recovering on an
insurance jwlicy.
"Oar Releea OH Frleaa.'
New York Sun.
It makes little difference who la the demo
cratic leader so long as there la nothing In
particular for him to lead, but our reticent
old friend In Lincoln still seems to be the
man.
Cltlaeaa aa Idle Spectators.
Chicago Record-Herald,
(hauncey M. Depew la standing aside and
permitting Piatt and Odell to settle his caae.
Chauncey, like the rest of the people of
New York, probably looks upon it as
matter in which a mere cltlsen has no
right to get vitally In tf rested.
Any OH Escaaa Will Do.
Washington Post.
The state bank commissioner of loma, In
his annual report, holds the Beef trust re
sponsible for the failure of forty banks In
that state, the suicide of eight officials and
the loss of more than S12.000.ooo ct the peo
ple's money. Might add the report aa an
amendment to Commissioner Garfield's find
Inge. Uae Fart I almpearhed.
8prlngfleld Republican.
After filling tomes with testimony, the
Mormon Investigators have wound up with
out presenting a shred of evidence to show
that Senator Snioot ever had more than one
wife. But tha investigation has been worth
while. It has brought out facts that we
couldn't have known otherwise in an au
thoritative way.
Contentment of I nele (4am.
Brooklyn- Eagle.
The most contented republican poli
tician la Speaker Cannon. Those who re
call the efforts to name Uncle Joe for
vice president remember how easily he
put and kept his foot on the plan. He
will likely be speaker for as long as his
party carries the house of representatives
ulwaya provided he Is alive and re
elected.
Oa with tbe Digging.
Springfield Republican.
The project for making a seay level canal
at Panama ths first lick, so to speak, meets
an obstacle In Admiral Walker, chairman
of the canal commlston. He thinks
sea level canal may come ultimately, but
aa It would take twice more time to build
one than would be required for a water
way with locks, he trays go ahead on tha
lock plan. Inasmuch aa the American peo
pie do not w-lsh to wait 30 years while
the canal Is building, the sea level pro
moters may as well call themselves off.
Prruaatnre Faneral Arrangemeats
Philadelphia Ledger.
There Is no doubt that the sole surviving
soldier of the war of 1812 is now at the
point of deuth In New York. He Is Hiram
Cronk, born in that state In 18U0. He served
In the One Hundred and Fifty-Seventh
regiment of volunteer infantry, and took
part In 'the battle at Sackett's Harbor in
1814. Although 'this veteran Is still alive,
arrangements have been made to place his
remains Ifl state at the city hall. New York,
as soon aa he"Miall die. When H is con
sidered that centenarians are reported from
nearly every almshouse in the country, and
that persona alleged to be from 110 to 133
years of age may be found hers and there,
the fact that but one of the American
soldiers of the second war with England
bas lived to be 100 years old is significant.
S'ni.I, ROOM FOR THE SETTLERS.
Opportunities .Still Abandant and Ja
vltlng; la tbe West.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Impression Is rather general that
the western pluins are nearly all occu
pied, and that there is now little room
or chance on them for the young man who
wishes to "go west and grow up with the
country."
The impressive figures of the-shrinkage
of the public domain and of the rapid
growth of population in the western states,
continually repeated by the press, are re
sponsible for this impression. It is cor
rect enough aa far as It goes. Its error
Is that It does not go far enough.
The time is, Indeed, at au end when a
man could go west and get valuable lands
for practically nothing. That sort of
"chance" has paascd away. But in the
current Outlook Charles Mores u Harger
shows that there Is today in the west
another, and In some ways better, "chance"
for the settler.
The prospecting work haa been done. Its
lesson have been learned. The new farmer
in the west does not have to experiment
as did his predecessor of thirty yeari ago.
He finds all about him men who can tell
him In a day the facts about climate and
aoll conditions that the pioneer had to
learn for himself through painful toll and
coatly experience.
And the lands are there on which to
set up new homes. The average alse of
farms not cattle ranges, but cultivated
farms In Kansas la 240 acres: In Ne
braska, l'4t acres; in Oklahoma, XI acres;
in North Dakota, 342 acres; In South Da
kota. 363 acres; in Colorado, 384 acres; in
New Mexico, 417 acres, and In Texas, 426
acres. As the average alze of farma In
Minnesota la 170 acres; In Iowa, 151 acres,
and in Mlsaourl, 119 ucres, and as none
regard these states ss. ",-rowded," It Is
evident that there Is room for many more
settlers In the west. The average western
farm Is too large for one family to han
dle, and those there readily jnake. room
for newcomers.
It may be said that to get new lands
in the west now takes money, whereas
the pioneers could ' get ianda ' without
money. That Is true, sut on the other
hand the western settler of thirty years
ago could get nothing cheap but land.
For everything else, and especially for
money to develop his land, he paid the
highest prices. Now the farm loan that
costs over per cent la the exception In
the west. If lutid Is jtot free, neither Is
it dear. If bought with good Judgment,
while money is plenty and cheap. In
fact, the new settler of good reputation
and who looks as. If he "meant business"
la likely to be soaiewhat pestered by loan
agents.
And the Isolation which was such u
burdeu to the old settler's wife has passed
way. The new settler does not have to
haul his produce twenty, thirty, and even
more nillea to market. He la close to well
appointed stores and the postofllue. Quits
often the rural mall currier reaches him
aa soon as his house Is built. His chil
dren do not have tojgo unschooled or grow
up without religious Instruction. lis has
neighbors to counsel and advise, him. Hs
can do In five years what It took ths plo.
neer ten or fifteen to accomplish. , '
- These are th general facta that ''justify
Mr. Harger' s contention that there Is to
day a larger and a Letter "chain'! u the
west than there waa thirty years ago. and
that there is atlll plenty of room for the
young man whp wishes to take Horacs
Ureeley's well kuowu sdvKs, '
ROlXIl ABOtT KW lORK.
Ripples aa the ( arrest at Life la Ike
Metroaolla.
An Idea of the extraordinary amount of
Christmas shopping done In Creator New
York may be formed from the statistics
collected by one of the great department
Stores, Into which more than X.O0O.00O shop
pers found their way lt week. In one of
the smaller stores, which .accommodated
about l.OOO.om Christmas buyers. So.oin
packages, largely holiday gifts, left the
building In one day. A noticeable feature
In tha stores this year was the absence of
the usual flimsy Christmas decotallon. the
decree of the fire department having gone
forth that there be no temporary struc
tures of cloth and wood, with streamers of
gause intertwined. In the only store
whlcli attempted a lavish display all the
scenery was made fireproof, including the
miniature snow-covered church, where pro
Cessions! singers sang at intervals during
the day.
About t3.UJ0.eul) has been sent abroad since
the 7th of this month by thrifty persons to
the folks at home through the Postofflce de
partment. The figures have been com
plied by Acting Postmaster Morgan and
Joseph Elliott, superintendent of the money
order department. New York City.
On the 7th the Cedilc carried $465,461.
England getting $126,073 and Sweden IW.IiW.
In round numbers, the sums of $o,wou, $,
000, $47,000 and $43,000 went to Austria. Ger
many, Russia and Norway. There was a
total of 33,670 orders, averaging $13 to $13.
La Touralne. on the Sth. carried $264,428.
On the 10th Ktruria carried $&t9.451.5l.
The Kaiser Wllhelm I. on the 13th, car
ried $499,702. In 41.409 orders.
The Oceanic, which sailed on the 14th,
carried $K9,4ft.
The Lorraine, sailing ou the 11th. carried
$3.000. nearly all of Which went to Italy.
The New York, which sailed on the 17th,
carried $682,633. '
Tho total number of money orders sent
abroad alnc December 7 was 217.413. repre
senting $2,917,190.41. In addition to the orig
inal order made out for the buyer, a dupli
cate order must be sent to the office on
which the order Is drawn. The total due
each country is figured up and the amount
due the t'nlted States from orders cashed
for that country since the last sailing de
ducted. The superintendent goes Into the money
market and purchase the money of that
particular country to be deposited to his
' credit In the foreign fiscal agency of the
I nlted States. A check drawn to the or
der of each country for the balance com
pletea the transaction.
These figures do not Include the amounts
sent to Japan and China and other Aalatic
countries, aa that money goes by tho Pa
cific. It Is said that when the. record is
completed It will be found that Japan re
ceived an unusually large, amount this
year. ,
The much-vaunted "Jiu-jitsu," or that
mysterious system of attack or detent?
with which the Japanese are said to tri
umph over an adversary, has been re
ceived in this country with Incredulity.
It happens, however, to be all that has
been cluimed. A police captain In New
York directed tha strongest of the Broad
way squad ot giants, who Is also a
wrestler of skll). to amuse hlmaelf with a
little, eoft-muscloj wrestler from Japan.
The result was astounding. By a simple
twist of the policeman's arm tho brown
man put that giant on his back, and by a
little pressure on the throat he hud the
strong man insensible. The police cap
tain is of the opinion that should the crim
inals master this art ths police would be
useless unless they ahould" devise a means
of defense.
The new Grand Central depot, the plans
fof which have been made public by the
New York Central, promise to be one of
the show buildings of New York City.
The plana Involve the uae of an area of
more than nineteen city blocks, between
Forty-second and Fifty-seventh streets,
Madison and Lexington avenues. The
suburban trains will be on a lower level
than the express trains. The suburban
concourse will provide for nine tracks.
The express concourse will be slightly do
pressed below the street level, and will
provide for twenty-two passenger train
tracks, two baggagq tracks, two mall
tracks and eight express tracks, making
forty-three tracks in all. The main en
trance to the station Is on Forty-second
street.
The architectural composition is three
massive arches, each arch being 35 feet
wide and 80 feet high. Beyond these arches
one enters an enormous ticket lobby, )x
300 feet. This ticket lobby Is on the level
with the street. On the right of this lobby,
and practically a part thereof, la the out
going baggage room. After purchasing
one's ticket and checking one's baggage,
one proceeds to the express train by en
tering a gallery overlooking the grand con
courae, and thence to thla concourse, which
la on the level of the express truck.
Thla concourse la approached by four
grand staircases, each 25 feet In width.
It la the largest In the world, being l80x
470 feet and 150 feet high, with wide en
trances at each end, extending to Madison
and Lexington avonues. The waiting
rooms contain twice the area of the wait
lng rooms In the Grand Central station
as It Is at present. At tha aubway level
there Is provided a loop for quickly dis
patching the suburban trains, and pro
vision hiis also been made for a posslbte
connection with the rapid transit system.
An officer of the company states that
tha cost of the new terminals and the
electrification of the same will be between
$20,000,000 and $26,O0U,UUO.
Mrs. Bernard Baker of No. 9 East Forty
sixth street lost and found a gem under
rather unusual circumstances. She and
two men in evening dress attracted tha
attention of Detective John Connor. They
were at the corner of Forty-fifth street
and Fifth avenue.
He waa told that the woman hud lost a
$250 diamond-studded watch and a $S00
diamond pin. Mrs. Baker said she and
the men accompanying her had been in
Sherry's and were on their way to ths
East Forty-sixth street address when' she
noticed her loss.
One of the escorts obtained two lanterns,
and the detective assisted in tha search.
The latter found tha pin hidden by pieces
of lea on tha sidewalk, near where Mrs.
Baker first realized her loss. The watch
was not found.
The ScOth anniversary of the discovery
of ths Hudson river by Henry Hudson,
which occurs In 1S0. la to be commemorated
by the erection of d memorial bridge over
ths Harlem river to Join ths districts of
Inwood and Bpuyten Duyvll. "The Hen-
drlk Hudson Memorial association" has
submitted to the city authorities a design
for the bridge whlcli has been accepted
by the bridge commission and will now be
aubmlttsd to the Board of Estimate and
Municipal Art commission. The actual cost
of tha construction or tha bridge haa been
estimated at $1,600,000. This will be borne
by ths city, but the association will spend
another million dollars In ornamentation of
ths bridge with hlatorlcal sculptures, elec
troliers and other decorative features.
Besldea being a memorial, the bridge will
verve .'the prsctical purpose of providing
the city with -s magnificent ' parkway.
Starting from Central park the driveway
Will extend through Riverside Drive nd
the Boulevard Lafayette to Van Courtlsndt
Br
THE 1KAR l BltmRS.
NatwMe I pi I ft Hsrrerslsg a Period
of Deareaalaa.
Chiuaf i Tribune. 1
The ye.ir W4 lias seen a lean and a fat
period in finance. The first six months
wrre a ccntlnXiance cf the depression which
begsn In ln8; the last six have been marked
by a decided advance In the securities mar
ket, by the nulrkenlng cf many of the
larger Industries of the country, notably
the Iron and railway Industries, while an
enormous crop, whose value Is the great
est ever known, hss brought substantial
prosperity to the farmer.
The year 14 has been peculiar In sev
errl respects. It hss upset the populsr
theory that a presidential year must be an
"off year" In business. The revlvsl In
business began soon sfter the national con
ventions adjourned and advanced step by
step with the advance of the campaign.
The year 1M has also seen the marketing
of a bumper crop with scarcely any stif
fening of the money rste. Throughout the
fall months the Interest rste waa the low
est It bas been for several years. At
the same time the exports of gold have
been larger than the Imports by $2S..f.
Last year the Imports exceeded the ex
ports. The totsl foreign trade of the
yesr will be about the same as that of
1903. Exports will show a small decrease
and Imports a slight Increase.
The year 1K3 waa one of comparatively
steady decline on the securities market.
This was the result of the natural reac
tion following a period of Intense specula
tive activity and much Inflation of capi
ta). The country was glutted with stocks
and bonds. There were strikes In the Iron
snd steel Industries, arid the Iron output
fell from l.T3,228 tons In June to 64fi.S"6 in
December. The railroads found it difficult
to float new bond Issues; the first Northern
Securities decision was disquieting and the
disclosure of the high handed methods of
the shipbuilding trust produced "a feeling
that frentled finance was being carried al
together too far. New enterprises requir
ing large amounts of money were post
poned. In May of 1!4 the slock market reached
low ebb In the matter of prices. Stoel
common wld at preferred at 51V
There was a slight upward trend In prices
In June, but the volume of business on tho
exchange grew even smaller. In July,
however, the prosct of large crops bright
ened the financial outlook. Tho atrlke In
tho packing industry and In the cotton
mills at Fall River had no appreciable ef
fect en the speculative revival. The finan
cial Interests of the country were reason
ably sure of the election of Roosevelt and
the continuance of the present policies of
the government.
In August st'l prices rose and railroad
earnings began to Increase over the cor
responding period of I9U3. Increasing
freight traffic required the companies to or
der thousanda of new cars. The bloat fur
naces began to work harder. The Increase
in their output between July mid Novem
ber was from 1,106,297 to 1.4S0.692 tona.
The wonderful revival of the Stock ex
change between May and November can us
seen from the following record of stock
and bond transactions:
Hharts Bonds,
Htocks. Par Value.
May S.2K0.110 $ 37.M7.6ou
Juno 4,072.804 48.Wsfi.2U0
July 12.42.304 H4.247.:!)
Auguet , 12.474.7S9 88.217.70U
September 18.707.2S4 1I4.39S.740
October 32.674.440 l.0."i1.335
November 31,981,0; 214,07.3uO
The Increase In the values of current se
curities may be a?cn In the comparison ol
quotations on the three different dates here
given of five standard stocks:
Jan. 2. June 1. Dec. 13.
Atchison 7',i tl84 f56
New York (Central.... 1I7'. J14 14"
Union Paclflu 78 S2H flu1
I. 8. Steel, common.. i 28V i
U. S. Steel, preferred 6&i 53 91
The latter months cf the year have seen
no labor disturbances of any consequence.
Price- have been tending upward. New en
terprises are under way. And while specu
lative activity may have outrun the genera!
prosperity ot the country, it is looked upon
as evidence of the great confidence In finan
cial centers that the period of decline Is
past and that a genuine revival of Industry
Is actually In progress. Thero is nothing
to disprove that belief.
personal o're;s.
There are those who say that it is only a
question of time when we shall need a
Christmas reform sssociatlon.'
W. C. Matthews, the negro foot ball and
baae ball player, has been elected one of
Harvard's senior class day officers. This Is
among the highest honors In the gift of
Harvard undergraduates.
Senator Depew quotes with approval a
remark of the late Prealdent Gurfle'.d to this
effect that the American people distrust a
humorist but dearly love and respect sol
emn bores and platitudinous statesmen.
Captain John F. Morrison, who repre
uentMl thU aovernmunt as military ob
server with General Oku, has returned to
Washington and Is now engaged In mak
ing a report which will contain hla obser
vations on the campaign. Captain Morri
son spent thres months with the . main
Japanese army In the campaign which
ended with the capture of Llao Yang.
The Russian Admiralty is perfecting ar
rangements to dispatch, as soon ss the war
Is over, an expedition, headed by Admiral
Vllchltsky. chief of the hydrographlc
bureau, to thoroughly explore the Arctic
routs to the Far East, especially with ref
erence to the question Of Ice blocks In Kara
straits. The expedition is expected to re
quire from three to five years to complete
Its work.
Colonel William C. Greene, president of
the Greene Consolidated Copper company
and other corperatlon. defler of the re
doubtable Lawson of Boston and In his
earlier days hero of encounters with sun
dry "bad men" In the southwest, is about
to add to his present manifold Interests
membership in s New York Stock exchange
Orm. Hla partner Is to be Bird S. Coler,
who Is tbe Stock exchange member of the
house of W, N. Coler & Co. and one of
Colonel Greene'a closest friends.
A STRONG, PROPERLY CON
DUCTED SAVINGS AND
LOAN ASSOCIATION
1 8 the most satisfactory place for your money for three
reasons:
yimt Your money i as nearly absolutely ufe as it
tan be made. '
, Hecond It i where you can get it iu your hour of need
or opportunity.
Third It is bringing the highest rate, of return ponmble
consistent with safety.
Many people make the mistake of trying to accumulate
a large sum before opening an account. They rarely buc
ceed. An account may be opened NOW in "The ConBerva
tive" with any Hum from 5(1 rents up, and tbe money bo in
vented at once begins to share. in the dividends of the asso
ciation. No admission fees, no fines. Assets, 1 1,200,000;
Reserve, 140.000. The Conservative SavmJs
geo. kuilmoru. r'lrm and Loan Aaiociation.
J. A. IUERLASD. itaa Vies Praa. 205 So. 16th Street,
joh v, tuck, cai. Mgr.
AOVIt K TO THR $KGlt.ATI hK,
Schuyler Free. nre: The republlv-st
In Nebraska are up against It In the mut
ter of reducing the state debt and It means
a redtit'tlen In that or a reduction In tht -
polltloil majority.
Kearney Hnh: The Omaha lb-e cl
upon the legislature to banish the prof' i
slnnnl lobby. It mny look as though Vu
Is easier said than dene, but It can
done sure enough If the members Of the
legislature any the word sin) stand to It.
Kearney Hub: The Omaha tee calls
attention to the provision of the Nebraska
constitution which provides for taking a
cennus of the state every ten years mid
way between the ten-year periods of the
national census, which was dlsregsrded Iu
IK. The Bee Insists that It should not be
done again, but that a census should bo
taken In 19i6. as the constitution directs.
The Huh fully agrees with The Bee. Thla
census should be taken, to form a bas!
for reapportionment of the legislative dis
tricts. Hastings Tribune: The editorial observa
tion of The Omaha Be to the effect that
the best results from Nebraska legisla
tion demand the abolition of the profea
slonal lobby will find wide endorsement
over the state. By tha accepted deflnltloa
of lobby It means the exerting of Influence
upon tho lawmakers with the view of ob
talnlng favoritism at their hands, tt fol
low that a stats which claims aa high a
percentage of literacy as does Nebraska,
should be sble to elect a legislature suf
ficiently Intelligent to know Its own busi
ness without the persuading Influence of a
professional lobby, and The Bee's sugges
tion that stringent mesne, to abolish that
Institution be adopted la pertinent and op
portune. Friend Telegraph: The fact that tha
state needs a new constitution la very ap
parent, but the present constitution was
formed at a time when the corporations
did not have so firm a grip upon tha state
as they have at this time. Proposition
after proposition has been submitted to
amend and to call another constitutional
convention, hut all these propositions have
been voted down, a fact which shows ths
general good sense of the Intelligent voter
In this state. To call a convention at this
time would be to ttirn not only this state
but Its constitution over to the corpora
tions entirely, and it is by far'better to
scrub along with the constitution which We
have greatly outgrown thau to try an ex
periment which could have but one eudlng,
and the people of thla state must watt until
the corporations are regaled from politics.
Fremont Tribune: The Omaha Bea calls
upon the cortilng legislature to "banish ths
professional lobby." The Idea is a good
one. Eut who is to determine Just whom
the professional lobbyists are? By what
sign or token Is a professional to be told
from au amateur? How many winters'
service In the corridors of the capltol and
In the "oil rooms" of the hotels does II
require to make a lobbyist a professional?
There are a good many prominent 'citizens
who are compelled to go to Lincoln every
two years to defend their interests against
hostile legialatlon. Should these.be ban
ished Into outer darkness? Can the legis
lature itself be relied upon to deal Justly
with all measures? It might bo well to
try the experiment, but In such event It
would be well to restore the nnclent cus
tom of making liberal appropriations for
the members to subscribe for the news
papers, in order that they may know Just
what the people want. If ths pulsebeal
of the public eanool be felt through tha
lobby then It ought to be made allowed lo
throb freely through the pres.
J,Al(ailU OAS.
Moolbluck Got' do bounce, did ye? Wot
iur .-
Office Boy Too much rubberln'." Chi
cago Tribune.
Cheops was building the Pyramid.
"I thought," said he, "It would bs vheuper
to do It in the desert than in stocks." New
1 ork Sun.
After a man gets beyond So you needn't
be surprised any time to find him reading
the navei'tiscments about rheumatism! lu
the dully papers. Somerville Journal.
"Huh!" snorted the boarder who whs
temporarily out of employment, "mora
stories from Port Arthur. There's nothing
in these idle rumors." m
"True." replied Mrs. Starvem, meaning.
"idle roomers seldom pay their board
promptly." Philadelphia Ledger.
" want It for my husband, of course."
said the fair shopper. 'It's real meer
schaum, Isn't II?"
"Yes, ma'am," answered the dealer, hand
ing It to her over the showcase and ae
cepting her SO cents with thanks. "Christ
mas meerschaum." Chicago Tribune.
Conductor This is a bud nickel, sir I
chi) t take it.
Passenger Oh. well, give that one to ths
company Philadelphia Press.
Mildred My corna do bother me frlghN
fully tonight.
Cousin Arthur I don't see where you fin
room tor (hen) lu those little boota of
yours. Somerville Journal.
TUB THUS.
W. I). Nesbit in Harper's Magailaa.
We're twins an' my name's Lucy Brow
An' her name's 1-ulu; I'm called "Ixiu,"
An' ever'body In 'Is town
Ey call my stater 'at nunc too.
An folks, 'ey come to ae us here,
An' we 1st have th' monies' fun
'Cause ever'body say: "Oh, dearS
W'y, 'Is one is til' nuther one!"
My papa sometimes look at me.
An' suy. "Well, Lulu, how you growl"
An' lieu I laugh, an' lien, w'y, he
Hay goodness sakea! he'll never know
Which one is which. An' nen I aay.
No one can tell us twins apart
'Cause we re together anyway.
An' nen lie holler, "Bless your heart I
My mamma never gets us mixed:
She always knows my twin fum tue
An' paua. say she's got us fixed
Our elo'es, or hair, so'a she can sea.
But mamma hugs us bofe up tight
An' klases us, an' pats our curls,
An' says h inuvver's always wlta
An' always knows her preshus girls.
But nuther folks 'ey 1st csn't tell
An' oncet when Lulu clumb s tree
An' couldn't hold, w'y, when she fell
Th' doctor thought 'at she was me.
Nen we all luugh, an' he 1st say
It's all In how th' notions strike,
'At bofe o' us looks 1st one way.
But 'at I look th' most alike!
umdni, iMeDfatKa.