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STATEMENT OF CTTtCVLATION.
State of Ne'.iraaka. Douglas County. ss. :
Oeorge B. Tfhiirk. secretary of The Be
Fuhllshtns; Company, heir duly sworn,
ay thaf the actual number of full and
romple'e ronlea of The Pally. Mnrnln.
Evening and Sunday B printed during the
month of January, IM, waa follow:
1 30.290 IT ST.TIO
1 2A.A40 H sr.eao
1 2S.4T0 If STJWO
4 2M.no I ST.MO
ST.9T0 tl 80.00
8TJMM) SO.!i
T 0,4 a 32.1 IX)
I S0.140 J4 2.ST0
IT.TM 2t tT.810
JO 9T,SaO M JSS.lo
ji artoo n as.oro
J2 37.00 a 30.240
13 21 2.O0
14 mjaoo SO ST.ST0
it A0.8OO n 2T.600
J SILVIO
Total 802.BBO
Leas unsold coplea 9.81S
Net total aalea.
Dally average .
8S2.TT3
S8.4T9
QEO. B. TZSCHTJCK.
Subscribed In my presence and awom to
before m tbta Uat day of January. 1Mb.
(Seal) M. U. HUNGATE,
Notary Public
legislative Investigations nra always
In order.
Omaha as a grain market Is do longer
, an Interrogation polut.
Burning 45-eent corn, as a substitute
for Iowa coal Is a luxury which only
Iowa farmers can afford.
A malter o money an matrimony are.
responsible for projecting two Hocus
Into the limelight these days.
The trouble of the railroads In these
parts Is hot so much a cdr famine Just
Bow as a superabundance of snow.
Just think of what this twow and cold
weather has done to the chlnchbug and
look happy In spite of the frost-bites.
rreddent Castro Is apparently guiding
the ship of state of Venezuela straight to
the port which 8h.ii Domingo Is entering.
In the matter of taxation of wireless
telegraph plants sclenrw seems to have
.advanced more rapidly than revenue
laws.
Russia may make a better showing in
the war. when those troops which have
had practice work In Warsaw and Lodx
reach the front
Since the legislature has acted in the
matter of a state oil retlnery it Is not
difficult to tell what has become of all of
the former populists of Kansas.
If Commissioner Oarfleld keeps pace
with the requests for Investigations of
alleged trusts ha will be the busiest man
In the employ of the government.
Despite the effect upon American In
terests President Castro is to be con
gratulated upon being' able to t-sallM
upon an asset of a, New Jersey corporation.
The paid lobbyist of the Omaha Elec
tric lilght company has projected him
self Into the arena as a charter maker
In conjunction with Cidet Taylor. What
next?
The prediction that Irish members will
bo active during the present session of
Parliament Is not In the nature of that
tjualltr of hows which may be termed
surprising.
The Kansas Peruvians will be under
everlasting obligations to the Standard
Oil octopus for forcing the emotional
Kansas legislature Into stato socialism
in the establishment of a state oil re
finery. 4
That International boat race between
Japanes vessels and the third Russian
squadron for Admiral Kojestvensky's
fleet may contain few elements of sport,
but there will lie little dispute about the
disposition of the prise to the winner.
T
It is easy to say "I told you so," but
It did not take a seventh son of a sev
enth daughter to predict that the dele
gation from Douglaa would get Into
deep water over the charter amend
ments unlesi tha revision waa prepared
before the opening of the session..
ftcrlptural quotations for public
schools are being formulated In Boston
by the contention of the Religious Edu
cational association, but the Introduc
tion of scriptural quotations In the pub
lic schools Is liable to revive a con
trvrersy that bodes no good to the pub
lic schools.
' An opposition statesman says that Jo
seph Chamberlain Is suffering from a
"mnlsria of ambiguity," which In plain
I'nrllsh prolxilily menus that the nietu
Imt from Birmingham desires to he un
derstood .as not desiring to be under
stood, a position In which other states
men And themselves at times.
7 HE aTJ.VSAS OIL CONFLICT.
What Is to be the outcome of the con
flict between the state of Kansas and
the Standard Oil company cannot be
foreseen with absolute certainty, but the
very general hope will be tbat the state
will be successful and tbat the Oil trust
will be shown for once that it cannot
exercise Its despotic ami oppressive
power In all directions. The stand taken
by the crude oil producers of Kansas
and which Is sustained by the legislature
of the state, overwhelmingly republican,
will receive almost universal commenda
tion as a proper resentment by a sover
eign commonwealth of the despotic con
trol of a great Industry by a giant mo
nopoly which absolutely Ignored the In
terests of the people of the state and bad
established a system or policy which was
relentlessly robbing the oil producers of
Kansas.
In view of this situation the legisla
ture of Kansas, after careful delibera
tion, has passed a bill that provides for
the establishment of a state oil refinery
and Its management under conditions
that will secure to the producers a fair
price for their oil and to consumers a
price that will not be unfair and oppres
sive. Pursuing Its well-known methods,
the Oil trust has taken steps to deprive
the people of Kansss of oil and In this
it Is likely to be for a time successful.
It occupies a position In regard to the
recently developed oil fields of that state
which gives It a great advantage. The
construction of a state refinery will take
time. The money to do this must be
voted by the people and it is said that
there Is doubt as to whether the action
of the legislature is constitutional and
that the opinion of the supreme court
will be asked In regard to the validity of
the legislation authorizing an issue of
bonds.
What Is very much In evidence Is the
fact that thp people of Kansas ore most
earnestly determined to rid themselves.
If possible, of exactions on the part of
the Oil trust which they have found to
be intolerable and in this position they
are pretty sure of having the nearly uni
versal sympathy of the country. It may
be objected in regard to the action of the
Kansas legislature that It Is a step In
the direction of state socialism, but those
who are fdentifled with the movement
assert that they are actnated by no such
Influence and that their purpose Is purely
that of the protection of the people of
the state, both the producers and the
consumers of oil. against the exactions
of a rapacious monopoly. The result of
the Issue will be regarded with very
great Interest by the entire country. The
advantage at present seems to Iks with
the Oil trust, whose command of the
situation may enable it to deprive the
people of Kansas of one of their chief
necessities, but persistent effort may give
them eventually release from the mo
nopoly's exactions.
It Is Interesting in connection with this
to note that President Roosevelt has di
rected the commissioner of corporations
to begin an Investigation of the petro
leum oil Industry and that this w.111 be
pressed as rapidly as possible.
QEXEHAL LSW WALLACE
In the death of General Lew Wallace
the country loses a man of distinguished
literary ability, who had also made a
fine record as a soldier, having served in
both the Mexican war and In the war of
the rebellion. General Wallace was born
In April, 182", so that he was nearly 78
years of age. Receiving little more than
a high school education, his knowledge
of the world was gained at first hand in
the service of the United States govern
ment, which he represented at several
foreign diplomatic posts; When a com
paratively young roan Wallace was ap
pointed adjutant general of his native
state, Indiana. In the first year of the
civil war he was commissioned a briga
dier general and in the following year he
was promoted to major general for con
spicuous bravery and gallantry at the
capture of Fort Donelson.
After the war he was made minister to
Paraguay, subsequently becoming gov
ernor of New Mexico, and in 1882 he was
appointed minister to Turkey. General
Wallace achieved literary distinction as
the author of "Ben Hur," which was one
of the most widely read books of the
time and Is still regarded by many as a
work of the highest merit as an imagi
native and descriptive production. Kew
things In modern literature are more fa
mous In descriptive writing than the
chariot race In "Ben Hur" and it has
been used In different guises by several
novelists of repute In late years. Gen
eral Wallace wrote several other works,
among which are "A Prince of India"
and a life of Benjamin Harrison. His
reputation in literature, however, rests
upon his first work, which will hold a
permanent place among the celebrated
productions of American authors. Gen
eral Wallace made a good record as a
soldier, but the perpetuation of his mem
ory will be chiefly due to his literary
work.
OtL TltADS IXVESTIOATIOX.
Announcement comes from Washing
ton that the president. In compliance
with the request of the bouse of repre
sentatives, has ordered an Immediate In
vestigation of the oil trade by the bu
reau of corporations and that It Is pro
posed to press the Inquiry as rapidly as
possible, 'fills grows out of the course
of the Standard Oil trust In Kansas, aa
to which the legislature of tbat state has
just taken action tbat promises a most
interesting conflict between the authori
ties of the commonwealth and the oil
monopoly.
The country will warmly welcome the
announcement that the federal govern
ment Is to institute an investigation of
the oil trade, which of course means an
Inquiry as to the operations and meth
ods of the trust In every state of the
nnlon thousands of people will be Inter
ested In the Inquiry and It Is not to be
doubted that the officials of the bureau
of corporations will find any number
most willing to supply them with Infor
mation regarding the trust's, operations.
It was stated some time ago that au
Investigation of the oil trade by the fed
eral authorities was In contemplation
and It Is not Improbable tha agents of
the bureau of corporations have already
obtained a great many facts respecting
the methods of the Oil trust but at all
events the country Is now assured that
an Investigation will be made and there
can be no doubt that It will be as thor
ough as it Is In the power of the bureau
of corporations to make It.
trjMr WILL THE HARVEST BEt
Men are Judged by their acts aud not
by their profession. What applies to
men Individually applies collectively to
organized bodies of men, and especially
to bodies of men acting in a representa
tive capacity. When the men who con
stitute the present legislature of Ne
braska have completed their work the
Judgment of their constituents will be
formed by what they have done as well
as by what they have failed to do.
There Is probably less Interest mani
fested In the legislative proceedings this
year than there has been during any
session held since the state was organ
ised, but that fact does not Justify the
conclusion that the people are entirely
Indifferent, or that they will remain in
different when the day of reckoning
comes In the local campaign next fall
and In the general campaign two years
hence. If the legislative mill of 190G
grinds out chaff a marked reaction in
public sentiment Is sure to follow and
the political leaders and aspiring politi
cians of today are liable to be burled
under a mountain of dissenting votes If
they present themselves for popular en
dorsement In other words, If the legislature falls
to enact wholesome laws that will place
the people of Nebraska on an equal
footing with tlcose of other states and
decrease their tax burdens, we may look
for a revulsion, if not a political revolu
tion, in the very near future. Although
the session is but half over and much
tan yet be done toward redeeming its
reputation, we must confess that the
outlook for better and more economic
government Is not very bright.
The legislature started out with pro
fessions of economy. In the matter of
limiting the legislative employes' pay
roll its course has been commendable,
but there all the promised economy has
stalled. With an Increase of a quarter
of a million In the state debt for last
year, despite the marked Increase of
revenue produced under the revenue
law of 1003, and the complaint of over
taxation all along the line, the ap
propriations threaten to be much heavier
than in the preceding year, and, for
that matter, than they have ever been.
On the heels of this comes a proposi
tion to levy a 1-mill tax to pay off the
state debt This, undoubtedly, is a
measure calculated to strengthen the
state credit and arrest the Increase in
the state debt, but It also means more
burdensome state taxes for the next
two years, and taxpaylng people will not
he pleased with increased taxes even In
this era of prosperity.
Should another crop failure, which Is
almost due, strike Nebraska In 1000, the
leaders of the "calamity" party will
have their Innings. The prudent man
stores up provisions for hard times and
the prudent legislator should so frame
the laws as to prevent discontent and
head off, as far as may be possible,
political hurricanes.
Seuator Cady lins introduced a bill
for the creation of an elective state
railroad com . ..-slon. The proposed
measure wet doubtless, meet with
popular favo.. notwithstanding the fact
that former appointive railroad commis
sions in Nebraska had proved them
selves Incompetent, irrelevant and imma
terial. It Is questionable, however,
whether tin elective commission would
stand the test of the courts any more than
an appointive board of transportation,
which was in fact the railroad commis
sion for Nebraska. Would it not be
more rational to clothe the Board of
Public Lands and Buildings with the
powers devolving upon a railroad com
mission, making it its duty to hear and
consider complaints and In conjunction
with the attorney general, to take the
necessary steps for the enforcement of
existing laws prohibiting discrimina
tion by rebates and favoritism to pre
ferred shippers and localities. Such a
law would hold water in the courts, but
a railroad commission, either elective or
appointive, Is almost certain to be ruled
out as unconstitutional.
According to the financial exhibit of
the Union Pacific railroad, published by
authority, the net earnings of that
company for the last six months
of 1004 show a net increase
of over fl.ooo.ooo over the correspond
ing period for 1A03, but, according to
the Omaha attorneys for tho Uulou Pa
cific, there was a most alarullng con
traction In the earnings of that com
pany last year that compels the com
pany to resist the enforcement of the
tax levy, based on the assessment of
the State Board of Equalisation for
1904. As between the auditor and the
attorney, Investors always prefer to
take stock in the figures of the auditor.
Just to prove that its report on the
Santa Fe case did not impair Its powers,
and that it plays no favorites, the Inter
state Commerce commission Is wrestling
with the terminal lines at Pittsburg.
The Colorado Iron company may be vin
dicated by a showing that it Is not the
only steel works enjoying concessions on
rates.
From now until the fourth day of
March plans and specifications for Pres
ident Roosevelt's reconstructed cabinet
will be floating in the atmosphere at
the national capital, but President
Roosevelt Is liable to disappoint and sur
prise all the cabinet makers by select
Ing some meu whom noltody has thought
of.
1L TT9
The new directory of the Salt lake
V Ios Angeles railroad, wblrh Is
eventually to be the exteuslou of the
Union Pacific Into Southern California,
Is divided half and half letween Sena
tor Clark and E. M. Harriman. but
that merger will not be eujolned by
Omaha If the construction of the road
Is expedited so that it may be open for
travel and traffic by next New Year's
day. That will bring Omaha miles
nearer to Ixs Angeles than it Is now.
Vienna and Budapest are anxiously
awaiting decision as to which place the
emperor of Austria and Francis Kossuth
will choose for their meeting, but prob
ably the police of both places are in
training for the event.
So Plana la lh.
Pittsburg Dlfpatch.
Architects from all over the oild are
Invited to aand plans for the Palace of
Peace at The Hgue. But the fnltcd
States senate has do plans for making the
peace genuine.
Penmllataa; Greed.
St. iouis Globe-Democrat.
Russia admits a loss in Manchuria of
40,0011 killed and 330,noo wounded, to say
nothing of the mortality and disability
from dlFease. It Is one of the severest
lessons of modern times.
Shlreriaa; the Brink.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The attitude of the senate toward the
houae rate bill Is a good deal like that of
a boy who ha his clothes off. but stands
shivering- on the bank because he Is afraid
the water may be pretty cold.
Rlrhneaa Denied the Drama.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
It Is difficult for the modern dramatist,
whose mind Is centered on the elevation of
the stage, to contemplate, without sighing,
the da tiling acenea that could be arranged
with Johsnn Hoch and his fifty-three
wives. If only the law would permit the
principal to accept engagements.
Woaderfnl Generoalty, Thla.
Portland Oregonlan.
The United States Steel corporation will
divide a caah bonus of l,QfX,000 among S.ono
of Its employes. The money will be dis
tributed on a pro rata basin according to
tha alse of the salaries. The American
public will be gratified to learn that some
one besides the stockholders of this trust
will share In the enormous profits. It is
difficult to forget, however, that the $1,000,
000 distributed among these employe is a
mere bagatelle compared with the amount
that is annually given the foreign steel
buyer In the way of lower prices than will
be quoted in protected America.
A Jeer front Oopherdom.
Minneapolis Journal.
The Minnesota legislature went on rec
ord very quickly In tha n-atter of voting
In the affirmative to expend $10,000 for tho
purchase of a suitable testimonial for tho
new battleship Minnesota. Nebrsska should
put Its ear to the ground and listen to the
Gophers' vote when It conies to honoring
th "pride of the navy." Only a few days
ago the Cornhupkers had an opportunity
to say yes or no to a proposition to spend
$5,000 to buy a suitable sliver service for
the Nebraska, the battleship recently
launched on the Pacific coast: but the
solons of that state did not come to the
front. Nebraska Is a rich state nowadays,
and there is no need of the economy that
savors of niggardliness.
TO STOP EXC ESS KXPEXHITt RES
Move to Pat End to Ileflclenvy
Appropriations.
Philadelphia Press.
The act proposed by the house Judiciary
committee making an executive officer of
the government punishable by fine and Im
prisonment for expending money In excens
of appropriations, or for making the gov
ernment liable for such sums through an
ticipating contracts, has much to commend
It. But If It becomes a law congress will
have to be more careful in its appropria
tions and allow a much larger sum for con
tingencies, i
It la rather absurd to have urgency de
ficiency bills to make lawful such payments
figure up over $16,000,000, as was the case
last year. Even larger bills, in the aggre
gate, of that character have been passed.
In some caes this money would not have
been expended without authorisation by
congress, but In other cases the exuendi
lures were sbsolut-ly necessary. Congre,
to make a show of economy, hud failed to
appropriate what was necessary.
8uch failure has often been the result of
design and not due to any mistake. Pre
ceding a congressional campaign the ap
propriations are often purposely kept down,
knowing full well that urgency deficiency
bills will be presented promptly at the be
ginning of the next session. That Is a
wrong method of doing business and should
be stopped. It has encouraged executive
officers to expend money when there waa no
authority to do so and when there was
room for a difference of opinion aa to the
wisdom of the expenditure.
The proposed law la a good one, but tin
less congress does its work more carefully
some branches of the government will have
to cease operations temporarily in the fu
ture or else the nation will have to be. put
to the expense of an extra session ef congress.
RAILROAD AHGIMENT PtMTlRED,
Light of Dally Experience Turned on
Corporate Aaaertloaa.
United States Investor.
The argument is advanced that If rail
ways sre not permitted to manage their
business, their securities will be diminished
in value. But do not the present practices
cause a dlinlnshmeiit when, by favoring
one shipper, all the others are driven out
of business, lowering the volume of traffic?
Is Income not reduced by the pernicious
and substantial unlawful giving of passes?
Does not rate cutting, another Important
example of whlih is now being given In
the middle west, reduce earnings and affect
the Incomes of railway bond and share
holders? Would not stable rates, equitably
fixed for all and strictly held to, be more
likely to yield a more stsblo Income? It
is deliberately misleading to assert that
the effect of the proposed law is to reduce
rates generally; and If such a result Is to
be spprehended, proper euro In amending
It now will remove tho objection, for the
declared purpose, as sincerely expressed as
is possible In language to do so, is that
there shall be lodged somewhere the power
to prevent one man from being charged 40
oants for a certain service and another
charged GO cents for the Identical service
in the same hour.
Respecting the ability to Intelligently
handle the rate question, It la preposterous
to assume that tlie only men capable of
doing so are those now employed by the
railways. There are as many outside of
tha railway offices who have graduated
from those offices, and there are certainly
an equul number who never were In rail
way ufflcea who understand the subject.
From these two bodies of men we can as
suredly obtain a commission that Is fully
equul In tha task, and suburdlnntes to assist
them. It need be the government could get
soma ef th men who are now making rates.
Soma railway men pretend that the pro
posed measure would operate aa a con.)-,
tlon of property, because It might trans
pire that in 1 foil led Instances some offend
ing railways might lose a little freight
money: but what of the wholesale counsel
tlon of the people's property which dis
criminating rates linva tern unlawfully
vautliig fui t'Mit?
noon ABOIT EW lORK.
Ripples oa the ( arrest ef l ife la the
Metropolis.
The statement Is made by the Herald
that between 75,ono and KO.ooo idlo men
are now dependent upon the charity of
the city of New York. It is a larger army
of unemployed than has ever assembled
In the city before," comments the Herald,
"but Its presence here Is accounted for in
a simple way by those who have studied
the conditions. It Is merely the result of
the supply of labor exceeding the demand
In this perticular spot In New York City
that has brough about tho distressing con
dition. New Yotk's gigantic enterprises in
transportation improvements B-nd other
lines lured here more men than were re
quired to do the work. A severe winter
lias overtaken them without funds or
friends and they are hungry."
Af .er two families living on the top flours
of the brown stone apartment house 60
Kast One Hundred and Eighteenth street
had fled down the fire escape from flames
which threatened the building, Policeman
Miller was notified that an aged man, an
Invalid, living on the fourth floor, bad not
been seen. Miller started up the stairways,
which smoke and flame made almost im
passable. lie found Jacob Bernach, aged "0, striving
to crawl toward a front window on the
fourth floor. Miller raised the helpless
Invalid in his arms and stinted back down
the stairs. Spectators saw Miller stagger
out of the street entrance and collapse.
Bernnch had been saved without serious
Injury, but Miller was overcome. He was
revived with difficulty.
"Charles F. Murphy, the Tammany
chief," said a politician who knows whore'of
ho speaks, "is worth $2,'HXi.kio. His wealth
is Increasing rapidly, and that fact alone is
causing troublo among the Tammany rank
and file, who are getting little or nothing
these days."
It waa found by inquiry among other pol
iticians that this $ opinion of Murphy's
wealth generally obtained. It was pointed
out that he was not flamboyant in the dis
play of his newly acquired affluence, as
Croker was, and that Us money was more
securely invested than Croker's. "It Is a
safo prediction," said the Informant of the
Evening World, "that when the surrogate's
court comes to puss upon the estates of
Murphy and Croker, Murphy's will bs
found to be much the lurger." The coming
of Croker has revived comparisons between
tho ex-chief and his successor, and the
comment Is Croker always looked after the
"boys."
So astonishing seemed the estimate of
Murphy's wealth, and so great an example
does It appear to be of the opportunities
which await energy in local politics, that
the Evening World man sought further in
formation concerning the rlop of Murphy
to the dlszy heights of chief of Tammany
and custodian of the thoughts of hundreds
of office holders. After much questioning
In various quarters he compiled thla review
of a useful and busy life, which will be no
lees interesting to the rank and file of Tam
many than to the thousands of eager re
formers In all kinds of civic bodies who are
already with both feet and hands In the
scramble of a mayoralty campaign.
"Every man In the house get up and
i dance. Dance to my music or I'll play an-
other tune on this music box. Whoop!"
With this order shouted at the top of his
voice, a drink-crated man flourishing a re
volver proceeded to "shoot up" a crowded
restaurant at Sixth avenue and Fortieth
street. The place was crowded with work
men from the Hippodrome. None of them
seemed disposed to dance.
"Well," announced the bad man disgust
edly, "will anybody fight, then?"
No one seemed disposed to fight.
"I've got f have some fun, anyhow," said
the amusement seeker, snd leveling the re
volver at the reflection of a man in a mir
ror across the room he fired. With the
crash of the glass half a dosen men sprang
up and started for the door; others flat
tened themselves out on the floor, under the
tables, while the res sprang at the dis
turber. He fired twice Into the crowd.
A man dropped, yelling In pain, und the
crowd fell back. The bad man rested an
Instant, smiling about the room, and one
man near the door took the opportunity to
slip out.
Crack went the gun, snd the runaway
leaped forward, shot through the thigh,
and ran three blocks before the pain of tho
wound overcame Ills terror and a pursuing
policeman could catch him.
When the police entered the restaurant
the armed man had the center of the room
Snd was waving his wide cowboy hat with
one bond and taking potshots at mirrors snd
crockery with his revolver. There was
not a head In sight.
Re-enforced by policemen, the crowd
closed In on the desperado, who fought
from one end of the room to the other be
fore he was overpowered and pinned to the
floor by the weight of several men.
At the station house he said he was
Theron Wallace Doming of Ashland, Green
county, N. Y.
Thomas Phlillps, who waa shot as he st
temptcd to leave the place, and ( Joseph
Ryan, who was struck at the flt fire,
were taken to the New York hospital.
Both were shot through the thigh. They
will recover unless complications develop.
The restaurant was dismantled from end
to end.
This Is a story of honl solt qui mal y
pence. It concerns tho pocketlesa woman,
and then only If she carries hers In hsr
hosiery. It Is a bad habit. Coin of tho
republic wandering about on exploring ex
peditions Inside warranted lisle thread or
web silk is apt to be disconcerting to the
most self-contained woman. The feminine
Intelligence will grasp the aggrevatlons of
the situation at a stance.
It did grasp them at the Hotel Astor
when, before the West End Republican
club, the monthly report of Mrs. Belle de
Rivera, touching on momentous questions,
legislative and others, made mention of the
fsct that s representative banking houae
was considering the feasibility of presenting
garters to all Its women depositors. Not
the ordinary affair, with a wicked little
bow and a gold clasp, unworthy of Its
responsibility. This garter la to be as plain
and uncompromising as an unbecoming
bonnet, with no weakness or sentimentality
about it.
Securely fastened to the circlet will be a
chamois pocket, with a strong lock. The
banking house, with the proper mcdesty.
alludes to this ss "a secret receptacle to
curry funds" and has a plan-to otder 1,0W)
of them for presentation immediately,
"So, wllly-nllly," added Mrs. de Rivera,
"women must have pockets of their own."
The enthusiasm of political womanhood
was Immediate, and the bank's customers
are likely to Increase by scores.
Captain James L. Smith of Denver, a
"gun fighter" who has spent sixty-seven
years on the plains and can pick off pen
nies at fifty yards even now with his
well notched slxxhooter. says that "Bat''
Mustersnn, who has been appointed s dep
uty 1'nlted States marshal for the southern
district of New York, Is a four-flusher.
Here are some things Captain Smith says:
"I want to go on record as saying that
Masterson Is a four-flusher and romancer.
He makes bis living by relating yarns
which have no foundation In fact. He
likea to leave the Impression that ha has
killed a wore of men. I know of only on
man who fll a victim to his shooting abil
ity, and 'Hut' potted him from behind a
wnodplls. 1 told III n i to leave Ieiiver ba.
cause he was Hrmlatlng fHle stories about
me, and he went. I did not Intend to shoot
hlin .nly kirk him out of town. 'Bat' Is
such au opera bouffe hero thai I can't
refrain from exposing him. Why, he
doesn't ever, know how to bundle a revol
ver. Whenever lie manipulates firearms he
Is a positive menace to the Innocent by
standers. "When 'Bal' was In Tombstone, Arls.. fie
boys had much fun with him." Captain
Smith continued. "It was a pretty wild
town and 'Bat' was Indiscreet enough to
tell a few stories about what he hud done
In Dodge City. The boys decided to try
him out snd one night they msde him
jump out of the window of a gambling
house. He didn't come bsck for revenge,'
either."
"THE DOWNFALL OF 9TE M."
Pretnatare Celebration by Enthnalaa
tlo Electricians.
New York Mail.
The electricians' society gave a banquet
the other evening to celebrate the downfall
of steam. The celebration seems to us to
have been a little premature. It will be
time to lay our wreaths of Immortal regTet
on the bier of steam when science Is able
to harness electricity to Its service with
out the Intervention of steam or water
power. This wonder may be accomplished,
but it has not been practically accomp
lished as yet. "L'nconquered steam" still
turns the wheel which calls electricity
from the space round about to do the bid
ding of man It Is the prime mover. For
that matter, steam Is still the work horse
of modern industry. It Is steam that car
ries our commerce ovtr lands and sea.
Steam bears our malls, which are the war
rant upon which commerce aud manufac
ture act. Electricity should, and doubtless
ere long must, move the heaviest and the
swiftest trains upon the land and the
great ships seross the sea. But at present
It performs but a secondary function.
There is, perhaps, more than a me
chanical reason why the Industrial world
clings to the use of steam In the degree
that It does, instead of hastening the full
application of electricity suggested by the
triumphs of modern Invention. There can
be little doubt that man would extend his
use of electricity a little more rapidly
than he does it he were better aware what
ho Is dolng-Hn other words, if the essen
tial nature of electricity were more fully
understood. Man Knows the nature of
steam. It is cvmpsratlvely a simple Idea,
When water expands Into vapor under the
Influence of heat he knows that Its expan
sive force will not be denied. -lie can see
how It acts in bis tea kettle. It is all
there under his hand. The biggest steam
engine is only an exaggerated tea kettle.
But the electric motor is to most men a
mystery. It Is occult. We all seem to be
a little superstitious about It.
The first electrical locomotive was made
in 1835 and our railroad trains still go by
steam. Several kinds of electric lights
shone brilliantly at the first great world's
exhibition at the Crystal Palace, In ton
don, in 1851, but it was not until 1878 that
electric lighting was seriously introduced.
Ages before the steam engine was Invented
the use of electric power was contemplated,
and even now It Is a little laggard. There
really seems to be something of the mis
giving that we are a.umlng to harness
the absolute energy when we make an In
dustrial application of electricity. But Is
there anything whatsoever that we do in
which the absolute force is not really the
prime mover?
PERSONAL IS'OTES.
Commander Peary and his North Pole
projects do not excite much Interest Just
now. If Peary wants sympathy, let him
talk North Pole In the middle of August,
with the thermometer soaring and humid
ity trying to beat It.
Judge Joseph II. Klbbey, who has Just
been appointed by the president to be
governor of Arizona, has a high reputation
as an expert on Irrigation law. Ho Is a
native of Indiana and his father and
grandfather were lawyers of distinction.
Susan B. Anthony will celebrate her
85th birthday today. 8he is the last
and perhaps the greatest of that little
band of famous women who started the
equal rights movement in 1848. Today
every civilized country has Its woman suf
frage organization.
Jules Verne is undoubtedly doomed to
die disappointed. Tho greatest ambition in
his literary career has been to be elected
to the French academy. The Forty Immor
tals have not admitted him to their num
ber, although he has tften been proposed
for membership. He is 7 years old, nearly
blind and he la probably publishing his lat
books two this j ear.
Alderman Charles Ksltenhauser of Pitts
burg probably is the world's heaviest Jus
tice of the peace, tipping the scales at
666 pounds. When inducted Into office fif
teen years ago he weighed 365 pounds.
Under medical Instruction he took exercise
of all sorts some time ago snd managed
to get down to 400 pounds, but lapsed for a
few days and took on flesh rapidly. Then
he gave It up and for several years has
constantly weighed about 660. His health
Is good.
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SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN FACTORY
Elaht Workmen Injnred by Explo
sion, Which Caoaea Fire
In Sn 1 ark.
NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-Klght workmen
were badly Injured by an explosion of
sulphur In the Brooklyn Sulphur works In
Brooklyn today. Firemen snd policemen
who brought them out of the building wero
themselves much affected by breathing the
sulphur fumes, and at one time ten flromen
were lying on the sidewalk with ambulance
surgeons administering restoratives. It is
believed four of tho Injured workmen will
die.
The first explosion was quickly followed
by a second and In a minute the whole
three-story building was In flames. A
number of workmen were caught where
there were no fire escapes snd hsd to Jump
to the ground. Whan the firemen arrived
men were bunging from windows and were
taken down with the sld of scaling ladders.
The explosions are supposed to have been
caused by the Ignition of the sulphur by a
spark caused by tho presence of a nail in
the mechanism of one of the sulphur grind
ing machines. ' '
LAIGIIIXU LUES.
"Klanuagan railed ye a liar, did he?"
"He did thot "
"An" what did ye do?"
"Flanagan." Philadelphia Ledger.
"Then you scorn hiy suit, proud beautyf
he hiaxed.
"I do!" she said firmly. "And I positively
will not go out a step with you until you
change it!"
Sadly he rued the day when his eye had
been atrected' by the sign. "I was $.12. TaJta
me home for $.80." Cleveland Leader.
"Sensible girl that!"
"Never thought her so."
"Well, when she rejected me the other
night she said she was sensible of the great
honor I did her, and I call that being pretty
sensible." New Orleans Times-Democrat.
"Young man," ssked the girl's father,
"have you any visible means of support?"
"Why aw none that are visible to the
naked eye." replied the young man. hesi
tatingly. "I am one of the microbe special
ists of the health department." Chicago
Tribune.
"Look here," roared the King of Beasts,
"you fellows don't seem to be duly Im
pressed when I tell you of my wonderful
adventures."
'Of course were interested In what you
y. Leo," replied the hyena, laughing.
say.
"but then we know you're
adelphia Ledger.
llon."-Phll-
Seaatora rhaige Their Minds.
Indianapolis News.
The average senator Is a queer mortal.
This reflection is suggested by the sud
denness with which the committee on for
eign relations changed its opinion on the
arbitration treaties. Warned by the ex
perience of other secretaries of state, as
well as by his own experience, Secretary
Hay submitted the arbitration treaties to
the committee on foreign relations before
hsnd, and that committee approved them.
But when It came to act on them after
they had been sent In to the senata, the
committee found that they were most ob
jectionable, and at once proceeded to
amend them. From which wa conclude
that previous consultation - with senators,
even aato such Important things as treat
ies, does not oount for much.
"That orator says a great many things
that nobody understands."
"That Is how he gets credit for great wis
dom. People take It for granted that hs
docs understand them." Washington Star.
"I don't se why a fellow should kick if
he doesn't succeed. Every man Is the arch
itect of his own fortune.'
"Yes. but did you ever know of an archi
tect who didn't blame the builder or noma
subcontractor for his own failure?" Phila
delphia Press.
"Can't I sell you a copy of our Pocket
Encyclopedia?" aked tho book aaent. "It
will save you both time and money."
"Huh!" exclaimed the young man with
the bored look, "Thoxe happen to he the
two things I'm the worst overstocked with.
Good day." Chicago Tribune.
Footsore Frankle Please, mum, could yer
give a little sumpln' tvr a stsrvln' man?
Mrs. Klndlelgh Yes, my poor man her
Is an old pair of my husband's trousers.
Footsore Frankle Pardon me, mum but
does I look like a goat? Cleveland Leader.
THE DEAD ROSE OF DESIRafc
Roy Farrcil Oreene.
The things tjiat wa lonjed f.r .new upon a
dim perspective w mdrous fair they
seomed !
Perchano of villa quaint In foreign clime.
Or forest ledge of rough-hewn logs wa
dreamed
Antf vowed we'd make our own when for
tune delsned
To smile on us, some time In manhood's
yrline
Ah, bow In youthful hearts and brains they
reigned,
The things we longed for, once upon a
time.
The years crept on, a competence we
gained,
And able grew to purchase at command
What pleased us best, snd later still at
tained An opulence, aye, more than wa hsd
l-lanned!
Thus blessed with power to buy we frank
confess
To weary prose has turned each lilting
rhyme
We now have no desire to possess
The things we lunged for, once upon a
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