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    THE OMAHA DAILY REE: THURSDAY. MARCIT 2. 1903.
The Omaha Daily Bee
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Notary Public.
It wan but natural that StoesHel's re
ception at 8t Petersburg should be thllly
since all of the officials bnre the ague.
The bill to suppress slot machines
ought to give the Civic' Federation an
other chance to make a new spread of
reform. ,.
If that rebellion In Arabia grows any
larger the sultan may regret that he did
not order ships of the desert In place of
gunboats. ;
At all events the official records show
that the state architect never failed to
draw his salary, whether he was draw
lug plans or not.
Governor Mickey will attend the
Inauguration exercises at Washington by
proxy. This Is hard on the staff of
gold-laced colonels.'
The failure of the western lines to
settle the grain rate war would Indicate
that considerable grain still in the
hands of the shippers.
The professional base ball season
opens In Omaha May 8. That Is late
enough to bring the base ball fever well
Into its early stages.
If the lawmaker who proposes by
statute to make street car transfers hold
good for two hours wants a street car
pasl, why doesn't he say so?
When the United States has ascer
tained the real extent of the flora and
fauna of the Philippines the "captains
of Industry'' will bave an inning.
Now' that former Senator Pettlgrew
has endorsed the policies of President
Roosevelt, Senator Morgan should come
upon the reservation and make It unani
mous. . r : '
By a vote of 21 to 42 the associated
chambers of commerce of Great Britain
has voted In favor of fiscal reform. The
American idea seems to bo taking root
abroad.
Now . that the Russian revolutionists
find time to operate prlntlug presses In
fit. Petersburg the reason for banishing
Maxim Gorky from the capital Is more
apparent.
The superintendent "of New York
schools says It is the duty of the state
and not of tha city to educate the chil
dren, tout be will probably permit the
city to foot the bills.
Governor Peabody set a precedent
which has beeu adopted by Russia, for
In no other place except Colorado and
Poland has a "modi fled form of martial
law" been Introduced.
Now that the Mad Mullah has gone on
the warpath Great Britain will have an
opportunity to show what might have
happened If the Dogger Bunk Incident
had not ended as it did.
Members of the legislature are respect
fully reminded that according to the last
report .of the state auditor, Nebraska
bus a floating debt of $2,2SO,000, not
withstanding the fact that the constitu
tion limits the Indebtedness to f 100,000.
When In doubt on appropriations, vote
tlioiii down.
With the inauguration or the new par
cels post agreeiueut with Great Britain
four pounds six ounces of mail can be
seut from any point In the United States
to Great Britain for 4! cents. To send
four pounds betweeu any two points in
this country tjh1s 04 cents but some
day It may be 1 liferent.
Wisconsin Is considering a law mak
ing It a misdemeanor to offer a comiuis
eion or anything of value to the employe
of a firm or corporation to Influence the
business of the employer. Members of
"reception committees" of Milwaukee
.lobbing houses may have to puck their
grips and take to the road
THE FI0HT1SH I.V MAyCHVRtA
The world awaits with Intense Interest
the nsult of the general engagement
In progress In Northern Manchuria,
where armies estimated to number be
tween 4oo,m and JVXMJOO each are con
fronting each other for a distance of
nearly or (uite one hundred miles. While
no confident conclusion can Ik formed
from the reports, these show that In the
luitin the advantage since the general
fighting Ix'gan lias been with the Japa
nese and that as In all previous engage
ments the commanders of the Invading
armies have shown superior strategy and
skill. There have, of course, been reverses
on both .sides, but iu these the Russians
have been the greater losers, and what
they have Jost In position they probably
will be unable to regain. Much of the
fighting Is being done in a mountainous
country and in this sort of warfare the
Japanese have demonstrated that they
are distinctly superior to their enemy.
They also have an advantage In the
amount and service of their artillery, the
artillerists of the army of Japan being
unexcelled by those -of any country.
This general engagement, for which
the most conlplete preparations had been
made by both armies, will undoubtedly
be one of the - most destructive ever
fought, and the result may prove de
cisive of the war. There in said to be
a feeling on the Kuropenn bourses that
an overwhelming victory on either side
would lead to overtures from the de
feated for peace. It Is true that the czar
has said that the war must go on, but If
the armies under Konropatkin should be
driven from their present strongholds
and so badly whipped as to become de
moralized there would be a home pres-
sure upon the Russian government for
ending the war which It would perhaps
find Irresistible. A like disaster to the
armies of Japan would, for obvious rea
sons, be less serious for that country
than an overwhelming defeat of the Rus
sian forces. Japan Is In undisputed con
trol of southern Manchuria and having
also control of the sea It Is hardly pos
sible that what she has gained enn be
wrested from her. She can reinforce her
armies much more readily than can her
antagonist. Still It Is not Improbable
that a disastrous defeat In the present
engagement would make Japan willing
to consider proposals for peace.
Hostilities In the far east have been
going on a little less than thirteen
months and the estimated cost to the
belligerents Is a billion dollars and at
least, a quarter of a million men killed
and wounded. The larger part of this
cost, both as to money and men, has
fallen upon Russia. The Japanese have
attained their every aim. with the excep
tion of the capture of Mukden, which Is
the objective point of the present gen
eral engagement. They have taken Port
Arthur, one of the most strongly fortified
places In the world. They have de
stroyed Russia's naval power In the east.
They control all southern Manchuria.
At no time have the armies of Japan
suffered a serious reverse, in no vital
engagement have her commanders shown
themselves Incompetent or her soldiers
wanting In courage. Tn view of nil this
there Is a natural expectation. ;n well as
a widespread hope, that victory will be
hers In the ' great battle now being
fought.
ascertaining public sentiment on the
question would be through a general
election. Such a course, however, the
ministry is not likely to favor, because
other matters would be determined by
It, possibly not to the advantage of the
government. It Is the understanding
that tire advocates of fiscal reform would
be glad to have the question submitted
to a general election, professing confi
dence that a majority would be found
favorable to It There Is reason to doubt
this, since the agricultural producers
generally and large bodies of working
men have expressed themselves against
any change, or at any rate any such
change as Chamberlain proposes. Should
British Industrial and commercial af
fairs materially Improve under existing
conditions, which It Is quite possible they
will, there would be an end for a time
to the agitation for fiscal reform. Mean
while the action of a majority of the rep
resentative commercial bodies may
strengthen support for the proposed reform.
CLOSER TRADE SOUGHT.
There Is an organization In Berlin
whose object Is to promote closer com
mercial relations between Germany and
the United States. At a recent meeting
it was decided to couvoke a congress
with Instructions to consider the various
phases of future commercial and indus
trial relations between this country and
Germany. A Berlin dispatch says that
the action taken at the meeting is con
sidered of the greatest Importance and
that owing to the confidence which most
of those present enjoy at court it Is pre
dicted In parliamentary circles that a
thorough campaign looking toward closer
commercial relations between the two
countries will be Inaugurated In the near
future.
Undoubtedly a movement of this kind
would be cordially welcomed by Ameri
can merchants and manufacturers. The
United States at present has a large and
profitable trade with Germany, the bal
ance being considerably In favor of this
country. There bas been for several
yeara a strong feeling among some Ger
man Industrial and commercial interests
against American competition, but this
has had no serious practical result. Iu
spite of It our general trade with that
country has kept up and Increased. It
cannot be confidently assumed, however,
that this will continue unless something
be done to secure closer trade relations.
This may not be an altogether easy mat
ter. There are some obvious difficulties
in the way, but these are not necessarily
insuperable. At all events an earnest
effort should be made In both countries
to bring about closer commercial rela
tions and we are quite confident that
German initiative to this end will be re
ceived here In an entirely friendly spirit.
THE ilSCAL RBfuRM.
The declaration of a majority of the
chambers of commerce of the United ,'
Kingdom In fuvor of changes in the
final system and recommending that an
I nperlal conference be called to discuss
'he question, show that the comniercial
oodles of the country generally are In
sympathy with the policy advocated by
Mr. Chamlierlain, or at any rate a part
of it. There bus recently been an abate
ment of the naval reform agitation in the
United Kingdom, but it appeurs that the
commercial organisations, which repre
sent the Interests upon which Mr. Chaiu
berluiii mainly relies fur the support of
his plan, have not been neglecting the
question and their consideration of it hus
led the in to conclude that changes In the
fiscal system are essential to provldo
against unfair competition. -The compe
tition referred to comes chiefly from Ger
many and the United States.
The recommendation of an Imperial
conference nisy be adopted by the gov
eminent, but a more direct method of
THE JVKtT CHARTER BILL-
The explanations of the new charter
bill, Just Introduced In the house at Lin
coln, made by Representatives Lee and
Andersen, both of the cities and towns
committee, through which the bill will
first bare to pass, call attention to the
essential features of the measure. Both
of them emphasize the fact that while
as a whole the bill has been endorsed
by the entire Douglas delegation. It em
bodies In many of its sections compro
mises which do not completely satisfy
each member of the' delegation and
omits some features which various mem
bers would bave liked to bave In.
The salient changes proposed by the
new charter bill sift down to a simpli
fication of our municipal and local gov
ernments. The bill does away with the
advisory board, which has been found
by experience to be a useless and un
necessary appendage, and It abolishes
the Board of Public Works, as now con
stituted, as the only promising way to
put an end to the Interminable dead
locks over specifications and contracts
for street paving, which have held the
work of public improvement In Omaha
at a standstill for several years. The
duties now exercised by these two
boards are to be distributed to the va
rious city officers upon whom they 'can
be made properly to devolve.
On the other side, a great step for
ward Is promised toward the merger of
city and county governments which for
final fruition must await constitutional
amendment by the immediate merger
of the tax assessing and tax collecting
departments. This means the abolition
of the city tax commissioner and the
city treasurer, and the transfer of these
offices to the county assessor and the
county treasurer. A separate bill has
also been Introduced creating the office
of county auditor and the merger of the
county and city auditing departments on
a similar plan may be brought about at
the sa me time.
The eventual saving to be effected
from these mergers should amount to
thousands of dollars yearly both to the
city and county, and both the city and
county pocket books are replenished out
of the iHwketbooks of the same tax
payers. What Is equally, If not more to
be desired, is the saving of time and
confusion to the Individual citizen and
taxpayer by having to go through the
process of tax assessment and tax col
lection only once each year instead of
twice as now required. We are al
together too apt to overlook this big
item.
On the details of the proposed charter
comment will have to be reserved until
the bill Is printed. It doubtless con
tains a great many changes from the
present law In minor sections that will
call for criticism, adverse as well as
favorable, to say nothing of possible,
omissions resulting from haste that will
need correction.
TJie state of Nebraska has long since
discarded the policy of paying commis
sions to professional lobbyists who have
undertaken to act as special agents of
the state for the collection of money
due the state from the United States
government. There has never been a
time since the admission of Nebraska
Into the union that the state was not
represented at Washington by at least
two senators and one congressman and
these representatives were capable, as
well as In duty bound, to act as agents
of the state in prosecuting any claim
that It might have against the national
government. That some of these repre
sentatives played Into the hands of the
professional lobbyists Is a matter of his
toric notoriety, but that would not afford
an excuse to the legislature for voting
$10,000, or any other sum, to anybody
who pretends to have a back commis
sion due for services as special agent
at Washington.
City Attorney Wright has been talk
ing, again on the question of water works
purchase lefore a public audience and
enlarging on the good features of the
Howell-Dodge water bill. Incidentally
he declares that It would be unwise for
the city to take the water works under
the present appraisement If It cannot
acquire the plant for $4,000,000 or less.
Neither Mr. Wright nor any other cham
pion of the water bill, however, has un
dertaken to answer the question why
the people of Omaha should lie com
pelled to pay salaries and expenses
amounting to $1Q,000 a year for a water
board that has no water works to man
age and may never have anything to
do at all except to draw pay If the
appraisement I more than $4,000,000
and Mr. Wright's advice be heeded in
that event.
Father Dowllng hits the nail on the
head when he says that the reason most
alleged reform movements fall Is be
cause the personal Interests of the lead
ers are so transparent that they repel
popular confidence. Scratch a profes
sional reformer and nine times out of
ten jrou will find some disappointed
partisan who has been separated from
a graft, or hopes to connect with one
by the reform route.
Another federal appointee from Ne
braska has resigned. There Is never auy
trouble, however., about finding other
Nebrasksns willing to sacrifice them
selves In the service of Uncle Sam In
any remunerative capacity.
There will undoubtedly be memories
of Initiations of the Knights of Ak Sar
Ben by that former Omaha reporter who
Is to represent the Associated Press In
Venezuela when the next revolution be
gins there.
jl urn
Painfully Consistent.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The senate has decided that Judge
Swayne Is not guilty of wrongfully trav
eling on railroad passes. Sometimes the
senate Is almost painfully consistent.
Innovation In nankin.
Boston Transcript.
An Iowa man hus submitted plans for
a bank building entirely of glass. If such
a building will allow depositors to see Just
what Is being done with their funds no
doubt the Innovation will become popular
In some parts of the country.
A (Ironing Suspicion.
Washington Post.
Some of the Impatient persons who are
expecting action on the railway rate ques
tion are beginning to suxpect that Vt.
Osier's suggestion that all men over 0
yean of age ahoiJd be. chloroformed has
already been adopted In the senate.
At the Forks of Bond.
Ban Francisco Chronicle.
Senator Patterson's epigram concerning
the burning question of rate regulation is
likely to endure. lie remarked: "If the
railroads do not go out of the government
business the government will go Into the
railroad business," and he hit the nail
squarely on the head.
Senatorial IndllTereiwe.
Chicago' Record-Herald.
It la evident that a majority of the Vnlted
States senators cap discover no reason,
as long aa the people have not seen fit to
elect them by direct voting, to pay much at
tention to the wants or Interests of those
same people. It is only natural for the
creature to be at the service of Its creator.
Sentiment Was Different Then.
Chicago Chronicle.
While there may be some objection to
the presence In the inaugural parade of a
regiment of colored regulars, It is to be
observed that thia same regiment gave
a pretty good acount of Itself at Santiago,
where nobody but the enemy objected
either to the color of its skin or to the
weight of Its lead.
Spy System of Russia.
Vance Thompson In Success.
Russia Is pre-eminently the land of spies.
Democratic and" socialistic rVajice has
raised the pV system to a state function,
but in Russia it Is the very soul of tile
state. In Moscow, in the streets, agents
of the police are stationed every 600 yards;
In addition, secret agents watch the houses
day and night one being allotted to every
four houses; and In every house Is an
other spy, the porter. GO where you will,
you are never out of the watchful eye of
the police. You brush against spies In
your hotel, as In the theaters; in a restaur
ant, aa in the drawing- room of a friend.
It Is ridiculously easy to recognize those
you meet hi tfif fashionable resorts. They
have evidently been Instructed to disguise
themselves as gentlemen, and for one of
them the HvcryJ-'of a gentleman Is a frock
coat, a silk hat and always by rain or
sunlight an umbrella. The famous third
police!
ARMY RETIRED LIST ABUSES.
Soft Bertha Provided for Superannu
ated rolltlrlana.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The retired Hat was established for the
benefit of old and disabled soldiers. Jt
was never Intended' as a haven of refuge
for disabled or superannuated or necessi
tous politicians. Congress has repeatedly
made it such. Last week a bill was agreed
to making Senator Uawley of Connecticut,
now about to go out of office, a brigadier
general on the retired list and bestowing
the same bounty upon General P. J.
Osterhaus, one of the best and bravest
soldiers of the civil war In the western
armies. A few yeara ago Representative
Boutello of Maine, when disabled by Ill
ness and out of politics, waa placed on the
retired list of the navy aa a captain.
Kach one of these men rendered good
service during the war, like hundreds of
thousands of others, like these others
they left the service at the close of the
struggle. Hawley and Boutelle went into
Journalism and speedily Into politics be
came and remained, in short, professional
politicians. Osterhaus went bach, to his
former home in Germany, where he re
mained thirty years, returning only last
summer Just In time to make a dramatic
appearance before the republican national
convention. Not one of these men had
been connected with the army or navy for
forty yeara. Osterhaus alone rendered dis
tinguished service In the war. Special
pension bills for helr benefit could- have
been passed without exciting hostile com
ment and would have been generous re
ward. It Is such abuses as this that are likely
sooner or later to lead to a general over
hauling of the retired list, a decrease of
the retiring allowance, or perhaps to Its
abolition. The retired list waa unknown
until the close of the civil war, and If it
is to be made. a. refuge for broken down
politicians should be dune away with altogether.
TRIUMPH FOR ARBITRATION,
Philadelphia Record: The outcome should
serve to show the beneficence of the Insti
tution of international commissions of In
quiry as a means of clearing up differences
and preventing acute complications.
Buffalo Express: The British have
gained by the arbitration the practical sat
isfaction they demanded and have extri
cated themselves from a situation which
might easily have brought on a coatly war.
The most Important result, therefore, is the
vindication of the principle of arbitration.
' Baltimore American: In the presence of
the brake that have been put upon arbitra
tion, la coneutlon with the treaties
which were recently modified by our
senate, It is pleasing to all friends
of arbitration to witness to signal a
victory for the principle, so forceful an Il
lustration of the fact that the most dell
rate Question of international honor can
better be aettled by a few wise commis
sioners, expert In knowledge of the matter
at issue, than by a destructive duel of
arms.
Philadelphia Press: Arbitration bas had
no grenlar triumph than the finding at
Paris upon the lesue raised by the firing of
the H us Urn fleet under Rojestvensky on the
British trawlers in the Nortb sea. Both
lands were near war. Nothing but the
resolution and the good aenae of the British
ministry, wisely led by Mr. Balfour,
averted l(. The Issue raised was one pe
culiarly calculated to Irritate and inflame.
Bitterness rt 111 remains. An extreme deci
sion, one way or the oilier, a divided couit
or a failure to reach a substantive con
clusion would cava beta disastrous,
ROUND ABOUT SF.W YORK.
Ripples n the arreat of 1.1 fe la (he
Metropolis.
Former Governor John E. Osborne of
Wyoming was in New York a few days
ago, preparing to take ship for a winter
town of the Mediterranean ports. Just be-
fore the gang plank was pulled In he
caught the ear of a Tribune reporter and
poured Into It a glowing boost for his home
state. Thla la the way It looked In print:
"Carbon county, In which Rawlins, my
home. Is situated," said Mr. Osborne. "Is
probably the greatest sheep producing
county In the United States. It has 1.000
009 head of sheep, and the annual woolclip
that finds a market In Rawlins Is J.ono.ooo
pounds. Wyoming Is rich In her mineral
products, which are beginning to be le
veloped. Carbon county is proving her
richness in .copper and, besides the coal In
terests, which are Important In several sec
tions of the stale, the oil in the country
around Camper and Lander Is destined to
bring great wealth to those Identified with
that Industry as soon as adequate trans
portation facilities are provided. The rail
road now being extended from Casper to
lender will do much for the development
of the oil territory. The question of the
permanent location of tho state capital is
still in abeyance. Of course, Cheyenne has
the present advantage of population,
though its geographical position Is against
It, and the Increase of population in the
section of' tho state In which Casper and
Lander are situated that will follow th
railroad extension may have some Influ
ence In the final settlement of the ques
tion. Wyoming, with 97,000 square mllea
of territory and only L2R.O0O population, af
fords an open door of opportunity, and
with the coming of population must be
come a great commonwealth."
A man appeared at a Broadway theater
one day last week and Introduced himself
to the manager as tho superintendent of a
blind Institution.
"I want to bring ten blind men to see the
show tonight and as they can't se. I think
you ought to make some reduction in the
seats."
The theater manager agreed to let the
blind men have seats .near the stags for
half pi Ice. and the emissary produced tie,
asking to have seats at once. The manager
wouldn't part with them, but agreed to
give the blind men their seats when they
appeared.
The visitor returned In an hour saying
that he must have the seats at once, but
th manager again refused. Then the vis
itor bought ten seata at the regular price.
The manager took the number of the ten
seats and made it his business to watch
for the persons who presented them. A
few minutes before the performance ten
clear sighted men walked Into the theater
preceded by the men who had tried to work
the new bunco game. The manager looked
at the fellow, sfidled up to him and whis
pered this word in his ear: "Grafter."
There are smooth grafters in the New
York legislature who shy at a cash propo
sition but grabs that which may be con
verted Into cast. The Brooklyn Eagle tells
of a member who waa offered tlOO for his
vote. lie said he would rather have an
annual over the railroad's line for himself
"and one" than the money. The lobbyist
figured It out that he was getting the vote
cheap and sent for the pass, the annual
reading "for and one."
When the session was over the man with
the annual proceeded to reap his harvest.
He called on several wholesalers, showed
his pass and offered to take their men over
the llnea of the road at reduced rates, the
money to be paid to him. For a time he
rode from one terminal to another, always
accompanied by some traveling man who
was carried with him on the pass, the
traveling man giving the pass holder a sum
equal to about three-fourths the regular
fare:-' Then one of the wholesale houses
offered to pay the Incidental expenses such
as hotel, sleeper and dining car, of the
pass owner If he would carry samples back
and forth between the terminals. This
gave the member a clear profit on every
"fare" he carried on his pass and before
the annual had expired he had seen a heap
of country, made a good living and com
pelled the railroad company to pay him
several times its original offer for the vote
he had sold It.
When the mounted police were put Into
commission In Park Row some months
ago' It was thought that the fad would
not last. The contrary has proved true.
Prom Park Row they spread along lower
Broadway, then Into Herald Square, and
finally along the Bowery- Now they are
everywhere where the traffic Is heavy.
There are probably men In the aquad,
and the number Is constantly Increasing.
Their work Is noticeable, particularly at
Union, Madison and Herald squares and
around City- Hall park, where It Is not
possible to cross the streets without an
accident policy. The men on horseback
represent the pick of the younger mem
bers of the force and they are a fine lot
of men. Indeed. Each man takes particu
lar pride In keeping his horse In the best
shape possible, and on the whole they add
a picturesque element to the ever chang
ing Interest of the New York streets.
Probably no one has been more amazed
at the various successes of the subway
system than the officers and the experts
of the surface railroad line, says a New
York letter. Most of them believed that
the subway proposition was impracticable
both from the engineering and from th
commercial point of view. They have had
perfect demonstration of the triumphs of
the engineers, and there Is no greater ad
mirer of the subway trench and Its equip
ment than is Mr. Vrecland himself. When
this system was opened to the public It
was surmised that it might carry for a
year or two possibly as many as 200,000
passengers a dav. It has been In opera
tion now not quite four months, and th
statistics of dally traffic and of Increase
of tin flic justify the prediction that the
subway will be found carrying before long
an average of 1,000.000 passengers a day.
From the financial point of view, that la
to be a superb achievement, promising aa
It doea very large profits for the owners
of the Interborough stock, and easily met
obligations, including the payment of the
Interest upon the city's loan.
It is almost impossible to analyse this
1
, pVFRY hu argument It lnfrorofth
Gordoa Hal. MrUtrguoiCDt, fuiliijr-
.'.I.MflHr.lWHIi
Gordon
THERE'S two dol
lars' change when
you buy a Gordon Hat
and hand the man a five
dollar note. Most peo
ple can find use for two
dollars. There are hats
no better than theGordon
Hats for which you may
pay I5. But Why?
Gordon
Hats $3
traffic. From one r"int of view It would
seers to be absolutely new traffic. The
elevated railroads appear to be carrying
aa many a ever, and are certainly aa
badly crowded In the busy morning and
evening hours at they were before the
subway was opened. If there has been
any harmful effect upon the street rail
ways It Is not apparent to the eye.
Therefor it seenis almost as though in
Manhattan through the building and oie
ratlng of the subway a half million or
more new passenger traffic has been se
cured. Of course, this Is not true. The
diversion from the elevated railroads and
surface to the subway must have been
very large, and the extent of It may be
shown when the detailed reports of the
reeelpts of the elevated and surface roads
ar made public.
The driver of a large coal wagon was
endeavoring to back his load up to th
curb the other evening. The rear wheels
had stuck In the snowbank, through which
h tried to back. Try aa hard n. his pole
homes would, their straining and tugging
waa of no avail. Finally, an Idea dawned
on him. Unhitching the lead team, he
brought them around to the rear, where
It took but a moment to fasten the traces
to the Iron supports of the end bourrt.
H than started up the team, and it was
noi long Derore the coal waa sliding down
the chut Into the cellar.
PKRSOSAL JIOTF.S.
Up In Connecticut a washerwoman, who
"came Into" 130,000, complains that she
doesn't know what to do with It. '
Neil Bargess Is a bankrupt with 121,000
liabilities and assets of two auits of clothes.
It requires ability of some kind to be able
to file a schedule like that.
A plan for a bank building built entirely
of glass Is submitted by an Iowa man.
This Is no doubt for the purpose of lotting
the depositors se the president when tho
Caasle Chadwlcks try their hypnotic wiles.
The oldest known survivor of tho Black
Hawk Indian war of 1832 Is Alexander T.
Sulllnger of Mcl.eansboro, 111!, who Is now
passing the ninety-second year of his life
In the state of which he Is a native and
life-long resident.
Thomas St. John Gaffney, who Is to be
appointed consul general of the United
States at Dresden, Germany, was born and
educated In Ireland and has been a strong
supporter of all movements of his time
In behalf of the Irish nationality. He was
a friend and co-worker of th late Charles
Stewart Parnell.
From the best Information obtainable en
tho subject It is believed that already
about 3,000 children have been named after
President Roosevelt in Missouri. If this
estimate la anywhere near correct it is fair
to expect that by the end of the presiden
tial term beginning next Saturday the
chief magistrate will have a tremendous
number of namesakes In the state named.
Mr. Frye, president pro teni of the sen
ate, administered a sarcastic rebuke to the
chamber the other day. Mr. Morgan was
discussing the Panama canal bill, but sev
eral groups of senators kept up a low
buzslng of conversation. The chair rapped
loudly for order, but th warning had little
or no effect. Then he said In a loud tone:
"The senator who has the floor will please
suspend his address until the other speak
ers cease." This brought Instantaneous
order, whereupon Mr. Morgan proceeded.
The South American nations apparently
ar not able to remain long on a peace
basis. Th agreement between the Argen
tine Republic and Chill to dispose of their
naval vessels with a view of enforcing
peace because unprepared for war has al
ready been upset. Brasll is th guilty party.
Hraxll proposes greatly to strengthen Its
navy and Argentina says, in that case, It
will acquire a new ship of equal strength
for every one added to th Brazilian navy. I
That leads Chill to say that It will also
have to add to Its fleet under auch circum
stances. Brasll has no money to waste
on naval vessels and doea not need any
more of them, but that fact does not bother
It any. It will order new vessels all the
same.
A MATTER OF HEALTH
Absolutely Puro
ms no substitute
I.HK8 TO A I..4VCH.
The Good Trust You know you have run
On the price of eggs because you've got the
visible supply cornered and there are no
frcKh egks to be had.
The Had Trust Yes: the hens Justify the
means. Chicago Tribune.
Mr. Dresser Your hat looks very well
with that wing in It.
Mrs. Dresser -Yes. but it would look bet
ter with two wings In It.
Mr. Dresscp-O! That's merely a matter
of a pinion. Philadelphia Press.
Blunderalonir Why, Miss Antike. thla Is a
pleasure! 1 haven't seen you for a long
time. You must pardon me, but you loon
60
Miss Antike Mr. Blunderalong!
Mr. HlunderaJiMig Per cent better than
you did the last time I met you. Judge.
Th Ingenious One I wonder how Isabel
manages to preserve her complexion.
Tho Knowing One Oh, she Just keeps it
In a cool place, tightly corked. Smart Bet.
Conductor Your little girl's fare, pleas.
Fond Parent Hut she's under S.
Conductor She looks older.
Fond Parent Yes, ioor child! She has
had lots of trouble! Cleveland Leader.
"TV you think that a man Is useless to
society when he Is 40?"
"It isn't true of ail men," answered Miss
Cayenne. "But n, great many are Just as
useless at 40 as tney wero at m ana 30.
asnington mar.
BOOST A BIT.
James Barton Adams In Denver Poat,
Here! you discontented knocker,
Growlin' 'bout the city's Ills,
Chloroform yer dlKtnni talker;
Take a course o' liver Pills.
Stop yor dum kl-o-teo howMn!,
Chaw soma sand an' git some grit;
Don't set in tho dumps a growlin'.
jump me. roost
An' boost
A bit: A
Fall In while th band's a playln,'
Iveteh tho step an' march along
'Stead o' pessimistic brayln'
Jlne the halleluyah song!
Drop yer hammer do aome rootin
Grab a horn, you cutis, an' split
Every echo with yer tootln'
jump me roost
An' boost
A bit!
It CENTS EACH J a FOR f g CENTS
CLUETT, PEABODY & OO.,
"HMI 0 CkUITT AM MONAMM INMI1I
Great
dvance Sale
FRIDAY morning at 9 o'clock all of our
$3.50, $4.50, $5.00, $6.00, $6.50, $7.00, $7.50 and $8.00
Boys' and Childrpn's Knits tarried over from last sum
mer and fall, will be sold for
A
$250
Sailor Blouse, Sailor Norfolk, single and
double breasted two-piece suits, Norfolk
and three piece suits. Ages 2 to 16 years.
Such price concessions at the beginning of the sea
son may sound preposterous at first thought, but they
are made possible by our desire to quickly clear away
every garment carried over from Inst season. There
is no change practically in the styles this season and this
is a RKAL opportunity that is too good to be missed.
ALSO
30 Spriug Overcoats (Covert Cloth) .
worth from $5.00 to $10.00
12 to 10 years.
'NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURH."
R. S. WILCOX, Mgrv