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TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY. MARCII 23, 1903.
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iSeaU M. li. H UNGATE,
Notary Public.
It is barely possible the March lion Is
only getting his second wind.
Jules Verne Is dead. His reputation
as a story teller will live forever.
Like many another man who has had
"nothing to arbitrate" President Castro
may find that he has less to fight for.
If these revelations continue some
manufacturers will show their good
ludgment by advertising "no prize
granted at St Louis."
The remarks by the trial Judge at
Bherldan show that Colonel Cody was
wise in starting for Europe before the
divorce case came to a close.
Colorado proposes to make "Columbus
day'f a holiday, but, then Christopher
might have refused to discover America
. if be could have foreseen Colorado.
With no desire to precipitate an argu
ment, it may be said- that- Christian
.Science treatment never resulted la giv
ing the wrong medicine by mistake.
If our county commissioners will
digest a few of The Bee's tablets on
county expenses they may be able to
devise a plan for the reduction- of county
taxes.
Germany says it will trust the United
States in tho Santo Domingo affair; but
then it is never the big dogs which cause
the trouble when there are little ones In
the pack.
Any one who knows anything about
any $5,000 pot which wag to go to any
members of he Nebraska state senate
will please step forward and state what
he knowg. ' ' ' "' ' "
If Santo Domingo and Venezuela
should conclude to pool thjelr armies they
might make almost as much trouble as
Sitting Bull did before he became n
good Indian.
South Omaha's boast of its compara
tively small bonded debt will not stand
long If the, real estate speculators who
have park land and city ball sites to
unload are given free swing.
QCtSTIOIt OF MORS REYtXCK.
It Is indicated that the next congress
will probably have to consider the ques
tion of raising more revenue, unless
there should be a material red Action In
the government expenses.' It appears to
be practically assured that the subject
of tariff revision will come before the
fifty-ninth congress, an Investigation to
be made In the meantime to ascertain
the views of Interests affected by the
tariff. Already 8enator Allison, of the
senate finance committee, has conferred
with representatives of trade Interests In
New York In reirard to a revision of
tariff schedules, this being entirely v in
formal. Later on the congressional
committee charged with, the duty of
making an Investigation will take up the
work and obtain the opinions of mauu
facturers and others throughout the
country.
It Is suggested that the Imposition of
a duty on coffee may be considered by
the next congress, but while a consld
erable revenue could be thus raised, It Is
hardly probable that any tax will be
placed upon coffee, because a duty on
that article would be certain to arouse a
great deal of popular resentment. An
other suggestion Is that In order to make
up the deficiency In revenue through re
duction of certain tariff schedules some
of the least obnoxious of the Internal
revenue taxes Imposed during the war-j
with Spain might be revived. To do
this wonld undoubtedly also cause
rood deal of dissatisfaction and a revival
of war taxes In time or peace would
be rather difficult to Justify to the satis
faction of the public.
It is thus apparent that a somewhat
perplexing situation will confront the
new congress. There Is unquestionably
a very strong feeling in the country fa
vorable to tariff revision, or at Jeast a
modification of some of the schedules.
It may be doubted if a majority of the
people desire this, but the number who
do is large and they are not confined to
the opposition to the party In power.
It Is quite safe to say, however, that a
republican congress, If It make any
changes in the tariff, will not do so to
such an extent as to materially reduce
the revenue from that source. Of course
the principle of protection will be main
tained. So long as the republican party
Is In control of the government we shall
have a tariff under which the develop
ment of our Industries can go on and
the standard of living of American
workmen be maintained. A revision of
the tariff that still preserved Its protec
tive character would not necessarily re
sult In reducing revenue. It might
cheapen manufactured products to the
home consumer and the pertinent ques
tion. Is whether or not this reduction In
price would come out of the labor em
ployed In the Industries.
The fifty-ninth congress will be ex
pected to reduce expenditures wherever
It Is practicable to do so without Impair
Ing the efficiency of the public service.
If It does not then It must provide for
more revenue. It Is a very plain situa
tion, which must be dealt with on busi
ness principles.
. The real Intensity of the feeling of
the New York Sun on the subject of
lalssea fahe may be seen from the fact
that It is quoting former Governor Til
den against Senator LaFollette.
Delaware has abolished the pillory, but
it abolition can never be made to apply
In the case of Mr. Addlcks, who will be
pilloried until his last vote for United
States senator Is extinguished.
Why can't the building Inspector, the
Board of Public Works or the police In
duce the owners of frame houses on
wheels that are obstructing some of our
public thoroughfares to move ou?
Canadian shipbuilders are now asking
for a government bounty ou ships built
in the Dominion. Is it possible the
United States has been mistaken In re
gard to "cheap Canadian products" all
thla time?
. If we are to have any railway regula
tion measures enacted for the relief of
Nebraska shippers, the two branches of
the legislature will have to get together
and get together quickly without any
further fooling.
. Iowa newspapers are Just now begin
ning to speculate as to what laws the
next legislature will pass. The specu
lative period has About come to an end
In Nebraska and tie courts will later de
termine Just what laws the legislature
of this state really did pass.
The South Omaha market la still way
behind last year In receipts of cattle
anl sheep, although a little ahead In
receipts of hogs. The figures, however,
seem to be, getting better right along,
and barring setbacks the market ought
to catch up with the record before the
year la end),
TRUSTS CRIMISAL IX OHIO.
Ohio has one of the most stringent
anti-trust laws in the country and the
supreme court of that state has Just de
cided that the criminal section of the
act is constitutional, the civil section
having some time ago been passed upon
as constitutional. The law defines a
trust to be any combination of capital,
skill or acts by two or mdre persons,
firms, partnerships corporations or as
sociations of persons, or any two or
more of them, for any, either or all of
the purposes prohibited. The alms and
acta forbidden include the creating or
carrying out of restrictions upon trade
or commerce, the limiting or reduction
of tho production of any commodity, or
the control of the price of merchandise.
It is forbidden to prevent competition in
making, selling, buying or transporting
any commodity, also to fix and main
tain any price wlflch might operate as a
check upon production or traffic. It la
made a crime to enter Into any agree
ment or contract, obligation or under
standing, whereby persons, companies,
etc., Interested are bound not to traffic
In merchandise below a certain price
level, or do anything calculated to pre
vent entire freedom of trade, or place
any restraint upon competition In busi
ness, of whatever kind. '
The penalties provided for the viola
tion of the law include the forfeiture of
the charters or franchises of the guilty
corporations, and it Is also made a mis
demeanor to own or Issue trust certifi
cates, fines being provided for this run
ning from f50 to $ 1,000 for every such
offense. Persons, corporations, firms or
associations violating the law and injur
ing the business of any person are made
liable for damages in civil actions to
double the amount of the damages
shown and for the costs of the suit All
this is of little account, however, re
marks the Cleveland Leader, In the view
of trust magnates by comparison with
the very, searching and comprehensive
sections of the law which make any per
son guilty of violating or aiding In vio
lating the statute liable to a fine of not
less than $50 or more than $5,000 and
imprisonment for not less than six
months or more than one year, or both
fine and imprisonment together. It is
also provided that each and every day's
violation of the act shall be a separate
offense, for the purposes of the statute.
It Is this criminal section of the law
which the state supreme court has de
clared constitutional, thus Riving the
state the full benefit of one of the most
stringent anti-trust statutes ever en
acted. Anti-trust legislation by the states has
for the most part been futile, owing to
the faulty character of the statutes.
With few exceptions these laws have
been Judicially condemned, either by
state or federal courts. The Ohio law
would seem to be a good model for the
other states and now that Its validity
has been affirmed by the highest tribunal
of that state It would seem well for
other commonwealths
provisions.
to examine Its
THE DODO & AiSKSDMtST.
The proposed amendment 'to the con
stltutlon Introduced by Representative
Dodge and recommended for passage in
the lower house has all the earmarks of
an lugenious scheme to eliminate from
our present constitution provisions vital
to the exercise of effective rail way 'regu
lation. The proposed elective railway
commission, empowered to enforce rail
way regulation laws, Is, doubtless, prcf
erable to an appointive commission
created by legislative act, but the crea
tion of an elective railroad commission
with exclusive power over railway regn
latlon and railway rates Is an expert
ment that will not commend Itself to the
people of Nebraska in the light of the
experience of other states, notably the
experience of California, whose const!
tution vests ail the railway regulating
powers In an elective commission.
It Is a matter of history that all the
California commissions from 1875 to the
present day have been controlled by the
Pacific railroads, and the legislatures of
California have been In no position to
afford relief because they had been Shorn
of all power to fix rates or to punish
extortion or discrimination. This was
the view taken by the people of Ne
braska when they rejected the constitu
tional amendment modeled after the Cal
ifornia experiment, and It Is almost a
foregone conclusion that they would re
ject the Dodge amendment In the form
In which the house has recommended It
for passage.
The mere fact that the recognized
champions of the railroads on the floor
of the house have opposed the Dodge
amendment affords no 'proof that the
railroads are against It. On the con
trary, the opposition of these spokesmen
for the railroads may be part of a
shrewd program to get the friends of
honest railway regulation to support the
measure. The fact that Mr. Dodge op
posed the commodity rate bi.'l leaves
room for suspicion, at least, that his
proposed amendment is designed to side
track regulation that would give some
relief to Nebraska producers by substi
tuting a measure that would, If it be
comes part of our constitution, bar the
legislature from exercising powers now
conferred upon it
The most dangerous part of the Dodge
amendment is the proposition to repeal
section 7 of article xi of our constitu
tion, which reads as follows:
The legislature shall pass laws to Cor
rect abuses and prevent unjust discrimina
tion and extortion in all charges of ex
press, telegraph and railroad companies of
this state and enforce such laws by ade
quate penalties to the extent, If necessary
for that purpose, of forfeiture of their
property and franchises.
The Dodge amendment makes this
section read as follows:
The legislature shall provide by law for
the enforcement of the powers and au
thority of the State Board of Railroad
Commissioners, which powers shall extend
over all railroad, express, telegraph and
car companies operating within the state.
There is as much difference between
the existing section 7 and the Dodge
section as there Is between a horse chest
nut and a chestnut horse. Section 7 of
the present constitution makes it man
datory upon the legislature to correct
abuses and prevent unjust discrimina
tion and extortion by providing penal
ties that may go so far as to forfeit the
franchise of a railway which deliberately
violates its provision; the Dodge amend
ment relegates the people of Nebraska
to the tender mercies of a railroad com
mission without recourse.
It may be argued that the power con
ferred on the legislature to forfeit the
charters of railroads is so drastic that
it could not be enforced, because It con
travenes the vested rights of railway
corporations. On thjs score the right
of the state to enforce the most severe
penalties it could Inflict on a railway
corporation was affirmed more than
forty 'years ago by the supreme court
of Pennsylvania In the famous case of
the Erie & Northeastern Railroad
against Casey. It was held by this high
tribunal that the legislature could de
clare a forfeiture of its corporate crea
tures for the abuse or misuse of cor
porate privileges and that offense was
defined tfs follows:
Misuse or abuse of corporate privileges
consists tn any positive act In violation
of the charter or In derogation of the pub
lic right, wilfully done or caused to be
done by those appointed to manage the
general concerns of the corporation.
Manifestly the fromers of our consti
tution, among whom were such eminent
Jurists as Samuel Maxwell, Charles F.
Manderson, W. II. Munger, Clinton
Briggs, Jefferson H. Broady, S. B. Pound,
M. L. Ilayward, Charles II Brown, M.
B. Reese, S. H. Calhoun, A. II. Cdnner,
R. F. Stevenson, A. J. Weaver and John
L. Webster, fully understood the pur
port and import of the provisions em
bodied in section 7 of article U, and no
attempt on the part of the present legis
lature to abrogate the powers conferred
on the legislature by this section Is likely
to meet popular approval.
The assertion of Mr. Dodge that Iowa
Is twenty-four years ahead of Nebraska
in railway regulation by reason of hav?
Ing a commission does not square up
with the facts. Nebraska had been
blessed by railroad commissions and
state boards of transportation for many
years, but they lamentably failed to re
dress notorious grievances, not because
of lack cf power, but for lack of the
will, because they w ere mere adjuncts
of the railroad machine. Iowa has,
moreover, not abdicated all Its powers
of regulation to commissions, but has
reserved and exercised from time to
time regulative and restrictive powers
over public carriers through the legisla
ture whenever Iowa railroad commis
sions have become too subservient to
the roads.
the commissioners Is an Indication
that the people appreciate good work
on the commission and should make
good men willing to take the places.
Omaha once had a municipal court,
but before the Judge' appointed to ad
minister it got comfortably settled in
their berths an Iconoclastic supreme
court knocked the law creating It higher
than Gllroy's kite. Of course no such
fate awaits the tew Juvenile court, but
still the supreme court may want to
have something to say as to how far Its
authority may Intrude on the constitu
tional Judicial tribunals.
Within forty-eight hours of his eleo
tlon to the United States senate Major
Warner received more than BOO letters,
among which were a score of annual
passes over eastern lines of railroad,
which only goes to showMbat the rail
road magnates and political office seek
ers both realize that the early bird
catches the worm.
In instructing the farmers In the Im
portance of the use of pure seed, Ne
braska railroad managers are rendering
the state an Invaluable service for which
they are entitled to much credit A. man
who makes two blades of grass grow
where only one grew before Is a human
benefactor.'
Take Your Choice.
Baltimore American.
Now the chief of the bureau of chera
istry declares that science Is so adding to
human life that the period of ordinary ac
tlvlty will not be forty, but ninety years,
The general public is now free to take
either hope or chloroform, according
which theory they favor.
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The State Needs the Honey,
Philadelphia Press.
The insurance commissioner of Alabem
has found a new way of making money.
He Issues what he calls the Alabama In
aurance Directory and then calls on the
Insurance companies to subscribe for Its
free circulation. As he has power to
make trouble foi them they naturally sub'
scribe liberally for his book.
Judicial flamor.
Chicago Chronicle.
It has been supposed that, the court of
claims was the dreariest and driest place
In the United Statea, but the Judges are
not without a sense of humor. Greene and
Oaynor are suing the government for $710,
000 alleged to b due them on their con
tracts. The court has ordered that the
suit be suspended till the contractors come
In and testify. They are in Canada tryln
to avoid extradition proceedings.
Premature Boom Ing-.
Baltimore American.
It is pretty early for a line-up of presl
dentlal candidates for 1908. There is not
only the danger that the candidate who
gets on the track so early may be over
trained or develop a bad sprain, but every
dark horse Is thereby given an opporunity
to study his pace. When 1908 arrives
may prove a neat year for favorites, but
most of the old-time observers who have
watched the movements on many presiden
tlal quarter stretches will not think
quite safe to make a book on the 1908 en
tries so far ahead.
The Hlgrh Tide of Immigration.
Baltimore American. 1 -
The immigration to this country during
the last month broke the February record
for a quarter of a century, and that the
Incoming tide Is a constantly rising one
indicated by the March figures of Immlrra
tlon now available. There were 7,000 new
comers landed in New Tork on Monday
alone; and other ships now bound for that
port will bring the total arrivals for the
current week to approximately SS.OOQ. This
increasing flow Indicates that there may be
an excess of 1,090,000 added to the popula.
tlon thla year from immigration growth
alone. The country Is big and lsa a yet
condensed only In spots and can cafe for
100,000 or so every month if they can be
properly distributed.
TJnlted Yet Divided.
Minneapolis Times.
A bill was recently Introduced in the Ne
braska legislature for the annexation of
Bouth Omaha to Omaha. On the face of
tne returns the annexation would make
one large city out of two fair slaed towns.
As a matterof fact, there is praotloally
no inaiviuuai line between the two cities.
so far as the continuity of houses, business
establishments and residences are con
cerned. Bouth Omaha, however, did not
iook at tne matter in that light, but In
stated on maintaining her separate organ!
xuuun. inereiore a lobby was sent to
Lincoln to take charge of the matter.
neaaeu. by a brass band, several hundred
men ana women invaded the legislature.
and the most effective lobby of the season
secured the assassination of the obnoxious
measure.
CRIPPLED BY COMPETITION.
On Trust
Maintain It
If we must have an enlarged supreme
court commission, the commissioners
should be selected with the greatest care
nd with special reference to their quali
fications for the work. The fact that
two of the present supreme Judges have
been promoted by popular vote from
1'nanle to
Monopoly,
Kansas City Star.
The recent reduction in the dividend of
the Corn Products company furnishes an
Interesting minor episode in the history of
trusts, mis combination of concerns man
ufacturing corn product was organized
three years ago and had been paying auar
terly dividends of Hi per cent on the pre.
ferred stock. Thla week the directors an
nounced that only I per cent would be paid,
a reduction of the annual dividend rate
from 7 to 4 per cent
The explanation Issued by the president
of the company to the stockholders says
that the depression In business and "in
creased competition in the starch and glu
cose Industrie," seriously affected the earn
Ings o( the subsidiary corporations. In
other words, the trust has not been able to
maintain an approximate monopoly of the
corn products business and so has suf.
fered from competition, while the consum
ers have undoubtedly benefited frera the
resulting lower prices.
The experience of this 'particular trust
suggests once more the remedy for monop
olistic evils that lies In keeping open a fair
held for competition. The Corn Products
company evidently has been unable to form
a close agreement with railroads to prevent
competing concerns from receiving Just
treatment It has not succeeded la driving
rivals out of business by underselling in
particular localities and recouping Its losses
by high prices in other territory. In this
case competition has been able to do Its
work In preventing the development of
characteristic abuses of monopoly.
Great progress would be made In the
solution of the trust problem If the people
would devote themselves to keeping the
field open to competition. That Is what
Kansas has wisely attempted to do In the
recent oil legislation. The knowledge that
unduly high price would bring competition
would undoubtedly have a salutary In
fluenc on the strongest trust.
No on can object to a corporation earn
ing a fair return in the capital actually
Invested. But In order that this condition
may exist the public must And ways to
make sure that oompetltlu shall not be
stifled.
OTHER LASD9 THA OIR9.
Much praise ha been given the Russians
for their ability to conduct in any manner
at all a great campaign at the end of a
single track railroad 1.000 miles long. But
the Japanese operation of the railroads
seised In Manchuria and the military rail
road and tramway built In Cores, up the
Tain at tho opening of hostilities. Is more
remarkable than that which. Russia has
accomplished In Siberia. The Japanese
took a poorly-built railroad, eaptured from
the enemy after having been destroyed as
far as possible after tho retreat, changed
it from wide to narrow gauge, brought
over locomotives and cars from Japan and
put the line into shape to carry the supplies
and reinforcements for the army of 200,000
besieging Port Arthur, and the other army
of 306,000 to 400,000 men 300 miles to the north.
They did all this in a few months In all
the severity of "midwinter. Port Arthur's
fall was due largely to the terrific bom
bard men of the 11-Inch gun brought up
from Delay on the railroad. Twenty-five
of these guns, weighing ten tons each with
out their carriages, were placed In the be
siegers' forts under fire, and within three
week from the surrender they were ham
mering the enemy before Mukden, having
been brought with Nogl's army of 100,000
men a distance 150 miles on the railroad.
...
Egypt Is today a land of elegance and of
luxury Just as, according to the assurances
of Dr. Petrle, it was 8,000 year ago. . A re
cent news Item from Cairo states that the
Egyptian season Is now at Its height and
travelers from every land, and especially
from America, are swarming to the one
time realm of the Pharoahs. Magnificent
modern hotels have been built theaters,
opera houses, railway stations. The preten
tiousness of modern architecture Is begin
ning to match conclusions with the splendid
ruins of mlllenlums. Egypt Is Just as gay
as ever It was, whether In the day of Cleo
patra or at a time two or three thousand
years further back, when Abydos or Mem
phi was the- center of luxury and fashion.
The modern splendors of Egypt are largely
Imported, and the social life along the Nile,
while quite as gorgeous, la perhaps less ex
clusive than It was 4,000 years ago. Dem
ocratic Ideas are somewhat modifying man
ners and Institutions, even In the land of
the Pharaoahs. The khedlve and his gov
ernment Is a minor essential In modern
Egyptian civilisation. It Is really the
wealthy foreigners who are shaping events
In the Nile valley.
What purports to, be an authentic docu
ment has Just been Issued relating to the
social and economic conditions in Russia.
It contains some statements that may ex
plain some of the unsettled state of affairs
In the great empire. According to figures
contained- In this statement, there are more
than 22,000 women employed on the Russian
railway lines, at an avcrnge salary of $05
a year. It Is asserted that the employment
embracea nenrly every line of railway
work, from the section hand to the tele
graph operator and station agent. The
statement will cause considerable wonder
in this country, and the question most fre
quently asked will be, "How do they live
on such wages T" One answer to the ques
tion applies to similar queries concerning
the people of other European countries.
The husbands, wives and children are all
bread winners, the total earnings going to
the common fund for the support of the
family, a, total that Is usually less than
that earned by the average American work
in gman. It has been stated that the stand
ard of a national life is fixed by the status
of Its women. Measured by this rule, it is
not a cause for wonder that the. husbands
and sons of these Russian women are dis
satisfied with their lot, ready even for
revolution in the hope of bettering their
conditions of life.
Denmark has a society for the extermina
tion of rats, and Its operations are con
sidered to be of so' much importance that
Berlin Is on the point of adopting them aa
a corrective of an invasion of that animal
from which It has recently suffered. They
appeared In certain sections of the capital
In such numbers that they became a real
burden to the Inhabitants, and In the hope
of relief a . municipal decree was passed
offering a bounty of 10 pfennigs for every
rat's tall delivered. The creatures seem to
come and go in swarming multitudes, to
which no effective check has so far been
found, though their visitations in such
numbers do not normally last long, and so
far as any individual locality Is concerned
are very Infrequent. It is not likely that
Hamelln has had another plague of rats
since the time' when the Pled Piper of
imperishable memory delivered It from the
first one to be recorded of It. Binoe tho
rat has been medically declared to ee a
bearer of Infectious diseases Increased ef
forts have been made for his destruction,
but so far he seems to survive them all
and to show no abatement of his constitu
tional vigor. An International league for
his suppression has been proposed, bring
ing all the resources of science to bear
upon the work, and this may be able to
effect some useful results.
rOMTICAL, DRIFT.
Secretary Taft will wield the gavel at the
Ohio republican convention, May IS.
Major William Warner, senator-elect from
Missouri, waa born In Wisconsin 66 years
ago.
The mysterious stranger from Missouri
landed the senatorial prise at an expense
of 138.
A democratlo victory In Bangor, Me., the
first In thirty years, Is sa Inspiring rift In
the party clouda.
Th Rockefellers got a hard fall from
their neighbors In the defeat of their ticket
In North Tarrytown, N. Y.
The courts of Allegheny, Pa., checked an
epidemic of graft by convicting the chief of
police and th street commissioner.
Rhode Island's legislature, without vocal
fireworks, passed a bill prohibiting the sale
of fireworks on the Fourth of July.
Indiana aspirants for the presidency
scored a point by the selection of a New
man for chairman of the republican na
tional committee.
Reports In Chicago papers show that
Hlnky Dink Is again running for alderman.
The noise made about his candidacy Indi
cates that Hlnky Is a dangerous political
mini.. '
"When Leslie M. Bhaw of Iowa retires
from President Roosevelt's cabinet, either
In June or February," says the New York
Bun, "he Is to be succeeded as secretary of
the treasury by George B. Cortelyou of
New York, now postmaster general."
The progress of reform In Pennsylvania
Is well Illustrated by the fact that as the
Law and Order society of Philadelphia has
become too troublesome in Its suppression
of political favorites the legislature is pro
ceeding triumphantly towards the enact
ment of a law which will suppress the Law
and Order society.
Two full-blooded Indians are members of
the Maine house of representatives. The
elder, Peter M. Nelson, belongs to the his
toric Penobscot tribe, the remnants of
which to the number of about 3fl0 ,oecupy
an island. Peter F. Neptune, the other
red skinned legislator. Is of the Passama
quoddy tribe. Both are fairly educated
men. They occupy a rather unique position
In the Maine legislature. They are allowed
to sit in the assembly, occupying two seats
In the extreme corners of the rear of the
house, but are permitted no vote or voice
In the presentation or furtherance of meas
ures. By reason of this they escape the
Importuning and button-holing of the lob
byists that biennially swoop down upon the
lawmakers.
Improves the flavor
and adds to the health
fulness of the food.
Letters from Russia in some of the VI
enna newspapers maw a vivia picture or
the anxieties of the unlucky csarina In the
present national crisis. She Is represented
as exposed to a constant strain by day and
night. Much of her time Is occupied in
consoling her husband, and In inspiring
him with courage. Bhe prepares food for
him, as he Is in constant tear of poison,
and assists at every detail of his toilet,
since he mistrusts every act of his ser
vants; she superintends the tailor and tha
laundress as well a th barber, and at'
tends to every want of her Infant son.
whom she rears herself. Formerly she
left but little for th nurse to do, now, It
Is said, she scarcely allows the female at
tendants to approach the child's cradle.
The czar is reported to have a greater fear
for his son than for himself. . He fears
that the loss of his heir, whom he so long
vainly expected, would cause the outbreak
of a revolution In every corner of the env
plre, even among conservatives, and on
this account everyone In any way con
nected with the Imperial family la sur
rounded by hosts of spies, who are watched
in their turn. Suspicion Is followed not
by Investigation of the suspect, but by his
prompt removal. A similar condition, it Is
said, prevails In the palaces of the grand
dukes.
Th St. Petersburg census taken two
years ago showed a population of a trill
over 1,500,000. Of these about one-third are
unable to . read or writ. Four-fifths,
roughly speaking, are Catholics of th
Greek, rite; of Jew there are only 1 per
cent, and of Roman Catholics only t per
cent. Of th population, 40 per cent are
peasant and 80 per cent householders.
There are fcO.000 workmen on wage, with
upward of 17,000 employers. There are 42s
churcbe and four state theater. Th
principal manufacture are gobelin tapes.
trie, glass, porcelain, surgical Instruments,
articles of malachite, embroideries, textile,
leather, paper, copper, iron, machinery,
ete. It's health table show the lowest
mortality of, all European cltie. Nearly
aU of Its growth has been within th last
century, but it progres has been nothing
like that of many other continental cltlea,
some of which have more than doubled
their population with each generation In
that period
' Disease Trad Talon.
CHICAOO. March 4. Th chief ubjecl
nder dlacusslon at today's sesalon of th
nnual convention of the National Metiil
radea' association was progress mad in
opposing evil of trade uniwolsm.
WHY SOLDIERS DESERT.
Actual Condition Somewhat Differ
ent from Poster Pictures.
Kansas City Journal.
The number of desertions among enlisted
men In the army and navy of the Unllcd
States Is unpleasantly large. Officers have
devoted much time and study to Investigat
ing the causes of this trouble, but no satis
factory explanation has yet been given. It
la admitted on all hands that; the American
soldier Is paid more liberally, Is better fed
and clothed and is treated leas severely
than the fighting men of any other nation.
Nobody who wears the blue Is drafted and
forced Into the service of his country. He
enters as a volunteer, and if he deserts,
he certainly 1 not driven to that danger
ous step by cruelty, oppression or hard and
Intolerable work.
The American soldier has, In fact, rather
an easy time of it. The laws protect him
from all corpdral punishment except, in
carceration In the guard house. He Is not
required to do menial service for officers or
fellow men. All he does is . to eat, sleep,
drill, do a little police duty once a day and
travel around a great deal. For a nice.
quiet, easy Job with everything found,
soldiering In the United State army can't
he beat And yet there are desertions by
the score. Whenever a ship comes Into
port or a battalion changes Its post there
Is sure to be some one who doe not answer
at roll call in- the morning. ' " .
, The habit of taking French leave la dam
aging to the moral of the army and navy,
so the officers are trying to break It up.
This, of course, can best be done by find
ing out tho cause' and eradicating it. Per
haps a clue to tho trouble lies In the con
fession of a deserter who was caught In
this city the other day. He said that the
highly colored poster which tha recruiting
officer stick up on the billboard, and the
fin talk and other device employed to
tempt recruits into th service ax largely
based cn false representations. This de
serter said he was led to believe that when
he enlisted he would be dressed up In
feathers and gold braid and have th privi
lege of riding occasionally on a prancing
charger before the admiring gase of all ob
servers at home and In foreign lands.
When he Joined the service, however, be
found actual conditions to be far different,
and o being grievously disappointed at the
humdrum affair h "lit out."
Perhaps the confession of thla deserter
explains th cause of th trouble, for in
truth the poster banging up around re
cruiting office appear to be somewhat
overdrawn. They look' like lithographs
borrowed from a fake circus. They are
to some extent a fraud, and their gaudy
colors do not become tho dignity of tha
United State government If they were
taken down, it is probable ihat the army
and th navy would no longer be bothered
by tha class of men to which th deaerter
abov belong.
A MIGHTY DISISK.
Traffic, Earnings and Employe
American Railroad.
Portland Oregonlan.
It Is estimated that there nic 650.000 mile
of railroad In the world, of which 20.000
miles, or nearly two-fifths, are In th
United Statea. The gross earnings from op
eration of our rnllronda In the last fiscal
year were fl. 900.000,000. Of this J1.35A.OOO.O0O
oame from freight, $150,000,000 from passen
gers and $100,000,000 from mails, express, etc.
Th railroad companies further earned
about $40,000.0(0 from a great variety of In
cidental services. This Income was divided
In tho following manner: Operating ex
penses. $1,150,000,000; taxes, $)o,ooo.ox; Inter
est on bonds and debts, $?7B.O0O.0o0; divi
dends, $lfl5,000,000; surplus, $190,000,000. It will
thus be seen that the dividend represented
about S per cent of the gross Income,
while the surplus was devoted to the re
newal and Improvements of plant. Tha
number of persons employed reached tho
prodigious total of 1,300,000, against a rounf
1,000,000 so employed In the fiscal year end-
Intf June 1300. The romrtertsntlon naJd X
last year to these employes wns $757,000,000. .
against $577,000,000 thus paid In the fiscal
year of 1900. In this Interval of four years
there was an Increase of SO per cent In tha
number employed and an increase of 31 per
cent In the remuneration given, this in
crease being almost entirely in the pay of
the wage-earners. On Englich roads a Ilk
Increase of the pay of workers Is noted) v
but there Is no such increase of tonnage aa
on the American ronds.
LAIOHISO GAS.
"Pa."
"What is It 7"
"Why do they refer to that uncut tim
ber as' 'the virgin foreat?' "
"Why er because It's never been axed,
I guess. Quit asking questions." Phila
delphia Press.
"I notice that Russia is groaning under a
debt of $3,000,000.0(0."
"Isn't that foolish? Why doesn't she let
the other fellows do th groaning?'1 Cleve
land Plain Dealer
"How do you Ilk your government posi
tion?" "I'm greatly disappointed. I have to
work as hard to nil the plac as I did to
get it" Washington Star.
"Are you having any trouble In settling;
your grandfather's estate?"
"Not at all. Grandfather was a lawyer,
he had reformed, he had no property worth, .
fighting over, and he divided it among hi
heirs before ha died." Chicago Tribune.
"Henpeck's wife thought he was a goner,
but the doctor managed to save him. Lit
erally dragged him out of th Jaws of
death." '
"Huh!" snorted Joke!ey,out of the Jaws
of death back to the Jaws of life." Phila
delphia Ledger.
"It's alj right, I suppose, for a woman to
make'an hour glass of herself If she want
to be In fashion," observed Uncle Allen
Sparks, "but her sands of life will run out
a good deal quicker." Chicago Tribune.
Mrs. DeStyle Babette. It Is taking you a
long time to find my hairpins.
The French Maid I baf found sent now,
madame.
Mrs. DeStyle Then why don't you go
ahead and dress me?
Th French Maid I hav now lost s
hair. Cleveland Leader.
"I
A FALLEN IDOy
Chicago Chronicle.
Buffalo Bilt,
We take it HI
That you so proud and haughty,
Have such a fad
For things so bad
And act so awful . naughty.
Buffalo Bill,
You are a pill ,
And you are much to blame, lr.
You're raising Ned
Go hide your head '
And blush for very shame, ir.
Buffalo Bill,
You should keep still
And not stir up such troubla,
For fame Is brief
And, to your grief,
'Twill burst Juat like a bubble.
Buffalo Bill,
We take It 111
That you should so unbrldl
And take a Jump
And, like a chump,
Become a fallen idoL
Browning, Ming & Co
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