TOE OMAHA DAILY REE: TnrRPDAY. MAY 11. 1903.
err
The Omaha Daily Hee.
K. ROREWATER, EDITOR.
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Communication icluting to news and edl
AO VOMmoMtSK'
It In evldont from tlio latt'ct tifUrsmp
of rrpl(lnt lloosovelt tlint tlifte vf-iU I't"
no r-oniprouiisn 011 t li isrt of r , ml
ntl itiHt rat Inn In regit nl to rn Mronil loiris
Intloti. Ho Im stntoil In nn imiiilstnka-
tilt; way tlutt there linn Iwon no hnii(fp
2 j In Ms "onvlctlon rcirii riling the norpsslty
1 . Si I uri iiiiii null 11-fiiiinuiiii .r i. iiiiii."j
l-'' I rntin nnd that no legislation M ill lit) -
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2. I li jnninr lif mill linn in a j'mm i.h
tliin. That his tiililliPt, with perhaps
single exception, Is In iixreenicnt with
him la Indicated in the speech of Sec
retnry Tnft nt the dinner to the dele
Kte to the Iuternntlniial Hallway con
gTss
The secretary of wnr, who la of course
entirely familiar with the views of the
president, declared that railway rate leg
iHlatlon must come. It seems very evl
dent from what Mr. Roosevelt has suM
slncp lenvliig his hunting trip that tho
torlul matter ahould be addressed: Omaha I npeech made some daya a no by Secretary
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REMITTNCES I 'I,M I,MI lllinn-jn rm-mru in.- I'li rni'in
Remit by draft, express or postal order, I position, In SO far as It suggested some
orin-Vnt .mprr..vLr;n.ymenVof Uort of fompromise. The station of
mull uxpmmli Purinna 1 cliPi'KH. XL'et)t Oil I tt.. It
. ,,:h.- ;ii .cer.ted. ,n'T "i ,,mi 11
tub BEE I'LREISHING COMPANY. certain sppiinen ainsen were corrccieti
the rate oneation would adjust Itself,
STATEMENT OF C!Kvll-AtlW. TUI lt,rnn lnn.,o.ir a tnken far
State of Nebraska. Douglas County, ss.: I '
c. . Kosewater, secretary or int joo seriously ns nn nasumeii siHu-ineiu
ruollsning Company, being ouiy i .... i i.t..., i.
tl lh.il ills artnM number Of full MO ' ini i lull. i ")
complete copj-s of The P"'1-.Jpr"',f' partly, and not In the most Important
Evening and Sunday Ree printed during tne I ,. . 4 i
month or April, llnw, was aa ioiiuwi. i r'(ci;i, rTtrcciiM'ii iim- iiirMiii'iiin qui
shall prevail and we are Inclined to le
licve from lic alxive remark that he will
decide for the former. Why, It may rea
aoimlily lie nskinl, wait for the comple
tion of the isthmian canal In order to
obtain from the transcontinental rail
roads a revision of their way of looking
at the interests of certain Inland cities'
If that way Is not now the Just and
proper way it should be corrected as
soon as practicable. The government
should not 1m a party to the maintenance
of monopoly in connection with the Pan
ama, railroad.
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lg; a,:J7o Ivhr to place him In a false light in re-
l 27.B' I gard to a most vital phase of the queg.
at aBo tlon of rnl,wn3r IRlalntlon and It Is most
22!!!!!!!!!!!! 8oiioo I gratifying to find that Mr. Roosevelt
23 81,770 I has taken the earliest opportunity to
I Zhmui "passnrp tl,e P"'111 th"t ''e Is as fully
26.11. .1 it!S,no and firmly convinced today as when he
27 2,tiso wrote his last annual message of the
23 " bo.khi I necessity of such legislation as he then
30 82, 100 I recommended.
The latest declaration of Mr. Roosevelt
Total 88tl,4
kes unsold copies... ,783 H renewal of the challenge, In behalf
Net total sales KTti.uaT of the people, to the railroads. It says
Daily average v 2U.321 to )tter In terms not to be misunder-
C. C. ROSE'A.RI:y. stood that it Is the purpose of the na-
Suhscrlbd In my presence and sworn to tlonal administration to spare no effort
Ctrore me trtis 1st oay 01 may. iwa.
tical
M, B. HUNUATE.
Notary Public.
The attorney general of Nebraska Is
a pretty busy man these days.
Tht bears can now stand back and
watch the railroad rate makers.
to protect the Interests of the pubjlo
against admitted abuses on the part of
the railroads. The railway corporations
are given fair notice that all the lnflu
ence of the administration will be ex
erted In every proper way to secure
Billbourdg and wooden sidewalks legislation which the president believes
should be tabooed as twin evils. to be necessary to the correction of ex
isting evils and abuses detrimental to the
general welfare. A senate committee.
dominated by railroad Influence, may
propose n compromise measure designed
to shield the railroads from adequate
governmental regulation something that
will enable them to continue In large
part the conditions of which the public
now complains. Nothing of this kind
will be acceptable to President Roose
velt. He wants no legislation that would
operate to the Injury of the railroads,
but only that which will be fait" and
May day and Sunday arrive together J"" fl,lke t,ie corporations and to tho
In Russia this year, and the social demo- public.
President Roosevelt had doubtless
read John I. Sale's poem of forty years
ago entitled, "Hast Ever Been to
Omaha?"
raving specifications for l!)or have
been unanimously approved by the coun
ell. "Thank God from whom all bless
ings flow."
to hold back their orders anil then to all
rush In together with disastrous results
to themselves r fnr n prices are con
cerned. It would seent that men of ordi
nary sagacity would not be caught out in
this fashion.
Sener Tnnrheit 'Km.
St. liouls ninbe-Democrat.
Attorney Oenernl Moortys opinion on
th rate question shot clear over the heads
of tho Klklns committee. The commltte
will probnbly report that cmKresa cannot
do anything that It Is opposed to doing.
crats promise to make the double holiday
one Russia will remember.
Maxim (Jorky is to te permitted to
stay any place In Russia except St.
Petersburg. This should be no hardship
when the bombs begin to fly.
In this the president has the nearly
unanimous support of popular senti
ment, which means ultimate victory.
THE BOnEX-LUOMIS MATTER.
Auioug the matters to which the pres
ident will be called upon to give early
attention after his arrival nt Washing-
Thls chronic Inaction in the far east I ton is that of the charges publicly made
must be trying upon Admiral Dewey if by Minister Bowen against Assistant
he la still getting up at 5 o'clock in the Secretary Loomls. The latter asked for
morning to read the war news. a thorough investigation and Mr. Boweu,
minister to Venezuela, was called to
If Secretary Taft and Secretary Mor- Washington in order to personally pre-
ton are not in unison on the subject of sent the charges and whatever evidence
railway rate regulation, the president, he has to suppqrt them. These are of
happily, will have the deciding vote. a rather grave nature and if sustained
will comnel the retirement f Mr
While the prohibition agitation Is In Uwmin from the nubile service. If thev
progress people in Kansas' are in doubt are not shown to be well founded Mr.
whether Hoch of Chicago or Hoch of Bowen must step out of the diplomatic
lopeka is having the greater trouble. service, with the certaintv of not heln
ib cAMrAMx ton 1.1 w
A spontaneous and simultaneous cam
paign for Increasing the population of
Kansas City, les Moines, St. Paul and
Omaha has recently been inaugurated
by the proprietors of the Omaha Kven
lug News, who also publish newspapers
in the three other cities uained. Kansas
City is promised 5(H).(kn population by
1010 if its people will patronize home
Industry, St. Paul 5(i,(nh), Omaha, ".on.-
(HH) and lies Moines 100,000 population,
providing they patronize home Industry.
While the prospectus may have more
or less of n rainbow hue, and while It
Is by no means novel, it merits popular
support.
Years before cither of the Kellogg
publications had been dreamed of The
Bee carried on a campaign of home In
dustry In Omaha and it lias kept precept
lu line with example by practicing nt
every stage what It preached in behalf
of home Industry. In every instance
where it In's been possible to purchase
Omaha-made machinery and building
materials and Omaha-made fabrics, The
Bee has given preference to Otnnha over
outside competitors, even whenV the
preference was given at an cxtrd ex
pense. It goes without saying that If Omaha
bankers, merchants, manufacturers nnd
wage workers would discriminate lu
favor of Omaha-made wares they could
add hundreds of thousands of dollars
annually to the earnings of Omaha man
ufacturing concerns and swell the vol
ume of Omaha's wholesale and retail
trade correspondingly.
Whether Greater Kansas City can
make a .00,oi0 population leap within
the next live years is decidedly prob
lematic. But J renter Omaha surely
ought to be able to pass the iionKK)
population mark by 1010 with moderate
strenuosity.
All the elements that contribute
toward the rapid and substantial growth
of a city are now propltrous. The es
tablishment of the milling Industry; the
erection of large grain elevators and the
extension of the distribution facilities
now In progress assure a very material
Increase in Omaha's commerce ns well
as In its population.' The prosperity of
Nebraska and tho region commercially
tributary to Omaha, and especially the
rapid settlement of every section of that
region, all tend toward strengthening
confidence In Omaha's progress in the
Immediate future.
All that has been lacking heretofore.
and Is still lacking to a degree, Is for
every man and woman in Omaha to
exert all their influence and energy to
make Omaha more attractive not onlv to
nvestors, but to people who want
homes In other words, to give Omaha a
boost every time there Is a chance for so
doing.
Cronitlnsi M nmea'a mileages,
Ralilmore Amerln.
It Is said that the requests for admis
sion to a prominent Woman's college ht
Increased to such enormous proportions
that applications orp being received Ave
and six years In advance of the time
when the student may be expected to
enter, and requests for admission are being
rejected. This shows what rfTect on the
sensitive feminine nature the criticisms
of the higher education for women hav
been having.
The Japanese doubtless congratulate
themselves upon the fact that all of the
really dangerous Cossacks are appar
ently eugaged lu keeping the populace of
Russia lu order.
permitted to return to it during the pres
ent administration.
The most serious of the charges
against Ixiomls Is that of receiving,
while minister to Venezuela, money from
an asphalt company which was in the
ncture of a bribe. He has very ex
plicitly denied this and it has been said
Lincoln hotels are not entirely without
hoiwvof a reuiuuerative month, since the
railroad tax agents are due to talk the thnt hu ttnient was accepted as sat
statu board iuto reducing railway assess- ,gfH( tory b the president and secretary
uieuts next week, . . OT um air. Kowen is to be heard
regarding it. The suggestion has been
Now that the Macedonian plan has a'l that perhaps Bowen was misled
leu approved It still remains for the by the Venezuelan authorities, partlcu-
six jiowcrs approving to put the neces- lHr'y Tresldent Castro, by whom he Is
sary forces of the sultan lu iuotiou lu very disliked and who has wanted
the right direction. him recalled, though not disposed to
take any official steos to brine this ahout
lu reiterating his determination not to It appears, however, that in an Insidious
be a cuudidate for re-election President way the Venezuelan president has been
Roosevelt gives Increased Importance to working to discredit at Washington the
his statement that there can be no com- American minister. At all events the
i.rummo vn me raiiroitu rate question. Bowen-Ix)omls matter manifestly calls
for careful tnvuH7nHr.n anil 44- i ..t
Whllo . ' " ""l
luc Ulunu iirumoifn are to be doubted this will l. nmrto i
rr..1 . 1 ,1 iv m it A A . 1 i . . I . . ... . I -
umpmcw uicuiu oy eiec- I nresldent
tricuy, uenerai Manager Mobler of the
t'ulou Pacific Is preparing to displace
the electric trolley with the gasoline
motor,
It Is a little bit too early to enter upon
a serious discussion of au extra session
of the late legislature, but we can con-
vnv 01 coiiuiuoiis mai mignt make an
extra aesslou next fall or next winter
Imperative.
HATES BF PAS AM J.
What was said by President Roose
velt at Denver iu reference to the Pan
ama canal appears to Justify the infer
ence that lie will approve the policy
proposed by Secretary Taft In regard to
transportation rates by the isthmian rail
road, rather than that of Mr. Shouts of
the Panama commission. It will be re
membered that the latter declared In
Secretary Wilson and party are on a fvor of continuing the present rates.
trip to the southwest, where they will notwithstanding the admitted fact that
tell farmers how to grow grain. They they Interfere with trade between this
will lie followed later by various parties country and the southern countries In
volunteering to tell the fanners how to the Pacific,' while the secretary of war
ell it to advantage. I favors a modification of rates, making
them such as will nav a fair return tn
Kuuant Is the latest to claim recognt- the government on its luvestineut in the
tion as au independent state. It has railroad. This might affect to a sllirht
"CW1U" l " vn "l "ruzii ana win i exieni our transcontinental lines and it
probably continue to be so counted until la needless to say that they are opposed
u uas ueeu unie 10 uoal bouus In luHu- to tne Taft proposition.
eutltil quarters. , The president said he thought wi,n
the caual comes into oneratinn it -m
ManJfostly the Douglas delegation to have a very important reirnlatorv
the legislature did not dream Uiat the I lu connection with the tr..1.nnti.n(ui
Juvenile court would Involve an expendl- commerce ft the railroads and that they
urmn tuey maae will usvs revise their way of looking
no provision for supplying the necessary at the interests of certain Inland cities
funds, and the council very naturally it will be for the president to determine
does not aee its way clear to a contrlbu- whether the policy advocated by Seere-
" "ol ,uu" "P " ior wmcn uo tary Taft In regard to the Panama rail
public fuuda ha v been raised. 1 road or that urooosed bvMr. ki,,-
Reform In l ittle Rhod).
Chicago Chronicle.
Opinions may differ as to the advisability
of electing Judges by popular vote or hav
ing them appointed by the executive, but
few people hereabouts would favor tho
plan of electing them by the legislature,
which Is tho system In force In Rhode
laland. U has been the pleasant custom of
tho legislature to elect all tho Judges, high
and low, front among Its own members.
That public opinion has been effective In
bringing about a change In this custom
during the present session is one of the
encouraging signs of the political times.
State I.lqnor Monopoly.
New York Independent.
Iiiqiinr selling Is a monopoly of the state
In South Carolina. Anybody can get whisky
who wants It. The state supplies dis
pensaries anywhere, and they are freely
patronised. When the system was started
It was said It would bo a temperance
measure to limit sales. But the sales,
which began with two or three hundred
thousand dollars, have grown to $3,374,786
last year, and a net profit to the state of
$H03.W8, of which sum $304,339 was paid over
to the school fund. Public vice was found
an easy and profitable way to support
public education. The more liquor sold the
more money for the schools, etc.; so that
he Is tho best agent who develops the most
trade. It Is a bad business, but the Board
of Control report themselves "very much
gratified to report that the business of the
dispensary has been conducted with har
mony and success In all its departments."
ROt.lD AnotT SEW VORK.
Ripples on the Cnrrenf of life In
the Metropolis.
Prompted t) Andrew Carnegie's J10.0o0.O00
benefaction to oolleno professors. Henry
Clews makes an estimate In round num
bers of the fortunes of the great capitalists
of the country. His figures on the leaders
are as follows:
John r. Rockefeller trw.rtO.OoO
Andrew I'nrnesie, $1 15.iJ.m g.ven
awav. Ifuvlns 2SO,nnO.0"O
William Waldorf Astor, clip lly In
r.al estate 2w.nnnniA
John Jacob Astor 75.M,Oi
Uotlld family, of which (ieorge J.
Mould's personal fortune rep-
l.vt.non.oon
imi imi.on)
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XI (IKl.O'O
75.nivi.oo
75.m,flOj
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46,onn.m)
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4n.cfln.O0
40.0IHI.IIIXI
3.1.0il0.0ilt
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lft.onn.otKi
15.0en.000
CONDITIO OF J.4PAVS TOILERS.
Viewed
Struggle
ns
Now that the council has disposed of
the paving specifications, It might be In
order for that body to get together us a
committee of the whole to Improvise an
ordinance prohibiting the laying of
wooden sidewalks in Omaha from now
on and forever. A salutary example has
been set In this direction by the mayor
and council of (raud Island,, where all
sidewalks are required to be of brick,
stone or concrete. The plea that side
walks laid on streets that have not yet
been graded must le built of perishable
material Is preposterous. Brick side
walks can be taken up and relaid at
comparatively little cost. They do not
decay nor do they warp and leave gaps
that become n menace to limbs If not to
lives of people by whom they are trav
ersed. ' )
While there Is some divergence among
memlsTS of President Roosevelt's cab
inet regarding railroad regulation and
rate making, the president's utterances
on the subject are nof the least am
biguous and the probabilities are that
the members of the cabinet who are not
of his way of thinking will be either
converted or diverted out of the cabinet.
for n I.lvlnor
by Native.
Kilchl Kaneko In the Arena.
The condition of the worklngmen In
Japan Is a most miserable one. They are
yet In a state which mny be described ss
wage slavery. In 1S99 we had 20,922 work
ers employed In the varlons factories In
Japan. Of these, 184.111 were female workers.
They are working generally twelve hours a
day, and sometimes fifteen hours. Ordi
nary workmen receive from 12 to 20 sen
(cents) a day; skilled laborers from 30 to
40 sen; girls earn from 10 to 20 sen, and
children only a few sen per day. Even
skilled mechanics receive but 60 sen per
day; seldom do they get as high as CO to
80 sen. Street car drivers and conductors
receive 10 or 12 yen (dollars) per month,
while American conductors and motormen
receive $50 to $60 a month. Your policemen
receive $100 a month, while Japanese po
licemen get only 12 yen per month. While
our carpenters earn T5 sen per day, your
carpenters receive $3 or $4 per day. Here
you see the great difference between the
American and Japanese scale of .wages.
This means misery for the laborer. To be
a workman in Japan is to be a life slave.
There Is no chance to get ahead, no chance
to enjoy life. I- learned from one of the
Toklo printers that there are thousands
of printers In Toklo alone and that they
are not more han twenty of all these who
are receiving enough to support families.
Two solid gold disks, alleged to be
worth at least $34,000. which are said to
have been shipped as ordinary baggage
from Omaha to St. Joseph, are held for
the benefit of the claimant by the Bur
lington baggage agent at St. Joseph.
Whether the disks are of the same metal
usually poured into ti gold brick has not
yet transpired.
1
The $100,000,(K0 o preferred stock
about to be issued by the Union Pacific
will not figure In this year's state as
sessment, but next year it will add at
least $?.00 a mile to the capitalization of
Nebraska's mileage iu the L'ulou rnclflc
system.
lor Than a suspicion.
Chicago Tribune.
The suspicion Is that Tat Crowe merely
hankered for a sight of his name in the
papers asain.
WHEX THIRSTY) EAT FRIIT.
Substitute for Iltarhballs and Schoon
era Within Reach of All.
Chicago Tribune.
The What to Eat magazine says there is
but one sure cure for the drink habit. .This
is eating fruit. Let a man take an orange
in the morning Instead of old Scotch. Let
him keep apples In hla desk, and, when he
feels the highball tempting him, devour ono.
Let him eat prunes at lunch, strawberries
at dinner, and a handful of dates or figs
before going to bed. The drink Satan will
then get behind him. "No person," says
What to Eat, "ever saw a man or woman
who liked fruit and who had an appetite
for drink. No person ever saw a man or
woman with an appetite for drink, who
liked fruit."
These statements are inconsistent with
the tradlonal affection of policemen for
both fruit stands and bars; but there are
exceptions to all rules. The fruit cure has
obvious advantages. Even those who dis
like fruit will prefer it to remedies that
taste worse and cost more. When a man
goes ofT for three or four weeks to be
treated his absence excites the suspicions of
watchful neighbors and requires an ex
planation to his employers. He may take
the fruit cure without any such disagree
able consequences, other cures are ex
pensive. The fruit cure costs nothing.
What la spent for oranges and prunes may
be saved on other edibles and on whisky
and beer.
But the main advantage of the fruit cure,
according to What to Eat, Is that, unlike
others, it is sure. This statement requires
proof. When people have seen "the drunk
ard return to the thoughts and tastes of
childhood" merely from eating fruit tfiey
will be convinced. The new remedy
worth trying. There Is no healthier food
than fruit. It aids digestion and helps
clean the poisons out of the system. It
is a natural tonic. If It does not cure the
drink habit It will refresh and Invigorate
the drinker.
The Living net the Money.
Chicago Record-Herald.
6paln Is celebrating the tercentenary of
the publication of "Doir Quixote" and the
Germans are having fetes lu honor of the
poet Schiller. Cyrus Townsend Brady con
tinues, however, to get the money.
(aperlor Railroad Talent.
Baa Francisco Chronicle.
We hear a great deal about the extra
ordinary ability of the manag ra of gr. at
railroads, but it is only rarely that the
facts about their blunders are mude pub
lic. There is pretty good evide.ica that a
couple of eaatern lines are called upon to
pay about $3 7M.i 00 for freight curs through
the failure of those who run them to give
their orders when car construction was
light. The Railway Age some time ago
painted out lh propensity vt managers
A House Party
Deucedly pleasant, of
course
Butyou're always on the go
A score of people to meas
ure wits against
A hundred things to do
Wearing on the nerves
Stomach sympathizes
You wake up feeling
razzle-dazzled
A bottle of
Red Raven
will clear the liver,
sweeten the stomach, and
take the strain off the nerves
for ult svrybt
resents $1f,.0no.i .
Marsltnll Field
Hlalr vestate
W. K. Vandrrbllt .
Russell Base
I. O. Mills
William Rockefeller
J. F. Morgan
James J. Hill
Henry i'hlpps
John 1). Arclilbokl .
Henry M. Flagler .
Junies ft. HagKiu . . .
James Henrv Smith
W. If. Tllford
James Slllltniin
George F. Raker ...
It will be noted that Mr. Clew's list does
not contain by any means all the great
rich men. Tho members of tho so-called
Rock Island crowd William H. nnd J. H.
Moore. D. d. R"ld and W. R. Leeds are
not In It. neither Is Senator W. A. Clark,
Henry C. Frlck. John W. Ontes, Norman
R. Ream, the William C. Whitney estate.
P. A. B. Widener. the younger Vanrterhllt,
Mrs. Hetty, Green nor any of the other
notably rich women of the country. Mr.
Clews. In fact, admitted that his list was
by no means complete, but he said ho be
lieved It contained undoubtedly all the very
richest capitalists.
Thnt the flame of R youthful 'love was
carried by Mrs. Thoelm Berrlan to her
grave, at the ripe old age of three scorn
and ten, was attested, to the consternation
of her direct helrs-at-law, when her will
wss filed for probate in the surrogate's
court in the old town hall of Flushing,
Long Island.
Mrs. rhoebe Berrlan long outlived her
husband, and for years residents of Locust
street. Flushing, where she lived, regarded
her as an eccentric woman, whose likes
and dislikes were hard to get at. She
lived so cheaply that no ono ever gave
her credit of owning a fortune.
With the filing of the will, a month after
her death, the surprising fact that she had
left an estate of $15,000 was revealed. But
the most surprising thing was the uncov
ering of the romance which neighbors haij
suspected, but which their curiosity had
never been able to bring to the light.
The partner of the romance Is Elmer A.
Ilolden, a business man of Franklin, N. Y.
As the expectant heirs listened they heard
that they were cut off without a cent, and,
save for two bequests of $100 each, the en
tire estnte of $ir.000 Is to go to Holden, the
old flame of the youth of Mrs. Berrlan.
The two $100 bequests are to the sister and
the nephew of years gone by. who are long
since dead, nnd the $:i)0 will go to their
hclra.
New York's subway has been In operation
six months, and has more than met ex-pe-tatlons
1-0 the amount of business at
tracted and In the facilities secured. It
was estimated that the number of passen
gers would be 350,000 a day, but at times
425,000 have been handled, and it Is clear
that extensions of the system are needed.
Operating the plant has been satisfactory.
No Interruption has occurred except a
strike, which had no speciat relation to
underground travel. Ice and snow have
been no Impediment, and the various notes
of al.irm about the subway atmosphere
and other features have proved uncalled
for. . The only serious complaint heard
now Is that local trains are not frequent
enough. Express trains are pronounced all
that could be desired. At the end of six
months' experience, the public urges more
accommodations of the same sort.
Rising above the roof of a storage ware
house on the upper East Ride Is a tall flag
staff that Is sure to fix the attention of
anybody seeing It for the first time, a flag
staff that Is set up and rigged like the
mast of a ship.
It la In two parts, a lower mast and a
topmast, with the regulation crosstrees at
the point of Junction, while running up on
either side to the crosstrees. from the
sides of the building at the roof, are
shrouds, ratllned like those set to stay
the mast of a ship: and projecting from the
rear of the staff Is a gaff, like the upper
spar of a fore-and-aft sail, to add to the
flagstaff's marine appearance. It is a ves
sel's mast, rising above the city roof.
This unique flagstaff was set up by one
of the owners of the storage concern who
bad been a sailor and had served In the
German navy and who loved the sea, and
whose fancy It pleased to set up this flag
staff In the manner described. He Is now
gone, but his surviving partners, of his
own family, have maintained the staff as
he left It. and so It stands today, all trim
and shipshape and doubtless the most
no.el of all New York CUy'a flagpoles.
Irene Rlckert. 5 years old, of 448 West
Fifty-third street, New York, while playing
on the fire escape balcony on the fifth floor
of the tenement house In which she lives,
lost her balance and fell through the ladder
opening. The child Is said to have struck
each balcony between the fifth and the
first floor, where she landed. As the
child's body passed the second floor It was
seen by John Hayes. He hurried down the
ladder and carried the child to his own
room.
By this time the child had been missed
by her grandmother, who was Ironing In
tha kitchen, and when she looked from the
window and saw Mr. Hayes with the baby
in his arms she promptly fainted.
Hayes was about to go for an ambulance,
when the child surprised all by opening
her eyes.
"Please, mamma." she said, "don't send
me to the hospital."
The sound of the child's voice sent both
mother and grandmother into another
faint.
The family physician was summoned and
after examining the child found her to be
suffering only from slight abrasions and a
small wound on the sculp.
The "jewelry district," being Maiden
Lane and the vicinity, Is wondering what
has become of one of its picturesque fig
ures, an old watchmaker, whose boast wai
that his own timepiece never lost two sec
onds a year. Every day at noon he would
stand beside his window and gase at the
brass ball that drops frort its pole on the
Western Union building on the minute of
midday. Around hint, hung on pegs, lying
on the window sill, strung along the sash,
were rows of watches. For several min
utes before the hour of noon the old mail
had been waltlns and when the ball
dropped ha would take a quick look at all
tha watches. Five minutes later he was
busy regulating them and making a table
to show how much time each had lost or
gained.
Tha office on tha top floor was rented
solely because tha window commanded a
good view of tha time ball, and tha noon
calculations cam to tie a mania with tha
Jeweler, who, although h prospered with
all aorta of mending, appeared to lake lit
tle Interest in anything except watches
that needed to ba compared with the ball.
How ha came to desert the window nobody
In Maiden Lane can tell. All tha I.aii
knows la thai ha baa uivvad to auolhsr
City.
tnowe,
Chicago Inter-Ocean: All of the Sur
rounding clrrumstan'-es seem to Indicate
that "I'at'' Crowe Is determined to stand
pnt.
Chicago Tribune: The next time Pnt
Crowe walrs Into a newspaper offiie and
annoum es himself there should be an at
tempt to keep hliu enaaged In conversation
until the officers arrive.
Boston Olob : Tat Crowe gave himself
up In Omaha last week, evidently feeling
thnt a chance of Jail wns preferable lo ob
livion. People had narly forgotten him.
Having recalled himself to their minds,
he vanished again.
Chicago Chronicle: As Tat Crowe has
failed to make satisfactory arrangements
for Immunity, we may now expect him. to
resume that interesting exhibition of ubi
quity with which ho entertained the police
for six months after his kidnaping ex
ploit. A man who can register at hotels
In Minneapolis, Pittsburg, Sun Francisco
anil New Orleans on the same day cer
talnly possesses powers of eluslveness that
should be of value to him. Mr. Crowe
might do something In a business way with
Admiral Rejestvensky, for Instance.
A MATTER OF HEALTH
FHRSOVll. ROTES.
John Wirt Randall of Annapolis. Md.,
who Is a descendant of William Wirt, hs
In his possession the original letter of
Thomas Jefferson offering Wirt the presi
dency of the Cnlvorslty of Virginia.
A batch c.f Yale students and a profes
sor have been studying "sociology" In New
York In the Tenderloin. If these are the
same men who are In New York after
foot ball victory they know tho ground
well.
It Is said that the board of trustees of
the Jamestown exposition will otter th
presidency of the exposition, recently held
by the late General Fltxhugh l.ee, to
former Governor Charles T. O'Farrall of
Virginia.
H. B. Rlackwell, the venerable reformer
and publicist, has Just celebrated his
eightieth birthday In Boston. He was a
potent factor In the free soil movement
and married Lucy Ptone, a leader In the
woman suffrage movement, In ISM. He has
been a persistent advocate of suffrage for
women.
The late Jules Verne relied chiefly on his
reading and his Imagination for the mater
ial for his stories. To prepare himself for
his "Five Weeks In a Balloon" he mad
a single ascent, lasting an hour. He wrote
glowing descriptions of Ihdla and other
remote countries, though his travels never
took him beyond the Mediterranean re-
glOUA
Pavld loffat of Denver Is the wealthiest
man in Colorado, which outranks all other
states in per capita wealth. Colorado has
the further advantage that most of Its
vast fortunes were made within Its boun
daries, not alone In mining, but in the
cattle industry. In realty, speculation In
fruit, sugar beet culture, potato farming
and in manufacturing and other mercan
tile pursuits. There are 108 resident mil
lionaires In Colorado, their total wealth
being about $.'60,000,000.
"Big Bill" Devery. formerly chief of
police In New York, thus delivers himself
regarding auto speeders: "Them people
that's got enough dough to own autos don't
care no more for a fine than they do for a
spot of gasoline on their pants. This thing
of finln' men that have fun makln' people
do kangaroo jumps on street crossings is a
comedy. For them, Jail. If these swift
hoys was to stack up against that grub on
the island for a few days they'd put drags
on their machines In the city streets.
mmm
Absolute! Pure
HAS 110 SUBSTITUTE
FLASH F.S OK Kl '.
Miss Giggles Mr. flifdley took nie to
see the first performance of your play, and
I enl'ivod It so inn.-h.
Pe Rlter-Pellshted to hear you Say so
Miss Giggles Yes. we had a two-pound
box of tine bon bona between us. Phila
delphia ledger.
"A New York man who wanted to get
out of an Insane asvluni said he could sit
down and wlite an editorial for any paper
In New York."
"What dirt the Judae do?"
"Remanded him buck Into custody."
Cleveland l'lain Dealei.
"Is your son Industiii us?"
"It depends.' 'Hnswiied Farmer Com
tossel. "He's liable to lake his time doln'
chores, but If you ever get bint on second
base with a good hitler up he's liable to
be about the busiest thing on caitli."
Washington Star.
.
"Come, now. you're putting It too strong
when you speak of old Slorlgcrs as 'one of
th greatest patriots In the country.' "
"No. I'm not. He Is. He never tries to
dodge his taxes." Chicago Tribune.
"What a pity real detectives Hre not ns
brilllint as the story book detectives."
"It wouldn't work. ' answered the police
officer. "They'd all resign from the force
and write novels." Washington Star.
Boggs Clerks nnd office boys hnve a
queer sense of humor.
SkHggs Yes?
Boggs Yesterday my office boy told.me
that Mr. Beans was waiting to see me. I
remarked that I didn't know him. and the
whole office force shouted with laimhter.
And there wns no such person, either!
Cleveland Leader.
sTAnif; im.i:.
W. T. Iiinpton In New York Sun.
What's the good of standing idle
When th world Is full of men
Who are striving with the ledger,
With the hammer and the pen,
Who are doing deeds of valor
In the limitless expanse
Of endeavor, with a purpose
That must nullify all chance?
What's the good of standing Idle
When so many may be found
Ever active In the efforts
Thst will bring success around;
Who, with heads and hands united
In a common purpose, sweep
All the best results of lahor
In a glittering glory heap?
What's the good of standing idle
When we know so many who
Are so everlasting anxious
For the stunts that they can do;
Who are ready and Impatient
For a chance to do their best?
What's the good of standing Idle?
Iet's sit down and take a rest
While they do it. See?
mkkm
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Oil Paintings
On Exhibition and Sale
At 519 South 16th Street. Under Her Grand Hotel.
Works by Representative American and Foreign
Artists, among which are examples by such well known
Painters as
J. II. DOLPH, N. A.
GEO. II. MeCOKD, A. X. A.
THOS. B. CRAIG, A. N. A.
KARL WITKOW8KI.
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