TIIE 0MAI1A DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, MAY 19. 1005.
The Omaha Daily Bee
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AS TO THE EXTRA SESSWX mr-nt that a large- majority of th" Amer
Member of the legislature who hava ex- loan people would tinriuallfledly CO IV
pressed their vlewe on the proposed extra ,lCmn.
session feel that In Issuing such a rail tna
imu.rtinr would he casting an uncompll-
nwmarv reflection unon the men who have SECRETART HAT'S RECOTERT
already spoken regarding railroad leglsla- It is authoritatively announced that
tlon In this afate. The extra session would Secretary Hay la almost fully rostored to
have the same personnel as the last regu- . ... . .,, -,,.-. t th0 tTnlted
the neonie of Nebr.Kka are to decide the State early In Juno to resume his duties
.ir..tin reintina to a oroDosed railroad as the heRd of the Department of Stat.
commission. These same men also believed The Information will be exceedingly
that the action or congress anouia D gratifying to all who have a proper ap
awalted before state measures Were " , .
adopted. Railroad rate, form a subject for preclatlon of the great services which
interstate rgulatlon anyhow and one mate Mr. Hay has rendered the country and
Sunday Bee, per copy 1,0 I couia uo lime inwara remeuyma " ""iiue uiijiormnce 01 naviug miu ni mc u-uv
rnnni.i r.t ir.s'ii'iHles In delivery I 1 1, i -v ... t.lnor.ln Bier I . . il.
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hould he addressed to City Circulation L- .n,w. . ,,. i.i.i.im i,n .ntr. . . . . .......... w
partment. "'' ' " --- eminent wnen me pan to oe taaeu uy
o.k. t... b..,mT;. taln fear9 ln ca,1,n an e,xtr e9" the United States in regard to the qties-
Pouth Omha-'ity Hail building. Twenty Uion with a view to securing a measure yon8 come un i connection
fifth and M streets.
Council Bluffs 10 Pearl street.
Chicago 1140 Unity building.
New York-lB0 Home Life Ins. building.
Washington Wl Fourteenth street.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Communications relating to news and edl-
of relief from excessive railway cnarges wlth tne 80ttiement of the far eastern
for the people of Nebraska Oovernor WBP j9 to detPrrnined
Mickey would cast "uncomplimentary re- No one can Bt pregent whnt part
flections" upon them are altogether too 0MP government will play In that matter,
i nwn mnniM w fini rm mimg in iiei 1 1 i -
toriai mstter should be addressed: Omaha sensitive. V hile there is no iikeimooa but lt anr,cars to be the very eenern
Bee, Editorial Department. tnat an Mtra gesslon will be called in ii 4i,o tt. i
REMITTANCES. . I , , . I v ."" - "
k ri nr nnstsl order, me ncur luiiiie, urao kiuhiuj fu"- tn ri w not wrm t t n tn ( C M n.
fcWfcent ..imp.rccew sentiment that Oovernor Mickey would differcnt Bp0ctator of what takes place
mall accounts. Personal checks, except on under certain conditions be Justified ln npr- -0me between Itussift and
Omaha or eastern exchanges, not acceptea. 4h -Tomnu A th crovernnrs I . t...
THE BEE PUBLI8HINO COMFAM. .v,.w...B ... - " .lapan. j ne position oi uie u nueu n t.
or otner states wno nave caneu biipcibi ln rPKard t0 the opon door i9 very weil
oiAXBiMBwr uf ir.ui.i- aess ona for the same nurrtose.
understood, but it may become necessary
It will be remembered that Oovernor for our g0V(.rnmpn.t to reassert its atti-
Utate of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
C. C. Rosewater. secretary of Tbe Bea
iVv."',hh.nt' them.c?unayf numb'er of 'fuiland" Koosevelt called an extra session of the tm1e ln th,8 respect flnd 1J0 one ,9 qulte
S.lJ&A!!!ltti?& legislature of New York to deal with nufllIncd t0 do m. as secretary
month of April, 19. was as follows; the franchised public utility corporations Ha It Jg 1uereforc eaRy to believe the
u 4,eoo 0f jSl-ew y0rii and Governor Odell fol-
l Innrn lowed suit. Both of them succeeded ln
!."" st.bro I securing the legislation they had con
n,ioo sidered imperative, notwithstanding the
!'.!!'.!!!'.!!! o!iso fnot tnat b1118 designed to accomplish the
31 ai.TTO same end had been defeated ln the regti
ss,ooo iar RS(lon 0f the New ork legtslnture.
M 2ooi Legislators in Arkansas, Texas and
7 a,ioo Missouri have been compelled to grapple
Sal o u A4)Q
30,100 wlt" railway regulation in extra sessions
0.'.'.. 8a,ioo and have not considered the call a re-
Total 8H0.42O flection upon them
Less unaold eopiea 0.78S Members of the last legislature who
Nat total sales. 870.64)7 voted against regulation claimed that the
Dally average jm,33i HHU0 was not made in the campaign
Secretary.
Subscribed ln my presence and sworn to
Derore ma mis uti aay ot juay. a
(Seal) M. B. HUNOATB,
Notary Public.
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11 28,170
12 28,400
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statement that President Roosevelt
wants Mr. Hny's leadership in the diplo
matic contest that seems to be opening
over the adjustment of affairs in the far
east and none will welcome more cor
dially than the president the return of
the secretary of state.
A WARNI&'Q FRUM VMS A.
The action of the commercial bodies
in China in proclaiming a boycott aguintit
American goods is by no means an un
expected incident. When the Chinese
government denounced the trcuty relat
ing to the exclusion of its people from
the United States and the effort to nego
tiate a new treaty that would be more
liberal in its terms failed, it was pretty
preceding their election. They professed
to have no instructions from the con-
stltuents or knowledge of their wishes,
Rv the time these crentleinen have been
at home six months they will probably Kuerally apprehended, if not absolutely
Th AtwUrcHiim will nreaentlv be a Ileum whit hle constituent, want uuuemwiou, luai uie mercuauu gi vuiua
white elenhant unless admission prices To talk about waitlnz until after eon- W0U1U IUKe BU1)8 w 8U0W lue,r ,e8eul
are made more popular. ' gress has compiled with the reeommeudn. u,eui "l MUUl w uuu LULU uveiuUM;m
Hons of President Roosevelt in the re- regaruea as a most uuiair ana unjust
After all. Admiral Rojestvensky may v,slon of interstate commerce act is Pollcy of discrimination. It is the most
have been merely taking the rest cure sheerest subterfuge. It recalls forcibly uatural thing in the world thut they
for nerves in that French harbor. the tactics of the Union Pacific railroad should do this and it hus been repeatedly
continent dnrinir the agitation of the pointed out as probable by those who be
lt seems easier to settle with Presl- ouestlon in the '7. Whenever "eve that the exclusion policy should be
aent t astro man w iui some ui iue
men sent to Caracas to deal with him.
around I'ncle Sam's domain must come
down Just the aatne as the wlr fences
erected by the cattle barons.
The success of the Nebraska railroads
In evading city taxes on their terminals
seems to have emboldened them to try
by the same fiction of distribution to get
out of paying city taxes on their machine
nd repair shops by returning them as
right-of-way, too. The next thing they
will want to put their office furniture
and bank deposits ln as rolling stock to
roll them out of the reach of the city tax
assessor.
Governor Mickey hns won out in the
Samuclson case by an undivided verdict
of the supreme court. It Is too much,
however, to expect the vulture press who
used this transaction as the excuse for
partisan mud slinging during the cam
paign to take back their malicious
charges. But the people will know how
to treat future onslaughts of the same
character from the same source.
Governor Mickey haa appointed the
heads of all the state charitable and Cor
rectional institutions aa delegates to the
national conference of charities and cor
rections which is to be held in Portland.
How the institutions will be able to run
with their heads off remains to be seen.
That $500,000 contract for the North
Platte irrigation project is a plum worth
having. As this Is tbe only part of the
irrigation work In Nebraska, lt would
be a matter of pride to Nebraskaus to
have the Nebraska contracting firm
among the bidders carry it off.
Conspicuously Lonesome.
Springfield Republican.
A railroad president who favors invest
ing the interstate commission with power
to fix rates has come forward In the person
of A. B. Btickney of the Chicago Great
Western. He Is much needed by the admin
istration. President Mellen of the New
Haven road spoke favorably of Mr. Roose
velt's policy last winter; he could rein
force Mr. Stlckney at this juncture in a.
timely manner.
rr.KSo.fAt. xotf.s ,
Edward Doyle, the blind poet of New
York, has just issued his third bonk of
poems. He Is So years old, and has been
sightless for thirty-seven years.
The Minnesota Census bureau haa ruled
that Its enumerators need not try to com
pel women to tell their ages. Nor, It mlKht
have added, to try to square the circle.
Marie Corelll seems to find something
amiss at home. She has noticed that
"among the Kngilnh upper classes there
has been growing of late years a disregard
for all that Is truly sincere and honorable,
and a callous frivolity to takn its place."
Bhe further laments the disappearance of
the "sterling virtues of mental and moral
stability and weight which were once the
Englishman's pride."
A link with the most brilliant period of
the second French empire has been re
moved by tho death In Paris of the Vlcom
tesse D'Aquado, at the age of 88. She was
a lady In waiting at the court of Empress
Eugenie, and she was famous for her
great beauty. Bhe figure In Winter
halter's splendid pictures, "Decameron."
Empress Eugenie was represented at the
funeral by Prince Murat.
A southern gentleman visiting tn New
Tork says that he has heard so many
persons telephoning their families that
they wouldn't be home to dinner that he
has begun to wonder Whether anybody In
that city ever does dine at home anyway.
Closer observation would perhaps reassure
him by showing how many thoughtful hus
bands use the "universal convenience" to
warn their wives that they are going to
bring home a guest or two.
At New London, Conn., on May 6 the
250th anniversary of the founding of the
town of John Winthrop, for many years
governor of the colony of Connecticut, and
son of John Winthrop, who was governor
of the Massachusetts colony, a bronxe
statue of the younger Winthrop was un
veiled. The memorial stands pn Bulkeley
square, near "To Antlentlst Burying
Ground," wherein llo the remains of the
earliest citizens of New London. The
stattie stands on a great bowlder, said to
weigh twenty tons. It Is the work of Bela
Learned Pratt of Boston.
The Baptists have set the pace for
a resolution was presented in state con- modified and made less drastic than at
ventlon in response to the popular de-1 present.
mand in favor of legislation that would Whether or not the Chinese are pursu
compel the Union Pacific to nro rate with ln8 the wiser course in tils respect time
The l.lmlt In Chicago.
Chicago Chronicle.
If It be true that functionaries of the
Board of Education have decided to send
no more nonunion coal to the schoolhouses
"unless absolutely necessary" the circum
stance Indicates that we are getting pretty
cjose to the limit in this town. . There
may be some excuse no matter how at
tenuatedfor surrendering to adult
trlkers and rioters, but when public of
ficers meekly bow down before Impudence
ln knee breeches and pinafores the time for
putting up the shutters and going out of
uslness Is close at hand.
religious organizations disrupted by the tba BurIlugton wltD0Ut discrlmlnatlon at will determine, but it cannot be doubted
civil war. The way to unite is to unite. termImlJ the rMolutlong were that they are doing Just what any otber
-pi.. iu. .i chi.- aide-tracked on the plea that the subject Pple having any self-respect would do
should be dealt with by the legislature, under like circumstances. 'Ihey cannot
lenutMB wuuiu luuirmc iuni uirt nnc i - i lAit-i.,...! , , M
ki- tiAoH. . . , .i-il-o vueu ouis requiring uie railroads to .
I , , . . . , , , . mitlir f.i , 1 1 (i it ir . 1 inn . ,n , 1 uKv .1 .iu i t'i.
i pro rate were penaing in tne legislature I j 11 1 " "-'"
Late reoorta indicate that the Hessian they were side-tracked on the ground to come to this free and prosperous land
fly did more damage to the "bulls" on that the matter should be dealt with by They note the fact that a great many
the board of trade thau to the wheat in congress. When pro rate bills were in- Europeans come nere to wnotn many
Nebraska: ' ! ' ' troduced in congress they insisted that Americans object and there is no law t,o
the subject should be dealt with by the keep any or tnem out wno are not cniu
IFrom the lack of noise accompanying state legislature. luals or paupers or insane. The Chinese
Mr. Garfield's hunt for Oil trust evi- Members of the legislature certainly object to the exclusion of their ruer
dence, ,it is possible that the quarry do know that congress can give no relief chants and students, when we allow to
may be In aight. to Nebraska from excessive local rates, come into the country people of a far
I If they would take the trouble to make power grade, simply because they are of
The Omaha man who offers to work inquiry they would ascertain readily that yellow skin. They realize that there is
for the city to pay bis taxes reverses Nebraska local rates are anywhere from little possibility of remedying this con
the usual desire, which is to work the 30 to 40 per cent higher than the local dltlon through treaty, the effort to nego
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City lor tne taxes. . rnie; in iowa, Illinois or M isconsin. ir I w niinruuuu inuiuiwi uie exist-
these local rates constitute only 40 per I Ing situation having failed, and they
The. "boom" hi July wheat shows that 1 cent of the total traffic In Nebraska, I propose to have recourse to that moat
Kansas correspondents have decided to w-hlch aggregated last year $45,000,000, 1 powerful of instrumentalities for effect-
defer their reports of farm labor short- Nebraska Is paying at least $18,000,000 a lnJ the adjustment of international dif
age ia that state for a few days. year for transportation on Its products rerences, trade retaliation. A movement
and commodities within the state. As- has been started in China hostile
to
Foreign railroad men who are touring sumlng that the rate is too high by only American goods and there ia reason to
the United States can only hope that 1 25 per cent, the people of Nebraska are I apprehend that it will grow and may
an up-to-date American wreck will not paying at least $4,500,000 a year in ex- become so serious as to eventually shut
be among' the things they are permitted cess of what they should pay. ' I out the United States from the Chinese
to observe. k !' the members of the late legislature I markets and perhaps from other Asiatic
did not consider that a sufficient reason I markets, for let lt be understood thut
If the various grand Juries at work for a revision of the rate laws they must Chiua is not without sympathy In that
Investigating tho alleged beef combine be very obtuse. They may get their eyes part of the world. We shall find that
find no evidence of infraction of law, tbe opened yet, although "there are none so I Japan, against the immigration here of
Tribute to Mexican Heroes.
Boston Transcript.
It was a thoughful, generous Impulse
that moved the United 8tates sailors and
marines who escorted the remains of the
late Mexican ambassador to the city of
Mexico to place a wreath of laurel upon the
monument to the Mexican cadets who di.'d
In defense of Chapultepec against tho Amer
icans In 1847. In the Mexican war the
Ictory was always with us, but did not
monopolize all the 'courage nor all the de mu
tton. Chapultepec Is the West Point of
Mexico, and the' Mexican cadets fought
ike heroes against, the invaders.
"A GenlUmsa" la America. ',
Now York Son.
Neither a poor man nor a rich man Is or
can be "a gentleman" In America, In th
sense of the terms as used In a monarchi
cal country or under an aristocratic sys
tem of society. The word "gentleman' Is
unknown to our law. In the sense of ex
pressing moral qualities, the only' sense
n which lt can be ued here, tho term
'gentleman" applies, of coarse, to every
man entitled Intrinsically to receive it as
a designation ot courtesy; but even in that
usage lt Is a term so vague and Indefinable
that It is not worth talking about, lt may
be said, however, never to apply properly
to any American who boasts or being a
'gentleman" because of any accident of
his mere material circumstances, or to any
American who Is troubled! tn mind lest
on account of them, he should not 'receive
the title. If anybody In Amerla' la not a
"gentleman" it is his own fault.
packing house corporation will demand blind as those who will not aee."
certificates of good character.
whose people there is already a vigorous
agitation ou the Pacific coast, will be
with the Chinese in their boycott policy
and there cuu be uo difficulty in de
termining what this would mean to our
Western railroad men who have re- "'"u au
turned from the senate heating at Wash- Ihe announcement that.lt la the in
ington will now resume efforts to make tentlon of the Panama Canal commission tn,ae
gooa ,tneir assertion tnat tne "people I1"'"" "I'l"' ' The problem is manifestly a perplex
want no rate regulation ny the govern- . wnrrever mey cnu oe uuiamra tor llig olie xvltody desires that tho doors
went. tne 'east money, ana mat no prerereuce Bhull be ODened t0 ull urotii, te,i mwi
Is to 5e giveu to manufacturers or deal- of chlnose ..ueaD lal)0, Tllo .-,..,.,.,
Down at Lincoln the candidate de- ers in tnis country unless tne prices or of th, lt , uude..sl0(M. thp ,.hlnis, tnl.
. . . . , , , . .kht- 1 .. A -K a nnn . B .
reaiea ror mayor a uiomu ago nits just guwun nuu un woi vl unuiia- eminent does not oblect to Whnt It-
asked and secured a nomination to run tlon make them the cheapest, Is certain nsks Jg tnnt tbe intelligent citizens of
as a candidate for the city council. The to elicit no little unfavorable comment tLe enjp,re wLo t.ou)e here ns mw.uunts
question is whether this Is promotion or nd perhaps a very vigorous protest from auJ Htudellt8 and instigator ahall lie
demotion.
American manufacturers and merchants,
accorded the same privileges as are
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umu.n.ij ' i4 i ...nimu to ,..., of f..fl rnpter fP,
me report that "Champion" Jeffries me uppnes ror tne construction or tne otuer t.ouutl1e8. xhcre ls nothlng uu
haa been "knocked out"' by malaria and canal.
rheumatism comes as a pleasing varia- This very reasonable expectation has
tlon. The majority of his predecessors been founded upon the belief that an ad
in the title have been knocked out by ministration which stands for the pro
bad whisky. tection of American industries and labor
would not go Into foreign markets to ob
Now that the Norwegian Parliament tain supplies for a great governmental
reasonable in this and there la no doubt
that the exclusion act can be modified
so as to meet this demand.
The commercial interests of the United
States are giving careful atteutlon to
this subject. They understand its lm
portance in relation to the future of our
Asiatic trade aud the position taken by
Chinese merchants and commercial
bodies hostile to American goods will
has passed a bill to establish separate work involving a vast expenditure of
consulates it ls un to" Sweden to de- public money obtained from the taxation
cide whether the act is a declaration of of our own . people. It is true that Uie
. ,. nw m fplanlv nA..,. . . . h.i.1 . i I I nrt Ml Msvn lit MIlffrAai rnloHnff Ia 1 1 i i. I
.... v, . ......UIJ . .ulv .r... v,.. .,, ...... - intensify interest here in the question.
Dwrufu t-xif niu'K. i uuiuiiug ul iuo muii irijuircn iiiai inu
wora snail De none ai tne lowest possiDie Foople outside of OuiMha do not under-
It ls an ill wind that blows nobody cost, but it ls altogether improbable that Utand the constant pulling and haullne
-gooa. ir me menace or Jim Hiu a rain- congress intenriea hy tnis tnat the com- i Omaha to fix the location of proposed
now rauroaa uacg or uniana Dringa mission mignt go outsiae or tne i nitea I tioulevards. In most cities the laying
aaout a straigntening or ox-Dow lines states to purchase supplies, even if able out and improvement of a boulevard
now laid Into Omaha, north aud west, I to obtain them at somewhat less than roeaus a considerable expense to the
there will be some compensation for tho they could be purchased for here. It is property benefited iu the shape of special
rainbow. Inconceivable that a congresa strongly ioKsm..nta hut In Omnim it m.n.
ln favor of promoting home industries simply that the ubtitting property own
meant tnat tne auppnea ror a great na- Pr who would ordinarily have to par
tional enterprise wight be purchased in for the paving In' front of their premises
foreign lands and with all deference to ... enabled, bv having ihe street called a
Philadelphia ia facing an offer of one
half of the profits of its gas plant, in
addition to $lO,00O,0JU for a seventy-five-year
lease. If a company can pay a
profit and running expenses out of 50
per cent of Ita receipts it must have a
good thing.
The supreme court ls to be commended
for nhnwtf' .disposition to frown on
suit f.- n;i;es against our cities.
Where tin . -it y government ls at fault It
ought to lie held, but we have had al
together too many far fetched damage
t'lcjma trumped up against the city in
recent year.
the opinion of tbe canal commission and
the secretary of waf we cannot help
thinking that they are mistaken in their
interpretation of the act of congress in
this particular.
Fverythlng needed in the construction
of the Isthmian canal that can be had in
this country should be purchased here,
under a fair system of competition
among American manufacturers and
dealers. Buying supplies abroad which
can, be obtained at home would be a de
parture from the policy of th govern-
Itoulevard, to have all the expenses of
improving it shifted to the taxpayers at
large.
The threatened abrogation of the com
munlty of interest compact between the
Northwestern and the Milwaukee 4 St
Paul not to invade each other's territory
in the Dakotas and the transtnlssourl
country generally is tbe natural conse
quence of the general prosperity and de
velopment of what was once the great
American desert The railroad feucei
PREACHERS' SMALL, SALARIES.
Why They Are t'nabl to Provide for
the Inflrmltlea of Age,
Chicago Tribune.
Among the permanent funds pf the Meth
odist church Is one for the support of su
perannuated ministers. The question was
recently raised In' New Vork why Mb tho
dlst preachers cannot save enough from
their salaries to support them In old age,
Figures have been given which are a suffi
cient answer.
There were '97 pastors In the three metro
polltan annual conferences in 1904-5, these
being the conferences In New Vork City.
These pastors may be divided Into four
classes. The members of the first class.
numbering 223, receive $1,500 per year or
more, those In the second, numbering 1M,
$1,000 to fl.500; those ln the third, number
Ing 211, oo to $1,000, and those In the
fourth, numbering 177, $000 or less. The
salaries paid the ablest and most eloquent
Methodist preachers in the metropolis are
no more than are received by many men In
aubordlnate places In large business con
cerns. The salaries of many of their hum
bler brethren are less than half as large
as the wages of a good mechanic.
Outside the cities, both in New York and
in other states, salaries are smaller. "My
college chum," a distinguished New York
lawyer, Is quoted as saying, "was my equal
in every respect and In. some respeets my
superior. After twenty-five years of suc
cessful ministerial work I discovered that
his annual income when in his prime was
the exact amount I paid for the care of
my horse at the livery stable." In the
rural districts the pay of a pastor is often
much less than the keep of a city horse.
The smallneaa of the salaries of Metho
dist preachers Is partly dua to the fact that
ln every community this church draws to
it many poor people, but lt Is more largely
owing to the, noble, time-honorqd policy of
Methodism of having "a church for every
pastor and a pastor for every church."
The flock may not number a dosen. It
may be In a mining camp ln Alaska; It may
be In a city slum. However small, re
mote or inaccessible, It must and will have
a shepherd; Wesley and Whitfield didn't
believe In waiting for people to come in
and get the gospel. They, took It to them
wherever they were, and their successors
have been doing likewise ever since.
A man has to pinch and squeese to fear
and educate a family and dress as a
preacher is expected to on 11,500 a year, es
pecially ln a city. The fact that thousands
of educated men gladly and laboriously
serve their church for much less shows
that the age la not so commercial as It is
sometimes represented and that religious
heroism is aot dead. The superannuated
ministers of the Methodist church accept
their annuities without regarding them, as
alma, and well they may, fur they have
earned ail they get
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GASOMNE IX RAILROADING.
The Omaha Experiment Attracts
Wide Attention.
Baltimore American.
Just about the time the popular mind
has been prepared to accept electric power
as the final and best solution of the rapid
transit problem, there comes out of the
west, from' Omaha, statements concerning
the accomplishments of a gasoline motor
car that may occasion an entire readjust
ment of conclusions. The Fnion Pacific
now has a gasoline motor car in use, and Is
building many more on the same model,
though of greater dimensions than the
original car, which Is only thirty feet long.
This Initial gasoline coach Is to be sent
upon an exhibition tour over many roads
and will Anally come to the east coast.
The chief claim set up for the gasoline
motor, as applied to railway locomotion.
Is not that lt is capable of a higher speed
result than electricity or steam, but that
for many particular passenger and traffic
purposes it ls more adaptable' and more
economic. The average speed of the car
In use Is thirty miles an hour, though
upon a level grade lt has attained a speed
of forty miles per hour. The motive equip
ment Is an evenly balanced 100-horse
power, six cylinder gasoline engine. It is
reasonable assumption that a higher
speed can be attained when thought de
sirablo by simply increasing the power of
the motor machinery.
The comparatively small cost of operating
a gasoline railroad, it ls expected by the
promoters, will result ultimately not only
in Introducing gasoline cars upon the short
branch lines, but will result in greatly
extending the system of feeder lines of all
the principal roads. Instead of high-priced
engineers, firemen, conductors hnd brake
men, a crew ot only two, the motorman
and the conductor, will operate the car,
The saving In fuel, It is alleged, will also
be great. There will be no water tanks
along the routes, because the cars do not
require water in engendering power.
In recent years, one transit Improvement
has followed so quickly upon another that
at times lt Is difficult to keep pace with all
the space-annihilating suggestions of the
Inventors. The New York Central railroad
it ia understood, will, with as much expe
dition as can bo economically enforced.
substitute electric engines for steam en
glnes over Its entire system, using the
electric power for all purposes. It does
not seem at present likely that gasoline
power may come Into competition In the
drawing , of long and heavy trains. Its
greatest available utility will most likely
be for light draft roail.s, that connect town
and out-of-the-way territory with the main
lines, rtowevcr, tne gasoline car is very
hew, and the full extent of Its possibilities
cannot be known until it haa been sub
Jected to more extensive tests.
GOVERNOR tl.MMINS ON RATES.
Overshadowing; Impertanco of the
Principle of Control.
Indianapolis News.
Governor Cummins of Iowa plants him
self unequivocally on the side of govern
ment control of railway rates. He has no
doubt of the right and the duty of the
government to assume this power, nor of
the vital Importance of acting. We are
confronted with something more, he
thinks, than a struggle over the shadings
of a few rates. It is a conflict over
principle so wide and deep that ln hi
opinion it Involves possession by the rail
ways of a power more potential than that
of congress itself, greater than the taxing
power and probably greater than any other
power that can po"Blb!y be wielded In our
country.
Here Is one of the most significant pas
sages from Governor Cummins' testimony
before the Klkins committee:
"If there fcad been In my mind a linger
ing doubt about the wisdom of conferring
the. proposed authority upon the commts
slon, the statements which have been
made before your committee by men con
nected with the railway companies would
have dispelled it completely. Over and
over again It has been repeated to you
that rates are not made with reference
to any known principle. Distance Is Jit 1 1
considered, the cost of service is llttl
consulted. These railway men have with
great candor declared that rates hav
been made and will continue to be made
with reference only to their view of th
welfare of the territory which their lines
supply. That means that the rates have
been and will be so adjusted as to afford
the largest revenue to the railway com
panics. It means that the railway com
paniea have exercised the power, and In
slst upon its continuance, to take awa
the natural advantages ot one state or
locality or city and confer them upon an
other state, locality or city. It means tha
railways have aasumatl the prerogative o
determining the kind and extent of traffic
that shall bo carried on between different
parts of the country. It means an artificial
business life, based upon the discretion and
Judgment of the railway companies."
We may think It a dangerous extension
of governmental power to give authority
to fix railway rates, but In the Interest ot
fair play as between not so much indl
vldual shippers as bet wen communities and
states, ls It NHfn and wise to trust our
elves wholly to Ihe tender mercies or the
arbitrary decisions of the railway man.
agers? As things now are, they can make
or unmake the prosperity . wX What (lAce
titty wUU
ITS Or WASHINGTON 1,1 FE.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Pkrtchen
on the Spot.
A new and distinctive series of pnstaae
tamps of all denominations for use ln the
rhlllpplnes are being printed by the gov
ernment. They will be issued and ready
for business on the Islands on the Fourth
f July. For sentimental reasons the new
tamps will possess great Interest for the
people of the t'nlted 8tates, although tney
111 not be available for postage on the
mainland, t'pon six of the denominations
ill appear portraits of distinguished cltl-
ens of the Fnlted States.
The new series will consist of the same
number and denominations expressed In
centavos as the current Issue of Fnlted
States stamps. The designs wilt be aa follows;
Two Centavos (1 centl Bust of Rlial, the
Idol of the Filipinos, who was executed by
he Spaniards because of his activity in
fighting for his country's freedom. This
stamp will carry the bulk ot Philippine do
mestic mall.
Four Centavos Bust of McKlnley.
Big Centavos Bust of Magellan, discov
erer of the Philippines.
Right Centavos Buat ot Iygaspl, who
first established civil government In the
Philippines.
Ten Centavos Bust of General t.awlon,
killed In the Philippines.
Twenty Centavos Bust of Admiral Samp
son.
The question naturally arises. Why should
Admiral Sampson be honored by a place on
the stamps rather than Admiral Dewey T
The explanation Is simple.
The policy of the government does not
permit the placing of portraits of persons
still living upon postage stamps. The
scheme ot the Insular bureau Contemplated
representation on the series of stamps of
American officers who participated in the
land and sea operations which resulted In
the acquisition of the Philippines, and Ad
miral Sampson was the only commanding
fflcer of high grade not now living.
The placing of Franklin and Washington
on the stamps of the Philippines Is also a
bit of sentiment. The first two postage
tamps evef Issued by the United States
government were the 5-cent face of Frank
lin and tho 10-cent fa.ee of Washington In
1847. Since that date these two faces have
appeared on every series of .postsge stamps
issued, and lt is fitting that' they Should
now be continued on the stamps of the
colonies.
The 4-centavos, corresponding to our 2-
cent stamp, will bear the photograph of
William McKlnley. This will be the first
timo the face of President McKlnley hag
had a place on a postage stamp.
At the time of his death the Postoffice
department had under consideration a new
series of stamps, and immediately there
developed a strong sentiment ln favor of
honoring Mr. McKlnley with a place on
one of the denominations. This could not be
done without displacing Washington,
Franklin, Lincoln or Grant, provided Mc
Klnley was to have a place on a stamp of
general use.
While the stamps will be distinctively
Filipino in a way, I'ncle Sam will still in
dicate the Interest in the postal system of
his ward by the use ot an Inscription in
mall letters at the top ot each stamp,
ubstantially as follows: "Government of
the Philippines, I. 8. A.," and although
the Spanish currency will be the basis
centavos and pesos the English language
will be applied, as for example, "two cen
tavos" rather than "dos centavos."
The Filipino Atamp ot the denomination of
one milesima is worth in our currency only
one-twentieth of a cent. Grading upward
from one milesima there are five interme
diate denominations before the value of
wo oentavos, the equivalent of our 1 cent.
Is reached.
But this tamp. small ln value as It is,
does not hold the record. In U78, for a
special purpose, a stamp was Issued worth
less than one-thirtieth of a cent. In an
unused condition it ls now a very rare
stamo, and collectors will pay .i each for
copies and it la worth S3 after having been
used.
In 18S9 the Society 'of . the Army ot the
Cumberland proposed a statue In Washing
ton to General Philip H. Sheridan, who
died the preceding year, and contributions
were called for. It must be admitted that
they have come In slowly, but tha Grant
fund lagged; lt has required almost super
human efforts to raise money to perpetu
ate the memory of all our great men. Last
week there was a meeting in Washington
to consider what could be done to carry
out the project. The gtneral'a widow was
present .together with Secretary Taft and
Senator Wetmore of Rhode Island. An
ppropiiation of , of t.V,000 by congress ls
available, and Secretary Taft will ask for
5,00 more. Tha Society ot the Army of
the Cumberland has been able to raise
only 14,000. For about ISO.000 a fine eques
trian statue could be erected, and the
proper place for it would be Sheridan
circle. There will probably be no diffi
culty about getting from congress the
extra money needed.
Almost all the great union soldiers are
represented ln Washington, but there Is
no adequate memorial of Sheridan. There
ls a grand equestrian statue of his rival
In military achievements, W. T. Sherman,
and there should be no more delay in doing
Justice to the meory of the man whom
both Lincoln and Grant regarded as one of
the greatest soldiers ot his age. Of tha
succession ot victories ending with Win
Chester, General Grant said: "It stamps
Sheridan, what I have always thought him,
as one of the ablest of generals." When
Lincoln made him a major general he Is
sued tha following order:
"For personal gallantry, military skill
and Just confidence In Uie courage and pa
triotism of his troops, displayed by Philip
II. Sheridan, on the 19th of October at
Cedar Run, where, under the blessing of
providence his routed army was reor
ganised, a great national disaster averted
and a brilliant victory achieved over the
rebels for the third time In thirty days,
rhlllp H. Sheridan I appointed major gen
eral in the United States army." He was
undoubtedly the cavalry genius of the civil
war.
Vice President Fairbanks has selected the
design for the silver Inkstand which he
will use as the second officer of the great
republic and as tha presiding officer of the
Unltod States senate. Its cost is to ag
gregate t&'O. Thla will Include two large
wells, each capable of holding a pint of
red and black Ink. Tha wells will be min
iature reproductions of the capltol dome.
There will be a well for a sponge and a
rack for pens. Th whole thing Is to rest
on a great shield ot silver represent
Ing the shield of the United States. The
two ink wells and the hack piece of the
stand will be the national eagle, with its
darts and quiver. The Ink well ls to be
paid for out of the contingent fund of the
senate, and after the close of Mr. Fair
banks' term It wl'l become his personal
property, for such has long been the cus
tom of the senate. The Ink well made for
Garrett A. Hobart was nearly of solid
gold, and though lt was absolutely plain,
yet It cost 1100 more than the well selected
by Mr. Fairbanks.
fifty Yesrs tha Standard
W3WB-WKMBi-
Uada from pure cream ot
tartar derived from grapes.
.ji.. .i
SAID IN FIN.
"And ls she very pretty?"
"No, I should say, hot:"
"Why, John told me she was as preti
as a picture."
"Weil, he probably meant an amateur
photograph." Cleveland Leader.
"Sometimes," said Uncle Ehen, "It 'pears
to me dat some o' deso yrre politicians
thinks dnr's gwlnn to be glneral revolu
tion every time rtey gits ready to turn a
somersault." Washington Star.
Rnnter I thought this paper was
friendly to me.
Editor 8o lt is. What's . the matter
now?
Ranter 1 made a speech at the banquet
last night and you didn't print a line ot it
Kdltor Well? What further proof did
you want of our friendship? Philadelphia
Press.
Mr. Slopoke.iapolngpth'allyl Well, l sun-
Iiose I am a ported bear, and nil that. uu
mow.
Miss Adchnm (meaningly) No, I can t
say that you. display all the characteristics
of a bear!
And he didn't see It then. Some men are
hopeless. Cleveland Leader.
','Put surely," protested the reformer,
"you don't believe a man should sell his
vote for paltry gold?"
"Bure not," replied the ward heeler.
"He'd ouglitcr be satisllcd with a few
drinks." Philadelphia Ledger.
"I don't suppose you know whst it is to
be exposed to temptation every moment of
your working day. as I am."
"I'm not so sure about that. What's
your occupation?"
"I am a bank cashier."
"Shake! I'm a berry picker." Chicago
Tribune.
By some mistake the caller in search of
Information had been referred to the sport
ing editor.
'T want to find somebody,1' she said, ap
proaching his desk timidly, "who can tell
nie how to get up a pink tea."
"You've got me guessing, miss," he re
plied. "The only drink of that kind 1
know nnythlng about Is black coffee."
Chicago Tribune.
THE BOY'S VACATION TIME.
J. W. Foley in New York Times.
Hail that long awaited day
When, the school books laid away.
All the thoughts of merry youngsters turn
' from pages bark to play!
Done with lesson and with rule,
Done with teacher and with school,
Strav the vagrant hearts of childhood to
the tempting wood and pool!
Who will tell in tune and rhyme
Of the glory and the grime,
In the dusty lanes and byways of a boy's
vacation time?
Hark, the whistle and tho cry
That Is piping shrill and high
From the chorus of glad youngsters troop
ing riotously byi--
Bay, did sun e'er brightly shine
As when, with his rod and line,
Tramps the barefoot lad a-tlshing, and the
water clear and fine!
Sweet the murmur of the trees.
And what glory now he sees
In the chatter of the wild birds and tho
buzx of bumble bees!
Hear the green woods cry and call.
Through the summer to the fall,
"We are waiting, waiting, waiting, with a
welcome for you all!"
Hear the lads take up the cry,
With an echo, shrill and high,
"We are comlna, coining, coming, for va
cation time ls nighT
How the skies are blue and fair,
How the clover scents the air
With a witchery of fragrance-that Is deli
cate and rare!
How tho blossoms bud and blow,
And the great waves flood and flow
In the ocean of boy-happiness, like billows
to and fro!
Ah. mv heart goes back and sighs
When the piping calls and cries
From the hearts of merry youngsters like a
mmK of triumph rise!
And I would that tune and rhyme
Miarht he snlendid and sublime
t n. .. haacr tn toil ins nurv ul h imr
onaeo.
Washington Post.
Senator Elklhs Insists that more rare
should be exercised In the transportation
of explosive. It is understood that the
senator believes there's dynamite conttaled
In Us railway rl bills.
vacation time!
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An antineptic chemical
cleaning powtlcr.
Destroys disease gernin
does not scratch varnish
softens hard wrter
cleans better than soap,
borax, noda, lye or
ammonia and injures
nothing.
Sift a Ilttl through th
perforated rover. It'a the
easy way, the economical'
way, th tioanly way.
HALF THE LABOR DOES THE WORK.
The Gibson Soap Co.
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