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TI1E OMAIIA DAILY REE: SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1903.
Tiie Omaha Daily Bee
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Evening nnil Sunday Bee printed during the
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W'UEN Off OK TOWN.
Subscribers leavlutf tha city tem.
porarlly should hu Tbm Hem
walled to tbeus. It la better than
dally letter from lioiue. Ad
dress will be chunited as often its
reqeeited.
The fuueral directors have fouuil
Omaha altogether too salubrious and too
healthy for their funeral vocutiou.
It Is hardly worth while to reopen the
controversy between the members of the
defunct Board of Public Works for pav
ing specifications.
That man who was lined ?iiO for snor
ing in a Memphis church will probably
stuy awake hereafter until the contribu
tion box goes past
While Mr. Bryan is studying municipal
questions in foreign lands he might keep
bis eyes open for some effective plan for
settling labor disputes. .
The Pennsylvania editor who injected
the state political fight into the National
Editorial association might be prose
cuted for inciting a riot.
Chicago is going to do its heavy dray
Ing through subways after this summer
and should then have no trouble in put
ting the teamsters Into a hole.
The caar no doubt emerges from the
present war with higher regard for ar
bitration than he had when he suggested
The Hague peace conference.
. It is announced that the czar is taking
steps to prepare the Russian people for
peace. The impression in America is
that the Japs have done th:it job.
Admiral Train hns tnken possession
of three Itusslan warships at Manila and
Russia need have no fear of locating the
hips when the embargo is lifted.
Thomas has saved Shercllffe from lc
Ing kidnnped by sheriffs of Oklahoma
and Colorado. It is now in order for the
Commercial club to give a public dinner
In his honor.
Editor Berge writes about the repub
lican convention at Falls City as though
he expected to be drafted to sacrifice
himself again as the fusion candidate
for congress.
; Young Mr. Hyde of the Equitable de
sires to be understood as having no in
teutlon of unloading his controlling block
of stock at least not till it is bid up to
a figure too high to resist.
South Omaha real estate boomers are
clamoring for a few more blanket mort
gages. Their motto is. "The way to
make yourself rich is to mortgage your
home an household furniture."
Down in tho First district convention
Acer's vote was cast for an anti-pass
platform. No danger, however, that the
state house will lose him as chief pass
distributer not for n while yet.
- Omaha Swedish Americans stand by
their king so far as sentiment and sym
pathy go. When it comas to loyalty,
however, they yield to none In unswerv.
lpg olltglunce to the American Stars and
Stripes.
Omaha Is doiug quite well in enter
taining conventions of various state or
ganisations. It Is fully equipped, how
erer, to take caro of the. big meetings of
the biggest national societies. lt us
spread out
The Burlington orncluls now on an In
spection tour over the Hill system in
Nebraska anil Colorado disclaim all
knowledge of or resiouslbility for the
projected Great Northern cut-off. But it
makes precious little difference who Is
responsible.
ILLEGAL FKXC1XO OF TUBLW LASDS.
The law against the illegal fencing of
public lands Is being enforced. The tirst
conviction under this law has just been
secured In the federal district court here
and there is every reason to believe that
the effect will be salutary. According to
the statement of the United States dls
trict attorney It Is the Intention of the
federal authorities to prosecute all such
cases to the end and the knowedge of
this will doubtless have the effect to in
duce many of those who are violating the
law to take down the fences as soon as
possible and stop oil interference with
settlers wfto may desire to enter such
lands or with free transit to and across
them.
Millions of acres of public lands in
tended for actual settlers have been
fenced In and practically absorbed by
cattlemen. As long as these lands were
left open there was no objection or op
position to their bolng used for grazing,
but the cattle-raising syndicates were
not satisfied with the privilege they thus
enjoyed and began enclosing the lands
and asserting all the rights of proprietor
ship. This was maintained for years in
spite of strong popular protest until
finally congress, after most thorough con
sideration of the matter, enacted legisla
tion to put an end to the abuse. The law
allowed the fencers of the public lands
ample time In Which to comply with its
requirements, but so for as appears not
many of them have done so. At all
events the time came for the federal au
thorities to take action and the first pro
cediugs were instituted in this state,
with the result noted. Of course the con
victed parties will take an appeal, but
there is every reason to expect that the
law will be sustained In the higher
courts.
Meanwhile it is understood to bo the
Intention of the federal authorities to
proceed with other cases and it is need
less to say that this Is the proper course
to pursue. There should be no let up and
no avoidable delay In proceeding against
those cattlemen who are violating the
law. There has been no denial or restric
tion of the privilege of using public lands
for grazing purposes that are open and
free to all, but the absorption of such
lands by cattle syndicates, which fencing
them in practically amounts to, is not to
be tolerated and the law prohibiting it
must be strictly enforced. Those who
have used the public lands in this way
have profited enormously by it, to the
detriment of the public interests, and the
wrong must be corrected as soon as prac
ticable. District Attorney Baxter Is re
ported as saying that the verdict against
the Krauses will be of far-reaching ef
fect and there is certainly good reason to
think that it will be widely heeded by
those who are amenable to the law.
These can escape, prosecution by taking
down their fences within a reasonable
time. It seems a safe prediction that
most of the illegal fencing will be re
moved as soon as it can practically be
done.
THE RUSSIAN POPULAR APPEAL
Perhaps even more Impressive upon
Emperor Nicholas than the opinion of
the civilized world will be the appeal of
his own people in behalf of peace. It
hus not been the habit of the autocracy
to give much attention to the popular
voice, but under present conditions the
czar undoubtedly feels that it is neces
sary to the very preservation of the dy
nasty that he (should no longer refuse to
give that consideration to the wishes of
his people which a proper recognition of
their demand requires. Having kept
them under a most oppressive system of
government and himself submitted 10
the control of u utterly corrupt and un
scrupulous bureaucracy, the eyes of the
czar are perhaps at last opening to the
true character of the situation, which he
must realize is more threatening to auto
cratic rulo than ever before in the his
tory of the empire.
The two facts that stand out boldly
are, that the Russian government must
grant the people a larger measure of lib
erty and greater participation in the
affairs of the government, or it must en
counter a revolution. No other conclu
sion is reasonably to be, deduced from
the course of current events. The latest
petition of the people to the czar clearly
points in tills direction. They want
peace, the cessation of a conflict which
has brought disaster to Russian arms
and humiliation to the empire. The de-
maud for a national assembly to pass
upon the question of peace or war im
plies no menace to the autocracy. It
does not carry with it any threat to the
emperor and his house. It simply re
minds him that he is the sovereign of a
people who have claims to consideration
and who still have the courage to pre
sent and urge those claims.
It remains to be seen how far Emperor
Nicholas will give heed to this plain ap
peal from his people, which also conveys
a warning. Their demand to be heard
has the moral support of the civilized
world and they know it. That knowl
edge will stimulate them to persist in
the demand and it will inevitably grow
in strength and force. It is in accord
with the spirit of the age and the move
ment of which it is an expression will
not go backward.
To all but the reactionaries it ought
to be evident that Russia Is at the part
ing of the ways, that a continuance of
the course and policies which have been
pursued for generations and which under
the present emperor have built op a most
obnoxious and oppressive system, can
not be much longer maintained. Slow
os the progress of intelligence in Russia
has been, it has been sufficient to show
a wry considerable element of the peo
ple uow rar behind their country is
civilization and how greatly lacking
tnose conditions which promote
moral and social upbuilding and the m
terial welfare of a people. The Russian
people know far more today In regard to
the real character of their government
than they knew a year ago. The war
has produced a tremendous awakening
among them and shon the hollowness
of the preteusloni as well as the corruot
V.
in
in
the
character of the bureaucracy, of which
the emperor has been the pliant uppet
With their eyes thus opened they have
determined to secure recognition and
there Is every reason to believe that they
will persist until the recognition they
desire Is secured.
MUXICIPAL IXLEBTLDXESS.
The current number of "The Annals,"
published by the American Academy of
Political and Social Science, contains an
Instructive and interesting symposium
on "Municipal Indebtedness." Accord
ing to the statistics embodied In this con
tribution on municipal government the
bonded debt of American cities' will ap
proximate closely to $1,000,000,000, which
Is nearly the sum of the'present Interest
bearing national debt.
In this vast municipal public debt
Greater New York represents a net
funded debt of $401,000,0(10, nfter deduct
ing $157,000,000 more for the redemption
of Its debt in the sinking fund. Nearly
one-half of the debt of Greater New
York represents bonds Issued for interest
bearing enterprises such as water supply
purposes, docks and wharves and rapid
transit construction, the amount Invested
In water works being $70,740,000, for
docks and wharves $5(5,228,000 and for
rapid transit construction $43,(516,000.
Next to New York comes Boston with
$00,000,000 of bonded debt, exclusive of
sinking fund deposits, Baltimore and
Now Orleans $24,000,000, Cincinnati $31,-
000,000, Cleveland $19,000,000, Pittsburg
and Washington City $14,000,000 each,
Milwaukee $7,000,000, Duluth $5,250,000
and Seattle $4,500,000. Interest on the
bulk of the bonded debt of American
cities does not exceed 3Va per cent and
the greater part of the bonded debt of
Greater New York only bears 3 per cent
interest.
Among the Interesting items of mu
nicipal Indebtedness are the investments
in public utilities. Boston has outstand
ing water works bouds aggregatlng$S,.
220,000, Baltimore $8,027,500, New Or
leans has a bonded debt of $12,000,000 to
pay for its water works and drainage
system. Of the net debt of $13,500,000
Incurred by the city of Providence $4,
250,000 is for water works, making a
little less than one-third of the whole.
Of the aggregate bonded debt of Duluth
$2,206,000 are water and light bonds,
while the water works plant of Seattle
has been acquired at an expense only of
$1,050,000.
These statistics relative to water
works may, however, not fully represent
either the purchase price of the original
investment, many of the cities that have
acquired water works within the last
quarter of a century having expended
millions of dollars for extensions and im
provements on one side and paid off mil
lions of dollars of bonded Indebtedness
Incurred originally on the other side.
Thus, for example, the aggregate bonded
water works debt of the city of Cleve
land at this time is only $3,800,000,
whereas the cost of Its lake tiinnels, that
are now the source of Its water supply.
will probably exceed the entire bonded
debt. ' .
caused a number of enterprising Amer
leans In the far east to lose Interest In
the project
The forced contributions of the tele-
phone compunles toward the revenue of
Lancaster county will be materially In
creased this year if the return made by
the connty assessor passes muster with
the county Board of Equalization. The
valuation of the personal nronertv of
the Nebraska Telephone company in
Lancaster county has been placed at
$275,975, the Lincoln Telephone company
at $208,225 and several farmer telephone
companies at on aggregate of $28,555, or
a total or toiz.jbs ror telephone com
panies exclusive of their real property.
Statistics of the State university show
that of 2,500 enrolled students over 800,
or fully one-third, came from Lincoln
and Lancaster county. No woiider Lin
coln lays so much stress on university
appropriations by which the j-est of tho
state is graciously permitted to foot the
bills for the education and recreation of
young and old at the state capital.
We are gratified to learn that the
Montreal white lead plant of the Carter
White Lead company bus now gotten
Into working order and is doing well,
but we should have been more gratified
if the Carter White Lead works at
Omaha had been expanded ond made to
perform the functions of the new plant
in the Canadian metropolis.
Now that the state has planted 50,000
black bass fry and gingerllngs In Cut-Off
lake under the personal supervision of
the Omaha Rod and Gun club Omaha
will be in position to add a school of
fish to its various educational institu
tions.
With all the Nebraska Nasbys assem
bled at the state capital In postal con
clave, at reduced rates, the coming sena
torial succession may be regarded as set
tled, even without the aid or consent of
the railroad magnates.
Frank Shercliffe, se enteen-year peni
tentiary couvict, burglar and highway
man, will be protected in his rights to
life, liberty and the pursuit of happi
ness. This is a great triumph for civic
reform a la Omaha.
The suggestion from St. Petersburg
that General Oyama give General Llne
vitch Japan's terms for concluding war
must have been made by someone who
wants to keep it out of the newspapers
as long as possible. i
France professes to see a menace in
the German policy toward Morocco, but
It Is hardly probable the representatives
who are being wined and dined at Ber
lin will consent to be stampeded until
the festivities end.
The decision of Attorney General
Moody that there shall be no "peonage"
on the Panama canal zone has doubtless
Good News for the Nation.
Chicago Chronicle.
Despite the earnest efforts of the field
experts to assassinate the wheat crop In
due and ancient form the cereal continues
to flourish. This Is somewhat discouraging
to speculative gentlemen of bullish proclivi
ties, but It is glad tidings to the agrlcul
tunil person with calloused palms upon
whom the prosperity of the nation ultl
mately depends. Consequently It Is good
news for the nation.
Career of Honor and I'aef nlnens.
New York Tribune.
The career of General Henry W. Boynton,
who died last Saturday, was one full of
useful and generous activities. As a soldier
and a journalist he won distinction by his
steadfastness and courage, and In his per
sonal and professional relations he exhlb'
Ited a sincerity, a kindliness and a high
mlndedness that gained from all who kneti
him an affectionate regard.
Bolt flawed on MlUtnry Sealeet.
New York Sun.
A suit now before the courts of Moscow
which grow out of the battle of Mukdon
throws light on the military discipline of
the Russians and may explain ona of the
causes of the feeling of so many of the
czar s subjects against the army. Tha
widow of an officer killed In the battle of
Mukden has sued the general In commnnd
of a regiment for 140.000. She has brought
proof that the general while giving the or
der to retire entirely forgot about her hus
band's detachment, which was therefore
left alone and annihilated.
Real Cost of Gas.
Pittsburg THsnntrh
Gas price discussion In the west has con-
iriDutea a ract that Is interesting In more
ways than one. Investigation has devel
oped that Sheffield, the British Pittsburg,
gets Its gas at the rate of from 28 to 36
cents, the lower rate being for use In gas
engines, where It furnishes power at the
cost of 6 mills per horse power per hour.
The fact, of course, Impresses first as to
the evidence of cheapness. The price of
gas coal In Sheffield Is rather more than In
most of our cities from the Mississippi to
theVeaboard. Tet the gas Is furnished at
one-third to one-quarter the usual price In
this country. And the company makes a
good profit at these rates presumably on
unwatered stock.
Americans Resist Assimilation.
Minneapolis Journal.
A letter from an American at Moose Jaw,
Asslnibola, Indicates that the Amerlcaniia
rio'n of Canada, which we have heard so
much about and which Is going on steadily.
Is not being accomplished without consid
erable resistance on the part of the Cana
dians. The Canadians are anxious to get
American settlers to sell their lands to
them and to have them develop the coun
try. But the American seems to cling rather
tenaciously to his preference for the stars
and stripes and what they stand for and to
assimilate slowly. Furthermore, he Is bo
numerous In western Canada now that he
is pretty nearly able to control the political
situation. He does It absolutely In some
localities. This leads to some friction.
Native Americans as Grafters.
Kansas City Star.
A recent investigation has discovered that
most If not all of the Philadelphia alder
men Involved in the recent scandal were
native Americans whose grandparents had
been citizens of the United States. The
only foreign born man of prominence in the
proceedings was Mayor Weaver, who pro
tected the city from the proposed grab.
Thus It was the very eons of Philadelphia
who Expected to plunder the town and the
city was forced to look to & foreigner for
its solvation. With such Incidents recur
ring. Amoricans cannot lay the burden of
municipal mismanagement and corruption
on that good old scapegoat, the "foreign
element." The native sons of the land of
the free have proved themselves Just as
dangerous to the public welfare as the most
Ignorant Immigrants can be.
KDITOR TIBBLES' WRONGS.
A Tale of Woe Keren Ina; the Du
plicity of FOrraer Idols.
Portland Oregonlan.
At one time there were 1,500 newspapers
advocating the principles of the populist
party. Now there aro only a few of
them left. But there are. It might with
some truth be added, quite a number of
republican and democratlo newspapers pro
claiming with seal and emotion the merits
of certain doctrines long ago espoused by
their deceased contemporaries. That is an
other story. What we are conoerned about
now Is the violent controversy raging be
tween Mr. Thomas H. Tibbies, late demo
cratic candidate for vice president on the
populist national ticket, and certain Ne
braska Bryan democrats, over the -unhappy
fate of the Nebraska Independent,
which, after a long career of honorable en
deavor In the populist cause, has fallen
Into the hands of the Philistines. Mr. Tib
bies was editor of the Independent. He
was frequently offered great wealth and
opulent ease If he would stray from the
barren path of duty, but he struggled on,
until finally he came into collision with W.
J. Bryan and one George W.. Berge, who
conspired to put him out of the business.
Mr Tibbies, in the current number of Tom
Watson's Magazine, gives, with great elo
quence and righteous Indignation, a cir
cumstantial narrative as to how the diabol
ical deed was done. His charges seriously
compromise Mr. Bryan, who was the prin
cipal, acting through his chosen Instru
ment, Mr. Berge, late fusion candidate for
governor of Nebraska. It seems that Edi
tor Tibbies opposed fusion opposed It
morning, noon and night, under all cir
cumstances and In all sorts of weather.
This worried Mr. Bryan, who, during tha
early days of last year's campaign, sent on
a visit to the editor s sanctum his brother-in-law,
who was chairman In the demo
cratlo atate committee. He made, so Edi
tor Tibbies says, the following proposl
tlon: "If Mr. Tibbies would spend most of his
time out of the state during the cam
paign and let the Independent support the
fusion ticket, all of whose nominees except
three were populists, Mr. Bryan on his
part would agree to go to Arizona or
Colorado and get sick. Ire would continue
to keep sick until the close of the cam
paign, so sick that he would not be ablo
to make any political speeches at all. An
exception was made In regard to' Indiana.
It was said that Mr. Bryan had promised
to make three speeches In Indiana In sup
port of his old personal friend who was
running for governor In that state, but It
was further stpulated that these three
speeches should not be political speeches,
but reptltlons of Mr. Bryan's lecture on
'Ideals.' "
Editor Tibbies does not say so, but he
allows It to be inferred, that the proposal
was accepted, and Mr. Bryan promptly got
sick and went to Arlsona; but later "the
surprising rapidity with which his lung
healed has never been equaled in the his
tory of medicine." All the rest Is his
tory. Bryan campaigned, Parker was
beaten, and Tibbies, succumbing to the
superior power of the plutocrats, sold out
to Berge. Now he Is at large, threatening
trouble for evert body.
Perhaps there Is a moral to be pointed
to this harrowing tale. But. until we hear
Mr. Bryan's explanation of his late sick
ness and his remarkable convalescence, we
shll refrain. No doubt Mr. Bryan can
explain. He never failed yet at explain
ing, though be Is trifle ally ea convlnc-
OTHER LAUDS THA OIRS.
There appears to be no peculiar dynastlo
significance In the wedding of the German
crown prince and the Princess Cecilia of
Mecklenburg-fichwerln. That grand duchy
though not the smallest Is among the
smaller of the German states. .Its popula
tion cannot much exceed 600,000, and its
Influence In German affairs Is what might
be expected. Therefore, the House of Ho
hencollern is not likely to take on diplo
matic or political obligations of a trying
nature In welcoming a daughter of Meek-ienburg-Bchwerln
to Its hearth and heart.
Some Germans are tald to regard the bride
as not quite of the rank desirable for a
future empress. They would prefer to see
the crown prince wedded to a princess of
one of the great houses, or one of the load
ing dynasties, even If the match brought
with It obligations of imperial nature.
They would preir an imperial bride for
the Imperial heir. But this sentiment Is
one that the Berllners must carefully sup
press If they would save their pride for
the House of Mecklcnburg-Srhwerin re
gards itself as the social equal of the
mightiest dynasty. Indeed. It goes even
further, for It claims to be the senior relan-
Ing house of the western world. Since lltiO
the succession has been unbroken In the
same family. Compared with this record
that of the Hohenzollerns Is rather short.
The Mecklenburg-Schwerln house which
must not be confounded with Mecklenburg
Strelltz, is moreover the only reigning fam
ily In western Europe that Is Slavonic In
origin. The grand duke and his brothers
and sisters when they put on all their
distinctions call themselves the princes and
princesses of the Wends, a queer people,
descendants of the Slavs Who once overran
a considerable portion of Germany.
The destruction of the RllRKlnn fleet un
the conquest of all Russian territory in
eastern Asia. The Island of Saghallen
originally belonged to Japan and was taken
rrom ner in the time of her primitive weak
ness bv Russian crflft DnH fnro. TU,1
lvostok will share the fate of Port Arthur
nd Japan can annex the Conner Tsiinrwia
in Behrlng sea. and become our neighbor
and partner in the sealing industry. Sag-
nanen is a luree Island seniLrAteH fmm
Siberia by the Gulf of Tartary. The lati
tude of London cuts it In the middle.
There Is no Information extant as to its
value in agriculture, but It Is of Imnnrtnn
to Japan for Its command of the fisheries
of the Sea of Okhotsk. With that in her
possession the island empire of Japan will
stretch from Formosa under the tropic of
Cancer to nearly 60 north latitude and
will Inclose the Yellow sea, the fa of
Japan and. by the Kurlle ftrrhlneino. ih
Sea of Okhotsk. The defense of such an
empire will require the maintenance of a
strong navy, and the preparation of the
genius and spirit of Togo, Kamimura and
Kataoka by their Juniors.
For the .first time since before the de
struction of the great armada a Span-
lsn King IS a Visitor to Emrlanrl. There
is about as much difference het ween tha
haughty, reserved and Imperious Philip
II., and the gay and careless Alfonan vmt
as there is between the middle of the six
teenth century and the onenintr vears nf
the twentieth. The mission of the two
was also widely diverse. Philip, as the
husband of Mary of England, made nnu.-
erful but unavailing efforts to win the re
gard of Mary's British subjects, with the
nope or uniting the two crowns ultimately.
Alfonso, a Dleasure seeker on Alhinn'.
shores, has, so far as the world knows,
a oout as little ambition for imperial sway
as had England's Charles II. At the time
when Philip was trying to absorb Rno-hmri
as he had absorbed England's queen, Spain
was the greatest of the powers, and Eng
land was far down in the list of nations
England's vast colonial System, which has
Its real beginning in the planting of the
Jamestown settlement, whose tricentenary
Is to be celebrated In 1D07. had not been
started. Some of England's great littera
teurs, philosopher and scientists, like Ra
con, were writing their works In LAtln so
as to be sure to have them In a language
that would continue to be read, by scholars
at least. The whole of the new world,
except Brazil, which had fallen to Portu
gal's share, was claimed by Alfonso's coun
try. Hpain was physically as well as so
cially a land on which the sun never set.
The strike of a police force is in the na
ture of a novelty. A village constable may
have proved contumacious occasionally
but that the police of a great city should
quit duty is something that, fortunately. Is
not a matter of every day experience. This
Is what has Just happened at Lyons, in
France, but inasmuch as the force Is un
der the control, not of the municipality!
but of the state, the consequences of the
mutiny were not as serious as they might
have been under ordinary conditions. The
prefect of the Rhone promptly replaced
the refractory police so far as their pa
trol duty was concerned with detach
ments of cuirassiers, so that the criminal
classes had no chance of profiting by the
absence of the usual guardians of the
peace. .It appears that the policemen were
dissatisfied with the pension system, many
of them fearing to be deprived of the ex
pected rewards for twenty-five years' serv
Ice. Nevertheless their action is severely
criticised, and the local and Paris news
papers are urging the authorities to make
such an example of the ringleaders as will
prevent others from following so dangerous
precedent.
r
Vienna, without much talk about It, has
gone even further in some respects in mu
nicipal ownership of certain utilities than
London or Brussels. It has municipalized
its gas and eiectrlo lighting plants, has
provided municipal pawn shops, runs its
own traction system, ana even has a mu
nicipal system of life insurance. Formerly,
owing to its bad water supply, Vienna was
annually scourged by typhoid fever, but the
municipality took in hand the construc
tion of a water system and tapped tha
pure lakes and springs of the Alps, many
miles away, and now has as pure a water
supply as any city of Europe, not even
excepting Glasgow, which draws Its water
supply from far famed Loch Katrine. As
a result of this wise enterprise the city is
now practically free from typhoid.
The stretch of military railroad between
Marlenfelde and Zossen lias by no means
been confined by the German government to
high speed tests of electric motors and
electric trains. It has recently been oc
cupied with an Intei eating series of trials
of steam locowiotlvea, one particular en
gine using superheated steam seeming to
have given the experts the greatest satis
faction. The locomotive is not a new in
vention, having been employed on the gov
ernment lines, but the Marlunfelde-Zossen
tests have established its merits In the
opinion of the engineers. One of these
engines coupled to three cars attained a
mean speed over a measured course of
eighty-four and one-half miles an hour,
while with double the loud it made eighty
mile without difficulty. This was a much
better showing than any made with the or
dinary type of express locomotive, both as
to speed and as to economy of fuel and
water. Other trials are to be held with
engines by different builders.
HEALTHY MR FOR JIRORS.
A Jadlclal Rnle that Promises to
Make Mllnaakee Famous.
Chicago Chronicle.
Judge Brateo of Milwaukee has set a
precedent in the matter of selecting grand
Jurors that might very well be followed
everywhere. In summoning a Jury to in
vestigate the charges of municipal grafting
in tho Cream city he has laid special stress
upon the fact that none but healthy mon
are wanted.
The Judge's motive is apparent enough.
The Investigation bids fair to oe long,
tedious and trying. The grand Jury will be
subjected to prolonged mental and physical
strain, which will tax the vitality of healthy
men.
To accept as Jurors men who are likely to
succumb to the pressure while the investi
gation is only partially completed would
be to reduce the effectlvcnoKS of the Inves
tigating body and perhaps render Its work
altogether valueless. It Is eminently ad
visable to restrict membership In the nrand
Jury to men who are sound physically as
well as mentally.
Nor does such a restriction apply to grand
Juries alone. It is even more deslrule In
the case of petit Juries, especially In crimi
nal trials, where the Illness of a ,iuror
often compels a new trial after wee'.i or
months have been spent In hearing testi
mony. A Juror In a murder trill Is, und.r cur
legal system, treated somewhat worn thi.fi
the prisoner. He is herded with his fellow
Jurors at night and guarded by bailiffs dur
ing the day. The court room Is usually ill
ventilated and the strain Involved In bcur
Ing and assimilating a great mass of testi
mony Is a severe one. Added to this Is the
sense of responsibility which every nn
must feel who Is called to iiass u:on a
matter involving life or death to a lellow
creature.
To meet surh a combination of (Halts
upon the vitality a Juror should have the
constitution of a stevedore. As a ina'ter
of fact, he Is often little better than f.n In
valid. He Is unfit physically and is thus
Incapacitated mentally, since tiiu Jua.kiix.nt
Is warped by physical ailment.
To remedy this it would be necessary to
establish physical examinations for Juicrs
and such an innovation might very veil be
considered. If we are to have trial by jury
It should be trial by Juries compos-id of
men who are sound physically and men
tally. The Milwaukee precedent iJ 0110 that
deserves attention.
Which Court Will Do Itt
Washington Post.
The railroad commissioners of Kansas
have ordered the Union Pacific to reduce
Its rates on grain. Now we must have
a finding from soma source declaring tha
Kansas railroad commissioners aa Illegal
as wall as an Impudent body.
WHV THE CHINESE LOVE IS.
Delicate Attentions Bestowed I'pon
Recent Visitors.
New Tork Sun.
Four Chinese students, one of them a
young woman, on their way home from
England, where they have beet) educated,
arrived in Boston harbor recently. So re
spectable person as Joseph II. Choate had
provided for them letters of introduction.
Their passports were regular and unim
peachable. Nevertheless, the immigration
authorities detained them on board ship for
a day, photographing them for Identifica
tion and making them give bond not to go
to work as laborers for starvation wages
and thus take the bread out of the mouths
of American citizens.
These students are of a wealthy and culti
vated family. Their uncle Is governor of
the province of Shanghai. Mr. Choate Is
not known to be In the habit of giving let
ters of Introduction to aid persons who
wish to violate the laws of his country.
The ambitious coolie desirous of entering
America might have difficulty In getting
the ex-ambassador's attention. However,
such minor details as these do not interest
the inspectors, whose duty it is to enforce
the Chinese exclusion law.
Last year a Chinese commissioner to tho
St. Louis fair was carried across the Ca
nadian boundary while on his way enst,
and after he had been admitted to the
country. When his train, after its excur
sion Into foreign territory, re-entered the
United States, he was held up, treated
roughly and grossly Insulted by the In
spectors. His efforts to explain the error
that ho had made caused him to be treated
as a criminal, and he kept out of Jail only
with the greatest difficulty.
These are two typical cases of stupidity
in the enforcement of the law. Many such
incidents have happened. While theso un
pleasant experiences are teaching the Chi
nese to admire, respect and love the Ameri
can nation, our manufacturers are compet
ing with the rest of the world for the trade
of China, and the State department is try
ing its best to keep the open door from
closing. Singularly enough, the Chinese at
home are establishing a boycott against our
goods. Ungrateful Celestials!
At any rate, American t manufacturers
may look to Ambassador Choate's proteges
to become missionaries spreading aftectljn
for the American government among the
higher classes of their countrymen tthon
they reach home.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
The governor of New York has approved
740 laws an vetoed ISO.
Ixis Angeles has finished a warm pro
hibition campaign with a I to 1 vote in
favor of regulnted boose.
Andrew L. Harris, republican candidate
for lieutenant governor of Ohio, hus tha
unique record of a third nomination for
the same office. He has served two terms.
For the first time in twenty years tha
police and firemen of Philadelphia receive
par value fur their pay checks. The rake
off for political purposes vanished with tha
gas explosion.
The lot of the grafter is not a happy one.
Two county officials In Milwaukee have
confessed their crooked work and Involved
twenty others. Philadelphia's mayor
bounced eleven big mlt policemen and
turned their records over to a grand Jury.
Three more members of the Arkansas
legislature have been indicted, charged
with conspiracy to secure H.BoO for their
votes in favor of a certain bill. This
makes a total of seven members of the
honorable body pinched for working the
itching palm.
Democratlo clubs have not often enter
tained republican presidents. Political ex
perts with keen memories recall only tw
Instances of the kind: when the Manhattan
club of New York City g:ve a reception
to Andrew Johnson and when the Iroquois
club of Chicago gave a banquet to Theo
dore Roosevelt.
Of all the stories coining from Philadel
phia the most pathetic is the condition of
the coui.cllmen w ho supported tho gas l. ue
extension. They were loaded down wlui
gas stocks, expecting to realize handsomely
on the rite which would follow the pas
sage and approval of the lease. With tha
failure of tne deal gas stocks tumbled like
a collapsed balloon, and the councllmen
had to go down Into tlieir puis.s to make
good.
I'OIMEI) REMARKS.
pmty 0ba,lf""'nly th' Rl,siln P
' I . uiouKiii he let 'em down easy. "-Cleveland
Plain iJealer.
"What is the vermiform appendix?" asked
tne teacher of tne ciuss in anatomy una
physiology. '
"it's a little curlicue on the inside of
you. responded Willie, "that's all right
until you rimi out you've gol It, ami tiTou
jou huve to get tne doctors to tuke It out."
Chicago Tribune.
"Russia's nearly bankrupt now, ar.d that
means peace. No war can be curried ou
without money."
"Oh. I fion'l bnnw Tl,. . 1
- ........ im Aiiivoi-nu peui;a
fOUIfht TOT VPMrt, m-iH .,
' , . .... onnLiru hh-ii inde
pendence after they had given up their last
-w,clci6iJ. 4 iiimueiiHiia .Tress.
"He is very rich," said the confiding girl,
and he says he would lav tne iv.m-m ,
my feet."
YeB, answered Miss Cayenne, "but hav
ing laid it at your feet, are von mr, h.
wouldn't put up a 'keep-on-the-grass' sign
Immediately alter mari-iaue?" Ivuiiimrmn
Dial .
"What are you making such a hlileoua
racket about?" asked the. caterpillar.
"Mind your own business." retorted the
seventeen-year locust. "Tills Is the first
chance I've had to make a nolsu since
1K.SX "
Whereupon he started up his buzz saw
again. Chicago Tribune.
The reception was In honor of the premier
pugilist.
"Mr. Jimfrles," said the hostess, "won't
you show.us how you won the champion
ship?" "i d like to oblige," responded the great
fighter, regretfully, "but 1 fear you'll have
to excuse mo this time. I'm hoarse to
night." Louisville Courier-Journal.
THE BEST HOIK.
Houston Post.
"Get down on the floor here, daddy,
Get down on the door and play."
And that Is the song mv baby
Sings to me at close of day.
"Get down on the floor and tumble.
Get down with me, daddy, do;
Get down on the floor now, daddy.
Me 'ants to sit down on you."
Then overboard goes the paper,
And down on the floor goes dad;
An onto him clambers baby.
And baby Is more than glad;
And daddy's n horse and wagon.
Or daddy's a ship at sea,
An rolls with a little baby
As hnppy as. she can be.
Yea, rolls with the babe and tumble
And grumbles and haws, and gees.
And always a dimpled baby
With rounded and dimpled knees
Sits perched aloft unfearing,
And laughing with childish glee
As the daddy ship goes tossing
And tumbling across the sea.
And, oh, but that ship is careful;
The waves may foam and curl.
But never the ship goes plunging
Too much for the baby girl,
And never the horse gets fractious.
Or plunges or Jumps aside
80 much as to mar the pleasure
Of the wee little girl astride.
Oh. good is the hour of gloaming,
When labor Is put aside
And daddy becomes a horsey
A wee little girl may ride;
Or daddy becomes a plunging
Big ship on the stormy seas.
And is guided and captained onward
By a baby with dimpled knees.
Browning, King & Co
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Underwear
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Hosiery 25c and S'Oc
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