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(Keli - ! H C A GATE,
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WUK1 OCT OIT TOWI.
mkcrlra lTla th city tm
rarUy aboal4 ba. Tbo
U4 tkaam. It U ettr thma
m aValiy letlar fra fcaaaa. A4
aaa IU a ckaaiad aa tfm
rcjatd.
fcute Treasurer Mortecaen iuaj
bluff, but be la Dot to bo bluffed.
be
Melkeljohn of Fullertou aud Mexico Is
prepartDjf to throw Lla glova Into the
eoatorlal ting oace more.
Hi Commercial club bas plentj of
work to do for Omaha without pulling
political chesuuta out of the Are.
Oregon itarted but with louder noise,
but Nebraska Utat It In getting Its law
deflng land grabber to conTlcUon.
Tltr ASSZRtrAX tllTlATir
The effort pot forth r PrWnt
nootelt In the lntrt of jr bus n.
clrM tL unusliflH approril of th
rtrUinHi world. Xwbr In any ri-on-sible
Quartpr 1 tlx-re a roif or an opin
ion adrere to the action of the chief e
eutlre of tlie t'nitd htate. On all
bands It Is rwvrnird as nvxt oj i"ortune
and nyjat worthy of this rrt natln,
which by ra'n of Its Impartial and dl
lntertd attitude toward the U-lli(f-retit
fowers Is everywhere r-ccnni!zM as the
projr conntry to make the Crt pr'
pftals tiling to -a-". The ynjment
of the forIirn newpojers on the jrr-at
Incident are pe-olirly ijm!C''ar,t and
ImpreclTe and should convince the
American r-op!e Ujt tlje!r president ha
nfade no iLlitake In bis effort to bring
the warring nations together In tace
negotiations.
Tbe action of rreoldent I'.oonevelt In
tfcN riiatter bus jrlen tlie l."uitel Ptatf-
a paramount position In In tern at Ion. -J
councils so far as the settlement of the
far easU-rn war Is confined. In all the
preliminary negotiations that may follow
tbe opinion and Judgment of the United
Htate will be of primary consideration
and force. This country will be looked
to not perhaps a an arbiter, but as a
counsellor whoM advice and admonition
will be of the highest value and Imiort
8 nee. There Is unqualified confidence In
the fairness of President Roosevelt The
Russian and the Japanese governments
are eiually confident that whatever the
American government may recommend
throujfb Its chief executive will be dic
tated by the highest sentiments of friend
liness for both countries and an earnet
wish to promote the welfare of earn. The
United Btates Is disinterested, except as
all nations are concerned for universal
peace. Our people deplore, with the rest
of humanity, a war that Is costing the
nations engaged in It a tremendous f ari-
flc of life and treasure, and they are In
most hearty acr-ord with President Roose
velt that the time has come. In the Inter
est of humanity, when the conflict should
be terminated.
The action taken by Mr. Roosevelt in
behalf of peace raises him to the very
highest place among the statesmen of
tils day and gives him an eminence In
the world of affairs without a peer. With
great care and Judgment he hns chosen
the opportune time to suggest to the bel
ligerents the duty of seeking peace and
his method of making his suggestion has
been such as to command the respect and
the confidence of the warring nations.
Neither has any doubt in regard to the
sincerity and the disinterested motives of
the president of tbe United States. He Is
trusted as one who has no other object
In view than that of conserving the In
terests and welfare of the nations at
war and thereby benefiting all mankind.
If peace shall result from the effort of
President Roosevelt It will be the crown
ing honor of his very remarkable career
and assure him a most Illustrious place
In history.
Resident of Vladivostok should begin
practicing salutes to tbe sunburst. It
will do no harm even If It does no good.
Klnce the Equitable wnUer Is believed
to nave been settled! Tom Lawsoa can
again gauge tbe effect of bis disclosures
on Wall street
That Quaker maiden who married a
Winnebago Indian evidently places little
confidence In Commissioner Leupp's
opinion of the tribe.
Why not bring tihercllffe to Omaha
and let him have an ovation and vote of
confidence before be departs for Okla
noma and Colorado?
Tbe demonstration at Dundee bas not
solved the mystery of the bomb. It
should be probed either by a grand Jury
or proceedings for libel.
Tbe advance picture of Omaha's new
Young Men's Christian association build
lng looks good. It should look better,
however, In real brick and mortar.
As long as the little International ro
mance that baa broken loose at Bouth
Omaha Involves only a Jap and an Amer
ican girl there Is no call for any Russian
to rush In.
The archbishop of Canterbury says
parents need education aa badly as chll
dren, bat until a society Is organised for
the purpose and officers put on good
salaries Americans may doubt the state
ment '
The European rulers seem to fear a re
public In Norway worse than an Indo
pendent monarchy. Each time tbe peo
ple demonstrate their ability to govern
themselves the hold of the kings on other
countries grows weaker,
A practical subject for discussion at
the meeting of Nebraska tostmasters
would be. "How to Hold the lioys In
Line Without Becoming Perniciously Ac
tive In Politics.'' lint perhaps each man
bas a private method of whlcb be would
not care to speuk In public.
The Norwegians want President Roose
veit to intervene ana tneBweoes warn mm
to keep bis bands off. Inasmuch as the
president bas his hands full Just now of
Japs and Russians be will probably re
frain from" venturing Into the Bcandl
navian Kattegat and Kkagorak.
European diplomats are suld to le sur
prised at the success of President Roose
velt's efforts to bring about a conference
between Russia and Japan. Isn't It about
time for these diplomats to cease being
surprised at the success of cotninonsense
methods used In a dignified way?
there wonH Lave been no coe for the
revolt agslnst corruption In municipal
Pllti's, and We n:!ght never have beard
tLat "sole" stirring disquisition on "fifty
Years In Nebraka." alias "Fifty Tears
in Omaha."
rnc aSnut th f!SrtJi ef dy It
would Dot b w bad f th dvl"p-rsnt Kit
patriotism In It, your. I-.
1XTEHZHT IS CH1SESK ZHAVZ
We have h'-retofore noted the great In
tcret which Atnerif-an exjrters are
taking in the possible effect that a con
tinuance of our drastic policy In regard
to Chinese exclusion may have upon our
ori-ntaitrade. The interests affected
continue to slmw a growing concern In
the matter and are organizing with a
viw to bringing pr-sure npou congres
for the purpose of securing some modifi
cation of the existing regulations.
The action of the cotton m:mnfacturers
of the south has already been recorded,
but their appeal to-the administration is
necessarily futile, since tbe plain duty of j
uie rjuue orun'n oi xue governium
is simply to see that the laws enacted by
congress r enforced. Whatever the
president and h!s advisera may think of
the law excluding Chinese they are bound
to see that the statute Is carried Into ef
fect and that Is what Is being done and
wi:i continue to be done so long as the
law remains what It Is. It Is for con
gress to say whether or not It shall be
changed.
A few days ago the Merchants' asso
ciation of New York City declared
acainst the Chlnee exclusion net and in
favor of fairer treatment of the Chinese.
It adopted a resolution declaring It to be
the sense of the association that exclu
sion of Chinese subjects of a class who e
Immigration Is not subjected to restric
tion by the terms of the treaty Is barh
and unreasonable and detrimental to the
best Interests of the people of the United
States. It was urged upon eongres to
repeal the existing law and negotiate a
new treaty which while providing for the
exclusion of undesirable Chinese Immi
grants, will permit the entry of those
who are not of the laboring class, but
who come to this country for purposes of
bnInes or Investigation.
Tills Is the prevalent sentiment In
eastern commercial circles and It will be
brought to bear with no little force tipon
the next congress. There Is a very dis
tinct manifestation of hostility In China
toward the American policy of exclusion.
It Is taking the form of a boycott of
American goods. The effect of this Is
perhaps not yet seriously felt but It may
bo In the not remote future and It Is the
reasonable apprehension of this that Is
causing American commercial Interests
to take a pronounced position In favor of
modification of the Chinese exclusion
policy.
EaTeel at a Tkraablsa;.
P.iltlTiK.ra Ar.rrl'an.
Out of th. rk ar4 ruin Rula will
ecn. l arrogant, rvjca r.vk-r and all
th b'tr for blr.f tfcrarM-4. It will
probat ly no tnr-r sli to r:T th vol
cf itapr cf world destirJ but th worlO
will b none th w-r It thai- The cr.lf
miselon f f Ruia will b to r!--ap lti
own Institutions, ar.d If this I don wi j
th war will t vw-d as a Russian bs
Ir.f before the end of th prnt century.
CTrloa of Talatrd Moaey.
Puck.
"trethron," said th vn'-rM clrr
ir.an at th cvifrnr, "thy tll us this
n'jn-y U tainted. Bjt why should t.'H
mcn-y b born again? Wly :iou!d ll ntt
b convrtd? Shail w close uj- n it the
d'or of hop? 6an we not raihtr Bay
that whll th light holds out to burn the
vlit r:iony may rtan.? Should there
r.ot be rr.or oy over oDe dollar that re-f-ents
than over nlr.et j--nin that ne-d no
repentance?" And the resolution to accept
th money was pasd with e;it husaa.n.
It ta to be bopod no one will mistake
Candidate Pollard, who Is the republican
nominee for congress In the First Ne
braska district for the Rurllngton tax
bureaucrat of the same name who has
been making himself obnoxious before
the State Hoard of Assessment. These
two Pollards stand on diametrically op
posed platforms.
FVBLISH THE REPORTS.
Immediately following tbe explosion
on the porch of the residence of Elmer
E. Thomas last fall an Investigation was
Instituted by the police with a view to
locating tbe perpetrators and bringing
them to Justice. While the police were
still engaged In this Inquiry a public
meeting was called at the Auditorium by
the7 Civic Federation and resolutions
were adopted denouncing the outrage
and expressing sympathy for Mr.
Thomas.
In expressing bis appreciation of this
public testimonial, Mr. Thomas declared
his belief that be was the victim of a
conspiracy concocted by Tom Dennlson.
Dennlson's denial of the charge, as pub
lished at tbe time In tbe World-Herald,
embodies these questions:
How docs It happen that this bomb was
exploded Immediately after the charges of
Mr. Thomas against Chief Tjonahua wera
exploded?
How does It happen that the men who
placed a bomb containing a high explosive
did so with so much noise as to be heard
by Mrs. Thomas and others while the win
dows and doors were shut?
How does it happen that a bomb con
taining a high exploilv, or the fuaa at
tached to It, burned in such a way as to
make a blaze, or light as to be seen by
persons inside a house?
How does it happen that the bomb, or
fuse, burned for so long a time after the
blase was seen before th explosion oo-
eurred?
How does It happen that when Mr.
Thomas opened the door and saw what ha
believed to ba a bomb about th size of a
salmon can he did not kick It off the porch.
where It could not barm bis wife or chil
dren?
How doe It happen that after Mr.
Thomas discovered th burning bomb b
hesitated about taking hla overcoat to
smother the fir and finally concluded to
us a rug of leaa value, when th live of
bis wife and children were Imperiled?
How does It happen that Mrs. Thomas at
the time of the explosion was out In th
iiciien sare from all harm drawing a
bucket of water?
How doe It happen that at the time of
the explosion Mr. Thoma had the porch
door closed and occupied a safe position so
a not to be seriously Injured?
W hn the crime of arson Is committed
the first and most natural Inquiry Is, who
will b benefited by the fire? I well know
that the placing of the bomb on Mr.
Thomas' jorch could not possibly benefit
me. Who would It benefit?
These Interrogutories have remained
unanswered and the . bomb explosion
would have passed out of the public
mind altogether were It not for the ex
plosion that occurred at Red Ouk, which
has revived popular curiosity and which
seeins to have Implied the sympathizers
of Mr. Thomas to a renewal of the origi
nal charge. Now, Inasmuch as the police
commission Is the repository of the re
ports made by the police detectives con
cerning the circumstances of the explo
sion, It seems to us proper aud timely
that these reports be given to the public
so as to put an end to all further specu
lation and calumny.
Waal Hate Llrked Aaybadr.
Chicago Tribune.
Under the conditions that prevailed In
the Straits of C'orea when th Russiar.s
met the Japanese. Admiral Togo's fliet
would have whipped that of any power on
earth. Man for rr.aa ar.d shl? tor ship it
would have prevailed over an equal or
even a decidHty aurrior force. The Japa
nese fleet wa there for action. It wai
tunc-d up to concert pitch. It was near
lt bas. It had abji.ddnt supplies. It
wa , reinforced by a swarm of torpedo
boats, torpedo boat destroyers and perhaps
by submarines. If England, America or
Germany had sent a fleet out against the
Japanese the mistake which th Russians
made of underrating the power of the
enemy inevitably would have been committed.
Politics make strange bedfellows, and
so do policies life policies. Thus we
have the spectacle of Grovcr Cleveland
and Paul Morton, estranged through
polities, sleeping together In the Equi
table bridal chamber. It must have been
shocking to Grover's nerves when Paul
gigged back on his free trade and cor
poration traditions and turned repub
lican over night as It were; bnt a few
drops of sea water Is not a genuine Jor
dan baptism. Before the Equltuble
boneymoon la over Grover and Paul will
have kissed and made up many times
under the Equitable $1.V,000 salary
coverlid.
Banker BIgelow pleaded guilty and re
ceived bis sentence like a man who has
provided well for the future of himself
and family. Ten years at harl labor Is
not a light sentence, but many honest
men work harder and longer for less
than the Milwaukee banker has taken,
while the disgrace seems more in discov
ery than In punishment.
The good people of the First ward
are exhibiting a decided aversion to
having the detention home of the new
Juvenile court planted among them.
They seem quite willing to let the Third
ward continue to onjoy Its monopoly on
reformatory Institutions.
Those high school cadets In camp are
surely getting full benefit of the field
service In all kinds of weather. If, bow
ever, they learn the lesson to perform
disagreeable as well as agreeable duties
with fidelity, the experience will be
highly useful.
Overworking Oae Stria.
Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Democratic papers that harp on th ex
cess this year of expenditures over re
ceipts never refer to th cash balance on
hand of tlSO.CKiO.OOO to keep collector from
calling th second time.
Vole from th Tomb.
Chicago Record-Harald.
Alexleff ha com out as an advocate of
peace, thus getting his name mentioned
In some of th headlines again. But h
can't be blamed for wanting this war to b
ended and forgotten a soon as possible.
Mystlo rkrsses of b Jaas.
Nw Tork Tribune.
Admiral Togo, In responding to the mika
do's rescript, aocrlbes his victory "to the
brilliant virtue of your majesty and to the
protection of, the spirits of your Imperial
ancestors, and not to the action of any
human being." That statement la rather
staggering to th western Intellect Just a
It had begun to Manor Itself It was be
ginning to understand th Japanese.
The Bensoulan cuiupalgu for the may
oralty has been a continuous perform
ance ever since tbe "better element"
failed lu Its efforts to purchase more
thsn one delegate in the republican con
vention of 10U3. Of course, bad they
succeeded in buying the other delegate
Correcting" a Correal Error.
Nw York Tribune.
A curious error Is extant In the state
ment that Alfonso XIII Is the first king
of Bpaln that ver visited England. Philip
II of Spain waa not an admirable charac
ter, and both countries might well wish
to forget his 111 starred excursions to the
Island which he aimed to capture for his
own; but th fact of history is that he
did visit England, after a well as before
Ma accession to th Spanish throne.
Carblaa th Small Bay,
Baltlmor American.
Th small boy will not be pleased In th
rigid enforcement of th law prohibiting
Areworks on th glorious Fourth, and will
see In It a tyranny and policy of repression
of popular freedom exceeding that of Rus
sia. Rut others In fear of danger to llf
and limb and remembering th great fir
will rise up and bless vigilant policemen
for th sparing of th nerve-racking and
ear-splitting experience usually character
istic of th day. Perhaps If thr werw a
littl lea nols and a little mor Intelll-
Acqiinnu the sea habit.
A Task Particularly Hard oa Westera
ft remits.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Toung men from the middle west are
good stuff for seamen In the United States
navy. But It takes time for them to ac
quire the "sea habit." And before they
acquire It they are apt to get disgusted and
run away. That ta the real explanation of
the high rat of desertion In the United
States navy.
Last jear In the entire service 19.7 per
cent of the men deserted. But these de
sertions were very unequally distributed
among the various classes of men. Of the
coal passer a.C per cent deserted, and of
the messmen 2315 per cent. But in some
classes the desertions were as low as 1 per
cent. Among the seamen classes the de
sertions were 10 per cent of the "apprentice
seamen," 9 per cent of the "ordinary sea
men", and 6 per cent of the "seamen."
This- certalnly has a bad look, and It is
not made any better by the sensational
reports of wholesale desertions that are
given publicity now anit'then. Sometimes
we hear that half a ship's crew deserts,
and sometimes hundreds of men missing
when a squadron leaves port after a few
days' stay. The sensational stories are ex
aggerated about ten times, on the average,
and can be disregarded.
As to the percentage statistics, they are
not really so bad as they look. So few
ROtD ABOIT r.W TORK.
Rlfle aa th (arrest of Ml la th
Metroieolla.
Mj-h attention Is gnn th great ter
tr.ihil aiikh ti,e Pennsylvania Ilailivad
C".iay is building in New Tork City and
the f.jur trick tunnel extending under
Manha'ttin from .Ww Jery to I-.r.g Isl
and. But little attention Is paid to th
eq .ally i:n;rtant ocean terminal on th
Jerxy side of the harbor, which will cost
tA'..0... William E. Curtis, In a letter
to the Chicago Record-Herald. :les some
dftal.s f the gigantic undertaking.
Aa artificial peninsula r-.ore than a n-.ile
I"hg and three-quarters of a mile wide has
t'een crated at Greenville. N. J., In the
lay at a cot of tli,vr an acre, and Is
being cover! with warehouses, power
boue, freight handling machinery and
other facilities f..r transferring cargoes
from railway trains to boats In the most
econorr.hal and convenient manner.
This peninsula represents about HVf.iVO
c-hic yards of earth, which has either been
tucked up by huge suction dredges from
the bottom of the bay or has been brought
down from the city In scows. It contains
the sweepins-s of the street cleaning depart
ment, the earth and rock that was taken
out of the tunnels of the subway and from
thousands of cellars that have been ex
cavated In the city. The earth that Is being
removed from the site of the new station
between Thirty-first and Thirty-third
streets and that which will be taken out of
the tunnels to Jersey City and Long Island
City will b taken there also and dumped
between the cribs that have been built to
hold ll. It Is estimated that about .0.OXi
cubic yards more of earth will be needed
to con, pies the reclamation.
On the other side of the bay, at Bay
Ridge, a similar improvement Is In prog
ressthe counterpart of that at Greenville
and the purpose is to furnish terminal
facilities for the coal business and other
freight.
On both sides great piers, having a
total frontage of eight miles each, have
been or will be constructed. Some of them
will b5 4.C.0 feet long, giving accommo
dations for a larpe fleet of vessels. One
of these piers will be for bituminous and
another for anthracite coal, and they will
be equipped with overhead traveling cranes
and oth'-r electrical machinery similar to
that used at Cleveland. Ashtabula and
other points on the lakes, by which an
entire carload can be dumped Into the hold
or bunkers of a vessel as quickly and
easily as a stoker can fill a bushel basket.
The Improvements on the Bay Ridge side
will cost about Jfi.Otfl.CM), and the dockage
facilities will be similar to those at Green
ville. Freight trains over the Pennsyl
vania system to or from New England
will be lightered across this, the narrow
est part of New York Hay. upon enormous
barges, and a four-track underground rail
road, about three miles long, will be built
to connect with the New Tork. New Haven
4 Hartford system. The earth to be taken
out of these tunnels will be used to build
the peninsula whl'-h will extend out Into
the harbor from Ray Ridge, and a vast
quantity of material has already been ob
tained by the removal of a hill which
overlooked the water. It Is an enormous
enterprise the greatest of the kind ever
undertaken.
A number of New To:k wealthy women
under the leadership of Mrs. Oliver H. V.
Belmont, have organized a syndicate to
build a mammoth tenement exclusively for
young Americans are in the merchant ma-t families with children. It will be twenty
fine service of the country that landsmen
must be sought, and the middle west be
comes the great recruiting ground. Toung
fellows who have never been at sea will
naturally be apt to have many surprises
when they are on shipboard and after th
glamour has worn off , If they run away. It
is about what Is to be expected.
The trouble Is not with th navy, and It
la not with the young men. It lies merely
In the process of adapting th recruits to
their new environment. The desertions,
numerous a they are, must be set down
simply a s much loss to th government
In the process of training Its ships' crews.
stories high and fill a whole block In Brook
lyn. thus making it the largest tenement
In the world. It Is to be a children's tene
ment and Is Intended as a blessing to
families who are fighting race suicide
against the terrible odds raised up by tho
landlords of New Tork.
Mrs. Belment is the leader in the work
of planning, contracting and financing, al
though she Is ably supported by some of
the most powerful women In th high social
world of New Tork. The plans call for a
department store to occupy th entire
ground floor. The store Is to be a business
enterprise for the making of money, but
Desertions need not be feared In time of , at the same time a store where the occu-
war, but meanwhile' the work of training
seaman against th day of war must con
tinue, no matter how many 111-adaDted
applicants eliminate themselves Illegally
during th early stages of their experience.
A OVERWORKED MAJf.
Pleading of a Rockefeller Professor
Asalnat Rate Resralatloa.
Minneapolis Journal.
Prof. Hugo R. Meyer of Mr. Rocke
feller's university 1 a very active man.
His peculiar brand of activity Just now
appears to take the form of making ad
dresses and offering testimony against
the government control of railroad regula
tion. Of course, If Mr. Rockefeller had
not been able to profit by railroad dis
crimination and secret rebates, ther
would probably have been no Chicago
university, and Mr. Hugo Meyer would
not hav been available for the purposes
for which hs appears to be so useful at
present, but under the circumstances his
activity seems to b Justified on the basis
of paying debts of long standing.
Mr. Meyer has Just been before the
national convention of millers In Kansas
City repeating the testimony which he gave
to the Interstate commerce committee to
the effect that It would be quit impossl
ble for th government to take any hand
whatever in tho making of railroad rates
without at once adopting th distance tariff
principle and depriving individuals and
localities of any advantage that might
accrue to them by virtue of competition,
geographic position or In any other way.
Hs makes the mistake of not only declaring
this theory but of asserting that thj In
terstate Commerce commission has gener
ally acted upon the distance tariff prin
ciple. The Journal has recently hud some testi
mony direct from the members of the com
mission themselves bearing upon this
point. Commissioner Prouty gave The
Journal, on June I. an extended statement
In refutation of Mr. Meyer's theory and
backed It up by citing cases and ruling
of the commission to show that "It (the
commission) has in variably declined to
apply the distance rule when competitive
conditions prevail." The commissioner
cited the last case decided Involving rates
upon export traffic to Boston, New York,
Philadelphia and Baltimore, from western
points, In which th commission held that
th rate to the port of export should not
be determined by distance, but should b
so adjusted as to permit free competition
to all the ports.
The commissioner proceeded to discuss
this question at some length, In th course
of which he said: "We must not be under
stood as holding that the cost of transpor
tatlon alona controls. Rales cannot be
made with a yardstick. Commercial condi
tions and physical conditions and th con
dition of the carriers themselves must b
considered. Few of th many misrepre
sentations which are being made to Influ
ence public opinion at the present time
claim that If the commission were to be
given th power to fix a new rate in place
of an old one, found to be unreasonable.
It would b necessary, under th law, to
make interstate rates upon a distance
tariff basis." i
This statement of to commissioner, to
gether with the cited Instances where Inter
state rates ar not fixed on th dlstanc
basis, is probably quit as valuable a con
trlbutlon to th dlscusaloa of this subject
a th speculations of th profassor from
th Rockefeller university.
cants of the model tenement may buy
everything at wholesale cost. Outsiders
will have to pay full retail prices.
It Is said that airangementa have been
made with John Wanamaker to open and
conduct th store on these lines, and that
George J. Gould has pledged himself to help
In every way possible.
Mrs. Belmont explained that the tene
ment will be conducted by women; that
women have prepared the plans, so far as
they have been worked .out, and that the
same women will superintend the erection
of the wonderful structure. It Is expected
that th tenement will not only be self
supporting but will bring a fair return on
the Investment. The profit. It Is said, will
go Into a fund to build other tenements on
the same plan.
The tenement Is to be equipped with all
modern conveniences, with large, clean and
light apartments, renting for less than Is
charged for the dirty and dark hovela of
the East Side.
"Bat" Masterson has been a deupty
United States marshal for three months In
the New York district and so far he has
not Increased the number of notches on his
Lgun stock. The fact of the matter la that
"Bat" does not carry a gun and never has
since he struck New York several years
ago. He may be seen any day along Broad
way peacefully discussing the chances or a
horse or a prize fighter. He Is a quiet,
amiable fellow and very popular among
those who know him best. Mr. Roosevelt
knew all about him before the appointment
was made, and so did Marshal Henkel.
Neither has been disappointed since "Bat"
began his official duties.
The highest price paid for a piece of
land In New York City was recorded when,
a few days ago, tl.&VJ.OOO was paid for a
lot 8CxS5 at the corner of Broadway and
Pino street, on which stands the American
Surety company's building. The lot cost
,1:67.67 a square foot, which is at the rate
of tU.MO.WO an acre. An even higher
price, I40O a square foot. Is asked for the
southeast corner of Broadway and Wall
street, the most valuable piece of ground
In America, which is at the rate of 17,
W.CKiO an acre There have been two or
three other sales of property In London at
a higher price, but under peculiar circum
stances. Therefore It may bo considered
the most costly section of the footstool.
At Kaat Broadway and Rutgers street
Is the quarter of th Jewish and Yiddish
papers. At one might suppose the Jew
ish dallies, both morning and evening, are
thoroughly up to date, have the best and
most expensive telegraph service, with
composition done on linotypes of special
construction and the printing on fast
presses of the latest type. The very type
writers and cash registers In the business
departments of these journals have Yid
dish characters.
It Is not difficult to account for the thriv
ing condition of these Journals In Hebrew,
for there are upwards of tOO.ouo Jews In
New York City alone, so that It Is no
wonder the principal Hebrew journal
claim a circulation of 70,000 or 75.0UO
copies dally.
Th latest herolo aspirant for a Carnegie
medal Is the man who signaled a train on
the New York Central, and when the en
gineer Inquired what waa wanted calmly
answered, "Glv m a chew of tobacco."
Th hero's nam and nativity are not given,
but it la a af guess com wandering
Stnnlgan did th Job.
For Health and Economy
cso
Caluimet
akind Powder
Best By Testy
Used in Millions of Homes
STATE PRESS COWMEST.
Springfield Monitor: Th railroad attor
neys are making th cry that nwspapr
clamor Is In a measure responsible for in
creasing railroad assessments and several
of these public benefactors have been called
as witnesses In federal court to tll what
ther know of the matter. These attorneys
will find that newspapers sre a great factor
In arousing .public clamor when the peo
ple's interests are In danger.
Beatrice Sun: The Io-a jury decided
that Tom Iennlson was not guilty of con
spiracy In the diamond robbery. Krom
what we have read of th cas w hav
no hesitancy In saying that the verdict I
la accordance with the evidence. Dennlson
was tried upon his general reputation,
and that was not th best. So far as his
having any connection with th diamond
robbery, the state failed to establish the
fact.
Norfolk Press: Th railroad pass will be
a political Issue so long as the railroads
continue to Issue them to every man sho
wields political Influence. The railroad peo
ple know the value of the little pasteboard,
and the practice will continue until the
voters make It dangerous for the politician i
to carry one. If every man who talk
against the pass system will vote as he
shoots off his mouth ther will soon be no
posses.
Alliance Times: The railroad pass for
politicians and perhaps everybody else has
got to go. The Issue ha finally assumed
the shape of a live one. The public has
determined the pass shall go out of busi
ness. When an issue reaches that point
ll is as good as done for. And when this
consummation Is reached politics will be
materially purified, pass fiends relegated
to the list of back numbers, railroads can
"reduce their rates" and railroad people
enjoy a condition of peace and piety.
Howells Journal (dem.): Th Free Lane
classes C. J. Smyth, George W. Brge and
M. F. Harrington with La Follette of Wis
consin and thinks one of the three good
senatorial timber. We can agree as re
gards the first two named, but not as to
Harrington, whom we consider the worst
demagogue extant. His ability we admit,
but that is as far as we are wiling to go.
He and Bryan are both bright men, but
two more selfish men never played a po
litical part on the American stage. Thy
both denouoce machine politics, but both
have been at the head of a political ma
chine tor years. In our opinion no truly
great reform will result from the efforts
of either.
Fremont Tribune: When the Omaha Job
bers reached Hastings the other day on
their commercial excursion through the
state to Jolly their bucolic patrons they
told the Hastings people that they favored
the removal of the state capital to that
city and it naturally struck a responsive
chord in their hearts. But it Omaha
wishes to have the seat of state government
taken from Lincoln why not advocate Its
removal to Fremont? This city has Just
been given assurances of the coming of
the Great Northern railroad, which Omaha
tried to divert to Itswlf. Having failed
In that It ought to be willing to make
amends, and the removal of the capital
hither would be about th proper In
demnity for It to pay us.
Friend Telegraph: The verdict comes not
only from the people of Nebraska but
from Wisconsin, Missouri and Ohio that
the legislative lobby must go a a thing
detrimental to th Interests of the people
and against free government of the people
and by the people. Here In Nebraska the
legislative halls during each session Is
polluted during every session of the legisla
ture by a horde of lobbyists who assume
to take hold of every lmportnt measure,
and more especially those which bear upon
railroads and other corporations. Bills
have beon Introduced through this lobby,
which have had for their effect the holding
up of some corporations In the interests
of the lobby In this state. The people
are well on to the methods of the lobby
In this state and but voice the sentiment
of a great majority of the people when
we say, "The lobby must go."
PERSONAL OTE-.
According to th Wash'.r.g'on r-jreau of
statistics the average Arnertan sr-ends
tl.JO a wek on alcoholic drinks. 6r:,
body Is working overtime.
The vaudeville failure of Nan Patterson
Is an Instructive reminder of tn fact that
public morals and clean live r pr.werful
enough in this country t? t-iik theatrical
gre d and lndt-wncy.
Dalryrr.pl of Glasgow who 1 teihrg
Cucg about municipal operated, rail
ways. keps insisting in every speech on
the necessity for absolute bonesty in the
management. He seems to know his
Chicago.
The lord mayor of Glasgow leaves th
lord mayor of O.lc i to wrestle with tho
problem of eliminating r-'Utios frum municipal-managed
utilities. Mr. Dur.ne does
not hop to outclass the age record of
Mehluseiah.
The I'nlversty of Montana blologiral sta
tion has received a sum from Senator W.
A. Clark of Montana sufficient to defray
the exper.es of an expedition among the
unknown mountains of Montana. It will
be under the direction of Prof M. J. Elrod.
An exchange says that there Is no like
lihood that the Japanese will attempt to
Hobeor.lxe Togo, the admiral, when h
returns to the Island, because the Japanese
never kiss each other. This disposes of
the charee that the Japanese have not
good taste.
Colonel Andrew Jackson of Nashville.
Tenn.. liua sold the old Washington chair,
a prized relic of president Jackson, to th
Mount Vernon association, for I7.K'. This
chair was willed by General Washington
to Lis family physician. Dr. Crala. and
members of the Cralk family gav It to
General Jackson.
In this hasty, rapid-action century there
is charm and refreshment In the story of
the Staten Island woman who objected
to the erection of a telephone pole In front
of her door. She took her rocking chair
to the spot, placed It over the hole, sat
herself thereon and rocked complacently
until five pole men gave It up and retired
till a more propitious occasion
Andrew McFarlane, "piontT Of th
blazed trail." who died In San Bernardino,
Cat, recently, was a native of Alleghany,
Pa., where he was born in 1S. He was on
of th, most noted prospectors and hunters
of California. His chief gold discovery
was the Long Tom mine in Kern county,
from which many millions have been taken.
He and two brothers crossed th plain
In the early 'S:.
LAIGHIG USES.
Barred nras of Insaranc Kaads.
Kansas City Star.
The money which policy holders pay for
insurance represents in th main earnings
that are se' aside, at a distinct sacrlflc.
for the benefit of their families. It la a
fine and noble sentiment which leads men
to make such provision for those depend
ent upon them. This Insurance la really
In the nature of a sacred trust which by
every Instinct of justice should be held
Inviolable against spoliation. It appears
nothing less than criminal to see policy
holders who are animated by th most
laudable motives that can lead men to
practice frugality plucked by the com
panies In which they repose their con
fidence. It would seem that the rights of
women and children and th sanctity of
the home ought to mark the line against
the encroachments of hateful greed; but
anything Is likely under social conditions
which make the captains of finance omni
potent and Invincible.
Perils of th Kins; llaslness.
Chicago Chronicle.
In the midst of the pomp and splendor
of the royal wedding at Berlin ther must
hav been some disquieting reflections
among th guests upon the outlook for
what Mark Twain ha called "th king
business." Many of th princelings at the
wedding have no love for Nicholas of Rus
sia, yet they cannot but understand thut
th downfall of th Muscovite autocracy
would spell a menace to every throne In
Europe. Once familiarize people with the
Idea of dethroning kings and no mon
archy is sat.
Aa of lavltatloaa,
Baltimore American.
Imitation cotton from pine wood Is, ac
cording to th Scientific American, the
latest industrial Innovation, and It la said
to be a very good imitation of cotton, too.
Whisky from sawdust, silks from cobwebs,
butter from cocoanuts, bread flour from
dried banana and beefsteak from tender
loin of porpoise but Isn't this twentieth
oentury civilization ringing In som pretty
curious specialties?
" I
"fche bosses him, I hear."
"1 should say she did boss him, and she s
a little bit of a mite, too."
' Ahl Just another case where the mil,
makes right." Philadelphia Press.
Jawback Mv mothers cooking
Mrs. Jawback Well, sh deserves It. But
I didn't think you'd acknowledge ll sj
shortly after ner death. Cleveland Leader.
Bosh Did you get anything out of that
oil deal you were telling me about?
Josh et. Indeed! 1 got a great deal
of light on the subject of speculating that
I didn't have before. Detroit Free Prea.
Mrs. Cummins So you love your grand
mamma, do you Uracle? And why do you.
love her?
Grade Because she used to punish
mamma when mamma wss a little girl. I
hope she used to spank mamma aa hard a
mamma spanks me. Boston Transcript.
"A man should be ready to answer when
bis country calls him."
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum; "too
many men are putting up bluffs, in th
hoj that the country will not call."
Washington Star.
"Say, gam. man wife is In de congrega
tion somewhere."
"Why, how kin yo' tell?"
" 'Cause 1 Jim seen mah suspender but
ton on de plate." Judge.
"What's the subject of Ella's essay?"
"Harmonies."
"And how does she Illustrate It?"
"By putting a blue ribbon in her odious
mop of red hair." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"How did you get those chicken th
officer found in your possession?" sternly
asked the police magistrate.
"I I done raised ein, j r honor." stam
mered I'nc' Gab.
Tell me th truth."
"Dat'a right, y'r honor," persisted I'nc
Gabe. "I reached down froo a hole In d
roof." Chicago Tribune.
"Charley, dear," said young Mrs. Torklns,
"I hot you ere not going Into politics."
"What made you think of that?"
"I heard you talking in your sleep about
'standing pat.' "Washington Star.
Once ther was a Kansas City man who
wrote a lecture.
"Where are you going to try first?" they
asked htm.
"in Omaha." he said.
"What's your idea In that?"
"Why. If anything a Kansas City man
does will please Omaha It'll succeed any
where 111 the world. ' Chicago Tribune,
A WII1TTIER IMPROMPTU.
By John Greenleaf Whlttler.
(A bevy of in. -rr girls, daughters of
Whlttler s Anusbury neighbors, accom
panied him on one of his summer vIkII
to I (io Keurcamp region at West osiie,
N. H. Toward sunbel, one day, they wer
seated on the bank of th river, and th
Joung lady with the "quaint name "-ill.
ellie Murrlll, the same young friend for
whom Whlttler wrote "Th Henchman' and
"The Voyage of the Jettle " asked Whit
tier to lmprovl a poem suggested by his
surroundings. Thi an lines wer composed
upon the sMt, and I have them as repealed
from memory by one of the party. They
were never befor In print Samuel T
Plckard, Aim-sbury, Mass , May, lisj&.)
Th Bearcamp's pleasant banks upon,
I sit like gray Anacreon,
And, happy us the Greek of old,
I watch the sunset's allng gold.
And mark th chaiiK of mountain mist
From blush of rus to amethyst.
No chain of rosea 'round mv head.
But smiles of ni.rry girls Instead;
For Hamlnn wine from flagons poured.
I've sweetmeats from the prtvale hoard
Of on to whom Is fitly given
The sweetest name of earth or heaven;
And of one other, young as yet,
And fair as spring s first lolet:
And one whoso quaint nam half belles
Her fair brown iittlr and soft blue rye
Bo ringed about with laughing youth,
I quits forget my gray hairs' truth.
Th shadow of mv life's long date '
Runs backward on Time's d!ul-plat
I feel as when my youth began
Th boy still lives within th man.
I count myst lf ilk yonder tree.
By many wlnt. r mossed and wort.
Girt by Its goodly companv 1
, Of flowers, and not so all forlorn,