0 . .TJTE CmATTA DAILY BEE : TUESDAY , .TIT7STE 20 , 1S09.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ,
13. HOSEWATEK , Editor.
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State of Nebraska , Douglas County , us :
George B. Tzschuck secretary of The Bee
Publishing company , belnc duly sworn , says
that the actual number of full nnd complete
copies of The Dally , Morning , livening and
Sunday Bee , printed during the month of
May , 1&D9. was as follows :
1 2 , UO 17 2I170 !
s 2 , : i8o is 2imo :
3 2 ,270 19 2-lJ5 ! ( )
4 2 , ! ! 80 20 24,710
E 2 ,110 21 2(1,115 (
6 240O 22 21I2O
7 2 ,0(10 ( 23 21IOO
8 2 ,200 24 2 . "I"
a 2 , : no 25 2-1,110
30 2.-.IHO 26 2 ,520
11 2 ,1120 27 2 ,710
12 2.-O70 23 2 ,511 : ;
13 2 , rHO 23 2 .ISO
14 2 ,7tjr. so 2 , : ito :
15 2 ,170 31 2 , . - „ - . (
1C 2,110
Total 7 0,800
Less unsold and returned copies. . . . t,8O7
Not total sales .TOi.osa
Net dully average 21,228
Ono. B. TZSCHUCK ,
Subscribed nnd sworn before me this 2d
dnv of June , ISD'J. F. J. SUTCMFFC ,
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I'firllp * I.rnvliiK for the Summer.
Parties leaving the city for the
summer may have The Hep sent to
them regularly by notifying The
Bee business office , in person or by
mall
The address win bo changed as
often as desired.
The html for the Union Pacific train
robbora reminds one of the pursuit of
the Dtitchiniin'H flen. Now you have
him now j'ou don't
The weather innn evidently thinks he
must fire up from now on In order 1o
bring the ycai'a temperature average
bomewhure near the normal.
If thermometer makers are contem
plating a trust , they may be expected to
commence demonstrations now while
their output Is on the upward trend.
French st.'itefiinon are having almost
as hard a time making up a cabinet as
the newspapers do in this country when
a new president Is about to assume
olllcc.
How fortunate the Rough Riders are
gathering in far-off Arizona , else Spain
might experience another fright from
which it would have dlfllculty to re
cover.
Another brave lire fighter has for-
loitpd his life at the post of duty. His
heroism should not be forgottenby the
city in whose service he sacrificed a use
ful life.
General Otis cables that all the re
turning volunteers prefer to be mus
tered out at San Francisco. The travel
pay prize Poney will not bo allowed
to escape.
Professional crooks who are hanging
atound the borders of Omaha awaiting
the outcome of the case against the
chief of police may just as well hunt
oilier pastures.
Even Colorado has a larger interest
in gold than In silver. The report of
the dlicetor of the mint shows that
the production of the yellow metnl In
that state exceeds the white.
Notice the numerous advertisements
throughout Nebraska papers Inviting
pioposals for the erection of new school
houses. Only prosperous towns and
villages build new school houses.
George Fred Williams , having told
how little he thinks of ex-Senator Gor
man , It may be in order for Mr. Gor
man to express his opinion of the
Massachusetts pigtail of the popocrutlc
combine.
The fool-killer has been losing bets
heieabouts. Jtilblng newsboys to in
duce them to refuse to handle a certain
publication can have no other effect
than to convince the boys that the pub
llcatlon l > one the sale of which would
net them handsome re tin UN ,
Our amiable popocratk- contemporary
tries to bo facetious by leferring to
Colonel Henderson of Iowa as the
monkey wrench statesman. There Is no
way. unfoituimtely , for preventing the
editor of such an organ from making a
monUey of himself. Natural character
istics sometimes will out.
A law which provides a limit of ton
hours for a day's work applicable to all
female employes will bv regarded as
eminently just by all classes of citizens.
Any employer who dismisses females In
his employ and gives their places to
males simply because It is not illegal to
make men work more than ten hours a
day merits and doubtless will receive
popular condemnation.
People who have been heaping just
encomiums upon the heroes of the war
should pause long enough to recognize
thi ! heroism of thu brave Omaha flicmaii
'who gave up his life In thu discharge of
duty trying to protect the lives and prop
erty of others , from the grim tire mon
ster. Heroic self-sacrifice In obscure
places merits the same if not greater
tribute as that In exalted station. The
death of a tlremun like Thomas lluiiuc
IB a loss to the wholu community.
' THE STATE or
There Is no question that labor In
the United States Is hotter employed
now than at any time since ISOi : and
that It Is also , at least as to skilled
labor , better paid. Evidence of this ,
which may be accepted at conclusive
for the whole country. Is furnished by
the New Yoik state labor statistics for
the first three months of the curieut
year , Just Issued by the bureau of
labor. Among other things tables ate
i presented showing the membership of
the trades unions In the different trades.
' with the number and proportions of
those at work and those Idle , their
relative and absolute earnings etc. , etc.
Urlef comparisons are also made In the
case of the grand aggregates with the
coirespondlng aggiegatcs for 181)8 ) and
1S97 , showing the changes that have
oceutrcd contrasted Avlth those earlier
years.
The bmcau of labor obtained return" ?
from 1,350 separate unions , which show
In a striking way the great Improve
ment that has occurred In the employ
ment .situation of the wage classes as a
result of the activity and revhul of
trade. Thus In 1897 out of a total
union membership of l-i2r > 70 no less
than 4w ; > 54 were reported out of em
ployment on Mtuch 'H ; In 1S9S out of a
memheiship of 17l > ,955 the number out
of employment March 31 was reported
to be 38,857 , while on March 31 of the
present year the number of unemployed
was only 31,013 out of 173,510. Refer
ring to these figures the bureau says
the sttIking facts "are the large num
bers of the unemployed In each of the
three periods covered. The economic
situation of trade unionists , " it goes on
to say , "Is popularly supposed to he
more secure than that of the average
worklngman and yet 44,000 out of 143-
000 trade unionists were reported in
Idleness on March 31 , 1897 , while 35-
000 had been unemployed for the entire
three months between January 1 and
March 31 , 1897 , being almost exactly
one-fourth of the total membetshlp. "
These large percentages of Idleness , It
is added , pertain to the winter season
and do not hold good for the whole year ,
a fact which It Is Important to boar hi
mind In considering statistics of this
character. A large part of the labor
that was reported Idle on March 31 Is
now employed , so that It Is safe to say
the next quarterly bulletin of the New
York labor bureau will show that in
stead of the percentage of unemployed
trades union men being 18.2 it Is not
more than 5 or (5 ( per cent and may
even be less than this.
At all events this report very con
clusively demonstrates that for New
York state labor Is better employed
than In several years and that the aver
age earnings In nearly all trades arc
larger. Indeed , In a number of trades
wages have advanced since the returns
were made in which the llgtucs of the
New York report are made. Unques
tionably these figures may fairly be re
garded as Indicating the general condi
tion of organized labor throughout the
country. There Is some unemployed
labor , but on the whole the wage earn
ing classes are more prosperous than
at any other time since 1892 and the
promise for the near future is most
favorable. All the Indications are that
the demand for labor will be good at
least for the next year or two and that
wages will be maintained if not ad
vanced.
DANGEROUS KXl'lsUS \'KS. .
An ounce of preventive Is better than
a pound of cure. The explosion of 400
pounds of gunpowder in the very heart
of the business center of Omaha , which
has proved fatal to one olllccr of the
lire department and caused moie or less
serious Injuries to n number of firemen ,
calls for action by the municipal authori
ties.
ties.The
The ordinances of this city expressly
prohibit the storage of gunpowder
within the city limits In excess of twen
ty-live pounds unless the same is stored
In a fireproof maga/lne , the location of
which shall have been appioved by the
mayor and the chief of the fire depart
ment. Without having a definite knowl
edge whether a permit has ever been
issued for the erection of a powder
magazine at Ninth and Jones streets ,
prudence would dictate that no powder
magazine holding such a quantity of
gunpowder should be permitted within
the limits of the city and especially
within the wholesale and warehouse dls-
tilct. In view of the fact that the ordi
nances of the city make It unlawful for
any person or corporation to store
within the corpuiate limits crude pe
troleum , gasoline , naphtha or benzine ex
ccedlng one bairel of fiftj gallons each
and prohibiting also the placing of these
explosive oils in front of any building
on any stieet , alley or sidewalk lor
more than six houisiit any one time ,
(
the storage of several hundred pounds
of gunpowder In or adjacent to jobbing
houses was never contemplated under
any conditions.
'I ho first duty of the city authorities
at tills juncture Is to make a thorough
inspection of thepremlses of nil dealers
In gunpowder and see to It that the
provisions of the ordinance relating to
gunpowder bo sttlctly enforced
Following up tills Inquiry the mayor
and council should revise the ordinance
and piohlblt the storage of such ex
plosives as gunpowder , dynamite , guncotton -
cotton and ultra-glycerine within the
city limits with or without a permit.
Without waiting for another fatal ex
plosion the chiefs of the tire and police
departments should be Instructed to
make a thorough search of all store
houses , factories and other premises
where explosive oils and drugs are kept
In store or In use with a view to the rigid
enforcement of existing ordinances re
lating to this class of explosives. These
Inspections should bo repeated i > erloil-
Ically in the Interest of public safety.
It may also be pertinent at this time
for The Hee to sound another warning
against the storage of Fourth of July
liiewoiks of a dangerous character and
In favor of the prohibition of the sale
of the cannon cracker , that exposes not
only childen ! but grown people to loss
of limb and life at every celebration of
Independence day. There Is n way of
propelly celebratlns this anniversary
without losort to barbarous recreation
uud those who desire to witness treat
fireworks displays will have the oppor
tunlty this jeni to view the pyrotoeh
nlcs at a safe distance nt the exposltloi
grounds.
71Tlt :
The statement of n Tx > ndon papm
tluif it hns received Information of the
military plans of the Hoer government
In the event of war between Orertl
Britain and the Transvaal republic , 1
hardly credible , but there can be nc
doubt that the Hoers are preparing foi
possible hostilities and It Is very likely
that the mllitaiy authotltles have n
well-defined plan of operations If wai
should come. It Is a plausible assump
tion that this plan would be distinctly
nggiesslve , that It would stilke at Hrlt-
Ish Interests with all possible vigor. A
purely 'defensive war with so formid
able a power ns Great liiltnln would
obviously be Injudicious at the outset
and theio can bo no doubt that the
Doers , who are as shrewd as they arc
brave , fully appreciate this.
Theio has been no change In the
situation within a week , neither sldu
showing any disposition to tecede from
the position it has taken. The chances ,
consequently , appear to be on the side
of war and yet it is not Improbable that
theie will be some s > ort of compromise.
It would seem that so sagacious a
statesman as President Kruger will
see the expediency of making ovciy
reasonable concession , for he must un
derstand that If England were once
driven to use force In the Transvaal the
end even of nominal Hoer dominion
would be In sight. Conditions aie quite
different now from what they were
when in 1881 the Boers defeated the
British and secured the existing treaty.
The Doers aie now doubtless better prepared -
pared for war than they were then , but
a large part of the piesent population
would be In sympathy with England ,
while the development of the Trans
vaal country in the last eighteen years
has been such as to afford a powerful
incentive to Great Britain to make it a
part of the empire and she would
probably prosecute war with that in
view.
Strained as the situation Is , we still
think that war will be averted. If it
should come , however , It will be u
sanguinary conflict.
CUHAN vinrnnKN.
Another urgent appeal has been sent
out for contributions to relieve the dis
tress and privation of the army of
Cuban children whose parents starved
to death through the cruel policy of re-
concentration Instituted by the Infa
mous Weylor. It is stated that tliete
are 50,000 of these unfortunates and
their condition Is described as pitiable in
the extreme. The larger ones do what
they can to provide subsistence for
themselves and those too young to work ,
but there is very little employment for
any of them and their lot is as mis
erable as can well be conceived of.
The appeal to the American people to
provide relief for these helpless chil
dren should not be in vain. The trustees
of the lund being collected for these
orphans the victims of a barbarous
policy that shocked the world say
that a million dollars can be expended
advantageously suid It would seem that
it ought not to be ditllcult to secure
this amount if systematic efforts were
made. It Is not to be doubted that if
philanthropic women would generally
take hold of this charity , which makes
the sttongost possible appeal to Ameri
can mothers , a million dollars could bo
collected within a month , made up of
popular contributions in small amounts.
The government can do nothing for
these starving Cuban child ! en. Even if
congress should be disposed to appio-
prlate money for their lelief that can
not be done for six months and In the
meantime many of them will die from
hunger. It Is a deplorable and most
pathetic situation that needs to be
piomptly met and this can be done only
by contiibutlons fiom our people.
Every consideration ol humanity pleads
for these helpless ones , who have fallen
to our care and the call that Is made In
their behalf by men entitled to the
public confidence should bo immediately
11 nd generously responded to.
With the disagreement between the
amployos and owners of the trust smolt-
i rs In Colorado threatening to pantljze
the entile business of the state , If con
tinued , such pressure has been brought
lo bear from persons thus Indirectly in
terested that a settlement Is likely at
iin early date. When differences arise
between employers and employes In |
smaller Institutions the public may have
only a sympathetic Inleiest , but when
vast and Interdependent enterprises are
Involved public attention Is called to the
absolute necessity of a different method
of Hettlement. When only the rights
of the Immediate parties to a controv
ersy are nflected there may bo no ex
cuse for outside Interference , but when
the rights and property interests of oth
ers are Jeopardized the public acquires
the right to Intervene. Colossal cor
porations and combinations undoubt
edly , if unrestrained , have an Immense
advantage over unorganized and even
organized labor , which might become
oppressive except for the reserve rights
of the community.
The Cubans are Just beginning to re
alize that for the first tlmo In their llvi > s
they are dealing with n government
which will do what It promises , and
| while willing to do what Is Just and
proper , cannot bo coerced into doing
more. ' When this fact becomes gener
ally known and acknowledged among
them the settlement of alfalrs In the
Island should bo easy. The ambitious
leaders who have not been given all
they demand are trying to prevent the
masses from seeing the truth , but the
people are rapidly getting their eyes
open and the result , Instead of augmentIng -
Ing the piesligo of the old leadcis , Is to
discredit them ,
George Fred Williams Intimates In an
Interview as his reason for believing
that Bryan will be the democratic
nominee for president In 1000 that "If !
i he and the Chicago platform should bo
| thrown over he would bo nominated
upon another ticket. " This can betaken
taken In no other nature than as n
i threat lhat the Dryunltes would bolt (
the democratic party In case It failed
to put their candidate at the head of
the national ticket. What other party
Mr. Williams may refer to Is not clear ,
as certainly the populists would not
take up a candidate discarded by
some one else.
Captain Palmer e\ptesses suiprise at
the aspersions against Chief llcdell and
the fire force In the repot t of Saturday's
disastrous Hie In the Omaha Fakery.
But whj should he bo surprised at any
thing that sheet might do to undermine
the present fire and police authorities ?
No fake calculated to discredit the men
who supplanted the Ilerdmnn gang Is
too raw to find a place In Its columns.
One of the defeated popocratlc candi
dates for the late legislature comes
boldly to the front with the suggestion
that the crying need of the hour Is
some law that will make the people
come out and vote at every election. So
far , so good. But how is the law to be
1 rained to make them vote your way
when they do get to the polls ?
ZVntliliiK Iilkc 1.outlier.
Detroit Journal.
If a sfap on the thumb will euro appendi
citis , what kind of a slap will euro anglo-
phobla ?
1.0) " 1 to tlic ISiul.
Boston Q.obe.
George Francis Train Is still announcing
vigorously that ho owns haW of the city ol
Omaha. And Echo " "
answers , "Hal hat"
Amlil iv Sfcoml Call.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Tornadoes , like lightning , seldom strike
twlco in the same plnco , and for the same
reason the place isn't there the second time.
TillllULMllt'NM
Phllttdcluhla Times.
That the democratic national committee
is generally in favor of free sliver Is an ar
gument against the theory lhat whippings
teud to Impress lessons on the mind.
hiinltiiry I'I-OKI-CNM lit Iluvunn.
Globe-Democrat.
In May , 189S , the deaths in Havana were
2,469 and In May of this year the number
was 607. The general sanitary condition of
the city Is probably better than ever before.
Lout Influence of New York.
New York Press.
New York today hasn't as much influence
In national politics as a country crossroads
In Indiana or low a. Wo have the- biggest
number of delegates in a uatlouial convention ,
the biggest number of votes , the biggest
nuniber of votes in the electoral college , the
biggest number of representatives hi con
gress , the biggest number of everything but
big public men ; our Influence is nothing.
mill Prciiirntlunn.
Phlladelnhla Ledcer.
General Otis thinks he now has the center
from which the Insurgents received their
supply of ammunition , and It Is reported that
they are greatly demoralized , and that the
end of the war Is In sight. Let us hope that
these things are true ; but It must not be
forgotten that similar reports have been re
ceived and similar hopes raised In the past ,
only to bo dispelled by fresh outbreaks of
fighting. It Is still the wisest plan to "hope
for the best but prepare for the worst , "
Nciv .Trr.sej'K Grout Haul.
Minneapolis Times.
It is estimated that New Jersey should
receive this year from corporate enterprises
? 1,500,000 In taxes , with $750,000 more for
flling fees of companies newly incorporated
but not yet assessed. But deducting $500-
000 for taxes defaulted. New Jersey's net
Income from trusts and other corporations
will bo somewhere In the neighborhood of
$1,750,000. Next year there should be a
great Increase by reason of the mammoth
combinations that have been or are being
Incorporated this season.
New Jersey's income from the trusts Is
so enormous that tliey are decidedly popular
In that state- , paying as they do nearly all
the state's expenses and relieving the people
ple of all forms of taxation except those for
local purposes. The trusts have Hie same
hold upon Now Jersey as the lottery had
upon Louisiana and for the same reason.
In injury to the general business welfare
of the country the lottery was a mere
mosquito blto as compared with the trust
cancer.
What One Frolnlit Conductor Did.
Iowa State Register ,
Polfock is a freight conductor on the Sioux
City & Pacific , but he is no oidlnary man.
Last Sunday whcm the freight train under
his charge was uearlng Sallx , the big cyclone
that played such havoc on the farms near
there was seen bearing down toward some
farm houses not 300 yards from the track.
As soon as possible Pollock and his crew
wont to the rescue. They did what they
could to help the stricken Malloy family and ,
taking the caboose off his freight train and
turning It Into a hospital car , Pollock
hitched cm the engine and started for Sioux
City with several of the severely wounded ,
In the hope of being able to bavo their lives.
Exceeded his authority , > ou bay ? Probably
did , but Poi'lock was not thinking of that ,
and ho figured that two human lives ncro
worth more than all the freight he had side
tracked to go on his errand of mercy. Ho
violated the rules of the road perhaps a
MU/.UU IIIHLO uiui nay , uui no uiu 1113 imiy as
u man and there should he u promotion com
ing his way soon. It was easily done , you
say' Perhaps , but then that is not the point.
Many of us nio given opportunities to por-
foim great things with ease and yet we do
not act.
.v OK TIIH nuv nni/r.
lliii-lo .SIIIII'H Sfinl-Arlil III > KOH Trunn-
fCI-IM'll ( O tillI'llNl. .
New York World.
Never since a hclcntlllo weather record
was established in New York has there been
so fonir continueJ a drouth , n that which
has ntlllcted this region during the last
eighty days. The total rainfall Hlnce April
1 has been only 2.10 Inches In the city , while
In many parts of the surrounding country It
has been much less In- some places nothing
at an. Lnst > ear In April and May It was
8.78 Inches.
Under a fierce mm which has added ex
cessive heat to extreme dryness the gardens
round about have been parched into complete -
pleto unfrultfulnesa ; the orchards , laden
with joung fruit , have been withering for
the want of moisture and even the forest
trees have been helplessly bheddlng their
leaves In June as If It were mid-autumn ,
Fifty jcars ago such a drouth would have
left New York without vegetables or fruit.
Today our markets are abundantly supplied ,
the only difference being sorao enhancement
of price. In this age ot railroads and steam
ships no great city ia dependent upon the
< -ouiitry roundabout for la supplies. Pa- ! !
fornla Is practically nearer to us now than
Poughkecpsle wis before the ago of steam ,
And the far south , once fco distant that vis
itors from that region were as rare as Kam-
chatkuns now , send us a daily euppfy ot
vegetables atlll fresh from the garden when
they come upon our tables ,
A generation ago , or even half a genera
tion , such a dr'iiin would have Irft New
York without water to drink or to bathe in.
Today not even a warning ot scarcity comes
except from a recently annexed quarter and
that only because the municipal assembly
has for political purposes "held up" a bond
Issue that would bavo averted the danger.
Intelligence has made tills a much better
worfd to live In than it was in the "good old
times" when our fathers were joung.
s or THM WAII.
Driven Into n warm corner by the publi
cation of Lieutenant Commander Hodgson1 !
denial , the Now York Sun strives to show
that what Hodgion denies actually occurred
on the bridge ot the llrooklyn at the begin
ning of the naval battle of Santiago The
Sun attempts to break the force of the con
tradiction by printing a letter from Lieu
tenant Commander Hellner of the Tcxnt
In which the writer declares that Hodgson
related to him the substance ot the colloquj
alleged to have occurred when Schlcy gnvc
the order to turn the ship , and intimates
that Hodgson's denial ai published must
have been garbled. The Italtlmore American
strikes Hellner In the solar plexus by pub
lishing a fac simile of Hodgson's letter , the
contents being the same as that already
printed in this column. Admiral Schley , as
usual , scores a triumph , leaving to his malIcIoUs -
IcIoUs critics the profitless task of ferreting
out the origin of the lie. The editor ol
the American cruelly aggravates the wounds
of tbo Sun by offering to give $5,000 to any
New York charity "If the Sun will produce
testimony to prove that the conversation
ever occurred. "
The city of Olympla. proud of the deeds
of Admiral Dewcy's flagship , has prepared
a handsome testimonial to be presented to
the Olympla on Its arrival at New York. It
Is a bronze panel , with a figure of Victory
In bold relief , standing on an orb , holding
In her outstretched hands n scroll with the
historic words , "Qridley , you may fire when
you nro ready. " On either side of the
draped figure Is the Inner plloi , ' From the
Citizens ot Olympla and State of Washing
ton , Greeting of Olympla to Her Namesake.
MDCCCXCVIII. " The panel was designed by
Paul W. Morris , under the direction ot D.
C. French , It weighs 300 pounds , is four
feet high and four and n half foot wide. It
will bo placed on the forward turret of the
ship between the two big guns.
The Native Sons of California have de
cided upon i he design for the racial- * which
are to bo presented to the California volun
teers in the war with Spain. On ono side the
medal shows California greeting a returned
soldier and sailor. In the distance is the
Golden Gate ; on the left Is the great camp
that was established at the Presidio during
the war and In the harbor ridt-s the Olym
pla. The reverse shows the stars nnd stripes
and the state Hag of California. The legend
Indicates that the medal is a gift from the
people of California for services In the Span
ish-American war. The modal Is supported
by a bar , upon which Is the word "Cali
fornia" and over which leans a bear.
The people of Morgantown , W. Va. , are to
glvo a reception to Captain Frank B. Chad-
wlck ot the New York on some day In Oc
tober next , and also present to him a costly
sword. Rear Admiral Sampson , it is said ,
has promised to be present and make an
address. Captain Chadwlck was born in
Morgantown.
An English physician who has been much
Interested in the American operations
against the Filipinos tells this story : "We
had Just finished our breakfast one morning ,
and I was talking to President Schurman.
We were watching the weird manner In
which the leaves of the sensitive plant
open and close , when there was a yell ,
accompanied by the crack of a rifle and the
whistle of a bullet. A soldier came running
down the Incline at the rate of twenty-five
knots , as the Americans say. On asking him
the cause of this energy he held up his left
hand , the left ring finger of which had been
pierced by a bullet , .leaving . a neat circular
opening through the first phalanx. After
being dressed he wanted to go on fighting ,
and was greatly annoyed bccoueg I would
not allow him to. ' 'Tain't BO much the
nurned porthole through me finger , ' he said ,
'as gets me on the raw ; It's the losln' of all
the fun. ' "
A giant private In the Montana regfment
at Manila , probably an ex-school teacher ,
aid not follow military rules strictly In pun
ishing ono of the "amlgos" who fired on him
nt short range. Ho caught the enemy , took
hie gun away from him and then laid him
ncross his knees. After he had vigorously
applied a piece of bamboo ho seized the
enemy by the seat of the trousers and throw
him toward the rear.
"There , " ho said , "don't let me catch
you playing with firearms again. "
PERSO.VAL , AXD OTHERWISE.
President Gtlman of Johns Hopkins unl-
I'crslty Is eaid to be a member of moro
boards and commissions than any other man.
A real live baron of France has been sen
tenced to "do time" for four years. Even
harons may harvest trouble by indulging in a
cano rush.
> M. Deschanel , president of the French
Chamber of Deputies , has , elnce last Btim- ;
ner , smashed three bells in calling members
: o order The boll he began with had lasted
mhurt since the establishment of the third
epubllc.
Dy order of the Board of Commissioners of
South ldo park , Chicago , vehicles propelled
iy electricity and , indeed , all automobiles
ire to bo excluded from the park driveways.
fho board believes that automobiles are
langorous to life and a detriment to the
lark sjHtcin.
Booker Washington tells this story of a
icgro camp meeting which ho attended lat
iumrnor- The exhorter offered the ainblgu-
jus prayer "Glvo us , oh Lord , all pure
icarts , clean hearts , sweet hearts. " The
'amen" from the congregation was extra-
mllnnrlly fervent.
Charles W. Hathaway , who has just died
at San Lorenzo , Alameda county , Co. , was
ono of the first of the forty-niners and a
leading member of the famous vigilance
committee of 1832. Henas the first alderman -
man in San Francisco and ono of the com-
mlttoe of ono hundred which Btarted the
republican party in California.
Hon Abrnm G. Hewitt has relinquished
his residence in New York and become a rt 3.
Idont of Now Jersey , where he will hereafter
cast his vote. He doesn't escape from the
Now York Jurisdiction for the purpo o of
getting rid of his taxes , but he goes to his oH
homo to spend the few remaining years of his
life. Mr. Hewitt Is 77 years old.
Severn Olsen , who lived in New Richmond
mend before the storm struck it , took out
a tornado insurance on his houe only a few
ml nut OH before the hurricane reached the
town. Ho paid the premium of $7.20 and
will now receive $1,200 , thu house and its
contents having been entirely destroyed , So
far as known this was the one tornado in
surance policy in the town.
Chief of Police Dovery of Now York has
invented a great improvement over Ihe "I
don't know" form of testimony which hits
been upeil so much by witnesses hetcuo the
Maj'ct commission Devery attended the
Fitzslmraons-Jeffrles light and baw the whole
thing from a front seat Accordingly he was
asked by the examining counsel for the commission
mission'If FltzBlmmons was knocked down
by Jeffries , why didn't you arrest them ? "
and he answered "It was my personal
oplnlcn that the man was knocked donn ,
but I had no official knowledge by which I
knowed that the man was knocked down. "
COL. nonmviN snns THI : t.tniiT.
MnnlfrntitllnitN of I lie llrtrnjn
( if SIlM-r In DrinocriUlc Cniuii.
Salt Lilko Tribune ( ' . ! rtp )
A few weeks ngo the Tribune stated it
belief that under present conditions it wa
idle to keep up the shouting for free sllvei
Since then wo have been steadily accused b
a whole array of party newspapers whlc !
never did understand the sliver question
which never did the silver question any spc
clal service , with treachery and baseness
nnd some have ROUO so far nnd have been s
generous ns to express the belief that it ha
been n direct selling out to the goldltcs. llu
wo find that Mr. Whnrton Darker , who fo
mnny yenrs In Philadelphia , through his pa
per , the American , wa perhaps the ablcs
champion of silver that presided over an
publication , Is declaring no\\ that It Is use
I'esa to make a campaign on silver nnd h
has gone bodily over to the populists nn
wants the currency of the United State
placed on n basis ot Irredeemable paper. W
find further that the father of the sllvo
cause In the United States , the man vvh
has traveled farther , spui.t morn money tn
time , has made moro speeches nnd writto :
moro articles on the tubject than any otlic
man , General A. J. Wnrnor of Ohio , fo
years the president of the National Bimetal
lie league , now saying that he believes Hi a
"Imperialism and trusts are Issues that tinn
sccnd nnd take precedence over sliver" H
has never been nny tiling Use except n demo
crat and wo hold that this statement I
something more than his individual opinion
Wo take It that ho speaks for the democrat1
party ) next year. Wo do not think his rciM
lions with Colonel Bryan arc changed in tin
least ; wo bellevo ho is his strong supporte
and wo further believe that the purpose I
now to go en and formulate a platform fo
next year that Mr. Cleveland and Colonc
Bryan , Mr. Whltnay and ( IcoiKo Fred Wll
'Inms , Colonel Watt"r. oa nnd Coug-essmai
Tow no can all stand on and make n flgh
lor president. That Is not air. When It li
all completed nnd silver occupies only n per'
functory place In the platform we shall sei
the Salt Lake Herald , the Boise Capital , the
Anaconda Standard , the Ileno Journal am
every other copious weeper over the back
sliding of the Salt Lake Tribune hidorsinc
fully the platform and ticket , no matter how
the platform may read , no matter who may
be named on the ticket. For the democratic
party , no matter what else It may do , Is
bound to stick by Its platforms and when Its
pope , the national democratic convention ,
publishes a bull that Is Infallible to the rank
and file of the party , so fixed are its follow
ers In their principles and so paramount
with them is the principle that the party can
do no wrong that then there Is nothing left
tor the falthfui' except to declare that Allah
Is great nnd to look to the convention to see
who shall be Ills prophet.
VtK FOUMJUIKS COMllIMJ.
The Favorite utlonnl riixtry Meii-
noeil by n Trti t.
Chicago Tribune.
The latest "Industrial" has Just been or
ganized under the laws of New Jersey with
$1,000,000 of preferred and $2,000,000 of com
mon stock , and with the sounding name of
"Tho American Pastry and Manufacturing
company. " The title in terser nnglish
would be "plo trust , " for the production
of pies Is the object of this latest monopoly.
If this Incorporated evil were in danger of
acquiring absolute control of plemaklng and
could drive all individual plemakers out of
the field the American people would rise
indignantly as one man and clamorously
na one woman and cry "hands
off. " Fortunately there is no such danger
from tha pie trust. There are sacred re
gions In the home and hallowed associa
tions of the oven which even a trust Is pow
erless to violate with its audacious greed.
The pie Is not exclusively an object of
commercial barter. It has moral and es
thetic attributes. Of course , there are pies
and pies. The Tribune Is not now consider
ing the pie of the bakery , the lunch coun
ter , the boarding house or even the hotel.
That plo In its best estate Is a poor imita
tion of the original. It Is one of these
things Dr. Holmes so pithily describes as
untold horrors between crusts of Indiges
tion , or words to that effect. The "pie that
mother made" is the only plo that deserves
the name. It was the pie which Emerson ,
the sage , ate every morning for his break
fast , and which another New Hngland sa
vant characterizes "a good , familiar crea
ture. " It was this pie upon which New En-
land divines and scholars fed and laid the
foundations for their usefulness , and whether
It was golden pumpkin , spiced and sugared
ipple , delicious cranberry , luring cherry , dl-
vlno mince , or even namby-pamby custard ,
It was "the pie that mother made , " and
: onscquently was the paragon of pies
Daughters , wives and mothers-in-law have
striven to make them. Spinsters have tried
: heir hand at It , hut no ono has succeeded
who was not a mother to the consumer.
The plo Is maternal In Its origin , Its com
position , Its virtue. Its association , Its tra-
lltlon , and many a bearded man , grown
: allous by the woild's friction and faith-
ess by Its deceits , wllti all his sentiment
worn threadbaie , still preserves In a cor
ner of his memory the iccollectlon of the
swing shelf In the cellar with Its long
procession of the pies that "mother mado"
bout Thanksgiving time. Ho loves to re-
i-crt to It when ho Is oppressed with pies
iUilch have various vices and few virtues
So long as there nro mothois the "pies
.hat mother made" will not be a lost nrt
The plo trust cannot run them out. On
; he other hand , It Is likely It may load tex
x renascence ot the maternal pie. Once It
: ias flooded the count ] y with ( do things
t makes and rushed un prices In order to
pay dividends on "prefened" and swindle
people on "common" there will bo n revolu
tion in the popular taste and the mother's
plo will bo in domnnd. Furtunntuly the
mother cannot bo estopped fiom making
them. The commercial plo will bo anath
ema marnnatha. There will bo a slum : ) in
i stocks.
CYCMJMJS % OT I.Nt IU3lSI\fl.
oHii Iiu'rcriNi-il UN Tint DM
mill Cllli-N Mnltlil | > .
Chicago Chronicle.
It is probable that people are Just now
disposed to nedlt the theory advanced by
some meteorologists that cytloneb and otiiur
atmospheric dlstuibances nro yearly becom
ing moro numerous In this country. The
recent trio of disasters beginning with
Klrksvllle. Mo. , and including Now Itlch-
mend , WIs , and Herman , Ne ! > certainly
Indicate that the havoe wiought by the wind
Increases In magnitude yeir by year Spring
nudthe early months of Mimmer become
moro and more prolific of disaster.
Yet a moment's relli-ctlon will show that
while the damage nnd lots of llfo are heavier
each year It does not follow that destructive
windstorms nro moro numerous than they
worn fifty years ago. Pyloncs kill mnro
people and destroy moro property because
there are more people nnd raora property to
be destroyed That Is to say , cyclones are
not more frequent , but ( hey arc more effect
ive And it Is probable that their destruc-
tlveness will continue to Increase as the
country continues to fill uj > ns towns nnd
cities mujtlply and as farms are divided
Into smaller holdings. The cyclone will have
Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
I n grenter chance of striking humnn habita
tions nnd It will Inflict correspondingly great *
' dnmnge *
Ten yenrs njto the eyclone which devas
tated Herman , Neb , would have swept
across the prairie without accomplishing
nny damage. It would not have bcvn re
ported In the newspapers , because no ono
would have heard of it. The town of Her
man was not then in existence nnd the
cyelono would Imvo found nothing upon
which to vvrenk its fury. It Is becnu p the
Blorms now strike populous districts In
stead of open wastes thnt wo get the Im
pression that they nre InorensliiR In num
ber , in point of fact It Is probable that
the reverse Is true. The erection of build
ings nnd the cultlvntlon of the soil have a
tendency to interfere with the most fa-
vornblo eruditions for the generation of
{ cyclones , which abound on level nnd un
broken plains mid large bodies of water ,
but which nro rnrc In the hills and unknown
In the mountains.
j Hut whether the settlement of the coun
try will decrease the violence- storms or
not wo may be sure thnt there Is not nor
will there bo nny Increase In their number.
We shnll henr moro nboul them that Is nil.
1 The great winds which now sweep throuqh
' the pine forests of Mlchlgnn nnd Mliinesoti ,
I leveling nothing but trees , will In a few
I yenrs encounter towns , vllltges nnd fnnn
i houses in their path. The tornadoes of the
western plains will Hud humnn lubltntlonn
where theio arc now s.igo brush nnd buffalo
grnss. They will be more destructive , be-
' cini'e they find more to destroy. Hut they
will not be more numerous , nor. tnklm ; the
Inoreaso of population Into consideration ,
will there ho nny greater Individual peril
from cyclones than there Is today or thnn
there wns fifty years ngo
As with lightning , railroad wrecks nnd
other forms of accidental death , the totnl
number of cyclone victims is likely to In
crease , hut the ratio of the number to the
whole population Is more likely to diminish
than to augment.
THOICHTS THAT
Phllidelphla North American : "George. "
she ctlcd , demurelv. "you kKscd me ns we
passed through Hint tunnel1"
"I n liidej d. 1 did not. " ho stammered.
"Then why didn't you ? " she demanded.
Boston Traveler : Airs Hcnhnm I be
lieve there Is n burglar In the pintry vvhero
I put the pies ami snkes I made today.
Why , what are you stufllng the pillow Into
your ears fot' '
Benhum 1 don't wnnt to hoar the dentil \
rattle in this thio.U
Indianapolis Journal : The Interviewer-
There Is a report United senator , that you
nrn Intending to p tire from polities
Senator Mnkorox Younp man , I nm not
the first man whose wealth has been over
estimated.
Record : "That chewing gum
trust Is , going to make trouble. "
"Of coui.so It Is , now , when n girl looks
wistful wo can't do n thing but treat her to
Ice ci nm.
Detroit Journal : "You nro wanted around
the corncir'1 ' exclaimed the citizen , confi
dently
The polltemnn laugh'il nloud.
"I know better , " he repl'ed "When I nm
wanted I can't be found Slnt" I have
been found , I can't posslblv be wanted 1"
Here we see how Important nfter all 1t
Is to understand som'thine : of the formnl
or scholastic logle , which It has become the
fashion of modern .silence to sneer at.
SIACI3 I'OM.Vn SHOT Till } CHUTES.
Denver Post.
The world looks brighter now to me , nnd
In my gleeful soul
There burns a. lire of ecstasy I scarcely can
control
iMy lips nre bubbllni ? o'er v\lth song , such
as the nnpels sltifr ,
And when I walk my shoo heels smite the
pave with smppv ring.
I now can lock niv nrm around her waist
without rebuff
Can hold her to mv throbbing heart with
out pirot'stlng b'uff ' ;
Within her breast the weed of fear was
nlucked out by the roots
And ( lower of trust w.is planted there when
Pollys shot the chutes.
When I would seek the privilege which all
true lovers cinve
Of nrm-orlnc her shapely waist she'd tell
me to "Bchnvel"
And threaten me with banishment If I per
sisted In
My plens for an embrace which I could
ne\er hope to win.
She'd let me held her shapely hand a mo
ment at a time.
But seemed to think that oven that was
bord ring on rrlmc.
But now hur modest Instinct Into hiding
quickly scoots
At cvcrv sparkllns matlneo since Pollyo
shot the chutes
When seated In the flying boat she trembled
with alarm ,
Nor murmured when around her waist I
threw protecting nrm.
And ns we started down the slope she
snuggled up to me ,
And' round her wnt the other arm In
voluntarily
As trustful as a little child she leaned upon
mv lireast.
Bald , "Hold mo tight " and to thnt end I
did m % level be t ;
Don't talk to me of budding lov ; I ate the
ripened fruits
Plucked fiom the tree of ccntnsy , when
Pollyo shot the chutes.
When seated on the sofa now within her
pni or Mie
Seems treed from all the old attacks 01 \
prudish modesty.
And since we'\e fix d upon n dny In smll - \
Ing. sunny June
From maidenly tlmldltv she's happily Im
mune
We'll sit nnd talk of future bll s and of
that lovo-crovviiMl dav.
And oft upon rm 'raptured breast h'r cun-
nlniT held Hhc'll Iny
And In i voice that sends a thrill down to
my very hoots
Sho'll cuddle yet more clo elv up and say :
"Let's shoot th cluite.s' ' "
Unless proper mater
ials arc used a blue
serge suit may be a very
shabby and valueless
purchase. Made of trust
worthy , fast-color serge ,
there is nothing that
holds a higher place in
popular favor for sum
mer wear.
These SPECIAL
LEADERS we are
advertising at
$8.00
are of exceptional values
and are really worth
about $12,50. /
We have better ones *
at more money , say $ J5 ,
$ J8and $20 , that will
stand comparison with
the high priced suits o
the custom tailors.
W'\