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Tho West I'olnt nirtots will ronllze
from now on that tho order ngnlnst
hazing if no Joke.
If China would tnko n lonnon or two
from tho Turk In stnmllus: off croilltorn
It would bo linumtcrliil nt what lluro
the power nsNcssod tho dnnuifji's.
Tho Hoe would wry much like In
throw n bouquet nt President MeKlnloy
nn ho pauses through Oiniihn, but It
cannot consistently recede from Us es
tablished advertising rates.
King Humbert's assassin has suicided
nfter eight months' conilnement under
tho sentence Imposed upon him for his
crime. Tho only pity Is that tho suicide
did not conic before ho became an as
snssln. If Kmperor William will read tho
proceedings of tho secret sessions of
tho United States senate ho can see at
n glnnco how successful ho Is likely to
bo In suppressing his speeches by
barring out reporters.
Cincinnati has organized a society
nlong tho lines of tho Ak-Sar-Ben. If
they will follow faithfully tho parent
Idea tho ovor-tho-Uhlno goat will appear
tamo beside tho antics of tho now can
didate for public favor.
A former pugilist fell fourteen stories
down an elevator shaft In Milwaukee.
Ho came out In bettor shape than Is
usual for the vanquished In a prize
fight. Who will dare say now that
pugilism has not Its uses.
Naturo's sprinkling wagon Is coming
around at just tho right time to keep
Nebraska's crop growing. After past
achievements It probably realizes that
tho state must do something out of the
ordinary to attract attention Just an
ordinary big crop Is not enough.
Agulnaldo has again Indicated n de
sire to eomo to tho United States to seo
for himself what manner of peoplo wo
are and what kind of government wo
hnvo at home. Agulnaldo must at last
have had his eyes opened to tho fact
that he still hns several things to learn.
Tho public demonstration which
greeted Governor Allen cm his return
to Torto Itlco is a convincing answer
to the charge that American rule in
tho Island Is unpopular with tho peoplo.
It is unpopular only with tho class
which for generations has enjoyed spe
cial privileges at tho expense of their
fellows.
Tho beuellt derived from tho Pan
American exposition Is strikingly
( shown by Uio marked increase of tho
; bank clearings in Buffalo, which for tho
week Just closed are 1!5 per cent greater
than durlug the corresponding week last
year. For nil that the totals for Omaha
for tho samo week aro still nenrly $500,
000 in excess of those of the wxposltlon
city.
Chicago university is In a quandary
what inscription shall bo placed on a
memorial tablet to Stephen A. Doug
las, , tho practical founder of tho great
university. Tho olllclnls are fearful of
oltendlng some of tho later day bene
factors of tho institution who havo
given it millions In mouey. Chicago
university Is supposed to bo dedicated
to education and it can woll pay trlbuto
to tho intellect of Douglas without .Im
pairing its obligations to financial bone
factors. Tho advocates of woman's rights havo
won a signal victory In tho stato of New
York, whero a bill giving limited suf
frago to women, namely, tho right to
vote on questions Involving appropria
tions in villages and towus, has passed
the legislature and received tho ap
proval of tho governor. In this respect
tho legislature has simply decreed that
tho ownors of property, whothor they
bo mon or women, Bhall havo a volco in
determining whether tho property Is to
' bo mortgaged. In other words, tho
women of Now York who own real es
tnto In towns will havo the prlvllosof
voting on propositions for Issuing Jn
provemont bonds Just tho samo us men
, owning town Iota.
WlUTHKll AM'. WE DHirTlXOi
When tho Now York Mutual Llfo In
surance company fixed the salary of
Frederick Winston, Its president, at
$.'10,000 a year In tho '70s a tiulvorsul
outcry was made In the American press
against this exhibition of reckless ex
trnvnganco with the money that should
go to widows and orphans nud policy
holders. The Milnry of presidents of tho
United Stotes from Washington to
Grant was ?2.",000 a year and when con
gross raised tho salary of President
Grant for the second term to ?.")0,0U0
a year this act was bitterly denounced
by tho opposition press.
When tho New York Life Insurnneo
company a few years ago raised the
salary of John A. McCall, Its president,
to $100,000 a yenr It was supposed that
tho high-water mark In American sala
rles had been reached. Three hundred
dollars a day seemed u princely Income
nt the close of the nineteenth century.
But In tho opening days of the twen
tieth century, with Its colossal combi
nations of capital and Industry, till
former records havo been broken and
eclipsed.
It was announced three mouths ago
that President Schwab us the head of
the steel trust ivould receive a salary
of $1,000,000 a year. Within tho past
few days this report has been corrected
by tho announcement that Mr. Schwab's
salary Is to bo only $S00,000 a year.
This reduction of $'JOO,000 a year has
taken tho edge off tho staggering dis
closure, but for nil that It has left a
vivid Impression upon tho minds of the
people that causes serious misgivings
for tho future. Falrulous fortunes will
doubtless be forged by tho steel-makers'
syndicate, but the example set cannot
fall to be pernicious.
Wo naturally Institute comparisons
between tho salaries paid by Individual
employers and great corporations. Wil
liam McKlnley as president of the
United States receives a salary of $115
a day, while the president of the steel
corporation receives $'J,:!00 per day, and
tho nine members of the United Stntes
supremo court receive only an aggre
gate of $1)0,000 per annum. Coming
nearer homo wo find that tho salary of
President Schwab for a single day Is
almost equal to the salary of tho gov
ernor of Nebraska for the entire year.
Tho salary of .Mr. Schwab for eleven
days would pay tho salaries of every
stato otllcer. Including the Judges of the
state supremo court, for ono year.
Without Indulging In further Invidi
ous comparisons It Is pertinent In this
connection to point out the demoraliz
ing effect produced by the regal salaries
that aro being paid by our leading cor
porations to officers and attorneys.
Not many years ago George W. Mc
Creary resigned his position ns United
States circuit court Judge to accept tho
general attorneyship of the Santa Fo
road. Asked why he had given up a
life position for a place as corporation
counsel, ho replied:
"I could not afford to do otherwise on
account of my family. I would like to
have continued on tho bench, but could
not afford to reject an appolutment that
guarantees mo $'J.",000 a year when tho
position I hold only pays $0,000 a year."
So one of tho most lncorruptlblo nnd
fearless judges that ever served In this
section was lost to the public service.
And the case of Judge McCreary Is not
an Isolated one. Few men of high
standing at tho bnr can afford to serve
tho stato or tho untlon whon great cor
porations aro willing to pay salnrlcs
many times larger than the stato and
the nation deems sufficient for Its pub
lic meu.
With tho multiplication of trusts and
corporate combinations, which set tho
pace for men of executive- ability and
talent, tho contrast between public em
ployment and corporate employment Is
becoming more marked nnd the gnp be
tweeu tho pay of skilled mechanics em
ployed In tho various branches of Indus
try and tho favored few who control
their operations Is growing constantly
wider.
Tho question Is naturally forced upon
us: Can tho taxpayers of tho country
keep paco with the monarchs of Indus
try by raising tho snlarles of public offi
cers to correspond with thoso of cor
porate managers, or aro tho affairs of
the country to bo abandoned to the con
trol of third, fourth and even fifth-class
men, while tho corporations absorb
thoso of superior ability? Must public
olllco In the futuro bo a badge of in
feriority rather than a badge of honor?
Must men who dosiro to gratify their
ambition in public life relinquish all
hope of maintaining a social position
equal to that occupied by tho favored
attaches of millionaire syndicates?
UKCipnocirr hextimuxt aRomxa.
Thero appears to bo no doubt that the
sentiment In favor of commercial. rec
iprocity Is growing and that there will
bo a much strongor pressuro In behalf
of this policy upon tho next congress
than thero was upon tho last. The New
York correspondent of tho Philadelphia
Press says that tho predominating
opinion In the more Importnnt commer
cial circles Is, not only In fnvor of the
ratification of reciprocity treaties; but
Is In fact so strongly sot In that direc
tion that there may bo formal and
urgent appeals mado to tho senate next
winter by representatives of sonic of
these commercial Interests. It Is
further said that not only In New York,
but In some states that are even more
rellnbly republican, a sentiment is rap
idly growing, not only among men
whoso vocation is politics but among
thoso who are engaged In Industrial
pursuits, that Uio tlmo Is at hand when
tho republican party must either sub
mit to an attack upon Its protective
policy, an attack that might nssuino
dangerous proportions, or elso must
consent to such modification of that pol
icy as Is to bo discovered In reciprocity
agreements.
Thero appears to bo no doubt that
President McKlnley regards the carry
ing out of tho reciprocity policy as of
vital Importance to tho extension of our
foreign trade. This was plainly implied
In hU allusions to the subject on his
Journey to tho Tactile coast. Tho obvi
ous Inference from hlu utterances la that
tho president believes that the time has
come, and that Jt Is in the highest de
grco essential, If wo nro to maintain
nnd Increaso our foreign mnrkets, that
there should bo now agreements based
upon reciprocity between ourselves nnd
other nations. It Is also to be inferred
from what President MeKlnloy has said
that the Inllucnce of tho administration
will be strongly exerted upon tho sen
ate at tho next session for tho rati Ilea
tlou at least of the more Important of
the reciprocity trentles that have been
negotiated.
Thero will, of course, bo tho same op
position to these trentles which they
encountered In the last congress, but
tho Indications nro that it will bo less
lulluential. Senators who yielded to
this opposition nro changing their minds
and It Is not doubted that some of them
will bo found favoring that policy at
the next session.
OTIIEll UUSTACLES h TIW ir.41.
Tho Clnytoq-Bulwer treaty Is not the
only obstacle to bo overcome before the
United States can proceed with a free
hand In the construction of an Inter
oceanic canal. Referring to tho opinion
of ex-Secretary Foster that tho tlmo has
come when tho highest interests of our
country and tho maintenance of the
Monroe doctrine require that the Clay
ton-BuIwer tteaty should bo terminated
by act of congress, tho New York .lour
mil of Commerce remarks that ho docs
not stop to Inquire what, after that has
been done, would be tho relation of this
country toward tho obligations Into
which It has entered for the Joint noti
utilization of a canal across the Isth
mus of Panama. '
That paper says: "The llay-Paunce
foto treaty provided a way by which
tho ambiguities of the Clayton-Hulwer
treaty should bo swept away and the
general principle of neutralization es
tabllshed in article vlll of that coiivcn
tlou preserved. It Is not at all plain
that tho position would be simplified
by leaving the construction of a canal
by the United States free from any
treaty stipulations whatever between
ourselves and Great Britain. The re
publics of Nicaragua and Costa ltlou
have bound themselves by treaty to
give certain rights In any canal con
structed through their territory to tho
shipping of most of the maritime pow
ers of Europe, nbd tho theory of absO'
lute American control would seem to
require that these, too, should bo de
nounced. In short, the Clayton-Bulwer
treaty Is only part of a mass of Inter
national obligations of which wo must
take duo account in dealing with the
status of n translsthmlan canal." The
Journal of Commerce suggests that It
would In every account bo safer anil
more honorable for our government to
proceed with more deliberation In this
matter than tho majority of the popular
brnnch of congress hns shown a disposi
tion to do nnd there aro Indications
that this view Is far more largely en
tertnlned than It was when this subject
was before congress. There now seems
to be a very favorable prospect that
when tho canal question comes before
tho next congress It will receive more
rational discussion than marked Its con
slderation in tho last congress.
IS TIB MONROE DOCTltlXE IN DAXOER1
Senator Lodgo Is n most earnest nnd
persistent champion of tho Monroe doc
trine. Ho never omits an opportunity
to Impress upon tho minds of the Amor
lcau people the necessity nnd duty of
firmly maintaining that doctrine and to
warn tho nations of tin; old world that
any attempt to contravene It will bo
nt their peril. In his address at Buf
falo last Monday, the oecnslon being
peculiarly uusplclous, tho Massachu
setts senator had much to say concern
ing tho doctrine enunciated by Presi
dent Monroe nud what ho said has re
ceived considerable attention, ns it woll
deserves coming from so nblo and dis
tinguished n member of tho United
Statos senate, who will very likely be
tho chairman of tho foreign relntlous
commltteo of thnt body.
Speaking to tho representatives of
South and Central America at tho Buf
falo exposition, Mr. Lodge urged them
to "stand by us In the unswerving main
tenance of tho Monroo doctrine." He
declared thnt "under no pretense can
wo of tho American hemisphere suffer
Europe to enter In and establish colo
nics or seek to partition Central or
South America. Wo cannot, wo will
not," ho went on to say, "permit any
grcnt uilUUuy power to enter this hem-
ispnere, settle down by our firesides,
force us to create great standing armies
and from some point of vantage offer
an etcrnnl menace to our pence. No
power which now has no foothold in
this hemisphere can bo permitted to
como in hero nud by purchase, lease or
other arrangement get control of even
tho smallest Island for tho purpose of
establishing a naval station or a place
of arms." All of which, It Is needless
to say, will havo the unanimous, hearty
and unqualified endorsement of tho
American people.
But is there any real danger of any
European power attempting to contra-
veno the Monroo doctrine ns suggested
by Senator Lodgo? Ho thinks there Is
nnd he declared that tho danger "can
not bo wnrded off by bravo words, by
Fourth of July orations or by confident
boasting of our strength nnd resources.
It can only bo avoided by a thorough
ugreemont among all Amerlcnu states
upon the Monroo doctrine nnd by un
ceasing watchfulness, complete prep
aration and tho most absolute rondlnoss
on tho pnrt of tho United States." An
agreement upon tho Monroo doctrine by
tho republics of this homlsphero Is un
questionably desirable, but we do not
believe thero Is any substantial ground
for tho apprehension expressed by Mr.
Lodge. Ho evidently had In mind re
ported designs of Germany, but thnt
government hns disclaimed any such
designs. It Is not seeking a naval sta
tion In tills hemisphere nnd ho far as
tho alleged German colonization In
Brazil Is concerned that country enn
safely bo loft to look after It nud pro
tect Brazilian Interests. Germany mny
not think woll of tho doctrlno that
would exclude her from this hemi
sphere, but she will not nttompt to defy
It Nor will any other European power
nlono nnd n combination of them
against Unit doctrine Is next to lmpos
slble.
Of course our government will bo
watchful and the wisdom of belim nro
pnred for nny possible exigency will not
bo questioned, but the Monroo doctrine
is In no present danger, nor Is It likely
to bo in this genernuon, If over.
THE MtllOATlOX VlWlll.EM,
One of tho problems with which the
next congress Is expecled to deal Is the
reclamation by Irrigation of tho arid
lands west of the Missouri. Tho effort
made In tho last congress to provide
for an extensive system of Irrigating
works fell by tho wayside, tho opposl
tlon to tho various Irrigation bills com
lug chlelly from eastern congressmen
who regarded tho proposed schemes as
an attempt to squander money very
much as It has for years been annually
wasted on so-called river and harbor
improvements.
Tho benefits of Irrigation are becoin
lug more widely known from year to
year. Surveys made by competent en
glneers In Colorado, New Mexico and
Wyoming assure the feasibility of re
claiming many millions of acres that
aro now practically worthless, but can
bo made as productive ns any under
cultivation.
The first question to be determined Is
whether the national government Is to
undertake tho entire task of providing
a system of Irrigation commensurate
with tho demands of the arid region, or
whether tho lands now owned by the
government are to be donated to the
states on condition that they bring them
under cultivation by Irrigation. In car
rying out an extensive system of Irri
gation many complications and obsta
cles will have to bo overcome, not so
much In tho engineering features as In
tho conflicts arising out of divergent
water rights and divergent stato legls
latlon.
With concerted action on the part of
tho congressional delegations from the
stntes affected the necessary legislation
can readily be secured In the next con
gress. It will not bo so much a ques
tion of tho amount of money to be ap
propriated as it will be of harmonizing
tho elements Interested upon some
mensuro that nil representatives from
tho west can support.
Tho convention of chiefs of stato and
national labor bureaus held at St,
Louis devoted most of Its attention to
tho question of methods of statistical
observation. If these conventions pro
duco a greater uniformity In the scope
of facts and figures gathered together
by these bureaus for tho various states
that will enable comparisons to bo mndo
for tho purpose of demonstrating tho
relative efficiency of Industrial leglsla
tlon In various states they will nccom
pllsh some good. Tho chief drawback
of tho average labor bureau report Is
that It does not follow out consistently
nny ono lino of Investigation. It covers
too short a period to afford good
ground upon which to base couclu
slons. Perhaps these defects nro due
In part to tho laws uuder which tho
statistical bureaus nrc operating, and
if so, tho nnnunl conference ought to
endeavor to map out tho legislation
necessary to promote harmonious nnd
profltablo work.
A few moro honest confessions llko
Uio ono mndo by Senator McLaurlu will
put tho democratic party in a way to
get on tho right tack. In speaking of
freo sliver tho senator said that what
ailed himself and ninny other demo
crnts was thnt at tho tlmo tho repub
licans nnd tho then democratic president
woro talking about tho "restoration of
confidence" being what was needed ho
did not have senso enough to seo it,
Tho trouble with most of tho oUier eml
nent democrats is that they will not
seo It oven nfter Its conclusive demon
stration.
Scottish nobility does not take kindly
to tho recent gift of Androw Carnegie
which put a collegiate education within
tho reach of the poor boy. The organ
of thnt class nsserts that tho sons and
daughters of earls will not permit thorn
selves to receive free education or to
study with tho common herd. So much
tho worso for Uio sons and daughters
of enrls. It will not require many gen
orations under such conditions to reduce
such aristocracy to an Inconsequential
part of the people of Scotland, whose
sturdy character only needs nn oppor
tunity to push Itself to the front.
Admiral Cervera Is quoted as saying
thnt ho fears Spain Is drifting to a point
whero disintegration of the kingdom
Into small states was to bo appre
hended. For many years Spain has had
a few statesmen who clearly see the
trend of tho country toward disorganiza
tion and decay, but tho majority of its
leaders have been tod blind to see or too
Inert to act. If tho drubbing received
at the hands of tho United States
should prove tho means of a real awak
ening this country will unconsciously
have done Spain a great favor.
Tho latest story of Boer migration Is
to tho effect thnt a largo colony Is to
plant Itself In Brazil. What Induce
ments Brazil can hold out as an assur
ance of tho liberty nnd independence
for which tho Boers havo been fighting
In South Africa Is not clear. If they
Want to havo tho benefits of an enlight
ened republic thero Is no question but
thnt they would concede to tho United
States tho first claim on their devotion.
It Is given out that tho new denl In
tho custom coal roads will work them
a saving of $r0,0001000 per year, largely
In rebates. Yet for years railroad
mnnagers have been regularly Insisting
whon hauled up in court that rebates
nro a thing of tho past. Tho public Is
prepared, however, to believe that the
statement mado to the stock holders Is
moro nearly correct.
J, Sterling Morton comes to tho front
again with n proposition for a now po
litical party which ho thinks has Just
becomo ripe. Every political party that
was over launched In this or In any
other country was always heralded us
a response to a long-felt want, but the
mortality has been decidedly excessive.
Most people have tho Idea that we nro
possessed for the present of more po
HUcnl parties than wo really need nnd
that the field should be cleared of tho
debris of some that havo outlasted
their usefulness In order to make way
for new successors.
Discontented olllco seekers In the Phil
Ipplnes nro threatening another revolt!
tlon unless there Is a change of pro
grain. They will discover, If the at
tempt Is made, that tho United States
will not stand for nny of this kind of
fooling. Tho Nlauds aro not to be ex
plotted for the benefit of the politicians,
American or native, but affairs will be
conducted for the benefit of all the peo
pie. Stirring up revolutions under the
United States will not be child's play,
us In past Spanish regimes.
Muptily I llllllllted.
lloston Tranncrlpt.
There Is one good thing nbout college
degrees. No mutter how many nro he
stowed there nro Just ns many left.
Drunrn Hunt for Cover,
Indianapolis News.
No ldlo man Is snfo In Kansas or No
braskn now. Ho Is likely to bo tnken up,
guarded and pressed Into scrvtco la tho
harvest fields.
I'rrllft of (In; I'olr.
Italtlmore American.
Thrco expeditions nro trying to locate
thu South role, nud six nro after tho ono
at thn nthnr mid it thn wnrltl. Thin muntia
ulno new faces on tho lecturo platform
next year.
A (iollliiK Imiirt'Nftlouliit.
Minneapolis Journal.
This golf language may be somowhat dlf
flcult to understand, hut It Is warm and to
tho point when tho cnrclcss womau, by
vigorous stick work, mnnnges to hit her
husband ou tho noso with tho metal end
of tho golf stick.
llenrtN Ileal In tlnlnon.
Baltimore American.
It is safo to say that la ovory homo In
tho laud thero Is rejoicing at Mrs. Mc
Klnley's recovery, and when tho gentlo
woman finds how lntenso and general has
been tho Interest In her caso sho may
feel recompensed for her past danger lu
Its bringing her so near tho hearts ot tho
peoplo.
W llnv.1 li Jlvnt of It.
Minneapolis Times.
Citizens of tho United States nro throng
ing across tho border to Bottlo up tho
wasto places of Canada and causo thera to
produco abundantly of tho fruits of tho
earth. At tho samo tlmo Canadians nro
coming to tho United Stntes In oven greater
numbers, bo In tho matter of population wo
still havo tho best of tho bargain.
Whither Arc We DrtftliinT
New York World.
Tho divorces granted In nil other civil
ized countries put together do not equal
tho number granted In tho United States.
And whllo our population Is growing nt
tho rate of 23 per cent por annum, tho
number of divorced persons Is Increasing
at tho rato of nearly 70 por cent per an
num. All ot which may well raako sober
minded citizens, who understand that tho
strength ot a nation is its marrlago altars
rather than Its dlvorco courts, nsk them
selves, Whither aro wo drifting?
I'rnaloii (iruftera nt Work.
Indlnnnpolls Journal.
Tho report comes from San Francisco
that tho pension nttornoys aro so zealous
that they send out runners to meet tho
soldiers returning from tho Philippines on
tho wharf. Tho pullors-ln of one firm nre
said to call out: "Como to tho doctor,
como to tho doctor: ho can get you $2 a
month moro than anyono olso." Tho mili
tary authorities havo driven these runners
off tho military reservation nnd out ot tho
hospitals, but they Ho In wait for tho sol-
dlor as soon as ho gots beyond tho bound
ary of military control. Doubtless hun
dreds of men will bo Induced to apply for
pensions who would not otherwise think
of It.
PAT SAIiAllIEN IX HAWAII.
I,Ilcrnl Cnmpoimut Inn I'mrlileil for
Ofllet'lioMler.i.
Tho territory of Hnwnlt, U. S. A,, makes
very liberal provision for Its olllceholders.
With a population of 154,000, or nbout one-
sovonth tho population of Nebraska, Its
territorial pay roll far surpasses tho sal
aries attached to llko positions In this stnte.
and must ho regarded ns "clean velvet" by
thu fortunate patriots of Hawaii. How the
monoy will bo raised Is a question tho leg
islature hns not yet solved. Tho Honolulu
Republican says the territorial debt now Is
$19 por capita and growing.
At tho opening of tho extra session of tho
territorial legislature two weeks ngo Oov
ernor Dole submitted a list of government
employes and salaries. Tho list was
slashed by tho legislature, official heads
wcro "recklessly cut off," according to tho
Republican account, and tho salaries ot the
remaining officers materially reduced. Kol-
lowing is tho list approved by the legisla
ture; Judiciary Department Clerk, $.',000;
stenographer, $3,600; ono messenger, $1,200.
First Circuit First clerk, $3,000;' second
clerk, $2,400; third clerk. $2,0C0; sto-
nographers, $6,000; district mngls'rato for
Honolulu, $1,S00; Hawaiian Interpreter.,
$4,000; Chlneso Interpreter, $3,000; second
district magistrate for Honolulu, $2,730.
Second Circuit Clerk, $1,500; district
magistrate for Wnlluku. $2,7C0; district
magistrate for Honolulu, $2,000.
Third Circuit Clerk, $1,SC0.
Fourth Circuit Cferk. $2 160; Fto-
nographcr, $2,000; district magistrate for
IIIlo, $2,7C0.
Fifth Clrcult-Clork, $1,200.
Attorney Oeneral's Department Attorney
general, $8,000; deputy attorney general, $4,-
&00; assistant to tho attorney gonornl,
$3,000; clerk, $3,000; clerk to high sheriff,
$3,000; sheriff of Hnwnll, $1,200; sheriff of
Maul, $4,000; sheriff of Kauai. $3.i80; clerk
to shorlff of Hawaii, $3,000; clerk to sheriff
of Maul, $1,C00; pay of Honolulu police,
$50,000: deputy sherllf of Maul, $2,400; dep
uty sheriff of Mukawao, $2.1G0; pay of Maul
police, $35,000; deputy sherllf of Kaunl,
$2,400; pay of Knual police. $20,000; pay of
Oahu police, $140,000; guards for public
buildings, $2,400; pay ot Jailers, etc., $48,000.
Treasury Department Treasurer, $8,000;
registrar ot public accounts, $4,800; llconso
clerk, $2,400; stenographer, $1,800,
Tax Bureau Assescor for Hawaii, $4,800;
assossor for Maul, $4,200; registrar of con
veyances, $f,800; pay roll Indoxor, etc, $15,.
000.
Public Works Superintendent, $8,000; as
sistant superintendent, $5,000; chief clerk
and clerk of market, $4,800; first assistant
clerk and bookkeeper, $4,000; second as
sistant clerk, $3,000; third assistant clerk,
$2,400; stenographer, $2,400; messenger,
$1,200; draughtsmen, $6,C00. road supervisor,
$4,800; superintendent of water works,
$4,800; first assistant clerk, $1,800; pay roll
government buildings, $4,944.
Public Instruction Superintendent, $8,000:
back salary for superintendent, $3,125; sec
retary, $3,600; assistant secretary, $3,000:
superintendent of boys' reform school,
$2,400.
Public lands commissioner, $0,000.
Hoard of Health President, $7,200: city
sanitary officer, $3,600.
SKCfbAU PHOTS AT Tim VUI.IMT.
Loulsvlllo Courier-Journal: A New York
preacher used a Marconi apparatus to ring
a bell during his sermon. Of course, it
was not n chestnut bell.
lloston Olobc; This being tho ngo of con
densed foods, somo of tho Presbyterian
brothrcn aro strongly In favor of a con
densed creed. But how to carry through
tho process ot condensation stilt puzzles
certain learned upholders of tho denomi
national belief.
Boston Trnnscrlpt: Tho Methodist minis
ters of Worcester county seem to bo ter
ribly wrought up over the report that Presi
dent McKlnley drank n glnss of champagne
on board a battleship. This looks more
llko a caso of madness In Methodism than
method lu madness.
Cincinnati Commercial; Introduction In
church of wireless telegraphy as Illustra
tion of his sermon Is not to bo regarded ns
an Innovation, except ns to Its object.
Many young meu and women could, If thoy
would, bear testimony to successful experi
ment In wireless telegraphy across church
pews during many a sermon.
New York Sun: Bishop Mnllalleu of
Massachusetts and tho Mcthodtst rhurch
derides golf. He says that It Is "n very
silly game for grown men to play" and "a
gaum fitted for ltttlo children." "What Is
moro foolish and silly," ho asks, "than to
seo a man tako up a club nnd whack n llt
tlo round ball to seo If ho enn place It In
a little round hole away out In tho field
somowhern?" Well, possibly it Is moro
foolish nnd silly to abuse a healthful gnmo
simply becntiso you don't ploy It your
self. Chicago Chronicle: Anyono might have
foreseen thnt it would como to this at last;
consolidation has struck tho churches. Tho
pastors' union of Toledo has projoctcd a
church trust for tho 102 preachers nnd
places of worship in that city. It has been
found that thero Is nn overproduction ot
ministers nnd of pulpit cloquenco and that
better results can bo secured In Toledo
with ono-halt of tho present number of
churches and pastors when managed by
tho trust. Nothing could better Illustrate
tho prevailing liberality, or laxity, of doc
trines and creeds than tho fact thnt such
a consolidation should bo seriously pro
posed. Kausns City Star: Tho enthusiasm ot
tho Presbyterian general assembly over
homo missions found expression yesterday
In tho singing of "America." This was
highly appropriate. Homo mission work Is
directed especially toward making tho
United States a bettor placo to live In. It
Is essentially a pntrtotlc movement. Tho
homo missionary on tho western frontier
Is n pioneer of order nnd pi ogress. With
the establishment of tho church In a rough
frontier town comes n greater regard for
order and the amenities of llfo throughout
tho community. When tho Presbyterians
sang tho national anthom they were simply
giving expression to that lovo of country
on which homo mission work Is based.
I'EUSONAI. AMI OTI1EHWI.SE.
China Is lucllned to doubt civilization's
promise that "salvation Is free."
What will It profit n man if ho gains a
good sllco of tho world and stakes It on a
weather forecast?
Chicago places a fow gay leaves on Its
brow as n trlbuto to Its success ns a kin
dergarten for Now York preachers.
All Ben Macaulcy, Judge of tho Kansas
City police court, Hmoto a mashor with a
flno of $500. May his trlbo Inoreaso.
Pan-American hotel kccperB know n good
thing when they seo It and work It dili
gently. Tips from Omaha's honlfaces of
'OS nro superfluous.
Owing to tho growing political storm In
Gotham tho trlbo of Tammany fear that
King Illchard will swap an American king
dom for an English horse.
Threo bearded and four smooth-shaven
men and seventeen maidens nro among tho
delegates to tho mothers' congress at Co
lumbus, O. Perhaps they hall from Mis
souri.
Somo Now York reformers rudely shock
tho residents of Fifth avenuo by declaring
that Wall street Is a gambling maelstrom.
Compared with It tho festive games of
poker, faro and roulette nro child's play.
Kansas must huve water or perish. If
Colorado persists In damming tho mountain
streams and diverting tho necessary of
life, Kansas will bo Justified In carrying tho
hatchot war to tho foothills.
Texas, which enlisted only 1,063 soldiers
In tho union army during tho war,' Is now,
more than thlrty-fivo years nfter Its close,
tho plnco of rcsldenco of 8,100 pensioners
nnd the pension payments thero nro nearly
$1,000,000.
Chicago points with prldo to n profei
Klnnni, homemade masher who engaged
himself to twenty-heven women within
threo months nnd separated eighteen of
them from their cash and Jewelry. A
touching record, surely, nnd worthy of the
city.
Clara Ward of Detroit, who achieved no
toriety as Princess do Chlmny and Mis.
Ulgo, hns had her allowance from the
paternal estate cut down to $35,000 a year.
In tho hands of n strenuous woman tho nl
lownnco will keep things moderately
warm.
Tho court of appeals of tho District of
Columbia rolled up tho local telephono
rompany and took a fall out of the man
agement. Tho Inttor thought Itself "n
bigger man" than congress, denlng tho
right of congress to regulate charges, but
tho court In biibstance said to tho com
pany. "If you wnnt to do business In tho
District, do ns congress siys. If not, move
on." It will tnko several days for tho com
pnny to tecovor from the shock. Mean
while, subscribers refrain from "breaking
r'" CONTINUED OlTR SPECIAL
Boys' $2.50 Suit Sale
All the suits tluii were not sold Satitnlny aro still to bo
had while they last at $2.50. Two-piece spring and sum
mer weight suits. Tho sizes are from (5 to l.'l years, ami
are suits that Iihyo been sold at .?.'U)0, SU.oO and 4.00.
Hut to make room for our mid-summer assortment of
ilannels and serges and washes, wo would like to clean
out this small lot of suits. They are made of union ens
simeres, etc. Well mado and substantial fabrics, and
at this price aro UNUSUAL VALUES. Come and get
one early, before they are all gone.
NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OUKS.
Browning, King& Co.
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
ItAIMMIAD l'Itl.CII'At.ITIi:9.
I'nrdllon of Hip Country Ir "P nll
roml KIiik.
lloston Transcript.
An nttompt hns been mndo to group
the largo railroad systems of tho country
In vlow of tho recent progress of tho "com
munity of Interest" idea. The Harrlraaa
Kuhn, Loob Co. group figures a total
mlloago of 20,245 and enBlly leads, Tho
Morgan group has 19,073 miles nnd tho
Northern Paclllc-C., B. & Q. group hns 18,
453 miles. Many think ot the latter ns a
Morgan combination, nnd If so wo havo
37.&2G miles under that control. Tho Van
derbllt group hns 19,517 miles, tho Pennsyl
vania 18,220 and tho Gould 16,071. It tho
7. fcnS mllrM .if thn AtrhlntiM lin milled in
) tho Pennsylvania thero Is a total of 2G.02S
miles. In tho tabulation tho St. Paul, tho
Bock Ialaud nnd tho lioulsvllto & NoMivlllo
aro considered separately. Together thoy
havo 15,011 miles and doubtless will land
ultimately among tho various combines.
In effect, less than rIx groups of owner
ship now coutrol considerably over 100,
000 miles of railroad and nre likely to
control more, Tho railway situation U
settling down to n division nlong prac
tically horizontal lines tho Northern
Pacific group In tho north, tho Morgan
In tho south, the Vanderbllt nnd tho
Pennsylvania between, the Gould In thu
southwest. It takes hut little Imagina
tion these days to reconstruct tho rail
way map of tho United Stntes. Most solid
of all tho combinations Is tho Yandcrbllt
reaching from lloston to Omaha; a symJ
mctrlcnl colossus on natural lines ot
strength Is the Pennsylvanla-Alchlson, glr-
Ing n transcontinental line, well secured by,
branches nnd feeders: tho Gould group IS
woll fortified In Its torrltory nnd tho south
ern combination shows ability and wisdom
In Us amalgamation. It is tho Northern
Pacific-Union Pacific business that in still
"adjusting," nnd when tho duet of tho con
fllct clears It Is very likely thnt theso great
roads, with others like tho St. Paul and
Hock Island, ns yet unclnssed, will bo seen
In a ctoso nnd harmonious relation to thn
whole.
"Tho United Stntes railroad" may not
bo so much of u dream ns somo thlnk-j
everything points In that direction. It
will tnko tlmo and perhaps tho rngo tor
combination mny bo checked by unlookcd
for nnd untoward consequences of Its own
Intensity, but certainly giant strides nro
taking towards making tho expression
"community of Interest" hold very much
of a practical meaning.
DOMESTIC 1'MMNANTIUKS.
"Tho Smurt Set: Husband Today 1 met it
gentleman who told mo ho wan cngnged ta
you ut ono time.
Wife What did you say?
"I congratulated him, of courso."
Philadelphia Iteconl: Mrs. Nowbrldo (whq
has been baking) I wonder who llrst In
vented angel cake?
Mr. Newbrldo (who had to sample thn
baking) I don't know, but I fancy It wad
ono of tho fallen angels.
Detroit Freo Press: "Why on earth,
Lucy," exclaimed Mrs. Wabash to her
friend, "did you over consent to marry Mr.
Fltzgoober?"
"Whv," replied Lucy slowly nnd apolo
getically, "1 thought he'd do to begtt
with."
Pittsburg Chronicle: Parke I suppesfl
you have great hopes of that new baby of
yours, haven't you?
Lane Well, yes, I have, old man. When
I think of what thnt baby Is likely to bd
I fairly tremblo at my own insignificance.
Philadelphia Press: "Poor Hcnneck's vita
still bosses him."
"Nonsense I Sho h dead."
"I know, but he's a spiritualist, and ho
can't got away from her."
"Ah! Sho Is 'tho ruling spirit strong til
death," eh?"
WHllllltlL-
"It was a high church affair, I under-,
stand," Htiggcstcd ono.
Hero thn head of tho honso nnd fathei
of tho brldo becumo suddenly Interested.
"High!" ho exclaimed. Hlghl Woll, l(
you had to pay tho bills I guess you would
think so."
Detroit Journnl: Tho woman wept bIN
terly. j
"Once." sho protested, "you talked of
burning with lnve!"
"And now," sneered tho man. "I am not
permitted to smoke, even, In tho houso!"
Ilut no! It could not bo thnt sho heN
self was answerablo for her own unhaiH
Illness. r
'TWAS XOT KNOIIGII.
S. H. McMnnus In Ham's Horn.
'Twos not enough to give tho cup of watel
cold.
And hid tho st ranger rest beneath my wide
porch shade, '
when Just within tho door refreshments
manifold,
Of bread nnd meat wero on my tnblo laid,
1 hough thnnkful hu for what 1 ehoso to
share,
' "fiire'1 lmV'' ,,1'1,1,'n lllm 1,11,0 lnY tabl
'Tw;as not enough to say. "Sad heart, take;
better cheer,"
And bid godspeed tho stranger on his wny
Not lot htm pass from sight beset with
gloom and fear.
When ho might tarry with mo for Uio dny,
And healed his sores and slept upon mj
bed,
And soothed Ills aches with head soft pll
lowed.
'Twos not enough for me, to worda oi
counsel say,
And hid him mend his llfo nnd seek ol
noblor things,
And then on bended knees to eloquently
For him, and mlserllko withhold tho human
IT1 llllil'rlliiin
Of help and love, nnd walk with him tfl
rmiiv
The better, snfer path whero I would hav
Kadi wero enough nnd God would make, lj
And sanctioned (no gift, had I not solflsn
linnf i
For mine nnd me tho choicest nnd tho hcstl
And hu tlKlled and full, had laid mo down
God's sanction comes, and Ilenvon'u etert
Is won, by self-effnced nnd Chrlstllko spcrtl