THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JULY 22, 1901.
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TAHTinS LEAVING roll SIJMMEIt.
Pnrtlen IrnvliiK the cltr for
the .summer may hnvc The Heo
-nt to them regularly lr
nn(lf'inK The Ilec Business
oftirr, In person or hy mull.
The address will he dimmed
n often on dcHlred.
KIiik Ak-Snr-Ilon VII will set tho pnee
for King Edward VII in Imposing coro
nntlon ceremonies and royal parapher
nalia. "Whnt will become of the poor Karnb-lr-r
of South Onwlm during the absence
of Mayor Kelly and his prosecuting at
torney? The high court of public opinion awaits
with suspense the announcement of the
conditions tinder which Joseph Uurtley
was purolcd.
What Is the uho of building monster
battleships If a submarine weasel cau
Insert Its teeth Into their bowels with
out being observed.
The best proof that King Edward Is
Teaching his dotage is In his mania for
the revival of feudal court customs with
nil their pompous mummery.
Tho back of the hot wave has been
broken In England, but that affords very
little consolation to sweltering humanity
in the torrid zone on this side of the
Atlantic.
lturnl mall delivery carriers nre
Btrlctly prohibited by tho postmaster
general from actlug as lightning-rod
agents, bicycle boosters, distributors of
baby Jumpers or coffee coolers.
The overworked, overheated and un
derpaid occupants of the federal build
ing have been notllled by Uucle Sam
that they must buy their own electric
fans If they vant to keep cool. Snout
rage. The silver republican specter Is to be
raised from Its political sepulcher, not
withstanding tho doleful requiem de
livered by th'nt erstwhile sublime apostle
of free silver. Charles A. Towne, when
consigning It to eternal rest.
It has come out ottlclally that the
mayor and city attorney of South
Omaha have gone to Oregon and the
Taclllc const to look after Important
cnttlo Interests. This has no reference
to trained or untrained bulls.
The dissolution of the Oscar Karbach
Injunction leaves tho city short of a
Bertillou measurer, but that should uot
binder tho patrol wagon squad from
lauding their swell-headed passengers
In the police court to receive n measure
of punishment commensurate with tho
olfouse.
Tho drawing In the Oklahoma land
lottery Is to take place within two
weeks, rain or shlue. Although mora,
thau 100,000 people have been sold
tickets and only 14,000. prizes can be
distributed there aro still thousands
rushing to Oklahoma to take, their
chances in the rnille,
Tho communlt.v-oMnterest idea Is by
no means at the bottom of all tho trusts
that are being organized In these dnys.
While there doubtless Is a community
of Interests In transcontinental trans
portation by rail, nobody will pretend
that there Is a community of Interests
between tliu owners of street railroads
In tho various cities of the country,
each of which Is distinctly separate
from tho other and consolidation can
not possibly bring about a inutorlnl re
duction In operating expenses. The pro
posed street railway trust Is designed to
Include nil tho street railways in aud
about tho cities of Clevolnud, Toledo,
Detroit nnd eventually contemplates
tho abhorption of all the suburban rail
ways In Ohio and Michigan. Tho pro
motors of tlds scheme made no secret of
their Intention to capitalize thu street
railroad octopus at ?100,000,000, which
will bo Increased eventually us fast as
tho street railways In other cities aro
absorbed. Manifestly, tho principal
beneficiaries of this trust will be the
holders of stock In local plants, who In
teud to uulpad at two prices.
w tt.L march mam o.v.
Tho financial year closed on June 30 and
tho final flgure3 concerning the amount cf
money circulation aro officially stated to be
12,483,567,605. The actual circulation per
capita Is now $28, based on the treasurer's
estimate of a population of 77,754,000. Since
1807 (hero has been an Increase In (ha
money circulation of about V, per head.
This Increase In tho volume of money has
had exactly tho effect that the populists
said it would have. It is a demonstration
of the soundness of tho populist financial
theories such as never has been given to
any theory before. Farm products have
risen In price. Merchants are doing a bet
ter business. Improvement Is everywhere
visible. Then are more, houses being built
In Lincoln today than at any other one tlmo
In all its history. Every sort of mechanic
can get work at good wages. Nebraska In
dependent. The facta mid figures stated nre abso
lutely correct, although the logic, la In
verted. There Is an abundance of money
In the country and the money Is ac
tually In circulation Instead of being
hoarded In the vaults of banks, hidden
under the bed tick, In the ash bnrrel
and other out-of-the-way places.
With the panoply of prosperity cover
ing every section of the country mer
chants arc carrying on n more lucra
tive business, Improvements tire visible
on all sides and the farmers and cattle
raisers are disposing of their products
at higher prices than have prevailed for
many years.
While republicans contend that these
high prices for farm products arc duo
to a moro brisk demand created by an
enormously Increased consumption of
the products of the farm, mill and fac
tory, by reason of the universal em
ployment of labor nt good wages, and
while republicans contend that the In
crease In tho volume of money Is duo
not to nu Increase In the coinage of
money metals nifd the Inflation of the
volume of paper money, but to tho
money brought from all parts of the
world for the surplus of American In
dustry In the factory and on the farm
the claim, on the part of populists, that
McKluley's prosperity policy was stolen
from them, coupled with tho admission
that there Is prosperity throughout the
laud, Is n concession that republicans
highly appreciate.
Now that thcro Is no longer n differ
ence of opinion as regards prosperity
populists can Join with republicans In
opposing a change without stultifying
themselves.
With n steadily increasing volume of
money tho populists will have no further
reason to obstruct McKinley In his work
and tho country will march on In Its
glorious progress.
TUB NUtiUXtON STKUL WORKERS.
The action of the employes at several
of tho nonunion plants of tho American
Sheet Steel company must prove some
what discouraging to the efforts of the
Amalgamated association to luduce all
steel workers to unite with It. These
employes declare that they aro entirely
satisfied with existing conditions, that
they have no desire to bo unionized and
that they propose to remain loyal to the
company.
Manifestly there Is no chance of the
Amalgamated association being nblo to
Induco these men to Join It They have
found no disadvantage In being nou
unionists and they sec no reason now
for becoming members of a labor .or
ganization. The action of these men Is
unquestionably a serious check to the
plan of the Amalgamated association.
Tho plants in which they aro employed
aro among the most extensive controlled
by tho steel corporation and their oppo
sition to the efforts of the association
prevents the unionizing of the steel mills.
The attitude of the nonunion workers
will hnvo a potent lnllucuco adverse to
tho Amalgamated association policy. It
cannot fall, also, to make a strong
Impression ou the public.
TUB PAUNCCFOTE SI' A TittfeAT.
Washington officials Interpret the re
cent statement of Ambassador I'auucc
foto regarding the prospect for a canal
treaty as meaning that Great Britain Is
ready to accept tho conditions Imposed
by tho United States senate aud cuter
upon negotiations for a fortified canal.
It is thought that Pauuccfote has ex
plained to tho British foreign office that
no treaty could be ratified which did
not embody tho fortlllcatlou feature
adopted by tho senate and succeeded In
convincing the Marquis of Lansdowne
that the only hope for successful nego
tiations lay along this line. ,
This Is a plausible Inference uud It
finds support In the views of a London
paper, which says: "Probably wo shall
find that Lord Puunccfotc has consented
to tho fortification of the canal by the
United States, the point upon which the
previous uegotiutlous split and foun
dered. At first sight It may seem that
we aro surrendering u good deal and
certainly there should bo some solid
equivalent in the direction of tho Alas
kan frontier. But, on consideration, It
will be clear that It does not much mat
ter to Great Britain whether the canal
Is protected or "unprotected by fortifica
tions. By their geographical position
aud still more In virtue of tho great fleet
they nro so rapidly creating, tho United
States, in any case, are bound in time
of war to dominate the canal." This is
In a spirit -quite different from what
has hitherto been shown and if It re
flects the feeling In official circles there
will bo no great difficulty In reachlug an
agreetneut.
While the concession of fortifications
would bo a victory for the sounte, It Is
thought at Washington that the senate
will have to coucedo something. Tho
British never hnvo admitted any conten
tion Hint tho Chiyton-Bulwer treaty was
not In full, foi.ee and effect nnd one
strong motive for tho desire to come to
an understanding is to remove the pos
sibilities of uilsuudcrstundlug'nud trou
ble which could hurdly bo nvoldcd
should congress attempt to go ahead
and authorize a canal regardless of the
Oluyton-Bulwer treaty. The concession
by England of our right to. fortify tho
canal Is expected to bo met .by a conces
sion by the senate of the previous va
lidity of tho Oluyton-Bulwer treaty.
This, It Is remarked, would bo an empty
victory' for Great. Britain, for any new
treaty which would bo negotiated would,
of necessity, act its a rcpeul of the es
sential portions of the old treaty. But
the new treaty will contain a clause
specifically abrogating the provision that
British consent Is necessary before a
canal can be built.
So far ns conceding tho vnlldlty of
tho Clayton-IJulwer treaty Is concerned,
It would seem that the senate need not
hesitate to mnke the concession, If tins,
should be nil that la required to satisfy
the British government. But will that
be sufficient? Will not Great Britain,
ns suggested In tho above extract from
a London paper, want some solid equiv
alent, perhnps In the direction of the
Alaskan frontier? There Is no Intima
tion of this kind In Lord Pnuncofotc's
statement, but it Is exceedingly probable
that the British government will ask
some equivalent and this may prove an
other stumbling block to the negotia
tion of n treaty.
HOW TUFA' DO IT .V CltWAUO.
Tnxshlrklng Is being made reprehensi
ble as well as unprofitable In Chicago.
The Chicago board of review, which Is
empowered to equalize taxes, Is making
a searching revision of the assessment
rolls and wherever the returns for any In
dividual or corporation show any mark
of favoritism the parties are cited to ap
pear before tho board, put under oath
and required to answer all questions
concerning their holdings of property,
mortgages, bonds, stocks nnd moneys.
To assist the work of the board In tho
rounding up of tnxshlrkers ex-Governor
Altgeld has submitted a list of 250
nnmcs of persons whose aggregate
wealth, ho claims, In personal property
represents it least $."0,000,000, which,
under the return of tho assessors,
would have escaped taxatlou either alto
gether or partially.
An examination of tho list reveals tho
startling fact that eighty-one persons
whoso property has been returned by
the assessors at $700,000 possess per
sonal wealth, rated by bankers, brokers
and capitalists who are familiar with
their financial standing at $34,285,000.
A few samples of the discrepancies be
tween the assessed valuation as re
turned by tho assessors nnd the esti
mated true value of tho property are
worth citing, In order to show that tax
shirking Is an art in Chicago as well as
in Nebraska.
Samuel Allerton Is assessed at $25,005,
while hta estimated wealth In personal
property Is $1,000,000.
Martin A. Hycrsou Is nssessed at
$5,000 nnd rated at $300,000.
J. Flnley Burrell Is assessed ut $2,200
nnd rated at $200,000.
John P. Hopkins is assessed nt $1,000
and rated at $100,000.
Kuapp Construction company Is as
sessed at nothing nnd rntcd at $500,000.
Morris Schwabachcr Is assessed ut
$480 and rated ut $500,000.
Lumbert Tree Is nssessed at $54,717
aud rated nt $2,500,000.
James It. Maun Is assessed at $1,355
and rated at $75,000.
William Kent is assessed at $2,000 and
rated at $250,000.
Washington Porter Is assessed at $100
and rntcd at $1,000,000.
A. J. Llckstern is assessed nothing nnd
rated at $500,000.
J. O. Armour Is assessed at $75,000 and
rated at $3,500,000.
John Cudiiuy Is assessed at $10,000 and
rated at $500,000.
Daniel II. Tolman Is assessed $000 and
rated nt $200,000.
John V. Clark is assessed at $1,700 and
rated at $250,000.
P. II. Winston Is assessed nt $30,000
mid rated at $1,000,000.
Charles B. Farwell Is assessed $0,000
and rated at $2,000,000.
If tho board of review fixes the assess
ment at one-fifth of tho rutlng, which 1s
tho basis for assessment In Chicago, the
difference between the revised list uud
the fraudulent returns of tho assessors
will run Into the millions.
There Is nothing small about Denver.
The Colorado capital Is not content with
being cosmopolitan in population and
metropolitan in its public thoroughfares
and residences, but it hopes to make the
enrfh tributary. A fair sample of this
spirit, may bo found in an editorial on
"Denver nnd the Railroads" that has
Just appeared in the Denver Republican,
which reads as follows: "Denver should
be put lu such close connection with all
points naturally tributary, to It In
Wyoming, Colorado, Now Mexico and
other pnrts of the Rocky mountains
that It would command their trade
against Omaha, Kansas City and other
points. Our business men are anxious
to build up this trade nnd they should
be encouraged by every railroad com
pnuy operating lines In connection with
those places. Eventually the roads will
reap a large harvest as the fruit of their
wisdom nnd common sense. The greater
they mnke Denver tho greater will their
traffic In the future become." Just so.
But why should they make Denver great
at tho expense of Omnha and Kausns
City, which arc already extensive dis
tributing centers for merchandise, manu
factured products and the produce of
tho farm and cattle range?
It may bo a little too early to Indulge
lu forecasts, but It does iiot take a
political astrologer to foretell that
Colonel Bryan, in the campaign of 1001,
will occupy the place which has been
monopolized by General Weaver for six
teen years in the national arena.
Would It not be In accord with tho
eternal fitness of things for tho triple
alliance of Nebraska reformers to nomi
nate Frank Ransom for justice of tho
supremo court? Ho is a reformer as Is a
reformer aud could be depended upon to
make tho office self-sustaining.
Dill Joni-a IIiiii' of It,
Washington Tost.
That is a touching story of how Mr.
Bryan refused a $100,000 contribution to
the campaign fund from Agulnaldo. We
wonder It Chairman Jones heard of it at
tho time the tender was made.
ItlKht to the Point.
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
Of what uso, really, is all this demo
cratic pothff about "Issues" for the next
campaign, when a platform of a single
plank would reunite all the discordant
forces of the party and enable the donkey
to malt a better race with tbc elephant
State Press on Bartley Parole
Falrbury Enterprise (rep.): Until we
know moro of the Inside details wo arc
not disposed to censure tho governor or
anyona connected with the case.
Stanton Picket (rep.): lly the paroling
of Joe Hartley Governor Savage has laid
himself open to criticism. Perhaps, as tho
governor says, ho has abundant reason for
tho act. It Is ro bo hoped he has. Tho
people of Nebraska are ready to be shown.
Beatrice Express (rep.): Governor S.w
ago Is a man of sound sense, nnd it Is safe
to say that he has perfected some prac
tical plan with relation to Hartley. The
people have so much confidence In the
governor that there Is no excitement what
ever over tho parolo of tho ex-treasurer.
They know that tho eXecutivo Is acting for
the best, and they are hoping for gratify
ing results.
niuo Hill Sentinel (rep.): Governor
Eavago has given Joe Hartley a sixty-day
parolo and the intimation is mado that It
will bo mado permanent should certain Idea
entertained by his excellency work out
satisfactorily. Ills liberation meets the ap
proval of his personal friends, which is to
be expected, but tho peoplo of the state, re
gardless of party affiliation, believe Don
llakor gavo him what ho deserved.
Ncllgh Yeoman (pop.): Ono excuse given
for leniency to Hartley Is that ho has been
mado,a "scapegoat" that others aro moro
at fault than he. This excuso is not a
valid ono unless specifically proved and
tho guilty parties identified. If Hartley and
his friends will furnish tho specified proof
of this Indefinite claim nnd point out tho
guilty parties tho people of Nebraska will
be only too glad to have his sentence miti
gated or entirely suspended.
Lyons Sun (rep.): After four years of a
twenty-year sentenco, tho defaulting ex
treasurer is iclcascd on parole. Wo bc
llevo that Governor Savage has mado a mis
take in taking this action. Tho precedent
thus established will act as a license to
others to cmbezzlo and prove folso to their
trust. As far as Hartley or anyone elso is
concerned personally wo havo no morbid
ilfslro to see him suffer, but for the good of
tho sfato ho should, have been permitted to
pay the penalty of his crime. If, as some
havo suggested, others aro moro guilty than
he, they should bo brought Into court and
made to suffer tho penalty. Shakespearo
has well said, "Mercy seasons justice," but
the seasoning should not constitute four
fifths of tho dish.
Kearney Hub (rep.): The parole of ox
State Treasurer Bartley from tho state peni
tentiary by Governor Savage comos as a
completo surprise to the people of Ne
braska nnd In a manner' that hardly leaves
it open to an expression of opinion. Gov
than at any time since Cleveland's day.
That plank would read thos: "The repub
licans nro in and ought to bo out; the dem
ocrats aro out and ought to be In." It
would havo tho doublo merit of sincerity
and comprehcnsiblllty.
Problem of the Sodre Witter Scnnon,
Brooklyn Enclo.
Why a woman, looks under a bed, not In
search but la apprehension of a man, and
why a man seeks tho north pole not for the
purpose of cutting it up for suburban lots
or opening up to it, a trolley route, are a
couple of things hard to understand.
Might)- lilhcrnl, It Mercennrr.
Minneapolis Journal.
Of coiii so wo Americans must be exclu
sively dollar-chasing,'1 mercenary, sordid
and, without high ideals, slnco our foreign
critics say ao. Hut even though a Schwab
would hnvo no 'higher education it Is
notlceablo that $13,000,000 wcro last month
given to educational institutions by theso
same money-grabbers.
nnllroail Tle nnd Tree.
J. Sterling Mortbn'sFConservativo.
There are in tho 'United States -780,000,-000-
wooden railroad' ties.
Each year renewals take 112,000,000 more
and I their cost is $60,000,000 annually.
In tho next twenty years the railroads
of this republic1 must havo 3,000,000,000
more of ties. Where will they get them?
Why not utilize waste right-of-way for
growing catalpa ties along all lines of
railway in this country?
No Need of a Huge 'uvy.
Baltimore Sun.
In the United States there is a growing
disposition to possess formidable naval arm
aments. Our commerce la expanding con
stantly, it la said, and thoro must be
"mighty fleets" to protect our interests in
every part of the globe whore Americans
find a market for their products. This en-larged-aavy
la not to be a weapon of offense,
but simply to maintain the treaty rights of
the United States. There is no apparent
reason why this country, whose objectn aro
professedly pacific, should seek the mastery
of the seas or even undertake to maintain
a fleet as great as that of the strongest
naval power In the world.
PERSONAL NOTES.
.
About six months hence we shall be
counttng impatiently the days that will
bring us to summer again Just as if the
present heated term had uover been.
A pastor in Texas who prayed for rain
and had his church struck by lightning and
burned down during tho heavy shower that
ensued, 'probably would not claim that as
an answer to prayer.
The court of criminal nppenls in Texas
has decided In a recent caso that the slck
neas of ,tho de'flndaht's counsel, caused
by going on a spree, is not sufllclcnt'ground
far the continuance of a murder trial.
James M. Alden, who died a week ago In
Brooklyn, in his 84th year, was a lineal
descendant of John Alden of Mayflower
tame. In 184S he was a publisher, and tho
first to istuo a book by Washington Irving.
Somo Kansas City peoplo think tho Ice
men aro doing them by short trelght and
aro shouting for correct weight scales.
What's tho use' of kicking? ScaleB or no
scales, the Ice man will shave enough for
beer money.
Tho late cx-Govcrnor Pingree of Michigan
subscribed to a clipping bureau and kept
all tho printed comment about himself.
This was kept In a set of scrapbooks, which
are said to contain 45,000 columns of news
paper comment.
Hezekiah Earl of Auburndale, Mass., has
Just closed voluntarily a term of sixty-one
years In the employ of tho Boston & Albany
railroad. He was a clerk in the freight
office. He was born in Boston August 15,
1817, and was a sailor in his youth. Ho is
strong and well and greatly enjoys his
well-earned lelsuro,
The will of tho lato Lewis Elkln of Phil
adelphia gives another suggestion to Mr.
Carnegie. Mr. Elkln has left a fund of
$1,600,000, tho incomo whereof is to be
used to pay an annuity of $500 a year to
every Philadelphia publio school teacher
who has served that city for twenty-five
years and la in needy circumstances,
Lumber and shingle manufacturers of
Washington and Oregon havo asked tho
railroads to provide 26,000 cars for their
shipments during tho next four months.
The railroads affected aro the -Northern
Pacific, Burlington, Union Paclflo and the
Great Northern. Even now cars are not
very plentiful and tho railroads have agreed
to provide as much additional equipment,
and Motive power as possible,
ernor Savage does not give his reasons, but
avers that they aro sufficient and Insists
that the parole will bo long or short, de
pending on omo things that are pvo
sumably within tho power of Hartley him
self. This means, probably, restitution,
tho recovery of tho embezzled money. The
Hub has confidence In Governor Savage nnd
is wilting to wait for the result of his Dart
ley experiment.
Tlldcn Citizen (rep.): Tho paroling of
ex-Treasurer Hartley, which Is looked upon
is tantamount to a pardon, Is an exercise
of executive power that will bring down
upon Governor Savage both honest criti
cism and hearty approval. Hartley's friends
all Dnd extenuating circumstances for his
theft of public fuuds. Hut If the con
ditions surrounding tho crimes for which
cveiy Inmate of tho penltcntlnry Is now
paying tho penalty could bo given tho
same publicity as In the caso of Hartley, It
Is doubtful It the lattcr's right to execu
tive clemency would appear moro meri
torious than that of tho average criminal.
Crete Vldctto (rep.): Some will commend
and some condemn tho governor for
his action. Hartley will . never outlive
tho disgrace and punishment which ho has
already brought upon himself. However, It
ho earnestly devotes the balance of his Ufa
in restitution of the money taken from tho
state tho taxpnycrs will bo better (satisfied
than to havo him languish In prison. In
other words, if he now docs his level best
to make good his shortcomings no one will
regret his parolo nor abuse the governor
except somo hypocritical daisied and peanut
politicians who may hope to mako a llttlo
capital at tho expense of nn unfortunate
followman.
Weeping Wator Republican: Last Satur
day Oovernor Savage paroled ox-Treasurer
J. S. Bartley, who was serving a twenty
years' sentence for embezzling stato funds
to tho amount of $201,000, although his
shortage was said to be over $500,000. Hart
ley served tour years of his sentence, and
thus it will bo seen that nt tho rate of
$125,000 per year, ho didn't do so bad In
our state Institution, This act of the gov
ernor may bo commended on tho part of
Hartley's friends, but thcro are a whole lot
of peoplo who, If they had tho chance, would
gladly embezzle even half tho amount Bart
ley did If they could bo assured of a parolo
in so short a tlmo.
Friend Telegraph (rep.): Oovernor S.iv
age has released ex-Trcnsur.er Bartloy from
tho penitentiary on parolo and tho criticism
of his action Is plain nnd plenty. It has
been sunnised that Joe Dartley was not at
heart a bad man, or that he was really a
thief, but that an unprincipled gnng of
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
Kin lulling? Totichcn Pat Upon Uncle
Snra'n StrnnK Ilox.
Tho finishing touches havo Just been put
upon the now vault for tho storage of
monoy in tho Treasury building, Washing
ton. Though not the largest, It Is the
strongest armor-plated monoy chest In the
country. It Is located in the north end
of tho building and will bo used by the
lssuo division of tho department. It is
twenty feet square nnd Its steel walls rise
to a- height of twelvo fcot. Tho only
method of entering the new vault will be
through tho old ono Just beyond.
The old vault has been In use for more
than thirty-four years, relates a corre
spondent of tho St. Louis Globo-Domocrnt.,
and Is now literally gorged with money.
It contains $135,000,000 in bank notes. They
wora piled on a 'rough stand (ln tho center
nnd In cases roso to tho steel-covered cell
ing, so that two men cannot pass each
other in moving about Inside. A gallery
four feet from tho floor of the vault has
mado It possible to reach the packages of
money stored near the celling.
The old vault long ago becamo too small
for tho needs of the itsuo division nnd tho
chief has been obliged to borrow tho uso of
a vault In tho basement from tho treasurer
of the United States, who complains that
the capacity of his vaults Is sorely taxed
by tho demands upon them. It Is difficult,
If not impossible, to locate the vaults from
outside tho building. Although solid
masonry and shceta of steel protect them
on the street side, false windows have been
allowed rto remain, and between the glass
on tho Inside nnd tho walls of tho vault
proper hang window curtains of the samo
shade as those in other windows. These
windows are thirty feet from the level of
the street in front of the Treasury depart
ment building. Tho curtains of the old
vault windowe have been Imprisoned In this
manner for the period of thirty-four years
slnco they were first sealed In.
In the new vault there Is a perfect ar
rangement of steel pigeon-holes In which
the packages of bank notes of regulation
size easily slide. The new vault will be
turned over to Messrs. Davenport and
Brlggs, the two vault guards, who for years
have guarded the government notes which
the old vault contains. Neither of the men
Is able to enter the vault without the other.
No one else 1b allowed to enter without
both being present. During the thirty
years in which Mr. Eldridge has been In
charge of the issue division not a note has
been stolen or misplaced. In that period
about $2,000,000,000 has passed In and out of
the doors of tho vault. Beforo his in
cumbency a colored messenger named
Schuroman secured a package containing
$12,000, which ho had been ordered to carry
to another division, in 1869, and walked off
with It. He was captured later and most of
the money recovered.
About twice a year all the money In the
vaults of the division is counted. Fifteen
expert counters, all women, aro employed
at tho work. They aro selected for their
expertucss from different divisions of the
department, and do not know of the duty
to which they will bo assigned ten minutes
before being ordered to go to work. It re
quires three weeks for tho fifteen counters,
working .seven hours a day, to count the
money In the vaults. There are approxi
mately 4,100 national banks in the country
and a supply of money is kept on hand for
every one of them.
It is the Intention of the government,
after the r.ow vault Is ready, to greatly
Increase the supply of bank notes on hand.
An order to this effect has boon sent to tho
Bureau of Engraving aud Printing, which Is
now enlarging Its capacity. In times when
money is scarce tho demands on tho issue
division of tho Treasury department are
great. Under normal conditions tho divi
sion sends out supplies of notes to 200
banks each day. In 1803, during tho panic,
there was a sudden demand on tho division,
for $40,000,000 In notes, but as there was
not moro than $5,000,000 on hand, the banks
had to wait from thirty to sixty days. This
caused a great hardship to tho banks Inter
ested, and the department has tried to ob
viate this condition uluce. None of the
banks can get the notes In lots of less than
$500, and tho shipments averago from $5,000
to $50,000 for each bank,
Tho redemption division of the Treasury
deportment receives the old notes of banks
which mutt be redeemed by the govern
ment as soon as they show the wear and
tear of much handling. The redemption
division keeps these wornout notes on
hand, sorting them out until It has at least
$500 for each of the banks, and then it
orders the issue division to issue new
notes. The old ones aro destroyed by the
political sharks got hold of him and got
tho public money and that- when tho time
eumo for Joe to make settlement it was not
forthcoming nnd their victim went to tho
penitentiary for twenty years. Tho repub
lican party has been compelled to pay tho
penalty of this defalcation and It will also
bo compelled to stand under tho stigma of
his release by Governor Savage, whatever
the verdict of tho people may bo In tho
future.
Columbus Tolegrnm (dem.): Governor Sav
ago docs not take the people of his state
Into bis confidence regarding the conditions
ho has imposed. Herein ho makes a mis
take. His secrecy breeds suspicion. A
frank nnd manly statement of those condi
tions would place tho goernor In better
light before the peoplo. His supportors
argue that tho people havo no right to bo
let Into such secrets. That's a mistake.
Tho pardon or parolo of a state prisoner Is
a public act, not simply u move mado by
thu governor in his personal capacity. In
all such cases ho nets ns the agent and
servant of tho people ami it Is only fair
that the ngent should render an account
ing of his agency. Tho Telegram does not
condemn tho governor for granting a parolo
for sixty days. Wo bear no bitterness
toward Bartley. In fact he, In company
with all criminals, is entitled to tho sym
pathy of nil mon. But that sympathy
should bo n sensible sympathy. It should
not run readily to the release of criminals
from prisons. Tho only conditions upon
which tho governor might In good con
science glvo freedom to Joo Bartley
would bo upon his guarantee to furnish the
governor the names of all tho thieves
who helped him to rob tho publio treos
ury. The Telegram utterly repudiates tho
claims of the Omaha World-Herald In
Bartley's behalf. Tho World-Herald's ar
gument, stripped of Its beautiful side plea
for mercy, Is a cold-blooded proposition to
reloaso all public thloves from prison upon
proper showing that they will pay or cause
to bo paid to tho state somo certain por
tion of their stealings. Such a position Is
untenable nnd wo aro surprised that it
has been advanced by tho World-Herald,
which can usually bo counted upon to op
poao those public policies which corao fresh
from tho cold commercial mold. We do not
seek to breed sentiment against Bartley
Wo will sign a potltion tor his uncondi
tional pardon upon ono condition only
and that is that ho shall dlvulgo tho names
of tho thieves associated with him in loot
lng tho stato treasury and help tho state
prosocuto them. If Governor Savage shall
pardon Hartley on any other conditions he
will losb tho respect of every good citizen.
"destruction committee," which is ono of
the standing fentures of tho department.
Tho old notes nro macoratcd nnd then sold
to souvenir companies which shape tho pulp
and fragments of notes into designs show
ing tho outlines of tho cnpltol, the depart
ment buildings, or Washington monument,
and sell thom to visitors at tho capital.
TUB II HA OP AHSAI.OM.
Drninnil for Younsr Men of Trnlnlnnr
and Nntnrnl Ability.
Scientific American.
Tho present is essentially in Amcrlcaat
least tho day of tho young man. Ho Is in
demand. If ho bo mentally well equipped,
and have character and common sense to
back his knowledge, he will find that thcro
aro opportunities open to him, often on the
very threshold of his business career, such
ns tho, young man- of on earlier day would
dream of ns the goal only of long years of
waiting and working.
During a recent visit to that hive of
industry, which swarms around Pittsburg,
and in tho valleys of tho Monongahcla and
Allegheny, we were impressed with tho
fact that in most of the great manufactur
ing establishments tho highest positions of
responsibility were filled by men who were
yet several years on this sido of the prlmo
of life. That .such young heads should so
often be directing vast Industrial concerns
Is duo in part to the amazing rapidity with
which new Industries have sprung up during
tho past decade nnd In part to tho fact
that tho keen competition of the age calls
for tho adaptlvcncss and energy which are
tho natural qualities of youth.
Time was when there was an overplus,
especially In tho technical trades and pro
fessions, of tho supply of qualified young
men, but today conditions nro entirely re
versed. Clear, proof of this was shown at
the recent; annual commencement exercises
of the Stevens, Institute of' Technology,
Hoboken, when, ,out 'of forty graduates, only
a dozen were present to recelvo their
diplomas.
This unprecedented condition of things was
explained by President Morton on the
ground that the demand for graduates to
fill business positions this year had been
tho most urgent in tho history of the
lnstltuto and that most of tho absontces
had been Induced to leave the Institute a
week or more beforo commencement, In
order that thoy might begin their profes
sional duties at once. President Morton
further stated that the whole of tho forty
grnduatos could have secured positions at
onco If they had so desired. There Is no
gainsaying tho significance of such facts
as theso, and, as llko conditions will pro
duce like results, It Is probable that, be-
xoro many years have elapsed, theso young
graduates will havo risen to positions
which are both responsible and remuner
ative. IIRALTII AND THIS MAN.
Drain ou (lie Pliyaii-nl lloscrvc and
the CoiiaeqtinnccK,
Philadelphia Lodger.
A llttlo more than a year ago Prof.
John Flske, tho brilliant essayist and
historian who died on Thursday, gave to a
medical frlond his rulo of living. It was a
peculiar ono and harp it is:
"Always s'l in a draft when I find ono,
wear tho thinnest clothes I can find, win
ter and summer, catch cold once In thrco
and four years, hut not severely, nnd pre
fer to work in a cold room, 55 to CO de
grees. Work tho largest part of each
twenty-four hours, nnd by day or night
Indifferently, Scarcely over change a word
once written, eat when hungry, rarely tasto
coffeo or wine or smoko a cigar, hut drink
two or three quarts of beer each day and
smoke a plpo all tho tlmo when at work.
Never experienced tho feeling of disincli
nation for work, and, therefore, never had
to force work. If I feel dull when nt work
a half hour at the piano restores normal
mental condition, which is ono more argu
ment for tho hygienic and recuperative
effects of music."
At that tlmo Prof. Fliko was In perfect
health and appeared to have that sound
constitution which Imparts long lire. His
medical friends described him ns:
"Six feet in height: girth of chest, 46
Inches; nrms, 16 Inches, and weight, 240
pounds; is alert, active, appetite voracious,
digestion perfect, sleep sound nnd has
never bad a headache or physical discom
fort of any kind."
Any life Insurance expert who did not
know his habits would glvo such a man
an "expectation of life" of eighty years
at least; yet be died at 59, dropping off
in a day, a victim of "heart trouble and
heat prostration," as the press reports
said. Wo do not yet know what the
official diagnosis was, hut does It not
seem most probable that the real cause
of his dying twenty years too soon was
that ho neglected no, maltreated is tho
better word that splendid body of his
and wore it out with overwork and irregu
lar habits until it reached the breaking
point rather suddenly, as perfectly work
ing machines are apt to do?
John 1'lsko l'nd nn almost unlimited
capital of health and strength. Llko many
a man with a largo financial capital, lio
thought It was Inexhaustlblo and drew on
It recklessly until at last ho overdrew and
physical bankruptcy followed. Thcro is a
lesson in this for men who nro pre
sumptuous enough to mako their own health
laws.
OUTPUT OV LAWS.
I.f-KlxlMtl vr Grist Supplemented tr
Judicial Decisions.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Owing to its numerous stato Jurisdictions
tho United States mako moro laws than
any other country. Samuel J. Barrows,
commissioner for tho United States on tho
International Prison commission, in his re
port on crimes compiled from tho federal
and stato laws passed In 1S97 and 1S9S, de
clares that In pursuanco of his duties ha
had read 30,000 pages of legislation In tho
forty-flvo states and that all of It was less
than two years old. Ho asks the question,
"Would Draco think the world had grown
better or that It had grown worse?"
Thousands of statutes nro subject to con
struction by tho courts. Tho vast library
of statutory law is supplemented by nn
enormous output of Judicial decisions. Jus
tlco W. W. Goodrich of tho Brooklyn appel
late division, in advocating tho codification
of tho common law recently, said that Lord
Bacon throe centuries ago, in Parliament,
urged tho necessity of revising tho law as
contained in tho sixty volumes of English
reports that then existed. Tho Justlco said
that moro than 300,000 Judicial decisions
aro mado annually In tho United States and
that 20,000 aro handed down by tho courts
of last resort. In 1000 thoro were published
in tho United States 05 volumes of statutes,
4!0 volumes of federal and stato roports, 77
volumes of digests and 160 legal treatises.
The Pennsylvania legislature passed
nearly COO bills in 1901, Tho Matsachusetts
legislature passed almost ns many. In overy
stato holding a legislative session this year
tho lawmakers havo been as ingenious as
ever in discovering defects in former legis
lation, in passing laws not needPd and In
mooting tho necessity for now legislation
growing out of now conditions.
How the changing conditions of civiliza
tion nnd society furnish work for the law
makors Is very well illustrated by Com
missioner Harrows in the report mentioned
hy tho reference to the now criminal legis
lation applying to electricity. Electricity
has become- a valuable property. It was
Inevitable says tho commissioner, that
electricity as property should seek "lu
sulatlon in tho statutes of most of the
states." Many states have, therefore, en
acted laws punlBhlng the stealing of elec
tricity. Even tho giving nway of elec
tricity to certain persons is prohibited hy
a law of Nebraska. "There nre a great
number of modern crimes," observes Mr.
Barrows, "which could not havo beon pcr
potratcd in ancient days becauao tho in
struments for their perpetration did not
exist."
A multltudo of new laws have been en
acted relating to steam transportation.
Tho statute books bear testimony to tho
exlstenco of tho bicycle nnd every Impor
tant discovery and Invention produces
moro or less special legislation. Many of
tho sanitary laws and those for the pro
tection of workmen, or children nnd of
animals are of recent origin. The uso of
electricity ns a motive power is receiving
great attention from tho legislators. In
Massachusetts and otbor states tho street
railways havo been given tho privileges and
Vlghts of common carrlors.
Tho world Is doubtless "governed' too
much," but there is and always will bo a
legltlmato demand for fresh legislation for
tho government of a civilization which is
never at rest.
SMILING IlKMAHKS.
The Smart Set: "She has a good voice,
but she doesn't seem to bo able to con
trol it." , . .
"No; uho sings whenever anyone arks
her."
Chicago Post: "But tho gown doesn't
fit." Insisted tho patron. . .
"That," replied tho modiste calmly, "is
because you ore not mado right."
Phtlndelnhln. Press! Tess You could never
convince her that Friday i an unlucky
day to be married.
jess wot superstitious, enr
Tess Oh, she's superstitious enough, but
she's over 35, and still single.
Boston Transcript: Mrs. Poserlolgh' fwho
flnHi.rj hoi-Knlf nhn tnnkn vounr) This t
my daughter, Mrs. Slyder. I suppose you'd
hardly think It.
Mrs. Slyder H'mt Your "youngest
daughter, I presume?
Hhlpnirri llecord-Hernld: "Your cook sits
on your front piazza every evening.!'
"Well, we like tho back porch 'Just as
well and of courso wo never say anytlilny
to hurt cook's feelings In the hot weather."
lng a llttlo speculating." said tho lamb.
"What's the best thing to put your money
in?"
'A safe deposit vault," repnea mo oi.i
bird.
A NONSENSE IUIYME.
Pittsburg Post
Whila working in life's Umber yard, I love
to use old saws.
It saves a fellow's thinking apparatus.
And I Hlng of proper living to another a
tuno because
Thus I preserve my own dlvlno arnatus.
Lot's bo merry while we're living, for wo'll
bo a long tlmo dead. ,
Let's bo friends and go along life s paths
together.
For Dick Hwlvollcr showed commonsonso
when long ago ho said:
"May tho wing of friendship never moult
a feather!"
A man can't live by bread alone, though
bread's tho staff of life.
Lovo rules the world nnd love's a fleet
ing vision. , ,
Tho man who dreads monotony had bettor
take a wife; . , , . . , ,
Ho'll meander thon in chronic Indecision.
Whene'er you deal with fractious kids oh,
do not snaro tho rod.
There's nothing, ho tho poet said, llko
But tm'you die and silently lie underneath
tho sod, . , , . ,
Lot tho wing of frlondshlp never moult a
feather.
no not In haste to do today, despite tha
undent gag,
What you may do with greater ease to
morrow. .......
You may not havo to do It then. Saw wood.
Don't chow tho rag.
You thus, my lad, reduce your share of
sorrow. , , . , .
Just laugh and win avoirdupois and then
you'll bo laughed at.
Who laughs at you consign to regions
nether. . .
With thoxa you lovo remember well the,
aphorism pat:
Let the wing of friendship never moult
a feather.
With Sancho bold I bless the man who first
Inventod sleep; . .
With Baxo curso foolish early rising.
Tho early worm has gono to roost Inside a
stomach deep; , , .
Tho early bird had boen all night carous
ing. Though tlmo and tide rnfuso to wait, why,
you may wait ior mum,
And smllo despite the-conduct of ths
weather;
And with a bright, congenial soul each
mlnuto Is a gem
Let tho wing of friendship never moult
a feather.
Oh, let's be silly now and then; It doesn't
cost a cent.
A llttlo folly's good ns Yorkshire relish.
The wise man knows himself a fool. In
fooling life Is spent;
And nonsenso does a solemn world em
bellish, So lot's be merry whllo wo'ro living, for
wo'll bo a long tlmo dead.
Let's bo friends nnd go along life's path
together.
For Dick- Hwlvollcr showed commanssnse
when long ago he said:
'Lot thfiwlng of friendship never moult
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