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    THE OMAHA DAILY JJEE: TJll'ltSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1001.
The omaiia Daily Bee.
1J. IIOSEWATEH, EDITOlt.
PL'ULIHUKI) EVUIIY MOHNINO.
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ilveniiirf Jtee, Includ g Sunduy, per week. .16c
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partment. OFFICES.
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and M Streets,
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torial matter should hu addressed: omulia
lice, Editorial Depurtmunt.
UUS1NESS LETTERS.
Dustiness letters und remittances should be
nudresseu; Thu lieu i'ubllshlnt; Company,
Omaha.
REMITTANCES,
ltemlt by druft, express or postal order,
payuble to Thu Deo 1'ubllshliiB Company.
Only 2-cent stumps accepted In payment of
mall accounts, l'trsonal checks. xcent on
Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted.
THE 1IEE PUDHflllNU COMPANY.
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Statu of Nebraska, Douglas County. b.:
(leorgo li. Tzschuck, secretary of Tho Ueo
Publishing Company, being duly iworn.
says that tho actual number oi full and
complcto copies of The Dally, Morning,
Lvcnlng nnd Sunday Ueo printed during
tho month of August, 1W1. was as follows:
1 ar,,:io( i; v:.-,,a7o
z ur nut 18 xs,aus
2 "MtflU 19 U.",27U
i un.utio 20 ur,, .-,:io
6 iin,IM 21 U.l.tltlt)
6 U.V-IO 22 U5.it 1)
I yr,,:iio : un.iuo
8 Stn.tflO 24 li.'.STO
9 vr.,;ir,o 2S 1:5,850
19 i:r,,;i.so 26 uu.otiu
II i:.-,tno 27..,, yii.r.io
12 , ir,-.,ir.O 28 7,S10
13 !ir,,ll! 29
It St5,UA 30 2(1,(180
15 SB, 110 31 117,-SO
16 ur.,;tno
Total 7U.i,ao
Less unsold and returned copies.... 7,85fi
Net total sales 78H,OU.-
Net dally average JioVlill
OEOIiaE U. TZ8CHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence- nnd sworn to
before mo this 3lst day of August, A. D.
1901. M. 11. 1 1 UNGATE.
Notary Public.
Oninliii luis loom for sevcrnl more
rnllroiuls. lint it would like to lmvo those
built llrst that would open tip new
trndo territory for its eotiimeroliil In
terests. Howiiro of tliu Klft-lK-iulnn Greeks,
liewnro of the men who did their best
to scuttle the roinibllenn craft last year,
yet who now want to be placed at the
compass nnd rudder.
Omaha hns one trade union that Is
nbout to cclrlirnto Its twentieth birth
day. The people who Imagine that
trade unionism Is ovaneHcent will have
to revise their views.
How can men who claim to bo re
publicans, yet who opposed the repub
lican ticket In the national campaign
year, expect loyal republicans to put n
premium on disloyalty?
Admiral Schley i not the only one
who hits had dllllculty over the coaling
proposition. The householders of the
entire country nro trying to solve tho
problem at the present time.
Tho worst thing Judge Vlnsonhaler
has to contend with Is the overzcalous
support thrust upon htm by popocratle
yellow Journals and self-styled repub
licans who fought him two years ago.
"For tho welfaro of tho country and
the good of the republican party lu this
county" tho loyal republicans of Doug
las county should vote at he primaries
only for men who did not sell out or
desert hi tho battle of 1H00.
Tho court has set aHlde the will of
the man who Insisted that his money,
amounting to several thousands of dpi
lars, should be burned. Tho relatives
will get tho cash, but the court has no
assurance that It will not eventually bo
burned In'n figurative sense.
A county surveyor who will survey
nnd see that tho county gets full anil
honest return for tho money spent out
of Hh rond and bridge funds would bo
worth his salary several times over. A
county surveyor who shuts his eyes to
jobs nntls steal) Is u costly luxury at
any price.
ropoeratie papers Insist upon classing
Senator Wellington as a republican.
They should turn back to their (lies of
comparatively recent date. Republicans
Kympatlilzo with democracy, but their
sympathy Is not strong enough to lu
duco the party to again stand sponsor
for tho Marylander.
Now that the telegraph line to the
Klondike has been completed the man
ufacturers of fake stories of starving
thousands in that mining center will
be forced to hunt a new Held. A fake
with several months to run before It
could be denied has been a prolltablo
Investment.
When the anti-compact law was
passed we were told by the Insurance
agents that were It not for this hostile
legislation rates would certaiuly be re
duced. Now that the law has been
knocked out by I he courts, Is It not up
to the Insurance people to give us a re
duction lu the rates?
If tho chairman of the republican
concrcssloual committee of this district
has anything to say lu thu Interest of
tuo party it would be more manly and
honorable for liliu to do t-o over Ids
own name than to shoot away from
behind an ambush of popocratle papers
and anonymous circulars.
Does any one imagine that the city
engineer, If transferred from the city
hall to tho court house, would sit
quietly by while the coninilsioners
planted more than $100,000 of tho tax
payers' money Into political grading
und bridsodnilldlng without cuturlui; a
protect and sounding the alarm?
TIM LAW IS VISUU'ATEU.
The assassin of 1'resldeut MeKlnley,
adjudged by a Jury of his poors guilty
of murder In tho llrst degree, will to
day he sentenced to pay the penalty of
his crime. He has had a fair trial, In
strict conformity with the reipilreinciits
of the criminal statutes of New York.
Experienced ami able lawyers were as
signed to bis defense, pursuant to the
law, and although the assassin refused
to talk with or aid them they dis
charged the disagreeable duty devolved
on them by the court faithfully and
conscientiously. Expert alienists In
vestigated the mental condition of the
murderer and pronounced him sane.
The usual care was shown In selecting
the Jury. The progress of the trial was
orderly and dlgiillled. The speech of
the prosecuting attorney and the Judge's
charge were unexceptionable. The ut
most care was taken to safeguard the
assussln against possible violence. Thus
every provision and mandate of thu law
was compiled with.
As was said by Judge Lewis of the
counsel for the defense In his notable
address a deliverance which should re
ceive the attention of every citizen
the trial Is a great object lesson to the
world. Judge Lewis took occasion, nnd
u'lth entire pertinency, to rebuke those
who would Invoke lynch law against
criminals, declaring that there Is
greater danger to our Institutions from
thu doctrine, If It should become stitll
clontly prevalent, that men who are
charged with crime shall not bo per
mitted to go through thu form of trial,
than there Is from anarchism. What
every citizen should strongly feel Is
that this Is a government of law nnd
that the security and perpetuity of our
Institutions depend upon the strict ob
servance of the law in all circumstances.
The trial at 1 1 tiff it lo will undoubtedly
do much to Impress this upon the
country.
The assassin has shown that he has a
strong will. He has obstinately refused
to talk and will probably maintain si
lence to the cud, so that it seems safe
to assumu that there will be no dis
closure from him as to whether or not
he had fellow-cousplrators in the com
mission of his awful crime.
a MODMix sr.iri: i'aiu.
IJIIOWNVILLE, Neb., Sopt. 22. To the
Editor of Tho lice: Referring to you criti
cisms of tbo latu Nebraska State fair under
tho head; "Modemlzo the Stato Fair,"
friendly criticism, with purpose- to pro
duce bettor work and more beneficial re
sults, Is always In order and welcome. '
You say, "A stato fair should bo an ex
position of tho products and resources (wo
add 'possibilities nnd promises') of tho
wbolo stato." This Is truo anil has been
ever tho object of tho Stato Hoard of Ag
riculture. Wo have never been able to
obtain exhibits from all tho ninety counties
In tho stato at ono fair. No state In the
union has over dono this. All, or nearly
all, counties lu Nebraska havo from tlmo
to time, been represented at tho stato fair.
At tho last fair tho different sections of tho
stato were moro than ordinarily well rep
resented, nnd to satisfaction of all con
cerned. You further say, "Tho twentioth century
state fair should ho an exposition In the
miniature. The Installation should con
trmplatn a subdivision by departments,
Including agriculture, horticulture, dairy,
apiary, livestock, manufactures, etc." This
.Is precisely what tho management of tho
state fair has always aimed to do, enlarging
from year to year. Wo provide now for agri
culture, horticulture, floriculture, horses,
cattle, sheep, swine, poultry, dairy, apiary,
manufactures, arts and woman's work, all
In separata and distinct departments, each
department under supervision of separate,
experienced superintendents. To secure the
best posslblo presentation of all these wo
ofter premiums In thu sum of $30,000 an
nually. This Is tho plan or system prac
ticed by all fairs and expositions In the
world. Patrons who visit tho Nobraska
Stato fairs and expositions encourage with
expressions that wo aro doing a great work.
Such commendations as to tho late fair
were moro thnn usually flattering, yet with
a desire to act In harmony with tho pro
gressiva ago In which wo llvo thero Is
abundant room for Improvement from year
to year.
You object to a premium plan to obtain
results sought for in fair work. This. In
all respects, Is a money making era. Men
are annually less Inclined to work in th;so
times for their health or glory. Money
rewards solely prompt Individuals to action
In making fairs.
Tho management most cheerfully and
willingly listens to and considers plans for
bettor work and results. Will you kindly
formtilato and favor tho board with, a sub
stitute better than tho premium plan? If
this can be done, I assuro you tho board
will thank you nnd be pleased to adopt It.
IlOnEUT W. FU11NAS.
Serretary Nobrnska Stato Ooard of Agri
culture. Tho demand for twentieth century
methods In future stato fairs does not
spring from nny antagonism to the pres
ent board of nianngers or any of Its
ollieers. We believe tho country has
outgrown the conglomerate exhibition
of farm products regardless of quantity
or perspective. Wo bellevo (hat tho
practice of depending upon caprice or
accident In the collection Of exhibits
through premium offers Is an absolute
drawback to a satisfactory advertise
ment of the resources and capabilities
of tho state. The only class of exhibits
for which tho premium system may bo
essential Is live stock. All other pro
ducts of farm, orchard and dairy, mill
or factory can be procured for money,
diplomas and medals.
If thu board would devote ?1!0,000 of
the .?:t0,0)6 which It annually sots
apart for premiums to the purehafio of
high grade agricultural and horticul
tural and dairy products lu limited
quantities' from all sections of the state,
every county In Nebraska would bo
creditably represented in some depart
ment. Instead of having exhibits from
only fifteen to twenty out of tho ninety
eouutlys, collected at random without
respect to space or volume, we would
have a symmetrical exhibit covering
the entire state.
In other words,, while tho magnitude
of a nineteenth century stale fair Is a
matter of uncertainty until threu or
four days before the opening of tho
gales, the extent of a twentieth ceutury
state ralr could be foretold with pre
cision months before It Is opened, bar
ring only seasons of general crop failure
or disaster, ruder the old method no
one can foretell with any degree of cer
tainty how much space will bo needed
for any department of Industry or
whether all the classes of exhibits will
be represented, In tho modern state
fair tucro uccd be no guesswork or
chance of falling down with nny class
of exhibits.
The problem of the modern state fair
will be not to llnd exhibits to 1111 space,
but to choose between an overstipply
of the very best.
HVl.WVKS IS HEVWIIUCITV
At the cabinet meeting Tuesday, Presi
dent Koosovolt Is said to have plainly
Indicated by his remarks that he be
lieves strongly In the trade reciprocity
principle, Hu had before Indicated this
In the public statement that he should
adhere Io the policies of his predecessor.
What he said In the cabinet meeting,
however, makes asstirauce doubly sure
and will serve to remove any doubt
thnt may have existed as to the Inten
tion of the administration to urge upon
congress the acceptance of this prin
ciple, which the senate of the last con
gress virtually rejected.
There Is uncertainty as to whether
thu efforts of the administration In this
direction will succeed, lu splto of the
strong reasons presented In behnlf of
reciprocity by the late president In his
historic Uuffnlo address. There Is no
doubt that the policy will not be Ig
nored by the senate tit the coining ses
sion. It will have advocates lu that
body who were unwilling to consider
it at the last session. Hut the Indica
tions are that It will encounter a strong
opposition. According to Washington
advices the president and cabinet have
heard from many quarters of tho strug
gle that Is to be forced upon them In
carrying out this part of .Mr. MeKlnley's
policy. Senators from many states, It
Is said, have been to the president, uskt
lug him to do nothing about the pending
treaties. Some of them, It Is alleged,
have gone so far as to say that he
should have no policy they do not want
him to adopt.
"Whether or not such reports be true,
the country can depend upon President
Iloosevelt to steadfastly adhere to the
assurances he has given. He has
reached no hasty conclusions lu regard
to the policies to which he Is com
mitted and those who know the char
acter of the president should under
stand that not only will he not abandon
those policies, but will strenuously urge
them. As to reciprocity, there Is no
question thnt hu earnestly believes, as
Mr. MeKlnley believed, that It Is neces
sary to the extension of otir foreign
trade. "Only a broad and enlightened
policy will keep what we have," said
MeKlnley. "No other policy will get
more. Hy sensible trade arrangements
which will not interrupt our home pro
duction wu shall extend the outlets for
our Increasing surplus. We must not
ruposu in fancied security that we can
forever sell everything and buy little or
nothing. Reciprocity Is the natural out
growth of our wonderful Industrial de
velopment under the domestic policy
now llrmly established. The period of
excluslveness Is past. The expansion of
our trade ami commerce Is the pressing
problem. Commercial wars are tin
prolltablo. A policy of good will and
friendly trade relations will prevent re
prisals. Reciprocity treaties are lu
harmony with the spirit of the times;
measures of retaliation are not."
In giving expression to these views
Mr. MeKlnley had In mind the welfare
of thu whole country. Hu knew that
certain Interests were hostile to reci
procity, but ho contemplated the gen
eral good. Hu spoke for a policy which
he believed would bring tho greatest
good to the greatest number. This Is
also thu position of his successor nnd
it Is consistently republican.
IUH THE AMKHICA'S CUP,
The great International sporting event
of tho year, the races for the America's
cup, will begin today, when tho llrst
race between thu yachts Columbia and
Shamrock II will bu sailed, thu second
race following on .Saturday, tho third
on Tuesday of next week and thu fourth
aud tlfth, If necessary, on tho succeed
ing Thursday and Saturday. That Is
according to tho schedule, but weather
or other conditions may render a change
necessary. If onu of tho yachts should
win three races straight the other con
tests will be unnecessary.
Tho Interest In thu event In eastern
yachting circles Is strong ' and It Is
thought that the English yacht will
prove to be a llttlo superior to any of
her predecessors. Her trial trips since
she enmu Into American waters have
given her owner and captain great con
fidence nnd set the experts to guessing.
There appears to be no lack of conll
deuce, however, In the Columbia, If the
betting Is a criterion, for both hero and
In England Americans are gjvlng odds
on the cup defender. Twenty-four races
have been sailed In tho last fifty years
for the America's cup, Including the
Initial race, aud of these the American
yacht has won all save one. It Is quite
possible that this time the cup will be
taken back to England.
The Loudon Times compliments Jn
pan upon having tho best understand
ing of tho Chinese situation and tak
ing the most rational course to settle
tho eastern dlfllcultles. If the Eu
ropean powers could only put aside
their plaus for Kcltlsh aggrandizement
long enough to net on the suggestions
of Japan nnd of tho United States the
eastern question could bu speedily and
permanently settled. So long as the
settlement Is only a part of tho Jockey
Ing for position lu tho race for future
territorial grabs not much can be ex
pected. Not n candidate who Is trying to tide
Into nomination on thu republican
county ticket by declaiming against
tho city administration would, If nom
inated, lose twenty-four hours without
waiting oil Muyor Moores In person or
by proxy with au appeal for his actlvo
support Tho antl-adinlnlstratlon cry
may look seductive lu a primary
tight, but If It really worked It would
be called lu quick nfter the convention.
Those disposed to criticize tho man
agement of tho American army for
the large percentage of deaths from
disease compared with those actually
killed lu action will llnd food for re
flection lu tho statistics of the German
casualties la Chlua. Sixteen men were
kilted lu action, while IS I died from
dlsense. The Herman army is admit
tedly one of the best equipped and or
ganized forces In the world nnd the
Gorman Is generally considered as
healthy a specimen of humanity tis Is
to be found anywhere. The proportion
has never been so greatly at variance
lu the American army, even In the
tropics. After all has been said the
American soldier Is the best cared Tor
of any soldier lu tho world.
The latest is a projected trust In pro
fessional athletics. Itasu ball and horse
racing nre the only sports which have
long retained favor after falling Into
the hands of professionals. Even these
favorites cannot survive If the element
of honest endeavor Is eliminated, as
would certainly be the case In event of
syndicate control. Men of money might
succeed In gaining control of all profes
sional sport, but they cannot force peo
ple to patronize It.
The attitude of Czolgosz before and
during his trial Is the most peculiar
noted In the criminal annals of the
country. Nothing he has said or done
at nny time gives the least clue to his
motives or provides an anower to the
question whether ho Is mentally re
sponsible. If he persists In his present
course to the time of execution students
of criminology will have a subject to
keep them busy for a loug time.
Columbus, O., Is plauulug to erect au
Industrial Institute on the grounds of
the State university as a memorial to
President MeKlnley. No more appro
priate memorial could be erected. All
through his career thu president was
noted as thu champion pre-eminent of
thu Industries of this country and to
his wisu statesmanship they owe much
of their present prosperity.
The It en I l.oarrn.
New York World.
In estimating tho cost of the great steel
strike the loss to the men Is placed at $10,
000,000; that to the corporation at 115,000,
000. It Is added that the latter will In
large part bo made up, but the wages aro
lost forever.
An Otlicra Sot- V:
lloHton Globa,
Now supposing Admiral Schley bIiouM
publicly crltlclso the courso pursued by
Commander Schrocder as governor and
practical dictator In "our lslo" of Guam,
how would the successor to Dick Lcary In
authority in that far-away possession enjoy
tho situation?
Mm. MeKlnley')' lli-nltli.
Philadelphia Record.
'he nation will find unfeigned satisfac
tion In the reports from Canton of Mrs,
MeKlnley's Improved health, Now that she
has lost her husband, who gavo up his life
In his country's service, her widowhood ap
peals to tho whole body of her countrymen.
They will not ceaso to take tho most affec
tlonato Interest In her welfare.
IIimikIi "ii tlif Filipino.
Indianapolis News.
Congressman Watson's suggestion that nn
Island in tho Philippines be set apart for
tho anarchists, where they might, uninter
rupted, work out tholr own scheme of o
clology, Is worthy iuf careful consideration.
Death may not detor nnarchlsts from their
work, but tho fear- of deportation to such a
place might. They would realize then that
they would havo to toko tholr own medlclno.
' A Short-!. lveil Foil.
New York Tribune.
Not long ago eomo of tho breeders of llcl
glan hares wcro seeking to convince a host
of Doubting Thomases among tho general
public that theso rapidly multiplying crea
tureH might supply future generations with
food so savory and nutritious that tho rais
ing of cattlo for tho millions of flesh eaters
would become of minor Importance. Never
theless the old standard meats Btlll hold
their own In tho markets and the kitchens
of tho world, while tho Dclglan haro may
disappear along with tho kangaroo beforo
this century Is half over.
Admirable Olijcol I.riiM.iin,
Kansas City Star.
Tho treatment of Czolgosz by tho Iluf
falo authorities deserves the h'gucst
praise. It Is In marked contrast to tho
conduct of the Gultenu case. Tho assassin
of Garlleld was pormlttcd to gratify his
passion for notoriety by giving out Inter
vlows and soiling trinkets. In tho court
room ho wsb allowed to Interrupt proceed
ings by long nnd violent outbursts. Czol
gosz has had no opportunity to proclaim
himself a martyr. HIh trial has been dig
nified and without undue delay. Tho of
ficials at Huffalo havo given tho world
an admirable object lesson.
I'rexlilent from Ohio.
llaltlmoro American.
Ohio has furnished four presidents Wil
liam Henry Harrison, Rutherford D. Hayes
James A. Garfield and William MeKlnley
and all died In olflco except Mr. Hayes. Mr.
Harrlsoa served but ono month of his term,
Mr. Garlleld nix months, Mr, Hayes four
years and Mr. MeKlnley four years and six
months, This Is a noteworthy record, In
contrast with the terms of all tho other
presidents, and a particularly nail one In
vlow of tho fact that two Ohio presidents
havo been assassinated and that Mr. Har
rison hardly had entered tho Whlto Houao
before his term was closed by death. Of
the first eight presidents this country hos
had betweon tho years 1789 and 1841, not
ono died in office In a porlod of fifty-two
years. Their terms of office averaged six
and a half years. Slnco 1811 sixty years
wo havo had aoventccn presidents, with an
average term of office of only three and a
half years.
Ho Wt- l-NirKPtf
Chlcneo Tribune.
In time of national und also of personal
bereavement ono Is sometimes Impressed by
the Ironies of life. Tho world apparently
goes on as usual, tho sun shines, llttlo chil
dren play nnd people seem to be going about
their duties In tho old way. Tho gap ap
pears to be filled and one exclaims with
some bitterness, "How poon wo nre forgot
ten!" Hut do wo forgot? One may not ro
momber n dead president's ago and fall to
recall the, exact number of tho doys of his
last Miners, bat the things for which he
stood, tho high qualities that no assas
sin's bullet could evor reach, one never for
gets. v And It ti woll that the sun continues to
shine and that pcoplo go about their cus
tomary tntks. In his famous poom, "A
Wish," Matthew Arnold expressed a deslro
that when his time came he might be raovedi
to the window, nnd, forgetting the "tur
moil for a llttlo breath," ho permitted to
"gazo upon the wldo aerial landscape:"
The world which wns ero I was born,
Tho world which laBts when 1 am deud,
The world lasts, and to do the men who
made the world better by their presence,
and If people go about their work much as
uiual It li with the new stlmuluj of a grent
txtmplt.
The McKinley Epoch
Philadelphia
The McKlnley-Roosevelt administration
will havo n significant place In the annals
of our country, aside from the tragic cir
cumstances attending tho transfer of power
from the deceased president to his succes
sor. It Is an epoch marking the beginning
of the fourth era lu tho development of the
Putted States under the constitution. The
beginning of each era In our history has
been signalized by tho presence In the ex
ecutive chair of one of tho great presidents,
and by serious disturbance of tho usually
peaceful course of Amerlcon events.
The first era, comprising tho terms of
Washington and the cider Adams, extended
from the close of the coloulnl period until
1S01. During that time the constitution
was put In force and Its first eleven amend
ments adopted. It was a time of construc
tion, of government building, and power,
both political and social, continued, ns It
had been In colonial days, In the hands of
a favored class. It was n brief survival of
a scml-arlstocratlc system under the forms
of n republic.
The second era opened wlthth Inaugu
ration of Thomas Jefferson. Irs dawn was
overcast by war-threatening clouds. Tho
country was upon tho verge of a conflict
with Prance, ntid a few years later was ac
tually omlyollcd In tho second war with
Great Drltnln. The leveling spirit of dem
ocracy, of which Jefferson was the Imper
sonation, permeated tho entire structure of
the nntion, nnd tho purchaso of tho terri
tory of Ixnifslanri bo'camo tho first novo
mcnt In tho great sectional struggle the
Irreprrsslblo conflict between freedom nnd
slavery which arrayed tho north against
tho south, nnd which was the leading char
acteristic of this era. Next to this It was
most distinctively marked by tho develop
ment of what Is now called tho middle
HITS Of MKIl IX COTIIAM.
LlleliliiKN of .Mm nnil llvpnl In
(renlrr Mctv Ynrll.
Ono of tho big npartmcnt hotels tinder
construction on Tlfth avenue, near Fifty
sixth street. Is owned by John Jacob Astor
and will cost nbout $1,200,000. It will com
priso nineteen stories, sixteen of them
above tho street, and will be ready for
business September 1, l'JOI. What will
distinguish this structure from Bcorcs of
apartment hotels Is tho provision for serv
ing meals piping hot in the rooms of
patrons by means of two electric elovn
tors, whose sole use will be as carriers to
and from the kitchen and the various apart
ments. Servlco hy dumbwaiters being
deemed lnadequato these movable pantries,
fitted up with electric heating tables, which
ean traverse tho entlro height of tho build
ing In about a mlnuto nnd a half, will bo
Installed. In .this way rapid service of hot
food will bo Insured.
Tho apartments are to be arranged In
suites of two, three, four, nlno and eighteen
rooms, tho last exceeding In area tho ex
tent of actual room afforded In a flve-storv
Amerlcnn basement dwelling. Connected
with all tho largo apartments and with
most of tho smaller ones ns well, will bo
servants' rooms, Including bathrooms and
Bitting rooms, all well lighted and on the
outsldo of the building.
Tho modorn apartment house ns developed
In New York has also dovolopcd a largo and
steadily growing class of patrons who
want tho best of everything nnd do not
haggle nbout tho price. Among tho apart
ments which will bo ready for occupancy
within n few months thero nro many which
will range in prlco from $3,000 to $6,500 a
year. Many of theso nro alrcndy rented and
tho owners havo no doubt that all will bu
occupied soon after tho houses nro com
pleted. In all of theso houses the heating,
ventilating, lighting nnd cooling plants nro
of tho most modern style, they havo studios
and root gnrdens on the top, and automobllo
storage and charging plants In tho base
ments. Thero nro apartments with largo
conservatories, and In some houses thero
nro great rooms In which tenants may en
tertain guests nt n ball or reception for
which tholr own rooms would ho too small.
Tho bnthroomB aro roomy, nnd tho tiles
which cover wnlls and floors aro covered
with plate glass. Tho floors nro all Inlaid
and the woodwork In tho various rooms Is
mahogany, oak, whlto enamel nnd blrd's-oyc ,
maple. The halls are wainscoted, and many
of tho dining rooms nro finished with coll
ing beams nnd high wainscoting, In Dutch
stylo. Every apartment has telephones to
tho ofllco and for long distance Bervlco,
thero aro fireproof safes In tho main bed
room of each suite and glass lined refrig
erators, supplied with cold air from tho lee
plant, mnko It unnecessary to keep Ico In
tho place. Thero arc restaurants for tho
use of tenants who do not "keep house,"
and gorgeously appointed dining rooms In
tho houses where thero is a hotel nnnex.
In ono of tho new houses In upper Ilroad
way such a dining room will bo on tho
tenth floor. It will bo a grpnt garden, com
manding a flno vlow of upper Now York.
Rachclor apartments arc a natural rc
queuco In tho llfo of a city where thero
aro many clubs nnd club men. In Now
York thousands of men practically llvo In
their clubs In tho winter season. That Is,
they dlno there, pass their evenings thero
or drop In nfter tho theater or the soclnl
rail. Rut whllo a man may bo content to
"practically llvo in a club," ho wants a
home of his own, a placo away from tho
club, which would pall upon him In a month
did ho dine, live nnd sleep there, builders,
quick to noto this phase of bachelor habit
aro, with their accustomed business foro
sight, supplying a needed want. This Is a
bachelor hotel. In the club house district,
hotween Thirty-fourth and Klfty-nlnth
streets, there are today fully a score of
bachelor hotels, going up or about to bo
started. Whllo many of these hotels aro
exclusively for bachelors, some aro de
signed for married couples, who, of course,
dlno In tho hotel restaurant, or. If thoy
like, thoy ean dlno out. There Is no kitchen
housekeeping In theso hotels. I.lkc th
bachelors, these married couples glvo much
of their tlmo to club life, the husband hav
ing his favorite club, the wife having her
whist or euchre team.
Inho8ptnllty of Now York hotel proprie
tors In their treatment of traveling women
Is well known, says a New York letter, but
tho fact cannot too often bo dwelt upon that
New York Is nn actually dnngerous place
for unattended travollng women to reach
after nightfall. This was proved again
for tho thousandth tlmo In tho case of a
couplo of cultured and In every way high
class women, mother nnd daughter, who got
to New York one midnight last week. They
were the wife nnd daughter of a woll known
and wealthy western banker, nnd they had
been visiting the Pan-American exposition.
They were duo to arrive In New York from
Buffalo at 0 o'clock at night, but tholr train
was delayed by a wreck, so that tho train
didn't pull Into tho Grand Central station
until shortly nftor midnight. Thoy took
a cnrrlngc and were driven to n well known
Broadway hostelry. The night clerk frig
idly Informed them that thero wasn't a
vacant room In tho houso and treated them
lu a pretty cavalier manner In general,
They wero driven to another hotel, whoro
thoy wero still more haughtily told that
they couldn't be accommodated. Thev
were so weary that, not knowing why they
were refused shelter, nnd believing tho
clerk's story that all tho rooms wero filled,
they offered to take a tervant's room for
the night, hut they wore told by the clerk,
la io manv word, th&t they weren't
Record (dem )
west the states between the Alleghany
mountains nnd tho Mississippi.
The third era began In tho throes of the
great civil war, with the advent to power
of another epoch-making president, Abra
ham Lincoln. It continued almost forty
yeara and wns characterized by tho decline
of sectionalism, by tho settlement of the
country beyond tho Mississippi and by au
unparalleled development of nil forms of In
dustrial activity. During this period the
United States becarao tho richest of nations
With ono exception nil the occupants of tho
presidential office from tho I.tncoln-Johnson
term forward had been officers of tho fed
eral army during tho civil wnr, and In nil
departments of national activity tho leaders
wero those whose youth had felt thu Impress
of that .stupendous struggle. Indeed, tho
great irajorlty of those who held Important
commands In both the army nnd the navy
during our contest with Spain had served
their apprenticeship In warfare during the
years from ISCi to ISO,".
Tho fourth era opened with tho battles
on behnlf of Cuba, and with President
Roosevelt n new generation has come for
ward to command tho destinies of our conn
try. William MeKlnley, who was only n boy
when ho won his shouldcrstraps In tho bat
tic of Antlctani, Is probably the last aur
vlvor of that tlmo to fill tho placo of chief
magistrate. Tho nation has entered upon n
new stage of Its career. Whether for weal
or woe, tho tlmo of our Isolation Is past and
our government has become a factor In In
ternational politics. We havo started upon
a new ero, with now duties nnd now re
sponsibilities, and their burden must fall
upon tho men of that younger generation
of whose temper and spirit Theodore Roose
velt Is so strikingly representative.
wanted. Tho mother, a vory young-looking
woman, becomo somewhat rolled at this
and told tho clerk of their predicament.
When she mentioned the word "daughter"
tho clerk laughed In her face. However
flattering to Jicr looks, his refusal to be
llevo that tho mother was old enough to
havo a grown daughter might have been,
her mortification found vent In tears and
tho two shelterless women were driven
to another hotel tho most famous hotel In
this or any other country, by tho way.
Hero they woro turned down again with
tho clerk's Bncered nssurance that tho
rooms of tho hostelry wero all taken.
In dcspolr, and in actual fear of their
safety, for It was now verging upon 2
o'clock la the morning, the two women, at
tho suggestion of the driver of tho car
riage, wero conveyed to tho tenderloin
pollco station. They weren't nny too courte
ously received there, cither, but they wero
given shelter In the matron's room for tho
night. Tho mother and daughter, of course,
wero far from tho flashy-looking sort and
their respectability was sufficiently obvious
to havo been npparont to nnybody but the
night clerk of a New York hotel.
There nro many moro cases of this char
acter than, ever find their way Into type.
It Is a simple, unvarnished fact that nn un
attended Journeying woman unless she bo
known can find refuge In n single New
York hotel of respectability after night
fall. PKIISOXAI, NOTKS.
Richard Roll, who represents 500,000 rail
road men In tho British Parliament, Is the
first railway guard to enter tho House. Ho
won great favor during tho Into strlkn on
tho Northeastern nnd the Tnff Vale rollway.
Seats on tho New York Stock exchange
nro not bagatelles, by any means. U W.
Prior, member of a Cleveland firm, Is re
ported to havo paid $65,000 for a seat last
week. Tho last preceding salo was for
$62,000.
President Roosevelt ns a speaker varies
n good deal In tho matter of delivery.
Sometimes he speaks very rapidly and this
especially when deeply moved. But gen
erally ho speaks very slowly, choosing his
words with great care.
Lord Roberts has a strango antipathy to
cat. Ho cannot bear them about him, nnd
It Is said that onco whllo dining out ho de
clared thero wns a cat In tho room nnd
noarly fainted. A search revealed tho fact
that a strange cat had, Indeed, got Into tho
place and wns under the tnblc.
The will of the Into Charles H. Haydcn
of Boston leaves $100,000 for a free bed In
tho Massachusetts General hospital, the
same amount for a collection of pictures for
tho Boston MuBoum of Art and $60,000 to
tho Boston Children's hospital nnd tho
MttHBachuscttB Kyc and Knr Infirmary.
Knch annual encampment of tho Grand
Army of tho Republic brings to tho front
someone who claims to bo tho youngest
member. The recent gathering In Cleveland
was no exception, J. P. Lyon of St. Paul de
manding recognition as a drummor hoy In
Company O, Eighty-first Ohio Infantry, Oc
tober 12, 1861, flvo days beforo his 11th
birthday annlversnry.
Ono of tho oldcat British Journalists In
actlvo servlco Is John Hnlllngshoad, who
recently eelebrnted his 75th birthday anni
versary. Mr. Holllngshead worked for
Dickens and Thnckoroy when they re
spectively controlled Household WonU nnd
tho Comhtll Mngazlne. He published a
book of reminiscences whllo managing tho
London Gaiety theater, which he founded.
Ho wrote so much of It each day nnd sent
It to tho printer, keeping up thnt Jour
nalistic system until tho work wns completed.
Fall Overcoats
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We are making an advance
showing of them,
It won't be long now before
you'll need one, and we'd like to
have you slip in to one of these
They don't cost much,
$8.50, $10, $12.50, $15, $18, $20, $25.
"No Clothing Fits Like Ours.'
Browning, King & Co.
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. S.-Wilcox, Manager.
KIIAIMCATINU ANAltCIIY.
AitnkenltiK l-'nrer cc-iry to
Jitnnil. Otit thr 1111.
Chlcnco News.
Surh a plan ns that now proposed by the
Marquctto club of this city, which Invites
patriotic societies and organizations
throughout tho United States to Join It la
tho work of combating anarchy, will not
Inck for public support. In tho storm of
sorrow and Indignation following the death
of President McKinley the predominant
sentiment, next to that of grief for the dead
magistrate, has been a firm determination
that the creed of lawlessness nnd nssasslna
tlon shall bo stamped out. It has been
properly felt that anarchy, which Is
Illogical aud pernicious everywhere, Is
especially reasonless In n free democracy.
Tho organizations which undertako tho
task of eliminating anarchy may count upon
a practically unite! sentiment both among
tho people and In congress. The task of
devising legislation which will be practl
cnlly effective, however, Is one of no small
difficulty. Tho Impulso will bo to use very
vigorous and severe imuhods of repression
and tho leaders In tho movement must ap
proclato at the very bt-glnnlug that tho
need of the hour Is not merely for severity,
hut for practically effective measures. It
should not bo overlooked that thero will
ho danger In ennetlng legislation which is
not carefully considered. The result of an
Infringement upou tho cherished principles
of tho constitutional bill of rights would bo
nR likely to promoto anarchy as to repress
It. The nnarchlsts would seize upon It as
giving color to their maudlin babble about
lack of liberty. If .tho law should Inci
dentally be so framed ns to admit of Its ap
plication to other political doctrlnarlca than
anarchists tho reaction which would follow
would Itself bo a sourco of danger.
Probably tho ultimata remedies for an
archy lie In tho spread of religious teach
ing nnd In education tho two great on
lightening factors of civilization. But theso
remedies aro slow In operation nnd It 4s
right and proper that society meantime
should take steps to protect Itself from
tho avowed teachers of lawlessness nnd the
destruction of govornment. Let tho ob
ject, however, be to secure really oftectlva
preventive measures and not merely to ex
press the people's Just anger. Tho end to
be gained Is n practli-nl ono and In select
ing the practical means to nttaln It con
gress nnd tho various state legislatures
will have ncod for tho services of their
best Jurists, who must oxcrclso Judgment
and penetration In estimating tho actual
effect of legislation proposed.
LIGHT AND IiniGHT.
rittsburg Chronicle: "Rev. Mr. Bryrn
stone's sermon wns to nice, said ini
widow's friend. .,.i,..
"Nice?" exclaimed tho widow. Win, ho
spoke, of poor John ns having 'Joined tho
grent majority,' and ho hns always de
clared that only tho 'clionon lew aro
saved.' "
Tho Smait Set: "Is your now rector nn
ngrcenble man?" ,
"Indeed 110 is rrni nice; pmjn nm "
squash, owns a naphtha, launch and nil
tommy, nnd besides, he Isn t n hit relig
ious."
Detroit i- ree rrcnn; ih-h :r
real, out-nnd-out mental rest I go south.
"Why?"
"Well, up north you hnve to keep your
mind on "Judges, doctors, professors, onp
tulns, mnyorr. majors nnd the like; but
down south it Is sufo to call every man
Colonel.' "
Philadelphia Tress: Mr. Puffem-I se
where n western preacher declares that
thero will bo no men In henven.
Mrs. Puffem Of course not. All the men
will want to poko off to tho smoking room.
Puck: First Citlzon-nut if Europe should
comblno against us In n trnde war?
Second Cltlucn All right. If they w-nt a
trado war we'll sell them all the ammu
nition they need.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Mr. I'.ltewalte,
lmvo you any ohlortlon to my Joining a
military company?" - - - v.
"I dunuo ns I hnvc. But I'll tell you ono
thing, I'm afraid you'll be as poor a sol
dier ns ou nro u grocery clerk."
"In what way, sir?"
"No earthly good at taking orders."
THK HAY IS noXK.
. i - . ,...,... f .en., n
Henry W. Longfellow. t
Thn day Is done, and the darkness
Falls from tho wings of night,
As rt feather Ih wnftod downward
From nn eagle In his flight.
I sco the lights of tho village
Gleam through tho rain and the mist,
A'ul a feeling of sadness comes o'er me
Thnt my soul cannot resist:
i
A feeling of sndncKS nnd longing
Thnt Is not nkln to pnln.
And resembles Borrow only,
As the mist resembles thn rain.
Come, rend to me some poem,
Some slmpln and heartfelt lay.
That shall soothe this restless - feeling,
And banish the. thoughts of day.
Not from tho grand old masters,
Not from the bards sublime,
Whose distant footsteps echo ,
Through the. corridors of time.
Fur, like strains of mnrtlal music,
Their mighty - thoughts suggest
Llfo's cndleim toll nnd endeavor;
And tonight I long for rest.
Read from some humbler poet,
Whoso songs gushed from hla heart.
As Hhowers from tho clouds of summer.
Or tears from tho eyelids start;
Who, through lone days of labor,
And nights devoid of ense,
Still heard In his soul the music
Of wonderful melodies,
Such songs have power to quiet'
Tho restlefiH pulse of care,
And come like tho benediction
That follows nfter prayer.
Then read from tho treasured volume
Tho poem of thy choice,
And lend to tho rhyme of the poet
Tho beauty of thy voice.
And tho night shall bo filled with music,
a.'H1.'1 ."K ?,nrf" thRt l,,f,at th day, '
Shall fold their tents, like tho Arabs,
And as silently steal a,way.
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