THE OMAHA DALLY BEE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1901.
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Tho suooossful llylni: iiiiiohluo Is Hiiro
to be h twentieth century prodtictlnti.
That tli'inily kiiiiio wtmlrii who was
fined for vlolatliij; the pinio law oujjht
to bo Kootl punt! for liovernor Savage.
, Nebraska woman sulniifdsts will moot
Jn state eon volition tills week -Just to
romlntl 11H Unit the cult lias not entirely
'riled out.
The- nooil Ak-Sur-Hon Is now essaying
tlie cllstrossliu; role of a nionareli with
out a homo. Ills royal' holiness should
advertise for some one to adopt him.
Nobrnskn contributes one of tho moni
tors or the Woman's Hoard of Managers
for tho St. Louis exposition. Nebraska
Svomon are equal to ovory emergency.
Ynlo university Is about to oolobrato
its liUOIh anniversary. Its jealousy of
Harvard, however, will prevent any
reforoneo to the culminating event as
8 red-letter day.
Stanley found Mviigstono by setting
put with an Indomitable determination
to do so. A second Stanley can achieve
U reputation by Uniting the captive nils
Hlouary, Miss Stone.
If thou liaVlng'contraetors will only
Jtako full tidvantage of the remainder of
the open season, Omaha may yet count
tip a few miles of new street Improve
toents In Its Inventory for 1001.
Senator llanua says Ohio ought to go
republican at the eomlng election by
100,000. Ohio ought to take tho sotintor
at his word and give hint ti surprise
party by overshooting his tigures.
Conundrum: What Is tho difference
between a railway company and 11 rail
road company? The only possessors of
the correct answer ore the olllccrs of
the new Burlington Incorporation.
Nebraska cut ipilte 11 figure In the re
cent Kplscopal convention, -determining
by Jts vote tho action of that body at
novcral Iniportnnt turns. The conven
tion ought to reciprocate by locating
future meeting at Omaha.
It Is not ti question whether the Com
mercial club runs n restaurant or does
not run ti restaurant. The only ques
tion Is that of getting the club In posi
tion to do something for the promotion
of tho commercial interests of Omaha.
We are waiting patiently for Ihu new
Nebraska library .commission to open
up for active business. It Is a subject
for wonder that tho appropriation made
by the legislature for tho use of the
commission should remain so long un
touched. The uow KM-MR puzzle, more com
monly known as "Which district Is to
elect a county connnlsloiier this yearV"
.waits on the supreme court for n solu
tion. The attorneys In tho case have
tried to mnl'ju out (hat. It can be solved
Jn four different ways and tho court
will have to .tell tho right way.
The proposed now bonds to provide
for the Carnegie library at South Omaha
ro to draw per cent Interest. There
Is no good reason why the Interest ratu
should bo so high In these days for
any city with substantial credit. Omaha
lias not paid li per cent In years. As
the bonds will eventually have to be
redeemed by the consolidated cities of
Omaha anil South Omaha, the taxpayers
fchould see to It that they are not tloated
ubovo the market rates,
The I nipressloii-fiTgWeTri iy the tele
Brnphle reports that Mr. Hryau is lend
ing his lntluonce to promote tho sena
torial ambitions oex-liovernor William
3, Stone of Missouri as against that
prolltle word -col iter, Congressman Champ
Clark. Of oourso- this Impression may
bo erroneous, but If Mr. Hryan has to
choose between these two ardent fol
lowers, he will certainly bo accused of
Ingratitude by the one or the other.
And to keep his balance between them
Iwth will require home artful and dip
lomatic, Btwirlus
KOT VEllY DIFFERENT.
H was different when Topullst State
Treasurer Meservo looked after our state's
finance and ovcry cent of state money
was always accounted for and every cent
of Idle money was drawing Interest for
the benefit of Nebraska taxpayers. Holt
County Independent.
It was different when I'opullst State
Treasurer MoMjrvo looked after our
state's tlnanco, ,lnit tin chief difference
was that he had 'more Idle school money
secretly planted 'In favored banks than
his republican successor. Not only Is
the assertion untrue that under Me
serve every cent of slate money was
accounted for nnd every cent of Idle
money drawing 'interest for the benefit
of Nebraska tnxpayetF, but Treasurer
Meserve persistently refused to tell
where any of the money was. nnd was
dellantly deaf to every demand made
upon hint for na exhibit of the where
abouts of tho Vt'lK'ol money. Not n
cent of Interest wns turned In by Me
serve on the uninvested trust fund bal
ances. It was different when Populist State
Treasurer MeserVe looketl after our
state's llnanccs also in this, that every
one of the big and little popguns that
are now so solicitous about tlio location
of all the funds kept discreetly silent
nnd even In many Instances went so
far as to defend the populist statu1 treas
urer for Ignoring the repeated demands
to toll where It was. No populist or
democratic convenUon ever formulnted
u request for a treasury exhibit.
The fact that It was no different under
Meservo does not, In the opinion of The
Hoc, afford nny yiilld excuse for re
publicans to continue the bad practices
of the populists, but the silence of the
popoernts on these abuses through four
years of their own' control of the slate;
treasury should estop them from mak
ing much ado now.
PANAMA. CAXAIj I'lUll'OSAIiS.
The president of the Panama Canal
company, who recently arrived In this
country with the understood purpose of
submitting proposals to the government
for the transfer of the company's canal
property to the Pulted States, is In
Washington and has been In conference
with (he president of the Isthmian ('mini
commission. Hear Admiral Walker. It
Is stated that the Panama company has
submitted a revised statement of the
expenditures and liabilities on the route
and probably also an estimate of the
value of the present work toward car
rying out the American canal plan, In
distinction from its value as a part of
the simpler Kronen scheme. Whoiv an
agreement Is reached 011 property value
It Is said that a definite llnanclal pro
posal to this government will doubtless
bo submitted.
The Washington correspondent of the
New York Kvenlng Post states that in
the opinion of members of congress who
are at tho national capital, the bent
remains stronger toward the Nicara
gua route than toward the Panama
route, nud the latter will have to have
Its claims presented with great clear
ness and force in order to make a fa
vorable Impression in the face of such
odds. The Panama company' Will' have
to offer not only reasonable tonus In
dollars nud cents, but a plan which In
volves tho transfer of an absolutolj
llawless title, guaranteed by tho Kroneh
courts against all claims and other en
cumbrances. It will also he necessary
to ascertain what the Colombian gov
ernment Is willing to do lit the premises.
It is tho complications in which the
Panaina route is Involved that count
most strongly against It and this Is
likely to lead congress to prefer the
Nicaragua route, notwithstanding Its
greater engineering difllctiltles and lis
probably greater cost. If the now
treaty with Croat Britain shall prove
acceptable to the senate it is safe lo
say that congress will waste little time
in deciding upon a canal route and there
being no complications in connection
with the Nicaragua route the chances
will bo very largely In fa'vor of It's se
lection. Sl'AXlSU-AMSMVAX WAIl Cl.A IMS.
By the treaty of peace with Spain
tho United States relinquished all claims
of Its citizens against Spain that may
have arisen durlug the last, Insurrec
tion In Cuba and prior to tho exchange
of ratltleatlons of the treaty. The
treaty also provided for the adjudication
and settlement by this country of the
clalniH of Its citizens against Spain re
sulting from tho Cuban Insurrection. In
accordance with this congress at Its last
session created the Spanish Claims com
mission, consisting of live members,
with authority to receive, examine aud
adjudicate claims against Spain. The
act creating tho commission provided
that It should last two years, though
thereafter Its life may bp revived for
periods, of six months, unless stopped
by congress.
There was good reason to believe,
when this commission was authorized,
that It would bo abln ,t,q .dispose of all
legitimate claims within two years, but
the present Indications arc that it will
have to be continued. lmlertni,tolj;. When
this leglslaUon wns,, imsscI tin claims
sent to congress by the S,tntc, depart
ment amounted to only about-$14,000,-000,
some of which were pronounced
Invalid. Since then tho elnluis have In
creased until they now nggregato nearly
fSS.OOO.OOO and doubtless there are more
to come. ThorO'lR not 'a qi1otlbn that
many of these claims, perhaps most
of them, are worthless, but tho com
mission must ituke proper Investigation
as to nil of thorn, consuming, time for worat of It Is that the role is played without
which tlio public Is paying about i?ri0.O0O gi,amo and with the barest pretext of serv
a year. Anil this may go on for many ingany legitimate ends, It was tho Omaha
years. As the' Philadelphia Hecord re
marks, "there Is 110 statute of limita
tions to protect future generations from
wholesale schomes of spoliation under
tho gulso of war claims. Instead of
putting an end to them, onco and for
good anil all, congress pallors and
dickers with the speculative gentry who
buy up those claims and thus a pro
cession of decayed and corrupt congres
sional lobbyists Is created from genera
tion to generation," The Spanish war
claims promise to greatly prolong tho
disagreeable experience of tho last quar
ter of a century 'In this matter and to
swell tho procession bf corrupt eongtvs-
Jlouul lobbyists, with the probability, ofjjartley U doubtless shortslgbted enough, toj
course, that the government will pay
millions of dollars for tin worthy claims,
as It lias done In the past.
Tho matter Is one which should not
escape the attention of the I'lfty-sev-enth
congress. The heavy Increase In
the amount of claims sluee the com
mission was created more than four
times the aggregate sent to congress by
the State department before the pasxago
of the act creatltig the commission
suggests deliberate efforts to defraud
the government and therefore demands
consideration from the representatives
of the people. By the terms of the
treaty many of these claims would seem
to be excluded from consideration by
the commission, because of their pres
entation after the ratifications of the
treaty were e.changod, and this Is a
point which congress should determine.
It n to be desired Unit the government
shall pay every Just claim that Is pre
sented. It should be perfectly fair and
honest In this matter. But care should
be taken to protect the national trea.-
ury against unworthy or fraudulent
claims.
TUt: (HlOWTll THAT CUCXTS
While the building season now ap
proaching an end has brought Omaha
only a few large structures of notable
pretensions, It has added hundreds of
new dwellings and small building Im
provements, which constitute the growth
that counts. livery large modern city
must have commodious public buildings,
large business blocks, handsome
churches, siibstautlal schools and at
tractive residences, but. It must also hold
out to the wage workers and to the
people in moderate circumstances the
opportunity lo be comfortably housed,
with a fair share of the present-day con-
venlences
As a city of homos Omaha will com
pare well with other and oven larger
western cities that compete with it for
population growth. Not only Is the do
niaiid for dwellings of moderate preten
sions steady, but the constantly Increas
ing supply no more than keeps pace
with this demand. The vast area over
which the city Is spread alone prevents
vlsltots from receiving a true Impres
sion of the substantial character of this
irrowlli. If Omaha were more com
pactly built tho outward evidence of tho
fruits of the building season would be
much more striking.
It Is certainly gratifying to know that
the people who live in Omaha are. stead
ily Improving the character of their
homes and enjoying the advantages of
bettor construction, more modern con
veniences for light, water and heat aud
generally improved conditions that make
tor comfort aud happiness.
The district court of Lancaster county
has run up against a unique proposition
In a Seventh Day Adveutlst Juror who
refuses to serve on Saturday. Tho con
lllct of science and religion Is not a cir
cumstance to this conflict of religion and
citi.enshlp. It often happens that a Jury
Is compelled to be out over both Satur
day and Sunday, ami If one class could
lay tiff one Sabbath day the others
would be equally privileged to draw the
line on the regularly observed Sabbath.
Will It ever come to It that Sabbath ob
servers will have to be excused alto
gether from Jury duly?
.lllKlit; Clone Cull.
Minneapolis Journal.
Kchrtska rumors atalo that fusion Is not
dciul there. The elovator only dropped
nbout Ihrro stories and most of the poli
ticians have "come to."
The I'oimlnr Verdict.
CSlobe-Uenioerat.
The country is prepared to hear that
tho n.ivnl battle off Santiago was won by
brave men all. That Impression Is so
strong In the public mind that It cannot
bo dli-turbed.
Hut lllo Spirit Itrmnlii.
Ohlcnco News. -Careful
Investigation having demon
ptrnted that Androw Jackson Is unques
tionably dead, quite a number of persons
have begun to advocato tho establishment
of a United States bank.
.Strrniinna Life.
Washington Tost.
An Omaha man who thinks he hns In
vented perpetual motion wants to marry
a woman with 11,000 ready money. Ho
will bo bound to get something perpetual
In case, bo succeeds in finding nor.
Anythlnir tn "D11" .IiinIIcc.
Baltimore American.
A murderer appealing to the United
States supremo court contends that ho can
not bo executed, ns ho Is already legally
dead by somo technicality. This plea has
been mado with great humorous effect In
comic opera, but It Is new as a matter of
Bober earnest.
rnntnliliiK' tho Cnhnii Crooks.
Philadelphia Kecord.
I.eaden-heeled Justice has been unusually
slow In reckoning wtth the perpetrators
of Cuban postal frauds; but the punishment
seems likely tn be exemplary and crushing
In the end. Neely, Rathbone and Rcovos
aro charged with from fifteen to eighteen
offenses, ami Special Fiscal Agent Hovla,
tho prosecuting officer at Havana, has asked
that they bo imprisoned for terms ranging
collectively In each case from twenty
four to twenty-six years. A quarter of
n century In n Cuban prison would bo
a fearful price, Indeed, to pay for what
Is sometimes held In this land of the' free
to be a mcro official Indiscretion,
World-Herald 11a nartlry'n Mouthpiece
Kearney Hub.
It Is an unenviable reputation that tho
World-Herald Is getting as , the per
sonal organ and mouthpiece of Joe
Hartley, treasury wrecker, prince of cm-
ttf.77.lnrA nnd centlnmnn ennvlet unit Him
World-Herald that made tho first strong,
urgent plea for the pardon of Hartley,
There were doubtless reasons, some of
which are suspected, why it should have
done so, It was the World-Herald which
commended In I lie strongest language tho
pitrolo of this same Hartley and wept croco
dllo tears when he was .returned to the
"pen" at the behest of the republican stato
convention. The Jig being up so far as a
present or early prospective hope for the
convict Is concerned the World-Herald Is
helping to work out such llttlo revenges
as may be possible. Little moro will ever
bo heard of tho Goold matter. That fensa
tlon has served Its purpose, nut wherever
there is n pretext, the dirty Insinuation of
a relationship with Rurtley will be charged
against this, that and the other person
think that ho can fight his way otit of
prison in this manner nnd the World
Herald evidently has no choice In the mat
ter of aiding him In whatever manner It
can,
evcr Too I.nte to I. corn.
Hoston Advertiser.
President Kllot's remark that he does
not believe there Is any period of human
llfo between birth and death which should
not bo characterized by n process of drill,
and that nn adult Is Infinitely more capable
of ndvnntagcnus drill than a child, recalls
the late William Morris Hunt's answer
to an Inquiry from ono of his pupils as
to the ago at which a person ought to un
dertake the study of art. "Not under 4 or
C, nor over SO or 90," said he.
I'rrs of the MeKlnley Surgeons.
Cleveland Lender.
We ore loathe to credit the story which
comes from Washington that congrcjis will
be nsked to pny $100,000 to the doctors
who attended President McKlnloy. It seems
Incredible that Iho surgeons should nsk
fcr any such sum, or that anyone should
think It necessary to glvo them so much
money. Any division of $100,000 umong
thesa iru'dlcnl men would glvo them about
S15.000 I'pleco, after taking out of the
appropriation enough for the two or threo
doctors called In at the last moment. It
would be close to $2,000 a day for tho
time they were employed In connection
with the case. Such fees would not be
demanded of nny man, however rich and
Important, If he recovered nnd could make
his own settlement with his doctors. It Is
far more than the surgeons In tho McKln
ley ense receive In tho ordinary course
of their practice. Why should thoy bo
greatly overpaid now? Tho Btory seems
too hard to bollovo. Hotter evidence than
has yet been given must be supplied before
It can bo taken seriously.
iii:i)i.ci:o cost or tiik a it my.
Marked Cut In the IXIinntcs for the
I'Menl Year.
Philadelphia Ledger.
There Is lurthcr confirmation of Sec
retary Hoot's buslnessllko and efficient
administration of the War department
In tho news from Washington that the
estimates for "tho support of the array"
during the fiscal year ending June 30,
11103, oro $10,000,000 lower than tho amount
appropriated for the samo purposes this
fiscal year. Tho saving Is made by tho en
forcement of rigid economies, especially
In tho pay, subsistence nnd quartermas
ter's departments, with tho result that
tho estimates for tho support of tho nrray
call for $03,000,000, against over $110,000,000
now devoted to that uso for the fiscal year
ending Juuo 30, 1902. Tho department Is
exercising economy In other directions;
hut, oven after every unnecessary Item
nnd all waste have been cut out of the
estimates, the sum required will bo huge.
The chief reason for tho increase in army
expenditures Is the Increase In tho size
of the regular army, made necessary by
tho retention nnd control of tho Philippines.
Tho strength of the regular army on April
1, 189S, Just before the Spanish war, was
2,113 ofuccrn and 20,040 enlisted men. By
tho act of February 2, 1901, the maximum
strength of the regular establishment was
fixed at 100,000. Thoro are now over 40,000
troops in the Philippines, nnd, as that
number or more will bo required there
for years, according to competent mili
tary and civil authority, tho army of
the United States on "war account,"
Including the navy, reaches the enormous
sum of $400,000,000 for the present fiscal
year. This' sum' Includes payment on ac
count of former fwars tn tho shape of pen
sions, pension ift'l navy administration.
There Is no 1way'"ln the United States of
having a cheap "army. The soldiers ar.o
better fed, clothcil nnd paid than anywhere
else In tho" world, and tho liberal pension
payments swoll the totals. According to
tho tnblo presented In tho last session
of congress, by Representative McClellan,
tho cost of maintaining a soldier In tho
German army Is but $227 per year, while
tho cost per soldier In tho United States
army, exclusive of cost of fortifications
and expenditures on account of former
wars, is $1,211; a yenr. In Kurope the
governments compel their citizens to serve
In tho army for n wretched pittance, but
the United States government goes Into
tho open market and employs soldiers. Tho
enforcement of care nnd economy Is grati
fying ovldence of Secretary Root's faith
ful nnd very able porformanco of his du
ties; but, with model administration of the
department, the coat of the army will still
remain heavy.
TIIK COAI, SUPPLY.
A Meaanre of Connotation for Con-
nmt-rx nf Blaek ninntonda.
Philadelphia Record.
Thoso who dread a continuous rise in
the price of nnthrnclto coal may console
tbemsolvcs in some degree with tho con
sideration that tho price cannot rise above
tho purchasing power of tho masses of con
sumers. When prices so beyond a certain
level, whether by trust manipulation or by
actual Ecarclly of the supply, shipments to
distant parts of the United States as well
as abroad become checked, and there is a
reaction In tho market. Besides, when tho
price of anthracite threatens to become
exorbitant bituminous coal, which serves
as a substitute for many needs, comes In to
redress the balance In favor of the consum
ing public.
Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey
consume not less than 65 per cent of the
total anthracite production. Rich as Is the
country tn fields of bituminous coal, tha
anthracite is confined to a comparatively
small region of this state. Tho mining
operations become moro costly the dcoper
the miner must sink his shaft In the bowels
of tho earth, and the geological bureau at
Washington has made an Interesting calcu
lation as to tho time when the anthracite
product may bo finally used up. No definite
conclusion Iibb been reached, and tho esti
mates of oxperts materially differ, but the
genoral conclusion Is that futuro genera
tions will have to contont themselves with
bituminous coal, 'petroleum and natural gas
oh substitutes for tlie glistening black dia
monds of Pennsylvania.
Tho anthraclto fields havo been exploited
since 1820 and many mines that were
formerly very productive have been worked
out and abandoned. In the first decades,
when the supply was cheap and abundant,
the methods of production were oxtrcmely
wasteful; but now gigantic heaps of culm
are carefully sifted to obtain tho lump of
coal that nrn In them. Hut as anthracite
becomes scarcer and dearer, science, the
handmaid of necessity, Is overcoming the
dlfllcultlos that have attended the uso of
bituminous coal for domestic purposes. By
the process of coking the coal Is freed of
Its unwholesome odors of sulphur and of
soot, nnd under this transmutation Into
coke It deliver, a heat approaching In In
tensity that of tho pure anthraelte.
Hence If our own Pennsylvania anthracite
fields should become exhausted in a more
or less remote, period future generations
would not freeze for want of fuel. The
great bituminous coAl deposits of Pennsyl
vania, Ohio, West Virginia, Tenueisee and
Alabama would afford supplies of coke for
manufacturing und domestic purposes for
age. Whilst the anthrnclte coal has fallen
under the grasp of a great trnnsportatloa
trust, a monopoly over the Immense -and
widely separated bituminous coal deposits of
the continent will be a matter of much
trreater dlfBcultj-. .
Chances for
Young men who would
their position In tho world and aro willing
to work should take encouragement from
tho recent speech of the secretary of the
treasury before an nudlcnco of bank clerks
In Denver. Mr. Gage wns discussing tho
matter of salaries nnd mado the statement
that If he could get twenty young men In
Denver who wore properly equipped for
banking he could find them places nt $25,000
a year each,
It Is not on record that any of theso
young men made himself known to Mr.
Gage, but he had merely put Into concrete
form tho generalizations of thousands of
philosophers who have for ages been show
ing what can bo dono by tho determined.
Kmerson expressed it in only slightly differ
ent fashion when he snld to young men that
If they wonted nnythlng they should tnko
it "and pay the price." Doubtless every
one In the audience that heard Mr. On go
would have given ten years of his llfo to
be able to satisfy the conditions ho re
quired, but ho well knew that he did not
then possess the necessary qualifications.
Moreover, there was probably not ono of
them that was witling to buy success by
the hard work that is necessary. He would
bo willing to take off ten yeats of tho
duration of his life If he could be properly
equipped, but he would not spend ten years
In the necessary study and work to win
that equipment for himself.
And yet all that Mr. Gago said was true.
Witness tho experience of one, young man
whom Mr. Gago took for a confidential
secretary nt tho beginning of his term In
the treasury. Mr. Frank A. Vanderllp was
CALKINS A.Y inr.AI, HIWiU.NT.
York Times: Tho vacancy occasioned by
the withdrawal of Mr. Goold from tho re
publican ticket has been promptly nnd
welt filled by tho state committee In the
porson of Judge E. C. Calkins of Kearney.
Ho Is a gentleman ot culture and has taken
r lively Interest In school work for many
years at home, vvhoro ho has been, nnd
stilt Is, an active member of the school
board. Nothing can truthfully be snld
against him. With Judge Calkins and Carl
J. Ernest as regents of tho university
there will bo no danger to that great In
stitution If their counsels nro heeded. Only
good, true nnd honest men can Rccuro places
on the republican ticket and even men
of tha't class aro willing to withdraw when
ever tho Interests of the party soein to de
mand It.
Kearney Hub: Republicans of this city
nnd citizens of the county generally will bo
greatly pleased with the action of the
republican state central committee in plac
ing tho name of Hon. E. C. Calkins on tho
ticket as candldato for regent of the State
university to succeed H. L. Goold, with
drawn. Mr. Calkins stands in high esteem
throughout Nebraska as a man and a law
yer. His personal character Is unassailable.
His personal 'qualities are of tho rarest
and finest. Ho will grace any position.
He would honor his county and stato In
any public capacity. He Is, Indeed, ad
mirably fitted for the position of regent
of tho university nnd tho ticket, so far from
being weakened by his selection, will be
materially strengthened.
CENSUS ItBVHLATIONS.
"Lamentable Kxhlblt In Misplaced
Confidence."
Kansas City Star.
The census bureau's final report on sox,
general activity and color for the whole
country creates a lamentable exhibit in
misplaced confidence. Nearly everything
tho preliminary bulletins havo persuaded
tho trusting soul to bellove Is ruthlessly
swept away by contrary conclusions. Upon
the wreck of hopes and fears alike now
structures of sociology must bo reared, and
the ambitious rcasoner can govern himself
accordingly.
The passing of tho female Is dealt, a.
mortal blow, for tho gcntlor sex, so-called.
tho country over. Is on the increase nt 21.1
per cent, man falling behind with 20.9 ner
cent. A surplus of nearly 2,000.000 males
Btill cumber tho ground, but the swelling
hosts of girl babies will soon swallow it tin.
What has becomo of tho fecundity of the
negro? He also has gone to Join hands with
tho non-progressivo Frenchman and Hos
tonlan. His percentage declines from 12.5
in 1890 to 12.2 In 1900. Chinese are ac
tually decreasing tn numbers, nnd foreign-
born Inhabitants, In the aggregate, have In
creased but 1,000,000 souls, whllo tho nnttve-
hora havo Increased 12,000.000. Tho Indian.
whoso Increase. In numbers has long been
the themo of practical reformers and Icono
clastic ethnologists, shows an absolute decline-
from 273.000 ten years ago to 260,000
now.
The censtiB of 1890 Indicated tho falsltv
of a common theory that Americans aro
proae to small families, but tho showing
now substantiates that ancient doctrlnn
most emphatically. Tho native white ele
ment of foreign parentage has Increased
relatively twice as fast as tho nattvo whites
of native parentage. Immigrants will aver
age twice as large families as the native
born. At this rate, evidently, foreign ele
ments In our population are gaining re
markably upon the native element. The
saving fact is that theso children of immi
grants are true Americans In two genera
tions, If not In one.
riOHSONAIi NOTKS.
A movement Is on foot In North Carolina,
prompted by the tobacco dealers, to erect
a statue of Sir Walter Raleigh in Raleigh.
Collection boxes Are to bo placed In stores
where tobacco Is sold.
President Roosevelt still finds time to take
plenty of oxerclse. This has been a regular
daily custom of his all his life and ho does
not neglect it now. as ho bolleves that to It
he owes his good health.
In declining an Invitation to visit Bos
ton it Is scarcely possible that Sir Thomas
Ltpton was influenced by his recollection
of the. famous assault that was made on
tea In that city more than 100 years ago.
King Edward Is introducing electric eje
VAtors as" well as cloctrlo lights at Bucking
ham palace and ah American company Is
providing the lifts. There nre threo ele
vators, two for passengers and ono for
freight, and two dumb waiters.
Prof. David a. Falrchlld, agricultural ox
ploror of tho Department of Agrlculturo,
has Just returned from a year's exploration
In Europe and Africa. His collections In
cluded all sortH of plants, seeds and cut
tings which might prove of vnlue to agricul
ture In somo part or tho United States and
his shipments to tho department during
the year numbered about 300,
Here Is An extract from a letter ro
crntly written by Herbert Spencer to an
Italian: "You havo comprehended some
points of my works much more clearly than
many of my compatriots and havo treated
them In a manner quite unknown here (in
England). Broad generalizations cannot be
grasped by tho English mind. I am pleased
to see that It Is othorwiso In Italy,"
A memorial window has been placed In
the chapel of the United States Naval acad
emy at Annapolis to commemorate thn lato
Lieutenant Commander Theodoras Dallev
Myers Mason, U, S. N., who died on October
IB, 1899. This memorial ts by his wldo-v,
Edmonla T, P. Mason, a daughter of the
late Rear Admiral Thomas S. Phelps, U, S.
N., and was designed and executed by
Lenta XiXfany. It Is said to bo a remark
ably Una upeclmen ot work.
Young Men
Louisville Courier-Journal,
like to .better quite n young man, but he had the equip
mcnt necessary, nud ho was soon elevated
from his clerkship to be an assistant sec
retary. A few months ago he resigned to
enter the servlco of tho greatest financial
corporation of Now York as Its vice presi
dent. This bank wns desirous of develop
ing Its foreign business and found In Mr,
Vanderllp tho man who seemed able to do
It. This line of tho banking business has
gfown enormously during tho last few
years, and as New York Is rapidly becom
ing the headquarters of the world's hnuto
finance tho possibilities ahead of Mr. Van
derllp nre practically unlimited, Mr. J.
Plerpont Morgan foresaw this when, ns n
very young mnn, he engaged In foreign
banking, In which ho speedily built up name
nnd fortune.
Tho fact Is, opportunities nro Just as
good for young men to make fortunes now
ns they ever were. If they prefer to labor
In the fields of science or scholarship tho
rewards aro surer and moro satisfying, but
It Is In tho power of any man to achieve
n moderate competence, nnd thoso who aro
willing to pay the price ot self-denial may
become rich in tho samo way ns tho elder
Astor and Vnndcrbtlt heaped up their co
lossal fortunes. Tho world Is growing as
rapidly now as It ever did nnd tho need
of capable young men In alt lines ot busi
ness and tho professions Is as great ns
ever. This Is the opinion of Mr. Carnegie,
Mr, Schwnb, Mr. Gngo and other sclf-mado
men. Is It not wiser to accept their testi
mony thnn that of tho whining socialist
who would have tho stato do for men what
the Individual can do?
WASHINGTON GOSSIP,
Some ''future of Life Observed nt
tin Nntlonnl Cnpltnl.
Official society at tho national capital Is
becoming deeply intorested-ln tho Approach
ing coming-out party of Miss Allco Roose
velt, which will take place In tho East room
ot tho White Houso on the second day of
tho new year. Tho function will bo In the
form of a 0 o'clock tea, although tho for
mality and eloganco which will mark the
occasion will lend oRlclal statellness to the
event. Not slnco Miss Nrlllo Grant mndo
her bow to Washington society thirty years
ago has the houso of tho presidents been
enlivened by such an event. Miss Allco will
come to Washington October 26. Sho will
accompany her father to Yale when ho re
ceives tho degreo of LL. D. Mrs. Roose
velt has been planning a serlcn of Informal
entertainments for young people nnd these
will begin about November t. Theso will
bo luncheons and small and early dances,
when tho young people will meet informally
and become acquainted beforo tho grand
event ot Janunry 1. Miss Roosevelt will
also nttend tho coming-out parties of n
number of her contemporaries during tho
months of November nnd Decomber.
Among tho debutantes prominent this
season nro Miss Miriam Grant, grand
daughter of Mrs. U. 8. Grant and daughter
of Jesso D. Grant; Mies Mathlldo Townsond,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Town
send and granddaughter of tho well known
millionaire, "Tom Scott of Erie;" Miss
Floronco Field, nloco of Marshall Field nnd
stepdaughter of Thomos Nelson Pago; Mies
Virginia Mackay Smith, daughter ot Rev.
Dr. nnd Mrs. Mnckny Smith and grand
daughter of "Old Ironsldos," and Miss Ma
rlon Jones, the tennis champion of tho
Unitod States and daughter of Senator John
P. Jones of NovndR. Miss Helen Roosevelt,
who Is tho ,-ousln of tho nrMldenl's
daughter. will mnk& her debut nt tho homo
of Mrs. William S. Cowiea In this city. Miss
Roosevelt 13 the daughter of Mr. J. Roosevelt-Roosevelt
Hnd tho grandduughter of the
lato William ABtor. She will pnrtlclpato In
all tho White House functions nnd will un
doubtedly be ono of tho reigning bullcs of
the season.
Threo other cousins of Miss Allco will be
presented tn society this winter nnd will
come to Washington to nttend tho coming
out tea of Miss Alice Roosovclt. These
young Indies nre Miss Elinor Roosevelt,
tho daughter of the president's brother, El
liot; Miss Chrlstlno Roosovclt, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Eralen Roosevelt and nlcco of
Senator Kcano of New Jersey, and Miss
Dorothy Roosovclt, daughter of Mrs. Hll
borno Roosevelt of Boston, Mass,
Adjutant General Corbln has Introduced
an Innovation at tho War department by
wearing his uniform with tho Insignia of
his rank while on duty at tho department.
He keeps his uniform in his office and dons
It as soon as ho arrives in thn morning,
wearing it until ho leaves for his homo tn
tho lato afternoon. He is tho only officer
of tho army or navy who follows this cus
tom nt present, but It Is posslblo that his
example may he generally adopted In th
near future. There Is no order on the sub
ject and General Corbln is simply acting on
his individual Judgment In tho matter. Dur
ing tho Spanish war all officers of tho army
stationed in this city wero required to wear
their uniforms whllo on duty, regardless of
Its character, but after tho war wns over
tho practlco. lapecd Into Innocuous desue
tude Its revival by General Corbln In his
own caso, is one of tho results of his ob
servntlon during his recent Inspection ot
military cpndltlons in tho Philippines, China
and Japan. In thoso plnres he saw that nil
the officers of tho army of tho Unitod States
as well as thoso of other armies, IlrltlRh,
French, Gorman, Russian, Chlnceo, Japan
ese and others, Invariably woro tholr uni
forms while on duty whether In tho field or
In the office, und ho became convinced of
Its propriety. A conspicuous feature of
Goneral Corbln's uniform aro tho two Btars
in his shoulder etraps which Indicate his
rank of major general.
The famous "Charaberlln's restaurant."
Identified with Washington llfo for a gen
eration, hns ceased to exist, and rumor hns
It that former Congressman Tim Campbell
of Ndw York, author of tho epigram "What's
the; constitution botween-frlonds," will take
hold of tho abandoned hostelry nnd attempt
to restore Its popularity. Prior to tho os
tnbllshment of tho clubbouBo at Fifteenth
and H stroets, whero it has been located
for twenty yoars, John Chnmberlln had been
tho host of two othor AVashlngton houses,
ono on tho present site of thn Army and
Navy club and tho other on New York
avenue, a short dlstanro away.
When he opened the restaurant whoso
rnrcer hns Just ended It at once boenmo
the meeting plaro for those who woro
tempted by tho fame of the dishes pre
pared according to the recipes of tho fa
mous bon vlvant, whose popularity con
tinued to the day of his death. Chamber
lln's early beenms moro thnn n hotel,
moro than b club, and developed Into tho
closest of close corporations. "John" was
tho lodestonn which brought together
under tho roof of tho hostelry tho repre
sentative gathering always to be found
there during his life. There, between the
courses of his unequnled viands, politics
was discussed with all tho freedom possi
ble. Every fellow Around tho board was' rated
a Jolly good one, regardless of his nation
ality, religion or politics. Sometimes bud
blood came to tho top with the good wine,
and then there was trouble. There In
their moments of relaxation would tho
statesmen gather and battlq with the cards
with as much or more earnestness than
they ever exhibited on tho floor of the sen-
ate or houso for stakes the amount of
which would havo filled their constituents
With horror.
"There nro many men In olTlrlnl life to
day," snys a letter to the Chicago Tribune,
"who can remember tho night when a cab
inet olllcer. In discussing with another
momber of tho president's ofllclnl family, a
question ot national Import, grow heated
through form of argument or flush of whin
nnd struck his colleaguo in tho mouth with
his clinched fist. Tho participants Imme
diately retired to a private room with tholr
friends, where tho name nf tho historic
dueling ground of Iliadensburg wns again
brought Into prominence nnd there was
much talk of 'honor' nnd 'satisfaction.'
Tho matter was nt Inst pacifically adjusted,
largely, It Is snld, through tho ltitercesloa
of ChAmborlln himself and thu exercUo ot
his personnl Influence with thn partici
pants. Other famous quarrels occurred, as
when two senators rolled nbout tho floor
In deadly embraeo during a poker gamr,
when one was accused of playing n bob
tailed flush.
"On the death of John Cliamborlln at
Saratoga the hotel bearing his nnmo passed
Into the hands ot Edward K. Sombotn. his
intimate friend nnd llnanclal backer In many
of his undertakings, and It was continued
for the benefit of Mrs. Chnmberlln under
the nnmo that had mndo It famous. But,
while many of tho Intimates of Chnmborlln
stopped there for old association's soke
whllo In Washington, tho place had lost Its
prestige nnd gradually but surely slipped
out of popularity. It was continued tinder
tho snmo uianugemont until Inst spring,
whon it was closed for tho summer months.
Recently tho "to let" sign was posted nnd
Mr. Somborn nnuoiinccd that ho would not
resume tho management of tho home.
Whon Chambcrlln died It wns found that a
host of men, many of them being prnmtnent
In congress and out of It, owed him large
sums of money. Llttlo of It wns collected.
John Chnmberlln never pressed his friends
for payment nnd they took ndvnntngo ot his
generosity nnd lax business methods. Hit
had many friends among the wealthiest
and moat liitlucntlnl men of tho country.
His place nlways did n big business, but ho
died a poor man."
HAW MATIlltlAL KOU CITI7.F.NS,
Acrenloii to the Mntrrlnl StrenEth
of tlie Conn try.
Philadelphia. Bulletin.
Out of 888,931 Immigrants who Innded
Ht the port of New York during tho last
year 131,658 wero Itnllans and nearly 90,000
moro woro Tolcs, Slovaks, Magyars, Croats
nnd Dnlmntlans. Germany, Srnndlnavlu nnd
Ireland, which havu In the post contributed
so largely to tho population of tho United
States, sent together only about 7.1,000 em
igrants, or less thnn one-fifth of tho whole
number. It Is evident that, for tho present
nt Icnst, tho volume of emigration to this
country Is distinctly a movement from
southern and southeastern Kurope, nnd that
tho northom raceii havo ceased to furnish
their former Important quota to American
citizenship.
This showing will doubtless bo regarded
with alarm by Bomo excellent peoplo of pes
simistic tendencies. But tho past history
of tho nntlon ntTords abundant reason for
declining to view tho outlook with nppre
henslon. It Is undonlabla that tho bulk
of the newcomers nro of sound nnd sttinly
stock physically, well qualified to purform
tho rougher manual labor which Is Indis
pensable to tho maintenance of, civiliza
tion, nnd, despite tho somewhat oxtrava
gnnt utterances of n portion of the press,
thero Is very llttlo ground for thinking thnt
nny considerable proportion of them Is In
fected with the virus of anarchism.
A good many nf them may not know much
at this time, about 'Amorlcnn Inntlrittlnas
and forms of government, and tho per
centage of Illiteracy Is, of course, 'high.
Bui. It must be remembered that great num
bers of this nrmy nre mnrn children, 'who
hnvn como hither with their parents, nnd
that these will bo promptly enrolled In thu
common schools, whoso efficacy as a crucl
hlc for fusing foreign elements Into a com
mon Americanism has beep thoroughly dem
onstrated. The youngsters who march to
school will not only receive valuable les
sons themselves, but they will help to
educate their older fellows In American
Ideas, anil this process of acquisition will
bo supplemented by thn dally contact of
tho adult Immigrants with thoso of tholr
own race who havo como beforo them and
have becomo Americanized.
Nobody need worry over these accession)
to the material strength nnd Industrial re
sources of tho United States. A vast ma
jority of tho next gcnorntloiijainnng them
will, In all probability Judged by oxporl
enco with our immigrants of the past turn
out to be excellent citizens, obedient to law,
full of honest respect for tho Institutions
of tho republic, nnd as proud or tho Stnrs
nnd Stripes as If tholr ancestorn had ecrved
with Washington at Valley Forgo.
PASSING PLHASANTIIIISS.
Ohio State Journal: Tatron Oh, fvo
found an oyster!
Restaurant Proprietor I In vo tt Identified
nt the cashier's desk and get your monpy
bnck.
Cnlhollo Stnndnrd: "So glad you found
my sermon Interesting," suld Rev, Mr,
Oasiivvay.
"Indeed, It was Interesting to me, re
plied Mr. Rlghter: "I've been making a
study recently of tho powers of endurance
of tho human voice."
Judge: Mrs. Van Dauber frrltlenlly)-Poor
thing! This pta turn of Mrs. Smith lonkH
ns If she hadn't 11 particle, of spirit left.
Van Dauber She hasn't. Her husband
lets her havo her own way In e.vorytliliig
without nn argument,
Brooklyn Llfo: Hhe-Well. dear, after
tlmti you must ncknowledgfi that you aro a
"lie I always know It. darling; but-uiitll
I married you I mniiaged to keep It a
secret,
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "VVhat'fl going
on In tho big hall, stranger? '
"Why, our party's grnphophnno Is going
to have a Joint delmto with tho other fel
lows' phonograph.''
Philadelphia Press: Ho The new preacher
tins tho most aggravating voleo I ever
heard.
She Tho Ideal I heard ho had a beau
tiful voire, and used It magnificently. ,
Ho Wull, It's on of thoso voices that
lulls you lo sleep, for fifteen minutes ,aml
then wnkos you up again.
Chicago Tribune: Th two men wero
struggling to get paBt eoch other at tho
crowded entrance to the foot ball park.
"I ougnt to go In first!" exclaimed the ono
with tho leather case under his arm. "I'm
a surgeon!"
"That doesn't cut any courtplnster with
me!" panted tho other, "I'm an' under.
taker!'1
MY GO 1,11 mini:.
I sit beneath my own roof-tree
And look out on tho world of ment
Saddened by piteous wrecks I flee,
I hasten to my own again.
From thoso who wandnr, fast and far,
To toll Inured, In danger bold,
I turn my eyos whero comforts ar
And luxuries that nil muy holdt
Breathing tho pols'nous. nlr of mines,
Daring tho dreadful Arctlo cold,
Men labor, whllo this glad sun shines,
And I, In plenty, count my cold.
Thoro are my fields of golden grain
Swaying beneath a cool, swcot breeze,
Whllo mellow suiishlnu follows rain;
Why covet other golds than these?
Here nro my piles of gnld-hued corn,
With Htnred-up strength and healthful rest
Onlhercd from many u bracing -morn
And Mother Kurth's llfe-clvint; broant,
Whllo mnny spend In futile quest
liiig lives, but few their goal will roe,
But caeh 0110 may, llko ino, be blest
With gold, bencutli his own roof-tree.
WILLI3Y GUB.
WUijldo, Nob.