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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Stato of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.:
George B. Tischuck, secretary of The Beo
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual numbor of full and
complete copies of The Daily. Miming,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
thn month of October, 19J1, was us follows;
1 KM 00
17 28,(100
18 20,020
19 28,410
10 2t,iao
21 MO.ITO
22 28.0B0
S3 a2,T20
24 28,770
25 :J0,710
26 aO,4IMI
27 20,0TB
28 32,400
20 30.7H0
30 30,010
31 UU.ttBO
z,.:.i ,2,oo
a.:'. zii.nsu
4.... 211.000
6.... 20,200
.. 28,!i
7.. 20,170
ft .-. 28,HtO
9 i...a8,OI
10... 2S.T0O
n.w 2H,sno
12 20,030
13 an.onri
14 28,0.10
lfi 2S.HS0
H 2,ono
A Total , oit,:mo
Lea unsold and returned copies... 0,8(12
Net total sales 007,407
Net dally average 20,274
GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence nnd sworn to
before me this Slat day of October, A. D.
1W1. M. B. HUNGATE,
(Seal.) Notary Public.
If this keeps tip every member of tho
South Oninlia city council will have hc
foro lonjc n Well developed ensc of tele
plione enr.
The treasurer of the United State
hits for Bomo time Issued dally state
monts of the pnrcliase of bonds. Pub
licity never hurt any treasury.
Omaha will Indulge. Its usual Thnuks
giving cliurity Just the samo as If no
slnndorous neeusntlons about Its hack of
philanthropic spirit had been made.
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The coming session of congress will
have fewer contests than any which has
'assembled 1n many yenrs. The vote last
tall
decisive there
was
it
little
Voutui for contests.
According to" the .financial exhibit of
tho school board, the doilelt;. has only
reached S08,0.'5 to date. Is. this not
evidence of Napoleonic financiering on
the part of the head of the finance com
mittee? The assuraneo of our amiable con
temporary, the World-Herald, that that
paper has never violated confidence or
broken a pledge In tho publication of
news, will hardly go down. The victims
of its plighted fulfil nrc too numerous.
,',.,If tho railroads notice any more streets
lying around looso In Omaha which
they want to use for trackage they
should file their claims at once. The
public will bo glad to content itself
with the use of such streets as the rail
roads do not want.
Governor Savage's reminiscences of
Omaha In the early days servo to cm
phaslze tho wonderful progress the city
has mado lu comparatively few short
years. What strides Omaha has taken
In tho past aro only evidences of Its
sprinting abilities for the future
($o far as can be ascertained that star
Incubator of well-defined rumors, Millard
Fillmore Funkhouser, has not yet vol
untecred his presence before tho grand
Jury to substantiate his charges of cor
ruptlon In the city government. Is It
possible that Mr. Funkhouser lu waiting
for. his. ?2?
When tho last police commission case
was pending In the supreme court The
Bee nnd Uh editor wero cited for con
tempt for discussing tho questions, of
law Involved. Tho World-Herald seems
to have unlimited llcenso to discuss
pending cases without fear of contempt
proceedings.
It required several years for Iowa
shippers to seo that It was to their In
terest to patronize tho Omaha hog and
cattle market, but they have evidently
learned tho lesson well. Tho footing
gained lu that field Is the biggest vic
tory won for this market slnco Its early
days and cannot but redound to thn
protlt-of both 'parties to the transaction.
Ono steamer salllug from Now York
Monday took $7,082,000 of gold to
Europe. It has been ouly a few years
when tho movement of so much of tho
yellow metal at ouo tlmo and the pros
pects of further shipments would have
seriously disturbed business. Tho
fluanclnj condition of tho country Is so
strong nt present that tho event docs not
crcftto oveu a ripple lu tho ilnanclul
.world.
The quality of statesmanship lu cvl
y drnco.ln somo of tho European legisla
tive, bodies Is. beyond thn comprehension
of people tin this country When any
(i speaker gives utterunco to arguments
htcli ai-o not endorsed his opponents
consider It Is Incumbent- upon them to
) iout pound desks and n other ways
win to so muen noise mat. irgisuiuve ousi
ness cannot proceed. Such proceedings
woufd not bo tolerated In this country,
whero every man Is entitled to the right
of free speech nud u fair hearlrg.
ItKADV mit flit: SIXATV.
The new Irenly with Great Hrltaln,
relative to the iMluiiltin canal, has been
signed and Is How ready for notion, by
Hie seiin.to. According to trustworthy
Information tho ratification of the
treaty is assured, Ihoiigli It l not Im
probable that some amendments to It
will be proposed. A fow senators aro
Mild lo be of the opinion that no treaty
Is necessary to enable the United Htates
to go on with the construction of nil
tntcroceanlc canal and theso may op
pose the ratification of tho present con
vention as an Improper concession on
the part of the United Htates, but this
opposition, If nindi'. Is not likely lo be
at all formidable. Tho promise Is that
the required two-thirds vote of the sen
ate for the ratification of the treaty will
be secured without any dllllculty and
this obstaclo to, the carrying out of tins
canal project bo removed very early lu
the coming session.
No authoritative statement In regard
to the terms of 1 lie treaty has been given
by our government, tho duty of so
crecy pending Its submission to tho sen
atn being imperative, but enough bus
leaked out to warrant tho conclusion
that tho requirements of tho United
States, as expressed lu the senate
amendments to tho former treaty, have
been fully compiled with. There seems
to bo no doubt that tho British govern
ment has made every concession that
was asked for by the United Htates sen
ate and has even gono further In yield
ing every contention thnt had been mado
by Kngland lu the'' previous discussion
of tho subjects In a word, tho United
Slates appears to have Won a complete
diplomatic victory lu tho negotiation of
the treaty, Great Hrltaln making an ab
solute surrender' and leaving to this
country the supreme control of the
projected waterway, the only condition
being that the commerce of nil countries
shall be treated nllko In the privileges
and tho rates of tho canal. Whatever
regulations and charges the United
States establishes for Itw own ships In
the canal Is to apply to the ships of all
other countries.
From what Is given out in regard to
this provisions of thn new treaty It would
seem that no reasonable objection can
bo mado to It. Even those who hold
tho view that no treaty Is necessary to
enable tho United States, to construct an
Isthmian canal should be willing, In order
to obviate further contention and delay,
to support the now treaty, since t litre Is
manifestly nothing to bo gained by op
position and obstruction.
XO PAUTISAA'SUW JX IT.
Slnco tho election, it Is Interesting to
note, Edward Hosowater declares tha nn
extra session of the Nebraska-stato legisla
ture should bo called for the purpose of In
creasing the number of supremo Judges In
Nebraska from threo to five. This would,
by a'ppolntment, Rive tho republicans a ma
jority of that body. Talk about blind par
tisanship. O'Neill Independent.
Nebraska popocrats are so accustompd
to playing politics in every move thoy
make that they cau seo nothing but par
tisanship lu any suggestion that ema
nates from any other source. Our popo
crntlc friends, howovcr, can allay their
fears about n republican plot to capture
the supreme court by appointment of
t;o additional Judges by tho governor,
lccause In no case would the governor
bo called upon to 1111 tho places by ap
pointment. If the legislature should, In extra ses
sion, submit for ratification a constitu
tional amcudment enlarging the su
preme court, tho additional Judges
would bo elected by the people at the
same time that thn amendment is voted
on. That was the procedure followed
when the amendment was submitted In
180(1 and two contingent Judges of the
supreme court chosen. Had tho fusion
Ists been more confident of electing
their Judicial candidates as afterward
turned out to be the case, tho amend
ment would unquestionably hnve' car
ried nt that time and all tho compiled
tlous nnd expense of supreme court
commissions would have been avoided
for all time.
The demand for enlargement of the
supremo court at thn earliest possible
day Is not political at all. It Is a de
mand prompted in tho Interest of a
more economical and satisfactory ad
ministration of justice and unless It Is
met now by nn extra session of the leg
islature It cannot be met for from fo in
to six years to come.
T11K RECIPROCITY C0NYKXT10X.
Tho convention to discuss reciprocity,
which is In scssiou nt Washington, Is
expected to exert a great deal of influ
ence upon the country In behalf of tho
object for which It was called. Tho
movement was Instituted by the Na
tional Association of Manufacturers and
various manufacturing interests are
represented. It Is noteworthy, however,
that tho most 'Important of all these In
terests, tho American Iron nnd Steel as
sociation, declined to send delegates to
tho convention, being opposed to having
any subject brought before congress
that will lu any way affect the present
revenue laws. It Is apparent from this
that Uio powerful Influence of the Iron
and steel Interest Is to be exerted
against reciprocity and It Is possible
will defeat tho efforts of thoso who nro
worklug for tho recognition of .that
policy, declared by Mr. McKlnley to be
the natural outgrowth of our wonderful
Industrial development.
It Is quite possible, however, that tho
attitude of the Iron and steel Interest
In this matter may arouse a public sen
timent In favor of reciprocity and of
somo modification in tariff duties that
will neutralize its Influence in opposi
tion to tho policy which tho convention
at Washington City was called to advo
cate. Tho popular judgment lu this
matter, at present very strongly Influ
enced by the latest utterunco of Mr.
McKlnley, Is very likely to view with
disfavor tho posltlou of tho great Iron
and steel trust. It would bo quite
natural for tho public to regard tho op
position of that corporation to reci
procity and to any proposition affecting
tho rovenuo laws as wholly selfish and
.therefore necessarily hostile to thn In
terests of tho public. It Is soniowhat
reckless on the part of the monopolistic
IroB and steel corporation to openly do'
elare Itself opposed to the object sought
by the reciprocity convention and to
any change lu tho revenue laws.
The convention will probably do no
more than make a general declaration
In favor of the reciprocity policy, as de
manded by existing conditions and as
necessary to enable the United States
to retain and Increase Its foreign com
merce. This Is what Is suggested In
tho address of the permanent chnlrman
of tho convention, who said that "tho
reciprocity that Is wanted today Is a
reciprocity width means something and
promises something lu the sho'ie of
tangible advantages for our commerce;
not merely expressions of kind senti
ment toward all the business world,
but an actual giving and taking of con
cession's that will open wider for us the
markets of the world through distribu
tions of our productions." It Is nn en
tirely practical' and business question.
As was said by Mr'. McKlnley, we can
not forever sell everything and buy lit
tle or nothing and if such a thing were
possible It would not bo best for us or
for thoso with whom we deal. In order to
keep what wo have and gnln moro It Is
necessary that wo mako somo conces
sions and tho sooner this fact Is real
ized tho better It will be for our com
mercial progress nud prosperity.
Tho German ambassador positively nud
officially denies that his country Is seek
ing to acquire coaling statlpns on this
continent and intimates that the stories
aro set afloat by thoso who have an ob
ject lu creating distrust between tho
United States nud Germany. There Is
every renson why both this country nnd
Germany should desire to remain on
the most cordial terms and for either
to pursue u course which would Irrltato
or estrange the other would bo decidedly
foolish. Commercial rivalry does not
necessarily entail national enmity.
A prominent Italian stntesmnn has ad
vised his countrymen .and tho people of
other European states that it would bo
well to awnlt the development of tho
reciprocity Idea lu this country before
engaging In any tariff war with the
United States. Whatever thn motive, It
would certainly be wise to wait before
engaging in suelrn controversy in which
Europe would be certain to get tho short
end of tho tight. There was a time
when tho odds were on the other side,
but the past few years have changed all
this.
An American firm has secured another
Inrgo contract for bridge work lu Africa
from tho llrltlsh government, the prin
cipal reason assigned for preferring
American work being cheapness nnd
shorter tlmo of delivery. Europeans
complain of tho pace nt which the peo
ple of the United States live and labor,
but It appears they appreciate It when
they want anything In a hurry.
Omaha now has threo companies In
the Nebraska National Guard. This Is
pone too many considering the size and
population of Omaha compared with the
population of the state. It Is to be
hoped that 'theso three military com
panies may devise some means of co
operation by which they may enjoy the
advantage of au armory drill hall and
permanent headquarters.
The Board of Education deserves
credit for putting Its foot down once
more on tho use of public school build
ings for lectures nud other entertain
ments to which admission fees aro
charged and tho lecturing of pupils by
outsiders ou subjects extraneous to
school work. Tho school buildings are
public buildings nnd should not be used
for prlvnto purposes.
Treasurer Stuefer Insists thnt the stato
school fund was not milked for $3,200
In the Burt county bond denl, but for
ouly 82,050. The correction Is very
much like that made by Superintendent
l'eiiiso a short tlmo ago, when he said
that ho did not get ?500 from tho
school book trust, but only .$200.
Tho London Globo expresses tho fear
that the United States will not be con
tout uutll . It has annexed everything
British. The fact that this would entail
thn annexation of tho Globo would be
sulliclent to deter ' this country from
such an undertaking, If there wero no
other reasous.
Nerve oC the Traata.
. Washington Star.
The big railway deal was consummated
In the face of the fact' that congress U
about lo assemble.
Ingratitude ir Pnlttli-a.
Detroit Free Press (dem.)
When It comes to going back on a favortto
son Nebraska doesn't leave enough of tho
bakery to Identify it.
A Mrlnnclioly l'ronpeot.
itiouc-xjeiiiuurai.
The disappearance of the populists from
congress raises an Inquiry as to where the
democratic party will look next for an ally
and principles.
A I'onulur Move,
, Cleveland Leader.
Congress will be asked to repeal the war
tax on tea. That is a reasonable request.
Taxes on food products should only be re
talned when absolutely necessary.
Jersey Liberal I.nrra.
Chicago News,
UUsatlsfactlon with the national govern
mtnt on the part of tho trusts because of
the president's anti-trust views may yet
lead to the Incorporation of the United
States under the laws of New Jerity.
A Prospect tbnt IlellKhta.
Saturday Evening Post.
Henry Wattorson may bo the next gov
ernor of Kentucky in spite of his reported
pledge that ho would never take another
office .after he left congress. Ills election
would bo hailed with delight. It only for
the fact that tho country would got at least
one governor's message that would be worth
reading 'from start to finish.
Iliiok In the Mailed Fist.
Philadelphia ledger. ,
It Is the general custom when one nation
conquers another to.placo tha conquered
country under military control for years,
until Its people have had time to forget
.their first feelings of chagrin and resent
ment and to become resigned to the rule
of the conqueror. W are trying a differ-
tnt method In tho Philippines, giving tho
people a civil government, lorgely under
their own control, at once, and calling It
bcnovolcnt assimilation," but bvldence Is
accumulating that this plan does not work
as well as cnutd bo wished, because the
peoplo fall to comprehend our benevolent
Intentions, and ws may have to fall back
on tho otd-faehloned mode of government
after atl.
IJinltntlmm of (( Pride.
Knnsnn City Journal.
State prldo Is a commendablo thing In
Its way, but It should not be carried to
extremes. This seems to bo Nebraska's
view. That state went populist two or three
times to honor Mr. Bryan, but It could not
contlmio to do so without seriously discred
iting Its political Intelligence and practical
common son sc. Mr. Bryan has no Just
grounds at complaint at tho treatment ac
corded him by his fellow-cttlzens.
The Mnn Who la t.oniled.
Washington Post.
Historian Maclay has magnanimously an
nounced that he will mako a fow alterations
In his naval history In coso tho admirals
decide that Schley was not a coward or a
caitiff. Thoso persona who cannot under
stand why Maclay Is not boosted out of
tho tervlco havo probably not heard of
what happened to tho mule' that kicked
the hog that swallowed tho nltro-glycorlno.
Welt, Maclay Is saturated with nltro-
glyoorlne and his fcllow-fabrlcatlonlats are
afraid to kick.
All the -World I.lkea a ntrrr
Philadelphia Record.
And now the blooming Hawaiian sugar
planters, who have had free access to our
markets for their product until thoy havo
grown rich at our expense, nro protesting
agalnBt tho low ratea of entry ou Cuban
sugar. Thoy declare that their Interests
nro Idontlcal with those of tho beet growers
in tho west and tho cano growers In tho
outh. Hawaii came Into tho union through
the free trade gate, but It now seeks to
block the way for other Islands. Verily, ono
touch of the "divvy" makes the whole
world kin.
CRITICISM OP COURTS.
PnnUhnif n t for AIIpkpiI Contempt II-
luinlniitrd lty n Clitrntco .Indite.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Au American court Is as much tho serv
ant of tha American people as tho presi
dent of tho United States or the governor
of a fstato, and that courts nro to be
respected hna never becu denied by nny
citizen. Courts always will bo respected,
oven though .tho occupants of tho bench
may not be1, hut U does not by any rrfoana
follow that courts aro absolutely n law
unto themselves nor thnt they nro vested
with arbitrary powers over the liberty of
the citizen. It Is to be remembered that
In contempt proceedings, the judge who
orders them Instituted' Is not ntono tho
prosecutor In a matter whero tho offense
was committed against himself and where
he Is naturally prejudiced In his ,own
favor, hut he is a combination of judgo
and of Jury, finding the parties guilty and
affixing the sentence) he thinks should ho
Imposed. Such n tribunal Is an anomaly
In a freo land. It Is truo that courts havo
always held that their power to punish
for contempt was Inherent, and that doc
trine may be truo so far as contempts
committed In tho presence of tho courts
may bo concerned but it is to bo re
membered that la cases Involving the life
or tho liberty "Y)f citizens the right of trial
by jury Is one provided by tho constitution
of tho United States and by the constitu
tion of the sln'le of Illinois Itself and some
tribunal ther.i'.'miist be clothed with power
to pass upon the' Judgment of Judge Hanecy,
although i that .distinguished Jurist says
there Is no appeal from it.
So prone are courts to regard criticisms
as contempts 'that the legislatures of many
states have limited their power la .con
tempt cases to mattors which occurred In
the presence of tho court Itself while in
session. And that Is the proper limita
tion to make, for there are libel laws
under which. Ubelors of Judges may be
brought to punishment for their offenses
at tho hands of a Jury and under tho .In
structions of a Judge who is not himself
the party' Interested In seeing punishment
Inflicted. Under the rulings of .Judge
Hanecy he would have the power to commit
tho parties -to Jail for contempt or to fine
thom, even though every word written by
them had been true and had been shown to
be true, and that Is simply a monstrously
un-American proposition.
SIIOAII TIUINT'S GAME.
DcvrlopmnK In the Straggle to
Dawn the Ilcet-NnKar Iailustr jr.
Portland Orcgonlan.
Tho Sugar trusts activity on behalf of
free trade with Cuba Is Increasingly believed
to be a hostile blow aimed at beet sugar.
The explanation is that tho Independent
beet Interests' are already worrying the
trust and promise to do so still more un
less their power Is In somo way curtailed.
A letter to me urocery worm of New
York throws considerable light on the situa
tion.
It appears from what one Ernest Mas of
New York writes that with our new co
lonial possessions, not to speak of our
American beet sugar Industry, looming up
at the horizon as the greatest factor of the
world's sugar industry, the Sugar trust
finds itself now confronted with a business
proposition of national 'magnitude, which
It must either accept or decline In its en
tirety. Trust President Havoraeyer's re
cent Increase of 115,000,000 capital stock
will not assuredly enable him to control
the sugar situation amtslde of what ho
termed, In 1897, before the United States
senate Investigation committee, his "poll-
tics of business," It Is simply a case of
too much sugar.
A revenue tariff ou sugar we certainly
should have, and It seems that with, this
the sugar bent people could get along very
Lwell. Mr. Mas points out that the Amerl-
cuu sugar ueui zuiie nircau; tjAieuun irom
the Empire state to tho Pacific coast, in
cludes nil of the country bounded on tho
south and 69 degrees on tho north, covering
an area larger than the combined area of
aermany, France, Austria and tho Nether
lands. Any agricultural district In this
vast area, if not jocateu too rar irom a
railroad, can, lay out hoet farms, build Its
own factory ana ,suppiy wuoienome sugar
to a constituency of 50,000 population, It
the district the' rich, he maintains,, tho rail
road will build private sidetracks, and,
with a home consumption of moro than
2,000,000 tons, of which but one-halt Is pro
duced In this country, as an Incentive, It li
only a question of fifteen years when we
shall have f00 sugar beet factories, each
ono consuming at least 30,000 tons annually
of sugar beets, which would 'displace the
1,000,000 tons of sugar now, being grown
abroad.
Tho sugar trust Is reputed to havo se
cured control of the Cuban sugar plants
tlons, on whose product It now desires frei,
entry to tho United States. Thus It hopes
to crush Its lusty rivals and regain abso
lute control of the price to consumers.
The program la one to give pause to con
gress, however much It may desire promo
tlon of legitimate trade with Cuba. What
becomes of the beet'mcn is a trifling affair
compared with the 'prospect of giving th
refineries absolute power over tho sugar
tnacket. Tho controversy la ono In which
the Oxnard Interests seem to bo moro In
line with tho publlo welfare than those of
Havemeyer,
Huge Railroad Combine.
JAiulsvllle
The settlement of the trouble between fho
Northern and Union Pacific railroads by tho
election of a Joint Morgan and Itockctellcr
directory of tho Darlington is pregnant
with significance. In tho first place It
brings to a close tho most dangerous con
flict of financial Interests tho United States
or tho world has known of recent years.
In the next It snatches (t largo part of the
fruits of the purchaso of tho Uurllngton out
of the hands of James J. HIM nnd Plerpotit
Morgan and shares them with the Hnrrlmnn
and llockefellor party and their banking In
terests as represented by Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
and tho National City bank. This Is tho
outcome of tho biggest and most potential
movement yet mado In the noted "com
munity of interests" plan. In this Instnnco
tho plan has becomo abortive In a certain
sonse, as tho benefits which wero Intended
exclusively for tho Northern Pacific and
Great Northern railroads must now bo
shared by their equally great rival, tho
Union Pacific. Tho originality and daring
of tho schemo and tho manner In which It
was executed stamps It as ono of tho most
brilliant feats of tho modern hauto flnnnco
and It will long mark an epoch In tho en
trance of tho United States upon leadership
as a monetary power.
From the manner In which tho stock
market has ncted slnco tho announcement
that tho settlement of tho "Irrepresslbto
conflict" was under way it becomes evi
dent that It has been more "responsible for
tho depression in securities than tho fail
ure of tho corn crop, or even tho nssasstna
tlon of President McKlnley. Tho shock of
the discovery that the two great Interests
wore at wBr over tho possession of tho con
trol of tho Northern Pacific resulted In a
greater panic on tho Stock oxchango on
May D, so far as the decline of values was
concorncd, than had been known for a
Oim INDUSTniAI SlIPnKMAOV.
Snhrlrly of 'Worktimnipn n Kite tor In
the Case.
Italtlmoro American.
Tho Industrial supremacy of the United
States Is attracting moro attention abroad
every month and foreign editors nnd speak
ers, who a few years ago thought what this
country was doing, was of such llttlo mo
ment that It was rarely referred to In n
serious manner, aro now discussing the sub
ject from every point of view nnd seeking
to get nt tho causes. Tho enormous re
sources of tho country, of course, give tho
United States n great lead, but It Is the
efficiency of labor that Is startling the for
eigners. Among the causes that contribute to this
Is tho greater sobriety of tho American
worklngmon. Colonel Carroll D. Wright of
tho United States Ijibor bureau has found
that moro than 75 per cent of thoso who
employ skilled labor rcqulro total abstl-
nenco of their men, and that thle Is, also
demanded by at least 50 per cent of thoso
who employ labor that Is not skilled. The
necessity for keeping- tho head clear and
tho hand steady has made a powerful Im
pression upon our worklngmen, and this
Impression, the men themselves declare,
has been deepened since their children have
learned In tho publlo schools the effect
upon tho body of alcoholic drinks. The
children talk at home about what they learn
in tho schools and tho heads of the families
listen and learn.
The American worklngnian, it has also
been found, Is more ambitious than those
abroad. Ho has a desire to get on In tha
world and, his wages being higher than
anywhere else, tho Incentive to save Is
great. Having a "stake In the country" In
tho shape of a house and lot, or a small
farm, makes a powerful appeal to tho
American worklngnian. An English speaker,
addressing an assembly in his own land,
said not long ago: "America spends monoy
In educating tho brains of Its people, while
we have been lavish In poisoning them,"
the allusion being to the great quantity of
liquor consumed by tho English working-
men In comparison with thoso in this coun
try.
PERSONAL NOTES,
School teachers of Philadelphia are being
bled by the doctors to make them immuno
to smallpox,
Dan lmont is In greater demand as a
railroad dlre:tor than as available demo
cratic presidential timber. .
Tho two American girls who aro going to
Turkey to bo captured -by brigands will
probably be heard from next on the Ameri
can stage.
Throe Doweys are now on the navy lists
the admiral, his cousin, Ucutenant
Thcodoro G. Dewey, nnd Rupert C. Dewey,
second lieutenant In the Marine corps.
Tho latest British war rumor is that
Lord Roberts will resign. And this Is
"Dobs," the Idol of tho British eoldtery and
public whon ho went Into tho South Afri
can war!
President Roosevelt's adherenco to the
merit principle of the civil service law
Jiae given a fresh lease of life to the fa
mous Flanagan war cry, "What are we
hero for?"
President James J. Hill, the head of
tho new $100,000,000 railroad combination,
must experience a peculiar feeling when he
goes down to the steamboat wharf In St,
Paul, whero he used to keep the books.
Governor Jeff Davis wisely decided to
postpone his gunning for editorial game
on learning thut the editor was loaded with
pica slugs.' His excellency Is not as
thoughtless as Kendrlck pictured him.
Most of tho stato of New York Is now
snow-covered. That holps in the purifica
tion movement which has been so hopefully
started there. Syracuse sleighs on fourteen
inches of snow and Utlca has drifts six
fect high.
Minister Conger will soon be tho onty
foreign minister In Pekln who passed
through the siege and will then become
tho doyen of the diplomatic corps. All the
other mlnlstora have been relieved or ex
pect to leave Pekln.
Dr. R. S. Linn of Detroit, who went to
China as a surgeon lu tho voluntocr army,
has sent homo Beveral cases of looted
goods. Among other things Is a sacred
yellow robe, which Dr. Linn thinks is pos
sibly the only ono sent to America. He
took It from the shoulder of a god In the
sacred temple of Pekln.
Goneral Managor Schwab's marked down
salary, from $1,000,000 to f,250,000, provokos
largo gobs of pity from paragraphcrs. Here
toforo the profession held Mr. Schwab In
high esteem becauso ho was ono of the
tollers whoso estimated salary approached
the generous stipends of brain workers. If
tho marked down figures are correct Schwab
becomes n common swub.
A recent writer nn tho Cuban situation
tells a story of haw glibly peoplo catch up
nn expression without considering Its np
plication. "Tho economlo question" Is that
of tho hour in Cuba where trado is some
what depressed. General Wood, Is an effort
to get at -the fonllng of the working people,
met an old negro who was carrying a ploco
of roast pig In ono hand and a bag of po
tatoes In the other. "How are you people
getting along7' asked the general. "Oh,
fust rate," answered the negro. "We're
getting along pretty well now, buMl's the
economic question mavi worrying us.--.
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Courier - Journal
generation. The desperation to which the
lUrrlman party had gono. as demonstrated
by tho unwitting corner In Northern Pacific
stock, Instantly changed nboundlng confi
dence Into acute panic, and though there
came a Vigorous rally the morket has ever
since beon feverlih nud hesitating. The
country Is richer than ever and railroad
propertlos have become more valuable all
the time, but the shadow of tho great
quarrel has overspread the whole financial
sky here and In Europe. Nothing to paral
lel It has heeu known In the past so ca
pubic of turning Into depression a period
In which prosperity continued with
scarcely a check.
It has long hcon evident that both par
ties wero too powerful rind possessed such
wldcsprendlng Interests that they must ad
just tholr differences, but the task has
been a delicate one. Vast and complicated
Interests had to be reconciled. The enor
mous sum of money required lo maintain
tho status quo had partially to bo bor
rowed In Europe and Is now being paid off
at a rate enly Justified by the magnificent
resources of Iho United States. When tho
last detail shall havo been nettled and
when tho huge fortune, of whoie valuo the
creator of the count of Monte Crlsto never
dreamed, shall havo been restored to the
general circulation of the country, we
shall hear no more of our International
trade balance being exhausted. Wo shall
then be at liberty to take up and finance
tho tremendous resources, of the western
hemisphere and oven lend a hand to the
crippled financiers of Europe. In tho mcan
tfmo it Is to bo hoped tho members of our
hauto finance have learned tho useful les
son that vaulting ambition overleaps Itself
and falls on tho other side. It they havo
not learned It they wilt be taught It by
tho peoplo.
HOUM) A1IOIIT NEW YOHK.
Minor Ktrntn nnil Incidents Oharrrnl
In the. Metropolis.
Swoll clubdom Is soroly agitated OTer
the discovery of an honored member
manipulating a pack of cards and persist
ently scooping in Jackpots In tho-.festlvo
gamo of poker. It all happened in tho
poker room of the Manhattan club, whero
millionaires congregate and drive dull care
away with the elusive ante. Six members
wero In the game, one of whom seemed to
havo a monopoly of luck. A suspicious
member changed seats, "for luck, you
know," but really to edge up to tho lucky
player. All went well for perhaps thirty
minutes, relates the New York Herald, and
thon tho watcher declared he saw the man
upon whom his suspicion had rested slip u
enrd from tho bottom of tho deck in helping
hla hand In a Jackpot In tho draw.
With a quick movement, nnd before the
hand could bo lifted, tha watcher reached
ncross and pinned the flvo cards to tho
table. The dealer, deeply confused, seomed
to bo unable to Bpeak for n moment. The
other four gcntlomen gasped their astonish
ment nnd waited for an explanation of the
strange Interruption of the game.
"When the cards were cut," said the gen
tleman who was still holding the flvo to
the table, "I caught a glimpse of tho bottom
card. , It was the queen of clubs. .In helping
your hand I saw you slip a card from the
bottom. It Is the uppermost ono of these
cards that I stopped you from picking up.
If that' card Is not the queen of clubs and
if it does not Improve your hand I will
npologlzeto ypil and to the gcntlemvu pres
ent ami. t will resign from the Manhattan
club. If It Is tho queen of clubs I will
Insist that you leave tho club."
"I have tho queen of clubs In my hand,"
said tho player who had been denounced.
"I held It before drawing cards and I did
not tako the card from the bottom of the
dock."
"The card that you drew is the top card
of tho five. It that is tho queen of clubs
you did not havo It In your band before the
draw."
With that the cards were turned face up
ward on the tablo nnd were found to be Ave
clubs, with tho queen of clubs tho one
drawn to complete a flush.
I' or Juat a moment there was silence In
the room. AH six of the players were on
tholr feet. Ono of them slipped across tho
room and closed and locked the door.
Paper, pens and ink -were sent for and a
resignation was Immediately drawn and
signed. It was found that the member
owed the club about $250. He refused to
pay, saying that advantage had been taken
of hlra and he would fight before he would
be driven any further. The others who had
beon present in the card room during the
game contributed $50 each and In this man
ner discharged the indebtedness and the
incident was declared closod.
Funeral services over the body of Captain
William H. Baker, better known to the
members of the Hobo club, of which he was
president, as "Old Dolled Shirt," were held
on Saturday at Bacigalupos chapel In Mul
berry street. Not only did every one of the
fifty mombers of the Hobo club attend, but
many members of the profession in Brook
lyn, Jersey City and the Bronx were there,
for "Old Boiled Shirt" was well Known In
all of those places.
Captain Baker was killed by a street car.
Baker waa more than 70 years old and has
been known to the Bowery as a song ped
dler for twenty-five years. His hair and
beard were white, but ho was straight as
an arrow. Ho always wore a well-Ironed
shirt, honco his name.
He had what In the eyes of the hoboes
was an enormous fortune perhaps $10,000
or 415,000. In sptto of his wealth he lived
In a cheap lodging house.
Tho Hobo club has boen In oxistence for
five years. Tho organixatlpn took place in
a Bowery saloon where "Old Boiled Shirt"
aud some companions were gathered for a
drink.
Alice Washington Falrchlld, who is 66
years old and a third cousin, once removed
of George Washington, appeared re-,
cently as a pauper bofore Superintendent
Qeorgo Blair of the Department of Publlo
Charities, and wan sent to the almshouse.
Mrs. Falrchlld has occasioned much anxiety
and disappointment to many persons who
became' Interested In nor because of lineage
and her poverty. The persons declare she
has beon a tramp for the last twenty-two
years and that she Is Incorrigible and Irre
claimable. '
There is no doubt' that her father waa
Lawrence Washington, who Inherited the
Mount Vernon property and who was the
great-great-grandson of General Washing
ton's half brother, John Augustine Wash
ington. Mrs. Falrchlld has often been before the
public' ns the subject of articles and for a
tlmo her' claims to' distinction on account
of being n Washington were doubted.
Mrs. Walter Leslie Carr of the Mary
Washington Colonial Chapter of the Daugh-s
tors of the American Revolution verified
Mrs. Falrchlld's statements by the Wash
ington book and had her fully Identified.
Here Is a sample of official red tape
unwound In Brooklyn: In one of the large
publlo schools of the' city several cases of
diphtheria dovolopcd wthln the last three
weeks. Two of the cases have resulted fa
tally. One of tho child! en who caught
the dread disease Is the son of School Com
missioner William S, Hurley. Mr. Hurley
Is a man hn believes In doing things, and
so he proceeded to Investigate. It did
nut tnke him long to discover that what
that ftchool home needed was a thorouth
fumigation from tojv to bottom, If tho lives
of tho other children were not lo be put
In peril. Hut the health department could
do nothing, it had no appropriation for
the cleansing of school hoturr. Mr. Hur
ley then went to the school board. Bur
t li.nl no disinfectants, no money to buy
disinfectants and no men to uje them If It
had them. So the hundreds of children
were going to a plague-Infected school
house because of tho red tape that pre
vented two great municipal department
from going to their relief. Mr, Hurley wan
bound that something should be done. With
no other ntithorlty than his powers as
momber of tho school board, which did not
cover this rase, ho bought tho necessary
disinfectants, hired six or seven men to
help him and on Saturday and Sunday last
ho cleansed that school homo from roof (o
collar, burning up every book, pencil and
other circulating property and making ths
building lit for llttlo children to live In.
Mr. Hurley paid double wages to the men
nnd market prices for disinfectants and
ho paid for tho samo out of his own pocket.
But he cut tho official red tape nnd per
formed nn net which entitles' him to the
gratitude of every parent In Brooklyn.
KnA ov mnn speed.
,ttiamnlc of the Strennona Mfe on
Trnnnpnrtntlnn l,lne.
Boston Transcript.
Thla Is an era of high speed. The feat
of attaining a speed of 105 miles nn hour
on tho olectrlo railroad between Berlin and
Zoeaen is tho latest manifestation of tho
tendency of tho age. This particular rail
road has been built under tho direction of
the kaiser ns primarily a military Hue, ho
having mado up his mind to test the value
of olectrlo traction In war. Presumably 1U
success will lndueo the country to bo grid
Ironed with electric lines as "first aids" lu
mobilization. Tho results of tho speed
trials are, however, commercially valuable,
ns. Indicating how Important ,a factor elec
tricity may become as a transportation
agency, though we must know more than
we lnow now of the conditions under which
tho German experiment was mado before
conclusions are absolutely safe as to the
utilization of forces, A vast amount of
knowledge remains to be attnlned before we
can figure tho commercial value of elec
tricity an a motlvo power on .a acalo more
extended thnn Its present usej
But It is not alono in tlormany that
speeding up Is tho order of the day. Here
In the United States the transcontinental
lines are virtually being rebuilt, tho re
construction being pointed toward speed.
The trip between Boston and tho Pacific
coast, which only a few years ago
"spoiled" a week, can now be made In four
days, and four hours. This time will be
sharply cut when the Improvements be
tween Ogdcn and .San Francisco, now In
progress, have been.' completed.: Benton,
we believe it was, who in tho discussion
of tho Pacific railroad project was wont to
point to the setting sun nnd say: "There
is tho east." The speed race on this con
tinent Is Westward, to gain the markets of
tho enst. At tho Pacific coast the fast
speeding trains will shortly bo met by
steamers much faster and much larger than
any herctoforo known in our China-Japan
sen-ice.
All railroads tributary to the trans
continental system and most lines are now
feel tho Influence of this expansion and
are placing big orders for rolling stock.
The entlro output of the American Loco
motive company for next year has been
contracted for In advance, when Its capacity
will be 2.000 locomotives per annum. For
through business, for long hauls, the iron
horso still' more than holds Its own. Nor
can It be expected that It will be stabled
for good until tho doubts aa to the cost
of electricity for tho samo business have
been resolved to tho point of demonstrat
ing that It Is a cheaper .agency than steam.
LAUGHING GAS.
Somervllle Journal: Two heads may be
Letter than one sometimes, but It wouldn't
bo to with a pin.
Wnshlnston Stnr: "If voir ain't aot
liuflln' wuf sayln'," said Undo Ebon, "keep
puftlckly still nn let folks 'mrtgluo you has
an much on yoh mind did tou ain't cot
nine to tniK.
Brooklyn Life: First Chinaman And
which of the Christian sects do you prefer?
neconii uninaman way, now can i ten;
I havo only had time to examine the
doctrines of forty-seven of them I
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Jane always
looks under the bed for a burglar."
"Did she ever see one?"
"No. But she lives in hopes."
Detroit Free Press: "How can you stand
the slow life of a small town?"
"Oh, it's n matter of taste, like driving:
somo men like to ride ao fast they can t
seo anything others llko to dawdlo along
and enjoy the view."
Philadelphia Press: Towne Nurlch has
begun to blow about his family tree lately.
Browne Yes, Jic's Just discovered that he
had one.
Towno But Is It nny good?
Browne As trees go, yes. I believe It'a
rather shady.
Puck: Penholder (the poet) Homer was
scorned whllo living. It seems, to be thn
lot of poets to be treated coldly white
living and writing; nnd, then, when they
dlo tho world goes in raptures over them.
Illiterate Friend Yea; It seems to show
what tho world likes boat to have a poet do.
Chicago Post: ."Failures," he quoted,
"are tho stepping atones to success."
"In that case," was tho reply, "thu steps
certainly need repairing."
"DECLINED WITH THANKS."
D. A. McCnj-thy In Life.
Of all the woes a poet boars,
(And they are not a fow);
Of all his troubles and his cares,
Ills tits of feollng blue.
Tho phraso, "ncspcctfully declined
With thanks," beats all the pack,
And he has trouble on his mind
Whut tlmo his stuff cony' back.
Ah, yes. there's trouble otitis mind
That few can understand,
Except the fellows of his kind
Far-scattered through the land:
They know what fills his llfn with woo,
And paint tho future black,
For they have often felt Just to
When thelt own stuff cama'baek.
Full oft at peace -with all. the earth,
The bard awakes at morn.
HIh heart Is tilled with Joound mirth,
No grief he feels, or scorn;
But comoa a ting, tho1 postman's there
With letter-ladon pack,
And, oh, the poet's deep despair I
Ho gets hla pooms back
How proudly does he feel when he
Has labored hard, and made
Some verso for which he hopes to be
Quito handsomely repaid,
How thrills he when he sends it off .
But, bitter blow, alack!
How mudly does ho rail and sooff
AVhen cat-like It comes back.
DVt talk of other-people's woes, i
Not one of them comperes
With whut tho struggling poet knows,
And grimly grins and bears.
Ixit fate set everything amiss
From now till doomsday's crack,
There Is no grief as groat ns this
To get his poems back..
Perhaps beyond thh pearly gates,
Where hards (nnd salute) abound,
And whero no fiend of "usual rate,'
No editor, Is found:
In bliss lm will forget tho pain
That.keops him on the rack.
And best of alt lio'll ne'er again
Receive his poems back. "
Oh. you, 'to. whom these llnes'are sent!
0i, man of shears and pastel
In vnln the tlme ou'thom I anVnt,
If made not to your taato: '
They may be llmpy here and 't her,
And something maybe lack.
Yet kindly heed, the poet's pray'r,
Apd do not send them batk: