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.lolm Hull Is hoping tlx; RoorH will
Bwunr oft oti Now Year's tiny.
The year 1001 hocius lmtiml to koop tip
Its rucortl for tloath-duallug disaster to
tlm end.
Tho aftormath of tho holldaya prom
ises to keep the mcrohantH butty longer
than UHUiil tills time.
What If, after rending those resolu
tions of rerjret, JndRu Halter should tie
cldo to Btuy right here In Nebraska?
KliiK'l'dward has decided that there
will be no court jester at thu coronation
ceremonies. Waiting so ninny years for
tho crown is a serious mattdr.
Latest reports are to the effect that
Admiral Schley considers his cuse
closed. Not so with Maclay he has
contracted to write a magazine article.
Iowa was llfty-flvo years old Saturday.
Though a lew days ate, tho nation re
ceived a line Christmas present fifty-live
years ago, which has been growing bet
ter every year.
Tho New Year would bo it good time
for tho county treasurer to turn over a
now leaf and begin to credit up to the
taxpayers tho interest earned by the
bank deposits of county funds.
The best things command the best
prices on the stage, as In tradu and
business. That Is why thu great Kng
Hsh tragedian now touring this section
gets twice the price of admission ac
corded cheaper Imitators.
.Members of the school board seem to
hlgu lUiiiiiclal exhibits prepared for them
Willi the .samti nonchalance that they
dflixed their signatures to that grand
Jury resolution preferring grave charges
against municipal olllcers.
Statistics have been compiled to show
that. what are known as Industrial cor
porations in this country are eapll'tillzed
at Sii,r0i,000,tHM). Utiw much water is
included In this Is not stated, liecau.se It
is bejond the power of tho Miitlstlclaus.
Judge (iordtui Is Mill scheming to hang
on to the police bench, lu spite of the
fact that a majority of the voters ex
pressed themselves against him at tho
last election. Ills tenacity only shows
that he is convinced that he is losing a
good'tlilng.
Snntox.Pitmont is coming to this coun
try with his Hying machine, in. tho hope
of taking lu enough money at exhibi
tions' to endow a Hying muelilnu Institute-
'to the extent of f 1,00(1,1)00. Amerl
cnnMilghlllers do not need any. Institute
to t'vach them how to make an asceii
biom Scientists again predict thai the coal
Hipply of ti'ivat Hrllalu will be ex
hausted before I he end of the present
century, if the present rate of mining Is
coutti)Ufd. Ity that tluio the Nebraska
man who claims to be able to make fuel
out of common dirt may havu his in
vention iterfected.
A centrally located market house In
which the common people might have
the advantage of varied selection at
competitive prices would do much to
make Omaha more attractive as a place
for wage workers' to live. And tho
wage workers constitute tho backbone
of every community.
London papers are trying to scare up a
war between (icrmany and tho United
States over the trouble In Venezuela.
Tho story makes good reading, but there
is no necessity of nnyone getting down
tho old fiynlly musket for the present.
The ruling powers In neither couutry
have their war pulut mixed, yet,
TJE CLOSING YtAR.
Tho year that ends with todny has
been somewhat less eventful than the
preceding year, or Indeed than several
previous years, but Its contribution
to history has been considerable and
Important. For this nation It has
been n year of record-breaking pros
perlty and material progress and
the happiness of our people In the
enjoyment of this prosperity has
been mnrred by but one calnmlty the
death of tho grent imd good president
of the republic. That was ah event
which under ordinary conditions might
have been followed by disaster, but
fortunately his successor was prepared
to carry out the policies that had been
formulated and theru was no disturb
nnco of confidence nnd no halt of the
financial and commercial affairs of the
couutry. All pessimistic predictions at
the beginning of tliti year have been set
at naught by tho extraordinary achieve
ments, soon to lie told lu the slimming
up of the limit totals of the year's busl
ness. Thu great task that came to us
from the war with Spain lias been met
and progress has been made In thu Insu
lar possessions. Hostility to American
rule In tho Philippines continues and In
the opinion' of some familiar with con
dltlons there Is likely to continue for a
considerable time, yet there baa been a
steady extension of civil government
and tho work of education has been well
advanced. Theru has also been Indus
trlnl and commercial Improvement
which Is exerting a good effect upon
tho Doople. The conditions In I'orto
Hlco havu very much Improved arid the
people of that Island appear to be well
contented with American rule. Our oc
cupation of Cuba Is drawing to a close
and thus far every promise given to the
Cuban people lias been faithfully fill-
tilled. Tho political conditions there are
not altogether satisfactory, but our gov
ernment has properly declined to Inter
fere and will not do so as long as peace
and order are maintained. A leading
event of the year was tho negotiation
and ratification of a treaty with Grent
Hrltaln removing all obstacles to the
construction of an Isthmian canal and of
equal or even greater Importance was
the success of our efforts In connection
with the settlement with China. The
United States Is richer and stronger at
tht! close of this llrst year of the twen
tieth century thau It was at its begin
ning and the outlook is favorable to a
continuance of progress and prosperity.
This cannot be said of the nations of
thu old world. Great Hrltaln has not
only expended hundreds of millions of
dollars during the year In the South
iVfrlcan war, but her Industries and com
merce have experienced a material de
cline, which Is causing no little anxiety
to her statesmen and people. The
statements of Hrltlsh statisticians lu re
gard to the course of trade are well Cal
culated to alarm the Industrial and com
mercial Interests of England and to Jus
tify their efforts to Und a way to re
cover what has been lost It Is per
haps not extravagant to say that Great
Hrltaln has lost in wealth during 1!0!
almost If not quite as much as this
country has gained. Husluess depres
sion has prevailed throughout tht; year
lu Germany and that country Is strug
gling with economic problems as never
before In Its history. Many of Its In
dustries nnd hundreds of thousands of
Its people are Idle, yet the government
Is seriously proposing to Increase . the
duties on foodstuffs. Other European
countries are not much If any better off,
so far as their material conditions are
concerned. Ascribing the situation to
American competition, some of them are
carefully studying our Industrial and
business methods with a view to learn
ing how to meet Amerlcnu competition.
Mexico and two or three of the other
southern republics have progressed dur
ing the year, but some of them continue
to suffer from political disturbances and
revolutionary movements, which keep
them llnanclally distressed and retard
their development. There Is reason to
hope that the congress of representa
tives of these republics will be able to
agree upon a plan of arbitration and
also upon a plan of commercial arrange
ments which will be conducive to the
welfare and advancement of all of them.
Except the settlement of the Chinese
question there have been no very Im
portant events in the Orient during the
year, unless the as yet unaccomplished
designs of Hiissla regarding Manchuria
be so regarded. Japan 1ms experienced
a llnaiH-ial and hiiMiicss crisis, but ap
pears to have about recovered from It.
China, also, is slowly recovering from
her trouble.
Surveying the world, the United
States Is seen to be by far tho most fa
vored of nations, fii all that makes for
the improvement, the elevation and tho
happiness of a people this country Is
In advance of every other.
ini7, HHM.W hUUTlATUtXS.
The Hrltlsh government, It appears,
is desirous of renewing negotiations In
regard to the questions lu controversy
between the United States and Canada,
the most Important of which relates to
the Alaskan boundary. This question is
tho rock on which the negotiations of the
Joint high commission foundered. Alto
gether, there were about twelve distinct
points before the commission for consld
erntlon and practically all butonu were
arranged to the partial satisfaction of the
commissioners. There were a groat
many differences all along the line, but
the question of the ljsheries lu the
Great Lakes and In thu Atlantic ocean,
of the aruiainent of the war ships on thu
lakes and other mntters had been
patched up and placed lu such shape
that the commissioners would sign tho
agreement.
There was a hopeless disagreement,
however, on tho Alaskau boundary, and
after struggling over this Issue for suv
eral weeks thu commission adjourned,
with thu understanding that thu other
questions should bo dropped. The whole
argument of the Cnnndlnn represents
tlves was In the direction. g jetting u
THE OMAHA DAILY x.
water outlet on tho Pacific for their
northwest territory, but our commis
sioners were not convinced of the right
of Great Hrltaln to this. Subsequently,
serious trouble between Canadians and
Americans lu Alaska being threatened,
tho mutter became a subject of diplo
matic negotiation between thu two gov
emmeuts, with the result that a modus
Vivendi was agreed upon and Is now
operative. This, however, while it has
served to prevent tho threatened
trouble, Is but a temporary arrangement
and It is said that both governments
renllze the Importance of a Uuul settle
ment of the Issue.
If that Is the cabe there will of course
bo no dlillctilty lu renuwlng negotia
tions and It seems to be thu Idea that
these should bo carried on directly be
tween the governments through their
diplomatic representatives and the result
submitted to a commission to give form
to the basis of agreement. This
would be an unusual procedure and It
Is not easy to see what advantage there
would be lu It. One obvious effect would
be to delay settlement, unless the gov
ernments should direct their commis
sioners to approve thu argeement sub
mitted, llowuver, It is certainly most
desirable that thu boundary und other
matters In controversy shnll bo settled
and doubtless our government will
readily respond to overtures for reopen
ing negotiations.
TRVST'SStASHKlt SMYTH.
Trust Smasher Smyth rushes Into print
to relnlnd thu Standard Oil magnates of
thu Utter extermination thuv wunlil hnvn
surely encountered had not Smyth by
miseliancn had to evacuate his olllcu Just
beforo tho final order to rtnirirn vim
due. Omaha He.
This Is tho only answer which tho local
republican organ has to make to tho serious
charge ninde by former Attorney General
Snjyth. Certainly tho pcoplo have a right
to an explanation on this point. Mr. Smyth
has made sotno very serious charges.
World-Herald.
From the point of view of Trust-
smasher Smyth the charges he has ven
tured to prefer ngalnst his successor for
dereliction of duty and mismanagement
of the suit brought against the Standard
Oil company may have some foundation,
but his arraignment of the present at
torney general smacks altogether too
much of self-laudation and political
demagogy and has a tendency to
strengthen the suspicion that he delights
in playing to the grandstand.
Ar. Smyth says "he had but little to
do to win; all thu means of success had
been placed In his hands by me.
The fruits of moru thau a year's hard
and honest labor to uphold thu dignity
of my statu and vindicate thu honor of
her violated laws were east to the winds
by my republican successor."
The Hee cannot be truthfully charged
with having ever been the champion of
the trusts or an ajMiloglst for the abuses
from which thu people suffer at their
hands. Hut The Bee detests humbug
and hypocrlcy In any form, and that Is
why it cannot approve the methods by
which Mr. Smyth haft sought to project
himself to the forefront of the political
arena as thu enemy of monopolies en
trenched In power In the shape of trusts.
The aiitl-trusl laws of Nebraska were
enacted before Mr. Smyth becaniu attor
ney general. Why did he not begin thu
prosecution of the trusts during thu llrst
year of his term? Why did he not begin
It during the second'year? Why did he
single out the Standard OH trust for at
tack when he must havu known that
that was the most invulnerable of
trusts? Why did he maku his famous
attack on thu Argo Starch company of
Nebraska City lu the midst of a second
term campaign? Why did he allow the
Omaha Coal trust to exact tribute from
our people without remonstrance? Why
did he not seek to demolish the Fire In
surance trust which tlxed arbitrary
rates for Insuring business blocks, mer
chandise and dwelllpgs?
Mr. Smyth knows that the most dan
gerous of trusts are the local trusts, ex
cepting so far as they overcapitalize and
by excessive lullatlon promote Uuanclal
panics ami endanger the stability of our
tluaucial institutions.
Suppose he had actually succeeded In
driving the Standard Oil trust out of
Nebraska, what benellt would he have
conferred upon the consumers of
petroleum and other oils of which the
Standard Oil company has the motion-
ily? Can Mr. Smyth Jo Ignorant of the
fact Unit the courts of Nebraska could
not prevent tho Standard Oil company
from shipping goods lu original pack
ages from Council Bluffs, Sioux City
mid other points in Iowa to the Ne
braska denlcTs? Hops he not know that
Nebraska consumers would have been
compelled to pay the same price lu
Sioux City and Council Bluffs that they
now pay In Oinaha and other Nebraska
points and pay In addition llw local
alt s of transportation from Iowa to the
Nebraska points?
The career of Mr. Smyth as attorney
general has demonstrated that he Is
neither sfneere nor consistent. Mr.
Smyth deserves credit for thu successful
prosecution and conviction of ox-Treas-
w Hartley and Tho Boo commended
him at the time for his elllclent and en
ergetic work in tho criminal court, but
when It came to a question of thu re
covery of tht.' money embezzled by ltart-
ley Mr; Smyth failed most lamentably.
He prosecuted the Hartley bondsmen,
but did not mako thu slightest effort to
protect the state when they deliberately
commenced to trausfer their real estate
and other tanglblo property with the
manifest Intent to evade their responsi
bility and render worthless any Judg
ment which might finally bo recovered
against tliein. When thu sureties on the
Hartley bond began to get their property
out of their hands why did ho fall to
take tho llrst stop necessary to protect
the stato against this conspiracy of thu
Hartley bondsmen?
Fire lnsurauco organs aro making
great ado over terrible lint conditions
lu this country, to which they point as
Justification for constantly Increasing
rates. Wu aru told that "nearly l,i!00
tiro lusurauco commuilea have quit bual.wUl rcwcot m guly ladopadeasu.
ifr y
tftKSPAY, DECEMBER 31,
ness In tho Otrti
-'" Traits,- i
and to prove
It the names of tn.i'.l Reused arc printed
with dates of mortality going back to
IS.0, nil of which Is charged up to hos
tile legislation. This would be terrible,
If true, but It does not prove the ense,
There Is no rensoit why n poorly or
fraudulently mauaged Are insurance
company should survive collapse any
more thau any other poorly or fraudu
leutly mnnaged business Institution
We venture to assert that other lines o
enterprise Involving approximately the
same number of concerns nnd same
nniount of capital will sfiow no better
failure record for the past fifty years
than the tire Insurance business.
Omaha wants more factories and mills
that give constant employment to work
Ingmeii nnd working women. Capital
Ists who have money to Invest In such
enterprises will come to Omnha provld
lug the conditions under which their con
corns nre to be operated are as good or
better than they are In other Industrial
centers. This means that Omaha must
meet the competition of rivals by lower
taxation and cheapo living expenses
Omaha Is In the heart of tho region that
produces meat and bread for the mil
lions und by rights meat, bread and all
food products should be cheaper here
than at points lu tho states that have to
Import thu products raised here. What
Omaha needs Is to bring tho consumer
and producer nearer together.
Chinese diplomats broke over an old
tradition when they attended a dinner
given by Minister Conger, In which
American women participated. For
merly It was considered degrading to
dine with foreign women. When Uie
oninesu nohles expose themselves to
cnptlvatlon by tho charm of American
womanhood, It Is easy to seo a finish for
the musty traditions of centuries.
The Japanese olllcer who commanded
the troops of that country durlug re
cent operations In China has resigned
from the nrmy, becnuse he was accused
of participating In the loot. Evidently
tnu Japanesu have not yet become
thoroughly civilized. None of the olll
cers of the truly enlightened countries
have found It necessary to resign on
account of these charges.
People who want to keep posted on
the status of thu dlillctilty between Chile
and Argentine are forced to purchase
every edition of tho newspapers. One
possible reason for the delay In opening
hostilities is that neither has felt
equal to the task of commencing busl
ness uutoru Creelman, Harding Davis
and thu other war corresiioudonts are on
hand to direct affairs.
A young New Yorker Jumped from
the Brooklyn bridge Just to seo whether
he could do It and survive the conse
quences. It will be several days before
tho problem Is definitely solved by
verdict of the physicians and In Uie
meantime it is not necessary to watch
him to prevent u repetition of the per
formance.
Great Opening for Prophets.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
It Is a great deal safer to predict that
wireless telegraphy will Biiporsedo tho
carrier pigeon than that It will supersede
tho wiro telegraph.
1'jisHliiMT It lit Coiiicrrss.
Brooklyn Englo.
Governor Taft favors civil rulo for tho
Philippines and General Chaffco bollovos in
a military government. Congress, which
Is tho competent ruler under thu supremo
court decision, will tako Its cholco of either
or neither.
IteslKiintlnii. l- Iimtullmrnt.
Kansas City Star.
Ono thing that tho American peoplo havo
to bo grateful for Is that tho cabinets do
not resign In a body as they frequently do
In European countries. It is not pleasant
to contcmplato what might happen In tho
rush If eight cabinet vacancies were created
at onco in the United States of Atnorlca.
Thr Kprrtiit'lr of .lonca.
Chicago Chronicle (dem.)
It was a plcturcsquo scene In tho senate
when Jones of Arkansas, tho rounder of
tho round cotton bale trust, brought all his
elonucnco In debate nnd skill lu lcadcrshlu
to hear for tho purposo of defeating tho ap
pointment of'Attornoy General Knnx on the
ground that Mr. Knox had been a trust law
yer. Tho democratic trust mugnato pro
tested by a heated Inquiry against tho con
firmation of .Mr. Knox. "Can wo," he ox-
clnimcd, "contldo to an attorney of tho
trust tho duty of enforcing tho statute
against trusts?" Lot tho round cotton bale
trust answer.
'I'hi (irotvlnir .Siirplu.
Philadelphia Record.
Seerntary On go Is reducing tho surplus
rnsh In tho treasury as fast as possible by
buying bonds thus decreasing the public
debt, adding to tho money In circulation and
diminishing tho temptation to extravagant
appropriation on tho part of congross. In
desplto, however, of tho bond purchases,
tho surplus continues to grow, and tho de
mand for tax reduction becomes more Im
perative. Tho savings by tho government
in anticipating tha payment of Its Indebt
edness nre trifling as eompnred with the
loss Inflicted upon taxpayers by unneces
sary taxation and hoarding.
llnkt .Smith Wuh There.
Atlanta Journal.
Unless n man bo possessed of surplus
ftealth he can hardly serve an a cabinet
ofilcer without serious eacrlllco of his ma
terial Interests. A member of tho cabinet
receives $8,000 a year, which tho ordinary
citizen would consider a handsome allow
ance. Hut It Is a vory raro thing that a
cabinet olllcer lives like an ordinary citizen,
Custom Is a tyrant to whoso dictates wo' all
bow, to a greater or less extent, and cus
tom dictates that tho beads of the execu
tive departments In Washington shall live
la u Btyln anil Indulge In expenditures that
very soon atxiorh on Incomo of $8,000 a year,
Siielnl
Ixiietlmi nf I'nhlnct
ntllcer.
Indianapolis Journal,
Now that It In barely possible that Secre
tary I.ong may lenvo tho cabinet, Washing
ton gossip attests that many persons In
offlclal circlet) will tin glad to havo blm
leave because ho has never entertained,
Thus It appears that eatertalnlng is ono of
tho qualifications of nn able secretary
Secretary Long is a man of limited means
with nn Invalid wife, For more than a
year a daughter was an Invalid and finally
died. Instead nf thinking meanly of tho
secretary of the navy for not ausumlag ex
penses for entertaining which ho could not
ninot without harming himself, most people
moi.
Great Dead of 1901
Chicago
The year now so nearly at Its close has
been quite as notable as any of Its recent
predecessors In tho loss pf those who havo
been conspicuous In their various depart
menu of labor and havo" made their names
widely known. Tho political world has lost
William McKlnley, mutdercd during his
presidency by the assasidn Czolgosz nt tho
ran-Amerlcnn exhibition; Benjamin Harri
son, tho eminent lawyer and ex-prcsldent;
William M. Evarts, also a great law or and
ex-sccrctory of stato, Prince von Hoheii
lohe, the German ex-chnncellor; Francesco
Crlspl, tho ox-prcraler of Italy, ond M
Hung Chaug, tho smartest and sanest man
of his tlmo in China. Among tho rulers of
the world Victoria, queen of Great Hrltaln,
has passed awny, likewise tho Dowager Em
press Frederick, Abdttr Rahman Khan, tho
ameer of Afghanistan, and Milan, tho dis
solute ex-klng of Servla.
Tho world of llteraturo nnd tho arts has
suffered severely. Among tho prominent
Power in
Washington Post.
Prido la federal Influence la great under tho eastern
our form of government. Bcnco tho exuber.
nnco across tho Mississippi these days over
an enlarged bouquet of political favors.
Tho star of high office holding has been con
stantly moving far from tho east. Even
Ohio In recent months has been left bo
hind, tho whllo Iowa rejoices with moro
soats In tho supremo council of politics.
Party favor Is too 'fitful to hover con
stantly over ono locality or commonwealth,
and tho Jubilant Bcntlmcnts, fully warranted
by thq sturdy republicans they produce, now
transrcrrcil from Huckeyedom to Iowa, nro
wholesome evidences of ambitious achieve
ment. Tho history of tho republican party
In recent years hna been of stronger grasp
of administrative affairs by tho west. Maine,
Massachusetts, New York and Pennsylvania
used to prevail. Atlantic coast Interests
wcro predominant; tho Mississippi valley
and tho region beyond had nn Inferior
share. Now tho bulk of chairmanships In
tho national houso Is with men from tho
solidly republican stnteH of the west nnd
northwest. Presidential elections aro
fought out nnd determined In that section.
In general legislation tho pendulum swings
as western men dictate, and tho states on
rilOM Till: MMIItASICA STATU lMIKSS.
Clay Center Sun (rep.): A I.'lncoln Bpo-
clal to Tho Omaha Hee gives among tho
number mentioned to till the vacancy la tho
supremo court commission caused by tho
election of Judgo Sedgwick to thu Btipremo
bench tho nnmo of Hon. S. W. Christy. Tho
mention of Mr. Christy for this position
struck a rcsponslvo chord throughout Clay
county, ns well as In many other portions
of tho state. Mr. Christy would honor tho
position.
Friend Telegraph (rep.): Havo tho peo
plo of this stato any right to think that
thoso who are so over-otllclous In an at
tempt to obtain tho pardon of Joseph S.
Hartley from tho penitentiary have mnro
than a passing Interest in this matter, or
that theso over-zealous persons had any
connection with tho looting of tho stato
treasury, nnd for which Mr. Hartley Is
serving a term In tho penitentiary? Tho
pcoplo of the Fitato aro moro anxious to
know whero that enormous nmount of cash
went to than they nro to see Mr. Hartley
retained In prison. Wo bcllovo that Hartley
Is doing himself nn Injustice In not giving
away whero this money went to nnd wo
believe It would also relievo a good many
others from what might at somo futuro
tlmo bo unjust suspicion.
Crete Vtdotto (rep.): Wo notlco that
nearly ovory county In tho Fourth district
Is budding n candidate for congress in tho
next convention. Mr. Aldrlch of Hutler,
Shcdd of Saunders, Norval of Seward.
Halner of Hamilton, McCloud of York. King
of Polk, Sloan of Fillmore and Illnshuw of
Jefferson nro alrcndy talked of, with Thayer
and Gago to bo henrd from. This Ih an
encouraging sign, as It Indicates that a
nomination Is considered equivalent to nn
election. If J. D. Pope Is a candldnto for
congress, nnd wo understand ho is, thero
Is little doubt but whnt ho will have a xollil
nnd enthusiastic delegation from Saline
county at his back. He put up a strong,
clean cnmpalgn two years ago, and his
acquaintance and experience would greatly
benefit him in another trial.
l'KHSOXAl, MOTHS.
At least ono Now York broker has made
llttlo fortuno on tho stock exchange.
Ho sold his Beat for $80,000.
St. Louis Is taking on great airs. Rag
time is now frowned upon and tho classic
coddled. Later ou tho fickle town will
worship at tho shrlno of the midway spieler.
It Is said that fire losses this year will
nniount to $170,000,000 nnd that tho losses
of tho last twenty-five years amount to
$2,800,000,000, a sum moro than sufficient
to havo paid thu entire national debt.
Gcorgo Humbug, nn old gentleman rcwld-
tng In Ing Stcram, L. I., hna fullen heir
to a neat little fortuno of $10,000 nnd de
splto tho ominous sound of his name he
Is now besieged by ladles who would like
to marry him.
Tho senate of Georgia rejected the part
nf tho proposed constitutional amendment
thnt would mnke tho term of tbo governor
of tht stato four years. It refused to
Htrlko out the prohibition ngalnst banish
ment and tho whipping post.
Augustus St. Gaudons Is at work on tho
model of tho Parnell monument tn bo er
ected lu Dublin. The sculptor has bound
himself to completo the statue In llvo
years, rno nguro win do nt neroic propor
tions nnd will cost from $40,000 to $r,0,000.
Mayor-elect Seth Low of Now York Is
fully In sympathy with tho movement to
build up an antl-Tammony democratic or
ganization, und with that object In view has
been In consultation with John C. Shcehan,
leader of tho Greater Now York democracy.
The present marquis of Salisbury years
ago arose to speak In tho Houso of Com
mons as Iord Robert Cecil and sat down
Viscount Cranbourne and hu'lr to a mar
aulsato. Whllo ho was speaking a measen-
ger arrived announcing tho death of blB
elder brother.
Edward F. Nlshwltz, who whs discharged
from tho New York pouco rorce in lsao
for being absent without leave, has boon
reinstated with back pay amounting to IC
0Q0. Nlshwltz has been worklnc as a
machinist during tho Interval and now
thnt ho has been reinstated and paW ho
has resigned from tbo force.
Ono of tho college weekly papers make
tho following comment on tho difference
botween football at Yalo nnd Harvard:
'At Harvard a coach, being surrounded hy
literary Influences, must cry, "Pierce the
lino with flercenews, gentlemen!' At Yale
a coach says, 'Dive into 'em, you lobsters-.
dig in your toes nnd sock It to 'era!'
Arthur F Layton, who directs tho clean
ing of Dotrolt'tf streets, fought In many
lands as a Hrltlsh soldier, principally with
General Graham nnd Ixird Wolseley dur
ing tho memorable Hrltlsh campaign In
tho early '80s. Ho possosecs a number of
medalB, including tho Khedive's, star, pro
jjuat(id. to Lis by TewOk Pasha lu 189 i.
Trlbtino
writers who havo passed away nre; John
Ffske, tho historian, Charlotte M. Yongo,
nnd Sir Walter llesant, novellste; Hobcrt
W. Huchanan, the Hrltlsh poet; William
Ellery Cbannlng of tho famous Concord
group of writers; Maurice Thompson, the
story writer nnd essayist, nnd Ignatius
Donnelly, tho romancer and Uacoulan
cipher Inventor. Music has loat Verdi.
the last of the old school Italian opera com
posers; Uenolt, who wns tho chief repre
sentative of tho Flemish school of compo
sition; Sir John Stnlnor, tho organist nnd
author of tho best dictionary of terms yot
produced; Frans Hummel, tho pianist; Al
fred Plattl, tho 'cellist, nnd Audran, ths
Krcnch light opera composer. In art
Franco loses Jean Cazln, ono of Its great
painters; England, Kato Grecnaway, the
delightful Illustrator, and tho United States,
James McD. Bart nnd Edward Mornti, two,
of tho best representatives of tho old school-
of painting,
the West
seaboard nro moro nnd moro
assuming tho roll of suppliants for bene
fits.
Despair need hardly sit on tho faithful
from Ohio because tho scepter has departed.
Thero may bo u firmer clutch on places
already secured ond falntncss of heart to
clamor for more. Ability In politics, as In
other realms of activity, will carry prestige
Nevertheless, western lnfiucnco will not,
wane when lown s leaders havo retired from
senate nnd house and tho plnces of her
cabinet members are filled by others. Tho
great commerce of tho Pacific const and the
movement of trado that way mark develop
montn which New York will heed, ns she
hns been forced to do with Chlengo. In
yearn to como n master of fltianco from be
yond tho Mississippi will ceaso to be
prodigy, ono to bo received with suspicions
of provincialism. President Roosevelt In
hlmftclf very much of a western man, In
neenrd with western sentiments. The dny
may be for distant when n chief maglstrntc
will bo chosen from west of tho Mississippi,
but the continued sway of the republican
party means tho sway of western Ideas for
a long tlmo nl tho scat of government.
I.KAHV OK C.UAM.
Boston Globe: Thoroughly original In his
Ideas of duty nnd faithful to them Captain
I.eary ttcorcd distinction ns a man of cour
ago and coolness In Samoa. Ho will bo
chiefly remembered, however, by his fel
low countrymen for his services ns llrst
governor of "our lslo" of Gunm, under
Amnrlr.m novnrflirnt v. Itla ranvr n niter
of that dlstaut Island wnn marked by per-
sounl ounlltloH iiml tieeullnrltles of mnthoil
In dealing with tho natives that gained for rhe coul(1 ,10t dlsposo of It without ro
hlm wldo notoriety. If not lasting fame. duclng tho prlco und tho reduction of tho
Chicago Tribune: The name of Captain
Learv will co down tn fnmn as that of tho
n-. , n.n, i, .,,
...... ,,.,..,. u. ... lU,IO
eomnllshcl In Am.-rlennlzlntr thn n.iam.
Itcs nnd making them peaceable citizen
Is well known. No scandals attached to
his administration. On tho other hand he
did much for the educntlon, tho morals and
tho culture of tho pcoplo. Captain Iary
was an eccentric olllcer In somo respects,
but ho was gallant, patriotic and highly
esteemed by nl! who knew him tntlmatoly.
Philadelphia Record: Captain Richard
F. Leary was a veteran sea fighter of the
Decatur and Perry sort, with nn added
vein of racy humor nnd a genulno talent
for offhand administration that rendered
his services Invaluablo in many critical
emergencies. Ills picturesque career as
first commander nt Gunm Island is still
fresh in tho public memory, while bis
i i ictboda of enforcing discipline, nt League
Islund, whllo In recent command of the
receiving ship Richmond, quickly won for
him appreciative admirers In this section
of tho union.
Detroit Freo Press: All who admire an
Intrepid loader and ono equipped with the
resources that rlso to an emergency give
moro than tho passing thought nud per-
functory tribute to tho memory of tho lote
Cnptaln It. P. Leary. His record In the
navy was a proud ono and wo question
tho governor of Guam wa not required
In tho founding of better things for her
people. Civilization laughed and the rich-
cnt material for comic opera was afforded,
but tins captain knew tho weaknesses of
tho Island and went at them In n way af
fording delightful contrast to tho elaborate
Indirection of modern political methods. He
was a man for war and tho strenuous life
of a pioneer In authority.
i't iii.io ori-M iAi.s am) Tin: pass.
Will lllf
IIiiIIi-oiiiIh 4ilv OflliM-lmldcri
ii Ctiltl Hath f
Denver Post.
It Is snld that the railroads havo de
termlned to eliminate tho Issue of freo
annual transportation over their respective
lines for tho coming year to stato and
county ninclnlR. With tho plain people who
pay ns they ride it has been a puzzle why
theso olllr-lals should be carried freo of
ehargo by tho railroads whllo tho Item of
mileage plnys a very Important figure In the
accounts thnt have to bo settled by the
people. Why In the first placo the rail
roads supplied this free transportation to
the nfllclnlH Is a question which has never
been settled to the satisfaction of the tax
payers who are called upon to font tho
mllengo IiIIIb of tho officials thnt rldo on
passes
Unless tho rnllronds supplied them with
annum tree transportation as a nribo no
satisfying explanation of this unwarranted
liberality on the part of the railroads has
ever been offered. Why nn olDclnl. whon
traveling nn private business, should do so
nt the expense of the roads any morn thnn
n prlvato Individual pnssefl understanding.
When on ofllcla. business he 1, paid Ids
mlleago by the people. If the railroad
managers hnvo really concluded to bhut
down on free transportation of this kind
it will bo hailed by tho pcoplo ns a very
salutary reform. There should bo nolthcr
brlbo nor suspicion of a brlbo by the rail
roads In tholr relations to tho servants of
tho peoplo clothed with brief authority Id
stato and county government.
C'O.VnilHHS A .Ml POSTAL HANKS,
Tlmr for KrleniU of tlir Mrnxtirr
(o
llestlr Tlioinaolvra,
Chicago Nows.
When congrees was being ured In 1837
to establish a postal Bavlhgs bank system
Secretary of tho Treasury Gage opposed tho
projert. Hut his opposition, as Mr. Gage
explained In a letter to Senator Wolcott,
then chairman of tho senate, committee on
postnfllces and postroads, was basod solely
on the consideration of tho timeliness of the
proposed action. To the postal savings
hank Idea Itself ho did not express hostility,
but he wanted tho question of tho standard
of valuo definitely nettled beforo tho gov
ernment should go into tho buslnosB of re
ceiving small deposits for safokeoplng.
After that should bo done, Secretary Uago
said, It would bo proper to consider tho
establishment of a postal savings system.
Ity net of congress gold has beott mado
tho standard of nluo lu tho Fulled SUtc-s.
Tho action which Secretary Gsgo const!-
ered a condition precedent to tho prn "
"I consideration of postal bank legislation
was tas.cn shortly after hie letter to Sena
tor Wolcott wns written, yot nothing hai
been dono toward providing adequate av
lugs facilities for persons of small means,
notwithstanding tho fact that tho need for
such facilities Is continually growing
greater. Tho reason for Inactivity on thij
subject Is to bo found, no doubt, lu the
fact that the nttcntlon of succeeding i
grcsses was engrossed with the Spanish
American war and tho problems grow in
out of that conflict. Hut outstdo mattfr.i
ought not to continue forever to monopolise
the attention of the nation's lawmakers t
tho exclusion of problems of domestic con
cern. It Is tlmo for congress, to give heed
to tho need for legislation In tho Interest
of tho great ttiAMiea of tho people, who
would benefit from tho establishment of tho
postal savings bank system. Tho friends of
this measure In congress should bestir
themselves with n view to securing early
nellou. it would bo n great thlug to form
the bill to a roll call, If only In one branch
of tho national legislature.
thu Mitui:.u i. coituii.
I. llllit on tlip Intermit Workings or n
.cil Co in !l nr.
Detroit Frco Press.
Tho usefulness of publicity In dealing with
tho largo corporations Is well Illustrated by
the statement Issued by tho directors of the
Amalgamated company. Although tho state
ment Is ex parte und everything that could
bo concealed has been concealed, tho Infor
mation given to tho public, when added to
certain information tho public already had,
eliminates the last element of mystery from
the Amalgamated "queozo."
Tho story Is old nnd fnmlliar, now that
the Important facts havo been brought to
light. Taking ndvantago of tho unprece
dented demand for copper that followed tho
revival of Industry throughout the civilized
world, a combination was formed among
tho copper mines. Into tho capitalization
went everything thnt could bo gathered up
und tossed Into tho pool. Tho combination
was capitalized on tho basis of Its maximum
profits as tho United States Steel corpora
tion has been, by tho way. As long as cop
per could bo sold for 17 cents and tho do-
mand equaled the supply all wont well. Hut
1 1 -cent copper meant tho operation of a
great many mines that could not bo operated
if tho price wero tower.
Somo mines, tho Calumet & Hecln, for
example, can prodtico coppor at a profit for
it) in or 11 cents. In other mines It costs 13
or It or 15 cents. Tho trust held tho prlco
or copper up nnd all tho mines outsldo Uie
combination that could bo worked for n
profit were worked. Tho prlco was finally
shoved up to 13, cents, all tn tho greater
glory of nil tho mines. Tho production soon
exceeded tho demand and tho trust mado an
cuori 10 UOlil 1110 prlco at 17 cents. Tho
tlcn"ml slackened still further and copper
I'neu up on too nanus or tno trust managers.
Ji" " . 1 . . .! .B Vl . ''
4 "c l'"W""icu uio luovnanio as long
a possible, but tho explosion finally came.
.,, ,, . . ... ... ....
tho tons tb,lt 1,3,1 "cumulated nnd copper
is approaching its normal price. What tho
French syndicate was unable to do a dozen
or so years ago tho Standard Oil crowd
was unable to do in 1901. Had tho trust
been ablo to control all tho copper mines
In tho world It might havo been possible
to curtail production nnd maintain on arti
ficial price, but all Uio mines lu the
world form a contract too great oven for tho
high financiers that havo manipulated
Amalgamated.
Tho chief sufferers must necessarily bo
tho pcoplo that took tho gang's word for
the value of tho stock and bought it on tho
presumption that the earlier rate of divi
dends would bo mnlntnlncd. Of courso, no
body on tho Inside has been squeezed. Those
honorable gentlemen got their stock nt Its
actual value. In some cases as low as 40, It
Is said. Tho lambs bought It at its In
flated value and havo been properly fleeced.
In spite of the collapse of tho bubblo tho
deal has unquestionably brought great
profits to tho men on the Inside. Even
with the collnpso they have everything to
which they wero legitimately entitled, aside
from tho forced profits thnt wero made In
the operation of shearing tho lambs nnd
mulcting tho consumers. There seems to ba
no good reason now why they should not
gather In tho stock ngalu at u normal prlco
and repeat the process, allowing, of courso,
a sultlclent length of tlmo to elapse for the
public to forget tho details of the previous
plucking.
last .Mii,n or thu yuaiu
Philadelphia Preps: Willi
-Pa, why
Is
truth Hooknn of ns "linked?'
ra I don t know, but thnt may rxDlaln
why she s so seldom seen la public life.
Uronklyn i:ngle:
nottop or two cnumx marrying two sisters.
I;i Itor Head It. 'Putting Two and Two
Together."
llarli'in Life: Mr. Phnmllmnn I rind
onions excellent for Uie euro of certain
mi'iit.il dlHorders.
Dr rrlrf .Nonsense, man. nonsense!
.Mr I'linmllnmn Kni-t. I fed tlniin to niv
daughter, who Imagines she'H old enough
to hno lieuux, and tliey cured nor.
Philadelphia Catholic Standard: "This
dollar," begun the cashier of the restau
rant, urf ho Keratinized the coin.
l( nnd, en: interrupted too sour-look-
Ink patrtn.
Weil, it dofHirt iook very good."
"That ho-' JtiHt liltn It. nnd If It's imv-
thins; like tho dinner I hud It'll tnxto even
w.rso than It looks."
.1 i. V
llrnoklvo IJfo: Hewitt llulf the world
doesn't know how the other half lives.
.Itiwett 1 think roti overestimate thn
rumber of peoplo who mind tholr own
business.
Philadelphia Press: ' Mrs. Mnhinron 1
ut.derHtnnd that populist onitur drinks
sttnethlni: terrible.
Mrs. Lrown 1 vn heard ho wna nn nn.
prlclnled agitator, but I didn't know lit.
drank.
Mrs. Malanrnn Oh. ves. Our mlntHt..r
says ho lu a regulur demijohn,
Plilrnirn Trlhllnn! "Nn" Mnl.l II,. nl.t
with the nibson-irlrl neck. "I ntn an mnM.
c''dy on ChrlstmnH dny thnt I shant want
S 5" KarlJrTlffi
wuh urouuni to mo, cutler.
"What did you do with tho thrco-aunrters
yen couldn't oat?" Inquired the girl with
the Julia Marlowe dlmplo.
t sent u to a dear om Invalid nunt."
Harrier's llaznr: Hhiv Mv trnimunnn i
already beginning to nhow wenr.
lie intartiod)llut we've only boon mar
ried a month.
She Now, don't you worry about It nt
nil, denrest. I can make It tut good ns new
mr jw or
TIIU VIHGIM YHAII.
Turn on nn unstained maiden,
Fair hh a'min-llt duy, (i
With hope'H bright glamour laden,
Thu Now Year cornea UUs wuy.
What pleasures she's deciding
On tnortaU to bentow,
What sorrows: she In hiding,
Wo will not seek to know.
Tlmo'H mighty hand Is bringing
To childhood, youth nnd ngo,
While Now Year's bells ore ringing,
A smooth, unsullied pugs.
A page to lie recorded
With human thoughtn nnd deed
ny Hfe-nlniH, grand or sordid,
Hy broad or narrow creeds.
May honor, peace nnd slumber
Culm present doubt and fear,
And none among our number
Hetray tho virgin yfar,
NYlcsldc, JN'ch, U1JLLK WIIiLEY QXJtL
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