THE OMAHA DAILY JBEEt THURSDAY, JANUARY 0, 1902.
The umaiia Daily Bee.
K. nOSKWATKH, EDITOR.
PUnMSHKD EVEltY MORNING.
VUDtjlClTi' AND S,lTEltVlSlON.
Public si-ntlmcnt Is rnpldly cryatnlllz-
lng lu favor of the miporvlftloii of cor
porations ongitRctl In Interstate coin-
tiuifpn Tim 1iitifl ml nf flic llOUr I.S
TEHMH OF 8UU8CHIPTION. . ... . ... ....... , ,
Dally lice (without Sunday), One Year..$C. r me iuiicht piium-ny ... tuW,...i
Pally nee find Huhday, onq vnr s.w inlumgement, uml especially In the man-
tiKuineut of colossal corporations,
whether organized as trusts or under co
operative control.
The governors of several of the great
states In which trusts have tieen en
trenched lu power, notably those of
New York, Massachusetts and Ohio, ad-
Illustrated line. One Year 2.W
Hunduy llee. One Year 2.JM
Saturday lice, Ono Year 1.W
Twentieth Century Farmer. One Ycnr... l.W
DELIVERED DY CARRIER.
pally IJeo (without Hunday), per copy
In order to fortify the treasury against pruning knife or plunge the school ilia
absolute failure to redeem outstanding trlct Into greater debt
currency exchangeable for gold. Uusiness Is not good, but even If It was
As between the irrcenlmck endless I rowI anti a constalit strenni of gold was
chain and the silver endless chain there pouring Into the- treasury the policy of
Is little difference, excepting possibly In dispensing with fads and frills and
the transportation charges. Tho menace equalizing salaries in proportion ' to
to lluanclal stability Is nearly as great capacity ami character of service would
lu ono case as In the other. Imvc commended Itself to a great ma
jority of tho people.
ally Uee (without Sunday). per week
xmi iv uee imciuuing Bunui
Hunday Uee, per copy
. 2o
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ay), per week. .17c
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Evening Uee (without Sunday), por week. 10c
evening uee (inciuuing sunuay;, per
comnifl'ntV"nrVrVrffui;iriti'ei''in "delivery voeato extensive publicity and BiipervlB
hould be addressee to City Circulation De- ns pnnxinoUnt safeguards agulnst the
worst abuses of the- trust system.
Governor Nnsh of Ohio not only reiter
ates the demand embodied' In his In
augural address, delivered two years
ago, In which ho calls attention to the
necessity 'for cornorato sunervlslou. but
Communications relating to news and edl-
torIM matter should bo addressed: Omahn ""I'l1"-"'1"1" - ol.v.
Uce, Editorial Department. cllict declaration:
HUBINES3 LETTEKS. I . . .. ....
Business letters and remittances should bo PUBiicuy wmcn wou.u uo .ci4 u,
addressed: Tho Ilea Publishing Company, annual reports, mado througtt soino com-
OFFICE3.
Omaha The Bee Hulldlng.
South Omaha-City Hall Building, Twcn
ty-nfth and M Streets.
Council Bluffs-10 Pearl Street,
Chlcngo-l&io Unity Building.
New York Terriple Court.
Washington Ml Fourteenth fitroot.
CUHHESI'UNUIJNtK
Omaha
REMITTANCES.
nntent and rcsDonstblo ofllccr, could not,
by any possibility, Injure a really worthy
. " .. .... ,-i ..t, uy any po
payablo to Tho hco Publishing Company, and sound corporation, but would protect
Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment of public against unworthy and falling
Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted
THE BEE PUBLISHING UOJU'ANI.
STATEMENT OF CIIlCUIiATION.
' Btate of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.l
iuiiiui.uii.i.. ,
As matters now stand, the secretary or
stato knows, nothing about a corporation
after It leaves his office with a charter
n.nrnn Ft 1,.lvi rV inrrnlnrv nf The H0 frntll till! Btatfl. 110 CanllOt OVOn tell
PublUhlnir Cnmnntiv. heltiir duly BWorn, I .... ,,,, m in nnn nr morn cornora
says that tlw actual number of full and c'(,,i i. ,h Mintn durlne the
complete couIcb of Tho Dally. Morning, tlons chartered by the stato during ine
Evonlng and Sunday Bco printed during last fifty years aro now dead, nor now
tho month of December, l'JUl, woo as fol- njmjy oro BtM living. Tho state creates
lOWa: ... ,..i,..i,. n r An himtness.
-4 nil IMIIft I IUU lllilil,, "null" " . '
l ........... I . .. 1.1 hm.I Ifnnl'd nnlh.
. .& iinnnfi il oul into ino cuiu, uu nu
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19 :i(),hmo ing more udoui u loruvur. m
M ilo.-UO that a cbango should uo maae.
21 :io,70( TMo demand for publicity Is no longer
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Total ti:i,sns agement must be respected ami compneu
Xiopb unsold and returned copies.... 10,01)8 ...iti, jr jnmea 11. Dill, Is one of tho
Net total Bale ti,ir.r leading trust attorneys of New Jersey,
Net dally average ao.ioi , H ventured to mako the concession
that stockholders are entitled to tho
confined to the press and public olllcers
holding executive position In the state
lo. no hind nation. It haH- at, last (uuvnea
Io tho corporation managers and
30,510 irusi iiiioriiuj imu i"u .,vi.-w..-
...ao.or.o business sentiment agninst everytmug
resembling a blind pool and In favor of
the fullest publicity In corporate man-
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GEO. B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my proHenco and sworn to
'beforo mo this 31st day of Dncomber. A. V.
1901. M. B. HUNOATE.
(Seal.) Notnry Public.
fullest coulldenco of tho corporation,
which should' be required to make
periodic reports or exhibits showing
Omaha seems to bo ngaln Inflicted nrst tho amount of capital Issued,
with the malady of too much police
Judge.
It Is up to the Hoard of County Conv
mlsslonera for the next move for tho
nbolltlon of pay roll sinecures.
Eleventh hour Jobs presented to a body
llko the county board in Its expiring
momenta will bear watching.
nmouut paid thereon, distinguishing
tho umouut of capital paid up In money
and tho amount paid up otherwise than
In money, and the arrears, If any, of
calls due; the amount of debts duo by
tho company, distinguishing the nmouut
of mortgages and Hen chnrges upon tho
general usseta of tho company, the
amo'unt of debts due tho company after
making proper deduction for debts con
Wo feel confident Andrew Jackson sred to be bad or doubtful; the actual
nnnl.l nrnvn nn nlll.l If. hn wnre nliv on nmouut or surplus, u auy, nun u.u im
I . . i 1. 1 ..1. li. 1 1 ...1
many of tho .doctrines credited to him nn" U10UU wmL" 18 UBt,, uuu
v nrosont-ilnv ilomnpriipv. nivcsieu; iuhuj, iuu umuuui
I .. ... . il.
me gross vniuc oi xiiu uhsuih ml u.u cu.u
After nil Us activity beforo tho.Uoard pany hna been Increased since tho last
of Rovlow the Real Estate exchange bnlanco In consequence of any increase
,must not go to sleep when the Board lu the values of real or personal property
of Equalization geta down to work. belonging to the company.
This demand for corporate uccounta
Th6 promoters of tho auburbau elec- bllity to its stockholders lu only the first
trie railroad' system havo struck another step in the direction of publicity that
,enag and tho project will probably have will bo found essential for the protection
to .bo postponed until the flowers bloom of tho country from tho abuses to whlcii
In the spring. corporate overcapitalization whether
fictitious or bused on estimated future
Tho canal race la off lu concrcss, nrofU8-ha8 exposed investors in corpor
with tho Nicaragua routo in tho lead, uttUnd trust securities. Publicity should
going around tho ilrst turn. People who uot 11Jerciy bo yenUivca for tho bcueflt
dcslro only to sco the finish need bo lu
no hurry to buy tickets,
Ohio la 'consoling Itself that If It has
been forced to tuko a seat back of Iowa
of tho tlockholders, but for tho beuellt
of all people. The lullutlon of corporate
securltlea Is recognized by all prudent
financiers as the most eminent danger
with which the couutry is now cqn
at Washington It has a second mortguge I . . .
.....i f.....i.. -it.... . irouteu.
u u. .u, u. ' '"" i pennsylvaniir; for example, tho in
crease of corporate capital during the
of their having been born lu the Buck-
eyo state.
mouth of December, 1001, aggregated
rm.nl. .....,i.. ... .i....ii ..4 over S30.000.000. Muuy of the "corpora
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ought to have been good enough to have ou 01 lul 8lluu ,,wvu
Justified charging admission at the door, capital stock, but it is uouumu wnetner
the nroceeds to bo used to fill tho hole "'' couiu iuiiko a sausruciory exmuu
created by the vunlshing llnea-under the 01 lui-Teased assets that woum justify
Gordon era tl10 apparent excessive issues or stocua
uud bonds. What is truo of l'cuusyl
A bill has been Introduced in the New vnula is doubtless also" true of almost
York legislature making it u inlsde- every other stato in the country.
nieanor .for women to flirt in public Uuloss this atupendoua inflation of cor-
places. What aro the parks and bottle- potato capital is arrested by rigid super
yards for, anyhow, If lllrtlug la iot to vision and publicity .the luovltabfo out
bo permitted?
A Chicago professor has delivered him
self of the oplulou that It Is Imposslblo
to mako a physician out of a woman.
By tho tlmo tho women get through
with him tho professor will need ho
services of a uer.ve specialist.
come must bo a financial panic more
disastrous than any that this country
bus yet experienced.
Tiro KINDS Or STBAnrASTXEMS.
priced specialists uud faddists who never
shed nny tears over their troubles.
When the salnrles of the grado teachera
were cut ?5 a month all around u few
years ago to mako up for the $000 added
to the superintendent's salary they had
no alternative but to grin and bear IL
Tim frrmln fnnnlwird iiAiiatltiitn
uoionei urynu is uouting up us u.u lin,.bollu , f1l ,.,... C1)llnn,
most uoiaoie fi"uq mu, uV ..u.t Und the Board of Education has properly
Jackson hla steadfastness of purpose, .cn th(j muMemm
tho manifest impression to be conveyed . ..
being that the present day idemocracy ,ug th(J Myo Uk
snouiu ue equany sicnuiusi . foot bu for tho bene,it of thu ,,,,,,,
uon to me iniiuciea oi inu imiui(,u uuu
Kansas City platforms.
Steadfastness Is no doubt a praise
worthy trait necessary to tho accom
plishment of dlfllcult tasks, but It must
not bo confounded with mere short
sighted stubbornness that refuses to cor
rect a palpable mistake for fear of be
coming tainted with Inconsistency. 4o Washington society is said to bo much
amount of bourbon steadfastuess can n(.cllS0d becauso Mrs. ltoosovelt sees lit
move back tho hands of time nnd sub- to t.ut0rtaln whom she nleuses and
Jcct the country again to the conditions wlu,u 8no vcllfiCS Ustcud of recognizing
that confronted It In 1800. Tho lrresistl- tllc. 80cial distinctions which society ut
bio logic of events ainco tnnt time una thL, cnnltu1 has drawn. Washlnirtou so-
opened the eyes of tho people to the eoty will probably learn that Mrs.
false foundation upon which tno whole Uoosth-elt Is llko her husband In ono
free sliver fabric rested. They have respect-that she has a decidedly uucou-
seen tho silver nnd wheat tirgumeut volitional way of doing things and wltl
burst like a bubble and tho predictions uot ,)Urmjt any cllciuo of self-constituted
of continued hard times so long as tho fUCtotums to dictate what she shall and
gold standard prevailed proved nbso- BUUii uot do,
lutely false.
The same thing is true of tho Brynnlto Our amiable democratic contemporary
position with reference to our new lu- will presently discover that It sadly mis
HUltir possessions. When Mr. Brya conceives the temper of the people who
threw up his military commission to go opposed the so-called muchlno school
to WushluKton and turn the votes of board ticket in the late election. In
enough democratic senators to ratify the voting- for four democrats these gentle
treaty with Spain, the question of an- men did not contemplate their prefer
noxatlon was settled and the problem incut as candldatea on the ground that
made simply one. of tho form of civil they were expected to oppose retrench
goverumeht to bo accorded the luhub- ment und favor extravaguueo In the dla-
lUints of Porto HIco and tho Philippines, bursemeut of the public school funds,
Steadfastness in denouncing tho acnulsl
lion of these islands as Imperialism and Tll management of the Commcrclnl
militarism can avail nuuuht. Steadfast- club will this year Increase tho number
ness in holdim: to false Issues cnunot ot names on tho olllclal ballot for mem
contribute to the betterment of the "C1S of tllu executive committee, so as
Flllnlnoa or lmnrovc the relations of our to give a greater range of choice. Why
own people with their new wnrds In the ,10t connno tno membership in tno ex
Oripnt ecuuve committee to men uirectly Ulentl
The American neonle aro a nconlo of with the commercial interests of
nroirress. They admire und nnnlaud tnu clt 111111 ,t;t tuu lawyers, doctors,
steadfastness when It Is enlisted for tho preneuere and educatora play their part
onward march, but it strikea no sym- ut receptions and bauqueta?
when It la employed
Chlcngo Chronicle.
Tho leelslnturo of New Tiork. now In os- locts on tho averago on tho valuo of lm
Ion. will enact tv law for tho taxation of ports, tho government getting $1 as revenue
mortgages, tho tax to bo paid when tho while tho protected manufactures trust
mortgage is offered for record. Tho tax and monopolies get $4. Uy the New York
will bo 5 mills on tho $100 of tho amount system all tho money from Indirect taxation
of tho mortgage. except tho small cost of collection say 1
Under tho present laws of that state or 2 por cent will go Into tho stole treas
mortgages are taxable and aro required to ury.
e assessed for the amount of tho loan for Tho stato cxpensM of rew lor aro
which they stand as security. Hut the law about 122,000,000 a year. Tho Indirect taxes
Is evaded In all excent a few Instances, now collected or that will be provided
Vhoro a mortgago Is caught by tho tax col- amount In round numbers to a largo part of
lector It 1b found that tho tax eats up half this sum, as follows:
of tho Interest which tho mortgage holder SSJte. f-fiV VAV 1 1 1 1! ! ! 1 $M
i.. w lo, innnrlfnnrn in .L l.iuuw l
Tho plan to tax tho mortgago at tho Mortage tax, estimated. S.ow.OO) tho factory regions of Now England anu in
fco than a direct property tax. At ono-halt Total 21,Dytf,0(0
of 1 cent on $100 ft Is but a small propor- Tho Question of franchlso taxes Is yet
tlon of tho tax of 2 per cent, which Is about jn litigation. No doubt lu tho end a method
tno usual tax rate, it win bo a tax for win im found to ovv a vo d tax. When
tato rovenuo la lieu of all other mort- that Is brought about taxes on real prop-
gaga taxation.. . orty for stato expenses will bo abolished.
Tho late policy of New York has been to Taxra for local purposes and schools wilt
drift away from methods of direct taxa- bo levied by somo plan of local option. This
tlon. Followed a little farther, all tho state will bo a great change In American moth
rovenuo will bo dorlved from excises and ods of taxation. It will be rndlcally dlffcr
almllar sources. Yet theso Indirect taxes cnt from tho changes advocated by ad-
will not bo llko tho government's Indirect vanccd tax reformers. Tho progress of tho
taxation by the tariff. Tariff taxation col- cxpcrlraont will bo watched with Interest.
pathetic chord
solely to obstruct
Tho cat Is out of the bag now. All tho
howl of our democratic friends for re
form and retrenchment In local govern
ment is u sham and a fraud, begotten
for purely political purposes. At the
first move for retrenchment by the now
LET THE TUOVDht IIREW.
There la trouble on tho minds of somo
of tho members of tho Doard of Educa
tion who. Monday nlcht. voted to reduso
tho salaries of High school teachers nnd school board tho democratic organ seta
principals of tho grado schools. It is said up a howl against It. The democrats
on good authority that a largo number of alwuys W(Ult wunt they think they can't
tho teachers will tako concerted action . . . .
and will urgo tho majority of tho board Lt u,tn tULy t,et 11 Uou 1
to roconslder. If this is not done, tho wuut u
snmn authority states that BCOres of tho
teachers will look elsewhoro for employ- ir rue lniersiuie uommereo commis
ment next year. Parties who nro slon la unable to secure tho attendnuco
on tho insldo claim that.already a number of J pierpont' Morgan at tho present
of the teachers have received flattering , , , ,
offers to go elsowhe.ro and that a number ... ",, , . -
of thorn are preparing to accept. Omaha yellow Journal reporters to
It was thought that the superintendent testify as to want the railroad magnate
of tho kindergarten department escaped, told them when he paased through here
but she goes along with tho others and
her salary has been cut from $130 to $120
per month. World-IIorald,
Tho great majority of the people of
Omaha favor retrenchment nnd economy
In tho management of tho public schools,
on his way to California a few months
ago. ,
The Mhnuttnir Warrior.
Dotrolt Frco Press.
This Is how It is, uuloss wo mlsappre
They want tho pruning knife applied to head: Captain ,Mahan broko forth In
tin. fmla In tlio Hleh Rchool and the clamorous shouting and mowed down
frills In' the kindergarten. Tj.ey want ?0,um"? of wzlno but said noth
' 1 intr Thn ritlna fnl flirht nir within iIia nnui
a atop put to extravuganco and favorlt
Ism and will shed no tears over the de
parture of discontented or disgruntled
employes. It may be a great outrage
to cut down the superintendent of the
lng. Tho rules for fighting within tho navy
permit this
A Continuous l'crfiirinance,
Indianapolis Journal.
Tho monthly reduction of the public debt
kindergartens from $13d to $V2Q u forgot t0 mentlon It. Tho reduction during
month, but we venture to usscrt unit December was $9,000,000. A similar reduc
there are ut least GOO.coinneteut teach- tlon tho next two months will reduce tho
era in Nebraska who would be glad to Bt below $2,000,000,000. Moro than
take the job nt $100 u month.
Let tho trouble brew uud keep on
brewing. Tho men who havo innugu
rated the reform know thnt they have
notes and gold and, silver certificates.
Chnalnir (he Tux Dodjfcra.
Cleveland Leader.
The big corporations In New York
AmTUEll ENDLESS CHAIN.
Cougressmun Overstreet of Indiana Is
pressing his bill that makes it manda
tory upon tho secretary of tho treasury
If the tourist committee of tho city to exchange gold for silver and the
council could mnniige to bring home n houso commltteo on banking und cur
market; house the peoplo would feel rency la expected to report t'hla meusuro
grutoful for' Its effor,ts, but the best favorably within thu next ten days,
that can' be hoped for 1b a bundle of pho- . It Is confidently predictud that tho bill
tographs of Ideal market houses. will meet with no serious opposition, m-
nsmuch ns the democrats In tho houso
Perry Belmont has discovered that It urc ja 8uch a hopeless minority that the
1b ono thlug to beat tho Tammany ma- nU)8t they can do Is to make speeches
chine out for tho democratic congres- UKninst It. Wo apprehend, however,
sloual nomination and another to secure that there will be several speeches made
an election. Tammany .never worries ncnlnst this scheme on tho republican
about the defeat of men who refuse to 8(de of the, houso before It Is forced to
the backing of tho taxpayers and they !" " n o' Inch V,-C
will not likely bo frightened by the Tnoy (ake tue position, according to tho
threatened exodus of touchers who can president, of tho stato tax commission, that
get better places. There certainly la no It is cheaper to fight than to pay. That i
inintiu. tn nnvim.ly .it .ii...H..nr mil. tho way, but in New York, as ti
...j..v . . other states, the disposition to mako tho
ployed. Teachera have ample notice and corporaUonB pay more of tho taxes than
opportunity to uottcr tueir conuiuou u thoy havo done Is growing,
tuey aro not satisiieu witu tno new
salary scale, which .does not tako effect
uutll the end of the present school year
t
kntcklo uuder.
The governor of Kentucky announces
In hla annual message that peace has
been restored lu that state. This may
bo truo, but uo wise Kentucklau la
ltkoly to let his hand stray too far from
tho vicinity of bis hip pocket with or
without the governor's assurauce.
final passage.
If we comprehend its purpose and
offect, it la nothing more nor less than
a new endless chain lu which silver dol
lars aro to tako the placo of greenback
currency. While the stock of gold In the
treasury ut this tlmo doubtless exceeds
the stock of silver lu uctlvo circulation
niul silver hoarded In the vaults of tho
banks, the fact that the market value
of thu silver dollar la less than 50 cents
Oriental correspondents fall to state
whether the emneror of Chluu rode on
a nasH when ho took his first trln on a would bo a powerful incentive .ror ex
railway In returnlnir to Pekln. If tho chauglng sliver for gold whenever tho
conductor made him nav fare he will wil"" of trade Is against tho United
nmimiiH- lcimw .imtti.r nfti... lu. ir.. States ami the difference has to bo
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few moro lessons from tho "foreign n,' oou ' roreigu exenango or its
devils.'' equivalent in gout
The theory of Mr. Overstreet ovi
Railroad men appear to have turned a dently Is that nobody will want to ex
trick ou tho packing house managers change silver for gold bo long as ho
who havo secured reduced rates from knows that ho can get gold for silver
the roads. By freely confessing that at any time. But tho samo wus truo
rates have been cut, or, In other words, of the greeubnek, yet It did uot prevent
that special rates have been granted, the holders of greenbacks from drain
tho railroad inunugers havo absolved Ing tho treasury of gold and keeplug up
themselves from liability under tho law tho process that finally forced tho
and left tho packers to hold the suck. Issue aud sale of 1230,000,000 of bonds
Greut Shim' of Wruth.
Baltimore American.
Thoroughly nnirered. tho railway man-
Let the trouble Drew, uniana is not nat0 Btood glowering at the governor,
tho only city lu which just such trouble "Oppose me and my trafllo combination
Is brewing for school boards thut nro' will you?" ho thundered. "Why, I've got
ti.vi... t in., nff i.i,.,.ui-,. n.i rut ti.nl.. B notion to uuy your niamcu nine
Reform in Taxation
who makes a falluro of hl own "
particularly anxious to run a business for
tho government."
Tho trouble with tho rural mall pay ques
tion Is ono that affecla all forms of gov
ernment service; the government cannot
adapt Itself clastlcally to local conditions.
It must select n rato high enough for tho
most expenslvo places and apply It to tho
cntlro country. Wagm In prlvato llto fol
low economic conditions. Street car con
ductors get $1.25 in Charleston, S. C, and
$3 a day in Ilutte, Mont.: at least theso
woro tho rates when tho writer last In
quired In thoso cities. Tor the $500 a year
which tho government now pays on rural
routes In tho south and tho agricultural
west, men could bo secured In very great
.i,n,inM' hn nav Is already excessive
In tho billiard region of tho northwest, In
HOUND AUOUT SEW YOHK.
recorder's oftlco annenm mnro llko a l!cnni Franchise tax, estimated 6.W0.0U) ,. ,,.. 0 the Pacific coast whero bay
nnd grain aro high, tho ouu is not
mf there is a decided tendency for men S
"glvo up their Jobs."
1'EltSOXAIi NOTES.
Misfortunes thicken upon Croker: ho has
now been beaten nt golf.
nirpptor of Works Taylor is going to uso
a balloon to direct tho construction of tho
world's fair at St. Louts.
Tho last of Peter Stuyvcsnnt's Doworr
farm has Just been noli! by ono of his de
scendants. It has remained In tho family
longer than is usually tho cbbo with sucn
holdings.
Dr. A. Hudllcks started on Thursday last
on his fourth expedition nmonc; tho In
dians of southwestern United States nnd
Northern Mexico, to contluuo his anthrop
ological explorations.
H. 11. Kltson. tho Boston Bculptor, hns
imnn commissioned to model a stntuo of
dcnoral N. V. Hanks, which Is to bo plncod
In tho stato houso In tho "Hub." Tho
statuo will cost $18,000.
Mr. Elizabeth Allen Donlson, "tho
Barbara Krletchto of Texas," died last week.
She ralBcd above hor homo In San Antonio
tho first fcdoral flag that floated In the Btate.
Tho town of Donlson, Tex., was named In
her honor.
Herbert C. Hoover, who ten years ago
ontcrcd tho Inland Stanford university a
poor boy, is now a raining export receiving
a Bnlary of $33,000 a yoar. After graduat
ing ho landed In San Francisco without a
dollar In his pocket.
Thomas Wilson of Washington has pro
sentcd to tho Library of Congress n wonder
ful manuscript book on nrchaeology. Tho
author of tho book was Thomas II. Utnklev.
nn old western farmer, who died In 1000 at
tho ago of 04 years. Tho dook ucscrincB anu
Illustrates tho common utonslls of tho
aboriginal Inhabitants of this country.
Coins to tho vnluo of $3S,053,fe70.13 woro
struck at the Philadelphia mint last year.
All of tho 1901 dies havo now been de
stroyed. Tho now dies bearing tho date 1902
havo been mado and coins for tho now year
havo nlroady boon struck off, but they will
not bo placed In circulation till tho supply
manufactured last year has been exhausted.
SMIM.VO ItlCMAKKS.
nipples on (he Current at Mfe In the
1 Metropolis.
Among Its other distinctions New York Is
pro-emlnently tho landlord city of tho
United States, Thcro aro fewer homes in
proportion to population, moro people
crowded Into a given space nnd tho por cent
of actual homo owners 1b far below tho
average of other cities. Thoso conditions,
usually considered a detriment, seem to
pleaso tho Oothamltca, and they ore pro
moting them, In tho form of apartment
houses, moro extensively nnd elaborately
than at any tlmo in tho city's history.
Tho year of greatest activity in tho build
ing of houses for slnglo families," says tho
Now York Times, "was 1890, when plans
for 83S woro filed. Slnco then tho number
has steadily declined, until In tho first ten
months of 1901 tho number of such plans
approved was only nlncty-sevon, and tho
number for tho wholo year will not much
exceed 100. As tho rule, they represent
costly dwellings Intended for tho occupancy
of tho very wealthy. The middle class
threo or four-story dwelling, with Its mo
notonous front of brick or brown sandstone,
Is passing away, for tho reason that tho
rentals which must bo charged for such
houses, to bo compensatory to owners, are
higher than peoplo content with that kind
of accommodations aro ablo or willing to
pay. Land Is worth too much on Manhattan
Island for that sort of. employment. Tho
modern apartment houso has taken tho
placo of tho second nnd third class dwell
ing, offering tho tenant more .comfortablo
and generally moro convenient accommoda
tions for less money, and with an Important
incidental economy in servants and general
expenses other than those devolving on tho
landlord.
"What effect this may have upon the
social llto of New York," continues tho
Times, "Is still a matter of speculation.
That peoplo do not entertain as much In
apartments as they used to in dwellings
in which tho main floor was devoted to
parlors is duo to the fact that thoy lack
tho room to do It. This tends to un
soclableness. Probably tho young people
do not havo as good a time now as the
young peoplo of the same social grade did
a generation ago; certainly- they do not
havo the same sort of a good time, al
though it Is safe to assume that young
poople will manage to oxtract an average
amount of pleasure from llfo under all
conditions. It has been said that apart
ments 'are suttablo for all tho purposes
of living except dying,' but that they are
Ill-adapted to funerals. However, poople
do. not hire thorn for that purpose, and
when they havo to be so employed In
emergency, the surviving occupants make
shift somehow to respeut the contentions.
That Ufa In apartments destroys tho true
family relation and forbids tho develop
ment of homo tics sounds very much like
nonsense to those who have never known
homestead attachments, but havo moved
every year or two to cheapen their rentals
and whose children wore born wberevor It
might happen. There is probably no
privacy bo absolute as that of. tho dweller
In apartments who does not manifest a
desire for sociability. Even thoso who do
decBlro It are more often dUappolntod
than gratified by the response to over
tures of a neighborly character. Tho home
life of our peoplo la not Imperiled by tho
chango from the, single to the multlplo
dwelling. It has its advantages as well as
Its disadvantages, but, having como, we
would do well to make the beat of It and
look for tho resulting benefits rather than
tho attendant evils, If any thcro be."
HUH A I, FHKH DKMVHUY,
Problem of Adjusting Coiiiprimntloii
n Ticklish One.
A Washington letter to tho Boston Tran
script discusses a phase of rural froo de
livery which tho l'ostofllco department, un
ablo to solve, has turned over to congress
for action. It la a problem of adjudging
compensation of carriers to the varying
conditions of their respective localities.
Tho writer soys:
When tho servico waB started ho com
pensation of the rural carrier wub placed at
$300 a year; all tho statistics as to cost of
operation, economics In tho servico through
cutting off small postofllccs, etc., wero all
mado on tho $300 basis. It wnB glibly an
nounced In congressional debato that farm
ers, with a barn full of horses, and a houso
full of boys, would eagerly seize such an
opportunity to Increase their family earn
ings. It was pointed out that by prompt
work tho routo could bo covered In about
four hours n day, and that perhaps the
farmer would himself comblno this duty
with a good deal of actual agriculture. This
view, at least, and this estimate of cost
provatled during tho experimental stage
and tho statistical ora. Probably It will
conttnuo In tho statistics, for of nil forms
of BhamclcsB mercenaries, the politically
prepared, government statistics tako an
easy lead.
1, . .1... T 4
garments uccoruuij, 10 uiu ciom. jusi Savl whlch he Btrode from.thB a ato
such trouble is brewing In Chlcngo, In houso so rapidly that tu kodaks woro
Philadelphia and lu a dozen other cities snapped in vain.
larger than Omaha, uud 1t Is brewing
stato for a freight yard!"
with the full upprovnl'of the best citizen
ship aud1 the most pronounced .frlcuds
of the public school system.
A Hitch In (he Ucnl.
New York Evening Post,
There ooems to be u hitch In the ne
gotiations between our government and
that of Denmark respecting the purchase
of the Danish Islands. Too hitch Is for
tunate tor both ourselves and the Island-
It we should buy them we should
IF B VS IN ESS m 1 YA S UOOD.
In cutting the salaries of High school em.
teachers and principals the' majority mem- lose tho purcbaso money and ndd to our
bers have hardly pursued tho policy that responsibility and expenses for all future
they would adoot in their own ,buslnees time. Wo should not nttond to our respon-
nffalm. Not one member of this majority slbllltleB, or should nttond to thorn only
would think of reducing the salary of an by fits and starts. The Islanders have boon
old and trusted emnlovo It business was close observers of our methods or doaiing
good and that employe) was rendering good with colonies and havo not beon favorably
service. Instead, undoubtedly, tho policy Impressed. Their original aesiro tor an-
would bo to Increase the salaries of such nexatiop has accordingly cooled. Thoy find
employee, with the hopo that theroby better themselves much more attached to the
service would be given. World-Herald. mother country than thoy supposed they
Nw iu nn ,tn,,i,t thnt ti. l.nr.l. w0. oy do not want a cnange until
headed aud close-fisted majority of tho
new Board of Education would not.thlnlc
of reducing tho salary of un old und
trustrd employe ou tho public school
pay roll If busluess was good.
thoy can better tbomselves
Hulorx of Allen Ilnoca.
St. Louis Republic.
Tho British flag la an emblem of sov
ereignty over nearly 9,000,000 squaro miles
of land. Inhabited by almost 400,000.000 peo-
But, unfortunately, busluess Is' not pie. Of these scarcely ono-olghth are of
good nud has not been good for several nrltlsh birth or descent and tho black anu
v..nr T.iiHt v...ir f.ir oYiinuil.. l.iiuiiu.uu yellow subjects of his majesty, Edward VII,
vn Hlinnlv oYocrnliln With nn ..nor- ",u '"creasing uius.i n... iu .
was simpiy oxtuauie. in an enor- palofftceg jiecognZing this, it is not to be
mous iucrease In tho tax levy aud un wondered at that the prince of Wales urged
Income that yielded neurly $100,000 moro the necessity for more Drltons In tho
than the tux lew of tho nrecedlmr year, colonial possessions of tho empire. Of the
buHluess wna so bad that tho outstand- e.wo,oou people unaer, me Amor can k
, ., , , , , , 20,000.000 nro b ack, brown or yellow ana
lng fioatlng debt was ouly reduced a 10'imm of tD0 whUos are of ,01 birth.
rraciiun over m.wu m tno past iweive A thero are nearly two native born Amerl
months,. With tho demands for a lower cans to every oae oI the clred or of
tux low ninl n heavier tinv mil ntni'lin? foreign descent, our situation diners ma-
tho board in tho face, it had only one -lr ta that of the United Kingdom
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luiug iu uv, U44u luuk nua iu ubu 1 .,, 0j tho eoi0rea.
Ono of tho most marked outward mani
festations that the Now Yorker gives of
tho high nervous tenBlon under which he
lives, says the Evonlng Post, Is his habit
of talking aloud to, himself in the strcot.
This habit Is one oi tho first things that
observers of stroot llfo In New York no
tice. It Is a form of nervousness that Is
due not only to the high prossuro at which
so many New Yorkers aro kept, but to tho
noise of tho street trafllc. When tho rush
and rumble of tho streetB is so great that
a man "cannot hear himself think" ho
spoakB his thoughts aloud. It Is only rarely
that a woman is observed aoing mis.
Sometimes tho man wHo is talking to him
self, If ho is happy, will mumble only
phrases and half sentences audibly. If ho
Is angry or deeply concerned, no win epeaK
steadily and sometimes mako omphatlo ges
tures. But nearly all of tho men who taiK
aloud In the streets have their business af
fairs uppermost In their minds and tho
word "dollars" Is tho one that Is oftenest
heard. Downtown, in thp financial section,
this habit of a large number of Now York
era Is particularly notlecablo, but one may
obsorvo tt in almost any part or tno town
rarls Is'poBslbly tho only other one nf the
great cities of the world where the habit
Is so notlecablo as it Is here. Actors and
writers and tho many minor poets of tho
French capital may bo soon declaiming
their lines or verses, unheeding tnoir ot-
servers.
Dut tho rate of compensation was left at
tho discretion of tho postmaster general;
he soon found, $300 too little and raised It
to $400; pressuro began to grow harder and
ho raised It to $500. This year the Influence
has bocomo so strong that ho has asked to
bo relieved of tho responsibility of fixing
this salary and will throw that duty upon
congress. Somo hearings" on the subject
will be given soon after tho recess.' Mr.
E. J. Hill of Connecticut has bad tho fifty
threo rural carriers of his district preparo
a statement showing the cost of tho serv
ice to them, such as tho feed nnd care of
horse or horses, repairs to vehicles, etc.
These facts Mr. Hill will submit to tho con
gressional committee. Ho bellovos tho
rural carriers' compensation should bo
made $750 a year, and ho will ask that
whatever figure is fixed for tho next year
be made toapply, through a deficiency bill,
for tho. rest of this fiscal year. IteprcBen
tatlvo Foster of Vermont, a now congress
man, has boen quoted In tho Washington
Post as In favor of establishing a scalo of
salaries for rural carrlors beginning at $700,
and Increasing by $100 a year till $1,000 Is
reached. Ab carriers would, under tho new
civil servico classification of President
ltoosovelt, bo rather permanent offices, this
would practically mean n $1,000 basis, or at
a cost of moro than threo times that upon
which tho servico was entered Into.
foor nre Mr. Hill and Mr. Fostor by any
means heading tho procession of friends of
tho rural messengers. It Is a matter of
humorous Jest in copgrere how high up the
rural salaries will eventually go. General
Harry Bingham of Philadelphia, who op
posed, tho rural delivery experiment, pre
dicted nt' tho time It began that tho two
sets of carriers, urban nnd rural, marching
In solid phalanx on tho Unltod States
treasury, would yet rocelvo $1,500 a year
each for their setvlces. Mr. Loud, who Is
opposed to raising the present figure higher
than $000, predicts that wo shall yet bo
paying $1,200 for this service. Ho 1b In tho
habit of making some rather picturesque
comments on government operations. He
once snld that ho opposed rural delivery
when only $25,000 a year was asked for, but
favored It whon tho appropriations got up
In the millions, realizing that a thing that
cost only a fow thousand dollars need-have
llttlo strength, while ono that Involved' flvo
or six millions, with promise of
quadrupling, possessed eucli momentum
that resletanco vob useless. Some amuse
ment was occasioned here a fow weeks ago
by a letter which ho wroto to the Rock I ami
(Mass.) Independent, a newspaper pub
lished by his ulster, Miss H. B. Ixiud.
Somebody had Inquired in regard to tho
postal deficit, and Mr. Loud replied, ex
plaining at somo length tho dlflorenco bo
tweon tho real and tho nominal deficit In
tho postal buslnesa, concluding with these
words: "I have noticed that every man
Colonel Paftrldgo, commissioner of po
lice, announces that ho has but one order
to glvo tho men under hlra: Oboy orders;
enforce the laws. If thoy do that they are
all right: If they don't, all wrong. Ho
assumes that tho pollcemcnknow what the
law Is and If they don't Jt Is tbolr busl
ness to learn it.
Ho has Issued one order .that will pleaso
the men. He desires to give them assign
ments ns nea- their homes ns posslblo
and has asked all who wish to ba trans
ferred to let him know. ,
Under Tammany, tho man who paid his
blood money could go where he doslred
If ho refused he would be sont to 6taton
Island, and when his family had located
near him ho would bo Jumped north of
the Harlem river. Then when his goods
wore ggaln moved over to Brooklyn ho
would go. They kept him on tho move un
til he paid.
Colonel Partridge has stopped all this.
Philadelphia Bulletin: "We tried to feet
the base ball batter to sign tho pledge for
tho now year, but ho won't.'
"Of courso not. You can't expect him to
swear off on high balls."
Judge: Mrs. Nowlywed (weeping) A
vlllulnouB-looliIng trump tried to klsa mo
this nfternoon, Jack.
Mr, Newlywed Heuvensl Those wretched
will do anything to. get Into Jail for tho
winter, won't they?
Philadelphia Press: McJIgger ITcdley Is
In a fair way to make a fortune.
Thlnkumbob IIow7 . . . ,
McJlggor Ho hns Invented n, toy bank
that will not open for the children, but
coughs up enrfuro to their papas with
out nny trouble at all.
rMnvaintul T'lnln rionlor: 'Wo nro told
rthat tho Turks tako kindly to tho Ameri
can nioycie. ,
Possibly ono reason Is that they havo
the bloomers to go with It.
Now York Sun: "Would you," asked tho
first artist, "be satlslled with an ephemeral
HUCCCfSS 7"
"I would," replied the second artist.
"I'm ephemeral myself, and I'd bo satisfied
with a success that would last as long ns
I do."
Somorvlllo Journal: Tom What n pretty
girl that Is over thero.
Ned-iYes. Wouldn't you llko to marry
Tom Well, I don't know. I should llko
to sco her mother first.
Ohio Stato Journnl: "Didn't i tell you I
wanted ydu to run nn errand for mo?"
asked tho mother tho third time.
"Yes, maw," snld Johnnie, laying down
his literature
And as tho boy started to tho groceryho
muttered to himself: "I hopo Soven
Flngered Sam won't kill Old Sleuth 'til I got
back."
Yonkors Statoman: Bacon You say ho
Bwore over tho telephone?
Kgbert Yes; dreadfully.
"Why, I was In hlB ofllco today, nnd he
hasn't got n telephone In the place. 1
"No, thnt's Just It; they took It out.
That's what made him swear."
A MATKIMO.MAI4 1'IIOI'OSITION.
noswull Flold In Chicago Post.
I would not chung'e thy protty name,
Pinky Pnnky Poo;
I would not tarnish thy fair fame,
Pinky Panky Poo;
I swear by all tho decalog,
Llkowlso by Magog and by uog,
Thou art a ver.v perfect dog,
Pinky Panky Poo.
Hut why dtslst before you're through?
Why not unothor Poo or two?
Homo day, perhnps, will como to mo,
Pinky Panky Poo,
A llttlu dog from ovor sea,
Pinky Punky Poo.
A llttlo dog with silky hair,
And ears to bum and tall to eparo,
A llttlo dog exceeding; rare,
Pinky Panky Poo.
And you Hhall wed I'll havo It so
ftly Eony Meeny Mlny Mo.
Be sure and
read our ad
Thursday Night
nnd in the meantime look at ouv windows. There are
some things there that may interest you, such as
Flannel Night Gowns at 40c
Underwear at 40c
$1.50 and $1 Colored Shirts at... 50c
And every pair of our fancy hose 86c, 50o aud 75c quab 3
ities wuiie tuey last
25 Cents.
Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers.
R. fci. Wilcox, Manager.