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TITU' OMATTA PATIiT IlEEt FltlDAT, FEBHTTATIT 14. 102. ft Tiie omaha Daily Bee. E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR; PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. I Petly Bee (without Bunday), On. Year..$.00 laJ)y Be and Hunday, one Year J w I Illustrated Ur, On. Year ??! Bunds? Bee. One Year. M.W I ftaluruay Bee, on. Year (Twentieth Century Parmer, One Year 1 W) I MUVEKKD BY CARRIER, pally Bee (without Bunday), per copy.... 2c pally Be. (without Bunuayi. per wee. .. .120 Laiiy Bee (Including Sunday), per week,.17o Sunoay Bee, per copy Evening Bee (without Hunday), per week.Wc evening Bea (Including bunday), ' per week v lRo Complalnta of Irregularities in delivery shouia be addressed to city Circulation V- pertinent. I OFFICE8. Omaha The Bee Bunding. South Omaha City Hall Building, Tw.n-ly-flftu and M Street. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. ChlcafO--1640 Unity Building. New York Tempi. Court. Washington 6ul Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication! relating to news and edi torial matter ahould be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Bualnesa letters and remittance should be addressed: The Bee Publishing Company, Omaha. REMITTANCES. . Remit by draft, express or postal order. IVfl'cnt ?&WvXi mall aiwiunt, Pnrannaf rhurlu. except on I VUnn or eastern rxciiBiiBn, hv n THE BEE PUBJUISHIWU UiarABli STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Stat, of Nebraska, Douglas County, sa.! George B. Tsschuck, secretary of Th. Bea Er." tSSf ti:iW Wer'fun complete copies of The Uaiiy, morning, i Evening and Sunday Bee printed during th. month of January, 180 waa as fol lows: 80.B6O 1 80,180 17 80.1B0 S SO.KIO t SO.OOO 4 SO. 110 I SO.IBS S0.4UO T......tr.v.-4...8eo $....... 80,320 SO.ITO 10 80,180 U 30.800 U 80,430 U , .80,470 14 .80.100 U , 80.0T0 18 , .1 , .80.880 "so'ioo .. 21.. 22.. 23.. .80.430 1 ...80,4B "'aoi30 24.. ss 80.060 is 8o.o " I ao oao I St.... .... SI.... .83.040 .80.W30 .30, BOO Total (jess unsold and returned copies. ..4i.(H3 " . Net total sales Net dally average...., ..932,079 1 .. so.oor utu. TZSCHUCK. I Subscribed . in my prea.no. and .worn to U02. m t t i f Txrn a f" (Seal.) Notary Public Bt Valentine has the floor again for bis annual sbarpshootlng exhibition. The next edition of patriotic oratory SvlU sing the praises of George Wash-1 tngton. it la had enomrh to and mle valen- tinea under anv drenm.tancea. but if you must send them be careful to make ho mistake in the envelooea Ex-Police Judge Gordon has not ap piled for an Injunction or a mandamus I for a whole week and the people are beglnntng to be alarmed over his condi-1 Boa I Cheyenne Is to have a Union Pacific railway employes' clubhouse. ' Why can't Omaha have a1 railway employes' clubhouse for all the roads that con verge In .this city? Tbat Lincoln bank which had trouble getting Its money out of the safe owing tu a uiif-u iu ui uwe it.' buuuiu nave tent for the Detroit banker. No money fever stayed beyond his reach. The 'ooen door which the Brltiahaiv anese treaty provides for may be ell right 1e the Orient, but the man who pays the coal bills haa learned to keep the door closed in this climate. I Frank C. Andrews, who wrecked the Petrolt bank, used to boaat that the only I (ray to get rich is to speculate. ' The trouble is that It Is also often an ef fectual way of getting Into the peniten tiary. :. ;V . The freedom of the city of London n uceu cumerreu upon josepu unam- manent relief can come only through an berlain. . It Is certainly only, fair that amended state constitution that will en after his long career he should be per- aWe Nebraska to carry into effect the inittea to go where Tie pleases in the m08t moAem ldeas of fair state and metropolis. A Kansas man predicts that the west rillJiaiea visitation from seventeen- fear locusts this coming year. There is fcutblrig the matter 'with Kansas, but ome of Its people find It Impossible to fcuit the calamity habit , xne Boutn Dakota Merchants' . asso- 'triatlon has petitioned congress to re- fluce lettar postage to 1 cent If the poutn uaaota mercnants could guaran- fee to mass, up tne oencit congress youia cneeriuyy accommodate mem. ' V ; . Senator Jones." of Arkansas announces hat anti-Imperialism will be. the Issue srcicn democracy will rorce during the coming campaign. Naturally . the . sen ator prefers to. take a trail which leads away from the round cotton bale trust When the automobile supplants the Historic stage coacn aa tne means of transit tnrougn tne xeuowstone the old- timer who used to stage It through the mountains before the railroad made its advent will be left without any of the ancient landmarks. The American people are hard to please. They entered objection when so many women Insisted upon kissing Hob- on, and now that several have ktssed the hand of King Edward during the recent levee they are raising another protest. If only patience is exhibited, possibly there will be kisses enough to go around. A . - - New candidates for ' governor . are springing up like mushrooms over night But none of them have yet ventured to commit themselves to the Idea pre sented by Governor Savage that the salvation of the republican party does not depend upon the persecution of any one. They are ail willing to be perse cuted with an unpardonable term of Imprisonment in the executive mansion. PRESS RVJSO COMPKTITIOS. Borne of the utterance of Gorernor Cummins In his address at Lincoln are likely to attract wide attention, not be cause they are novel or peculiar, but for the rrnann that ther are made bT a . , - ,A "Vuuu u " vu vl of republican states and may fairly be ... . ,i.m BBCUUJCU MJ J rI v7ct11 k UiC a." mvuiiua t . . .n.. ri, suggestion of Mr. Cummins tbat cor porations whose 'operations cover the whole country In other words such as are engaged In Interstate commerce should be national, not state, corpora tions and that every dollar of stock j8(!Ue)i Dy then, ,u0uld be paid for In ....... money at par, so mat toe capital rep resented In the association would meas- tire the actual value of the property It acquires," will have large, popular ap proval. It means complete national regulation of the greatcorporatlons en gaged In Interstate commerce and the placing them on a secure basis as to their capitalisation. There may be great difficulties in the, way of attaining this. Perhaps an amendment of the constitu tion Is necessary to effect the national contro1 and tottoa the rwiratlnna thnf la manlfoatlv HaalraKla But that the principle la sound cannot be successfully questioned. The cor porations whose operations cover the na tion must come under national control or the government will pas. under their control. Governor Cummins declared that "competition is, and until we are ready to enter the last degree of socialism, must remain the supreme rule of Indus- trlal llfe and 14 18 our Imperative duty to preserve competition against the as gaults of consolidation and "monopoly.' There will certainly be no popular dis sent to this proposition.. Whatever the advocates of industrial . and business vtnKlnatlnn itul onninlMattAii . .nan urge in regara to it advantages, public sentiment Is overwhelmingly in favor of preserving competition . and there is every promise that it will continue to insist that competition shall be pre- served, even though In order to do so ... . " ... Jl necessary to maae revolutionary changes in the . constitution and laws, What is likely to command chief atten tion in the utterances of Governor Cum mins is . the statement that "consumers have a better right to competition than producers have to protection," and that therefore if Drotectlon enahloa anv man. ,tfartuwr .to destrov commotion ,d M- j-vj. . monono,T thA nrflt(,n BnonM be withdrawn from the monopolized Products. This view has a large and doibUess growing support, the vote in n means committee on the caococa amenament to me diu repeal ing uie war taxes snowing mat mere is "entlment in congress favorable to it eTen among republicans who, like Iowa's Kovernor, are firm believers in the pro- tecuve policy. Another interesting feature of the ad dress of Governor . Cummins . was his reference to the Buffalo speech of Preal dent McKInley and his admonition to give due heed to the appeal of that speech for freer trade through reciproc ity. Mr. Cummins believes that it would do political wisdom to make some changes in the tariff and he does not ehare profeMed fear of thofle who say that to make changes would Impair prosperity. ' In this respect the governor of Iowa is in accord with the platform of the convention that nominated, him nd undoubtedly voices the feeling of a majomy OI iowa reDnDUCan' where relief. most bk 80UQHT. Nebraska real estate dealers and real estate owners are wrestling with the problem of tax reduction and tax reform tbat will make investment in real es tate, whether , on the farm or In the city, attractive and profitable. Various plans for equalising taxation 'and in creasing revenue have , been discussed, but In . the end substantial and per- local taxation. The recommendations of the Industrial' commission on that subject can readily be carried out "In most of the states that are not ham pered by constitutional strait-jackets. , Nebraska must either force the cam paign for' a te!r assessment of cor porate properties' and corporate fran chises or continue in a constant' strug gle against an accumulating public debt It Is an open secret tbat Nebraska Is running from f 100,000' to $125,000 be- hlnd every year. , Wblle, Iowa, with no I state debt has .f 1,000,000 of surplus in ju treasury, Nebraska's floating debt Is about f 2,000,000. , While the state tax rate in Iowa for 1902 Is 3 mills, the .fate levy In Nebraska varies from 7 to 8 mills. The state tax, however, constitutes the smallest part ef the tax burdens. It Is the local taxation that pinches most severely, because under existing conditions and abuses the great corpora I tlons have managed to beat their taxes and ahlft the burden upon real estate I owned by Individuals who enjoy no special privileges. While the constitution of Nebraska ex pressly provides that "every person or corporation shall pay a tax in propor- I tlon to the value ' of his, her or its I property and franchises," the transpor- tatlon corporations have succeeded in getting the revenue laws so framed that their property is aseseed in bulk. I through a state board of equalization, while all other property is subject to assessment ' by local assessors. This manifest discrimination, ' made under pretense of distributing ' the rolling stock and local Improvement along the I entire line on a mileage basis, baa prac- Ocally exempted railroad property from local taxation and at the aame time has not increased the mileage valuation of the roads. Thus millions of dollars of property that should be returned for local as well as general taxation is thrown into the. dump at a mere song I and the expenses Incurred for maintain- Ing local government are made to fall upon the real estate of the respective towns and counties. The trend of tax reform Is toward a separation of sources of state and local revenues. The older states, like New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Ohio, are gradually readjusting their tax systems so as to leave real estate subject to local taxation only, while the state derives Its Income ' exclusively from taxes on franchises, corporations, Inheritances, etc put before Nebraska can fall In with other states In the mat ter of tax reform It must adapt its con stitution to the changed conditions. In the meantime, 1 however, the battle against tax exemption and tax evasion will have to be waged along the line to force assessors and boards of equaliza tion to list' all taxable property at uni form rates. LET IMMIGRATION A LOSE. The house committee on Immigration has a majority opposed to immigra tion. There Is a voluminous bill In the hands of that committee which provides for the further restriction of immigra tion and it is expected that it will be favorably reported to the house. The official source of this measure is under stood to be Commissioner of Immigra tion Fowderly, who ' has Incorporated In It a , section authorizing the com missioner to administer all immigration laws and exercise control over all offi cials and employes in that branch of the public service. It provides that with consent of the secretary of the treasury the general commissioner shall establish all rules, emit all Instructions, examine all papers, documents and se curities of officials, make all contracts, and in short embrace In his person all the powers and duties of the immigra tion bureau. This would make the com missioner a very Important official and the present Incumbent of that office likes importance. Perhaps this measure of Mr. Pow- derly will pass the house, but there is reason to think it might not be sue oessful In the senate, because there it is likely to receive thorough discussion, There is no necessity for this proposed legislation. The industrial commission. which very thoroughly investigated the subject of immigration, does not recom mend any further restrictions, unless the suggestion of an Increase of the head tax can be so regarded. The com mission . recommends more effective In spection along the Canadian and Mex lean borders and this is entirely proper. but it proposes no additional legal re straints. Evidently that body believes existing laws to be sufficient If properly enforced and so will everybody who can look at the matter unselfishly and without prejudice. THE COVHTS AX OBSTRUCTION. In reference to the proposed legisla tion for Increasing the powers of the Interstate' Commerce commission, the Philadelphia Press 'remarks ' that the difficulty with these - and all similar measures is the jealousy of the 'federal courts. It Says they are certain to minimize all grants of judicial powers outside of their own jurisdiction. "Beg' ulatlng rates," observes that paper, "Is a judicial, not an ' executive function, The federal' courts love no rivals. Whatever the power granted the com mission over rates, its exercise is certain to be passed on by the courts and by the time It has been so passed upon not much will be left of the original grant of power." ', ' There is warrant for this view in the experience of the Interstate commission with the federal courts, but is there no remedy ? The constitution gives con gress the power "to constitute tribunals Inferior to the. suprenu court" May it not in the exercise of this power, con stltute a court for the specific purpose I. of considering issues arising under the Interstate commerce law and thus avoid appeals to. the various federal courts now existing? ; It would seem to be quite within the constitutional authority of congress .to .create a court of . this character, the decisions of which. If not made final, could be appealed from only to the supreme court At all events, the statement' of the Press that the federal courts, by reason of their jeal ousy of power, constitute an obstruc tion to the carrying out of the public demand for relief from violations of the law by the railroads presents a mat ter for serious consideration. Certainly If It be well' founded our federal 'judi cial system needs reforming. However, the Immediate duty of congress Is to amend the law so as to enlarge the powers of the commission and It can then be determined whether the courts are the obstruction alleged. , The proposition that, the leading re publican candidates for mayor of South Omaha should withdraw themselves from the race. In order to make way for a dark horse, seems to meet with approval among the . republican rank and file of South Omaha, but we rather suspect that the only thing that will In duce the leading candidates to with draw will be a failure to muster votes enough at the primary. , bn the reality of unequal distribution of tax burdens not even the tax shirkers will enter denial , What they take refuge in is that under existing revenue laws snd their administration they find loopholes enough to evade their shares of the obligation snd-slmply ask, What are you going to do about It? Portland, Denver and . several other cities of the west are preparing to en gage In the meat packing , business. While a certain measure of success may attend the effort the present great pack ing centers will not be greatly alarmed until nature moves the com belt. The annual meeting of the Lesgue of American Wheelmen shows a continu ance of the rapid decline In membership tn that organisation. - This la but the evidence of the paaalog of the wheel as fsd. The wheel "crank" has almost If not entirely disappeared and the bi cycle has taken Us place as a practical device which Is used like the buggy and the wagon by people who have a prac tical use for it. Another double-shotted Installment of the Jeffersonlan Jangle may be looked I for In the hyphenated organ shortly. John L. Webster Is about to deliver his second retrospective review of the Declaration of Independence, with bW version of what Jefferson might havthat ha la about to retire and leave tbs said about the government of the Philip- I pines if he had lived 100 years longer. la Detroit, for Iaataaee. Detroit Pre Press. H. that Is diligent ia business shall stand befora kings." Also before Judges, on certain occasions. Reaaov. th Prov.catloa. Washington Post. Editor Bryan says It ia necessary for blm to lecture occasionally la order to keep his newspaper going. ' But why not suspend the newspaper and thus remove the provocation for th. lectures? I, Oh, They're Met Blew. Chicago Inter Ocean. An army beef pontract for South Africa sold la London for a premium of $50,000, was then transferred for a. premium of 350,000 and. was finally passed ever to a syndicate for . a premium ot 11,000,000. And yet, ws sometlites hear it said that the Britishers are slow. Vmim of Grit Ik Reserve. Baltimore American. The pluck of Paterstm In Its serious calamity Is characteristic of the American I municipality. So Is th. rapidity with which I it will rise from its ashes and repair dam- I ages. Rutns may be picturesque ia the I older civilisation, but we have no time I to accumulate them here. I A. a ameylaar Lltlamtloa Blocked. I Aixer a nemucay jyncning uuit weeg th. I coroners jury was selected oy me gentle men who conducted the affair, and a verdict waa promptly returned showing that th. deceased had been strangled by unknown persons. - uj tnis - process tn. incident is Immediately closed and there is no annoying litigation. Two Playing at the Same Ga: Philadelphia, Record. Combination begets combination One of th. latest Illustrations of this tendency is mo aciioa oi ine mercnants or u. city of Spokane. They have - put all their ship- pmg in tne nands of on. man, who makes the best wholesale terms possible with I carriers. The corporations making th. lowest freight rates, get the undivided business. A Job that Pava. I I rnuaaeipnia Times. I treasury, nr. uaga i received $8,000 a year, but since his retire- meat six offers of bank presidencies with salaries ranging up to $100,000 a year have been offered to hlnv Mr. Vanderllp. who was his first assistant, Is already fixed In a highly lucrative bank position. In view of the general talk In Washington about th. Increase of salaries, It would seam that the treasury might safely be left out of any of . the plana It V a sure ladder to afflu ence. . - i . , V 1., Cheap Labor,' Cheap Reaalta. . Philadelphia. Record. . Governor Teft's reply te a . question on the subject of labor, put to him by . a menu ber of the senate committee on the Philip- pines Is inustratlveof the absurdity of the ,w mea m curiam quarters or tas competition ot Asiatic, with Americas work- Ingmen. "Labor. In the Philippine Islands," said the governor, "costs more today than labor, Jj America." .This Is the point of wi question. ao Aauo may receive out 15 cents a day as wages, but- he gets all he earns. Flfteen-cent-a-day laborers do net produce more than 15 cents worth tn r. suits. .' "' Railroads Twanpt S.prtaal. ' Cleveland Leader. The best way the railroads can head off such perils is by submitting cheerfully to all proper regulations and obeying all rea sonable orders or ' requests of the , Inter state Ccmmerc Commission. The 1ms they vioiai. or .vaae tne law wnicn is in-1 tended to prevent Injustice betw-en ship- l"" w piacca urn Dnur i l win d. tor tnem .u mi. uour oi vneir aanger. . uy insolent defiance of a body representing th. gov- crutiueui tn ino vaiuea ai irm ana Dy per- peuiaung oia anuses wnicn nave neen con- uvrnuea oj puDua aenument, oy congress ana ay m. couna, tne common camera are simply making trouble for themealves. They " uinpung iaio ana sowing Oregon's ...4 k I ICC kU. I PERSONAL NOTES. Lord Sholto Douglas, brother of the mar- quia of Quoensberry. has purchased a saloon and lodging house in Bpokaae. Wash. H. says he wants to live there because be likes ine town. A beautiful and ' pathetlo ceremony was the casting of sixty-nine floral places upon the waters at Gloucester. Mass., laat Sun- day, la memory of the men who went down to the sea la skips from that port and never returned. Francis Grlswold Landon, a member ef the N.w York legislature, has Introduced Into that body a , bill to tax advertising posters. The Idea is to put some limit to the disfiguration . of town and country scenery . by luartlstlo and unsightly bill - boards. . ' Prof. Frank T. Youna- of Chlcaro la p.rlmeaUng with the purpose of producing light for that city, with the odor from the atockvaril Hlr1.t Arkii.. m1r- th. 11ns as Prof. Gorham of Brown university, who haa been producing light from old beef steak snd porkchopa Algernon Sartoris, the grandson of Gen eral Grant, Is going late business and will begin at the bottom ot the 'ladder as aa em ploye of the Werflnghouse works at Pitts burg. He Intends to master the Intrtca cles of electrical mechanics and of th. finan cial features of the work. The Oeorgla commission has Informally agreed upon Alexander H. Stephana, th. congressman, and Dr. Crawford W. Long as ths discoverer of anaesthesia, for ths sub jects of th. stat.'s two statues to bo placed In Statuary hall ia the capltol at Washing ton. The selection cannot be definitely ratified until a meeting ot the commission, m no aeta ta July. "The population of the clvlllxed world may be divided today Into two classes," says General Stanley Lea In the Critic, "millionaires, and those who would like to be millionaires. The rest are artists, poets, tramps aad babUa end do not count. Poets and artists do not count till after th.y are dead, Trampa are put la prison. Babies are expected te get over It." William C. Browa, who has been .looted third vice president of the N.w York Cen tral railroad aod placed la full charge ot th. operating and mechanical departments of the road, has risen from the ranks, hav ing started as a .action hand oa the Mil waukee a St. Paul. He Is vice president and general manager of the Lake Shore railroad, which office he will retain, Boundary Line of Work Philadelphia The voluntary retirement of William C. Whltnev of New York Cltv from active business and his expreased. determination to devote the remainder of his life to rest and recreation has started anew the old debate aa to what age should mark tha boundary line of work. Mr. Whitney re cently paeeed his 60th birthday, and it Is In fulfillment of a promise made to himself stress and strain of th. car. of the fortune he baa accumulated to the next generation But as he is still In good health snd In the natural course of events has many years before him th. wisdom of his act is being subjected to examination. The result of the debate so far proves tbat oo particular age can be fixed upon as the limit of work for all men and all occupations and tbat experience ahowa that the better a man prepares himself for his w?rk.,n llf n6 tb lnor" b deTe,op" bls ","; ln" Prioa " 8efulneM "hlrh he can look forward. , meet,D ot th Chlcaao Federation of "Mrx laL .iuiubi. IUjiivBBiuiti wr a man 45 years of age to obtain employment. One icaaing rauroaa waa named as having maa. a rule not to hire any man over that age, and a delegate was moved to ask bit terly If "a man should not be dragged out and Shot when h. reached the age of 45 ?' It Is probable that this assertion ' needs qualification, but It is nevertheless - true that a man who depends wholly upon his muscular 1 force and never " develops his mental powers grows old the quickest. Next comes the business man who has made the accumulation ot money the sole object In life. His duties have necessarily brought blm into contact with a higher class of men who have educated him, so far as he could b. carried with the lack of effort on his own part But this limit Is soon reached and he finds himself,' at , an are when ha ahntild - ha atlll rrowlnt - o- " a .nri dunlnnlnt ni nf tntlrh anil out nf ' . Dl " temper with life. Fifty years can be , named aa the dead line of usefulness of BITS OP WASHINGTON LIFE. Etchings of People a aid Events at (he Natleaal Capital. - - Salaries of American officials In the Phil ippines, . though much higher than official aalarlos on the mainland, do not afford a iarKe margin of profit owing to the cost of uvtng on th islands. The highest aalarled Bfflnii i. Governor Taft. who draws $20,000 a year yet he finds the task of making both ends meet a difficult one. In his testimony x,. ,. mat pnmmltf th vfivernnr said: i "When I was appointed civil governor I was. allowed $5,000 for my legislative duties . . . P AAA - Jll.. as a awu...,(wa ana io,uuv iur ui uuucv mm ma va.c.u...o, matlnr 120 000. The, other commissioners .nw. k nno for their lerlalaUva1 -.rvla a 110.000 for their executive auU.., making $16,000, all in gold." u ,icn allowed a private secretary?" ' yea" ' AAnd you also have a large clerical force?" . "You would think so If you should step into our offices ; you also would get an Idea of the necessity for such a force. "What other allowances are made?" "None, except that I am allowed, as gov ernor, to live . In the Malacanan, the old governor general's palace "Is it an extensive place?" "Rather. It .costs me $125 In gold per ti t ia nftn a vaar oat L fcit . .T,.t hi. Thar. are fourteen ponies in the stable, eight ot which 1. own, and I also- keep three-car- riages. The ground, are extensive, but tn6T are lighted by the city ot Manila, as any otaer park would be' - - -' ..aj, other members of the commls- provided with residences r "rh .m not. All of them nav rent. and I would much prefer to pay mine to be ing required to live at Malacanan and keep up that establishment. Out of my $17,500 salary laat year I had only $1,600 left at the end of the year, and I am sure that If my Illness had not prevented my entertain ing to a desirable extent there would have been nothing left." ' . Senator and Mrs.iHanna recently gave a reception at th. Arlington hotel and the afternoon before the event a friend wanted , v. . th. ..n.tnr . Mm ,h. t,ht t dlannaa a oolltlcal I matter i.leut see you tonight," said Mr. Hanna, j (qd 1 ..r.lv. a wh.tr asked tb. nerolexed ac ....IhIiiim ... r.alment . retention." reoeated . Mr. ,,. "There are 1,200 invitations out. TOu know " When Senator Dolllver of Iowa was a young man, relates th. Washington- Post, h. was a school teacher. i In the county which adjoined him on the north lived a n,me, charll. Hays, while Will Vsa Honl Uutf,t school in a county on the wert. H.y, ,T, up ,chool teaching te I . hi. ,i.w a i -nrhh I railroad, and by paying cloae attention' to his work and acquainting himself with th. details of the road he attracted the att.n- I tloo of the general manager and was trans I f.rred to Chicago. In course ot time h. I became nrealdent of tha road. - and then I was offered and accepted the position of I president of the Southern - Pad Ho at - a salary of $55,000 a year. Toung Van. Horn I entered the service of the Milwaukee road I as a telegrapher, but by his industry snd 1 ability ascended the ladder oi promotion I until be also occupied a high position. Finally, he waa selected to build th. Cana aUtt Pscifio railroad, snd for. his eminent "uia "r,l services was finally knighted or uuoan v lcionB ana is now known as Sir William Van Horn. In the meantime Senator Dolllver studied law and entered politics, until today he ia one of ths two senators from th. state of Iowa, Rear Admiral Schley Is looking In vain for a clue to the donor of the magnificent upright piano which occupies a corner la his rooms In a Washington hotel. When tha Mini, waa a'aIIwa-paH trim A r v m r nh. brought It hsnded him a receipted bill for $1,000 and an anonymous .letter. Much puxxled, th. admiral read the missive. It concluded aa follows: "Please accept this expression of admiration from one who de sires no notoriety, but who wishes to tak. this opportunity of showing his regard for I you." There was no signature. There was noth I Ing oa th. paper to Indicate who was th. I writer. Ths handwriting was wholly un I familiar to the admiral. In vala he quas I tloned the men who brought the piano, I They either knew nothing of where it cam. I from or they had been Instructed to offer ao explanations. Admiral Schley has ever since beea trying to learn from .whom th. gift cam., but has fonnd no clue. Ha has received many presents, but this la tb. only on. that came anonymously. As a rule th. gtv.rs are quite willing to have their names known. Public assemblies la N.w York and Wash Ingtoa are discovering that Milton B. Ailes, the assistant secretary of the treasury, aaa graceful abilities as aa after-dlnaer speaker, Press. such men. There Is nothing more pitiful than to hear one so situated Inveigh against the persistency with which h. Is puebed aside and utter his regrets that h. cannot turn his mind to reading or to the study of art after ha haa accumulated the fortune he coveted. The pleasure is de nted him because he put money before mental development and failed to cultivate the faculties upon which men must fall bark as age advances. The men who live lorigoat and carry tbelr ucefutness with them furthest are the men who In the hurry of bualnesa or professional life have not forgotten to broaden tbelr mental vision and lay up a mental.'store to draw upon aa the years come on. Such men never grow old. . . To them, aa Victor Hugo said, "forty Is tb. old age of youth and fifty is th. youth of old age." They keep themselves young by knowing the best i. m their h,..ir,M. r nrofesslnn and by .fertilising their intellect by. reading. study ind observation, and their sympa- thles op,D hj jetting th. result go out to enrtch their own lives and the lives of others. Their bfalns never harden. They r-Mrer jgjt, on that discouraging look which Bnowg that a man haa reached his growth, (bat hls Dr4,n lu hardened Into a mold and will take la no new Ideas. Buch a condition Is the last stage of a man's usefulness. AH men like to remain young. Muicu larly this cannot be done. In spite ot the best ear., the most vigorous dieting snd all the comforts and conveniences that' money can obtain the muscles harden and grow useless. But the mind can always remain young, and as tt la in the mind that a man lives mainly when he has paased forty It. is his own neglect or misfortune If be grows aid there. If Mr. Whitney has ' used his oDDortunlllea to broaden and cultivate hlnv self, if he has refined himself mentally by contact with art and literature, he Is still young mentally snd some of his most pro- ductlve years -lie before him. He has hak . i. ...i.j jiauka4 k- r i- CMUDU IU. UmllWI, VJ VVBIV o v ...v. i w . UK DCUTCIUIV WUCU IU, RUUWICU, VI iif- well aoent and the record of many aood ..deeda la moat nlnaalna-.'' Recently, at a' Knights Templar gather ing, relates tha Saturday Eevenlng Post,. he was the first called upon at th. conclusion of the banquet. He had been notified tbat he would' be asked to make a few remarks, but. not wishing to deliver a set speech, he had asked to .be placed toward the bottom of the list and had understood that that was to be the arrangement. He had there fore relied on the speakers that , were -to precede blm to furnish him material for Impromptu comment.- Though somewhat disconcerted by the un expected summons of the chairman, Mr. Ailes rose to the occasion. "There Is some mistake," said he, "In my being called upon at this stage of the proceedings, snd the incident reminds me of an epitaph which enjoys .local fame in my native village in Ohio. . At the death of an eccentric citlsen It 'was learned that he had himself written out and entrusted to a marble cutter the legend that was to be graven on his tombstone. "When the lettering was completed the villagers all went out to view the epitaph and this Is how It read: " 'I expected this, but not so soon.' " The oleomargarine fight In the house re calls the fact, tbat many years ago, when Senator Ingalls was ,lq the. senate, oleo margarine was a bone, of contention,; The debate' led ' Ingalls to utter one of .those epigrammatic1' sentences which made ' blrA famous'" " ' ' ' .'. ". " . . I have never, to my knowledge, tasted oleomargarine," -said lagans, "but I have stood In the presence of genuine butter with awe for its strength "and reverence for Its antlqutty." RAVAGES OP FIRE. Hage'Losaes of Property sil Life la . v the United States. Springfield (Maes.) Republican. Should .the present estimate ot $8,000,000 aa tha loss caused by the fire at Peterson, N. J., prove correct tbat conflagration, on the basis ot mere property lost, will rank sbout eighth of the big fires that have oc curred In the . United States. But a for tunate feature In the Pateraon disaster Is the freedom from the horrible loss of life tbat has marked many other fires extending over lees territory. Thus, the fire on. the docks, of the North German Lloyd steam ship line on June. 30, 1900, which cost the loss of $7,000,000 of .property and more than 150 lives, was a much more- terrible affair than that of Peterson,, while other fires. such aa the burning ot the Brooklyn theater on December 6, 1876, which cost $96 lives, have had many fatalities, but comparatively small loss of property. Ranked merely by their, estimated property loss the big fires of the United State, are as follows: New York. December it. 1836 Six hundred and aev.nty-rour buildings fiurnea; -prop ertv loss, tl7.000.000: no lives loet. New York. SrDtember . l&w Forty-six buildings burned; loss, $10,000,000. unariexsion, e. -., uwanucr ii. iwi Prnwrlv 1M. I10.O00.O00. Portland, Me., July 4, 18SS Ton thousand people rendered houaeless; loss, I15.000.iKX). Chlcajro. 111.. October B snd . 171 Three and one-half aquare miles burned over, 17.4&0 buildings destroyed, ttt.&oo people maa. homaleas, more than 2u0 pwiple killed, nrnnsrtv loss over ZO0. 000.000. Boston, November 9, 1K7 Sixty-five acres burned over. about sw euiimngs ourn-a, fourteen lives lost: nroDertr loss. $80,000,000. Jacksonville. Fla.. May i, 11 Property lnax nearlv 110.000.000. - ' raterson, -w. J., reorowy ana iv, irjn Property loss, , sa.ouv.uw. . ant willing to recommend it to ail lor coogW Mrs. C Simon, New York lfaest,$Lsa. AlsrartfaUL - ft" ZtaiiTTi '- v r 1 JJsaaaawaj ' i I ALARMED BT EXFOSfHK. WMearreaa Wreag Wraaght y l)la erlaslaatlac Freight Rates. Portland Orrgohlen. The annal report of the Interstate Com merce commission by. Its revelation appears to have brought the offending railroads to their knees In an sttltude of at least transient submission to the laws of : the country'. The -favored shippers are also willing "to be good" for the future. It seems to be a case of rogues who feared that congress would make the baiter draw tn order to enforce a beter obedience to the law. Ths railroad managers and the favored shippers have not taken the alarm a moment too soon, for the Indictment of their audacious violation .of the ' law hv the Interstate Commerce commission haa already excited the Indignation of the In fluential presa of the whole country. The report of the Interstate Comerco commis sion cites, speclflo Instances In Which ths published traffii rates on meats ' are regu larly cut, contrary to law. In the interests of four or five large packing, concerns. Published tariffs are violated in the grain traffic contrary to law. To ! cover , these criminal proceedings vouchers are . de stroyed snd records altered. ' The . effect of these lawless acts Is to build up a mo nopoly of the meat-packing . business In tbs hsnds of a few concerns " and crush out small competitors and to turn the. grain business upon each railroad Into the hands of some particular buyer.. ., ' ". The. wrong wrought" Is' widespread In Its Injurious influence. The farmer loses, the consumer loses and the small . shipper is obliterated. . Grain and grain products move to the seaboard upon seoret ratee and the profit oa this secret rate Is divided with the officers of the line over,-which, the shipments are made. Tills is a crime, a penitentiary offense,, but under existing law It cannot be suppressed. A mere ."agreed" rate lower than the published tariff cannot be punished . unless the failure, of . some speclflo shipper to get this rate Is proved. Individuals only . can be indicted. They escape. . When the law fines, corporations. Juries will convict. This, briefly stated, .Is the argument of the indictment- of the offending railway managers - by f the Inter state Commerce commission,, which desires the power to make rates directly and to enforce them, and the commission asks Isws to punish the crime' that the railway ' managers have been committing, for they have violated ' the law requiring an ad herence to published tariffs; ' the 'law against secret rebates and discriminations and the law against concerted traffic' com binations, and 1 they have just ' confessed their guilt by publicly announcing that their confederacy of railway managers and favored shippers will henoeforth obey the is. - ; '"" - 'The startling thing about all this ' busi ness Is tbat the men who form this guilty confederacy to defy and outwit the law are railroad magnates oa the one hand and millionaire meat and grata monopolists on the other, men of the highest Intelligence and' ability, who do not hesitate to break the law to ewell their Ill-gotten wealth. . LIKES TO A SMILE?. . . ... . . . -. i i : Yonkers Statesman: "Pa. 'what is a mis nomerT" ' - "A mlanomerT On, when-a ffian goes to a church basaar and la inveigled Into -taking chances some people say he's got a fair chance, but that's a misnomer. . , Philadelphia Catholle Standard: "What makes you so blue?" asked the first new woman at . the club. "My father-in-law has come to stay with us," replied the other, "and John and he sit at tnelr knitting all day and cryv about my treatment of John." ' ' " ; , - n?M' IN' Chicago Tribune:. "What . 1st- ai-mes- InerlBtt" 1 . ..,.,, "A person who controls vm win' or an other person and makes himsdo -exactly what he chooses." "Can you mention a suecessful mes merist?" ., "Yes, sir. Any clothing store salesman." Philadelphia ' Press: "Poor man," said the Inquisitive old lady, "I guess you'll be glad when your time Is up-, won't yeu?" "No, ma am, not partlokrly," replied the prisoner. "I'm up fur life." . .. Judge: Amy Any one would think you had the earth on, your shoulders. Fred Would that 1 had, that t might lay the world at your feet. ' ' Washington Star: "I hope I shall get a ffcjr comic valentines," said Mlsa Cayenne. - "You hope to get some comlo valentines?" "Yes. Every one you get is a -sure sign that you have made some enemy feel per fectly wretched." r Philadelphia Press: "It, seems, to me." said the young housewife, "there's entirely too much water In the milk you serve." "It won't occur again,, ma am," aald the foxy milkman. "You aee. the . farmer"a man has been giving the cows too much, salt and It made 'em very thirsty.' The farmer's got a new man now.". ST. VAL)ENTI.NE. Ernest . McGaffey In Woman's - Horn. Companion. ,, Not rose, nor tender eglantine, Nor Illy, nor the columbine,- " ' ' But from th. prairie's railing mead ' I send a spray of Iron weed t To greet you as my valentine. Blue-veined the lilies are, I know., And darkly red the roses glow, But I have sent the Jronweed, Uncouth sud harsh, whoee dusky seed Th. palms of unseen sowers sow. . Not ruds my emblem. If you find My meaning here, though faint outlined . For struck from suddeu clash of thought No purer fire can be wrought Thau filnt-ateei spark of mind to mind. - Nay, as you touch It time shall bring A glimpse of low horlson-rlng, . , . And dreamy aweep of pliant breece That undulates- o'er graasy seas-- .,' The rustle of the wlnd'a broad, wing. . 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