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(I TTTE OMAHA DATT.Y "TITURSD AY, MATICII 20, 1002. Tiie UMAiiA Daily Bee E. ROBEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. T-ilv u- iwlihmit flnndnv). Ona Year..4.0O lially Bee and Sunday, One Year Illustrated Be. One Year Sunday tfee, One Year Paturony Bee, One Year Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Bee (without Sunday), per copy..., lally Bee (without Sunday), per week.. IJally Bee (Including Sunday), per week Cliinnav I4a nr ntnv , .uu 1.60 1.U0 . So .Uc .lio 6c Evening Bee (without Btinday), per week. 10c Evening Bee (Including Sunday), per jrp4.ll ..160 Complaint of irregularities In delivery Should be addressed to City Circulation De- partment. OFFICE8. Omaha The Bee Building. ' South Omaha City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Streets. Council Blurts 10 Pear! Street Chicago 1640 Unity Building. ' New York Temple Court. Washington oul Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be addreseed: Omaha JUee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should be addressed:' The Bee Publishing Coui ftany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order. payable to The uee ruDiisning company. Only J-cent stamps accepted in payment of (nail accounts, personal checks, except on lUmaha, or eastern excnange, not accepted. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, s. I George B. Tsschuck, secretary of The Be Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning, livening and Sunday Beo printed during the. month, ot j- eDruary, ipM. waa as wuowii X... ..... 80,100 16.. ..80,90 80,220 ......80,620 80.T20 t U0.4SO 80.B40 7 80,210 SOIOO t 80,200 10 80,100 IX 80.84C : U .8u,28v U i 80,14V 14 .80,420 10. ..... .80,840 17 8o,ieo IS 8O,870 1 M...80M0 30 80,320 a .....SO.ltW J2 80,120 23 80,100 24.. ..v 80,470 26 80,800 : -"M., ..80,070 77. ...2,BO 2 2U,UUO Total .ess unsold and returned copies.. .S4T.U40 ,. 10,124 Net tout sales....; Nst dally average. .837,81) . 20,022 GEORGE B. TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to tefor me this 28th day of February, A. S.t M. B. HUNUATK, Notary Public (Seal.) To fuse or not to fuse, that Is the Question.' Emperor William kissed Prince Henry tm both cheeks. ' That leaves a spot yet to kiss for the princess. At this time of the year It is well for banters to remember that It Is danger pus to grab a loaded gun by the muzzle. A Kentucklan paid a debt by taking a wim in the river on St Patrick's day. Jt is a serious matter when a Kentuck lan takes to water, at any time of the year. '; , King Edward has revived the custom f snuff-taking as one of the courses at banquets. The guests will all sneeze (when the king takes snuff, whether they take a dose themselves or not " Bo many royal personages are coming o the coronation of King Edward that court authorities are at a loss to know (where to put all of them. They might try uslrjg cots In the hallways. The State Corn Improvers' association Las just been organized at Lincoln. The next thing we will near or is a State Association of Cprn Extractors and a State Association of Corn Juice Samplers. The discussion of the river and harbor bill in the lower bouse of congress af fords a very Interesting diversion for members whose districts are located in land and away from mud creeks and dry ditches. 1 About twelve months ago a band of burglars relieved the postmaser of Chi cago of 174,410 worth of postage stamps. Now the postmaster of Chicago asks congress to relieve him of the overdraft on bis bank deposits.. When Omaha gets through wrestling iwltbj". the. tax levy, and corporation as sessment it will have to grapple with the Insurance combine that is preparing to raise the insurance rates 25 per cent Jong the line of least resistance. Democrats who have been mentioned Cor congressional candidates In Iowa are declining with a rapidity which Is as tonishing. Democrats who have had ex perience In running for. office In Iowa are not anxious to add to their store. 1 A bass ' singer In a Columbus (O Church choir has recovered bis lost voice after eighteen years of enforced whis pering by coughing up a tooth. The next sweet singer from Ohio who loses his voice will know where to look for It' The appointment of Dr. John B. Ralph as health commissioner Is merited recognition of . the efficient service rendered by that officer while , performtngtbe arduous duties devoir Log upotcottu' during the past four -'- . years. Arguments in favor of niandainuslng Governor Savage to appoint' a new fire and police commission for Omaha have been heard by the supreme court In the meantime candidates for these posi tions are holding their breath and wait lag for a windfall. t . '. Ex-President Cleveland is credited with ssylng that the republican party has the faculty of pulling together at critical times while the democratic party does not The reason Is not hard to determine. . The republican party not composed, of men who are habit ually looking backward. Now tb.tt William E. Curtis, the fa mous explorer of European ruins, has viewed the plains of Troy and the site of the city of Priam, he might as well come home to die, There are no more ruins worth looking at In this world unless it be the fragments of the dis membered populist part, t . A COISFBRKNCA DECISION. . The fifth conference rjf the bouse re publicans' on the question of granting tariff concessions to Cuba bavins? de cided in favor of the 20 per cent reduc tion proposed by a majority of the re publicans of the ways and means com mittee, the matter .will probably be at once brought before the bouse ef repre sentatives. What the result will be there cannot be confidently predicted. since the vote In the. conference does not accurately- reflect - the relative strength of the" snpperters nd 6ppo neflts of the proposed concession. There were In attendance about 140' members nd the total vote was 116, so that some 24 representatives opposed to tariff re duction withdrew. Had they remained and voted the majority -for the commit tee proposition would have been -30 In stead of C4. It should be understood that the conference was not In the na ture of a caucus and-therefore Its de- lslon Is not binding 'on the "minority members, who are , still free tJ take whatever action they, please, when the question comes before the house. ' Still the action of, the conference Is to be regarded as Indicating the prob able adoption of the 20 per cent reduc tion by the house. It might bar defeated by' a union of the republican opposition with the democrats, the latter gens-rally favoring free trade with - Cuba or a larger tariff reduction than proposed. but It is unlikely, that touch, a unioa will be made. The advocates of the pro posed reduction claim-. thktS If It "shall be adopted by the hobs .ft Will Ae ac cepted by the senate and will' also be satisfactory to the president There is said to be a tacit understanding to this effect between the republican leaders at both ends of the capital and this was clearly implied in a statement made to pne of the earlier1 conferences ByJdr. Payne, chairman of tie' ways and means committee.1 There has been, apprehen sion on the house side that the senate favored a larger reduction than is pro posed by the ways and means commit tee and the assurance that be effort-will be made by .republican senators to In crease the house rate; has contributed to the strength of the jarty leaders In the house. . -' The controversy, over thla question. however, Is not yet ended. The de cision of the conference Is not abso lutely, conclusive, although It certainly Improves the chances for the adoption of the 20 per cent reduction. So far as the administration is concerned. It ap pears to be entirely inactive regarding the matter. The president desires that something shall be done for the Indus tries of Cuba, but be is not committed to any specific proposition and doubtless will approve whatever congress may do In the matter of concessions. ' J OMNIBUS LEGISLATION. The weakest spot la the. federal con stitution is the lack of a provision that will enable the president to veto any item in an appropriation bill." Omnibus legislation, or the bunching of promiscu ous claims, jobs and grabs Into one gen eral bill, coupled together with meritor ious and necessary appropriations have been the source of colossal corruption during every session of congress and has cost the country millions upon millions of dollars. The present congress will be no exception to this wholesale voting away of public funds through barter and bargain. The omnibus claims bill and the river and harbor bills that are now being log rolled through congress will alone ag gregate nearly (100,000,000. These bills include many just claims against the government and appropriations for much needed improvements, but the bulk of the enormous sum, which is proposed to be drawn out of the treas ury under various pretexts should, by rights, have been adjusted by the court of claims, or been excluded altogether. When these bills reach the president he can only do one of two things. He can approve the bill with all Its jobbery and robbery, or be' can veto it and by bo doing defeat measures in which the whole country is vitally concerned. This glaring abuse has grown worse from year to year, but; after the lapse of more than a century no amendment to the federal constitution has been pro posed that would enable the -president to exercise the veto power in the same manner as the governors of nearly all of the states are able to do with regard to appropriation bills passed by the re spective legislatures. ' '' TO STOP Ai BATES. The Interstate Commerce commission is showing a most commendable pur pose to put a stop to' rate-cutting and the paying of rebates by the railroads and its efforts should be successful. It will be able to present what seems to be an Invulnerable case. Railway offi cials have testified before the commis sion that rebates are paid. They have frankly acknowledged that In this re spect the law has been violated and there Is no doubt that this Is still being done. The commission asks the courts to stop this unjust and unlawful discrimination aud there ought ,Jv- be no, doubt. that the injunction at(t Ihe'restrtlUrbg order asked for will be granted. It is said to be understood that the railroads will make no serious objection to this; that most of the large rail way systems claim to be In favor of preventing rate-cutting and paying re bates and that responsibility for tho practice is really with the small roads. which cut their rates to hold their own against the larger roads. Violation of the law by the small roads affords ao excuse or justification for like mlscouduct on the part of the large roads. If the latter are really desirous that rate-cutting and the paying of re bates shall - be prevented they should set the example. Moreover, they have it in their power to put an end to the un lawful practice on the part of the small roads wherever. they know it to exist They have an unquestionable right to bring such a vtplaQtyrqf tJUfaw to the attention of the comUaloa. aa provided In section 13 f the Interstate commerce act The fact Is that the worst offenders against the law are the large roads and the attempt to saddle responsibility upon the smaller roads Is preposterous. Pertinent to this Is the indictment of the Louisville & Nashville railroad by the federal grand Jury at Louisville on the charge, of -discrimination in rates. This is the railroad company whose vice president has been most laslstent that the interstate commerce law does not need amendment so as to render It more effective and to enlarge the powers of the commislon for enforcing the law. The Indictment of the com pany for violating the law suggests why Its vice president has so persistently urged that there Is no necessity for strengthening tho Interstate' commerce act ... The present activity of the commission may cause some anxiety in railway circles, as well as among favored ship pers, but It is In the public Interest and Will have general approval. A BVXCO BUIDQE PBOJKCT. Now that the bill authorizing the con struction of a railway and wagon bridge across. the Missouri river at South Omaha has passed both houses of con gress, it may be pertinent for us to ask who will furnish the capital to build the bridge, and when will It be built? At the lowest estimate It will cost not less than half a million of dollars to bridge the Missouri river without com puting the expense that will be incurred in constructing the necessary ap proaches. It is an open secret that the scheme has been engineered through congress purely as a speculative enterprise with a view to raising the wind by the sale of the franchise. ' As a matter of fact , the three bridges that now span the, Missouri river afford ample facilities for all the, railroad and wagon traffic that is likely to be built up at Omaha, South Omaha and Coun cil Bluffs for the next fifty years. So far, as we can learn, . nobody in South Omaha except the promoters, at whose Instance the bill was framed and Intro duced, expects to be benefited by the construction of such a bridge, nor does anybody In these parts expect to see the third railroad and wagon bridge constructed across the Missouri river between South Omaha and Council Bluffs during the present generation. There was absolutely no call for it nor any excuse for granting a franchise for the construction of a fourth bridge without a guaranty from the promoters that they mean business. TBS COAL MM BBS" CUSVKBTIOA. The most Important convention of anthracite coal miners In several years in session at Shamokin, Pa, the re sults of the deliberations of which are awaited with much interest not only by the coal operators, but by all manufac turers who use the product of the an thracite mines. There la a great deal of dissatisfaction among the miners with existing conditions and their efforts to secure a conference with the operators with a view to remedying these condi tions having been without avail, the con vention was called to consider and de termine what should be done. There Is apprehension that a strike may be the result and it is pointed out that at this time such a' conflict would be a very serious matter, particularly to the Industries of the Atlantic coast It Is said that in the event of a strike would be only a short time before there would be a coal famine. There has a . been a tight coal market all win ter. At no time during the past five months have the bard coal fields been sending to market as much of that fuel aa was needed. Consequently not many of the big Industrial plants using an thracite have much of a supply on band at this time and such as have would soon exhaust the stock if mining should stop. It is to be expected, therefore, that very earnest efforts win do maae to avert a conflict that .would inevitably have very damaging results to large industries and of course to the labor employed In them. Here would seem to be a particularly good opportunity for the officials of the National Civic Federation to exert themselves in the Interest of peace and doubtless they will do so. A bill to increase the salary of the Omaha collector of customs from $300 to $1,000 per year has been introduced in the lower house by Congressman Mercer. The collector . of customs of Omaha is also the surveyor of the port and custodian of the federal building. His present Income approximates some where between $3,500 and $4,000 a year and the services are performed chiefly through a deputy. In view of the fact that the collector of customs and sur veyor of the port at the present is re puted to have devoted less than (an hour a day all of the year round to the multifarious duties devolving on him, the Increase of pay would seem entirely uncalled for. We. can .'safely predict that Mr. Mercer's generosity with Uncle Sam's money will be. appreciated and reciprocated. There Is scarcely any danger, however, that Cadet Taylor will throw up bis job even if Mercer falls to pull through the bill to increase his salary. ' South Omaha proposes to throw $45, 000 of overlap bonds that will bear 4 per cent instead of 6 per cent Interest into the market By this deal it is pro posed to save $350 a year for twenty years, or, all in , all. ,$7,000. This may be very attractive to the uninitiated, but when it is borne in mind that a 4 per cent Omaha bond would sell at' a premium, the saving to the future South Omaha taxpayers Is not apparent to the naked eye. Instead of .effecting a saving of $7.000 tln twenty years,the 4 per cent bonds, would: take $21,0UQ more out of the pockets of the tax pay ers during the twenty-year period than they would on a4 per cent loan. But South Omaha's city, financiering has al .wts been Ilka plugging up the spigot and leaving open the bunghole. Every year has seen an Increase In the over lap and by the time one overlap Is funded a new overlap Is started. According to Assessor Malm, some people In the Ninth ward who have money to burn decline to list their full bank balances. The way to make these people list their bank balances Is to re quire the banks to submit a detailed statement of deposits. Some of these Nlu,th ward capitalists would probably deposit their surplus In their pocket- books or in their stockings, although that might prove Inconvenient even in the month of April, when the weather Is so very variable. The president has vetoed a couple more bills designed to patch up the mili tary records of men who left the serv ice during the' civil war with a cloud upon them. Like private pension bills this class of legislation Is generally passed through courtesy to the member who Introduces and no consideration Is given to the equity of the measure. Gen erally speaking, military records which need fixing at. this late day are tod badly damaged to warrant the repairs. The amount raised up to date by Porto Rlcans to the McKlnley monument fund amounts to $1,497.42. This was raised by contributions none of which were In excess of 10 cents In amount the com- mitt tee fixing that limit From thts showing it would not appear there was any general .dissatisfaction In the island with the conditions prevailing under American rule, such as have been pic tured In the opposition press. The Lancaster county assessors have agreed to assess real estate and mer chandise at one-fifth of Its cash value. Where the Lancaster county assessors, or the assessors of any other county, get their authority for a deliberate vio lation of the law and of their oaths of office, that requires them to list all property at Its actual cash value, Is not reported in the Lincoln papers. The weighing of the mails has pro gressed far enough to show that there will be a large Increase over four years ago, when the Weighing was last done. This increase, besides affording proof of general business activity, will mean a substantial increase in revenue to the roads which already, find the mall con tracts among the most profitable por tions of their business. The Pennsylvania anthracite coal min ers asembled in convention solemnly de clare that they want their coal weighed, and they want 1 'weighed so badly that they are ready to fight for It if neces sary. That. is precisely the condition of the consumers: They also want their coal weighed, but It always makes them so hot when-the heavy coal bill la pre sented... ft Members of the Orna Real Estate exchange canTccpmpXVlTfeat deal in the way of-, equalizing assessments by cultivating 'the personal acquaint ance of the' precinct 'assessors and stroking them down the fur. That Is the way the tax. shirker usually man age when they want to unload tax bur dens upon the backs of other people. Dave Mercer has suddenly discovered that Omaha needs a quartermaster's suodIv depot Why he did not discover that long-felt want two years ago, when the bill to create a quartermasters sup ply purchasing depot had ' passea me senate and why he deliberately smoth ered the bill In his own pocket he has failed to explain up to date. New Jersev towns easily hold the rec ord for the season's disasters and are . far in the lead there is no necessity of getting up any more demonstrations In order to hold their place, Desioes uw rest of the country objects to naving insurance rates raised once more 'in order to pay losses in that section. w reiolce to know that the experi ments with wireless telegraphy across Lake Erie, between Detroit and Cleve- imrf h nroved a most brilliant suc cess, . although ' confined to the trans mission of single letters, uouereni xaut as not attempted, we are told, because Lake Erie was out of sorts. There'll B'SoaathtS Dola. Chleaso Tribune. If .hftiv. Dealers la bicycles re port s msrksd Increase la their orders this year. . ' f Jarrlas Their Cosvcelt. Buffalo Express. Tt.. tA.tiira nf lird Methuen's release . " "-- - which comes especially hard oa the British press is that it shakes their own belief la their assertion that ths Boers ars a bar barous people whom It is a duty to clvlil- tatlon to subdue. Ilraas Race Dlstlcles. Chicago Chronicle. Minister Conger's wits gave a tea which was attended by Chinese .princesses who had never before seen a foreigner. - Being only pagans. It is probable that they didn't stsal ths silver for souvenirs aa am ins Christian ruest who thus ruined the caterer who served the Meteor luncheon. PltKal Resalts ( War. - ., Philadelphia Ledger. . Eighteen .more soldiers who have .been driven insane tby the - hardships . of cam palgning. n the Philippines -are now on their way to ths Insane Soldiers' hospital at Washington. , home how, tnis enect seems - to give a . more horrible chsraoter to ths war la ths Philippines than sick ness, wounds - death Itself. And there has been eotf too much of It during the struggle thsr Parana of the Aaarehlsts. - , I Detroit Free Press. It 1s not ths churches who hare to ex plain, for it was a delegation of ministers tbat called 'upon Governor Altgeld after his pardon ot the Chicago anarchists and took him-to task lor what he had dons. He answered them by producing s petition for tho pardon signed by every president but one ot all railroads centering la Chi cago, and by every president of a bank, stato or national, la the city. The man who presented the petltloa was Lyman J, Gage, late secretary of the . treasury. Was U rntisolsacs. mercy er nolle j.x ROIVD ABOUT NEW TORK. Ripples aa tho Carreat at Life la iho . Metropolis. A few weeks ago all the world that loves a lover throbbed with admiration for the courage of Fannie Payne McComb, a New Tork heiress, who, It waa claimed, tossed ths millions of her late lamented pa and his will to the winds and wedded the man of ber choice. When old McComb died a year ago be left a pot of $16,000,000, to be divided among four children, but having a dislike for Fan Die's steady company, Louis Heriog, he Inserted a codicil directing tbat In case of her marriage to Henog her share of tho estate be limited to measly handout of $15,000 a year. Miss Fannie spurned ths old man's restriction, married the man of her choice and was nanea as the bravest bride that ever pledged loyalty at the altar. But things are not always as they seem. Now comes Mrs. Fannie Payne McComb Henog with s petition to set aside the codicil, and the problem goes tip to the New Tork supreme court for settlement. George Gray, aged 26, an artist In throw ing fits, was caught by the police while giving paralyzing exhibitions In front of s private residence, so that he might be carried Inside and eared for. Once Inside he would tell a pitiful story which got him money and sympathy. Last Sunday the sidewalk on Sixty-ninth street was the scene ot his operations. As he was about to be carried into a private house Bicycle Policeman Ueasenbee recognised him and had him taken to ths Presbyter! aa hospi tal. There he astonished ths physicians by increasing at will the pulsations of his heart to 106 beats a minute. Ths doctors after aa examination said he was a phys ical curiosity. Ths Charity organization and Commis sioner Partrldgs have been on Gray's trail for some months. His father is believed to be a well-to-do Brooklyn man. Gray is said to have a smattering ot medical knowledge. Sometimes he made $20 a day. The committee in charge of ths statue of General W. T. Sherman ordered on be half ot the New Tork Chamber of Com merce and now completed has declared in favor of a site In Riverside drive, 300 feet south of Grant's tomb and Immediately facing It William B. Dodge, chalrmaa of the com mittee, speaks of this place as the Ideal situation, and adds: "There Is, Indeed, a certain fitness in placing a statue of Gen eral Sherman near that of his great leader snd personal friend." ' No decision has been yet made. Other sites have been suggested. The matter now goes to Mayor Low and the Munici pal Art society. There seems to be a wave of murder sweeping over New Tork. Almost every day develops some new sensation. There Is Patrick on trial for the murder of Rice; Florence Burns, a young girl, under arrest for ths murder ot her lover, and John Voepel, a boy of 17 years, under arrest on the charge of murdering his mother, one of the most revolting of crimes. Sat urday sdded two new murders. Maude Gentile was found dead with a bullet wound in her temple in a Forty-second street hotel. The man who had gone to the room with her, and who is missing, had been heard to threaten her. The other murder was that of John F. Stover, a painter, who snot by his wife because of his alleged cruel treatment of her. The murder of Brooks, ot which the Burns girl is accused, evidently suggested this murder to Mrs. Btover, who shot her husband while he waa asleep la bed. She accused him of wasting on others the money she received' from relatives In Philadelphia, and from a letter found in her room It Is clear that aha first contemplated suicide Instead of murder. Rarely have there been ao many serious crimes committed la New Tork City in so short a apace of time. He was a man from a western towa, re lates the Evenrng Post, and be came Into ths office of the old-fashioned New Torker with a breezlness that stirred the hlstorle dust on ths shelves. In a corner of his business card which he presented to the old-fashioned New Torker with a flourish wide as the prairies there was a list of the concerns with which hs was connected! President Lone Rock Gas company," the New Torker repeated with bis eye on the card, "Vice President Lone Rock Electrle Street Railway, Business Manager Lone Rock Independent, Director Lone Rock Water Company, President Lone Rock Realty Company, Vies President Gaiety Theater Company, Secretary and Treasurer Lone Rock Firs Brick and Paving Com pany." The old New Torker finally looked up from his perusal of the card and there was something like awe in his voice. 'If you were only a director," he sug gested timidly, "in the Lone Rock ceme tery, you'd have an Interest In pretty much everything dead or alive out there, wouldn't you" ' . PERSONAL NOTES. Louisville, Ky.. is excited because its health officer has discovered tbat Llmbur- ger cheese is full of microbes. Secretary Cortelyeu and Judge Day will prepare a life of William Mcruniey. it 111 be an exhaustive and "authoritative work. General Clinton Paxtoa Paine of Balti more, who died In Naples, Italy, on Friday, represented Baltimore at the constitutional centennial celebration bald in thta city. A monument to the memory of Matthias Baldwin, the father of the locomotive build ing industry in this country, and founder of the Institution which bears his name, is to be erected In Philadelphia. Commander Booth-Tucker of the Salva tion Army, who has taken the oath of al legiance as a citizen of the United 8tates, said that he was slready half American, as his ancestors were Virginians sad he had long since adopted this as his country. Sir Edward Chichester, who has jutt been made an admiral ot the British navy, was In charge of bis country's Beet in Manila bay when Admiral Dewey mads bis entry and gave tho Americans valuable as sistance during the trying days that fol lowed. ... Prof.' Herbert A. Giles of the University of Cambridge, In a lecture before 'Columbia university students, said that the Chinese had cultivated their national literature more than has any other race, and that literature leads them to an official career, Secretary Long has accepted an invita tion from tbe Boston I tin School associ ation to bs present at its dinner on April T at the Exchange club. Secretary Long once taught in the school as a snbstltute for a short time. Dr. Edward Everett Hale will preside at the dinner. Three cabinet officers have , come from the congressional district which the new secretary of the navy represents Timothy Pickering, Washington's secretary of state; Caleb Gushing and nov Mr. Moody. It is aot recalled that any other congressional district has btea so dls tlnguUhed. That most gsnlal of philosophers, "Mas O-Rell." celebrated his fifty-fourth birth day oa March X- This year Is aa Interest ing ens In his Ufe, for It is the thirtieth anniversary of his going to England as ths correspondent ot certain French papers. It is aa Interesting characteristic of his career that all bis works, which were first published In Fraaee, have bees translated Uate Etuctish by bis wll. . ROYAL BaJring Powder IHaJtes Clen Bre&' With Royal Baking Powder there is no mixing with the hands, no 6weat of the brow. Perfect cleanliness, greatest facility, sweet, clean, healthful food. The " Koral Baker say Psstry Cok" coniaiaiag ever Boa Mat practical snd valuable cooking receipts Ires to erorr patron. Send poaUl card WUh year lull address. SstM, suae sessss IMPORTANT LABOR COMPACT. Notable Agree eat tor ae Pvevea- tloa of Strikes. Chicago Post Not in the history of labor In America has there been a more momentous step taken than the agreement Just made be tween the American Tin Plat company and the Amalgamated Association ot Iron, Steel and Tin Workers. Both in the manner by which this agreement was brought about and in Its most important provisions there is shown the great strides that have been made In recent years toward greater friend liness and co-pperatlon between capital and labor.. , It is no small achievement to reach in peaceful and amicable conference aa under standing by which' 104,000 men and their employers determine to make strikes prac tically impossible and to settle every dis pute that may arise by discussion and argu ment instead of by strikes and lockouts. Such a proceeding inspires ths present with renewed confidence and ths future with stronger' hope. The methods by which this most laudable arrangement was brought about were sim ple, straightforward and eminently rational. Leaders of both sides decided to meet and talk over conditions with a view to elim inating features which heretofore have been a source ef disquiet and danger to indus trial harmony. The employers met their men mora thaa half way, and when tbe con ference was ended a friendly arrangement had been reached which comprises a "con tinuous scale agreement" and does away with the annual period of uncertainty, idle- as snd a possibility of con Blot which heretofore has been' a serious feature of the trade relations. Briefly the compact la this: It is agreed that peadlng negotiations the mills shall continue to operate and tbe present rate ot wagea shall be paid. The agreement holda good until July 1, 1903, during which time the , present scale will be paid. If any differences arise, however, all ques tions will be discussed at a conference. The question of recognizing nonunion mills may be subject to discussion at a confer ence. This Is believed by President Shaffer to be aa agreement which will prevent the closing of the mills or plants of the Ameri can Tin Plate company and which puts a strlks out of ordinary possibilities. It waa also decided, aa a precedent had been established, to arrange a continuous seals with ths Republic Iron and Steel com pany. Just here lies the greatest value of the friendly, compact. It establishes a prece dent. It shows other employers snd com binations of employes how they may avoid Industrial wars.. It opens another peace ful avenue tor the settlement of all labor troubles. And it Is in full harmony with the trend of the times snd the enlightened opinion of the best friends ot both labor and capital. Whea Is a Traat Not a Trastf ' Washington Post ' Hon. James K. Jones Is equipped for his campaign work with a certificate from Hon!, William J. Bryan which proclaims that be has looked into the round bale trust with which ths Arkansas senator is financially Identified and finds that it is not a trust In- the offensive sense of the word. This revives tbat Interesting old question: . When is a trust not a trust T THE SPRING SUIT Weather conditions have made top coats ths chief topis of eer advertisement. But Its time to consider the asw spring suit. Let us show yon what we have $12.50 to $25.00 If yon ars looking for style and trustworthy materials you will find them here. Our new suits are as well made as can be. The best 12 60 and $3.00 bat la town is a feature ef our hat department. "No Clothing Fits Like Ours." Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. IT, 8. Wilcox, Monacr, m ' r i . Alam hated lasomehskiag powders s4 In BMl ( the so-called phoaphste pow ders, bocaase It Is choap. sad auk a cheaper powder. Bat alam Isaeorroale potto which, take la food, acts ln)r. ensly apoa the steaiach, liver sad kidiMfSt so, m-mutm st- ase tsso. CHEERFUL CHAT. Brooklyn Ufet "Did the ervldenoo In the divorce suit Indicate that Mxs. Flash waa giddy?" "I guess so. The Judge and five of the Jurors wanted to marry ber." r Judge: Mrs. Craw ford Has your hus hunband made any preparation for LentT Mrs. Crabnhaw Tes. , Us got a cam of boneless codllah for me and a dispensation for himself. Philadelphia Record: Mrs. Towns Have you any close neighbors, dear? Mrs. Subbubs Yes; they are all close. So close that you couldn't borrow a flat iron or a cup of sugar to save your Ufa. Washington Star: "De habitual kicker, said Uncle Bben, "doesn' do his se t no food. He simply' goes aroun' remlndln' oiks dat he ain smaht enoegh to have his own way." Tonkers Statesman taking In a partner,' "T'm thinking of said the garrulous "All right," said the roan going ' out. "make It a silent one and I'll coma around again." Philadelphia Record: Morrell Well' we always learn by experience. Worrell Not always. There was the ex perience of that careless laborer who smoked his pipe over a keg of powder. He hasn't learned anything since. Detroit Free Press: "You believe la the higher education for women?" , "Well, I hardly know; but my daughter says that nowadays a girl who can't play basket ball and fence isn't in It" . Chicago Tribune: "Pa," said little Willie, "I wonder why a bad actor Is called a 'ham.' " "Perhaps," replied his father, "lfs be cause he's too often served with eggs." Philadelphia Record: "Do I look like a sugar beet?" demanded the indignant statesman whom the lobbyist was attempt ing to bribe. "I don't know about that, sir." responded ths lobbyist, grabbing his hat, "but you aro acting like a turnip." . CHICAGO HEALTH HINTS. Chicago News. If you would keep your health In spite of all this sad mortality. Prevailing, so the health department aaya, in this locality, - Tou should adopt tho rules they give, avoiding generality, In everything relating to hygiene. Just paste them in your hat or other place that's advantageous And don't, because you wish your friends to think that you're courageous Go poking round in places where there's anything contagious, Unlexs you wish to quit this earthly scene. ; Imprimis, boll your water till you've cooked all the bacteria Beyond resuscitation; for the. fluid's not superior, , And If they should revive when they get Into your Interior - -A certain personage will be to pay. Whene'er you take your walks abroad re- member there's impeiity In all the air about; so shut your mouth for more security And breathe with caution through your nose there's otherwise no surety That you won't come down with, poeu- mo-ni-a. It certainly does seem a subject for a heap of wondering That people should .persist In-their unscientific- blundering And swell the mortal ills when they sre given many thundering t Good reasons why they should not per sist. . " Get vaccinated often, and in matters dl tetlcal Be temperate and practical cut out ths theoretical, . Don't work too hard, don't worry, and if Reynolds Is prophetical Tou hve a fighting chance still to exist.