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ft TflE OMAHA .DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, ATOTIj 9, 1P02. Tire ctmaiia Daily Bee E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. . illy Be. (without Bumlay). One Year..4 Oo -slly He ami Sunday, Una Year & J lustra ted Jiee. One Year '4-X Sunday Bee, one Year ' Saturday Bee, One Vear I W twentieth Century farmer. One Year., iw DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Pally Pm without Sunday), per copy 2c lally Bee (without Sunday), per week. ...tie Jjally Bee (Including 8uoaay, per week..lc Sunday Bee, per copy c fcvenlng Bee (without Sunday), per week. 10c Evening Bee (Including Sunday), per week I6c Complaint! of Irregularltlea In delivery houla be addressed, to City Circulation D gtertment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hail Building, Twen-ty-liitn and M Streets. Council Blulla lu pearl Street. Chicago 1W Unity Building. lSew t ork Temple Court. .Washington 6ul Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial mutter should be addressed; Omaha iee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letters and remittances should be auoreaaed; I he Bee Publishing Com fiany, cimalia. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, toayable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only ft-cent stamps accepted In payment of (nail accounts, personal checks, except on pmaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COVU'ANY. STATEMENT OK CIRCULATION, ptate of Nebraska, Douglas County, se.: Oeorge B. Tsschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, I&venlng and Sunday Bee printed during the Cnonth of March, 1W2, waa as follows; 1 lflM7V 17 2,5SO 3 3tW,7W 18 W,43 'AV,4'Mt It 2,B30 4 !H,7TO 20 3U,StM ( WM30 21 S,610 ZIMMO 22 2,B4M 7 39,020 23 JW.ttoO 2,4SO U 2tw,10 Jftt,7O0 2,6W 10 JI,oO 28 SW.KdO 11 2U,504 27 ,BW 12 a,S70 28 39,S40 it. ....... ..8,S40 29 80,040 14 20,620 30 moo u a,7o si w,4o It 8,4MM Total 017,420 Le unsold and returned copies.... V,tH7 Net total sales.. v 00T,S13 Net dally average 21MTT GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before, me this 8m day of March, A. D. 12. GEORGE RASMUBEN. tSel.) Notary Public. All that 1 left for John Chinaman to do la to grin and try to look pleasant. Alt Ear-Bon proposes to be an open sir monarch this year. The good king has no limits to his realm. The remaining war taxes come off Tilly 1, In time for the relieved Inter ests to celebrate appropriately on July 4. Iowa's legislature Is coming down the tome stretch and the adjournment po"t ."will probably be reached before the kreek la out With the new commandant for the High school cadets Installed, the blood less fight over the additional equipment of guns may proceed. From proceedings of the divorce courts, the quickest way to escape mat rimonial bonds appears to be communion Jrvlth the Flgglte sect Bo far as relieving the Judge from pressure for excuses from service, those business men on the Jury panels are Dot what they are cracked up to be. The popocratlc World-Herald has al waya been generous In suggesting can didates for republicans to nominate, but these suggestions are not entirely disin terested. neturns of spring municipal elections throughout the country are variegated enough to suit the most fastidious and furnish solace to partisans and non partisans. Irrespective of political predi lections. i 1 ii i aarjp European governments are now test ing automobile devices for use la army equipment. Recalling the visions of bicycling military companies conjured up only a few years ago only to be punc tured at first trial, the automobile en thusiasts will do well to put brakes on their vehicles. Now that the fate of the Chinese ex clusion bill has been practically settled, It would be Interesting to the general public to know Just who got the money collected by the Six Companies as a tax on all the Chinese In this coun try, ostensibly for' the purpose of pro tecting their Interests In congress. The amicable adjustment of the differ ences that had precipitated a strike among the shoe workers in the local field Is a cause for general congratula tion. It Is a proof that both employers and employes can meet on the middle ground of mutual concessions and' reach agreements satisfactory to both aides. If the sugar trust Is really contemplat ing an Invasion of the beet sugar busi ness it is reminded that Nebraska offers a promising field for beet sugar produc tion. This state can readily furnish the raw material for a score more factories and la not particular whether they are erected with the mouey of one syndicate or the other. The cordial reception accorded Presl dent Roosevelt on his visit to South Carolina may lie taken to Indicate that th people of the Palmetto state are heartily ashamed of the disgraceful ex hibition of their senator In connection with the Prince Henry visit and want to omit nothing to prove their disavowal of the Tillman offenders. Having destroyed systematic garbage collection in Omaha, by their tearful tales about the poor little boys 40 years old arrested for the crime of hauling ashes, the local yellow Journals are now trying to create a stampede over con taglon alleged to be threatened by con dltions they themselves have produced. But there Is no good cause for alarni thelr latest fakes have no better foujida tioa taaa the former onea x rosr Fatcro. The sham reform orgnn of these parts appeals to Governor Savage and the other members of the State Board of Equalization to carry ont the letter and spirit of the law In the assessment of Nebraska' railroad property. The board Is reminded, that the statute .under which It Is acting provides that the ronds shall be assessed at their actual value, and their actual value, according to the standard . laid down by Prof. Bern Is. Is the market value of the stocks and bonds. In view of the fact the other taxable property In Nebraska Is assessed at 20 to 23 per cent It Is sug gested that the same ratio be applied to the railroads. This undoubtedly Is the' intent of the law, but It Is passing strauge that the sham reform organ did not press the strict enforcement of the law when the fusion reformers were at the helm of the state government It Is a matter of notoriety that the railroad assess ments In Nebraska under the populist governor were lower than they bad been under republican predecessors, notwith standing substantial Improvements and Increase of rolling stock. It Is also a matter of notoriety that the failure of the populists to . redeem their pledges In regard to railroad taxation lost their candidates thousands of votes. But the organ of sham reform hns made a reputation for ex post facto grand stand play. When its own party Is In power It winks at the most fla grant abuses, condones extravagance and keeps silence about broken pledges, but when Its party Is out of power It clamors for greater economy, denounces subservience to corporations and Insists upon the rigid execution of laws. It Is this policy of making flesh of one and fish of another that stamps the utter ances of the popocratlc organ with In sincerity and destroys whatever force they might have. More equitable taxation of railroad property has for years been demanded by the people of Nebraska. The Bee has voiced this sentiment consistently without regard to political effects when republicans were In power and when populists held the state house. CHIHA MAT RUTALIATB. It Is very probable that the proposed drastic legislation for the exclusion of the Chinese will be adopted, the bill un der consideration In the senate being substantially the same as the one which passed the house. It has been proposed In the senate to extend the operation of the existing law during the period cov ered by our treaty with China, which expires In December, 10O4. It Is urged that this would be the easiest way out of the Chinese difficulty and pending the expiration of the treaty In 11)04 an other convention could be negotiated with China In regard to exclusion and legislation passed in accord with such treaty. The suggestion Is to simply continue present conditions for1 two and a half years longer, Instead of pursuing a course that Is likely to prove very of fensive to . China, now exceedingly friendly toward the United States. There Is very small chance, however, If any, of this proposition being adopted. The possibility of retaliation on the part of China Is pretty generally rec ognized, though It has no effect upon the extreme advocates of exclusion. Our cotton manufacturers, particularly In the south, feel that there Is danger of retaliation. This was shown In what Senator Simmons of North Carolina said in his remarks on the pending bill. He stated that he expected to vote for the measure, but was reluctant to do so because the cotton manufacturers of his state and the south generally were appealing against its enactment, fearing that it will lead to retaliation and that their market In the Orient might be checked if not destroyed. While the Chinese government might not adopt a policy of retaliation. It Is by no means unlikely that the mer chants of China would do so, which would be quite as effective against our trade with that empire as action by the government It cannot be doubted that the Chinese merchants would be en couraged to do this by our trade rivals. This danger in connection with the ex treme exclusion policy may prove to be nuore serious than Is now apprehended. EilBARASSlXO THU ADM 111 ISTRATlUX. It Is nearly two weeks since President Roosevelt sent his message to congress recommending legislation concerning the establishment of diplomatic and con sular relations with Cuba when the gov ernment of the new republic shall le Installed next month. The president urged timely consideration of this mat ter, the Importance of which Is obvious. The message recommended that provi sion be forthwith made and salaries be appropriated and made Immediately available for an envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, a secretary of legation, second . secretary of lega tion, consul general at Havana and two consuls. It appears that nothing has yet been done looking to the carrying out of these recommendations and it Is reported from Washington that considerable op position has been manifested' among a small group In the senate who Intend to try to embarrass the administration i gardlng the Cuban question as much as possible. It Is stated that should the measure recommended by the president be drafted and put through the usual course It Is the Intention of the opposi tion to hold It up In some way. It Is said to have been decided, therefore, to propose In the senate an amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill pro viding an appropriation for Cuban dip lomatic and consular officers. It Is not to be supposed that there are any republican senators who would un dertake to embarrass the administration In this matter and It Is not easy to un derstand why democratic, Senators should desire to do so. Everybody rec ognises the fact that the United States must establish diplomatic relatione with the Cuban republic and tt ts manifestly XlWfiorUut UuU LUt be dvaa as yya as the new republic comes Into existence, which will be May 20. American In terests In the Island are such as to re quire that our diplomatic and consular representatives be on band when the machinery of the Cuban government shall be put In operation, so that the re lations between the two governments, as provided for In the Tlatt amendment and accepted by the Cuban constitu tional convention, shall receive promptly whatever consideration may be neces sary. There Is nothing In this matter that should excite partisan opiosltlon. There Is an International duty and obli gation to be performed iu the proper performance of which all our people should feel an Interest irrespective of political affiliation. It Is certainly not apparent what could be gained by the democrats In attempting to embarrass the administration lu the matter. The recommendations made by the president are Judicious and a bill to carry them Into effect should be promptly passed, so tlmt the president will have ample time lu which to select the men who will represent trre United States In Uie Cuban republic. BASKRVPTCl LAW RlfORM. The business interests that are dissat isfied with some features of the bank ruptcy law and have been urging changes In the act appear likely to se cure what they desire. The matter has been under consideration by the house Judiciary committee, which will propose several Important amendments. One of these protects Innocent transactions like payments between debtor and creditor up to the moment of bankruptcy; an other modifies the present second ob jection to a discharge and adds four more objections to discharge; a third amendment confers Jurisdiction on the federal district courts concurrently with the state courts of suits to recover prop erty of the bankrupt and a fourth amendment regulates the bankruptcy of corporations by making the application for a receivership an act of bankruptcy by permitting certain corporations to become voluntary bankrupts and by adding mining corporations to those amenable to bankruptcy. Other changes are proposed, but the above are the most material. An informal vote of the house Judi ciary committee, taken to decide upon the best course to be followed, dis closed the fact that four of Its mem bers favored the reporting of a bill for the repeal of the law. There Is un doubtedly a considerable sentiment fa vorable to repeal, though It Is safe to say that a majority of the business men of the country do not take this view. It Is quite probable, however, that opposi tion to the law will grow If It shall not be changed In respects which experience with Its operation has shown to be de sirable. We believe that a large ma jority of Intelligent merchants regard a national bankruptcy law as essential and would earnestly opitose Its aband onment, but they are dissatisfied with certain features of the present law and have urged their removal or correction. Jf this demaud Is heeded by congress no doubt much of the hostility to the law will disappear. WHO WILL BITC1 Two valuable franchises have been thrown on the South Omaha stock market One of these Is a franchise for a rail road and wagon bridge to span the Mis souri river between South Omaha and the Iowa shore. The promoters of that franchise have had it incorporated with an authorized capital of $2,000,000, of which $500,000 is to be Issued In $100 shares and the remainder at the option of capitalists who can be, Induced to float the enterprise and compensate the promoters for their trouble. The other franchise represents the hot- air scheme that was rushed through the defunct South Omaha city council dur ing the last hour of Its existence and approved by ex-Mayor Kelly as soon as the vote had been recorded. Under this franchise the promoters are privileged to supply South Omaha with heat power and light under ground or overhead. either by pipe line, wire or balloon. Al though not yet capitalized, the hot-air franchise has greater speculative possi bilities than the suspension bridge, and the promoters will doubtless see to It that It Is capitalized for several millions. The next step will probably be a merger of the two mammoth enterprises under the community of Interest plan; so they may be exploited for all there Is In them. Th,e only problem yet to be solved is to find the men of means who will bite on this tempting bait Lincoln Is agitating for a change of Its city charter to provide for the election of councllmen by the voters of the city at large instead of the ward alone, fol lowing the plan first engrafted Into the Omaha charter and later copied In the South Omaha charter. The system has both Its advantages and Its disadvan tages, which depend largely on the uum ber of members composing the munici pal legislature. If all members are elected at large, although chosen from a particular ward, they lose tbelr Identity as representing only part of the city and become in fact councllmen at targe. Where the municipal council consists of two houses, as In luuuy of the larger eastern cities, different constituencies for them have seemed advisable. Where there Is but one branch, efficiency de pends more upon the character of the men than upon the area from which they are selected. The fact should not be overlooked that the operations of British . agents purchasing ; mules in this country are all In southern. states which are under control of democratic authorities. While the state governments have nothing to do with the conduct of our International relations. If neutrality obligations were being violated they should be the first to know of It and would have to assist In suppressing the objectionable prac tices. It would not be surprising If the states: profiting ' frvia Uie trattlc In American mules should come to the front to protect the Interests Involved and resurrect the old states rights doctrine as a protest against the Inter ference of the national government with a domestic Institution. According to reliable Washington In formation, President llosevelt hns been the most active agency In welding con tending elements Interested In Irrigation legislation Into unity upon a single measure. President Roosevelt's famil iarity with the west gives him an appre ciation of the Importance of this matter to the people in the seml-arld region possessed by few easterners and his ac tivity to promote the success of a satis factory irrigation measure proves his readiness to assist the west In every legitimate effort to develop its resources. With the Influence of the president fa vorable to it congress may be expected to give more kindly consideration. Our Dave never misses an opportunity for throwing an anchor to windward. The following dispatch, wired under the franking privilege, to ex-Uovernor Boyd, Is characteristic: Senate and house conference have just agreed to accept house bill reducing war taxes. This suits you. This has reference to the tax on grain commission brokers, but what influence Mercer exerted In bringing about the action of the conference committee Is not visible. Tom Piatt's Valqae Tribe. New Tork Tribune. ' There are some things In the United States which are absolutely unique. In what other country, for example, Is there an Amen Corner? Takes Cars of Nnmber Oae. Brooklyn Eagle. Cecil Rhodes leaves his money to Eng land. England will get it. They haven't the habit over there of blackening a rela tive's character In order to get the money. . Perils of Close Inspection. Chicago News. Investigators of that alleged British camp at New Orleans should be careful net to venture too close to the heels of the mules If they care to come back with an ex haustive report. Brlnalaaj the Pol at Home. Chicago Post. During the fiscal year 1901 America ex ported farm products to the value of $952, 000,000, or an Increase of $100,000,000 over 1900. - Imports of agricultural products, on the other hasd, fell off nearly $30,000,000. These figures bring the value and wisdom of reciprocity directly home to the Ameri can farmer. What Is Happening; to Jones. Washington Post. Governor Jeff Davis of Arkansas, seems disposed to twist the knife around 'sow that be has It burled In the vitals of Sena tor James K. Jones. He bas Just written s letter and sent It to all his friends say ing: "Don't let a Jones man come to the state convention It possible, because his friends, in my Judgment, would thwart any proposition I might entertain, I want a platform written by the next state conven tion so ringing and clear that no man will mistake It and that will commit the party of my native state to the destruction of all truBts and combines that are Inimical to the welfare of the people." Senator Jones' political enemies are evidently sot satisfied with burying him.. They propose to execute a war dance over his grave. .Political Uraftlnsr In St. I.oala. Chicago Tribune. What kind of .men were they who did these things? Were they exceptionally clever? Had they unusual powers of mind? Not at all. Some of them were "utterly illiterate and lacking In ordinary Intelli gence, unable to give a better reason for favoring or opposing a measure than a de sire to act with the majority. In some no trace of mentality or morality appeared: in others a low order of training could be found, united with a base cunning, groveling Instincts, and sordid desires." These were the men who were able to hold a city by the throat. If the thing had been done by a Ceasar it would have been bad enough, for the despotism even of genius Is Irksome. A despotism exercised by bar rel-bouse satyrs passes the bounds of muni cipal endurance. 1 SEW YORK. AM) NEBRASKA. The Reciprocal Idea la Political Sogj estlona. '. New Tork World (dem.) Mr. Bryan in bis Commoner suggests the name of Editor Norman E. Mack of Buffalo as the democ ratio candidate for governor of New York. He mentions as a qualifica tion the fact that Mr. Maek "supported the national ticket In 18ft." Mr. Mack ts a good democrat and an able publisher, but if only those who "supported the ticket" in 1896 are eligible to candi dacies or to a voice In party management, the democracy of this state would still be In a minority of 268,489 in the election. But as one suggestion Invites another, ths editor of the Commoner will not, we trust, resent the return advice that he try to pick out a winning democratic candidate In bla own state, 'which has now been carried by the republicans for two years in succession, the last time by nearly 13,000 majority. New York can perhaps worry along by and for itself, as It did In 1887. when the democrats, by Ignoring the platform and candidate of the previous disastrous year, elected Judge Parker by more than 60,000 majority. IVDISTItlAL, RANK OP STATES. Relative Position aaa Valae of Mann- New York 8un. The manufacturing statistics for 1904 for all states and territories have Just been summarised in Census Bulletin No. 150. Tbey are arranged In the printed table In alphabetical order, but the relative rank of each state given. In the following list the states and territories are arranged in the order of their manufacturing Impor tance. There are very fsw of them except several of the leading states which occupy the same relative position, as to the value of their manufactures, which they held In 1890. The value for 1900 of the manufac tured products of each state Is ei pressed in this table Is millions of dollars: 1. N.w York ,...1Ti I. Paooay aol .,,.1.1 I. Illinois ,..! 4. MuMcbuaati ...l.ts f. Ohio tn . N.w J.rssr. ...... til 1. Missouri tw t. InSlana ! t. Wlftcenrin - Ml I. Mlrhlsan tt! 11. Coanactlcut Ski 11. California " It. MlnoMuta , (at 14. Marylaua .. 4i 16. Jhua Jilsua tn tt. Cloroo 21 Nona Carolina... 101 M 7 tt. Wtthlnfioa ....mt JO. AUbtat , Jl. Woot Vlrslaia.... it. South Carolina... 14 Vonnont 44. Monuaa tt His. of Columbia. M. Grosoo 37. Iloiswsro U. Arkansas it. Mlaolaotool 40. Florida 41. Hawaii 41. Arlaoua 41. I tab 44. South Pakota 44. Norta iMJurta 44. Oklahoma 47. Now Msitce 44. Wyoming 4t. Alaaka W. I4al , ri. Indian Torrltarr. ii- UllAlSt IUUWt SI is tt M 7 41 44 ti 1 44 1 4 iT O II 1 tl t 11 t 1 I t 4 I 4 1 4 t It. Sums", n 11. lo. IV. IL Kntaekr 16 It. hmbnmkm Hi M. Vlrslul I-U ti. Mn. in n Louisiana Hi U. ToiM Ill ft. Mow Hsanwalra.il Jo. Toaoooaos (7 H litalSi tuuU'lA! ROISI) ABOt'T SEW TORK. Ripples on the Current of Life la the Metropolis. All accounts agree that no one perished of thirst In New York City on Sunday last. Likewise, all agree In ssying the day was the dryest In a generation. Notwithstand ing the sm'ailng drouth, the authorities ot the town, In cahoots with newspaper re porters, manssed to pull off an official bur glary. In order to test the grafting propen sities of the police. District Attorney Je rome selected the house to be burglarized, placed therein the booty, consisting of $150 In money and $150 worth of silverware, suitably marked, and turned the Job ove to the Herald reporter assigned to the duty. The Herald selected a reporter who went under the name of Kid Rawley and for ten days mingled with tho criminals of the Bowery, where he picked up a "pal" named Villlera. They approached a detective, told him they were about to commit a burglary and offered to divide with htm it he would help them dispose of the stolen goods. The plotters say the detective agreed to the proposition, but the latter declares be re ferred them to police headquarters. The newspaper men then proceeded to a house on the upper west side and "pulled orT" their little affair. The supposed burglars met the detective afterward, but be bad three companions with him. It is declared that the employes of tbe newspaper promised to give the detectives $100 if they would give their assistance and protection in case the burglary waa traced to them.a Instead, the detectives placed Rawley and bis companion under arrest. Tbey were arraigned today, and the district attorney bad them released on his recog nizance. C. S. Cowenhoven, the reporter who went under the name of Rawley, for more than a week mingled on terms of Intimacy with thieves and crooks and masqueraded suc cessfully as one of their number. In that rapacity, according to the Herald, he dis cussed with accredited detective sergeants plans for the protection ot himself and his supposed associates in the commission of crime, and the price to be paid for immu nity from arrest. To one detective a sum of money was paid as his share of the pro ceeds of a supposed procket-plcking ex ploit. One of the most extraordinary books ever designed is now being made for a picked number of Stock exchange men. It is to be a book of caricatures of the members. The artlBts are to be such well known carica turists as Bush, Nolan, Archie Ounn, Rop ers and Davenport. Each member pays $100 for his copy of the book, In addition to which he gets the original drawing of him self. There will probably also be siiort burlesque biographies of the men. After the limited number of copies of the book have been struck off the plates will be de stroyed. Only one copy will be sold to each man. Offers of $75 premium are already being made for tbe copies. A Are In a pipe-maker's shop the other day, relates the Post, spoiled the propri etor's stock of meerschaum, and Inci dentally disposed of the Idea, common In most smokers' minds, that tbe commodity la very expensive. Meerschaum itself Is not very expensive. That used by the manufacturers in this country Is Imported as a raw material from Austria, and most ot It Is obtained in Asia Minor. Usually there are three or four different tries, running from the rough and mixed to the pure and finely grained article. There Is no duty upon it. The chunks, not unlike Cannel coal In shape, are packed In oblong boxes about two feet and a half long, a foot wide and a foot high. The raw ma terial Is quite brittle and has to be snaked in water before it ts used for modeling. Meerschaum pipes are expensive because much of the material from which the bowls are matte has to be thrown away before s piece is found that bas no flaws in It. The shavings, however, are never wasted. They are used to make a cheaper grade ot pipes, which are known as chip meerschaums. Two bunco men rambled outside the bounds of Manhattan borough In search of fodder. Tbey struck a dairyman named Thomas J. Nearn. The first one, repre senting himself as a New York business man in want of a country place, railed on Nearn and offered such a liberal price for hla farm that a deal was soon made. The two were looking about tbe farm and the purchaser was telling of Improvements he proposed to make when Bunco Man No. 2 put In an appearance. He was roughly dressed and professed to be a drover anxious to buy stock. He acted as If half drunk and soon began bragging of a new game he had learned in New York last week. Then, producing some cards, he began throwing them clumsily and offering to bet that no one could pick out the "Joker." Tho farm buyer made several wagers and won easily, and then found It easy to per suade the farmer to try his luck. Tbe manipulator of the cards suddenly grew skillful, and very soon the proceeds ot Parmer Nearn'a last milk check, about $50. was In the drover's pocket. With tbe loss of his money came the realisation that he had been victimized. "I've got some more money In the bouse," said Nearn, "and I'll get It and try my luck again. That dod-gasted Joker can't fool me alius." He made a quick trip to the house, and on his return pulled out, not a "roll," but a revolver, which be leveled at the bunco men and told them to throw up their bands. They saw determination in the old man's eye, and up went their hands. His first care was to relieve them of tbelr revolvers. This done, be said: "Now. band over my money and all the other cash you've got about your measly carcasses." They handed it over. Then he told them to "git," and they "got." "Doing bunco men pays a durned tight better and la a heap more excitln' than farmln'," be remarked to bis neighbors. As liberal In Its views as New York City is generally conceded to be In most things, saya the Evening Post, there have always been certain Puritan prejudices which It has clung to tenaciously a few very defi nite laws against tbe offending of the pro prieties which one might not violate with Impunity. Possibly one of the moat strin gent of these unwritten laws bas been that which prohibits women from smoking in publlo places. Until within very recently. It Is safe to say, not a botel in the city that pretends to cater to the "better ele ment" has allowed Its women patrons to smoke In any of Its public rooms. Either the owners of these plsces are becoming broader-minded or else the feminine de mand to be allowed to smoke has become too Insistent to be further Ignored. At any rate, this form of woman's rights bas been publicly acknowledged by at least one botel proprietor. In the dining room of a high class botel an engraved card, bearing this inscription. Is placed on each of tbe tables very evening: "Gentlemen and ladies wishing to smoke may do so In tbe glltrootn." Tbs glltrootn Is back of the parlor on the second floor and nightly It is filled with men and women smoking. Simply as a commentary on tho "progress of tbe times." tbe fact may be recalled that only a little while ago a woman was arrested and tsken to a police station for smoking on Broad" , RIGHTS OP t'MIO LAtTOH. IsalSeaat Derision of tho New Tork t'onrt of Appeals. Chicago Post it is refreshing to read the sound, log Iral and vigorous opinion of lbs New York court of appeals In the Important labor caae Jti't derided. The essential principle up hel I therein has been consistently defended In these columns as the only one that Ota modern conditions and modern Ideas of co operative and concerted action. It Is a mistake to construe the decision as sustain ing the right to strike. No one disputes the existence of this right and courts of appeal do not waste their time on demon strating universally accepted maxims. The New York rase Involved a deeper question. Have men organized In a local or national union the right to demand of an employer the discharge of nonunion men and enforce this demand by a threat to strike? Superficial persons Jump at a nega tive conclusion. No, they say. tbe union men may not so threaten, for tho non unionists are entitled to earn a livelihood and the employer Is free to engage anyone he sees fit. Which Is perfectly true and wholly Irrelevant. Granting tbe right to organize and tbe legal right to strike for any reason (or no reason), it follows that "a labor organize tlon It endowed with precisely the same legal right as an individual to threaten to do that which it may lawfully do." You may not threaten violence er Intimidation, because it would bo criminal to carry out the threat. You may, however, threaten anything which you have a legal right to execute. A denial ot these propositions leads to absurdity. To quote the appellate court: The defendant association, as appears from the findings, wanted to put their men In the place of certain men at work who were nonmembers working for smaller pay, and they set about doing It In a perfectly lawful manner. They determined that If it were necessary tliey would bear the burden and expense of a strike to accomplish that result, and In so determining they were clearly within their rights. The employer, on the other hand, had tbe right to refuse to discharge the nonunion men and take the consequences. To say that union men must work with nonunion men is clearly nonsense, and It Is equally Irrational to say that tbey may not, as a condition of remaining In the employer's services, ask the dismissal ot persons ob noxious to them. The wisdom or necessity of such demands Is not a question for legis latures or courts. It is hardly necessary to point out that nonunion men have the same right to de cline to work with unionists and that em ployers have tbe right to select their work men from either class. On tho subject of "threats" and "conspiracies" there Is great confusion of thought, and the New York de rision is a notable contribution to a con sistent and enlightened philosophy ot Indus trial relations. PERSONAL KOTES. Tbe king of Slam owns an army corps ot 500 elephants, all well trained for military purposes and under command of a general. The man who has Just refused $7,000 for the season to serve with a bsse ball nine must be able to wear diamonds as well as play on them. Hon. George S. Boutwell was tbe guest of honor at a banquet of the Daughters of Massachusetts given in Boston on Thurs day evening last. George M. Moulton of Illinois bss been elected president of the Service Men of tbe Spanish-American War. The first annual convention was held in Springfield, III., April 3. Governor Van Sant of Minnesota bas ap pointed April 18 aa Arbor and Bird day In that state and has recommended that trees be planted In honor ot tbe late President McKlnley. Prof. Shaller Matbews of the University of Michigan, who recently returned from the Holy Land, says that in a small town east of the River Jordan he discovered a windmill which had been made in Batavla, 111. In making bis farewell address to the city council of Wllkesbarre, Pa., Mayor Francis M. Nichols said that the appointive power had made him thousands of enemies and that be finds himself "grossly deficient in ability to properly exercise the power." Mr. Nichols bad been mayor ot Wllkesbarre for twelve years. In "Captains Courageous" Kipling men tioned by name about twenty vessels of the fishing fleet at Gloucester. Since the publi cation of tbe volume every one of the twenty has gone down and the fishing folk say that the vessels were hoodooed. The last of the ill-fated boats, the Amy Knight and tbe Prince Lebo, were sunk in tbe re cent big storm. At the celebration in the Pantbeoa re cently all the celebrities of France were present, of course, and equally as a matter of course were bedizened with ribbons, stars and all other marks of distinction In which France Is so opulent- There wss one little man, however, who appeared all in black and didn't wear a slsgie ribbon er star. It was Zola! Dr. D. M. Foster of Bloomington, 111., one of tbe few survivors of the band of men who built the first railroad west of the Alleghenles. baa been trying, without suc cess, to find some one living who assisted In that project. Dr. Foster is a nona genarian, who for thirty years or more practiced medicine and operated a drug store at Bloomington. He has lived a re tired, life for the last two decades, but bis mind la still clear and be recalls distinctly the incidents of the projection of the Drat road west of the Alleghenles, which was about 1830. The Order of Things. If jou haven't a new top-coat that is the first essen tial for Spring. Then comes the new hat, and after that tbe spring suit And No Clothing Fits Like Ours. Then comes the lighter weight underwear, new shirts, hosiery and gloves, and a new tie for every day in the week is a luxury you might consider. Come here for all these things and be sure of qual ity, style and a saving of money. Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. R S. Wilcox, Manager. TARIiY RKtOOITIO. Preenard Postal 4 masllmral to Atnera Irani WemaehooS. I-tmlt Journal. The Idea of leor.tlag tbe new Issue nt stamps with the head of some woman whose life and work he made her a conspicuous ft mi re In Amerdsn history Is a graceful compliment to American womanhood. Alsa It is significant of the prominence whith Amerlran womanhood bas taken in our na tional life. There remains to deride upon that woman whose tareer tot national ends entitles her to this nstlonsl distinction. If the selec tion were to be made from women whoso careers are yet unclosed, tho Judgment would necessarily be attended by computa tions, which, in view ot the unfortunate position of Tarts and tbe women of Olym pus, even tbe head of the Postofflce depart ment would ahrlnk from meeting, lint In our national history there atand out clearly tbe historic figures of many women whosa strength of character bas made them ron. splcuous even among tbe strong men of those days. There have been women whr broad charity baa won them a cation's love; women whose courage bas led thrm to tbe side of torn and bloody humanity on the field of battle: women who In groat philanthropy have spent their fortunes snd lives for the fallen and suffering of their sex. We have had many great women In our 12S years of national life. In our official life, too, there are many women, associated with the evolution of statecraft and wielding an Influence so strong to leave marks of their contact. The first American woman to Impress her strong personality upon tbe world was Mar tha Washington. Even In the strong light of that character, which molded our govern ment and gave expression to the Amerlcaa spirit of liberty, the beautiful life of Mrs. Washington still stsnds forth clearly on pages blurred by time. POINTED REMARKS. Philadelphia Press: VPon't you rn"", It lucky to pick up a pin? lnqjlred the superstitious man. "Not If you pick it up sitting down on It," replied the schoolmaster promptly. Washington Star: "1 suppose you rejoice with the rest of us In eee'nf the grass coming up again to welcome the smile of the vernal sunshine." "Of course. 1 do," answered the man wltu thin lips, "mowing the lawn at a, m. i the principal fun I get In lire, Brooklyn Life: The Bride John, do you know anything about high balls? "Why. er r. y-yes'm." . "Then I wish vo;i would cok several for mv husband a dinner. I heard hlrp. tell a friend that he dearly loved them. Chicago Tribune: Aa the policeman passed the street atand he reached me chanically for a handful of peanuts. "No. you don't!" exclaimed- the watchful proprietor, grabbing him. by the sleeve. "Youre on a vacation!" Philadelphia Record: "He's going In tr politics. Wouldn't he make a eplendld diplomat, though?" 'What? Why. he's a deaf mute. "Kxactlv. Just think how easy it would be for hlfn to be absolutely dumb when It waa expedient." Yes. but then he could never talk with out showing hla hand." Washington Star: 'What Is your Idea cf a statesman?" . , "A statesman." said Farmer Comtossel. "Is an officeholder who can quit tnlnkln about quail on toast once In a while ana remember the American eagle.' Chicago Tribune: ou are the most hateful, detestable, abomlnale villain I have ever met!" exclaimed the Indignant W" You fill me with gratitude, madam," re plied the gloomy traveler, whose disagree able manners had offended her. I hav been a stage villain for twenty years, an. I yours Is the first kind word I have ever had." . . Ohio Btate Journal: Adam entered the house tnd threw himself diaconsolately '"What.'gone wrong Adam?" asked Eve. "Oh." replied Adam. Irritably, "an Icthlo saurus haa walked acroes my cornfield and 1 11 have to plant It all over again! Philadelphia. Press: Friend Oh. by the way I've alwavs been curloua to know IT you 'were successful with that strange pa tient vou were treating last fall. Doctor Partially; ha bas paid one-quarter of his bill. Washington Star: "It I a blessing." said the patriot. .., jve under a, system which makes imprisonment lor debt Im possible." -I don't know about that," answered Mr. Dunbrowne. "It might be some satisfac tion to a man to feel that he waa safely boused where his creditors couldn t get at him." ADVICE TO MISSIONARY STOKE. W. D. Nesblt In Baltimore American. Ellen Stone. Oh, Ellen Btone, You're coming home, they say-. To tell us of the bandits bold In far Bul-g-rl-ay. They say you'll take th lecture Held, If we have got the price - To pay to hear your narrative But, here la some advice: Don't! , Ellen Stone. Oh, Ellen Stone, As soon as you snay land You'll find the Sunday editors About on every hand. ' They'll tempt you with alluring tales Irf pictures large and rile:. Of color-sections rich with, red- But, here la some advtcet Don'U Ellen Stone, Oh. Ellen Stone, Wherever you may look When you arrive, you II see a. mnn Who aaya: "Now write a book. He'll talk to you of copyright In phrases that entire. And tell you of the fortunes made- But, here la some advice: Dont! Ellen Stone. Oh. Ellen Stone, The sober magazines Will ask you for some articles On "Captives Sights and Scenes. We raiiaomed you. Miss Ellen Stone, (The Imjidita cut the price.) We've heard enough about the cess, And bere is some advice: Ixm'tl a
