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Omaha still maintain its rank as sec
ond pork packing center of America,
If Governor Savage bas a trump card
p bis sleeve he had better play it right
away. Now Is the time.
Miss Stone will presently have more
trouble with American lecture bureau
crats than she had . with Bulgarian
bandits.
The antl-brf trust crusade bas caused
a. rise in the price of poultry and eggs,
so the thrifty farmer's wife catches the
consumers coming while the farmer
catches them going. -
Retrenchment and economy are to be
the watchword in municipal affairs at
South Omaha. Mayor Koutsky nroDoses
io practice after election what he prom
ised before election.
After all it seem that Queen Wilhel
nilna must have made up with the
prince consort, who a few months ago
scandalised her court by his quarrelsome
and extravagant habits.
Colonel William Jennings Bryan will
Inspect the British ' remount station,
otherwise known as the Missouri mule
camp, at Lathrop, Mo., in the interest
of the Boer patriots and the democratic
party.
The song of calamity Is again heard in
the land. When prices and wages were
going down, down, down, the calamity
owls screeched. Now that prices are
going up, up, up, the calamity owls are
screeching louder than ever.
The outcome of the suit Just brought
by the city of St- Paul against the street
railway company for 1500,000 damages
to the city water mains by electrolysis
will bo watched with interest all over
the country where slmilur conditions
.prevail. . .
One hundred and twenty-five tons of
bacon are to be shipped direct from
South Omaha to the Indian reservations
west of the Missouri, but it is doubtful
whether the location of the Indian sup
ply warehouse at Omaha had any bear
ing on the award.
Governor Savage Is loaded with infor
mation, but declines to tell nil be knows
for publication. Fortunately bis private
secretary, who is an expert mind reader,
Is willing to accommodate the press and
Interpret the governor's compressed and
suppressed views pa public questions.
It is announced that State Treasurer
Stuefer will stand firmly by Governor
Savage. This Is a case of genuine reci
procity. Governor Savage has stood
firmly by Treasurer Stuefer when the
sky was very much clouded and he
needed an umbrella or mackintosh very
badly.
The Omaha moulders of public opinion
are a unit In championing the cause of
the moulders recently employed In the
Union Pacific railroad shops, but unless
the force of public opinion can persuade
the Union Pacltic magnates to revoke
their lockout order the moulders have a
slim show of resuming work in Omaha.
And now It is announced that the bul
let that killed tbe Russian Minister of
the Interior Is liable to kill the chances
of a Pittsburg millionaire contractor to
get an electric street railway franchise
for St. Petersburg. Who will be tbe
greatest loser, the Russian metropolis
or the American promoter way never
be know n.
Tbe southern republican contingent
In congress has urged President Roose
velt to reserve the next opening In the
cabinet for a southern statesman, with
the assurance that such a selection
would turn the tide in tbe south in
favor of the republican party. That ex
pertinent haa been tried several times.
CHARGE IT VP.
If the republican advice, "Don't eat
meat," suggests the proper remedy for the
people In tbelr fight against the Beef trust,
then the same remedy should be goo-! with
respect to the commodities controlled by
other trusts. World-Herald.
There Is nothing so disgusting as par
tisan demagogy. The "don't eat meat"
idea emanated spontaneously In various
newspapers published thousands of
miles apart. leading democratic papers
of New England, New York and Penn
sylvania . have Indorsed the "eat less
meat" Idea, and democratic papers in
Ohio, Indians, Illinois and other states
have taken up the refrain.. The Phila
delphia Record, for example, which no
body has ever suspected of being tainted
with republicanism, has this to say on
the subject:
It it probable that tbe high price of meat
will not be an unmixed evil to the Amer
ican people. While some, will simply buy
cheaper' cuts of beef, than those to which
they have been accustomed, the majority
will consume lees meat, which will be a
good thing from a hygienic as well as an
economic point of view.
It Is noted by observing medical men that
when the couatry Is most prosperous the
disorders due to Impaired digestion are
most numerous. People are better nour
ished when the coat of living requires them
to be more careful In the selection of food
articles snd sis more careful in its cooklbg
in order to prevent waste. Overeating does
not mean over-nourishment, for an excess
ive consumption of food ' may produce a
condition in which the food requires a
greater expenditure of energy for Its diges
tion than It can supply to the body. The
best way to meet the Increase of prices snd
at the same time save on doctors' bills Is
to buy less meat.
Only a bigoted bourbon like the World
Herald, which holds the republican
party responsible for drouths, grasshop
pers, smallpox, cyclones and earth
quakes, would unblushlugly charge tbe
"eat less meat" remedy up to the re
publican party. Fortunately the repub
lican party can stand most anything,
whether it is malicious or idiotic. So
charge it up and be blessed or blanked,
whichever you choose.
THB BRITISH TAX O.t FOOD.
Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, chancellor
of the British exchequer, evidently had
not conferred with the merchants of
the United Kingdom when he asserted
that the imposition of duties on flour
and grain would not increase the price
of food. Wheat and flour have ad
vanced materially since the announce
ment of the government's new policy
for raising revenue and a further, in
crease in the price of breadstuffs would
not be surprising. It is rather remark
able that so capable and experienced a
finance minister as Hicks-Beach should
have seriously thought a tax on food
would not Increase the price, for he cer
tainly ought to have understood that
British merchants would protect them
selves by making the consumer pay the
tax. Their course is perfectly natural
and ac the United Kingdom import the
greater part of its breadstuffs they may
be able to maintain 'the advanced
price.
What effect the increased cost of food
will have upon tbe mass of British con
sumers remains to be seen, but it is
hardly to be supposed that there will
be no popular complaint, for to mil
lions of tbe people of the United King
dom even a slight increase in. tbe cost
of food Is a serious matter. Tbe work
ing classes are not as a whole pros
perous and Industrial conditions there
for the last two or three years have not
been favorable. To very many of the
people a slight addition to the cost of
living may mean privation, since they
are already compelled to practice the
closest economy. It Is to be expected,
therefore, that there will be a more or
less vigorous outcry against the result
of the food tax, but It will, of course, be
useless, since tbe government roust have
more revenue and this is the simplest
way of obtaining it No doubt the chan
cellor of the exchequer would have been
glad to have found some other practica
ble and less unsatisfactory way of pro
viding for tbe heavy demands upon the
national treasury.
The British tax upon breadstuffs is
a matter of some? Interest to this coun
try, which furnishes most of the flour
and wheat consumed in the United
Kingdom. Our exports of wheat to
that country for the year ended June
80, 1001, amounted to over 78.000.000
bushels, besides which we exported
nearly 11.000,000 barrels of flour. We
also sent to tbe United Kingdom about
80,000,000 ' bushels of corn. The new
budget imposes six ceuts per hundred
weight on wheat and corn and ten
cents per hundred weight on flour. The
relative Importance of the British mar
ket appears from the fact that our
total exports of domestic wheat for
the last fiscal year amounted to 215,
MK),073, bushels, so that the United King
dom takes more than one-third of our
total wheat surplus. It Is suggested that
the tendency of the British tax is to lower
the price of wheat here, but this would
seem to depend upou whether there, is
reduced consumption, which, of course,
there is likely to be. It Is not yet ap
parent that the British duties have had
any effect upon the American market,
but they may have sooner or later and
ludeed this is to be expected."
Meanwhile tbe British consumers will
hope for good crops everywhere, for
which the present prospect is not al
together favorable. -The return of Eng
land to a class of taxes which were
abandoned more than half a century ago
Is a step which may have a very de
cided effect upon the future economic
and social conditions of that country.
South Omaha Bieinbers of the Jack
sonlan club who made crosses opposite
the names of Sloan or Koutsky at the
recent city election are to be disciplined
and drummed out of the camp without
the benefit of clergy. The only trouble
about carrying out this edict will be that
every Jacksonlau In South Omaha in
slsts that it was the other feller.
The Maryland legislature called con
vened In special session to paaa the
taxes which bad been smothered In the
last hours of the regular session, fin
ished Its business in Just two hours and
a half. A speclsl session in Nebraska
would last at least three days unless
both houses should agree to adjourn
without transacting any business. Un
der the constitution of Nebraska It
tskes at least three days to pass a bill,
however urgent.
CfJIXtSt KXCLCSIOlt tX THt StXATt.
The adoption by the senate of the
Piatt substitute for the Chinese exclu
sion bill Is a recognition of tbe treaty
obligations of the United States. These
were very fully and clearly pointed out
In the course of the debate and It was
conclusively shown by a number of
senators that some of the provisions of
the original bill were in violation of the
treaty with China. There was no op
poHitlon to the exclusion of Chinese
laborers, as provided for In existing law.
No senstor who participated in the de
bate on the subject opjtosed the general
proposition thut Chinese laborers,
whether skilled or unskilled, should be
excluded. They all recognized that this
has become an established policy, not
likely to be departed from in tbe fu
ture. The objection of a majority of sena
tors to the bill was not, therefore, on
account of its prohibition of Chinese
laborers coming Into thla country, but
to the provisions having reference to
what was termed the exempted classes.
These provisions, it was urged, were
not only In violation of treaty obliga
tions, but were calculated to do serious
injury to tbe best Interests of this coun
try. As was said by Senator Foraker
In his very able discussion of the
measure, it was Intended to exclude not
only laborers, but its practical effect
would be to keep out everybody else
who is a Chinaman, but not a laborer.
He argued that to do this would be to
disregard the treaty, which applies only
to laborers and under which all persons
not laborers are entitled to come here
from China.
The Piatt substitute provides for con
tinuing in force all laws prohibiting and
regulating the coming of Chinese per
sons and persons of Chinese descent Into
the United States until December, 104,
the time when the treaty of 18f4 may
be terminated, and 1ft case that treaty
shall then be terminated until such
time as a new treaty shall be concluded
respecting the coming of Chinese per
sons into tbe United States. The sub
stitute goes to the house of representa
tives as an original measure and what
that body will do with It cannot be pre
dicted with certainty. It will of course
be vigorously opposed by the more radi
cal exclusionlsts, but these cau hardly
fall to see that it will not be possible
to get through the senate such a bill as
passed the house and that if there is
to be any legislation at tbe present ses
sion it must be in the form of the Piatt
substitute. '
The commercial side of the exclusion
question received a good deal of con
sideration In the senate, a number of
senators expressing apprehension that
If the drastic legislation that was pro
posed should be adopted the effect
might be seriously damaging to our
future commercial relations with
China. This matter did not receive
much attention when the subject of ex
clusion was before the house, but it
is possible that more consideration will
be given It when the tquestlon is again
before that body. It is obviously a very
important matter in view of the eager
competition for Chinese trade which
American manufacturers will have to
meet.
The British Parliament Is liable to be
torn up over the controversy between
General Buller and General Warren as
to their respective versions of tbe defeat
of the British by the Boers at Splonkop
a year ago last January. There is Just
this difference between the Buller-War-ren
squabble and the Sampson-Schley
contest; in the one case it was a ques
tion as to who was responsible for a
terrible defeat and in the other case
who was to have the credit for a glor
ious victory.
Congressman Burkett bas taken time
by the forelock by having the First con
gressional district convention called for
May 27. Thla is by no means an at
tempt to take the renom I nation by snap
Judgment, since the republican voters are
given forty days' notice for making up
their minds as to their choice of can
didates. Now if Mr. Dave Mercers un
derstudy would follow suit and give the
republicans of the Second district forty
days for making . ready nobody would
have a right to complain.
' The district court and the county court
are now engaged In the expensive pas
time of recounting toe ballots cast at
last fall's county election and the recent
spring election at South Omaha. This
toil and trouble could have been obviated
If we had election ballot counting ma
chines that do not call off the wrong
names between drinks, don't get sleepy
and don't tamper with tbe ballots after
tbe polls are closed.
The Nebraska Telephone company pro
poses to install an automatic exchange
switchboard In Omaha, which will do
away with the service of a number of
the "hello" girls. That switchboard
ought to be smashed If the World Her
ald anti-trust remedy Is correct. Is not
the labor-saving machine at the bottom
of nearly all of the labor troubles?
eatlntent Shot Away.
" Detroit Ffss Press.
Great Britain has almost entirely re
covered from that unconditional surrender
feeling.
A Vendition. Froecesnt.
Chicago Tribune.
Colonel Wettsrsoo la willing to endure
"tbe maa on horseback," provided be will
ride a Kentucky horse.
LettlnaT Well Enensjn Alone.
Boston Transcript.
If the Beef trust is undone, whether
by official actios or popular abstention. It
beheld by the public for many a day of the
folly of not letting well enough alone In
business.
"Another Tblaik Coming."
Indianapolis News.
Attorney General Knox is sfter the trusts
ith a sharp stick. Those critics that op
posed bis nomination on tbe ground that
he was in close touch with corporations
have another think coming.
A Groundless Contention.
Portland Oregonlan.
Depew follows the lead of Senator Hoar
In the groundless contention that to elect
senators by popular vote will unfavorably
affect' the character of the senate snd Is
therefore an obnoxious Innovation. There
Is no more danger In electing senators by
popular vote In states with limited fran
chise than there Is In electing representa
tives. Whatever change the amendment
would make In the character of the senate
would be for the better.
Wasting the President's Time.
Philadelphia North American.
Nearly three-fourths of the president's
working time Is worse than wasted in re
ceiving people who have no business with
him, merely Idle Intruders, sightseers, con
gressmen Introducing constituents snd ap
plicants for petty places. Public affairs de
manding the personal attention of the presi
dent have so Increased In number and Im
portance as to require all the energy of a
robust man, and it Is Impossible for say
man to carry that burden and devote many
hours a day to the crowd without breaking
down.
Railroad Betterments.
New York Tribune.
One of tbe best known railroad presidents
In tbe United States, a veteran of long ex
perience, makes public an estimate that the
railroads of this country will spend 1400,000.-
000 this year for Improvements, extensions
and equipment, a larger total than these
companies have ever laid out In any year
before In enlarging their traffic facilities.
When It Is considered that an extremely
generous percentage of this imposing ag
gregate must be paid for labor Is It not
plain that tbe outlook for wage earners Is
highly encouraging?
HEROISM IN CIVI1, WAR.
Inatance of the Courage and Sacrifice
f a Plremnn,
Chicago Chronicle.
The ags of heroism is not sltogether In
the past. We have today herees ss sub
lime ss sny In history. But we have one
less than we bad only a short time ago.
Patrick McCormlck was a Chicago fire
man with an average record for good con
duct. Last Friday afternoon it was his
turn to take the afternoon off. He was In
front of the Cottage Grove avenue engine
house, starting sway to enjoy his leisure
half-day when the fire alarm was sounded
snd sn engine dashed dowa the svenue.
A man on the engine called to McCor
mlck snd he determined to be on hand st
the fire. But it was too late for him to
spring upon tbe passing engine. An ex
press wagon was near, which he called, asd
Jumping aboard he told the driver to run
for the fire. Following the engine, it was
but a few minutes before he resched the
scene of the fire and went to work as If
work was the reoreatlon of his holiday.
McCormlck was the only maa killed at
the firs. He was st a post of duty near a
tottering wall and sn avalanche of super
heated brick covered him before he could
escape. Hla, pod r. was found under the
heap ot ruins. His holiday sense of duty
called htm to his tragic fate.
There are heroes in all the ways and
walks of life at all times snd in all places.
Every human being moved by a heroin Im
pulse may become a hero. Our firemen
are a heroic class. Every year gives us
lsstances that they are mads of the best
stuff which human ceurage and endurance
supply.
VINDICATION OP WALLER.
Pacts la the Cue of the Officer Tried
at Manila and Acajnltted.
Chicago Tribune.
The Tribune heartily approves the find
ing of the Manila court-martial In acquit
ting Major Waller of the charge of murder.
A good many armchair warriors, who
have never missed three meals a day ex
cept from dyspepsia, are taking occasion
to describe Major Waller as a blood-lustful
degenerate. In their hysteria over his ac
quittal they are raising a word-storm which
obscures ths true Issue. These critics
Imply, though they do not state, that Wal
ler captured, somewhere In tbe middle of
Ssmar, a number of Filipinos snd that be
cause they were Filipinos he had them shot
lthout trial.
The facts, as brought out in tbe court-
martial, are these: Major Waller, being
about to make aa expedition into ths mid
dle of Bamar last January, employed a
number of Filipinos as guides. The guides
took the oath of allegiance to ths United
States snd received wages from the treas
ury of ths United States. They led Major
Waller's command inland Into ths moun
tains, treacherously led them off the path
into a maze of unexplored mountain trails.
and there deserted them. The hardships
of tbe abandoned- Americana were horrible.
A doien or more starved to death and the
remainder ' finally arrived at headquarters
emaciated and Insane.
Later in the month ths falsa guides were
csptured by Lleutensnt Orldley and Ser
geant Quick. They were led before tbe
commandant, Major Waller, who had re
covered hla mind, though his weakness
still kept him back. He, together with
such ot the others as hsd been with him
on ths expedition, recognised ths eleven
prisoners ss the guides of his expedition.
There is no doubt that the identification
was exact snd sure. The attorney prose
cuting Major Waller did not attempt to
deny that the men shot were ths false
guides. There was no doubt aa te ths guilt
of the guides. That was undeniable. It
they had been tried they would have been
tried In Bamar by a court-martial of which
Waller was ths head. The verdict would
have been ths same. Tbe, verdict must
of needs have been tbe same. No record is
preserved ot such sa offense ever htvlng
been condoned under martial law.
It Waller had ordered a court-martial tor
ths guides who had been caught he would
have saved himself a lot ef trouble. He
would have also conformed to the letter
of the law. But be would not have con
formed any more nearly than hs did to the
spirit of ths law.
But the armchair military experts sre
clouding ths Issue by infusing into their
comments on Waller's trlsl General Smith's
"orders' that every native ever 10 be shot
That Is snother proposition. Tet because
of ths "orders" of Smith, Waller is being
called a monster. Waller did not execute
Smith's "orders." Waller condemned ths
guides for a specific sad unpardonable
offense, not because they were natives over
10,
It wss not brought out la tbe trial that
anybody obeyed the alleged "orders" of
General Smith. Smith's friends say that,
like other soldiers la campaign, be is
much given to hyperbole ef language. His
expressions are . occasionally profess snd
usually violent. Before be is found guilty
ss sa Indian thug la white skin, let It be
determined whether his "orders" were ee-
forced, and whether ho as commanding
general mads aaj effort ever te aavs taeia
Live Nebraska Towns
Hastings An Example of Enterprise.
Hastings, the county seat of Adams
county. Is 150 miles west of Omaha snd is
In the center of one of the richest agri
cultural districts In the country. The
townslte was laid out In 172. There are
now over 11.000 people within the cor
porate limits of the city and tbey are
among the most enterprising to be found
anywhere.
The vast Importance of Hastings ss s
commercial center has been recognized by
all roads now traversing the state from
east to west. Four railroad systems with
diverging branches give the city ten lines
and nineteen passenger trains daily. This
makes Hastings a very desirable place as a
wholesale point. Besides, it is 100 miles
nearer to more than 600 towns than any
other wholesale point in the state. Al
ready Hastings bas three wholesale gro
ceries, three cigar factories, one whole
sale saddle and harness manufacturing es
tablishment, two wholesale wine snd liquor
houses, three mammoth brickyards, one
cold storage plant, a mill that ships flour
to Europe and last year purchased 117.000
bushels of wheat, two broom factories, and
two wholesale fruit and produce houses.
Among tbe many enterprises Hastings
offers great Inducements for are: Canning
factory, packing house, brewery, . soap
factory, boot and shoe manufactory, cream
ery, paper mill, cracker factory and whole
sale houses of various kinds.
Hastings stands high as so educational
city. It bas five school buildings, costing
1 100, 000, snd an excellent college, with
buildings costing $45,000. The school dis
trict is out of debt and has $11,000 to Its
Harriman On the Coast
San Francisco Chronicle.
Mr. Harriman is now In southern Call- Bang who had
fornla making a careful inspection of the
properties for whose management he Is
responsible and of the business methods
in use. All know the contempt with which
eastern railroad men regarded the old man
agement ot the Southern Pacific company
and its utter faithlessness to Its obllga
tlons to the public. With the change of
ownership there was expectation of reform
and the rapid Improvement In the physical
condition of the road and in the quality of
its service Is recognized and appreciated.
Possibly from Mr. Harrlman's standpoint
those departments first needed attention.
Hs probably did not know, and he could
hardly be expected to imagine, the utter
degradation and vtleness of the manage
ment of a department which, to the people
of this state. Is of more vital importance
than even their personal safety In travel.
Life bas always been held less sacred than
liberty and the people of California want
ths liberty of managing their own public
affairs, free from the dictation of a corrupt
push, paid by a corrupt corporation for the
accomplishment of corrupt purposes. - We
did not enjoy that privilege uader the old
management. We have not yet secured It
under the new. It was one ot the reforms
most earnestly demanded of the new man
agement and most emphatically promised
The democrat
It has not yet been made.
Herrin still dominates republican organi
sation in corporate interests and never
worked harder than at present to retain
that control.
We commend to Mr. Harriman a most
thorough "Inspection" of his political
bureau. He will never , understand the
full measure of its rottenness until bs
sees It with his own eyes. Let him call
for the details of Herrin's expense account
snd Herrin's requisitions for transporta
tion. We all know that the worthless old
ROl'KD ABOUT NEW YORK.
Ripples oa the Current of Life in ike
Metropolis.
Should the crusade for a dry Sunday con
tinue In New York City, tbe result will
be radical innovations In tbe old order of
things. Tbe first and most urgent necessity
Is Increased ferry service to Hoboken,
Guttenberg and other oases on the New
Jersey shore. Last Sunday the ferries were
unable to accommodate the thirsty throng
snd the sobs of the left so touched the
pockets of tbe ferry managers that they
have pledged their honor and their means
to relieve suffering humanity on coming
Sundays or "bust a bller" In tbe attempt.
Heroic measures ot this nature afford
scant consolation, for however much the
patriotic ferrymen strive with moving
boats to meet public wants. It is doubtful
if anything short of pontoon bridges will
relieve the crush. What little corn Juice
was secured st the "sandwich hotels" Is
likely to be cut off. Every Joint which
evades the law by selling a bit of food and
throwing in the drinks puts up a bond
furnished by bonding companies. The lat
ter are responsible for the good behavior
of tbe Joint. Now the bonding compantea,
fearing loss, have notified the sandwich
hotels to comply with the law, and thla
means closing up or altering their preml-1
ses at great expense. All these troubles
swooping down on the trail of reform gives
Father Knickerbocker a headache '"as Is
a headache."
People who sro planning to do "the con
tinent this year snd get "dose" in the
doing, are up against an all-round advance
la steamship passage. The principal trans
atlantic lines to tbe number of fourteen
have come together snd boosted rates sev
eral pegs. A mlnlmum,rate has been agreed
upon, below which the companies have
agreed not to go, but tbe rate may be as
much higher as each company chooses.
Ths summer season Is fixed between April
1 snd October 1 for eastbound ships and
between May 1 and October 1 for west
bound. These are the rates, which are some
what higher than last year's:
White Btar, by Oceanic, winter, $85; sum
mer, $100; by other fast ships, $75 snd 150.
Hamburg-Americas, by Deutschland, $90
and $106.
North German Lloyd, by Kron Prim and
Kaiser Wllbelm der Grosse. $90 and $105.
French and American, $75 and $0.
Holland-American, $60 and $75.
Cunard, $80 and $95.
Dominion, $65 and $80.
Anchor, both seasons, $60.
Allan-State, both seasons, $45.
Atlantic Transports. $60 sad $75.
Leyland, $50 and $65.
Allen. $60 and $76.
Red Star, $60 and $75.
"A man and a woman were walking up
Wall street s few days sgo," relates the
Philadelphia Ledger correspondent. Said
the woman, pointing to Trinity church:
'What an Impressive thing It is that that
splendid church should stand there at the
head of this street of finance, silently but
powerfully pointing to God, here where tbe
competition tor gold is fiercest!' Answered
the man: 'Nothing of the kind. Tbe church
Is a nuisance there. It should be pulled
down snd tbe site given over to bualness.
which needs It' Something of the spirit of
this man actuated the capitalists who sre
said to have recently offered $5,000,000 for
Be Paul's chapel and church yard for ths
site ot a great office building. Ths spirit
of the woman Influenced the churchman,
who refused Us esse I'DjiusUcaabl ths
i
credit. Two thousand two hundred snd
seventy-two children are enrolled la the
city schools and forty teachers are era
ployed to Instruct them. Besides there Is
s business college with 12T students. Six
teen churches are also well supported.
There is not a city In the west that ran
boast of a better electric light plant and
water works than has Hsstlngs and they are
both owned' by the city. A day snd night
current Is run snd nearly all the printing
establishments snd various other plants
utilize the power to great advantage be
cause of the extremely low rate. On ac
count of the excellent Are department and
fire protection the Insurance rates are also
very reasonable. Tbe assessed valuation of
property Is $725,000, which is baaed en one
eighth valuation. The tax levy Is 65 mills
and the bonded debt, bearing from 4H to (
per cent, la t278.00O. In 1899 bonds were re
funded to the amount of $225,000.
The fact that Adams county bas a large
and handsome court house here and other
necessary publlo buildings Is a decided ad
vantage for the Incoming investors. And
the further fact that the senate has passed
a bill for the appropriation of $125,000 for a
public building for the use of pcetofflce and
federal court here snd the site having al
ready been purchased give an assurance of
stability.
Hastings is noted far and wide for Its
many handsome residences, fine home and
fine lawns, which are surrounded by beauti
ful shade trees. The business streets are
paved with vitrified brick and are kept
clean snd In excellent condition.
ADAM BREEDS.
outlived their usefulness
have been cut off the pay roll and de
prived of their "annuals," but their places
have been taken by a younger, lustier and
even greedier gang, no one of whom would
or could spend a dollar of his own. but
who take Herrin's orders ss abjectly as
ever. These men will perhaps travel on
rree tnileage tickets If they csnnot got an-
nuaIs- hut It la certain that they would
not ,lft hand without pay. As they
eont'oue to work for the corporation. It Is
cert" bat they are paid by ths corpora-
tion.
So long as Herrin Is at the head ef Its
political bureau It will be vain to expect
the public to believe that the Southern Pa
cific company Is "out of politics." At ores-
ent U ,B 0PenIv shamelessly in politics.
In our laat municipal campaign Herrin and
tne treasury which he controls was the
center and circumference of corrupt po
litical intrigue. Himself a democrat, he
was universally recognised as In absolute
control of the republican "push." It Is
true that the decent voters turned out sad
utterly burled him, but defeat In San Fran
cisco bas not In the least deterred him from
scouring the state to retain control of the
republican machine and hold in office the
governor who has served him so well.
There Is not snd never has been the least
8trens"tn 1n the movement for renominating
"8 except mai supplied rrom the office
of Democrat Herrin snd the hope of re
newed raids on the railroad treasury.
The decent people of California, without
distinction of party, demand that the South
ern Pacific railroad absolutely eease from
Its effort to control politics by means ef the
push. Tbey will aot believe that this Is in
tended so long as It retains a political bu
reau with Herrin at the head of it. They
know that Herrin is ss active as ever. They
ssk Mr. Harriman te give htm a thorough
"Inspection."
city is a gainer by this refusal.' There are
many skyscrapers, but there is but one St.
Paul's chapel. Most things have to grve
way to tbe advance of commerce and the
demands of business. Recently business
bas forced the Broadway tabernacle to sell,
and J to congregation will In a few weeks
have to move elsewhere. But St. Paul's,
with Its long historic record, is too Impres
sive a memorial to be permitted to disap
pear. It should stand aa at least one bar
rier against a type of commercialism that
would sacrifice every fins sentiment to the
selfish purpose of gain."
A 10 per cent reduction tn expenses hss
been ordered by the Board of Estlmste In
the salary schedule of tbe city. The sav
ing to be effected will approximate $1,500,
000. The teachers in tbe publlo schools,
whose salaries amount to about $14,000,
000; the police, whose pay roll Is $9,000,
000, snd the firemen, who receive annually
$5,000,000, cannot be touched. Neither can
the laborers. Including the uniformed fores
of the street cleaning department, leads
of departments snd their deputies, or of
ficers whoso salaries sre fixed by statute.
Tbelr salaries are estimated at $14,600,000,
leaving clerks and other employes, whose
salaries aggregate $15,000,000, subject to
reduction.
No attempt at a horizontal reduction Is
to bo made. In the new classification many
Tammany pets, holding political sinecures
with large salaries, will be relegated to
minor places with corresponding reduc
tion in psy or else suffer dismissal. Bo
much latitude is given departmental heads
that it Is believed holdovers unfitted for
the positions they occupy will he drawn
out of the city's service. Ths budget
promised to reach $100,000,000, which is
$2,000,000 or $3,000,000 more than the Tam
many budget, hence ths cut in salaries.
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) f- i wfr T' Where there Ayqv
Where there s W4.
life there's hone UMWm
Ncvergive up.7 Even if you have been trying a
Sarsaparilla and have not improved. It's not tho
slightest reason why "Ayer's" willnot cure you
"Ayer's " is not like any other Sarsaparilla.
Doctors know this. They have our formula.
That's why they always recommend "Ayer's "
in preference to every other kind. It s the
oldest, safest, strongest, best.
" oi Sarsaeasilsi has dona rns a great deal of good, parif vlag my blood and
giving me rtrenigta sad a general fevigoretioa of ths whole tody. I know It Is
ths best bbod-clcaasor, sad It has done bus a woaderfnl sight of good," ,
Geo. VT. JWoss, JsflsrsofvOkio.
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PERSONAL ROTES.
Pantos-Dumont brought his airship to
thla country on k steamer, Instead ot
through the air, and had to par $630 duty
en It.
President Ass Bird Gardiner of the Rhode
Island Stats 8orlety of tbe Cincinnati, an
nounces that the society will present a
gold medal to the composer of a new tune
for me national anthem "America."
Dickens' Great White Horse Inn. st Ips.
wlch, the winding corridors of whlrh led to
Mr. Pickwick's embarrassing adventure
with the middle-aged woman in yellow curl
papers, has Just been sold at auction for
$75,000.
Of all ths Edwards who have sat on the
English throne not one has been crowned
with his queea in Westminster abbey since
Edward I asd Eleanor were crowned there
together, that being the first coronation
in ths present abbey.
Among Wall street's recent acceslons is
a son of ths iste Oliver P. Morton, "war"
governor of Indiana, long a United States
senator and perhaps the most saturnine of
republican "bosses" of ths poet-bellum
period. Walter 8. Morton is from St. Paul.
"I pstd Adellna PatU a pound of candy
for singing at her first concert," says Her
mann Grau, the oldest operatto manager in
America. "Little Miss Pattl was st that
time 7 years of age and her concert wss
held la Wlllard's ball, Washington, D. C."
Rear Admiral Wlnfield 8. Schley has con
ditionally accepted an Invitation from tbo
local post ot the Grand Army of the Re
publlo to deliver tbe address on Memorial
day la Bangor, Me. It is expected that
Oeneral Nelson A. Miles will accompany
him to that city.
While at school Cecil Rhodes did best ss
a student of theology. He won six prizes
in that study while fitting himself for Ox
ford. This esrly penchant may account for
his scheme for consolidating the English
speaking race by founding a secret society
modeled after the Jesuits.
Prince Waldemsr. tbe eldest son of Ad
miral Prince Henry of Prussia, who has
been at a sanitarium near Dresden for sev
eral weeks. Is being subjected to a rather
rigorous life. He sleeps upon a thin, horse
hair mattress, with a single blanket, In a
room so ventilated that it has the tempera
ture of the outside air. He wears porous
clothing and lives on a diet of fruit, milk
and salad.
SPRINU-TIMH CHEER.
Cleveland Tlnln Dealer: "They sre going;
to start a French magazine, oovotea to
aeronaut."
"Printed on fly paper, of course."
Somervllle Journal: If some men were
ss impolite all the time as they sro over
the telephone, they would get thrashed
every other week.
Philadelphia Tress: Walter Wat yer
goin' ter have?
Customer (undecided) Oh, I don t know.
Walter (calling back to tho kitchen)
One hash.
Chicago Tribune: Grindstone I really be
lieve there Is something In the theory thrtt
the wearing of tight-fitting 'hats vaunt's
baldness.
Klljordan That Isn't what's' making you
bald, old chap. It's the brick you vttrry
In your hat.
Tlt-Blts: "You should get your esrs
lopped, O'Brien," said a "pmart" tourist to
an Irish peasant whom he was quizzing;
"they're too large for a man."
"An' bednd," replied the Hibernian, "I
was Just thlnkln' yours would want to ho
made larger; sure, they're too small for
an ass."
Richmond Despatrh: "I am sorry, doc
tor, you were not able to attend the church
supper last night; It would have done yon
good to be there." v
"It has already done me aood.'mndnm; t
have Just prescribed for three of. tho, r!"
tlclpants.'1' . 'X CX
Baltimore American: "Let rne have men
about me that are fat," said lion. J.
Caesar.
Here the courtiers and nobles looked at
each other with eyes that calculated avoir
dupois. "Why?" asked the envious Cases, "are
you going In the coal buslnewi, Jule?"
Washington Star: "What do you think
of the isthmian canal?"
"Well," answered Senator Sorghum, "t
must confess that I have not given the
subject the consideration which Its mag
nitude and significance deserve. Hut 1 am
Inclined to think that as a means of dlx
burxlng cash it ought to oeat the ordinary
river and harbor transaction all hollow."
JIST WE TWO.
BoBton Globe.
What pleasant pictures recollection calls
Back to my view;
Of scenes where you and I have, wonder
ing, stood
Beside some mirrored lake or mazy wood.
Or on same ancient ruin's crumbling walls
Alone, we two.
Fair scenes where autumn's glories revel
held
And nature threw,
With all her loveliness of tint and shade,
, Of sunlit stream or verdant, sweeping
glade,
A spell of silent reverence, awe-compelled.
About us two. s .
There friendship, born In happy," youthful
hour, .1
Still dearer grew: .'
Where naught but perfect harmony , pre
vailed. Where naught of sordid thought or wish
assailed ,
To mar that potent spell that threw Its
power
Around us two. '
And often, too, does fancy bring to mind
A scene, anew,
Where, when the lamplight's ruddy glow
dispelled.
At eve, the deep'nlng gloom, we sat and
held
Kind converse of the things that ever bind
Buch as we two. .
Together, heart and soul. In lasting love
May ever true
Those bonds of friendship, firm, to us re
main. Through sorrow, Joyj through grief and
tears and paJn,
And may, at last, they still In heaven above
Unite us two.
X
J.-C ArBtt CO., LWI. Mass.
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