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ays that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
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the month of March, 1902, was as follows;
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1 Xtt.TflO 18 S,4SO
( ,...X,4JO 19 ZU&iW
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i 20. (WO U 8f,S10
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U 2U.3TO SS 39,B40
U 29.64U 2 8O.04O
14 2,820 SO X1,BOO
1 a.70 U...... 2U,40
II 2U.600
Total '. 917,420
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Net total sales IH7,S18
Net dally average a,277
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The coal dealer has had his day. Now
the lee man will have his Inning.
Brlttanla formerly ruled the wave.
From now on It will be.Morgania.
Walking la frond In San Francisco Just
How. All of the trolley and cable car
den have taken a vacation.
DeWItt Talmage Is dead and burled,
but his son still supplies ready-made
sermons under the old contract
The camphored ulster and the fumi
gated fur cape have been put Into cold
storage and the linen duster is called
Into requisition once more.
The merger of Atlantic steamship
companies has not created as much of
a sensation on the other side of the
Atlantic as It has on this side.
The foundation of the auditorium will
aoon be laid, but the superstructure can
not be finished unless a few more public
spirited citizens come to the front with
eubscrlptlous.
Two miles a minute is a very com
fortable gait for railroad advertising
agents, but ordinary passengers travel
ings at that speed might have to be
trapped down to their seats.
Chicago labor federationlsts want the
tariff on beef repealed, but how will
the repeal of the tariff on beef reduce
the price of meat when the demand for
the surplus cattle and beef exported
to Europe from Canada, Australia and
Argentine is greater than the visible
supply?
County Attorney Shields has Anally
concluded to recognise Judge Berk a, but
that will not prevent Judge Oordon from
going through the motions of calling the
Jwllce court to order In the vestibule of
the police station Just to keep up his
practice and file bis salary claim with
the city council.
The Chicago Janitors' Protective as
sociation has established a set of rules,
the first of which is as follows: "Mem
bers of the Jaultors' Protective associa
tion shall keep themselves as clean and
tidy as circumstances will permit" The
last four words are the saving clause
that may save a good deal of soap.
King Edward has placed 1150,000 at
the disposal of the lord mayor of London
to pay for a good coronation day din
ner for half a million of London's poor.
This royal gift will enable the impov
erished population of the British capital
to enjoy a feast one day this year with
a starvation diet for the remalulng 304
days. '
Five buffaloes have been slaughtered
to make a holiday for the confederate
reteraus now assembled at Dallas, Tex.,
to fight over the battles of the gray
against the blue. If you want to know
iwhy the forlorn shorthorn buffalo was
sacrificed to gratify confederate voracity
Instead of the frisky long-horned Texas
Steer, Just ask the Beef trust why It
bag made ox meat so deur and buffalo
steaks so cheap.
The Intimate relation of the Sugar
trust to the Cuban relief bill was shown
by the aertotm break in the price of
Sugar trust stock on the New York ex
change Immediately after the news from
Washing-ton announcing "the mishap"
bad been received. The president of the
sugar refining company is quoted as
saying: "if the bill as passed by the
bouse bet-oiuea a law the lots to the
American refiners of sugar will be be
tween six and eight millions of dollars
annually." The question Is, Will the
consumer or coupon clipper pay the
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QOTSttXUR BAVAOt AKD TBM BPKCtAL
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The threat of Govern of Savage to call
an extra session of the legislature to
revise the railroad taxation lawa unless
the railroad managers and republican
leaders who Induced him to pardon Bart
ley make good their promise Is not taken
seriously by the rank and file of the Ne
braska republicans. With the present
temper of the party all the railroad man
agers combined and all the leaders who
favored Hartley's liberation could not
deliver the good.
If the governor's reprieve of Bartley
was procured on the strength of pledges
made by parties that claim to dominate
the republican party, he has been bun
coed. If, however, the governor is in
dead earnest about raising the railroad
assessments be Is In position to Inaugu
rate the reform without an extra session
of the legislature. The State Board of
Equalization, composed of the governor,
trensurer and auditor. Is empowered to
fix the value of the property and fran
chises of the railroads, and their assess
ment stands for at least one year. When
the state board convenes on May 7 it
will be the duty of the governor and his
associates not only to appraise the prop
erty of railroad corporations, but to
equalise the assessment of all other tax
able property so that each Individual
and corporation shall bear Its Just pro
portion of the tax burdens.
The comparison of the railroad assess
ment of 1001 with the assessment of the
preceding years affords ample Justifica
tion for a material increase In the val
uation of railroad property 'this year.
Within the past few years the railways
of Nebraska have expended many mil
lions of dollars In betterments, exten
sions and rolling stock. The earning ca
pacity has not only been Increased, but
their earnings have been larger than
ever In the history of transmlsslsslppl
railroading.
No fair-minded person asks or expects
that the 'railroads shall pay a higher
proportion of taxes than owners of other
property, but railroads should not ask,
nor expect, the Board of Equalization
to discriminate in their favor and
against the owners of other taxable
property.
While there Is no need of an extra ses
sion of the legislature for revision of
railroad assessments there Is Imperative
necessity of a special session of the leg
islature to devise a measure for straight
ening out the tangle In state finances
and taking steps for the safe Investment
of the permanent school fund. Above all
things is the crying need of speedy con
stitutional revision by the submission of
amendments to enlarge the supreme
court and the reorganization of the ex
ecutive department based on experience
and commensurate with the growth and
resources of Nebraska. . Whether such a
special session shall be called this spring
or later on remains for the governor and
his immediate advisers to determine.
Suffice it to say that while the consti
tution limits the debt of this , state to
(100,000, the aggregate state debt now
exceeds $2,000,000 and Is growing at the
rare of $100,000 a year. That condition
must be faced and provision must be
made for funding this debt and the pro
vention of future Increase. Steps must
be taken to prevent the farming out of
public funds for private gain, whether
by bond deals or by private deposits.
If Governor Savage would courage
ously step forward and give the people
relief he would reinstate himself In pop
ular confidence and in a great measure
wipe out the odium which attaches to
the Bartley pardon.
THK TARIFF Oy MEATS.
There is a demand for the repeal of
the tariff duties on meats, as a means
of correcting the Increased prices for
which the alleged Beef trust Is said to
be responsible. The Dlngley law . pro
vides that bacon and hams shall pay
5 cents per pound; fresh beef, veal, mut
ton and pork 2 cents per pound; meats
of all kinds, prepared or. preserved, not '
specially provided for in the act 25
per cent ad valorem; lard, 2 cents per
pound; poultry, live, 3 rents per pound;
dressed, 5 cents per pound.
It Is urged that if these duties were
repealed 'the effect would be to compel
the alleged trust to reduce the price of
meats, the supposition of course being
that the removal of the duties would
have the effect to Increase the Importa
tion of meats. It Is a question, however,
whether such would be the result of
repealing the meat duties. Where would
the meats oouie from? .During the
fiscal year 1001, according to the offi
cial statistics, the Importations of meat
products were to the value of about
$400,000, a very large part of this
being in the form of meat extracts. The
amount of meat Imported was extremely
small, not because of the tariff, but for
the reason that the production in other
countries is but little in excess of the
home demand and there is no profit In
exportation at the cost of transportation
and the risks involved. Thla is why
there has been such an extensive de
mand in Europe for American meats.
Cattle raising la an Important industry
in Argentina, but that country baa not
been able to successfully compete with
the United States In the European mar
kets. Australia, also, Is a meat grow
ing country, yet it has not been able to
secure any . considerable 'share of the
European trade In competition with the
United States, sin view of these facta,
therefore, how would a repeal of the
meat duties benefit. American, consum
ers? If It be said that U would have the
effect to bring more , rattle - into the
United States (ram panada. It Is neces
sary to show that there are cattle
enough in the Dominion to make any
Impression upon the price here and also
that the Canadians would be disposed
to sell them at figures' which would
break down the price In the' American
market which la qnlte improbable.
However unjustifiable the duties on
meats may be, It la by no means ap
parent that their removal would have
any material effect upon the present
price or tend to correct what la com
monly regarded a an extortion on the
i
part of the packers who are believed
to control the cattle market and regu
late the price of meats. It is very much
to be doubted whethtr repealing the
meat duties would lower prices so long
as there Is a foreign demand for our
surplus and no other country can com
pete In our borne market.
rmLirnxE cosditiobs.
No American citizen can be or will
be Indifferent to the facts which have
been brought out In regard to conditions
In the Philippines. The most insistent
advocates of American authority in the
archipelago will demand"""that'the" ex
erclse of the power of our government
shall be characterized by such Justice
and such absolute regard for the princi
ples of our Institutions that there can be
no controversy or question In regard
to the purpose of our government to
carry out the established policy of Amer
ican Institutions.
There has not up to this time been a
single act or a single proposition that
has not been absolutely In line with
the republican character of American
Institutions. The whole course of our
government from the Inception of the
conflict In the Philippines to the present
moment has had reference to pacifica
tion nnder conditions that would have
been absolutely In the Interest of the
natives of the Philippines. There has
never been an hour since the United
States, by virtue of its treaty rights,
declared sovereignty over the Philip
pine islands, has not been preparod to
give the people of those Islands a reason
able measure of self-government and
to promote In all legitimate ways their
desire to govern themselves, under such
fair and proper conditions as the United
States might require. The right of this
nation to rule and govern the Philippines
Is today absolutely unassailable. It Is not
questioned by any government In the
world and will not be. It Is acquiesced
in by a majority of the Filipinos them
selves. According to the latest advices
practically all of those people are most
willing to accept American control, hav
ing become convinced that the purpose
of our government is absolutely hu
mane and has reference wholly to the
improvement and betterment of the Is
lands and their people.
' In view of this, what reasonable ex
cuse Is there for opposition here to the
policy of the government In regard to
the Philippines? Considering the good
results already attained through the
application of that policy and the prom
ise of still better conditions, why should
it not be continued? Pacification in the
Philippines is today almost an accom
plished fact Only a few days ago the
most persistent and active of the In
surgent leaders surrendered and un
qualifiedly took the oath of allegiance
to the United States. There Is every
reason to think that this Is practically
the end of the resistance to American
authority in Luzon and when we shall
have made friends of the people In that
island there will be little difficulty In
bringing under our control the rest of
the archipelago.
. According to the Chicago Chronicle,
which can see nothing good In anything
that may be done, or left undone, by
President Roosevelt the anti-trust zeal
of the administration Is a mordant re
flection upon previous republican ad
ministrations, and especially that of Mc
Klnley. Put In a nutshell, this means
that you will be damned If you do and
you will be damned If you don't If
President Roosevelt had done nothing
to check the aggression of the trusts
and consummation of the railroad
mergers, he, would have been denounced.
Now that he Is trying to protect the
country from rapacity of combines he Is
being denounced.
It Is to be hoped that the members of
the city council will not attempt any
grandstand play In the effort to bring
about the reopening of the Union Pa
cific foundry. Whatever action Is de
cided upon should be taken only after a
full conference with the Union Pacific
managers and a careful inquiry as to the
relative legal rights of the city and the
obligations of the railroad under the
contract recently entered Into.
Boston has gone New York one bet
ter by the attempted enforcement of
the Massachusetts blue laws. As a
consequence the sale of soda water and
temperance drinks by drug stores was
effectually stopped while whisky and
beer could be sampled freely by pur
chasing a S cent sandwich.
As Incentive te Peace.
Philadelphia Press.
The bread tax in . England will probably
prove the most effective blow yet struck In
making aa end to the Boer war.
Thos(klil friends ( newspapers.
Boston Globe.
The Nebraska man who wrote the sermon
for his own funeral knew a thing or two.
The newspapers would never lack for copy
if public men were allowed to write their
own obituaries.
As Gaoa aa The Bmlla 'Kaa.
Philadelphia. Ledger.
Fast trains are indications of material
progress. Prairie roads on which trains
can maks ninety-eight miles an hour must
be composed of something more than the
traditional "right of way and two streaks
ef rust."
Foresees His Uwi Finish.
Chicago Post. ,
Mr. Ware certainly takes a philosophical
lew of the duties he is soon to assume as
pension commissioner. The fact that he
expects to see his hide decorating the
back yard fence would lad lea te that he In
tends to wear the sturdy footgear of Mr.
Evans.
"As Awful Hardship.
Washington Star.
The solemnity with which the possibility
that the opening of the St. Louis exposi
tion may be poatponed until 104 is dis
cussed Is becoming amusing. Those famil
iar with the circumstances of the cass an
nounced more than six months ago that it
would be a physical Impossibility to open it
next year, and that la all Uksllheod It
would not open before IMS. Meantime it
la to be hoped that the various government
commissioners and other salaried officers of
the exposition will not become restive
undsr the delay.
Live Nebraska Towns
Superior Superior
"What's needed to make Superior a
hummer?"
This question, propounded to anyone on
the streets of the town will fetch a sar
donic grin and a laconic reply:
"Rain."
And It's the truth. Rain evenly dis
tributed moisture throughout the crop
growing period would. If assured year after
year, make 8nperlor a Croesus among
towns. Superior is situated so that crops
are absolutely necessary to Its continued
prosperity. But In the absence of any as
surance that the rain goda will get busy at
the proper moment the people are going
ahead to make the best of things as they
are.
The town has enough of the usual lines of
business. There are enough groceries; bet
ter dry goods stores are not to be found
In sny of the smaller cities; medicine, the
law and other professions are well repre
sented. But there is one unusual line of
business which Superior would welcome
with open arms and there is a strong faith
among the business men that It will at
some time not far distant be located here.
That Is a cement works.
In 189 a cement factory was located at
Tankton, 8. D. A constructing engineer
who was Interested in the plant had the
idea that the shale from which the Port
The Packers' Defense
Chicago
There are two sides to every case of im
portance and there are mors than two to
the controversy now raging about the beet
question. The Tribune has do particular
affection for the trust or the packers. It
heartily approves of the Inquiry about to
be made by ths government authorities into
the workings of this combination, it there
Is one. Still, it is only fair to state the
packers' side of the case, which the Tri
bune understands to be about aa follows:
The price of the cattle on the hoof is
higher than It has been for twenty years.
The greatest advance has taken place In the
last five weeks. The supply has diminished
1 per cent in number and 6 per cent in
weight. There has been a decrease In the
visible supply of marketable cattle of eight
million pounds per week. In the meantime,
the consumption demand Is greater than
ever before. The people of the south, for
example. Lave been educated In the use of
fresh meat, and whereas formerly they
lived mainly upon "bog and hominy," they
now have beef. The big packing houses
in Chicago have established branches all
over the south, where formerly they had
none.
The export trade, until quite lately, has
been larger than ever before. Ths failure
of the corn crop put a good many farmers
out of business as far as cattle raising is
concerned. There are as many cattle in
the country, but not so many In marketable
condition. Cattle cannot be taken from
ranges for immediate consumption. Feed
ers and atockers do not help to supply the
abnormal demand which exists at present
In a word, the demand has finally over
taken the supply. Cattle on their merits
as an Investment are higher than ever be
fore and they are likely to continue so for
some time. Live stock received at the six
principal markets during ths last six months
has netted the farmer from forty to fifty
million dollars more In money than last year
during the same period. nd last year was
a high average- year. The advance prices
has come out of the consumers. It has made
the farmers more prosperous.
Ten years ago' there was an Investiga
tion to discover -the reason for the low
price of cattle, and the packers were hell
responsible for it. It was charged that
they bad combined to "depress prices" by
controlling the markets snd refusing stock-
raisers and feeders a fair price for tbelr
pioducts. The complaint now Is that the
same packers have combined to produce
exactly the opposite result namely; to
raise prices. The conditions are reversed.
The farmers are getting more for their
cattle than since 1882. Whereas the pack-
HOIKD ABOl'T HEW YORK.
Ripples -on the Current of Ufe In the
Metropolis.
a r,ihetlr picture of shadowed life grad
ually approaching the Inevitable tragedy to
hM nhurvMl almost every day In Ever
green cemetery. Brooklyn, when Jonathan
Reed, with feeble, tottering steps, maaes
hi. wv to the tomb where rests the body
of his wife. Thers have been few days
since she died, nine years agP. that ne naa
nt made tha tourney, hut his long pilgrim
age ia near an end. It took all of his
strength to open the granite door and en
ter the vault ens day last week. . Nearly
every day he lifts the silk craty quilt that
covers the coffin and looks through the
rials cover uDon the face that has lain
there still and dead tor so long.
"8he Is Just aa pretty as ever, ne saja.
She was always the prettiest woman in
the world."
TiMth win not ha unwelcome to the old
man. He says he is 69 and will be with
Marv aoon. Hla coffin is ready for him by
the side of the one in which she rests.
For the nine years since tbey were
n.rted h death he baa made his home In
her tomb. He would sleep there It he
could get permission, but. this naa been de
nied. Sometimes he remains until nearly
midnight. All the pretty things, all the
trinkets she had, he baa carried to the
tomb. Tapestries and hangings, paintings,
curios, books and cushions nil nearly all
the space not taken Dy we two comns.
Above the coffin of bis wife, swinging la a
little cage, is ths canary bird.
' Office buildings la lower Manhattan mul
tiply their wonders for the ordinary New
Yorker who does not go about much, eays
the Evening Post.' One of the new ones
embraces this variety of conveniences In
every -day service: Newsstand, tobaoco
counter, cafe, restaurant (with music at
lunch), drug shop, press bureau, physl
olans, stenographers, barber (with bis mod
ern associates, the chiropodist and the
manicurist), dantlst. laundry agent, cable,
telegraph, automobile Information, theater
agent, obttuary bureau, notary public, etc.,
etc. You can take an elevator to a man
who will draw a will or one who will ar
range a tuner ai; without going front under
your own roof you may liquidate a corpora
tion or buy a locomotive. There are tea
elevators In a bewildering row, which an
nounce their coming by electric signals,
some going thirteen floors at a jump. Hav
ing all this so near is what spoils the
New Yorker for any othsr city la the
world unlsss he Is trying to get away
from It.
The southeast corner of Fifth avenue and
Forty-fourth street was bought today by
a syndicate as a preliminary to tts im
provement with a hotel which In luxury of
equipment Is to vie with Pelmoalco's snd
Sherry's en adjacent corners of the ave
nue. The syndicate is controlled by Per
clval W. Clement of Vermont, who Is also
the leading spirit la the recently Incor
porated New England Hotel company. The
site waa purchased at a cost aot far from
$1,000,000. The . hotel will probably cost
, tww ra (ws
I seme
In Fact and in Name.
land cement is made was deposited la
nearly straight ridges across this con
tlnent. Following this idea he made a
trip across Nebraska, finding here and
there outcroppings of the shale. Four
miles southwest of Superior the first large
deposit was found, together with a clay
which is necessary In making good cement
The Commercial club has been working on
that proposition ever since. Portland ce
ment of fine quality has been made In
small experimental quantities, shafts dug
to ascertain the depth of the shale banks,
analyses mads, plans drawn. In fact, all
the preliminary work Is accomplished, and
there are now high hopes that the one thing
needful money to build the plant, will soon
be forthcoming. Portland cement Is a
great proposition to a capitalist seeking
a money-making venture. The government
reports show that the Imports of cement
from Europe have not diminished during
the past fifteen years. During that time
a number of large plants hsve been erected
la the United States, but the increased uss
of the cement hss kept pace with the In
creased production.
Small factories of all kinds will receive
hearty support of the right kind from the
active commercial club of this town.
C. B. 8TINE.
Tribune.
ers tea years ago were accused of manipu
lating prices so as to raid the farmers, they
are now accused of putting up their prices
In such a manner as to enrich the farmers
and rob the retailers and consumers. The
packers claim that they are between two
fires, and whether prices go down quite low
or up quite high tbey are equally held to
blame.
They allege that In Chicago, for example,
there are twenty small packers who have
gone out of business since January 1 be
cause they cannot meet existing competton.
Formerly these small packers killed 2,000
head of cattle per week, whereas now they
kill only 200 or less. Beef Is sold so cheap
it pays the small packers to buy directly
from the big ones rather than to do business
for themselves. This means that the big
packers' are doing business on a small mar
gin of profit or at a loas. There claim tbey
are doing business at a loss. There is no
patent on killing cattle, no secret about
the business. Cattle can be bought In the
open market and anyone with ordinary
skill can butcher them and offer them for
sale. The big packers make more out of
their by-products than the small ones. Con
sequently they can carry on business when
the small ones are obliged to atop. On the
other hand. If the big packers put up their
prices too high they invite the competition
of the small ones.
There Is one thing more to be considered
with reference to the price of beef. Only
E6 per cent of the live weight of cattle is
beef. The rest Is hides and offal. If the
big packers pay a cent a pound more for
cattle on the hoof than they formerly did
the cost of dressed beef per pound is nearly
doubled. The price of hides and offal
does not lncresse In proportion to the cost
of cattle on the hoof. The same is true
to some extent with retailers. If they pay
a cent a pound more, submitting to an ad
vance, say from 9 to 10 cents, they must
put up prices to consumers about 2 cents
a pound, as a large part of their purchase
goes to waste in the shape of bone and
gristle, trimmings and scrap.
The Tribune sets forth these statements
as the views of an intelligent packer whom
It believes to be a fair, candid, truthful
man.' The public should have both sides
of the case, and while the Tribune ia pub
lished It ia determined that both sides In
every case shall have a hearing as far as
It is possible. This Is simple Justice. But
we shall be glad to give space to the views
of some intelligent msn controverting the
statement of the packers, and shall accord
aa much publicity to one side as to the
other.
11,600,000 more, although persons Inter
ested in the project eald that the details
of the plan have not been matured.
One of the rabbis of New York City
discovered a most undignified error In the
Columbia university seal some tlms ago.
On the present seal, appears the biblical
quotation, "In Lumlne Tuo Vldeblmus
Lucem," "In Thy light shall we see light."
At the time when this rabbi took up a
printed copy of the seal, gazed at It a mo
ment and found In It something amusing,
the Inscription was in Hebrew. It had
been used on the seal for many years and
had been printed on the catalogues of the
university and on other official documents.
There was an Inaccuracy In the Hebrew
characters. "As It is printed here," said
he to the university authorities when he
went to see them next day, "your motto
says: "Have a piece of cold pie."
"How preposterous Is a budget of $100,
000,000 for New York City may be judged
by comparison with national expenditures,"
says the New York Press.
"The cost of maintaining the government
of the Vnlted States in the fiscal year of
1901 was 1510,000,000. This sum was paid
for the public business in the nation of
nearly 80,000,000 people, with the enormous
cost of our armies and fleets, our diplo
matic and consular representatives all over
the world, our colonial operations, our
United States courts in every state and ter
ritory, our interest on the national debt,
our river and harbor Improvements, con
struction and maintenance of public build
ings, conduct of the postofflces of ths coun
try and the thousand and one Items which
figure In the national appropriations.
"For performing the business all over the
world of 80,000,000 peopie, expenditures of
1600,000,0001 For performing the business of
1.600,000 people In the few square miles of
New York City, 1100.000.000!
"In' 1901 the customs receipts of the
United States government were $138,000,000.
The democrats and free traders denouncs
thoss tariff duties as a 'tax upon the peo
ple.' If the customs receipts were a tax It
would be a tax on 80,000,000 people of only
twice as much as the municipal tax In tha
New York City budget of $100,000,000 on 8,
600,000 people!
"The national expenditures of Belgium
are $83,000,000 a year, of Canada $43,000,000,
of China $73,000,000. of Denmark $20,000,000,
of Japan $120,000,000 (with one of the finest
armlss and one of the best navies in the
world), of Mexico $26,000,000, of Turkey $81,
000.000, and of the Netherlands $60,000,000.
"But for the 8,600,000 people of New York
City a municipal budget of $100,000,000!"
Tender-hearted persona In ths Hsrlem
police court were shocked when Francisco
Oorgla, aa aged, ahrlveled and miserable
looking Italian organ grinder, wss fined
$5 for begging. The white-haired old man
looked appeallngly about the room and from
long habit put out his hand, but quickly
recovering himself and glancing uneasily at
the magistrals, he brought forth a grimy
old bag and counted out pennies, sickles,
dimes and quarters uatll be had paid his
fine. Then be paid $i also In change to
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his lawyer. By this - time a crowd was
about him. To ths astonishment of ths
court attaches and dismay of thoss who
had sympathised with him, he produced a
package containing $160 In bills and a bank
book on the Bank of Rome, Italy, showing
he had $12,000 oa deposit there. Oorgla,
who Is 60 years old, says he wilt retire
from "business." He thinks a man ahould
retire at 60. The beggar also volunteered
the Information that he recently gave his
daughter $2,000 as a wedding present.
Nearly four yearn sgo Mrs. John O.
Carlisle, while being driven with her hus
band in a cab home, had her sealskin
saque stolen. The ex-secretary caused the
arrest of the cabman, who was tried for
larceny, but was acquitted. Then he sued
Mr. Carlisle for false Imprisonment, ask
ing for $10,000 damages. The first trial re
sulted In a verdict of $1,000 for the plain
tiff. The second cams to an end last Fri
day in a disagreement of the Jury. Eleven
voted for the plaintiff, but one held out for
Mr. Carlisle. There will be a third trial.
ONE OF THE INCIDENTS OF WAR
General llodRe on the Alleged
Cruelties In the Phil
ippines. In the New York Evening Post of Friday
appeared the following:
NEW YORK. April 17.-To the Editor of
the Evening Tost: As one vhn ha. hnd
some exnerimit'4 in th hai....ih..
and cruelties of war, which always prevail
a laiuimign in an enemy s country,
I am surprised at the nosltlnn of vnnr
lournal, and Its bitterness against the al
esod action nf Maine ni.nn i i...
C2!LKer HnA Assistant Surgeon Lyon.
j iio icBiimony or sergeant Riley, upon
rrlch you base your attack on thru nfn.
cers, goes to prove that they gave the
water cure to a Filipino, who had been
made presidents in one of the provinces by
"i"- ,"ov"nrnent, who had taken the oath
2; ""tglance to our country, and then used
his official position to cover his acts aa
captain of an Insurgent company which
wa acting In arms against our army and
within our lines. Therefore, he was a
traitor nnri a -tn. hi- - .
, . mm u,a creiy aci was
a violation of the laws of war, and branded
Him nn uuuaw ana guerrilla. II these are
the facts. Under tha llaaaea nf tk...
officers were justified in what they did; In
fact If they had shot the traitor, they
would never have been railed to account,
and in all probability this is what would
have happened to him in the civil war.
An officer has great latitude under such
circumstances, and it la not safe or fair
to condemn one for almost any act that de
tects a traitor and spy In arms against the
government which he has sworn to protect
and which has put him in a position of
trust. Tou ignore entirely this side of the
question, and only treat Major Olenn's acta
as cruelties to peaceable Filipino cltlsens.
I can remember when the journals of this
country upheld and applauded an officer
who. In the civil war, ordered a man shot
n attempted to haul down the American
flag, and cannot understand the present
hysterics of some joumala over the terrible
violation of the lawa of war in punishing a
traitor caught in tha act with the water
cure only. The treatment ma v hv h..n
severe, but It Is not permanently harmful.
Mnjiimncn mat tneae Tearfully
wrought-up Journals have no word of com
mendation for our soldiers In the Philip
Dines. Who have auffrerari untnM nM,.ul.
assassinations, burning bv slow fires burial
alive, mutilations and atrocities, who have
submitted to every Indignity without re
sentment or complaint, and I have been
gi-tmy emuiirn over ineir excellent be
havior under such trying circumstances.
In their comments, these ionmala um v.,v
careful not to say why theee punishments
are given to such traitors, knowing well If
they did our people would look linnn I He
acts aa one of the necessities of war, and
would wonder at the leniency of Major
Qlenn and hla command.
ORENVILLE M. DODGE.
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any longer. The weatfher you want and hare
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s into one of our spring suits if you want comfort
and perfect satisfaction.
They are "topaotchers" of ready-made art,
quality, fit and style cannot be beat. Every gar
ment made in "our own factory," and we know
HOW they are made. Don't have to tell you
how some one else said they were. You are able
here to buy direct from the manufacturer and
every piece we sell we guarantee.
You should see the fine suits we can sell you
at $12.50 and $15.00. They would surprice you,; .
Ho Clothing Fits Like Ours.
Furnishings and Hats
for all times and places.
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FLASHES OF POI.
Bomervllle Journal: Experienced news
paper men are generally sharp perhaps be
cause they use the flies Of the paper every
now and then.
Philadelphia rrees: Towns Poor felrowt
He certainly dooe love her for ail he's
worth.
Browne He loved her even more than
that today.
Towne How do you meanT
Browne Ha sent her a $10 bunch of roses
and borrowed the price from me.
Chicago Poet: "Why Is It von do not
permit your boy to go Ashing?"
"I want him to grow up a truthful man.
Bomervllle Journal: Now look up your
lawn mower and get it In good running
order. Your neighbors will want to bor
row it pretty soon.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Rluffenhelm Is
giving away a lot of presents with that
new cigar he Is Just putting on the mar
ket." "One of them ought to be a can of dis
infectant." Chicago Tost: "I think." she eald, "I
should like to marry an Imaginative man."
"Well," said her friend, speaking very
sweetly, "what other kind of a man can
you ever expect to marry If he has a
chance to seo you In daylight?"
Baltimore American: "When people) learn
how much money papa has," tlttnred tha
heavy-set heiress, "they always say some
thing about my attractive figure."
"And," inquired tho foolish youth, "do
they calculate It In pound Instead of dol
lars?" Detroit Free Press: "I'll give you a good
motto for your fish stories when you coma
back," eald Mr. BelleAekl to Mr. Bloom
field, who was arranging to open tho trout
aeanon.
"Well?"
"When In doubt, tell the truth."
Philadelphia Press: Ned No, 1 don't see
May as much as I used to.
Kay Why. I thought you were engaged.
Ned That s Just it. The light's alwaya
turned out in the parlor when I call now.
New York World: "No man can say
this hand ever took any monev," orated
a senator from the boundless west, holding
up a stubby right hand.
"And how about tho left oner Inquired
the admirer.
"My boy," said the senator, "it Is tha
wise provision of nature that each of
has two hands."
Chicago Post.
When woman talks of woman, then we
see her at her worst
Not the second, who is talked of, but tho
most loquacious first.
When woman talks of woman, there Is
trouble in the air,
Uncertain in Its details, but you may be
sure It's there.
When man would talk of woman, or, in
deed, of other men,
Why, something that Is tangible will find
expression then.
He may not like the person, but he lacks
the art to say
A harmless thing that has a sting when
said a certain way.
"Of course you've tried her cooking," with
a quiet little sniff.
As If of something dreadful one had Just
obtained a whiff.
"You saw her with young Barker at the
dance the other night?"
The tone alone would Indicate it was a
shameful sight.
"Bhe'e always changing servants, and I
i wonder why they leave!"
A meaning shrug of shoulders that must
' make the angels grieve.
"The manners of her children have you
noticed what they are?"
The thought expressed unspoken would do
credit to a star.
However, this la nothing to the exclama
tion heard
When of the neighbor's husband one may
chance to say a word.
It gives the chance ahe'a seeking end ac
cords well with her plan
The essence of unklndllness is the w&yshe
says, "Poor man!"
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