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Si THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1M2. The umaha Daily. Bee. E. K08KWATKH, EDITOIl. PlIiUSHEU EVEHY MORNING. TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. Pally pee (without Sunday). One Year.M m Lallv He and Sunday, one Year 6 i Illustrated Bw, One Yrar Hjnday life. One Year J "0 Eaturriav l!e. One lwr l-iJ Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year. l.W) DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Pally Pee (without Sunday), per copy.. 8c pally Bee (without Sunday). per week.. 12c pally Bee (including Sunday), per week. 17c Sunday Bee, per copy Be Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week.lOc Evening Bee (Including Sunday), per week ISc 1'omplainla of irregularities In delivery should te addressed to CIV Circulation pepartment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Haii BJlldlng, Twenty-fifth and M streets. Council Bluffs 10 Pear! Street. Chicago 1M0 Unity Building. New York Temple Court. Washington 6ni Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. 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State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss : Oeorae B Tzschuck. aecretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn says that the actual number of full ana complete coDles of The pally Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during me montn or April, w:, was s follows: 1 20,OUO J.. 2i,:io 8 sto.nao 4 im.nio 6 21),MM t uo,im 1 UO.BIO 8 21,HO 2t),eio 10 21M.V) 11 20,010 13 20,470 13 119,810 14 20.BN0 16 20,4HO 16 2,B4JO 17 20,530 18 20,840 19 20.5B0 20 20,MoO 21 20.5NO 22 21),B0O 23 2,50O 24 2I,420 25 2W.4WO 26 ZU.SttO 27 20.6OB 29 20.SUO 29 20.6M0 SO 29.U20 Total e)N(l,04S Less unsold and returned copies... IO.iot Net total sales 87U,eja Net dally average 2,22T OEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 80th day of April, A. P. 1902. (Seal.) M. B. HUNOATE. Notary Public. Wanted Some of those April showers that were withheld by the weather man. Omaha still has a few remnants of the wooden pavement era that should be eradicated as soon as possible. After all, the safest way to vota-and Insure having the vote counted is to see In advance that your name is on the registration lists. A pertinent question; Is it necessary to have annual Dewey day banquets to prevent us from forgetting the fa mous exploit at Manila? Where was the Omaha Woman's club when the couucilmon pledged to help regulate the billboards voted to repeal the ordinance enacted at the Instance of the club women? Those American naval officers who have been Investigating the1 Inside of the jail at Venice, have been released on the assurance that it was all a mis take, but with the advice not to do It again. If those meat packers are really In no combine, as they all Insist, they hould have no objection to the courts enjoining them from entering Into a combination to control the prices and output The Sugar trust king has ventured to assure congress that bis Interest In Cuban sugar Is exceedingly small. Why be should maintain such an expensive lobby at Washington out of pure sym pathy with Cuba passes compreheuslon. Of course, there Is to be no politics In the scramble for official honors at the convention of the federated club .women at Los Angeles. But the wires will be kept pretty hot until the vote la counted and the result declared. The woods are full of republican can dldates for governor, congressman and every other office in sight' It was not so two years ago, when aspirants to office were afraid to take the risk of falling by the wayside on the political race track. ; . Tearing down fences set out beyond the street line by private property own ers hardly comports with the erection of more lnau-kllllng billboards by a bill posting monopoly. Let the illegal bill boards come down with the Illegal fences. The first formal step for the jfest ponement of the Ioulslana Purchase exposition has been taken. This should afford grateful relief to the Nebraska commission from the onerous duty of trying to raise an exposition fund by private subscription. No question but what a properly lo cated market house constructed on mod era Vines and uiauaged as a -business proposition would pay back to the city a fair return on the outlay In addition to running expenses. No sky parlor market place, however, will come up to this description. It 1 very funny that the city council could not find time to pass a resolution directing the city attorney to enforce the rights of the city In Its contract with the Union Pacific railroad. But It had no trouble In finding time for convening itself In special session to pass the new billboard ordinance. The police court cases growing out of the street car pistol play of Senator Money of Mississippi have been post poued on the plea of sickness entered by the senator's attorneys. The Mis lssippl fire-eater might as well give that excuse as any and get out of an uupleasant predicament by disclaiming reaDOualbUlty tot hU Cta, . . OirXKRSHIP OF CCBAX SVUAR. The testimony given by the president of the Pujtar trust before the senate committee prosccutinir an Inquiry as to the present holding of Cuban sugar and sugar lands was to the effect that his compnny has bought only a very small proportion of this year's crop. He said that the trunt docs not control any sugar in Cuba other than the amount he stated to have been purchased, has no options on sugar In the inland and no Interest In it direct or Indirect be yond the amount purchased. If these statements are true the trust hns been much misrepresented, but w-by has It been so eager to secure tariff conces sions on Cuban sugar If Its ownership of that product Is so small as repre sented? Was Its motive solely to de stroy the American beet sugar Industry and thereby secure the absolute mo nopoly of the home market which It desires? Is it probable that the Ameri can Sugar Itcflning company had no other object than this in urging free trade for Cuban sugar? It would perhaps be unfair to question the statements of Mr. Ilevemeyer, but It is conceivable that there may be avail able to the trust a much larger quan tity of Cuban sugar than It has directly purchased, through an understanding with brokers who have made advances on sugar. According to the president of 'the trust he made his purchases through Cuban brokers and how easy It would have been to have made a pro- lsional arrangement with these brok ers under which they could get an op tion subject to the order of the trust Then as to sugar lands in Cuba, Mr. Havemeyer said that his company, as such, did nut hold lands, but he had himself made some purchases there which he did not think a legitimate sub- ect of Inquiry. It Is easy to believe that the lunds purchased by the presi dent of the trust will become a part of Its property whenever It Is expedient for the corporation to take control of them. The shrewd managers of the trust understand that It would not be good policy now to hold Cuban sugar lands in Its name and results will be quite as satisfactory if the lauds are ostensibly the property of Its individual members. It is not probable that the senate com mittee will get very much eullghteu- ment on the subject of Its Inquiry from the Sugar trust managers. Whatever they have done iu Cuba has been so shrewdly managed and well guarded that nothing worth while knowing Is likely to be revealed, at least by them. Some desirable Information might pos sibly be secured In Cuba, but the com mittee will hardly go there to seek It. n spite of the statement of the presi dent of the American Sugar Itennlng company the general conviction that the trust controls a large part of the Cubau sugar crop will remain and also the belief that large purchases of sugar lands In the Island have been made In the Interest of the trust . ME AS WELL AS SHIPS. In building up our navy too little attention has been given to the matter of manning the ships. President Roose velt said in his annual message that there Is something we need even more than additional ships and this Is addi tional officers and men. To provide battleships and cruisers and then lay them "P. w'th the expectation of leav ing them unmanned until they are needed In actual war, would be worse than folly; It would be a crime against the nation." He stated that 4,000 addi tional seamen and 1.000 additional ma rines should be provided and an In crease in the officers should be provided by making a large addition to the classes at Annapolis. Speaking yesterday to the graduates of the United States Naval academy at Annapolis, the president said that It should be an object of prime Importance for every patriotic American to see that the navy is constantly built up and, above all, that It is kept to the highest point of efficiency, both in ma terlal and in personnel. It is Inex plicable that congress has paid so little attention to the appeals that have been made to It ever since the country entered upon the construction pf a modern navy, to make better provision for manning our ships of war.. Even the present naval bflf la' lacking in this respect notwithstanding the fact-tnat In his last report the secretary of the navy particularly called attention to this matter and earnestly pointed out the necessity for legislation. It is a noteworthy tact that while there is no difficulty in enlisting all the men needed for the army it Is hard to get men for the navy, and the explanation is to be found partly In the Inferior In ducements offered for enlistment In the navy. This, It would seem, should be eufflly remedied. At all events, congress should con sider this very Important matter In connection with legislation for increas ing the navy, for It Is manifestly worse than folly to go on building warships and make no adequate provision for bavin them officered and manned when they are ready for service. THt BILLBOARD URD1SASCK. Up to the hour of going to press no body in these parts has been able to ex plain why the city council was convened In a special session to enact the new bill board ordinance, or why this measure should have been thus rushed through. It was pisumed that last week's de structive hurricane had served warning on the city authorities that billboards were a menace to life and limb. A gen eral conflagration some day will also prove that billboards materially Increase the danger from fires. The construction of frame structures of any description is prohibited within the fire limits for the general protection of the community against conflagrations. An eight or ten-foot billboard Is just as liable to carry a fire from block to block as a Art-trap shanty. Acting under or dets of the Board of Public Works the cltyVstreet commissioner is making trenuvtua effort to pU dowu wherever they are erected beyond the ot line, but eight, ten and even twelve- foot tight board fences may be erected along the public thoroughfares so long as they serve the purpose of a billboard. The question that naturally suggests Itself Is, What Influence was behind the billboard ordinance? Who had the pull and why did they have the pull? The bonding of speculators who make a llv- ng out of planting billboards on public thoroughfares is a farce, as will be dis covered at no distant day whenever judgment Is rendered against the city by parties who sustain Injuries through falling billboards. At the same time the bonding scheme Is simply a device for creating a billboard monopoly. Nobody who desires to use the billboard for tem porary advertising purposes would be willing to go to the trouble of procuring bond. They would rather lease the advertising space of the billboard monopoly. The hundred-dollar tax Imposed upon billboard owners Is a sham as well as a farce. One hundred dollars a year for all of the billboards to be erected In Omaha Is a ridiculously low compensa tion for the unsightllness and standing menace to public security. Money alone will not compensate people permanently maimed, nor will the city be able to make good the losses that might be en tailed by a general conflagration pro moted with burning billboards that would carry fire and destruction In their wake. A ORACIOVS ACT. The action of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy In pardoning the officers of the cruiser Chicago who were arrested and imprisoned at Venice was most gra cious and w ill certainly be warmly ap preciated by our government and peo ple. The " officers had, of course, In demnified those who suffered from their conduct and there was no disposition to further punish them, but none the less the prompt response of the king to the appeal of the American ambassa dor for the release of the officers was an set of courtesy which gives Victor Emmanuel a rather more than ordinary clulni to our good will. The offense of Chicago's officers has probably been somewhat exagger ated, but in any event it was a very unfortunate occurrence. One of the officers states that the report of their having been intoxicated was not true, that on the contrary all of them were perfectly sober, that they acted In self- defense against a large and hostile crowd and that misunderstanding of the two languages probably had some thing to do with the trouble. Whether an explanation of this kind will be sat isfactory to the naval authorities at Washington remains to be seen, but It la more than likely that the officers will be disciplined. The republicans of Lincoln have turned down the proposition to 'extend the system of direct primaries in vogue In their city nominations to the nomina tion of county officers and selection of delegates to the congressional and state conventions. This would Indicate either that their experience with the direct primary has not been as satisfactory as reported or that there are difficulties in the way of securing proper apportion ment of representation In the nomina tion of candidates for the legislature and county offices. Governor Stanley of Kansas, eulogiz ing the prohibition law, asserts that thousands of young men in Kansas never saw 8 saloon and will, therefore, avoid It We fear Governor Stanley's confidence in the lack of curiosity char acterizing the Kansas youth would not withstand the shock of exposure. They do not call them saloons In Kansas and the Kansas young man might be tempted to find out what the real thing looks like when he geta an op portunity. The inhabitants ot the Island over which Nebraska and Missouri are dis puting Jurisdiction have prayerfully ap pealed to the state attorney general to keep them out of Missouri. As that would be a punishment entirely unwar ranted by law and forbidden by the constitution as cruet and unusual, they certainly should have the relief they are looking for, even if the supreme court baa to stretch a point to give it to them. In the will of the late J. Sterling Morton the old rule of primogeniture has received a twentieth century en dorsement by the bequest of the home stead to the eldest son, with the un derstanding that It is to be passed along through the male line indefinitely. This is another proof that the late Sir. Morton was a man of firm convictions and courage to proclaim them. The World-Herald has designated Its preferred candidate for governor on the republican ticket It will now be in or der for It to designate Its preferred candidate for all the other offices, city and county, and incidentally to name tue candidates to tbe various nominating conventions. That would relieve repub lic na from all further turmoil and trouble. Perils of Water. Philadelphia Press. The water treatment baa been applied to the stock of soma ot the trusts with quite as disastrous results as alleged In the Philippines. Prsvoklaat National laaoaanls. Baltimore American. John Bull items to ba thoroughly con vinced and quite as thoroughly frightened that Mr. J. P. Morgan la his Old Man ot tbe Sea. An ocean truat U too big a thing for calm contemplation over there. Perils ( Submarine Sailing;. Philadelphia Record. The explosion on the submarine torpedo boat Fulton furnishes a new and disastrous proof of the exceeding danger accompanying the use of gasoline. The gaseoua quality of thia liquid and its extreme Inflammability make it mora dangerous la the handling than gunpowder. It runs to meet the Live Nebraska Towns Grand Island A What Inducements ran Grand Island and Hall county offer to people who might lo cate with usT Dwelling upon tbe oppor tunities at hand for men with little or no capital, but who are willing to work aid determined, given such opportunity, to succeed. The certainty recently estsb- lshed that the beet sugar factory will operate next fall and in succeeding years puts the forty-acre farm, leased or pur chased, in the range of very likely suc cesses to Men of strenuous industry and sturdy thrift. For the idler will find beet culture, as he would any other farmlag, extensive or intensive, unprofitable. If he cannot mix up with the soli a fair quality of brain and a liberal quantity of brawn he doesn't want to tackle the Job. Good and for such a farm, with a little dairy ing and poultry raising, can easily be rested at reasonable rates and that such land be located near the factory which Is to consume his main product isn't neces sary. As to Inducements to men of capital: With cheap electric power now obtainable to the average industrial enterprise, such undertakings as pickling works, cannlag factories, sand-brick works, a brewery any manufacturing establishment consum ing cheap raw materials that can be laid down at the door, ought to win out, even though in some cases Individual power plaats were necessary. A straw paper mill or starch factory ought to find a re munerative location. An experienced can ner with enough capital to buy a crop and hold it for a season and to pay the labor of a season's run ought to be able to se cure the present vacant two-story brick building on his own terms. The "day laborer" field is quite well oc cupied. There are here no special Induce ments, though a 8100,000 courthouse and all is now building and there are con tracts for several business houses and large private residences. Nor has the re- tall mercantile field any particularly va- onco Ignited, fiercely burns Itself out. Wherever and whenever it Is used as a fuel there is a continuous peril. Byron Wii Not Prophetic. New York Tribune. Hymn wrote that man's control of the ocean stops with the shore. In his most poetio vision he never foresaw a community of Interests In steamship lines. l'n reasonable Fein Banished. Springfield (Mass.) Republican. Fears of extensive crop damage In the west from dry weather and unseasonable heat have been dissipated by cooler tem peratures and soaking rains which visited a large part of the winter wheat belt the other day. The effect upon the grain mar kets has been immediate and injurious to a large speculation committed to the bull side because of the hitherto dubious out look tor wheat. Admonition to Factory Owners. , Kansas City Star. Tho panic among the girls employed in a Philadelphia tobacco factory conveys an ad monition of the importance of ample and convenient exits in buildings where many persons are employed. Tbe girls were panic stricken by a false alarm of Are and In their wild rush became packed in the nar row stairs In terrible crush.! While doubtless therer"would have been many In jured In the jam even If tbe staircase had been wide, the situation would not have been so bad if roomy exits had existed. It Is a curious thing that stairs only large enough to allow a small fraction of the people in the building to pass out at a time are tolerated. There are Just such death traps in Kansas City which ought to be abolished or reconstructed. No men has a right to maintain a building which la a menace to human life. POLITICAL DRIFT. Des Moines claims to have the biggest mayor in the world. He tips the beam at 352 pounds. Tbe revenue for the running expenses of Kansas City last year was $1,125,000, of which $20,000 remains unexpended. Mr. Bryan's criticism of the Beef trust Is somewhat chastened by the fact that his blooded heifer still gambols on the neigh boring green. ' The reform administration of New York City has made one substantial cut in mu nicipal expenses. The price of asphalt paving has been cut In two. A Brooklyn aspirant for judicial honors admits having offered $12,000 for a nomina tion for magistrate. The sum is about one year's salary of an eight-year job. The St. Louis system of municipal finan ciering casts a doubt on the pre-eminence of Philadelphia. Btrenuous St. Louis coua cllmen have saved $25,000 a year on a salary of $300. St. Paul sorrowfully admits that it has a bunch of boodlers who are working over time at tbe city crib. Their activity Is re flected in a municipal debt larger per capita than that of any other city in the United States., There were by-the last printed annual report 1.191 retail liquor dealers In Maine, a prohibition state, fifteen wholesale deal ers. two rectifiers, five breweries, 200 re- tall dealers and twenty-nine wholesale dealers in malt liquor. In the Tenth Kentucky district May Burkhart is a candidate for congress on the prohibition ticket. Miss Burkhart is a resident of Wolfe county, which is in the mountain district of eastern Kentucky, and she Is making her canvass on horseback. The custom in Massachusetts of advanc ing the lieutenant governor to tbe govern orship after the chief executive has had three terms makes it certain that the re publicans will name Lieutenant Governor Bates for the higher office at the conven tion six tenths hence. The retirement of James K. Jones as senator from the atate of Arkansas will reduce by one tbe number of democratic veterans In service in the upper branch of congress. Ex-Governor Jsmes P. Clarke, who succeeds him, was governor of Ar kansas from 1896 to 1897. A new candidate for the democratic nomination for governor of Pennsylvania has appeared this year in Oeorge W. Guthrie, chairman of the democratic city committee of Pittsburg, the leader of the successful fusion fight. In the fight In February the vote in Pittsburg was the largest ever polled, tbe total being 53,124. Larkln, fusion for comptroller, had a ma jority of $,260 over the republican organi sation candidate. Heretofore Pittsburg has been considered the strongest republican city in the country. George B. Cox, the republican boss ot Cincinnati, was in Washington a few dsys ago and was taken to tbe White House to be presented to the president. Congressmsn Shsttuc had him in tow, and said, when they were in Roosevelt's presence: "Mr. President, I wUh to introduce Oeorge B. Cox, a Cincinnati republican of whom you have heard, of course." Mr, Roosevelt looked hard at the two men for a moment and thea ssld, rapidly: "Ah, how-de-do Mr. Cox. Delighted. I'm sura. Good day." And almost before his visitors knew what Place for Workers. cant spots. On the whole, this field is also quite well filled with active competi tion and well established and well-stocked stores. It is not long these llaes that Grand Island can bold out Inducements with permanent benefits to itself or tbe In tending investor or newcomer In view. Moro intensive farmlag, a greater number of farmers and the industrial enterprises which could profitably work up the prod ucts of the farmers into finished products are the things which ought to be profitable to all, either directly or Indirectly. Grand Island has an electric light, ire and cold-storage plant, an electric light and gas plant, Vnloa pacific car ahops and roundhouse, tbe first beet sugar factory In the state, to which additional machinery to the extent ot (30,000 to 130,000 will be added this year; brickyard, broom fao tory, a large steam laundry, a hide house and rendering establishment, a woven-wlre fence factory, a creamery, foundry, soda water factory, flour mills, stock yards, two poultry packing establishments, etc. It Is the best distributing polat in the central portion of the state, being on two trans continental lines of railroad and having two branch lines. Its hotel facilities are noteworthy. The financial condition of the city is greatly improving and that of the county Is exceptional. The county has not at the moment a cent of Indebtedness and the bonds for the new courthouse, upon which work has just begun, which bonds are about ready for sale, carry only S per cent, being optional after two years. Its educatloaal facilities ara such as to have attracted many families from other in terior portions of the state. It has two colleges. Its public schools rank very highly. There are fourteen churches, rep resenting twelve denominations. It has one state institution, the Soldiers' home, with over 400 members, not Including officers and employes. It Is progressive. Its cltl xenshlp is imbued with the spirit ot or derly liberty. It Is a good place to tie up to. . A. F. BUECHLER. OTHER LANDS THAN OVRS. The coming coronation of the boy king of Spain, on May 17, will be but a faint fore shadowing of the glories of the British function In June. Though In good health. Alfnnno XIII la credited with little physical and mental strength. The world knows blm ss on amiable and delicate boy tenderly trained by a devoted mother in all that goes toward the education of a legitimate monarch. It would seem as if the re gency, so well conducted, might have laid the foundation ot a happy, peaceful and prosperous reign for Alfonso. If such should prove the case, due meed ot honor should be given to the queen mother, whose tactfulness, devotion and courage during the past sixteen years have been beyond praise. It may be accepted as a fact that It iu entirely owing to her charm and fortitude that tbe present dynasty has been maintained In Spain. Her domestic virtues and strength of chsracter have won respect; her thoughtfulness for tbe poor and needy has enshrined her In the love of her son's subjects. Her sweet charity has been diffused continuously. It appears. The queen, it is stated, is a leader in all good works in Spain; and her sympathy for the distressed has become proverbial. Her pri vate purse la open to all calls upon it, whether for the relief of misery or as sev eral years ago, when the state was In dan ger. Naturally It is the wish of 'all In terested thoughtful students of the world's progress and the advancement of that par ticularly fascinating part of It at tbe south west corner of Europe that the youthful king may at least prove worthy of bis mother. see It is suggested in some Europeon dis patches that the efforts of Russia to culti vate moro intimate trade relations with England are due to the somewhat strained trade relations between Russia and Ger many. The determination of the agrarians of the. latter country to secure much higher duties on grains threatens tbe principal ex port of Russia. Tho government of the latter has said without any diplomatic cir cumlocution that it would not submit to any such duties as the agrarians insist upon without active retaliation. Besides that, there Is the so-called Wrescben Incident. This was the flogging of a lot of Polish children by a Prussian school Inspector because they would not recite the cate chism In German, but replied that they did not wish to know anything about the German religion. The parents stormed the schoolhouse and many of them were sent to prison, some of them for terms of years. One of the Polish mothers testified in court that as the Saviour of mankind was a Jew he undoubtedly spoke Polish and it was a manifest outrage to teach his religion In German. Of course this Incident has created Intense bitternees among the Poles, In Rus sian aa well as in Austrian and Prussian Poland, against Germany, and while the Russian government has been an oppressive roaster of the Poles, It Is at present concil iating them and they are reciprocating with some warmth ot loyalty. Tbe Poles are boycotting German trade, and if tbe Russlsn government could divert trade from Germany to England it would im mensely popularize Itself with its Polish subjects. e Last week it was announced that the French government. In response to repre sentations madsby the Spanish embassy in Paris, had suppressed El PalsK the organ of the Spanish republicans, printed in France. A deputation of Spanish repub licans, headed by Senor Leroux, deputy for Barcelona, two deputies representing Va lencia and Senor Soriano, whose election for Tarragona was annulled, la now in Paris for the purpose ot having the order of sup pression withdrawn. Senor Fuente, the ed itor of the suppressed print, has also joined the party. At first it was supposed that the delegates would have been arreated, or at least stopped at the frontier. Senor Soriano states that the French police have received special Instructions, as It Is feared that a carl 1st and republican rising will take place simultaneously about the time of the young king's coronation. He main tains that the Influence of the queen regent la used In unconstitutional fashion. Her secret negotiations with Austria and ths Vatican are known. Tbe application of tbe vote by tbe cortes on the religious orders has been delsyed. The delegation consid ers that the French republican government ought not to forget that the Spanish repub licans persistently opposed the German pol icy of Canovas. If the delegation falls In Its efforts, it is stated that El Pals will be publUhed la London. It was founded by Ruls Zorllla during his exile. It was far essler for the czar to decree tbe abolition of the constitution of Finland and the extension to that former grand ducby of 'the Husaian laws of conscription than it is to carry out tbe autocratic or der. Even the czardom Is constrained to employ legs! forms in ths execution of its edicts. Tbe method of drawing conscripts for the Russian army requires the appoint ment of local conscription boards by the various communes, but the Finnish magls tratea with one accord prefer to resign rather than make tbs appointments. In addition to the breakdown of the maenta ! t:i Of cesscriptloa the Ruaalaa racultUig Dr. Price's Baking Powder supplies a pure, wholesome leavening agent, which makes the biscuit and cake of highest healthfulness at medium cost and protects the food from alum, which is the greatest dietary danger of the day. The foremost baking powder In all the world. Fatos tUKisja powota oo. OHIOAOO. officers sre obliged to fight an Infuriated people, who asssll their minions from every window and housetop with stones, scalding water and vitriol. The czar may yet find that Instead of Increasing his power by the suppression of the Finnish consti tution, which he had sworn to maintain, he has merely added another Poland to his domains and stamped himself a perjurer. It looks as if Switzerland would be first to substitute electric traction for steam on Its railways, an application having been made to the federal government for a con cession for a line twelve miles In length of electric standard gauge railway for ex perimental purposes. The Idea has been. It appears, the subject of much recent in vestigation by experts. The problem ap peals with Insistent force to Switzerland, a country which Is dependent on and at the mercy of other countries for its coal supply. The faot that the mountain repub lic possesses a great extensive unem ployed water power capable of providing sufficient motive power to run all the rail ways in the country has, it seems, given rise to many propositions tending to pro mote the country's Independence In traffic and Industry. MOTIVE) OF THE WAR. Farmer Postmaster General Corrects Secretary Shaw. Philadelphia Press. The Press admires Secretary Shaw'f robust vigor, likes his direct and Incisive way of putting things and has heartily ap plauded much of his good word and work. But it dissents decidedly from one thing he said In his Pittsburg, speech Saturday night. Referring to the Spanish-American war he said: "Disguise it as we will, deny it as we may,' the element of self-interest was a factor in tbe equation in 1898. We were masters of our own markets and were reaching out for new ones. Yes, com mercialism, if you please, had touched us and bo It was that our self-interest as well as our unselfishness was appealed to." We beg leave to deny this proposition. It would not, Indeed, have been strange if It had been true. It would only have illustrated the motive on which nations generally act. But as a matter of fact the commercial element was not "a factor In the equation." It it was, tell ua where. Not with reference to Cuba, for congress went out of its way to pledge her inde pendence and our abstention from her con quest. Not with reference to Porto Rico, for it was too small to be taken Into account. Not with reference to the Philip pines, for not one man in a million before the war was declared stopped to look halt way around the globe and think we should acquire them or what we should do with them If we did. Self-interest became a factor, but not till after the course of the war ahowed us where it wts Involved. Commercialism touched us, but not till our success de veloped unpremeditated opportunities. It was tha atrocity la Cuba that spurred this country on; It was tbe destruction of the Maine that nerved the final blow; the en trance upon the war .was a matter of senti ment and of a conviction of right and duty. But ws bullded better than we knew. The war opened up a great commercial opportunity and we made the most of it. It was not till 1898 tbat for the first time our exports ot manufactures exceeded our Imports and demonstrated both ths need What's Paying from 35 to ?50 for when you can buy one of for $15 to $20 They last just as long, look just as well and you couldn't . be fitted better by anyone. And then, the bother and in convenience of having to try on half a dozen times is done away with here. In five minutes, we can fit you, and suit you to your perfect satisfaction, and at the same time you save fifteen or twenty dollars, and that might be an item on your vacation fund. All styles of hat's, from 2.00 up. ' No Clothing Fits Like Ours. Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers, U. S. Wilcox, Manaccr. CREAM Baking Powder MOTS. Alum bavin powders are lew pried, as alum coata but two cents a pound i but alum is a corrosive poison and it renders tha baking t owder dangerous to at la too. and the ability of this country to go into the markets of the world. And just as that was made plain the achievements ot the war opened the gates of tha Orient. That Is where the commercialism of the war came In not In its inspiration or In Its Inception. Let us keep to the truth of history. POINTED REFLECTIONS. Philadelphia Press: "I see you have a new fountain pen. Just made of hard rub ber and gold, isn't It?" "This pen Is made up of rubber, gold, ink and profanity mostly the latter." Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Blgsby Is a worshiper of notoriety. What do you 'spose he did yesterday?" "dive It tip." "Took off his hat to a roast of beef in a butcher's window." Washington Star: young Mrs.. Torklns, Charley( dear." said 'I did jjfei what you told me to. "You mean about economizing?" "Yes. Instead of buying sirloin steak I bought a porterhouse. It isn't nearly so large, you know." Philadelphia Press: "It seems to me that we ought to be acquainted with each other," said one measure in congress to another. "What do you mean?" "We've been Introduced." Chicago Tribune: "It's got o now," be gan the sour-looking man with the basket, r'that the Infernal Beef trust" "You won't find any beef trust at this shop," Interposed the butcher, blandly. "My terms are cash." - Washington Rtar: "It generally takes three to make an ahgument dat amounts to anything." said Uncle Eben. "De man dst listens an' lets de yuther folks git mad an' spread delr opinions Is de one dat's ll'ble to git de mos' benefit," ' -I. Chicago News: Plgga Say, I tHotight you always claimed to be a man of Intelligence? Biggs You have said it. Dlggs Then how do you explain the fact that you were called to serve on a Jury last week? WUEI JEKXIB LAUGHS. J. A. McCafirery in New York Times. A light foot flits adown the stair, A lilt of laughter trills the air; She comes; ber merry music swells Like carol from deep wlldwood dells. Or chime from dreamland's airy bells, When Jennie laughs. In sunlight at my study door ' Her slender shadow flecks the floor; An instant, tip-toe poised, she bides To scan if aught her presence chides; She nods ana laughs! Her white arms round my neck she slips. She prints a warm kiss on my lips; What sweet persuasive art she brings As, nestling to my heart she clings. And, softly as a linnet sings. She pleads and laughs! I try to frown a sheer pretense! I quote wise saws a fraud prepense To keep my lovely captive there! Hut frown, doubt, scruple, maxim lair E'en rules of logic melt in air When Jennie laughs! Who could resist that pleading face? Who daunt that timid, wlnsoma grace? Long ere her pretty plea be done. Long ere my cross-play mood ba gone. She knows right well her cause ia won And so she laughs! The gracloua charm, the witching wile, The subtle power of tear and smile. The spells that sway tha hearts of men, All blend their potent magic, when Her mother's living self again! My Jennie laughs! God bless the child! As off she goes, Her gleeful soul In song outflows: The old house yes. the old world, too With light and gladness thrill anew, And life takes on a brighter hue When. Jennie laughs. the Use a Bummer 6uit made to order our make that is just as good i
