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TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1002. V i i TIie dmaiia Daily Bee E. IlOSEWATEK, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MUKNINO. TEIIM8 OF BL'HSCRIPTION. pally lies (without Sunday), One Year.MCO lmliy Hee aim buuduy, Una Year Wi Illustrated nee, n Year J.w frUnusy iee, one Year S.UU paturaay Mce, un Year 1. Twentieth Centu'y farmer, One Year. l.tA) . DELIVERED UY CARRIER. Pally lee (without Sunday), per copy.. 2c l'aliy lee (without bimuay), per wv..lic pally bee (including Bunuay), per weck.lio fjununy lief, per copy oa Evening urn (withuut Hurulay), j'.r week.lOc livening Ha (Including Bunuayj, per Week .. 15c Complaints of Irregularities in delivery Ihouiu t addressed to Circulation epartment. OFFICE8. Omaha The Be Uuiluing. South Otnana City liau xijlldtng. Twenty-nun and M streets. . Council BluiTa lu Jfearl Street. Chicago itHu unity ttuildlng. New lork itinpie Court. Washington ol fourteenth Street. , . COHKEbfONUJitNCK Communlcatlona relating to news and tdltonai matter anouiu be aaureaaeu: 'mail Bee, Kuitormt isepartmenu ,, J3iJ8lN.3d LhlitHe. Bualr.es loiters and remittance should t addreoaed: 'ihe fee fuuliathing Cum ny, Omaha. - REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, fcayaoie to 'in Bee ubllsnlng Company, yruy t-cent stampa accepted in payment of Snail accounts), s-nraonai ctiotks. except on iVmaha or etui tern ejechaugo, uol accepted. STATEMENT Oi" CIRCULATION. State ot Nebraska, Douglas County, sat Ueorga U Isschuck. secretary of ihe Be Pu blisning Company, oouig auiy sworn, ay a that the actual number ot full and complete copies ol The iMJiy, Mornuig, &vjutig ami Sunday Be printed during tli mouth ot April, imu. was a loliuwai 1. 81,8ttO IS IIU.IMM) t. :..2u,uo IT sw.aao . ...in,aa is 2o,(Wo 4. 2U.310 13 au,55o 20,U.1O ( ZO.TKO 21 2,5M T itU.CIO 22 2U.6UO xo.aso 23 au.soo liO,lt 24 2U.420 JO .2U.43U 5 ..20,400 IX 20,5 lO 2 20.B0O 13 S,4W 27 20,000 U 20.81O 23 2,600 J 2,5SO 29 20.SHO 3 a,48 30 20,020 Total 8MI.IMS Less unsold and returned copiea... 10,107 Net total tales..,, N7U,M3s) Jfst dally average 20,227 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to pefor m thla Suth day of April,. A. D. CSeal.) .. M. B. HUNQATE, ! '';.'.. . ' - Notary Publlo. The oleo 'bill has ; proved Just oleaginous enough to slip through. Inside tips . from' the supreme court aeem to be more common than ever, The Union Pacific foundry. controversy la now up to. City Attorney Connell. With all these doctors of two schools Invading Omaha the. city should be able to present a clean bill of health. That Chicago priest who drowned In bath tub nittst have been practicing the precept that cleanliness is next to Godliness. At nil events, Queen Wtihelmlna has been laying the foundations for several food sized doctor bills to be presented In due course of time. ' Prescription for Senator .Money to use next time: ray the nickel, take a re ceipt from the conductor and trust to the company to refund. , President Jlmlnes of San Domingo is tinder the distressing necessity of call ing on some occult astrologer to tell kirn whether or not his presidential tar Is finally set Just to prove that the Fourth of July Is still on the calendar the keel of the battleship Nebraska will be laid on that day with appropriate ceremonies at Seattle, where Jt la building. The annual ravages of Missouri fruit orchards are being reported on schedule time. To keep up the record requires that these 'orchards be completely de stroyed at least once each season. The new ' billboard ordinance gener ously 'exempts political and charity bills from the monopoly It confers on the bill posters' trust The councllmen who are responsible for this piece of municipal legislation can claim both exemptions. Nebraska's late trust-smashing attor ney general insists be is a candidate for he nomination for governor at - the (bands of the fusion state conventions. On the plan oi reciprocity ex-Treasurer Ueserve will voluuteer to finance his campaign for him. - By the way. what has become of the yellow Journal shrieks about the im pending epidemic of contagious disease that was to rise out of a contaminated grater supply and sweep over Omaha With deadly trail? Are : the yellow fakes o soon forgot? The World Hot Id remains as mum as an oyster Juat now on the subject of city taxation and railroad assessment keeping up a steady fire on ' targets thousands of miles away. But when the battle Is over it will raise its voice In holy horror or say "I told you so." Few people realize the colossal costll- peas of the judicial system Imposed on Nebraska for which the taxpayers must constantly foot the bills. The money wsstcxi annually In Douglas county done for needless jury and witness fees and other court expenses would more than pay the Intercut on the eutlre county debt . The contest case has been abandoned w.hlch brought forth Judge Baxter's nil fig that votes sworn in by the affidavits Of resident freeholders of the ward do Dot satisfy the law that uses the word "precinct but the lmiwrtance of this point would warrant a final decision by the court of last resort Should the position Uken by Judge Baxter be ad tiered to,' the design of the law to per mit citizens to vote who tor good reasons have been prevented from reg Uteris 1U be completely, nullified. O AS TO RAILROAD ASSESSMENT. Representatives of every railroad In Nebraska have rntprod remonstrance with the State Board of Equalization apnlnflt any Increase of the valuation of the properties of their respective ronds for taxation purposes. In making these appeals the railroad attorneys are simply discharging what they believe to be a duty they owe to their employ ers in order to earn their salaries. With the tangible proofs of the marked improvement of the roadways and Increased equipment for which the railroads of Nebraska have within the past three years expended many mil lions, do Intelligent man could be per suaded that railroad property In Ne braska has not materially increased in value and should be correnpondlngly assessed even regardless of the fact that the roads nre more prosperous than ever nud are earning more for their owners than Uicy ever have. The only argument advanced by the railroad rep resentatives against an Increase In the railroad valuations Is that the railroads are already bearing their full propor tions of the burden of taxation aa com pared with owners of other property. This argument, however, Is not borne out by the facts. In the first place, the railroads of Ne braska have never borne their full shares of the burdens of local taxation. Take, for example, their taxation In Omaha and Douglas county, where their terminal facilities are worth anywhere from $6,000,000 to $10,000,000, while their contribution to the maintenance of local government Is a mere bagatelle. Assuming, however, that no discrimi nation In their favor had been practiced by former boards of equalization, a comparison of relative changes in prop erty assessments should convince the present board that the railroads have been undervalued and should be raised as a matter of Justice to other taxpay ers and as a matter of self-preservation for the state at large. In 1889 the grand assessment roll 'of Nebraska aggregated $182,763,538, of which $29,581,221 represented the valua tion of railroad property. . In 1897 the grand assessment roll had shrunk to $165,103,736, of which $25,- 501,720 represented railroad property. in lwi tne grand assessment roll ag gregated $174,439,095, of which $20, 422,732 represented railroad property. It will be noted that the comparative shrinkage in the grand assessment roll as between the years 1889 and 1897 was $17,509,802. Of this $4,022,501 was the shrinkage in railroad property and $13,- 547,301 the shrinkage in all other classes of property; in a word, while the valua tion of railroad property was reduced by nearly 15 per cent the valuation of all other property was reduced less than 9 per cent Between 1897, which was low water mark, and 1901 the grand assessment roll has been Increased by $9,245,359, of which $801,012 represents the in crease of the railroad assessment and $8,304,347 the Increase of the valuation of all other property. Reduced to per centages, the railroad assessment has been Increased since 1897 less than 3Va per cent while the assessment of other property has gone up 7 per cent or double the per cent of Increase of the railroad property. ' Had the proportions of Increase been the same the valuation of the railroads for 1901 would have been $27,283,744, which would still have been $2,570,477 below the assessed valuation of the rail roads for 1900. Will anyone dare con tend that the railroads of Nebraska are worth less today than they were in 1890? Will anyone contend that they were overassessed in 1890? The most valuable asset of the rail roads is not however, the roadbed and rolling stock, depots and machine shops. but their franchises. The Union Pacific railroad, for example, could have been readily duplicated five years ago for $40,000 a mile, and yet the syndicate that purchased the road paid more than $100,000 a mile. Only three days ago James J. Hill made the assertion that the Burlington stock at 200 cents on the dollar was cheap and the stock rep resents less than one-half of the cap italization. Although " the constitution of Nebraska expressly provides for the assessment or franchises, all state boards have heretofore Ignored the franchises in making assessments and persistently placed railroads on the same footing as lauds, cattle and chat tel property which enjoys no special privileges for levying tribute upon the public. These facta should be kept In mind by the state board in reaching Its conclu sions. The railroads have their special pleaders, buj the people look to the members of the board as their 'rep resentatives to see that 'equity' and Justice prevail In conformity with the letter and spirit of the constitution. ciiiricisJM or secretary root. The secretary of war has been un sparingly criticised In connection with the charges of cruelty in the Philip pines. He has been held to be In large measure . responsible for whatever wrongs and abuses have occurred there and also to have 'endeavored to conceal them from public knowledge. It la al leged that he knew of the wrongs and abuses committed by the snny long be fore he was called upon to supply lu formation to the senate committee in vestlgatlng Philippine oondltloua and that he took no steps, nntll forced to do so by the charges being made public, to put a stop to the wrongs. It Is de clared that murder In the Philippines haa been held a light offense by the War department and that tacitly at least Becretary Root has approved of torturing the natives. That this is un Just to the secretary of war we believe all fair-minded men will agree. In hia speech in the senate Monday Senator Lodge said that in the long list of distinguished men who bad oc cupied the office of secretary of war there never had been an abler, more public-spirited or more patriotic man than -Secretary Boot. "The secretary," said the Massachusetts senator, "as a man of distinguished ability and high honor, had done his full duty In prob ing to the bottom chsrges of cruelty or maladministration made to him. All he had provided for was that those against whom the charges were made should have fair play. He mesns to have Justice done to officers and raeu and he will not condemn them until heard." If the accusations made against Secretary Boot are true the pres ident must share the responsibility and we cannot think that any' one will believe Mr. Roosevelt capable of attempting to cover up the alleged atrocities in the Philippines or of shielding any one who may be guilty of such practices. That the president has kept himself fully con versant with conditions In the Islands is not to be doubted. It Is his way and had the secretary of war withheld Im portant Information which It was bis duty to communicate to the president It Is not probable that he would now be in the cabinet There Is, perhaps, no man in public life more in the confi dence of President Roosevelt than Sena tor Lodge, and the statement of the senator that the secretary of war had done hia full duty In regard to the charges of cruelty and maladministra tion In the Philippines may confidently be assumed to reflect the view of the president Secretary Root had the entire con fidence of President McKlnley and in spite of reports to the contrary there is every reason to believe that he is fully trusted by President Roosevelt WEAK SPOTS iy TUB MARKET. There have been uncovered within the last few days some weak spots in the stock market which should serve as a warning to investors, while at the same time conveying a suggestion of what may happen if the situation should be come more inflated than at present. While Wall street haa apparently re covered from the flurry Incident to the heavy decline in certain speculative stocks and the consequent failure of several brokers for a considerable amount it Is by no means certain that all danger is passed. There baa been in the past three or four weeks a des perate effort on the part of cliques and pools to market off upon the public a large volume of industrial and other securities recently manufactured from the trust and consolidation craze and not as yet distributed beyond the hands of promoters and underwriters. This attempt at renewed booming has not succeeded, the public having kept aloof, but the effort will undoubtedly be con tinued and the lesson of the recent dis closures Is that the public should re main aloof from securities whose values are established by the speculative syn dicates. There are powerful financial Interests concerned In the maintenance of confi dence and these can be depended upon to protect the market In any ordinary emergency. They will use their vast power to a certain extent "to pre vent panic or any very serious disturbance. But there Is a dan ger point in the process of inflation be yond which these interests might not be able to avert a crash and it is a ques tion whether that point has not been nearly reached. The lesson of recent developments merits thoughtful consid eration. CIRCUMVENTING TBE LAW. j The terslstence of insurance . agents and book agents Is proverbial but they do not bold a candle to railroad attor neys and railroad tax agents in their efforts to prevail on assessors and equalizing boards to violate their oaths and Ignore the plain letter of tne law in the assessment of the property or tne corporations that employ them. A fair example is furnished by the efforts made on behalf of the Omaha Bridge and Terminal company to have its prop erty assessed tor taxation by tne state board on a mileage basis, although the board has no authority to do so. The law relating to railroad assessment reads: Tha nmsldent- secretary, superintendent or other principal accounting officer within thla at ate of every railroad or . leiegrapu company, whether incorporated by any law of this stat or not. when any portion ot the property of such railroad or teiegrapa com nut la situated In more than one county. shall list and return to the auditor ot publlo accounts for assessment ana taxation, etc. The Drovlslon that the railroad in order to be assessable by the state board must be situated In more than one county Is clear and unmistakable. All the property of the Bridge and Terminal company In Nebraska la situated in the county of Douglas, and Is therefore sub 1ect to assessment and taxation by the local assessors, the same as the property of street railways, ana unaer tne statutes all bridge companies are ex pressly made subject to the same rules of assessment that govern the assess ment of street railways. That means that the bridge company Is required to pay taxes not only on its tangible prop erty but also on Us franchises, ana ex plains why such desperate efforts were made last year and again this year to have lu nronerty listed with the state boerds Instead of the local boards. The mere fact that it succeeded In Imposing on the state board last year and evad ing a large part of Its local taxes by thla means affords no justification for a repetition this year in the face of the law and the late supreme court decision. it Is to be doubted whether Major Gardener's popularity with the demo cratic members of the senate is of the enduring kind. The democrats will be anxious to extol him only so long as they think they can nse him to manu facture political' capital to be drawn on for their own benefit The saddest feature of the outcome' of the election of officers for the club women's federation Is that the presl dency should be carried off by a New York woman unversed In the arts of politics over a Colorado woman taught la political waya by long experience In Live Nebraska Towns PLATTSMOUTH riattsmouth Is the capital of Cass county and has about 6.000 Inhabitants. It Is the gateway to the great South Piatt couatry. It Is situated on the great Missouri river near the mouth of the Platte, assuring grand water privileges. It Is on the main line of the great Chi cago, Burlington A Qulncy railroad, at a point halfway between Chicago and Den ver. It Is also on the main line of the Mis souri raclflc railroad, between Omaha and St. Louis. It Is only thirty minutes by rail from Omaha, the metropolis of the state, and two hours from Lincoln, the capital. Its markets are Chicago, Denver, St Louis, Kansas City and Omaha. Twenty-four passenger trains leave riattsmouth dally for the north, south, east and west over the Chicago, Burlington A Qulncy, Kansas City, St. Joseph ft Council Bluffs, B. & M. and the Missouri Pacific railway. The principal B. & M. railroad machine shops, car shops, storehouses, roundhouse, etc., west of the Missouri river are main tained at this point for the us of Its sys tem. It employs many hundreds of hands, disbursing to employes monthly from $10,000 to $45,000. Improvements are constantly being made and additional help employed. It has brick and terra cotta works, cap ital $30,000, capacity 27,000 brick per dayi six cigar factories, employing from four to twenty hands each; a large broom factory, a new 180,000 courthouse, electrio light plant, a large steam laundry recently con structed, $40,000 system of storm water sewerage, one ot the finest systems of waterworks In the state, grades of streets established and Main street paved with Sioux Falls granite, and Sixth street with brick. The streets of the city are lighted by gas and electricity. TV'e have two fine school buildings and Monopolizing Portland Just as it' was believed that the fight against the proposal to lease the range lands of the country had been won news comes from Washington that new effort Is belig made in behalf of that project Cer tain large herdowners In the southwest, who operate upon the open ranges, are back ot this new movement They see clearly that unless, through the lease system or some other device, a fresh hold can be got upon the ranges, their monopoly is doomed. Set tlers are moving in upon the southwestern ranges precisely as upon those of eastern and central Oregon; they seek, naturally. the choice watered snd sheltered spots. and, not so much by their numbers as by their location, they are "boxing up" the ranges. Appeal, . of course. Is not made upon .this ground, but, upon the pretense that under general competition the ranges are being destroyed, and that only under the lease system or soma other looking to a limited use of the ranges, can the value of these land be preserved. There is, indeed, something In the claim that the ranges are suffering from over grazing, but the conditions are very far from being as serious as the lease pro moters have tried to make out, and there Is no assurance that better conditions would follow If the lands were turned over to the leaseholders. In manv districts tha hunch. grass which one monopolized the soil has practically been destroyed, but there has come up in Its place Other grasses which many believe to be of greater value. The so-called "sheep grass" -of eastern and cen tral . Oregon Is distinctly a better stock feed than the coarser bunchgrass to whose place on the ranges It ha measurably suc ceeded. It has not some of the important merits ot the bunchgrasa, eut It makes more feed to the acre and Is, on the whole, better suited to the present uses ot te range industry than the more famous orig inal grass. Thi Is the universal testimony of stockmen who do not now depend wholly upon the range to . carry their herds through the winter season. Experience does not support the theory that with the falling of the bunchgrass the ranges be come worthless, and there are many prac- a state that accords women the suf frage. How can woman suffrage be upheld as a demonstrated success when the amateur outflanks the expert In political maneuvering? Le Roux, the French lecturer, whose assertion that Dreyfus bad confessed his guilt to him created, a small sensa tion the other day, now says be never said It The question now Is whether Le Roux speaks unintelligible French or his Interpreter unintelligible English. Oik. Thsmder. , Brooklyn Eagle. . Tom Thunder, the Winnebago chief. In sists that he is not dead. If Tom Thunder would only read the papers he would see how absurd It is to make claims like that Patrlat'a l'alae Distinction. Louisville Courier-Journal. And who was Rochambeau, whose statu la to be unveiled in Washington T Hist! Was he not the only figure in tha American revolution that has succeeded in keeping out ot the "historical" novels? I'aaal Republican Complexion. BC Louis Globe-Democrat This year's surplus for ten months is $65,000,000 and is estimated at $75,000,000 for tha twslva months ending June 30. The removal of war taxes will cut off revenue next year to about the amount ot this year's surplus, but the treasury holds $185,000,000 in cash beyond tha sum reserved for tha protection of the currency. Tha national financial outlook has ths usual republican characteristics. Tk Flag; In lb Philippines. Philadelphia Record (dem.). President Roosevelt has declared that "the flag will stay" In the Philippines. The nation will stand at his back In making ths flag stay, but tha nation will also de mand that the flag shall stand for tha same thing In all the territories of the United States. Ths attempt to set up aa many different forms of government for as many different Islands as may com Into ths possession ot tha republlo la doomed to failure. The flag will stay and free government will be built up under its folds wherever it stays. Com In C Back to Hi Own. Indianapolis News. Tn number of horses raised in this country is increasing at an unprecedented rat, and breeders are quoted as counting confidently on continued lncreea of ex ports witaout respect to th Boer war, which Is regarded as practically over. With ail our improvement in the moans and methods of locomotion. It appears, there for, that the ad of th hors Increase. It is th history ot every invention tor Improved methods lacrsas production, and this increases consumption. Th who) mass of mankind eomos to a hUsr con ditio aai has greatec want. Proud of Possessions. eight ward buildings and an enrollment of 1.347 pupils this year, with twenty-fl teachers. The High school department with Its four-year course, fitting graduates for the State university. No better common schools extant. The following religious denominations all have places of worship In the city: Pres byterlan, Episcopal, Baptist, Methodist Oerman Presbyterian, Christian, Catholic (two). Colored Baptist Swedish, German Methodist, 8t. Paul Evangelical, First Church of Christ, Scientist, snd owning buildings worth from $1,000 to $15,000. The Parmelee theater Is one of the finest In the state. The Hotel Riley cost $75,000 snd In point of architectural beauty Is among the finest In the state. One dally, one semi-weekly and three weekly papers- republican, democrat and Independent. We have the Plattemouth and Nebraska Tele phone companies, with a network of wires throughout the city and extending out Into the county. We have the riattsmouth Business and Normal college, recently es tablished here. In addition to the general Improvements going on In the city the B. St M. railroad Is now constructing a new $500,000 steel bridge across the Missouri river at this point, aod will soon csmmenc the construction ot a new bridge across the Platte, just north of the city, A pontoon bridge across the Mis souri Is also decided upon, and work will he commenced soon. In addition to these Improvements there Is a prospect of the construction of a great power canal along the Piatt river from the west to this point, and in connection therewith a company has been organized to build an electric line, with riattsmouth as the central point, and a survey of the rout has already been made. Corporations or individuals seeking to establish factories or branches are In vited to correspond with the riattsmouth Real Estate exchange. R. B. WINDHAM. the Ranges Oregonlan. tlcal stockman who would not exchange a . range upon which the secondary grasses have become established for the best bunchgrass range. Tha objections to leasing tha ranges are many. First and foremost, it would tend to prevent the settlement of tha country. Lands under lease would practically be beyond tha reach of the immigrant. This fact Is clearly illustrated by current events in this state. In several parts of central Oregon which until Just now have been open range country settlers sre pouting in and making permanent homes a thing which manifestly would not have been pos sible if the lands had been under lease. Again, the lease system would In the very nature of things crowd out the small stock man and promote the Interest of the large owner. The pretense, of course, is other wise, but nobody who has observed ths operation of government land administra tion can for one moment doubt that tha rich maa would find ways to get tha ad vantage of' the man of small herds and limited means. If this sort of injustice occurs In the apportionment of grazing privileges in the Cascade Mountain forest reserve, what could be expected in tha contest of wits and resources which would follow if the lands were open for entry under a general leasing system? There can be no serious doubt as to what would happen. The small stock owner would be driven to the wall, for the man with large interests would manage to have the first and best information, and ha would find it easy to take up any area he wanted by hiring "dummies" to represent his in terest and "hold down" locations for him. The only claim made for the proposed lease system is that It would conserve tha native grasses, but there Is no assurance to this end. On tha other hand, it Is cer tain that it would postpone the settlement f the range country; that it would Im mediately Injure the range Industry; that It would operate for the advantage ot the richer as against the poorer stockman; that It would tend to monopolization of the land. These are reasons enough why tha thing should not be done. THE5 RUSH TO AMERICA. Tide of Incoming; People Rising; Higher nnd Higher. New York Times. Bo far the year 1902 has broken the record of th past decade tor Immigrants landing at thla port. January and February showed a large increase on ths figures for tha same months last year. This March showed 23,000 mor than March, 1901. and during ths first two weeks of April there entered 40,000 souls, as against 28,000 In the same fortnight a year ago. For tha rest of April tha proportions are as large, it not larger, and May bids fair to outdo April. None too soon have tha new quarters of the Immi grant palace on Bills island been made ready. Tha flood of immigration, which sub sided a little after tha lean years of the '90s, Is rising to unprecedented heights during the fat years which bear a rotund O auspiciously In th place of their penulti mate numeral. Rules that immigrants must have money In their pouch, that they must be healthy and free from suspicion of crime, have no deterrent effect The Spanish war, tha ad vance of American . manufactures Into Europe, the outcry ot European papers against tha American bugbear, and the evi dence of their own senses, which show them how North America has become tha land above all others which feeds Europe, have Impressed the dullest and least imaginative. Tha old bogy of illiteracy among tha im igrants has lost much of Its former force, since other nations are paying attention to education, although they have not attained that low percentage of illiterates w And in Scandinavia, Switzerland and northern Germany. Strange to say, It is this Im provement In popular education which has don much to cause tha rush to the land ot dollars, slnue a reading people has the press and cheap mails to aid them in de elding where their chance of a livelihood ar best PERSONAL NOTES. President Palma Is swinging around the Cuban circle, but retrains from Introducing th rear platform speech Into his territory. Roy Farrell Greens ot Arkansas City, Mo., is on of but few American poet who devote all their time to their art. He Is only 28 years of age, Philip Martlng, ths sculptor, has just finished the cast for ths memorial status of th lata vice president. Garret A. Hobart. Tha statue may b unveiled oa Decoration day. Commenting on th fact 'that Andrew Carnegie, befor sailing for Europe, pro vided for soms mor libraries, a New York paper irreverently says tlist "Merry Audi has given another million to th conscience fund." Ia th brief period whan he is not n gaged la fixing up billion-dollar combines PUrpont Morgan occasionally cracks a joks. He was showing soms friend through his ksoaela a&d. on ot tfccaa stressed, great tsmd Price's Cream Baking Powder is everywhere the acknowledged standard, the powder of the highest reputation, greatest strength, and absolutely pure. It renders the food more healthful and palatable, and using it exclusively you are assured against alum and other dan gerous chemicals from which the low grade powders arc made. Dr. Price's Baking Powder is sold on its merits only never by the aid of lotteries, gifts, commissions or other schemes. The entire value of your money comes back to you in baking pow der the purest, most economical made. Paid Bakino Powder Co, Cmicaoo. admiration for an Imported setter. "Yes. he's a fine dog. His name la Russell Sage." How did you come to give him that nama?" ' "Well, he never loses a scent." Tha rerolc statue of Charles Sumner, by Miss Anne Whitney, which Is to be erected at Cambridge, Maes., has been cast in bronze. It shows Sumner sitting In aa arm chair and holding a book in one hand. Miss Whitney is 80 years old. It was expected thst ' during his recent southern trip President Roosevelt would pass through Stallsvllle, S. C, and the town got ready to give ths best reception in its power. The school children were to sing for him and the whole place was to be en feta. But a bad spot in the road forced a change of route and Stallsvllle was much disappointed. On learning of all this the president sent an autograph letter to tha teacher of the school expressing regret at his inability to keep to the program. Ha also sent to tha school a large photograph of himself. O TEMPORAt O MOROS1 ! Minneapolis Journal: The brilliant vic tory over tha Moros will tend to check any tendency there may have been In popu lar feeling to iudce the armv raahlr and to give way to an epidemic of maudlin depre cation or the inevitable severity of a war waged by tha order of tha people. St. Paul Pioneer Press: Ths proportion of serious wounds received In tha flght with the Moros the other day Indicates that tha fighting must have been of a desperate na ture. If there were any correspondents with good descriptive talents present wa may look forward to some good reading when the mails bring full accounts of tha battle. Chicago Chronicle: All patriotic Ameri cans, Imperialist or antl-'lmnerlaJlst. will commend the victory of Colonel Baldwin ana his men over the treacherous, assassi nating Moros of Mindanao. It was a gal lant flght, waged against heavy odds and bravely won. It shows thst the American troops In tha Philippines have no need to resort to the "water cure" or the ilmrht. of children in order to triumph over their adversaries. Kansas City Star: All tha worM ailmlraa heroism and courage in battle. Even the gentlemen who are opposing tha govern ment's Philippine policy must feel their hearts warmed toward tha UnltMl fii.t. troops who stormed the Moro fort with such precision of rlfl fire and a-allantrr that General Davis wired to General Chaffee that he had "never seen or heard of any performance excelling this gallant fight" Springfield ReDubllcan: Th Hmniln against tha Moros in Mindanao seems to be genuine war. General Davis' dispatch announces an Important victory la the cap ture of another Moro fort, which dently attended by much slaughter. The aumDer dead and wounded on . our side reaches nearly fifty. The question now Is whether this heavy blow at tha dattna sultana will bring them to terms or whether uis wr wui go on. uenerai Uavts thinks his campaign will be a short one. V - t-ii "Jf At $10.00, 12.50, $15.00, $18.00 and $20.00 IIJIVIS NO EQUAL. Best Materials, Best finings silk mixed mohair. Best manufacture. Best style; best fitting; best" ready-to-wear clothing made. No Clothing Fits Like Ours. IF YOU WANT A FINE IIAT TO GO WITH THE SUIT WE HAVE THEM AT $2.00. $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 delusive Clothiers and Furnisliers.' hy tike Not. Alum baking powders are low priced, as they cost but three cents a pound to make. But alum leaves in the bread or cake glauber salts, sulphuric acid and hydrate of alumina all lnjuri ous, the last two poisonous, . A SMILE OR TWO. Chicago Poet: "Did he inherit anything?" "YesT7 "What?" "A thirst" Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Why did yoj fit up your new ball grounds over here?" "Because a judge of the supreme court Uvea right next door." ... Somervlll Journal) It Is a bad habit fnr a man to talk while he Is at work, unless, perhaps, he is an auctioneer, or a lawyer, or a minister. ' Chicago Tribune: 'We don't allow beg- ?ars or canvassers In this building," said he janitor of tha apartment house. "But I've got to see a. man on the fifth floor," said tha shabby man, pleadingly. "I'm the owner of tha building. Philadelphia, Press: Pitts Curiosity Is the besetting sin of most people. Potts Well, curiosity was responsible for my losing a lot of money last night. Pitta How was that? Potts I was curious to see If the other fellow really held four aces or was only bluffing. Washington Star: "Do you take any in terest In music?" said th young woman. "Of course, I do," answered Senator Sor ghum. "I have the profoundest apprecia tion of music. One tune from a brass band can, in most cases, get up more enthusiasm among a crowd of voters than half a dozen stump speeches." MODERN SURGERY. W. T. Neebit in Baltimore Amer Old Bill Jone a Hoosler man Was built on the Hoosler plan Blood, flesh and brains To give him pains He had. His stomach ached sore from his birth. His lungs would wheese all they wer worth; His heart was slow. And then would go Like mad. Bill Jone saw a doctor man One who worked on modern plan Who hawed and hummed. And pinched and thumbed His nose. Then he got out his knlve and saws And carved on Jones without a pausa "Your stomach's out!" At last his shout , . Arose. ; For two weeks Jone was stomschless, And then he told of great distress. His heart, he said, . Was just Ilk lead. Or worse. He sought the doctor man again. Who got his knives and saws and then Bill's heart came next Although it vexed His purse. And after that Bill's lung felt bad Another fee th doctor had. Jones' chest was bar Of all but air Unbreatbed. The doctor next went searching for Mora things in Bill's in-te-rlor. All nature's aids Left, era his blades Ware sheathed. H took Bill's brain and thoughts, 1 guess And also made him Uverless Removed his spleen The whole machln E-ry. And now Bill Jones A Hoosler man Is built on an Immortal plan. Through science deft There's nothing left To die. Our Suits