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G TIIE OMAIIA DALLY BEE: FRIDAY, JUNE G, 1902. 1? i at cf to: th tw J I m o'i u w: at b ' cl at cl in 11 i rt U 14 n) U i rt F ot a 'I c a il t I Tiie omaiia Daily Bee. E. R08EWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: pally Bee (without Sunday). One Year. II. 00 -aliy Be ami (Sunday, una Year " Illustrated U-e, Une rear t Sunday Bo, utie iear 2.fO tjmuranv Bee, une Year l.W Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year. Lift DELIVERED BY CARRIER, pally Bee (without Sunday), per copy., tc pally Bee (without Sunday), per week.. 12c pally' Bee (including Sunday), per week. lie Huniay Bee, per copy 60 fevenlng Bee (without Sunday), per week. Mo tvenlng Bee (Including Sunday), per 1 week 15c Complaints of Irregularities In delivery houid be addressed to City Circulation ijepartment OFFICES. 1 Omaha The Bee Building. Smith Omaha City Hall BulldlDg, Twen-fcy-ttfth and M streets. Council Bluffs ID Pearl Street. Chicago lMu Unity Building. New York Temple Court. 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Evening and Sunday Bee printed during th month of May, 1902, was as follows: 1 2C9,UUO 17 a,B(k IS 21), BOO 19 20,0.-10 20 SJO.OOO 21 20,040 23 20,500 23 20,470 24 20, UNO 25 20,5 40 26 20,540 t 2W..20 ''I SH,o20 ' 4 20,0(10 6 SO.KftO 30.BOO T ao.mo 20.8NO t 29.760 10 20,40 11 m,nan 12 2n.ti.10 is 2,s: 14 20,600 15 2O.S70 It 20,50 27.. 28.. 29.. 30.. 81.. 20,5.10 20,500 20,4.10 20,IOO 20,510 Total ...010,85 Less unsold and returned copies.... 10,700 Net total sales.. noH.MNO Jfet dally average 20..110 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK, Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 31st day of May, A. D. 1901. tSeal.) M. B. H UNGATE, Notary Public. Perhaps to be more exact It sbould be called conditional "unconditional sur render." Does tbe congressman from this dis trict have to bare both a keeper and a middleman? In making up Its state ticket for 1002 the republican party must draw the line t boodlers and corporation lobbyists. Raising the wages of tbe teamsters who haul beef at present high prices must be on the theory of adjustment, to what the traffic will bear. The little testimonial voted by Parlia ment to Lord Kitchener Is more than we In the United States pay to our president (or a whole four years' term of service. As a stepping stone to matrimony, the position of police matron In Omaha has proved Its success. No wonder It is In such brisk demand whenever a vacancy in It occurs. Irish members of Parliament want It distinctly understood that they have been against the war in South Africa, before It began, while It was In progress and after It Is ended. "Corporation party," cries the local popocratlc organ at the republicans and forthwith sheds whole barrels of black Ink to obscure all vision of tbe record made by tbe fusion reformers when they had complete control of tbe state for four years. A prlie medal for bravery ought to be awarded the man who presided over the state convention of Indiana demo crats. It took courage of a high order for him to link together In one sentence the names of William Jennings Bryan nd G rover Cleveland. , A society has just been organized In New York with the express purpose "to cherish and perpetuate the memories, associations, records and traditions of the City of Chicago." If this does not raise a cry of treason to New York It Will be cause for astonlsbmeut Now that Mark Twain has been made as L.L. D. by the University of Mis aouri, he has reached the highest pin nacle of his ambition and would not trade places with King Edward, nor any other high monarch whose slum bers are disturbed by tbe weight of tbe crown. The latest census bulletin discloses the fact that more than $450,000,000 Is In vested In this country in the manufac ture of alchollc liquors In 21,850 estab lishments, which turn out an annual product valued at $310,000,000. This Ought to give the prohibitionists cold shivers In hot weather. You can't build an engine house and a market house with the same money mny more than you can eat your pie and keep It at the same time. Omaha has been made famous by cowsheds. For twenty years It had a cowshed railroad depot and now It la to have a cowshed market house. . The perplexities of the Young Men's McKlnley club have only Just begun, Amending the constitution Is an easy thing, but maintaining successfully political organlxation that can command the support of the rank and file of the party and steer clear of factionalism la a mora serious problem. If the Beal Estate exchange is la dead earnest In its proposed effort to secure an equlubls assessment of all classes of property for county taxation, tt will bava the active sympathy and support of tba great mass of taxpaylng cltlieos. Sut there must be no discrimination nor sham and no favored corporation, firm or Individual ARMT REDUCTION. The strength of the army Is to be re duced nearly 11,000 men, or from 77, 287 to tW.4t)7. The order of the secre- ary of war calls for reduction In all liree arms of the service, but It affects the artillery less than tbe Infantry and cavalry arms.' In the cavalry the total reduction will be 1,800 men and In the Infantry 5,640. The garrison or coast artillery will not be affected by the new order, but the strength of the field ar tillery will be reduced by making the number of enlisted men In a buttery 120 lustead of 100. The order Is due to the Improved situation in the Philippines, which the president believes to be such as not to require there more than about 25,000 soldiers, the number now in the Islands being about 31,700, or more thun 40,000 ess than were In the islands In Decem ber, 1900, a very significant reduction. It is quite iiosslble that within auotber year the force in the Philippines can be reduced to 20,000 or less, for tho promise Is most favorable for complete pacification before tbe end of this year and the extension oT civil government on a basis that will require little mili tary support When the reduction provided for in the order of tbe secretary of war is made, the army will be at about tbe strength authorized by the act of the last congress for tbe military establish ment on a peace footing. That legisla tion, It will be remembered, was de nounced by tbe democrats as being tbe first step toward tbe building up of a great army to overawe tbe people and perpetuate republican power. How ridiculous the charge was is now ap parent, but It was not more absurd tban some of tbe assertions that party is now making in regard to republican policies, as for example the declaration of tbe Indiana democrats that the re publican party has surrendered to the trusts, In face of tbe fact that the ad ministration is proceeding against com binations believed to have violated the law passed by a republican congress, and approved by a republican president THE INDIANA DEMOCRACY. The Bryanlte democrats are getting little encouragement these days. The trend of sentiment seems to be steadily against them. The most noteworthy fact In the proceedings of tbe Indiana democratic convention was the refusal to Indorse Bryan and the Kansas City platform. There was a determined ef fort on the part of the minority of the platform committee to secure such In dorsement, but under the rather feeble pretext that It would be out of place to inject Mr. Bryan's name Into the state campaign the majority of the committee refused to Indorse him or the platform for which he stands. The sense of tbe danger of Bryanisni thus shown by the democrats of Indi ana has become pretty general and there is no doubt Is growing. In the eastern and middle sections of the country it is realized by a very large majority of democrats and it is gradually but cer tainly spreading in the west. Perhaps it has not yet made much progress In the south, but that section may be expected to sooner or later become Impressed with It The significance of tbe refusal of the Indiana democratic convention is obvious and there can be no doubt that It will exert a very considerable Influence upon democrats generally. CANAL ROUTE QUESTION IN SENATE. Discussion of tbe question of an Isthmian canal route has been begun In the senate and will probably continue several weeks, with what result cannot be foretold with any degree of certainty. According to late reports from Wash ington the outlook Is brighter for the Panama route than at any time hitherto, though it is stated that the advocates of that route will not urge a flat Panama proposition, but will concentrate their strength on the Spooner substitute, which may be amended so as to make it even more binding on the president to accept tbe Panama route unless a good title to It cannot be furnished. The re port of the minority of the committee on Interoceanlc canals, filed last week, takes strong ground In behalf of the Panama route, which has undoubtedly gained many supporters In and out of congress within the past mouth or two. . . . . . , II 1 ue contention or tue minority ui iue senate committee is based upon the last report of tbe cunal commission and It Is urged that all the natural advantages are with the Panama route. On the very Important point as to the possi blllty of destruction or damage to locks or dams of the canal from volcanic eruptions or from earthquakes, the minority asserts that the Nicaragua route Is directly In line with numerous volcanoes, more or less active, which in the past have wrought great destruction to tbe surrounding country, that the en tire route of the Nicaragua caual has been frequently disrupted by violent earthquakes, while the Panama route has uo volcanoes, extinct or otherwise, nearer than two hundred miles and that tbe official record of seismic dis turbances In the last two years is about one-tenth in number of those reported lu the vicinity of tbe Nicaragua route. and practically nothing In point of in tensity compared with those felt at tbe latter place. Such facts, however, appear to have no Influence with tbe Nicaragua advo cates. The most uncompromising of thtse, Senator Morgan of Alabama, In opening the debate, announced that he had made a thorough Investigation of the matter and the alleged danger to the Nicaragua route "existed only in tbe Imagination of those who desired to de feat auy caual project." He bad be come convinced from his study of tbe situation that really there was. greater danger from volcanic aud earthquake disturbances to tbe Panama route than to tbe Nicaragua rout. Not only la this confuted by high scientific authority but also by existing conditions, and while these may have no effect upon Mr. Morgan and other Nicaragua advocates they have mada a very decided luipres- slon upon tbe public mind, creating a very general feeling that the govern ment should not expend a vast sum In constructing a canal through a region where even now there Is volcanic ac tivity. As to other claims of the sup porters of the Nicaragua route, they ap pear to be for the most part without any substantial basis. Whether or not the route question will be determined at the present session Is problematical, with the chances appar entlymost favorable to the adoption of some such compromise as the Spooner compromise, although there is at pres ent a strong unwillingness In congress to leave to the president the selection of a route. MUNICIPAL RAILROAD ASSESSMENT. The haphazard method pursued by the state board of railway assessment In the valuation placed upon the property of railroads for state and county taxa tion and tbe unjust discrimination against other taxpayers by reason of the undervaluation of railroad property has for years constituted a standing grievance of the people of this state. Tbe iniquity of tbe general assessment of the railroads Is, however, exempli fied most strikingly In the virtual ex emption of railroad property from mu nicipal taxation. The lowest estimate of the value of the railroad property in the cities of Omaha, South Omaha and Lincoln Is from $12,000,000 to $15,000,000. More than two-thirds of this is within the city limits of Omaha, but tbe jugglery by which this vast estate is dumped Into railroad mileage and assessed as such has shriveled this $15,000,000 worth of property Into less tban $300,000 for municipal taxation. The west half of the Union Pacific bridge, its union station and passenger and freight depot buildings and grounds, together with main tracks, sidetracks and right-of-way through the heart of the city, are re turned for taxation for city purposes at mileage rates at $9,800 per mile, and the Burlington passenger and freight depots, terminal ground, sidetracks and right-of-way are assessed at an average of about $0,000 per mile. The depot grounds and terminals of the Elkborn, Omaha and Missouri Fnclflc .roads are assessed on tbe mileage basis in tbe same manner and the aggregate of all these properties, capitalized at from $10,000,000 to $12,000,000, does not pay city taxes on a valuation of more than $160,000, or 1H per cent whereas all other classes of property within the city limits are assessed on a 40 per cent basis. This disproportion Is clearly contrary to the letter and spirit of the constitu tion, which contemplates the Imposition of uniform taxes on all classes of prop erty. The railroads enjoy all tbe bene fits of municipal government equally with all other corporations and Indi viduals. They have the full benefit of fire and police protection, for which, the city expends more than $300,000 a year. And while tbe city has closed miles upon miles of streets and alleys and do nated them to the railroads, the roads manage to escape the special street Im provement taxes that have been so bur densome to other real estate owners. What is true of Omaha also applies In like degree to South Omaha and Lin coln, where the assessments of rail road property for city purposes are ridiculously out of proportion to tbe as sessment of other property. W'hen the settlement was made be tween the Union Pacific railroad and the city of Omaha some months ago it was generally believed that the com pact included the payment of back taxes. It appears, however, that the Union Taciflc still owes over $30,000 In taxes levied years ago upon the property held by it which was no part of Its right-of-way or depot grounds. When Treasurer Hennfngs made the demand for payment of these taxes, after the papers had been signed In the settlement, the railroad lawyers gave him the horse laugh. Why should the railroad company be treated any dif ferently In tbe collection of back taxes from auy other company or Individual that owes back taxes? The law requires all railroad corpora tions to return to the state board of as sessment and equalization a correct statement of Its railway trackage, right- of-way and depot grounds. By rights, a map of these tracks, depot grounds and rlehts-of-way should be on file in the offices of the county surveyor and the city engineer. Why any railroad should refuse to furnish the couuty and city with these maps or why rt should refuse access to them to the county surveyor or engineer's department Is Incomprehenslr ble. Tbe natural Inference of such action is that the reports filed with the state board are Incorrect and fall short of the requirements of the law. According- to ex-Senator Allen, every one mentioned In connection with the fusion nomination for governor is "emi nently qualified" to perform the duties of the position. We fear Senator Allen's conception of tbe requirements of tbe office are altogether below the mark. Some of tbe men mentioned for governor on both sides of the political fence are hardly qualified to be alder men In a wide-awake town. . That sea captain who reports having encountered a 'floating. Island Inhabited by parrots and monkeys aud supposed to have been cast adrift by the volcanic disturbances in tbe Carrlbean sea, should have grappled to his find aud towed it along into New York harbor. This fatal omission Is likely to relegate his tale into the sea-yarn class, unless he can produce some other corrobora tlou. James J. Hill is following In the foot steps of bis fellow railway magnate, L. II. Ilarrlman. In telling tha people how thankful they should be for the benefits of railroad consolidation and comblna tlou. Mr. Hill adds further warning against legislative regulation ot tha railroads, that It will bring tbe railroads Into politics, and If it sbould result In government ownership, It would enlarge the public service so as to Imperil free government For some reason or other, however, tbe people refuse to take alarm at tbe political bugbear. It will take a diagram to show them bow tbe railroads can get iuto politics much more than they have been. The Bee Is the only paper In these parts that prints .honest circulation statements. It shows shrinkages and gains exactly as they occur from week to week and month to month, but the other papers would have you believe that they never lose a subscriber. They are eternally gaining, galnlug, gaining, and keep up their gains in season and out of season, regardless of tbe fact that hundreds of subscribers are away from home on vacations, or thousands discontinue for various reasons, Includ ing hot weather, hot politics or drouthy edltorluls and news columns. It Is to be noted that the populists have have put up a complete state ticket In Indiana without the aid or consent of the democrats. The democrats consider fusion a great thing In states like Ne braska, where the populists furnish the bulk of the votes, but In states like Indiana they are not quite willing to let the populists go It alone. The people of Nebraska have not yet heard the last of the Bartley defalca tion scandal. The decision just ren dered by the supreme court id the Bart ley bond case brings us back again where we started from and forcibly re calls the strenuous efforts and conspira cies to beat the state out of its just claim. Itllity In Decorations. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. King Edward has conferred the Order of the Gartef upon two more of his distin guished subjects. The king might vary the decorations a little by tbe bestowal of an occasional pair of suspenders. Bents the Horse In One War. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Edison has perfected a storage battery by which the automobile can be made to do all the work of a horse. The recent automobile accidents show that it can do a good deal more than a horse ia spreading destruction. Farts Blight Theories. Baltimore American. The coal trust refuses to raise wages, but the Independent operators have granted the Increase. Thus do facts conflict with the magazine articles and theories showing how great combinations will better the condition of the laboring man. Now Altogether. Minneapolis Journal. Hats off to the gallant Boers! They fought the last fight in the old era of Independence for petty states and though losing they fought as few men have fought in this world of wars. They have humbled the world's mightiest empire, they have won honorable terms for themselves and they have given tbe ' world new material for heroic legend and tradition. Snccor. Promptly Given. Saturday Evening Post. Uncle Sam does not look for precedents, or at the color of the flag, when human beings are to be succored and saved. In doing more for the French Islands In the West Indies than France did herself, this coun try again showed the same prompt and generous sympathy that fed tbe starving of Ireland and mitigated the famines of Russia and India. When Doctors Disagree. Chicago Chronicle. Dr. 8. A. Knopf of New York, a profound and learned authority upon tuberculosis, arise to announce that tuberculosis Is ab solutely noninfectious. On the very same day Dr. Henry I Holton of Vermont, an equally profound ' and learned authority, takes occasion to observe that tuberculosis is an acutely Infectious disease one of the most Infectious. It is little matters like these that insDlre the general publlo with such deep confidence in doctors. Farming: Out Homeless Children. Chicago Tribune. A warning note was sounded at the con ference of charities and corrections In De troit on Friday which ought to receive the attention of the trustees and managers of children's institutions. Dr. Jeffrey R. Brackett of Baltimore said that he had found that there were grave dangers to children In the "placing out" system. Hie system, he said, should be followed with caution, and only In connection with some institution where the children could be cared for indefinitely while the authorities sought homes for them. Tbe conference discussed the question for two days, the tenor of most of the speeches being that in a few years the homes for destitute and neglected children would all be abandoned in favbr of a system which would place them in private homes, on the theory that any home is better than an asylum. The evils of an asylum ars apparent, but unless there is some place in which the children can be cared for while tbe authorities are Investigating the character of the persons with whom they intend to place them. ven greater evils might result from the "placing out" system. WATERING RAILROAD STOCKS. Magnate) Harrlnmn'a Quaint Views on Overcapitalisation. . Chicago Record-Herald. Whon be was Interviewed on the subject of the overcapitalization of railroads E. H. Harrlman said truly that tha question waa a large one, and proceeded to add that the old railroads of 125,000 and $30,000 a mile were things of the past. There were now "miles and mile of reconstructed rail roads costing 1100,000 a mile, or more than that, to build them, and wben we have to tunnel, of course. It is sometimes as much as $1,000,000 or $1,200,000 to cava distance. eliminate grades and curves. Tbe "magnate" may have spoken, as a correspondent says, with more tban his customary freedom, but be did not Indulge in a dangerous frankness. A Bunsby-llke fog seems to obscure his thought and its application. Did he mean that there bad been overcapitalization but tbat the water bad gone to the betterments T Tbat would probably be news to the people who had manipulated the water transactions, and others who hars not bad their personal es perlecce will wonder what possible con nection there is betweeu speculations closed years ago and the present cost of railroad building. Or did he mesa that overcapitalisation was Impossible now because of the cost of building? This might b true at $1,200,000 per mils, but all roads are not a continu iOus tunaal performance, aud a gentleman who treats deals la millions with the In difference and forgetfulness of Mr. Harrl man Is hardly just to bis ewa genius It he , admits Las Impossibility, Future of the Philippines The Washington correspondent of the St. Louis Republic (dem.), tinder date of June , wires that paper as follows: "I am permitted to make a statement which will clear the air regarding the atti tude of President Roosevelt and his ad ministration touching the future status of the Philippines. It Is not to be taken as a statement Issued by the president, but, except that the president of the United States is never Interviewed, it can be ac cepted with the force of an interview. "The president has been asked by some political aud personal friends to consider whether it would not be better to change the policy of tha United States and shape it In the direction of giving the Filipinos ultimate independence, and to make that announcement so that the Islanders could know definitely that some time In the fu ture they would be treated as Cuba has been treated. 'These friends have told the president that they were Impressed with his speech at Arlington, In which be spoke of the time when tbe Filipinos might show capacity for self-government, and they have asked tbe president to go further, and consider whether it might not be wise to say now definitely that the Filipinos would be given independence. "To this the president has given an un qualified answer In tbe negative. If the matter had been called to his attention be fore he made his speech at Arlington his address would have probably dealt with that phase of the question. There is no reason, It Is held, why the president's views should not be given now. 'Judge Taft, whom the president regards as the greatest authority on the Philippines, has pronounced ideas on this subject which are of particular value because wben he went to the Philippines he was inclined to criticize the policy of holding the islands. Judge Taft holds and the president with him, that official Intimation at this time BITS OF WASHINGTON LIFE. Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. ,The growth of the country since revolu tionary days is tersely shown In the devel opment of the postoffice department, which has been made the subject matter -of n pamphlet just issued by the department. There were only seventy-five postoffices es tablished in the country in 1T89, and the gross revenue from the business was $7,510. The expenditures for the same year were $7,560 and of this only $1,657 were paid in salaries to postmasters. There were in 1901. 76,594 postoffices in operation, 611,808 miles of post routes, 466,146,059 miles of mall service performed. The gross-revenues of the department were $111,631,193, the expenditures $115,039,607, and $19,113,590 were paid as compensation to postmasters. From June 30, 1847, to June 30, 1851, 4,603,200 postage stamps were issued, while in the single year 1901 4,329.273,696 stamps were used by tbe people of the United States. In 1853. the year In which stamped en velopes were first issued, 6,000,000 were used, while In 1901 the total was 772,839,000. The first year's issue of postal cards 1873 numbered 31,094,000, while in 1901 659,614,800 were issued. The registry system was started In 1855, and in that year the registered pieces num bered 620,322. In 1901 they numbered 20,. 814,501. In 1865 money orders to the amount of $1,360,122 were Issued, while in 1901 the total amounted to $274,546,067. The number of pieces of matter or all kinds mailed increased from 600,000 in 1790 to 7,424,290,329 in 1901. '' l According to the Washington Post Sen ator Dietrich owns a silk hat and a frock suit. He has worn the outfit four times. When he first arrayed himself in this full regalia It was the day of his inauguration as governor of Nebraska. It rained ana snowed upon the high hat and the frock coat. When he again put them on it was the day of McKlnley's second inauguration and Mr. Dietrich, who had Just been sworn in as a new senator, was once more bap tized by a beavy rain. His third experience waa last Saturday morning, when again, In his high hat and frock coat, he sat upon one of the uncovered stands at the Roch ambeau statue unveiling and got the full benefit of the shower that interrupted the exercises. "This Is a fine afternoon," said Senator Dietrich last Sunday. "I will dress up and take a walk." So once again he arrayed himself in the fated costume. As a result he was caught In the sudden storm which came out of the northwest and was drenched to the skin. Rivers of water poured from his silk hat and his frock coat waa aa soaked as a sponge. Mr. Dietrich, wben be finally got borne. changed his clothes and put the bat and the frock coat carefully away. "I never will wear that outfit again," he said yes terday. The other afternoon, when President Roosevelt reached Dupont circle, a "seeing Washington" electric car hove in eight and the guide continued his lecture through a megaphone in this way: "On tbe Iert we see the elegant residence of Mr. George Westlnghouse, the millionaire inventor and electrician, formerly the home of the late James O. Blaine; a little to the left of front we perceive the palatial mansion of Mr.' L. Z. Lelter, the Chicago millionaire nd father of the famous beauty. Miss Marv Letter, now Lady Curzon, the wife of the governor general of India; in the park in front we are confronted by tne statue oi Admiral Dupont and also in front we see the president of the United Statea on horseback." The crowd looked and one woman said. "Whose statue is it. McKlnley's?" "It's Roosevelt," the guide responded. "He ain't a statue yet." Among the Presbyterian ministers who were presented to President Roosevelt when he csme to the city recently, reports tbe New York Times, was one who bears the burden of an overweening sense of duty and is wont to "rebuke in season and out of season" mostly out of season. "I regret," said the preacher, "to see that the administration countenanced the use of liquor in tbe governor's palace at Havana." "But I am glad to tee," said the presi dent, deftly changing the subject, "tbat tbe general assembly Is discountenancing tbe use of brimstone." Some timid souls In Washington who feared Mount Iona would throw a few tubs of flame and mud as far as the national capital, have been calmed and soothed by Prof. McOes of the Agricultural depart ment with a brief interview, aa follows: "Mount Iona Is a high bill situated at some distance from tbe town of Pender, Neb., and Is a part of tbe cretaceous for mation tbat covers a large part of that state. Under this bill there exists a stratum of carbonaceous shale, overlying another stratum of shale tbat is full of iron pyrites snd sulphur. Tbe sulphur and pyrites are constantly decomposing In large quantities, generating an -mtense heat and causing combustion In tbe carbonaceous element of the overlying shale. The steam and smoke generated by this com bustion escapes to the outer atmosphere through -cracks and crevices In tbe stone that the Filipinos might expect tbelr Inde pendence, one or two, or ten years hence, would probably result in nullification of all the work that has been done there since tbe end of the Spanish rule. "The conservative citizens of the Islands who have been asserting the spread of law and order and the upbuilding of civil gov ernment would view such a declaration with horror. From one end of the archi pelago to the other, the element that has been opposing American rule would feel en couraged. They would begin to lay wires to be 'on top when Independence should be proclaimed. - "On the other hand,' those who have been aiding the Americans and have acknowl edged the benefits -.of civil government would be compelled, for tbelr own salvation, to side with tbat element tbat has been clamoring for independence' and has not been able to discriminate between inde pendence' and 'civil liberty.' "President Schurman, In a recent address, has declared that the Filipinos are fitted for self-government. Admiral Dewey three yeara ago declared that tbe Filipinos were as capable of self-government as the Cu bans were. Self-government, under the au thority of the United States, Is what is aimed at in the Philippines. Yet now Pres ident Schurman and Admiral Dewey are be ing quoted as advocating tbe independence of the islands. "For the reason that a statement from the administration that the Filipinos were being prepared for independence, in the eyes of the president, would do incalcu lable harm to the work now under way, if Indeed It did not undo all tbat had been done, the president declines to give any encouragement to the thought that these Islands will ultimately be Independent. "That question must be left to the future, after tbe civil government has been estab lished In the Islands and has stood the test before the civilized world." and earth of which the hill Is composed, producing very much the appearance ot an active volcano. "Those who are Ignorant of geology and ot the causes at work under the hill take it for granted that Mount Iona la a genu ine volcano, and that some day it will belch forth fire and lava, but, as a matter of fact, it is nothing of the sort, the whole phenomenon being of a superficial char acter. Some parts of the hill are, of course, almost too hot to stand on, but at the same time nothing could be farther from tho truth than that this hill is a volcano and that at some day It will become active. Tbe origin of the heat and smoke lies at a depth of less tban 100 feet below the surface, whereas in real volcanos the source of tbe heat and molten rock Is situated in the bowels of the earth. Some day the sulphur, pyrites and carbonaceous matter Inside this hill will burn Itself out snd when that takes place the clouds of steam and smoke arising from tba eminence will disappear. According to Senator Mason the hotels in Havana were crowded to the limit during the time he was there witnessing the In stallation of the new Cuban government. The senator, aa did a large number of other visitors, found that he was unable to se cure a room with a regular bed, but some of tbe Cubans who were conversant with the fight he made In their behalf before the American war with Spain took up his case and in due time Induced an obdurate hotel keeper to provide him with a cot. "It was one of those low affairs," said the senator in telling his experience, "with a woven-wlre mattress. Nothing but a thin sheet was placed on the wires. I went to bed, slept beautifully and bad a most de lightful rest, but when I woke up in the morning I looked like a waffle." A WORD TO THE PRESIDENT. Warned to Play More and Work Lea.. Hartford Post (rep.) President Roosevelt acts as if he were wrought Iron and there were no limits to his physical endurance and intellectual energy. Such abounding activity was never before witnessed in tho White House. ' If Sydney Smith thought tbat Daniel Webster was a steam engine in trousers what would he have thought if he had seen Theodore Roosevelt? Recall tho series of speeches, all full of vigor and vitality, of power, and patriotism, that the president has delivered during tbe past few months.' Study bis Memorial day address and see bow full of thought and forcp and rugged strength It Is. Prepara tion of utterances like tbat Isn't a bolldsy task. And, ot course, the strain which the routine of the presidency puts upon a man is enough to tax the strongest consti tution. Tbe burdens of tbe office are beavy. Its responsibilities and cares un ceasing and its tasks stupendous. The president throws himself into the work with all his vigor, masters all the details and spares not himself. Into routine and speech making and functions he plunges with all the ardor of a physical and Intel lectual athlete, and sets a pace which startles tboso about him. How long can tha president keep up this tremendous gait? He's a wonderful piece of physical and mental manhood, but en durance is bound to have limits. He shouldn't assume that he can keep at it without any let up. He should remember that a stitch in time save nine, should husband hla energies and put more play spells on his time table. Don't run any risk of letting tbat splendid mechanism of your, get out of gear. Mr. President. entietfs If I Tuaf r as a 1 17 that ordinarily Bell at $10. 00, pat on eale today for These art unfinished woritel absolutely guaranteed aa such 6.76. IV. R. BENNETT GO. 10th and Harney Streets. '! PERSON At, NOTE. Trof. Hellnrln bad much better lurk Telee thin Trof. Tliny had on Vesuvius. .pim jonn Hssgerty. tbe sea diver wtu explored the Maine wreck In Havana hsr bor. has Just died at his home in Brooklyn. Mark Twain wept when be visited thf scenes of his boyhood last week. This It the first public record of his weeping slnct he visited the tomb of Adam. The shsh of Persia, who Is visiting Em peror William, will not travel on a rallroar faster than eight to ten miles sn hour and his suite consists largely of detectives The maharajah of Jaipur, who has ar rived In Paris on his way to King Edward", coronation, hss with him a suite comprts Ing twenty dignitaries and 123 servant His luggage weighs 100,000 pounds. This Is how Congressman Newlnnds o Nevada summarizes his views on lrrlga tlon: "It's sbout tlmo for the Amerlcar government to stop its Irrltstlon ot othei lsnds snd begin the irrigation ot its owi arid lands." ; Tbe very acme of cleverness In conceal-; ment was reached by a clrcua man In a1 Pennsylvania town lately, when he man aged to hide a herd of nineteen elephants from a constable who was hunting them kith a -1 .. v.. Wben Congressman De Armond of Mis souri was in the Philippines he made In dustrious use of a camera. On returning home he had a great many of his pictures developed snd mounted and each bears this endorsement: "Made by the firm ot David A. De Armond 8un." Ex-Governor Boutwell's "Grant Remtnls. cences" Include a horse story. President Orsnt waa attracted by a horse owned by a Washington butcher and be bought It for $500. Subsequently he took Senator Conk, ling out to ride beblnd his new acquisition and the president asked the senator what he thought of the animal. "It strikes me," said the senator, "that I would rather have the $500." "Well, that's what the butcher said," remarked the president. Some time ago in Philadelphia Charles M. Schwab, president of the huge steel trust, expressed In an address the opinion that a classical education was less help ful to the young roan than the practical experience that could be gained in the same number of years of application to tbe busi ness which he was to make his life work. W. S. Dalzell, a Yale graduate and a son ot Congressman Dalzell, while at a banquet a day or two later took vlolont and sneer ing exception to Mr. Schwab's views. Some spicy correspondence ensued between htm snd the steel magnate, but the young man refused to make the amende honorable. It is now said that Mr. Schwab will use tbe powerful Influence of the steel trust to retire Congressman Dalzell at the coming election. LINES TO A LAI OIL Chicago Tribune: Bonis (struggling author) I had a most remarkable dream last night. Naggus (literary editor) tiet's hear It. Borus Not yet. I am going to have it copyrighted first. Detroit Free Press: Mrw. Pnrvenue (at Newport) How can you prove that you are a real lord? Ixrd Forglvus Well, I'm broke, for one thing. Los Angeles Herald: Conductor Let's see. Did l get your tlcketT smart Passenger Yes, sir; you took it up at Montalvo and punched h 1 out of It Conductor I beg your pardon, sir; but It Isn't customary on local tlcketa to punch out the passenger's destination. Philadelphia Press: Willie (studying his Virgil) Pa, I'm stuck. The Trojan gladl. ator Is saying something to his rival here and I can t make It out. , Pa (looking up from his sporting sheet) Maybe he s telling htm to so get a repu tation. Washington Star: 'There ia nothing more unwise," said the friend, "than a needless and ostentatious display of wealth." "That's right," answered Mr. Orlpper Sorghum; "there are enough people trying to get It away from you without issuing any challenges." , Chicago Tribune: Constituent What's the use of those long debates of yours In the senate on the Philippine question? Have you succeeded In changing a single Eminent Statesman Well, of course we can't tell about that until after the fall elections. New York Sun: . Knlcker Hear you had an accident with your auto. Bocker Yes, Mtse Prettlglrl and I be came so absorbed we let It find Its own way home. It evidently lived up a tele graph pole. Baltimore American: "I see by th paper." said the grocer, "that the con gressmen has passed a resolution that m more liquor can be sold In the canlto building. "I reckon," said Mr. Meddergrass, ab sent-mindedly reaching Into the box a ginger snaps, "that this here Phlllypeei try thii . mere water cure on themselves." THE WESTERNER AND THE RAIN. New York Sun. Oh. the dear, sweet, summer rain! Hear tt falling, falling, falling. Through the darkness softly cslllng, Waken, flowers! Lift up each chalice; Drooping from the rude winds malice. Lift your buds, so shy and tender. I will kiss them Into splendor! Humble grasses, creeping slowly. Beautiful and meek and lowly. Emerald epear and red-cheeked clover. Drink my fullness, brimming over. Stately trees, with arms upreachlnf. For my bounty long beseeching. Let each bough, wind-bent and shaken, With new life and beauty waken. Patient grain, grow strong and stronger You shall faint and droop no longer! All things growing, all things living Greet my coming with thanksgiving " Through the darkness gently falling TTf6.!"1 b,u.d and bi?"om blessing.' & XVft&.tXHFXttSSrnM " imwi ,i mvimy vailing, Qood Clothing Jxmt a UttU letter for a UttU less. Special for Friday 1 1 flft anifa 6.75 .... . . .
