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complete copies of The Daily, Morning.
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
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15 2O.S70
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20,4.10
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20,510
Total
...010,85
Less unsold and returned copies.... 10,700
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Jfet dally average 20..110
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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.
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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.
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'! 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.'
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