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Tnr OMAltA DAILT BEE: TITTJItSDAT, JT71.T 3, 1002. Tiie omaha. Daily Bee. r. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. ri'BUBHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Pally Bee (without Sunday), One Tear.! lally Bee and Sunday. Unt Tear llliietrateri Uee. ne rear " Sunday Be, Ont lear ' Saturday Bee, One lear f I"l Twentieth Century Farmer. One Tear.. 1.00 DELIVERED BT CARRIER, pally Bee (without Bunday), per ropy.... Jc lally He (without Bunday), per week... .lie DaHy Bee (Including Sunday), per week.. 17c Bunday He, per copy I".?0 Evening Be (without Bunday), per week. 10c Evening Bee (Including bunday), per week 180 Complalnta of Irregularities in delivery Should be sddreesed to . City Circulation Xepartment. , OFFICES. ' Omaha The Bee Building. ' I Bouth Omaha-City Hail Building, Twan-ty-nfth and M Btreeta. I Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street I Chicago 1M Cnlty Bulldlnf. ! New York Temple Court. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. I CORRESPONDENCE. , Communication! relating to news and editorial matter should be addrsssed. Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS- ! Business letter and remittance should i be addressed: The Bee Publishing Com pany, Omaha. , I REMITTANCES. 1 Remit by draft, express or postal order, 'payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Imly J-cent stsmps accepted In payment of .mill ucounw. ' .., (Omaha or eastern exchanges, jnot accerted. i IHB BEB PL'BUSHING COMPANT. 'I- " STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, es.l Oeorae B. Ttechuck, secretary of The Bee publishing Company, being duly worn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during he month or June, uu was mm wiww. I ii,4lO l .....ao,4o I.. aw.oso U S,460 17 S9.B40 II 89,TS0 1 89.T40 90 JW.BOO SI 8,BTO n... ,a.no n sra.BHo 34 81,830 tS 1,600 M 89,080 17 29,880 18 89,540 29 89,S0 SO 39,610 4 SW.BTO ( itv.&uo I g 9,S10 i 1 '. 8tt,B70 , i ae.oou a,B-to io.............a.io II ZS.BBO 11 .i.;.89,B10 It. ...,8,BSO 14 2U.HOO 15 Total .-. sma'M Less unaold and returned copies,... 9,683 Net total saJee STS.BOS JNst dally Average S9.81S GEO. B. TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 30tn day of June, A. D . 1902. (Seal.) M. B. HUNQATE. Notary Public If congress had mora ''closing hours" nothing would protect us against a flood fit federal legislation. When It comes to launching proclama tions, the strikers and the railroad man agers display almost equal proficiency. Congressman Richardson bow take It all back and admits that he was the one who was taken In by Captain Christmas' fairy tale. - ' Now watch . Our Dave come sliding down the pike with another set of building plana for that house tucked under his arm. .... Another curfew ordinance has been started down the. city - council chute. How many curfew . ordinances does a town of Omaha's dimensions require? The saddest part of the adjournment of congress is that for a few. months at least members will have to put up gate money when they want to witness fistic exhibitions. ' ' By prorlng equal to the occasion pre cipitated by the king's Illness, Queen Alexandra is sure ' to ' endear herself more to the people than she could In any other way. Last year Omaha's paving season was delayed by neglect to get . petitions In promptly. This year the petitions are in, but we have another source of delay In the unseasonable weather. The cat with the proverbial nine Uvea (will have to defend Its laurels against the case of the Omaha Savings bank de positors that haa been before the su preme court nine times and no certainty of the end yet ' Perhaps arrangements might be mtde so that by concentrating the rainfall the proposed isthmian canal might be dispensed with and the ocean vessels taken straight across the continent over land, without requiring even a lock. ,;The success of Buffalo and Charles ton In prevailing on Uncle 6am to foot their exposition deficits makes the suc cess of Omaha In hot only footing Ita own bills . but also psylng back the money subscribed by the stockholders shine all the greater. 'Among the historic achievements of the congressional session Just closed mast not be overlooked the franchise grant for the hot-air scheme for a fourth bridge across the Missouri river at Omaha. The only wonder Is that this bridge is not already constructed and pen for traffic . The county board haa found Its hands so full with the review of the county assessment that It has been compelled to extend Its sessions as a board of 'equalisation a .week beyond the date originally set The . work done this year, however, should hot have to be repeated, except in part, each succeed lag year. Of course, the fact that the time Is .near at hand for another campaign, in ,wnlch he will seek re-election, haa noth .Ing to do with the sudden onslaught of the attorney general of Colorado on the smelter combine m that state. Still, aa i vigilant fusion official, he might have discovered this IS te 1 trust octopus some months ago. .Minnesota republicans pronounce ex Ucltly In their platform for tax reform. Including the pending constitutional amendment raising the taxes oa Minne sota railroads from '3 to per cent of their gross earnings. The demand for more equitable taxation of corporations ls the issue la every state where the 'people have been s roused by corporate vsvaalM eX tax hardens. TRE QlARTKRMASTtR WARKR0C3W. At 1:47 o'clock, standard time, Mer cer's advance agent, Tom Blackburn, received the following dispatch: "House Just pnMed my bill giving Omaha a quartermaster's .warehouse to : cost $75,000. David Mercer." At precisely 4:14 p. m. another' dispatch was received by the advance agent announcing the passage of the hill by the senate and Its signature by the president . Thereupon Advance Agent Tom Blackburn rushed to the World-Herald office and unloaded his burden with the following explana tion and misinformation: This bill fixes Omaha as one of the great distributing points .for military supplies. The building will be erected on the gov ernment, corral grounds and la to bs used for storage snd distribution of quarter master supplies. In January, 1908, a' bill was Introduced In both the senate snd house appropriating $50,000 to establish a general depot of the quartermaster's department, and was re ferred In each bouse to the appropriation committee (where It was pigeonholed). On March 11, 1900, a few months before the military ' headquarters of the Platts were removed from the Bee building, Ed ward Rosewater prevailed upon Senator Thurston to introduce a hill to make the old poetofflce building such a general depot Con gressi however, did not approve of the Idea of paying rent for offices la the Bee build ing for an Indefinite period, while the new federal bu tiding was being completed, and Mr. Rose water's plaa failed. On the 18th of last March Mr. Mercer In troduced his bill "To provide for the erec tion of a quartermaster's warehouse at Omaha, Neb.," and appropriating (75,000 for the purpose. On May I Quartermaster Oenerml Ludtng- ton gsvs It his unqualified approval, say ing: "Omaha la 'an excellent distributing point from which supplies stored there could be quickly shipped to the middle, northern and northwestern posts." In due course, the bill was, toa May I, recommended for passage by the commit tee on military affairs. Yesterday, In the closing hours of ths session, the Omaha representative In congress had ths meas ure taken up and passed In both houses and signed by the president Inside of two hours. It will be noted that the quartermaster warehouse bill was rushed through at the last hour of the session with the usual grandstand pyrotechnics, to create sensation, just the same as all preceding bills for which Our Dave claims all the credit It rwill also be noted that the passage of the bill through the senate, preconcerted and prearranged doubtless through the en ergetic assistance and efforts of Senator Dietrich, la attributed altogether to the congressman from the Second, as If he bad been the only factor. Like his master. Mr. Mercer's advance agent has an Impediment to his ve racity. In sounding the timbrel and pounding the hewgag for Mercer, he seeks to obliterate the difference be tween a general depot and quartermas ter's supply purchasing station and a quartermaster's warehouse. The original bill, which Mercer purposely defeated two years ago, contemplated the creation of a supply purchasing station similar to those at Thlladelphla and Jeffersonvllle, IntL, where millions of dollars are ex pended annually not only In the pur chase but also in the manufacture of quartermasters' supplies. ' The1 quar termaster's warehouse Is simply an ex tension or addition to the corral, where supplies will be stored and reshipped as they may be required at various military posts. The Intimation that the Thurston bill waa introduced to keep the army head quarters in the Bee building la malicious and baseless. When the Thurston bill was Introduced, on March 13, 1900, the old poetofflce building was almost ready for occupancy by the army and all ar rangements for the removal of the army v headquarters had been made. The removal took place on June 80, 1900. As the Thurston bill expressly provided for the permanent location of army headquarters In the new 'poetofflce building when the west wing was com pleted, there waa no possible return to the Bee building. On December 18, 1900, nearly six months after the army headquarters had moved from the Bee building, E.' C Snyder, our Washington correspondent wired the following dispatch from Washington: '"Quartermaster's supply depot bill is pending In Mercer's com mittee. He refuses to move its refer ence to the military affaire committee. What do you suggest?" This Inquiry conclusively disproves .the assertion of Mercer's advance agent that the efforts to pass the Thurston bill were Inspired by a selfish motive. The Thurston bill waa referred to Mercer by Speaker Hen derson to expedite its passage. The speaker very naturally believed Mercer was loyal to Omaha and would exert all of his efforts to get It through promptly. The fact that be has secured an appro priation for a (75,000 warehouse does not vindicate him for defeating the bill that would have given Omaha a quar termaster's supply purchasing denot While the quartermaster's warehouse will afford enlarged storage facilities for uartermaaters' supplies, a dosen such buildings would not be worth aa much to Omaha as one purchasing depot It will take Mr. Mercer a good long while to satisfy Intelligent and unbiased men that he acted squarely and in the Interests of Omaha when he defeated the quartermaster's bill two years ago. JCLT DinDSHDX AAD UTKRKST, The New York Commercial saya that the dividends and Interest payments of this month will exceed in volume those of any previous July la the history ot the country. They will amount to very nearly 124.000,000, or $14,000,000 more man tne disbursements on these ac counts of the corresponding mouth last year. That paper ascribes the steadily increasing dividend record pt the last few years la large part to the fact that the process of consolidation of Interests haa been In progress during thai time and Its effects are now being shown In the amassing of profits. "Previous to this era," it remarks, "there were thou sands of small corporations that scarcely ahowed themselves aa financial powers la Uje business of the world. - But with the consolidation of their forces snd the union of their energies has corns a wid enlng of their scope ef activity and to dsy their stockholders are receiving divi dends that would never have accrued to them under the old system of opera tion. The country never before saw a day when so much gold was psrcelled out to Individuals aa that In which It is now rejoicing. It la the golden era of America's prosperity, the harvest day of a people that have sown well and cultivated thoroughly." There are some who doubt whether the situation is altogether healthy, whether some things are not being done financially which are Infractions of nat ural economic laws and therefore dan gerous. But there can be no reasonable doubt that the country is having a high degree of solid prosperity and so far as appears there is good reason to ex pect its continuance for several years. There "Is a dlsqufetlng feature of the situation in the labor troubles, but there Is ground for hoping that these will be settled before sny very serious harm results from them to the business of the country. AXOThM SSUK WITH CBiHA. Last Tuesday the Chinese government was to have paid to the powers the first Installment, amounting to a little over 18.000,000, of the indemnity, the share of the United States being $400,080. China, however, refused to pay at the current rate of exchange, urging that under the provision of the treaty she is privileged to pay at the rats of ex change that prevailed at the date of the protocol, April 1, 1901, when the price of silver was higher than at pres ent There Is a difference of opinion In regard to the construction to be given the language of the protocol and our government agrees with the Chinese contention and Is willing to accept pay ment accordingly, while the other gov ernments sre disposed to InBlst upon being paid at the present rate of ex change. There Is the authority of Mr. Rock- hill, who was the special commissioner of the United States In the negotiations with China, to the effect that the repre sentatives of the powers calculated the debt according to the value of the tael In gold at the rate of exchange then pre vailing and this being so it certainly appears like an Injustice to China, sil ver having greatly depreciated, to de mand that she shall pay at the present rate of exchange. Therefore the posi tion of the United States on the ques tion seems absolutely fair and proper, but it Is doubtful If other governments can be Induced to take this view and hence the serious way In which the mat ter is regarded at Washington. -The greedy European powers, which have shown a persistent disposition to squeeze all they posslby could out of China, are likely to Insist upon their demand and may enforce it in the event of the continued refusal of China to comply. The probable outcome; how ever, Is that the Chinese government will yield rather than face the danger of mora serious trouble, ' , FROMPT ACTIOS OS CABAL BILL. .Already the president and cabinet have bad under consideration the course to be pursued in carrying out the provisions of the;lsthmlan canal bill. which means that there is to be no unnecessary delay in the mat ter. The general belief Is that no difficulty will be found In se curing a satisfactory title to the fran chisee, rights and property of the New Panama company, Or in obtaining the required concessions from Colombia. In regard to the former It la the Intentions of the president to proceed carefully, so that when negotiations are completed not a shadow of doubt will rest upon the title of the United States to the property acquired. Some of the ablest lawyers In congress have held that the Panama company is fully authorized, by the action of the French court last year, to dispose ot Its property. It Is con tended that the power to sell Is sanc tioned in the most unequivocal terms, but it Is stated that our government may seek further judicial action In France and possibly will even endeavor to have the matter passed upon by the French parliament For any efforts that may be made in these directions there is sssurance of the assistance of the French government In regard to concessions from Colom bia, the basis of a treaty has already been drawn. Our right to construct the canal will not be derived from the Panama company, but muat come from a treaty direct with the Colombian gov ernment The republic of Colombia offers to give to the United States all necessary Jurisdiction over the canal and territory requisite for its construc tion and operation, the United States to pay a reasonable annual compensation, to be fixed by the two governments every hundred years; except the amount for the first term Is to be fixed at the end of fourteen years. Upon ratification of a treaty the sum of $7,000,000 shall be paid by the United States, this amount to be accounted for In subsequently fixing the annual com pensation. , Colombia haa given evi dence of a disposition to grant to this country necessary concessions and it Is not doubted that a fair and satisfactory treaty will be effected between the two governments. The southern republic understands that the selection of the Panama route is contingent upon our government obtaining reasonable terms and conditions, the bill passed by con gress specifically providing that if satis factory concessions are not secured from Colombia the president shall negotiate with Nicaragua and Costa Rica. J Colombia Is undoubtedly most desirous that the United States shall construct the Panama canal It is reasonably to be assumed that she will put no obstacles In the way of that enterprise. There seems, therefore, good reason to expect that within a year work on the Panama route will have commenced. Certainly President Roosevelt will spare no effort to advance this great work. ths Importance of which to this country and to the world no one more fully appreciates. It is vouched for by the chief of the secret service that the circulation of all silver counterfeit coins haa been reduced by 80 per cent within the last year. The secret service men are careful, bow ever, not to say to what extent the cir culation of these counterfeits Is carried on, and, as a matter of fact it is hard to see bow they could tell, since mint officials say that all-silver counterfeits have been made that defy detection by every ordinary means. Nobody knows how much spurious silver coin has been floated by counterfeiters willing to give full weight In silver and take their profit out in the difference between face value and bullion value,. It Is not so much difficulty in floating the" counter felt without detection that hinders the expansion of this business ss the ex pensive character of the dies, stamps and other machinery necessary, and the obstacles In the way of setting up and operating' the plant In secret -But so long as our coinage laws offer a pre mium of 60 cents on every sliver dollar, the temptation to all-silver counter felting will be a constant menace. You can't change the Instincts of a cuttlefish sny more than you can change the spots of a leopard. Whenever the World-Herald la cornered It tries to cover Its serpentine tracks by shedding barrels of Ink, This was Its course with the Bartley pardons and this Is Its course with regard to the railroad as sessment question. Instead of Joining In the only practical effort to secure re lief for the people, by refuting the mis statements and lame arguments of the railroad tax bureau. It seeks to befog the real. Issue by political gabble. Its contention that the overburdened tax payers of Nebraska can get no relief ex cept by the election of a fusion state board Is disproved by the record of pre vious assessments made by fusion boards, as well ss by republican boards. The true remedy must be sought through the direct Intervention of the courts, with such construction of 'the laws ss will leave no loophole for eva sion or favoritism. , Complimentary allusion to the per sonal worth bf the fusion nominee for governor by the republican paper of bis home town is paraded In the local popo cratlc organ as conclusive reason why republicans should vote for the fusion candidate. Republican papers have a sense of propriety, but catch any popo cratic paper saying a good word for any one on the republican state ticket The popocratlc paper emits nothing but par tisan rancor all the time, and the very fact that a man finds favor In a repub lican state convention blinds the popo cratlc editor to every good quality be possesses. ' According to the quarterly statement of the Steel trust Its earn'ngs for the period exceed by,more than $10,000,000 the earnings for the corresponding months of a year ago. This ought to be a good time to' get lh applications to Mr. Carnegie for new library buildings for ambitious cities and towns. Iowa Is to receive $456,417 In payment of a boary-headed war claim, by virtue of an item In the general deficiency bill passed by congress. A windfall like this would be a blessing for the Ne braska state treasury with Its big load of warrant Indebtedness, but Iowa does not need the money. The ovation accorded Speaker Hender son on his felicitous speech declaring the session closed sine die hardly accords with the stories so persistently circu lated out of Washington by his enemies that the speaker had lost all his popu larity with house members. WksU Csavsraatlom that WotH Be. Chicago Post. TTiMnnhteAlv Admiral Dewey would like to have Sens tors Csrmaek and Patterson n the deck ot the Olympla and. "a long distance from horns" Just for tares min utes. Dees Oil Swallow Bad Allt Washington Post. Th Nebraska democrats accepted ths populist platform la order to get the nomi nee for governor. It Is an easy matter to tell which party did ths swallowing. Ksally Satisfies. Brooklyn Eagle. Tf ! Taaues of representatives has Its way ths sew peso of ths Philippines will bs worth 40 cents. Bo long as it does not look like SO cents we don't care what tt Is worth. Uekei Oa, Asa. Kansas City Journal. imlni rna, amnhstteaJlv denies that he recognised ths so-called govsrnmsat of Agulnaldo. Agulnsldo's government, like the Spanish ships when Dewey got tbrough with them, wss wholly unrecognisable. Us Cf as4 Claim It, New York Tribune. Tha eollecs commencement season being almost over, we embrace this opportunity to saaure a host ef ardent young gentlemen who, despite a lot ot aonsenss te the con trary, don't Imsgine ast they own ths earth, that they will bs heartily welcome to as much of rt ss they can prove title to at any time. Patrlsela Mevcs tmw Oalr. Philadelphia Record. Purchases of lsnds la ths west for as tlonsl park purposes bsvs resulted la ths redemption from vulgarization or destruc tion ot many wonderful works of nature snd grssd canyons, geysers, cataracts sad primeval forests have beea secured for ever as public possessions. Every aew state has Its prime novelty ot nsturs and ths Instinctive disposition to secure tt sgalnst vandalism usually takes ths form ot aa application to congress to Condemn the land for a national park. Superadded to this la recent years have beea found thrifty provisions prescribing methods for milling federal gjoasesslons. It is not enough to own ths psrks; they must bs nuds sources of public revenue. Hence the proposition In congress that the gov ernment shall practically go Into ths bath house business st Whits Eulphur Springs, L T., snd ths further attempt to make Cnele Sara ths custodian for hire of the famous Wind cave la Boats, Dakota. Let there bs as many Ballots! parks as may bs required, but no sxploltatlea ex tassi tor gala andey fsdertl ausplcss. ROrJD ABOtT SEW YORK. Ripples a the Carrent ef I.lfe la the Metropolis. The most remarkable factory In the United States, stands at the Intersection ot Mulberry and Bayard streets. New York City, and Is locally known as Public School No. S3. Here are gathered In school hours ths children of twenty-nine distinct na tionalities, from Europe, Asia and Africa, and Its business Is to convert this raw material Into a finished American product, peaking one language and saluting ons flag. Boys and girl from Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Egypt, Spain, Poland, Austria, China, Servla, Scotland, Roumanla, Hun gary, Russia, France, Ireland, England, New Guinea, Venesuela, West Indies, Canada and New Zealand are to be found In this achool. Before they arrived here they knew no other language than ths language ot their mother country, which they heard at home. When they leave school they know the history of ths world, the geogra phy of the earth's surface, the meaning of the American Institutions under which they live; they also know how to read and writs English readily. Ths school Is two blocks from China town, three blocks from Chatham Square and a stone's" throw from the Bowery, and from these foreign settlements draws Its pupils of mixed races. There are only a few pupils who are Americans ot ths sec ond generation. The same subjects sre taught as la the other schools In New York spelling, gram mar, geography, arithmetic, decimal and common fractions, buelneaa forma, history, composition, music, drawing, physiology, physical culture, manual training, sewing and cooking. ' Cora King Phillips, receaty dethroned in Chicago, la about to Invade the reservation of mamon, familiarly known as Wall street. In an Interview he explains his change of base: "I not only believe, but I know that big prices and a speculative grain market help every man In ths land and I'm here te see If I can spread that belief and excite an Interest la New York In grain speculating, as there is an Inter est in stock speculating. "I don't do the trading for the mil lion tires, though I would be glad to get their trade, but I want to get about 1,000 customers who are ftlr dealers men .who handle the stuff, say In .5,000 bushel lots. It I can do that I can handle, say 6,000 bushels a day and I believe that that volume of trade would put' 10 cents a bushel on wheat and corn In the Chicago market. "That's what makes prosperity. It's peculation tho good prices that come from speculation constant flow ot wealth. "It wasn't McKlnley who made pros perity. Joe Letter had as much to do with it as any man la the country, but Provi dence gave us a big crop snd fate gave Europe a poor crop. Then Letter rushed In and bought millions of bushels of grain. He sent the price up 10 cents a bushel; corn followed up In sympathy and the value of the crop went up not less than 1100,000,000. The farmers got a share of that and the railroads and ths elevator ownera and the millers and the grocers. "Don't say that somebody had to be the loser. Nobody loses when money floods the country, for in the flow and ebb all get a portion of It." There la or rather was a new slot ma chine. It appeared In a Bowery "museum," but la now latd np for repairs, reports ths Evening Post. "Drop a penny in ths slot. press the button and see a wild, msd dance." A typical East Side "spieler" waa ths first victim of record. Hs produced the copper coin, dropped It into ths slot, gave the button a vigoroua push and promptly executed a "mad dance." There waa a stout needle concealed In the center ot ths push button and the pressure on this hut ton, besides sending the needle Into . the linger, exposed a mirror In which ths vic tim could ses his contortions. The "spieler" kicked the machine to pieces and threatened to bring "de gang" and "clean out" the place if the proprie tor resented its destruction. In ths year 1898, the first of the con solidation, there were 141.745 arrests In ths five boroughs of New York. Last year there were 133,749, a decrease of 8.000, not withstanding the steady increase In the city's population. . Of the arrests for the more serious of fenses, reports the Bun, ths number for highway robbery decreased from 81 to 65, for assault and battery from 8.60 to 8,416, for gambling from 389 to 295. and for pass ing counterfeit money from 49 to 87. The arrests on the charge of being "sus picious persons," which are usually without legal effect. Increased from 8,444 to 7.5S5 snd for petty Isrceny from 6,807 to (.154. The number of homicide esses In ths first year of consolidation waa 822; last year It was 296. The arresta for Intoxication there is less Intoxication la New York than formerly were 87.490 In 1898 and 85,394 In 1901. A substantial snd Important decrease In ths number of srrests wss In those of viola tion of corporation ordinances. These amounted In the first year of the consoli dation to 18,725 and last year to 8,504 only. There was a decrease, but not to the ssms extent, In ths number of srreats for vagrancy, from 7,759 to 8,848 snd for dis orderly conduct from 29,852 to 28,390. In arson there was some Increase snd ths number of arrests for receiving stolen goods, 93 "In the first year of consolidation, waa 207 last year, a marked Increase. In the first year of consolidation one person was charged with carrying knockout drops. There was no arrest made oa tola charge last year. For abandonment the arrests In ths first yesr of the consolidation wars 1,419 and last ysar 1,872 and on the charge ot bigamy they decreased from 64 to 87. Oenerally speaking, the number of ar rest a for minor offenses fell off consider ably. In 1898 there were 1,128 arrests for violation of ths liquor tax law and last year there were 1.010 only. The number of arrests for volatloa ot ths health laws la creased from (83 to 2,05. rERSOSAL. ROTES. That gypsy who prophesied that King Ed ward would never be crowned may be en titled to another guess. Herr Most wept when sentenced to a year in the penitentiary. . Some day he'll get something worth crying about. Dr. Joseph P. Cobb, ths newly elected president of the American Institute ef Homeopathy, is one ef Chicago's most dis tinguished physicians. Alfred Austin's coronation ods is being denounoed ss ths worst sort of ecmls opera doggerel. It will not be set to moste by scy composer who cares for his reputation. From ths trend ef same ef ths questions asked -Admiral Dewey by the scnats com mittee Senators Csrmaek and Patterson seemed to regret that ths Spaniards were whipped la Manila bay. Captain L U. Smith, ths first man whs stretched wires across ths stats st Wis consin, to still living la Topeka. Kan. He has also mads weather observations from a scientific standpoint for ths last fifty years. Police Captain MOee O'Reilly, ths Break lya terror who was receatly transferred te New York, la making thusge lively far fcls men in ths downtown district. He actually appears te think that psUcemen should ds their duty. Oas day last week as had etgat before ths polios eeaBssntsleeer fee falling to rsspemd to a fire alarsa. flasn vers lat posec oa the double quartet. THE XATIOTCS riA"CKS. ' Piles ef Gsod Money Paarlasr lata Vacle Sasa'a Chest. " Chicago Post. In round numbers the treasury figures show st ths close of Ihs fiscal year a sur plus for the twelve months of 190,000,000. According to the treasury report ot Satur day the total receipts for ths year to that date were 1559,653. 98S.31, and ths total ex penditures 8470,321,797.62. A comparison with the figures of last year shows that ths expenditures of the government have ma terially decreased, the difference in favor of the present fiscal yesr being about 137. 000,000. To get a better Idea of the immense busi ness carried on by the national government It may be said that the dally average re ceipts for each business day ot the year have been 31.800,000 and the average amount paid out for each day $1,500,000, leaving $300,000 of "profit" for every business day in the year. Notwithstanding the large ap propriations made' by congress (which will come close to a total of $1,000,000,000), the heavy expense ot the war In the Philip pines and the reduction In the war revenue tax made by the last congress, the surplus for this year will be $16,000,000 more than that of last year. Ths available cash bal ance money subject to appropriation stands at $208,000,000; gold on hand, $497. 000,000. It Is Interesting to note, ss demonstrating In a particular way the healthful stats ot the country's commerce, that, while the In ternal revenue receipts fell off frotd $304, OCO.ooo to $271,000,000 during the year lust closing, ths customs receipts Inoreased from $238,000,000 te $255,000,000. And It may also interest the taxpayers of the country to know that pensions continue to constitute the heaviest Item of government expense nearly $450,000 a day. Looking generally at the nation's financial condition we cannot do better than to quote Secretary Shaw, who saldi "The prosperity ot the country Is so great that all calcula tions are likely to be upset. If congress re duces taxes it seems to make little differ ence In the Income ot the government. The money comes rolling In faster than we .know what to do with It." A PARTY Dr NEGATION. Democratic War of Dealing- wits. Great lasses. fit. Louis Qlobe-DomocraL The democ ratio party got a hard blow from Congressman Canaon of Illinois, the other day when hs saldi "We pull the wagon and we do ths work, and yoti find ths fault. We are doing the best that can be done la settling the questions that grew out of the war of 1898, but all that you can do Is to scold." If anybody recol lects anything that haa beea done by the democracy In recent years except te scold ha ought to tell It aa a contribution to history. Wbea Moaey of Mississippi, as blatant a demagogue as Clark of Missouri, or Tillman ot South Carolina, was asked a few months ago hew he would solve the Philippine problem, his answer was, "The Philippines may go te the devil for all I care." This is ths democratic way of dealing with great Issues. That party's only function la the politics of the past forty years haa beea to - obstruct every great measure which the republican party has brought forward. Once or twice when It essayed something la the field of creative statesmanship It passed silver hills and put through a tariff which President Cleveland said stood for "party perfidy and party dis honor," and which ho refused to alga, let ting tt become a law through the expira tion of the time limit. All the legislation since 1881 which met the national necessi ties as they presented themselves has been enacted by the republican, party and. Jn almost every cass, against the persistent and malignant hostility of ths democracy. Ostensibly ths democrats are very anxi ous to have a Cuban reciprocity bill passed, but they favor this policy only as a means of embarrassing ths republlcsns. But the republlcana are not showing the slightest amount of embarrassment on tbla or any other Issue. The Cuban question will be dealt with In this session snd will never srlss again to bother ths republicans. The reciprocity which wss fevered st the out set by ons slement of ths republicans has been given up, and probably sever will reappear. This question will soon be out of ths way, and congress will havs a chance to give Its attention to something else. The democrats hare mads no con tribution to the constructive legislation of ths session. They will make sons to that of this congress. Ths democracy's only function Is obstruction and even In this field it has no Influence which any public spirited American need reckon with. HEFORMI.VO TUB UOO. A Mo-resaaat Deslsraest t Glws Fallals ta aa America lastltatiaau Nsw Tork Times. It Is reported from Wash lo (ton that tho Agricultural department la about to under tako a line of experiments to establish ths thesis thst ths hog Is by nature a cleanly, and even dainty, animal tempera mentally something of a "duds," In fact and that, given aa environment which does not destroy his self-respect, his natural tastes will develop slong ths Uses of his origins! preference for sweetness and light. It Is probably assumed that If ths hog learns to forgo certain gross Indulgences, such as wallowing la muck and standing la ths trough, hs will presently become amenable to tbs considerations which gov ern in ths Intercourse between gentlemen. To prove this thesis, a hog with ths proper phrenological development will bs domi ciled la a pea with soma pretensions te architectural beauty. Hs cannot be ctvtl lsed la a sty which shocks hat t -rtbstln v A CRACKER That about expresses the goodneei of out Crash, IToxne rpun, Serge and Flannel suits for strmmer wear. Thej are the heighth of faahion's cre&tiora and can be equalled, SeS NOWHERE. No Clothing Fits Like Oars. Store closed all daj Frtdaj, July 4, so be fmre and mate necessary purchases Thursday. Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers. 12. Ss WUouc, MsTmncer sense. His eouch will be a bedding tt clean straw; puddles will be guardel against by good underdralnage; he wl have a choice ot stimulating sunshine cr refreshing shads, and Instead ef swill hs will be fed oa nutritious vegetables for whioh swine hsve sver displayed a fond ness indicative el good tsste in dietetic. Whether troufllee will be Included In hij menu we are not advised. If under his Improved conditions the hoi; shows a capacity for progress and display a yearning for a still higher plans of living hs might bs moved Into a mahogany st with brass trimmings and a tils floor, slerp on Oriental ruga of approved pattern and b familiarised with the use of the napkin a: mealtime. On the other hand, should hn show a tendency te revert to the disagree able habits which have so long character ized him such tendency will be very prop erly attributed to ths degrsdlng Influence of centuries of subjection to ths bmtallzln.: associations ot the typical sty, which the farmer from time immemorial has consid ered not only good enough for htm, but qultt to his liking. It Is' not expected that v will at onoe respond to the elevating an 1 refining Influences of his new environment. Ths experiment will be considered success ful if, in half a dosea generations or , the bog shows a marked tendency to be come a neat and ait-respect!ng animal, ab horring a mudhole and preferring canta loupe served' oa Dresden china to Inter cepted house drainage poured from a sour pall into a reeking and bacteria-lnXested Is due to the Agricultural department to declare that this experiment Is not meant to be a satire upon the missionary enter prise which sends teachers and preachers to, say, China or provides a professor ot biology for the Woman's college la Constantinople. If It were it might be amusing, even If open to the objection of not being in strictly good taste. It Is, we understand, a serious project, having for Ita object the reforaia tlon and elevation of the American hog. SXILUCO REMARKS. Detroit Free Press! Police Captain So you shot ths dog. Was hs mal? Officer Orogan No, sort but tV leddy thot owned him was. Chlcse-o Postt "All her smiles seen te be for widowers.'1 "Yes. Bhe's a cowardly little thing,'' "How's UistT" "Bhe has no ronfldeiwM In her ability to handle tho untrained animal." Philadelphia Press: As cum Ton look wretched this morning, old man. what's the mutter? Nupop LMTig trouble. with your lungsT Nupop NoOilna-, put the baby waa exer cising his alT night. t Puck: Mrs. llooo The deacon la such a good man. Mr. Hoon Yes; but sometimes 1 fsncy bla halo la a trifle too small (or his head. 'Washlnrton Star: "I euopose you Intend to go sway for a little rwt this summer." "No," answered the man with a large family, "we are going away in ths hop t h.t wa will axm-MlaL horns mora Whn wo get back." Ohio Stats Journal: "Hem. doctor," ex. claimed the hotel porter to Uncle Reuben, who was pouring water on ths electrlo light, "what ere you dolng7" tl T trim A tw hln ( tMn ' replied UneleTReuben, abashed, "an' it wudn't Mow. so I Jes thort I'd drown It out, b'goshr' Philadelphia Record: "Oraelous. Bobbv " said ths second Mrs. Jenks. nee Ann Tek, to her stepson; "what are you crying aboutT" "Boo-hoot sobbed ths boy, "papa p rom Ised me a new mamma, an you ain't new at all." TVaehlnrton Ftsr: "Do you think repub lics are ungrateful? "Well," answered Senator Borghmn. re fleetlvelv. "I don't think therr reallv mean to be. But, you see, a republic gets gold-briV-ked so often thst it Is very liable to grow -cold and suspicious." SIQ-9 Or THE TIMES. i J. 3. Montague In Portland Oregonlaik Bee the kind, benignant trust. Butcher trust. Admit its right to profit srry oold eut- stdr must. Bee the prices rising, rising, hlgo.sra higher, ov'ry day, Till It would not be surprising To see fathers fond adviMng ' , That tlwsir progeny eat hay. Whjle the trust, trust, trust. In a manner wise and Just, . Pulls inch by Inch upon Its dnoh i ' And gathers In the dust. For the trust, trust, trust, trust, trust, trust, trust. For ths hooted, persecutad butcher trust. Bee ths suffering and anxaiah at the trust. Fuel trust. How the president's activity consumes tt with disgust. Why should anybody worry If it anils a ton of coal For the figure that the eVrags mortal sets upon his soul? How It spouts and fumes and rags. At the thought of paying wages That will cut Into its roll. i Oh. the trust, trust, trust, h Is talked about, and cusses And the publio will not yield to ttt their last remaining crust. To the trust, trust, trust, trust- trust, trust. trust. To the groaning and ths) n-"-anlna- fuel tha labors and the- straggles ef the trust, Railroad trust. How the cold and hearflacs government Us merger seeks to bust. Be its penniless attorneys prowl th pre cinct of the court. With affright In their demeanor, asking luetic of some sort. Be the presidents and managers, .cast Se-wn and sorrowful. Try to sidetrack tha InJuncOcnsf with their fine athletic pull. Ah. the trust, trust, trust. All ita rolling stock will rust. And the sheriffs set the tart 3s and ths coaches mat with dust. If the cruel courts persist in this Tantsat attempt to snake ETVry railroad give its shippers, set and all, an ven break; If th fare. tare. far. Is t b upon th square, Oo to work with rick and shc-rst s-rrrjpoor official must Ot ths trust, trust, trust, trust, trust,, trust, trust. Of ths buetsd aad darurUd fnrarwadslrust 7 99