THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JULY 7, 1002.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Stat of Nebraska, Douglas County. s.:
Oeorge B. Ttschuck secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
ay that the actual number of full and
complete - copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
th month of June, 1902, was a follow:
1 St,10 16 .t,480
1 2U,4IH . . 17 ..2t,B40
( S0,30 18 Z,T0O
4 29,070 19 80,740
2,BtO SIO.BOO
21,01O 21 29,870
t..... 2U.B70 22 UO.BflO
29.UOO 23 SO.BSO
9 Z1I.B40 24 81,330
10 2,610 26 29,AOO
11 SO.BBO 26 SO.BHO
13 JJU.BIO 27 89,80
13 80,680 28 20,540
14 8,O0 29 lCO.SOO
IS U,RHO 20 20,010
Total 8H0.220
Less unsold and returned copies... . 9,6Sa
Net total sale 879.60S
Net dally average 20.31S
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befr m this 30th day of June, A. D., 1903.
(Seal.) M. B. HUNQATE.
Notary Publlo.
Revivals are In order, bat we can
readily spare the revival of the train
robbing industry.
When a man asks you whether it Is
warm enough for you, a prompt and
Vigorous application of the arguments of
"Pitchfork" Tillman or Bailey would be
In order.
President Roosevelt may take a few
days off to visit with his family In bis
Long Island home, but presidents are
not among those who are favored with
real vacations.
Those tax bureau men are on yearly
salaries. They may, therefore, be ex
pected to continue grinding out bunco
bulletins as long as they think there
are gulllbles to swallow them.
The Nebraska state fair is Incorporat
ing Into Its advertisements glowing ref
erence to the "extraordinary agricul
tural promise" held up before the state.
Unless all signs fall the fair will be a
prosperity exhibit.
Striking employee of the Union Fa
clflo at this point have so far made an
enviable record for orderly behavior.
They should see to It that this record
is not marred by a single lawless act
at any stage of their contest
Kow that the railroad tax bureau has
fired all its skyrockets and Roman
candles, it would be well for it to come
down to brass tacks and face the cor
rect figures and unpalatable facta of
railroad tax shirking and undervalua
tion. ,
In precipitating a strike in the dull
month of July instead of the brisk
months of October and November, when
crops are moving, President Burt has
Shown a good deal of cleverness, but the
danger is that the strike may be pro
tracted beyond the dog days.
Nebraska democrats generously con
cede to their populist allies the fusion
nomination for congress in the Sixth
district They argue that the populists
would get it anyway, and then after
the nomination is made any fusion can
didate will have to take desperate
chances,
A Chicago firm boasts in public print
that It sold 1,758 bottles of Its particular
' brand of fine old whisky on the day be
fore the Fourth to private parties in
tending to spend the day out of town at
summer resorts and fishing. No wonder
these out-of-town excursions are so pop
ular with Chicago people.
The railroad tax bureau has discov
ered that taxes are being paid on a few
miles of branch roads that are being
operated at a loss. As if , that were
anything wonderful. Plenty of people
have been losing money on empty build
ings and vacant lots, but the tax bills
came regularly, Just the same.
The census bureau report of the pack
ing house business of 1SW makes very
Interesting reading only It Is nearly
three years old and can scarcely be
classed with fresh news matter. If the
census bureau could be induced to grind
out Its statistics within six months after
they are culled this enterprise would not
ofily be better, appreciated, but would
prove of greater value to the student of
political economy.
Our amiable populist contemporary, the
Nebraska Independent frankly admits
that both sides are confident of success
la the coming Nebraska campaign. This
is a great concession, coming from that
Quarter, as the Independent always has
the republicans discomfited and discour
aged by the vision of certain defeat even
before they get fairly started. For It to
allow that anyone can be confident of
republican victory is almost the same as
concedlug tUe victory. Itself .
JSTlRtST VN PVBLtC FCaDS.
Th local republican organ very well on-
derstands why the county has not profited
by the payment of any Interest on th de
posit balance kept In the bank. Under
th law. County Treasurer Elsasser I not
permitted to receive the rate of interest
which the bank bav agreed to pay.
World-Herald.
The Bee very well understands why
the county has not profited by the pay
ment of any Interest on deposits of
county money, although the same banks
are paying 2 per cent on deposits of clfy
money. The reason is that the county
treasurer is content to loan this money
out to' the banks without covering any
interest for Its use Into the treasury, and
the banks have entered Into an unlnwfnl
agreement not to pay the rate prescribed
by the law.
Nobody for a moment believes, how
ever, that If the county treasurer, with
the proper backing of the county at
torney and the other county officials, un
dertook In earnest to compel the banks
to pay Interest on the deposits they have
accepted be would fall to accom
plish his object A few vigorous
measures would soon bring the banks
to time. Does anyone imagine that
County Treasurer Elsasser would turn
this money over to the banks without
Interest If the interest could lawfully
be appropriated to his own use, even
though the law fixed the minimum rate
at 8 per cent as It does now? If the
money to the credit of the county In Its
balances belonged to the treasurer In
his private capacity, we may be sure
he would be collecting Interest upon It
The Innuendo of the World-Herald in
Its question why The Bee has said noth
ing In condemnation of the republican
state treasurer for falling to make re
ports of the state finances, as demanded
by the republican platform. Is decidedly
gratuitous. The Bee has not hesitated
to condemn State Treasurer Stuefer for
bis failure to make these exhibits, but
neither has It hesitated to condemn his
predecessor, the great reform state
treasurer, Mr. Meserve, not only for re
fusing to make exhibits of the money In
his possession, but for pocketing Interest
upon the public funds to which he bad
no lawful claim.
How does it happen that the World-
IIerald has bad nothing to say In con
demnation of ex-State Treasurer Me
serve for failing to turn back to the
school fund the interest earned on
school money? Why does not this local
popocratic organ waste some of its en
ergy in persuading the late fusion state
treasurer to put back Into the school
fund the interest money he has pocketed
which by rights belongs to the school
children of Nebraska?
AN ISOLATED LAND.
By what is known as the Flatt
amendment relative to Cuba, the Isle of
rines was not Included in the constitu
tional boundaries of the new republic,
the title thereto being left to future
adjustment by treaty. Consequently
when the American occupation of Cuba
ended it left the people in the Isle of
Pines without any form of govern
ment and it Is Bald they are now prac
tically in a state of chaos as far as civil
order in concerned. For over a month,
Bays a Washington dispatch, they have
had no government except such as Is
exercised by the petty authorities of a
little old Spanish town on the south
coast of the island. The schools have
been closed for want of revenue to con
tinue them and every other public func
tion has been abandoned. The civil af
fairs of the Island are at a standstill.
The Americans who have gone there
have taken up over half the Island and
are prospering with their farming en
terprise. They believe they have the
finest cattle country in the world and
are In every way satisfied with their
prospects.
But they are Isolated so far as their
political condition is concerned and the
American settlers have appealed to our
government to take such action as will
give them the machinery to govern
themselves, In order that they may have
roads, schools and other needed public
Institutions and works. Of course noth
ing could be done until diplomatic rela
tions were established between Cuba
and the United States and this having
been done the disposition of the Isle of
Pines by treaty will doubtless be speed
ily effected. This small piece of insular
territory la of no great value or impor
tance, but it was the opinion of con
gress when the so-called Piatt amend
ment was adopted that the island should
come under the Jurisdiction of the
United States and as there Is a consid
erable number of Americans among Its
inhabitants there will probably be no
objection on the part of Cuba to giving
this country title to the Island. It Is a
peculiar clreumstance that this little
spot should have been Isolated and left
without any form of government when
American . authority was withdrawn
from Cuba,' but it will not continue
much longer In this condition.
PHlhlPPlXti CUHHINCY SITUATION.
Pucificatlon In the Philippines and the
establishment of civil government there
will certainly be followed by improve
ment in Industrial and commercial con
ditions, but there la good reason to be
lieve that improvement would be more
rapid and more substantial if the bill
which passed congress had made pro
vision for a change In the currency sys
tem of the islands. The continuance of
the existing system threatens to retard
the work of development In the archi
pelago and delay that prosperity which
is deemed to be so essential to perma
nent peace and popular couteutment.
What was urged by the financial and
commercial interests in the Philippines
was that the currency system be placed
upou a gold standard basis. They
wanted the extension of the Amorlcau
currency system to the Islands and this
was recommended by the Philippine
commission and by the special com mis
slou sent to investigate financial eondl
tious iu the archipelago. The prupoul
tlou to do this was Incorporated lu the
bouse bill and most ably advocated by
the majority of the committee on in
sular affairs, but it waa stubbornly op
posed by the senate, with the result that
the Philippine currency system was al
lowed to remain unchanged. According
to reports from Washington, those who
are conversant with present conditions
at Manila predict that within the next
six months conditions will become so
much worse that an absolutely Inevita
ble "necessity for action will be forced
upon congress. They say this Is the
more likely because under the new leg
islation a great deal of American cap
ital will probably be Invested In the
Philippines and the owners of this cap
ital will demand that business conditions
shall be rendered as stable and reliable
as possible. It Is stated that the opin
ion is widely prevalent that next winter
there will be legislation of some kind on
the Philippine currency question and the
general belief Is that there will be an
extension to the Islands of the American
system.
That this Is the proper thing to do
there seems to be not a reasonable
doubt The maintenance of a sliver cur
rency In the Philippines Is unquestion
ably necessary. That Is admitted on
all bands. But there Is no sound rea
son why this sliver currency cannot be
based on the gold standard, as was con
templated' in the house bill. Such a
policy would work no hardship to any
Interest and would give relief from the
difficulties with which the financial and
commercial interests at Manila now
contend, necessarily to their disadvan
tage and detriment The position of the
senate in this matter Is not easily un
derstood, but there Is no doubt that It
will have to be abandoned In the near
future. The United States Is a gold
standard country. Its currency is upon
that basis and it should not have a dif
ferent standard in any of its possessions.
It can be confidently predicted that the
existing Philippine currency system
will not be long maintained.
LAST WORD WITH THlt SCHOOL Bu A HD
Every member of the Board of Educa
tion assumes a grave responsibility
when final action is taken in the choice
of school superintendent The efficiency
of the public schools of Omaha depends
upon the character and capacity of the
man charged with their supervision.
Partisanship and personal favoritism
should have no place in the selection of
the candidate or the retention of the
present incumbent
The superintendent of our schools
should be not a politician, but an edu
cator, lie should be above petty schem
ing and intrigue and devote all his tal
ents and time to the task devolving upon
him. For several years our public
schools have been handicapped and
crippled for lack of competent super
vision and Intelligent direction because
Superintendent Pearse has sought to
build himself up through activity in
lodges, clubs and organizations outside
of the educational field. lie has, more
over, scandalized the schools by his no
torious relations with the school book
trust that seeks 'to promote its interests
at the expense of the taxpayers and to
the detriment of the schools. Coupled
with these influences has been the sys
tematic barter of favor or disfavor lu
the appointment and promotion of teach
ers in ratio to the influence they and
their friends wield with school board
members. It Is a matter of notoriety
that Superintendent Pearse does not
enjoy the confidence of the majority of
the board any more than he does the
respect of the teachers who have been
terrorized and demoralized by his meth
ods. Under such conditions it is amazing
that a single member of the board
should be willing to go on record In
favor of continuing Mr. Pearse In bis
position for another year. Ills re-election
would reflect upon the integrity of
the board and justly lay it liable to the
suspicion that its members either lack
the courage to do right or have become
automatons in the hands of salaried
subordinates who have pooled Issues to
keep themselves on the payroll.
The proposed re-election of Mr.
Pearse could not be justified under any
plea. It Is not a question of displac
ing a capable man to save money. A
competent educator at $4,000 or $5,000
a year might earn his salary, while an
Incompetent man is dear at any prico.
It is not a question either of unjustly
depriving a man of a position without a
fair test of bis ability and reasonable
notice. Mr. Pearse expected to be re
lieved three years ago, when he was
pleading for only one year more, and
ample time has elapsed to demonstrate
his Incapacity to meet the requirements
of a city of Omaha's population and ed
ucational aspirations.
Admiral Dewey has certainly fallen
from grace with the popocratic papers,
which, while counting on playing the
Philippine question up high in the com
ing campaign, have found their whole
store of political capital ruined by the
admiral's testimony and his destruction
of the balo they bad set over the head
of Aguiualdo. One Bryanlte organ re
fers to the hero of Manila bay as "the
most determined follower of Annanias"
and "a worthy successor of Nicholas
Machlavelll," to say nothing of several
other equally choice expressions. The
disappointment of the popocrats over
Admiral Dewey's statements must be
very keen to prompt such defamatory at
tacks. This onslaught however. Is
printed In the same popocratic paper
that denounced the late President Mc
Kinley as "the villain of all the ages,"
so that Its ravings will not pass current
very far.
Among the first requests of King Ed
ward gratified by his attendants was
that for permission to have access to
the newspapers. The dally newspaper
has come to be indispensable to every
Intelligent person of highest as well as
lowest rank. Without the newspaper
or some means of gaining Information
of Its contents a man feels cut off from
the world and lost in darkness, and no
deprivation caused by sickness Is more
keenly felt. No more natural desire
could be manifested by the convalescing
king than to be brought again Into close
touch with the current of human life
through the newspaper as the most serv-4
Iceable medium.
Results of the vigorous campaign for
Immigration under way In Canada are
shown In an official report for the year
figuring the Increase In settlers for 1002
at over 15,000 more than In 1901. The
significant part of the table Is that
which discloses the source of Immigra
tion as between Great Britain, the
United States and continental Europe.
Of the 64,034 Canadian settlers recorded
for 1902 the United States leads with
24.099, as against 17,000 for Great
Britain and 23,535 for all other countries.
The United States, moreover, contrib
uted 6,112 of the 15,285 increase, or con
siderably more than a third. It Is plain
that the Canadian government has set
about It In the right way to Induce
newcomers to settle up its unoccupied
territory. Vast areas of the west In
our own country are waiting on settle
ment that should be promoted by sim
ilar systematic effort and would have
no difficulty in competing successfully
for a large share of the stream of Immi
gration now directed principally to Can
ada. Perusal of the platforms promulgated
by conventions of various political hues
In different states affords striking proof
of increasing strength of the demand
for the election of United States sen
ators by direct popular vote. Planks to
that effect are to be found In quite a
number of the declarations for this year,
both republican and democratic,
whereas a few years ago such a de
maud would be so exceptional as to at
tract special notice. Popular election of
United States senators may be retarded,
but the people will not stop short of Its
achievement no matter how long It may
be necessary to fight It out along that
line.
When the story of the steelclad battle
ship Nebraska comes to be written a
truthful historian will not omit that at
the laying of the first keel the staff of the
governor of Nebraska completely out
shone the staff of the governor of Wash
ington in their gorgeous uniforms and
superb decorations. And they were
colonels, every one of them.
Passed Troable to the Lawyer.
Philadelphia Record.
In view of the showers of Injunction
and other legal proceeding of which the
Beet trust is the object It appears to b
doing remarkably well.
They Keep It Dark.
Philadelphia Ledger.
A man arrested at the White House as
a crank declares that be has "th power
of telling where Uncle Sam is being
robbed." There ar lots of that kind of
cranks la Washington, but they are shrewd
enough to keep quiet about It.
Value of Good Road.
New York Press.
The New Jersey commissioner of publlo
roads authorise the statement that there
are several regions under bis supervision
to which Improved roads have been pri
marily, the means of attracting wealth to
the extent of from $1,000,000 to $4,000,000.
The Allen and tbo Native.
Detroit Free Press.
Of E73 persons charged with commit
ting offenses against th federal stat
utes last year, 41S were of American birth.
This ought to interest the persons that
ar eternally worrying about lb demoral
izing foreign elements In our population.
Scarcity of Farmhand.
New York Tribune.
Th demand for laborers on western
farms Is now urgent, and the pay ottered
Is excellent. It Is deplorable that Idle
men In congested districts cannot be trans
ported In great numbers to th agricultural
districts, where they are so much needed.
A Bolt that Failed.
Washington Post.
Whether or not Mr. Bryan was a bolter
when he entered the Chicago convention of
1896 Is not a matter of great moment, since
be was a good enough democrat to be twice
nomlqated for the presidency by that party.
But it 1 generally understood that after th
Hon. Charles T. O'Ferrall, a gold democrat
bad been nominated by the Virginia demo
crat for governor a year or two before th
Chicago convention, Mr. Bryan promised to
stump the state for a populist candidate
against O'Ferrall. The Nebraskan was with
some difficulty dissuaded from carrying out
that plan. This statement has been made
by ex-Governor O'Ferrall, and its accuracy
bas not been questioned.
General ChaSee In the Philippine.
Kansas City Star.
General Chaffee, whose position as mili
tary governor of the Philippine has baen
discontinued by th proclamation of th
president making civil rul In the Philip
pines supreme, bas given conspicuously able
service, and presumably b will b con
tinued at the head of th Insular army, pro
vided be desires to remain la that position.
Oeneral Chaffee baa displayed a high order
of executive ability and bas also reinforced
bla reputation a a commander. Hi Una,
soldierly qualities bav endeared him to th
rank and HI In and out of th army. Not
th least of hi merit a a factor In bring
ing about order In th Philippine has been
bis frankness In estimating th weakness
and unreliability of th average Filipino.
Beef Sapply aad Demand.
Cleveland Deader.
It take so long to bring cattle to th
bet age for fattening that the effect of more
and cheaper corn upon the aupply and prlc
of beevea must be felt very gradually and
Indirectly. Meanwhile the population will
be Increasing, aad If prosperity shall con
tinue th general seal ef living will rise so
that any fall In price of such a staple as
beef will be less certain than It would bav
been a few year ago, under similar condi
tions. Broadly speaking, and ignoring tem
porary changes in the market, this country
U passing Into a period of more costly ani
mal food of nearly all kinds. That ten
dency may be checked, now and then, but
It will continue as an undercurrent of eco
nomic change.
American Beyond the Hlo Grande.
Modern Mexico.
Americans bav little patience with for
eigner wbo attempt either to visit or to
do bualnea In th United States without a
knowledge of English. This fact make It
m all the stranger that Americans should
com to Mexico and not fully realise that In
tbls country It Is equally Incumbent upon
them to know Spanish. Mexico welcomes
traveler of all nations, and nowhere In
th world will bad Spanish b received with
such careful politeness. It aeems quite In
excusable, then, that scenes occasionally en
acted her should occur. In which Ameri
can ar beard saying very unkind things
because some patlv hackdrlver or police
man or waiter doe not understand Eng
lish, notwithstanding th fact that order
re delivered In tones considerably abov
th conversational pitch.
THE RF.PVBLICAN STATE TICKET.
Beokeltnan News: It was clearly demon
st rated by the Lincoln convention that the
republicans are not to be bulldoaed and bul
lied by corporations nor managed by a slate.
Honesty prevails In our party and It tood
against every political combine till the right
man was brought forward, then the conven
tion went ever to Mickey In a headlong
rush. J
Bayard Transcript: The republican state
nominee are good men and true. This Is
a republican year everywhere snd the re
publican candidates from governor to con
gressmen will be elected, a they should
be la Nebraska. Fuslonlsts of the demo
popocratic brand will not be In It. Cheyenne
county republicans will give' a good account
of themselves In November.
Holdreg Clttxen: The republican stat
ticket give evident satisfaction to the re
publican voters and a vigorous and united
effort should be mad by Phelps county
republicans to give It even stronger en
dorsement than was given th republican
ticket last fall. Fusion as exemplified In
Nebraska means a combination of political
parties, at the sacrifice of principle, for
the purpose of obtaining office.
Falls City Journal: It la amuslna- to watch
the opposition In the frantic effort to find
something upon which to base a fight
against J. H. Mickey. It le evident from
the very tone of their expression that they
realise that they are up against the real
thing. The statement that Mickey is an up
right and honorable man 1 one that will
not admit of successful contradiction, and
no one realizes that more fully tbaa the
Nebraska fuslonlsts.
Scott Bluff Republican: O. B. Brown,
who live east of town, I well pleased
with the nomination of J. H. Mickey for
governor, having known him for year.
A man who baa the endorsement of Mr.
Brown must be all right, else hs would
not say so. Thousands of other good men
endorse him and say the republican party
could not have found a better or cleaner
man. With the support of such men as
Mr. Brown, he is sure to win.
Geneva Signal: The ticket Is In many
respect one of the strongest ever nomi
nated by the republicans of Nebraska. Sev
eral of the candidates are already serving
first terms In a highly satisfactory manner.
The several candidates will be discussed In
dividually as the campaign progresses. It
is a little early yet to worry too much about
politics and the republicans of this county
ought doubtless to be allowed to recover
somewhat from their spring siege.
North Platte Tribune: Not for a numebr
of years has a republican ticket been so
strongly and unanimously endorsed as the
one which the voters sre asked to support
next fall.' There Is not a candidate en the
ticket who will need a defense; not one for
whom an excuse Is necessary. It is a ticket
of which every republican may well feel
proud, and one which appeals strongly to all
wbo want the affairs of state transacted In
a fair, competent, business-like manner. ,
Wayne Republican: The ticket nomi
nated by the republican state conven
tion Is an unusually strong one. Especially
is this true In regard to the nomination
of John H. Mickey for governor. The nomi
nee is a man of most excellent qualifica
tions, thoroughly fitted to fill the position
with credit to the state and honor to
the party be represents, a man who
will not be puffed up by being nominated
to the position, but will recognize each
and every citizen the same a every other
citizen. Mr. Mickey I a farmer, a banker,
an old soldier and a pioneer of Nebraska
and bis election Is Just as sure as It la
that the sun rises In the morning.
PERSONAL NOTES.
; Clnclnnatu was twice called from his
plow to lead a Roman army. Cronje has
decided that one will be about enough for
him.
Even if King Edward makes the Improve
ment hoped for, som of those coronation
gown are likely to get a little out of data
before the great event come off.
Stephen Binding, the Norwegian sculptor,
ha completed two groups of casts for the
Sherman statue to be erected in Washing
ton. These groups are allegorical, repre
senting war and peace.
There were two Rlchardsons one from
Alabama and the other from Tennessee
In th house last session and they were
constantly being mixed by Inexperienced
correspondents, the Tennessee man getting
a great deal of credit which belonged
to his colleague of the same name. The
latter. In view of his own experience, had
much sympathy for the four Smiths la th
bouse.
A member of Parliament Is said to A
circulating about the London club a type
written copy of an epitaph, which a
solemnly declares fs Intended for John
Plerpont Morgan, and should be taken by
him as a warning not to push his world
grabbing enterprise too far. The epitaph
Is as follows:
"Here lies his head at last upon this earth;
He now belongs to what he made his own ;
H bought the world for what he thought
it worth,
And Ood once more 1 running thing
alone I"
N. Chew, a second deputy auditor la the
PostofHce department, Washington, doe
little but sign his name for about eight
hour every day. It la said that he owes
hi appointment largely to hi having a
signature containing but Ave letter and
that can be written with great rapidity.
Somebody sent Senator Burrow a big
bunch of rose one day recently and he
had them taken to his committee room.
The senator refused to tell who sent the
flowers, saying mysteriously: "They are
from an admiring friend." A colleague
raised a roar of laughter by remarking:
"Oh, bought them yourself, eh?"
FINE FIGIRES FOR STIDV.
Marveloas Advance in Value Darlast
the Last Elsjht Years.
Boston Transcript
Analysis of th semi-annual Interest and
dividend payments on publlo securities
show Interesting contrast with the panic
year, less than a decade ago. Hire are
some striking figure:
Par value or bond paying interest in
July, 1902, $3,651,000,000; par value of bond
which paid interest In July, 1894, the year
after the panic, $2,444,000,000; eight years'
Increase la par value of bonds paying
$1,207,000,000, or 60 per cent. These bonds
pay In July, 1902, $71,284,000, against $50,
268,000 eight years ago; Increase, $21,000,
000, or 42 per cent.
Par value of stock paying dividend In
July, 1902, $1,174,000,000. against In July,
1894, $870,000,000; increase, $1,004,000,000. or
111 per cent. Amount paid In dividends
July, 1902, $43,752,000, against $11,884,000
eight years ago; Increase, $23,868,000, or
121 per cent.
Total par valu of publlo securities pay.
leg lntereat and dividend July, 1902, $5,.
625,000,000, against In July, 1894, $3,814,.
000,000; Increase. $2,211,000,000. or H per
cent. Total of lntereat and dividend paid
July, 1903, $115,000,000, against $70,000,000;
Increase In eight yeare, $45,000,000, or (4
per cent.
In eight year ther 1 H per cent in
amount of lnveated capital In railway,
mine, manufacturing, bank. Industrial and
other Mocks and bonds which pays ln
tereat and dividends to Investors, and the
latter receive practically a much more
now than they did then. Two-thirds as
much more earned and paid In only eight
year! Let Domini Sampsoa furnish lb
comment, "Prodiglousl"
norart aboit new york.
Ripple on th t'arreat of I.lfe la the
Metropolis.
John M. Burke, a bachelor merchant of
New Tork, has transferred $4,000,000 of
bis real and personal estate to a corpora
tion for the help of worthy men and womea
who may be In need through sickness.
HI idea la not that of cold charity, but
rather a means of help for worthy persons
temporarily In financial straits. The deed
of gift provides: "The director of the
foundation shall establish a thorough, care
ful and kindly system for choosing as
beneficiaries men and women who beyond
all reasonable doubt are within the pur
poses described in the trust deed, but the
founder, appreciating the frequent suffer
ing caused by tardy action In giving relief,
urges that the methods to be used, so far
as they are conslatent with propriety, shall
be as expedltloua a possible. In
carrying into effect the objects specified
the instrumentality of other charitable and
philanthropic organizations may be availed
of by the trustees, and arrangement may
be made with the city of New York for the
care of malignant case either by the
erection of suitable buildings or by assum
ing the cost of treatment In such cases."
Mr. Burke wants to see the Institution
soundly established and well under way
oa Its mission of philanthropy while be still
lives. HI charity Is especially designed
for persons discharged from hospital a
cured, but still too weak at once to re
sume their usual avocations. Dr. Oeorge
T. Stewart of Bellevue hospital says that
fully 6 per cent of all persons discharged
from publlo hospitals ar worthy and yet
In need of help. The city makea no pro
vision for these convalescents. Mr. Burke's
charity will, therefore, meet the wants of
this large clats of people now unprovided
for. Mr. Burke celebrated hi 90th birth
day last week. Although a millionaire, be
lire with the simplicity of a man ef mod
erate Income.
In the '70s of the last century what a
dull monotony of ugly "brownstone fronts"
was seen In block after block of Fifth ave
nue and the cross streets between Wash
ington square and Central park! What a
transformation bas been wrought since
then and how extensive are the changes
now In progress! The variety In the de
signs of the buildings constructed In Man
hattan within twenty-five years Impresses
every New Yorker and every visitor to the
city. The old order change, giving place
to new.
The Low city administration Is now turn
ing its attention to the matter of street light
ing and has discovered that a monopoly
practically holds control of the lighting of
New York. The commissioner of water sup
ply, gas and electricity makes the an
nouncement "The city of New York," he
says, "pays to the gas and electric light
companies for lighting Its streets, high
ways, parks, other public place and pub
llo buildings more than $3,000,000 per an
num. "Unfortunately, under existing business
conditions the city Is subject to monopoly
rates In awarding these contracts, for there
Is no genuine competition for bids." He
names the companies that can possibly sup
ply the demand and add that they "ar
without rival In their particular field and
th city I forced to pay whatever price
these corporations decide to cargo It."
About a month ago a ragged little girl,
about 9 years old, was caught by a po
liceman In the act of stealing flowers from
Central park, right across the way from a
block of houses of exceedingly rich peo
ple. The little girl was Just helping her
self to the flowers In one of the park flower
bed, nor did eh appear to make any
effort to evade the eye of the eop. When
the officer grabbed the young one she began
to cry piteously, clinging tightly to ber
tolen flower all the time. She didn't
know that she was doing anything wrong,
she said. She told the policeman that she
was taking the flowers for a little sick
girl friend, and she begged hard to be al
lowed to take the blossom to the sick
child before being conveyed to the police
station. Her wailing were so piercing
that they attracted the attention of several
wealthy snd sympathetic women wbo bad
observed the lnctdent from the window
of their homes across the way from the
park. The women appeared on the scene
In time to listen to the child,' story. Their
Intercessions with the pollcemsn were so
effectual that be released the child. Then
the women asked the child to take them to
the bedside of the sick child. The young
one with the flower unhesitatingly did so,
her alleged sick girl friend being found
In bed In an East Side tenement. The
wealthy women promptly took up a collec
tion among themselves, with the result that
the child wbo had been caught stealing the
park flowers was made pretty nearly $100
better off. the money being handed over to
her mother, wbo claimed to be a hard
working washerwoman. The little girl al
leged to be 111 was also liberally taken
care of.
Three day later the earn little flower
thief played her game again at a point far
ther up, and she got away with It this
tins, too, with equal financial success, so
the police say. Another bunch of wealthy
and sympathetic women appeared and got
bar ant of the policeman clutchee, and
opened their purses generously when the
little gfl led them to the bedside of ber
"sick" girl friend. Then the child with the
knowing scheme got to crowding ber
Bower-stealing date a bit too close, al
though she contrived to work her dodge
with vast success until last week, when a
roundsman who had seen her do It one
befor nabbed ber and took her to th ata
tlon. Th police say that th child'
mother profited to the extent of nearly $500
through the crafty young one's sympathy
Inciting scheme.
GOING AGAINST THE REAL THING.
Projected ehate to "Down" Western
TJnlon Telegraph Company.
Chicago Chronicle.
That th Western Union Telegraph com
pany will be "downed" even by such finan
cial strategists as J. Plerpont Morgan and
"Jim" Keen Is a contingency that does not
appear at all certain to people who bav
some familiarity with th history of that
organisation.
The Western Union 1 probably th old
est example In this country at least of
th now fashionable policy of consolidating
Interests. In the case of the Western
Union the lamb has always laid down In
side the Hon, but the purpose of keeping
the telegraph business of the country un
der on management was successfully
maintained until Messrs. Mackay and Ben
nett organized the Postal company. Prior
to that time the Western Union had ab
sorbed all Its rivals, one after another
usually to tha financial advantags of the
atockholders of the competing concerns.
It used to be a profitable speculation,
starting opposition for the Western Uniou
to buy.
The United State company was the first
opposition of any consequence to enter tha
field. Th Western Colon reached out and
took it In about la8. The raclfle and At
lantic was absorbed In 1873. The Atlantic
and Pacific a different aud stronger or
ganizationlasted until about 1878. In
1880 the Baltimore A Ohio railroad tele
graph system was amplified and enlarged
by Jay Gould, who used It to fight lbs
Western I'clon. He succeeded in getting
control of that organization, but It was
th Wmutb Ualoa which absorbed th
Baltimore sV Ohio not th other way.
Then came a lot of small concerns the
American Rapid, the Frankl.a. the Bankers'
and Merchant' and similar telegraph en
terprises, all of them assimilated, more or
less benevolently, by the Western Union.
It la probable that In the last forty
years, the Western I'nlon has taken In
two-score telegraph companies some of
them opposition, some of them subsidiary.
It only failure ha been with respect te
th Postal. That very formidable Institu
tion probably I not for sale.
But while the Western Union bas bean
unsuccessful In buying off or fighting eft
the competition of the Postal company. It
by no mean follow that another opposi
tion company can do business successfully,
much less run the Weatern Union out
Whatever may be It faults and weak
nesses, th older organization ha th ad
vantage of being Intrenched In railroad
systems and rights of way all ever th
country. It ban the old beads of the tele
graph business In Its management It bas
the prestige of age, name and reputation.
The contemplated opposition may wis,
but It will have to get up early ta th
morning In order to vanquish the eoncara
that ha been swallowing opposition com
panies for almost half a century.
BEYOND TRVMP OF RESURRECTION.
Demoersoy's Retired Prophet, as
Viewed from Afar.
Portland Oregonlan.
The languag of Bryan concerning the
recent speeches of ex-President Cleveland
and David B. Hill Is entirely free from
ambiguity. Mr. Bryan may not be a demo
cratic statesman of historic worth, but he
I at present a very vigorous, alert and
pugnacious political figure, and he bas a
very large following among the demo
populists of the south and southwest. H
doe not propose to be "turned down"
without his consent, and be makes It very
clear that he will never consent to be
turned down to please Orover Cleveland or
David B. Hill. Any plan for the restora
tion of the democracy to the harmony and
health prefigured by Cleveland and Hill will
dl in it birth If Mr. Bryan is not con
sulted and deferred to. Cleveland's talk
about "the democracy of Tilden" Is absurd.
The democracy of Tilden bas been obsolete
for ten years In the south and west; It has
been replaced by demo-popullsra, which still
prevails In this region, where Bryan's
views through his paper have a thousand
reader and admirer where the view of
Cleveland. and Hill have one. This may
seem dispiriting news to the kid-glove
democracy of the North Atlantic states, but
It Is the truth.
Mr. Bryan does not Intend to be snuffed
out, he proposes to be consulted and re
spected In the deliberations concerning the
future of the democratic party, and If he
is not he will be sure to mak the party
caldron bubble with plenty of toll and
trouble, for while it is pcsstble for the
organizing and reforming statesmen of th
North Atlantic state to refuse him a
chance to make a spoon, they are not
strong enough to prevent him from spoil
ing the horn. Mr. Bryan is the only man
in the democratic ranks today who has an
appreciable following at the middle west,
southwest or outh. He Is an attractive
orator; his newspaper has a large circula
tion; he Is a man of energy, shrewdness
and vlndlctlvenes. He has not forgotten
that Cleveland, Hill and Gorman have
never lost a chance to defeat him, and he
will not suffer any man of their cult to be
nominated In 1904, or, failing in this, he
will secure their candidate's defeat. Bryan
I determined to be distinctly recognized
and a man with at least a million of voter
at hi back 1 pretty sure of recognition.
Napoleon told Talleyrand when be said
Europe would not permit blm to march
against Moscow! "Bah! Europe is the
mistress of any man who ha 500,000 men
at hi back."
Cleveland's vague, ore rotundo ventuosl
tles count tor nothing against th9 plain,
dirert, purposeful speech of Bryan. Cleve
land Is as venerable and vacuous an orator
as Tom Hood's fruit vendor stalking
solemnly through th streets of Stamboul
crying, "In the name of the prophet, figs!"
PLEASANTLY POINTED.
Chicago Tribune: "My boy Sammy,"
said the neighbor, "worries me almost to
death with his somnambulism."
"You ought to take It away from him,"
said Mrs. Lapsllng. "He'll kill himself with
It some day.
Philadelphia Press: "Of course," said
th promoter of the get-rlch-qulck com
pany, "we can only give the prospective
earning In round numbers."
"Ah, yes," replied the victim, "because
they couldn't possibly be square."
PklnaaA TA. "U.f 1MI, . A MA link
.IIIL.HU . IIS I . . . H . d J I'll . t.H ,IU II
about the historical character you Intend
to Introduce?" they asked of the novelist.
P..t.lnl. net V. -nUA a fwmA
It would spoil the novel."
Detroit Fre Press: "Are you sure this
Is the place?" asked one desperate burglar
of another.
"Cert." was the reply. "Didn't I e
him buy th roast of beef In the market,
and didn't I follow him horns and never
let him out o' my sight a minute?"
Philadelphia Record: Nell I never knew
uch an inquisitive girl as Maude.
Belle That's right. If she had a family
tree i dar say It would be a rubber plant
Indianapolis News: "Stop! Don't fight
boys! Can't we arbitrate this thing?" asked
one of the bystanders.
"Ye, sir, panted tne rellow who waa on
tork. "Just a soon as I've blacked hla
other eye."
Cleveland Plain Dealer: "I see that tha
ambassador of Germany, Austria and
Italy have corns together and again fixed
up their little drelhund arrangement."
"I suppose they had to adjourn fre
quently for beer."
vvnyi
"To Drevent the proceedings from settlna-
too drel."
Ttrrmklvn T J f n ' 'W hjtv tri.A .vtFV.
thing, even Christian Science."
' Ana sne sum uvesr-
"Not only that, but she ha money."
rhlnaio Tribune: "After you have taken
this medicine," said th physician, "give
yourself a hot water Data and go to bed at
once."
"Gosh, doc!" exclaimed th shaggy hatred
patient. "Can't you make It a mustard
piaxter or suimnin use cnrir i always
fcttch cold when 1 take a bath!"
THE HAN WHO LOVES A JOKE.
Minneapolis Time.
Though his pedigre h painted
'Scutcheonlesa of prince or peer,
Though hs boast no kinship sainted
Stretching stately in his rear.
Though his funds be slow and slender,
'Like of clothe and coinage broke,
AH my scruple I surrender
lo ins man wiiu wi jv
Mark not I his lore nor living,
Count i not nis tongue rvor crsso.
Sin and shadow all forgiving.
Bow I gladly to his need.
Friends and fathers ranged before me, .
Clodded head and heart of oak.
I will give them all that bore me.
For one man wno love a jom.
Flaunt hi banner fore or after,
Count hi battle lost or won,
Kludly connoisseur of laughter.
Just philosopher of fun,
Llghtller shall beat the breaker,
Llghtller rest th human, yoke.
On th happy co-partaker
With tha man who love a Joka,
Brother to the world around htm
Fellow with ths clod and clay.
High and low alike shall aound him
For the comfort of their way;
Sharer of Lira' Joy and sorrow.
Bearer of the erring stroke,
Huiirful of th fairer morrow;
Live th man who love a Jok.
Clearer eyed and broader bullded.
Kindlier toward hla human kind.
Vision keen nor fancy-glided.
Open heart with open mind,
Self-esUeming, yet denying.
Severed from the selhh cloak,
I will spend my Uf relying
Oa lb snan who loves a joke.
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