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0 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1902. Tiie omaiia Daily Bee. E. ROSEWATER, EDITOR. . PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING." TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Bally Uee (without Sjnday), On Year. $4. 00 ally Uee and Sunday, One Year Illustrated Bee, One Year Sunday Bee, One tear 2.'0 EJaturaay Bee, Una Year 1-W I wentleth Century Farmer, One Year.. l.W DELIVERED BY CARRIER. ; Dally Bee (without Sunday), per copy.... 2c Dally l;ee (without bunday;. per wee....Uo Daily Bee (including Hunuay), per wex..Jic Bunoay Bee, per copy V. Evening Bee iwitnout Sunday), per week.loc Evening Bee (including bunuay), per week I50 - Complalnta of Irregularities In delivery hould be addressed to City' Circulation Lepartment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omana City Hall Building, Twen-ty-nfth and M Streets. Council Bluffs 10 i-earl Street. Chicago 1M0 Unity Building. New iork Temple Court. 'Washington bul Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to n'wi and editorial matter should be addressed. (Lima ha Bee, Editorial department. BUSINESS DETTER3. Business letters and remittances should be addressed; The Bee Publishing Com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted in payment of mall accounts, personal checKs, except on (Uinaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLaoHINU COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, .: Ueorge B. Tmchuck, secretary of 'ihe Bee. Publishing Company, being ouly sworn, ays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of June, 1902, was as follows: 1 iil,410 16 8,40 J itll,400 17 21,540 t iru.uao 18 2,7UO 4 irt,BTO 19 39.740 i Xtt.&ttO 20 HO.BOO 2M.S10 21 20,070 7 ifU.BTO 22 2tt,BOO SU.900 23 2tt,BB0 2U.B40 24 81,830 10 an. UIO 25 20.HO0 11 tttt.SSO 26 , 89,080 12 20,010 27 2U.080 12 StO.OftO 28 20,040 14 20,000 29 20,000 15 , 20,680 80 29,610 Total SMH.220 Less unsold and returned copies.... O.ooa Net total sales 8TO.BU8 Nat dally average 29,818 GEO. B. TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed In my presenco and sworn to before m this 80th day of June, A. D., 1902. (Seal.) M. B. HUNQATE, Notary Public. Mandamuses seem to be the order of the .day. Flood and Are constitute a hard com bination to beat The people of Beatrice are certnluly entitled to" sympathy. Work under the new Irrigation law has not yet begun so these Inundations cannot be charged up against that meas ure. The weather man still insists the rain gauge shows a deficiency of rainfall. The deficiency, however, Is quite a suffi ciency. General Kitchener wll have to dodge pretty lively if ho wants to escape being forced to act the hero role when he gets back to England. ) - : r cities While Atlantic seaboard cities are weltering under a tropical sun people of this section are taking it cooL Next week may find things reversed, Omaha's yellow journals are respect fully invited to digest Archbishop Ire land's scorching arraignment ot men dacious editors and sensational papers, eaii creeic is narooring us Hood a little early in the season. The time for defeated candidates to take a sail up that famous stream will not arrive until after election. Texbaps the postponement of the cor onation may give King Edward an ex cuse for holding another prize dlstrlbu tion of titles of nobility, and multl colored ribbons and medals. Buffalo Jones has been officially In rested with the title and emoluments of ward of Yellowstone park. Buffalo Bill remains satisfied with the popular title of greatest of American showmen. One of the judges of our district has startled the lawyers by, setting cases for hearing as if no summer vacation were to be taken by either bench or bar. It la needless to add that the offending judge is the newcomer on the bench. Mont relee has already made Its debut before the public in spectacular pyrotechnics, advertised to be a correct representation of the famous volcano in acuuu, it you uo not oeueve it go down to Martinique and verify the Statement of the fireworks man for your self. Just to be in fashion, the fusion con ventlons in the Sixth district Indulged in a little deadlock of their own, last lng until nearly 3 o'clock in the morn' lng. A fusion circus that does not keep up the performance until the spectators are put to sleep would not be the gen nine article. President Eliot of Harvard is the new president of the National Educational association as the successor of President Beardshear of the Iowa State Agricul tural college. The educational hub seems to have become a pendulum that oscll lates from the Mississippi valley to the Js'ew England coast Sixth district democrats put up a beau tlful bluff as standing out for a dem ocrat for the congressional nomination. but capitulated just in . time to make their populist allies believe something was being conceded to them. As it is only the chance to be beaten, tbe wonder la there was any competition. The latest rumor of an International real estate transaction credits Germany with offering to purchase an island In Chinese .waters from Portugal for $5,000,000. A firm of International real estate brokers who succeed in getting options on all the loose Islands lying about might turn a few gowd cummls plonj while the demand la brisk. MlSRKPRESESTlTtQ THKPRESIDCST. There appears to be a disposition in some quarters to misrepresent President lloosevelt and put him at variance with leading members of his party. There is an effort to distort what he has said on the trust question, presumably for the purpose of creating dissension In the republican ranks. The latest mis representation Is that the president Is to have a faction lu congress, the leaders f which are to be the young men In both branches, for the purpose of forc ing legislation In accord with the presl- ent's recommendations. The fact that Representative Llttlefleld of Maine has been Invited by Mr. Roosevelt to frame bill looking to tbo supervision and regulation of Industrial combinations is cited as proof positive of the Intention to form a "Roosevelt party" in con gress. The absurdity of such a statement must be obvious to the least discerning. As a matter of fact the president Is in the heartiest accord with the very ele ment which this new program proposes to eliminate. As the Washington cor respondent of the Philadelphia Press says, the most earnest endeavor was made during the last session by the men who have been acknowledged the leaders of the republican party in both branches of congress for many years, to put into legislation the recommendations of the president The only rebuff which his policy met with came from the ele ment which Is now represented as likely to form the Roosevelt party" and one of the strongest men In that element was Mr. Llttlefleld, whom the president Is reported to have asked to frame a measure dealing with the trusts to be introduced at the next session. This ought to make it clear that there is no Idea, so far as the president Is con corned, of forming an administration faction In congress. Moreover, such a course would not be in harmony with the character of Mr. Roosevelt nor can anyone who thinks him possessed of ordinary political Judg ment believe that he would adopt such a course. His desire, as thus far shown, is to be the leader of a united party and not of a faction. He has main tained his place as he party leader and his hold upon the leaders of the differ ent elements of the republicans in con gress. He has maintained the most friendly relations with those who op posed reciprocity with Cuba. He will not, it can be confidently asserted, per sonally antagonize or seek to discredit with the party any republican who may oppose his position toward the trusta. No member of his party in congress has suffered at the hands of the presi dent because of failure to support the recommendations and policies of the ad ministration and undoubtedly none will suffer in the future for such failure. President Roosevelt will continue to urge, with courage and energy, the poli cies be believes to be wise ana ngnu He will make every proper and legiti mate effort to Induce all republicans in congress to support these policies. But he will not seek or countenance the creation of a faction and it is safe to say would be among the most vigorous in opposing any proposition or move of this kind. ' ' OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE. The conduct of the Canadian officials in connection with the efforts of our government to extradite Greene and Gaynorl the contractors charged with embezzling more than $2,000,000 from the government is shown by the report of the representative of the Department of Justice, to be a flagrant instance of the obstruction of Justice. There is an extradition treaty with Canada which it is not questioned applies to tbe case of the fugitives from the United States, but as they are abundantly supplied with money and have retained attor neys' who are intimately associated with high officials In the government every conceivable device has been employed to defeat the efforts of the United States authorities to get possession of the al leged criminals and it Is by no means lmnrobable that they will remain in Canada. It is announced that the matter will be brought to the attention of the Brit ish government by tbe Department of State, but while it is entirely proper that a protest should be made It is safe to predict that it will bar no effect Tbe circumstance as presented In the report of Mr. Erwin, special as ststant to the attorney general, is cer tainly discreditable to tbe Canadian offi clals connected with it and warrants the observation of Mr. Erwin that tbe extradition of criminals from Canada under our treaty does not apply to cases where the fugitives have committed financial crimes of magnitude. REPLY VP THE VATICAN. As was expected, the Vatican declines to accept the proposition contained In the instructions to Governor Taft for the withdrawal of the Philippine friars within tbe time designated half of them to be recalled during nine months from the first payment for lands and half eighteen months later. The declination is in the ground that the proposed re call would be contrary to tbe rights guaranteed by the treaty of Paris and would put the holy see in conflict with Spain, while It is further urged that if the United States cannot order the withdrawal of the friars, because of treaty obligations, the pope cannot do so, Tbe Vatican, however, suggests a com promise In the promise to gradually in troduce into the Philippines clergy of other nationalities, especlallyAmcrlcans and also agrees that the friars shall not return to the i parishes they left and where their presence could provoke trouble. What view will our govern ment take of these propositions is now the Interesting question. The instruc tions to Taft are very explicit as to the necessity for the withdrawal of the friars. It says that "nothing will so calm the people and produce harmony between the church and the government as tbe certainty given by contract that the friars shall leave at a fixed date, shall not return and shall not exercise any Influence from Manila over the priests In tbe parishes." ' If the Vatican persists In the position taken in Its re ply, will our government undertake the expulsion of the objectionable friars? It seems to be a question whether It can expel them without disregarding the treaty of Paris and at all events it would have to do so by due process of law, under the recent legislation of con gress, proceeding against the friars in dividually, which would be an almost endless task. This Is one of the diffi culties not foreseen when we took pos session of the Philippines and it prom ises o prove a decidedly perplexing one. PerhapB Spain may be called upon to aid in its solution, since the chief rea son for the Vatican's objection to the American proposition appears to be that acceptance would put the boly see in conflict with Spain. IS PROSPERITY REAL OR TICTITIUVS Double-shotted Salvation Army edi torial exhortations are not likely to con vince wage workers that present condi tions are not vastly better than condi tions of six years ago, any more than they can convince Nebraska farmers that they are not as prosperous today as they were six years ago. Intelligent wage workers know that steady employ ment with rising prices at moderate wages Is more satisfactory than en forced Idleness or only occasional work with low prices. Six years ago the exhorters who now clamor about high prices and Increased cost of living were howling calamity because prices were low and labor un employed, even though anxious to work for bare subsistence. Concede if you please that the rise In wages has not kept pace with the rise In the cost of living, the fact remains that millions of men and women are now earning fair wages who six years ago were walking the streets of our large" cities and in dustrial centers wretchedly clothed and half-starved, dependent upon charity. Today the rank and file of American working people are well fed, well housed and well clothed. If their changed con dition does not afford striking proof of prosperity, what other proof can we have? True, thousands of wage workers are just now out on strikes, but strikes for higher wages are simply an effort on the part of organized labor to better Its condition, and, no matter how pros perous, there Is always something bet ter for wage workers to strive for or some grievance to redress. The western farmer surely will not contend that present prosperity Is a sham. The brisk demand for his prod ucts at high .prices in 200-cent dollars is all the evidence he needs that there is no delusion about the prosperity he is enjoying. The fact that tbe Steel trust is making 20 per cent on its capital and other trusts are growing rich by con verting raw materials into finished prod ucts and by extending their trade into foreign countries does not disprove the reality of prosperity. 'The trusts may be getting more than their Just share of prosperity, but If there were no prosperity there would be no share for anyone. It would be Just as easy to convince Intelligent people that the sun no longer exists because clouds obscure the sky as to convince them that there Is no prosperity because Rockefeller and Morgan have become billionaires- . The case, brought before the supreme court to compel the State Board of Equalization to assess the franchises as well as the tangible property of the railroad 'corporations Is, so far as the taxpayers of Nebraska are concerned, the most Important case that has ever been brought before a judicial tribunal. It involves the taxation of fully $200,- 000,000 worth of property and reaches down to the bedrock of tax reform. Tho fact that the supreme court called a special session for the express purpose of hearing this case and the fact that the court itself heard the testimony would warrant the presumption of its magnitude and importance, but the local newspapers exhibit their true pigmy caliber by ignoring this important trial for no other reason than because the first steps toward bringing about a final settlement of tbe great issues involved were taken by the editor of The Bee. M. F. Harrington and John D. Howe, neither of whom have anything In com mon politically with the editor of The Bee, participated actively in the ''trial and argument on behalf of the tax payers, are also placed under the ban and ignored by the Omaha smallbores, while the Lincoln papers give extended publicity to the proceedings. What a commentary on pin-head Journalism. When an architect is engaged to make plans for a building, whether the struc ture Is public or private, the charges of the architect Include the plans and specifications, and sometimes they also include the supervision of construction, In other words, when the architect Is paid for making the plans and speci fications tbe plans become the property ot the man who paid for them. The plans of the public school buildings of Omaha belong to the school district They are presumed to be In the cus tody and keeping of the school district officers and are at tbe disposal of the school board not only for the purpose originally designed, but for a reproduc tion as well. They are just as much at Its disposal as are the wood cuts or electrotype plates of the building, which it can reproduce as often as it sees fit without permission of the artist - en graver or electrotyper. If the Board of Education desires to reproduce any of the public school buildings of Omaha tt certainly ought to have a right to flo so without the permission of the archl tects who planned the original building and without paying them a second time for ijIbus that have once been paid for out of the school fund. . Not a word yet from the World-Herald calling In double-leaded double-col uuned shrieks upon ex-Treasurer Me- serve to pay into the state school fund the money absorled by that great fusion reformer collected as Interest on public funds. Why should not that reform organ direct some effort toward recovering this money for the school children of Nebraska, to whom It right fully belongs? President Schurman of Cornell univer sity, who served on the first Philippine commission, assures us that the Fili pinos may be expected to rival the j Japanese In educational and scientific at tainments, as well as in industrial life, as soon as .they have tbe advantage of educational facilities. Tula Is certainly an encouraging prospect which should stimulate us to the work of providing the necessary educational facilities at the earliest possible time. President Schurman, however, does not venture an opinion on bow long it will require, or what percentage of the Filipino pop ulation come up to bis estimate. It will take considerable experimental work to ascertain the adaptability and versatility of the Filipinos and it is gratifying to know that these prelim inaries are already in progress. Careful reading of the principal dem ocratic organs supposed to voice the sentiments of democrats In the most important states forces the inevitable conclusion that they are all consumed with a burning desire for harmony. But one set insists on a new label to the bottle, while the other Is determined that the Bryan tag affixed at Kansas City shall be kept Intact Room for Improvement ait Homo. Baltimore American. The Filipinos- may not make good Ameri cans all at once. We have some few cltl sens to the manor born who are not models. Side-Stepping- Liberty. Philadelphia Press. Agulnaldo is free, but he Is in a great deal of doubt concerning the safety that liberty brings with it. Let him go to Maa sachuetts, where he would bo beyond the reach of his worst enemies and where he would find many friends. Never Hear . Sonnd. , Boston Transcript. We are told that the Omaha packers pro fess Ignorance of any attempt to effect a combination of the packing Interests. Nat urally. The parties engaged In a commer cial transaction are like tbe family on the verge ot a scandal. They are the last to hear about It. Who Will Care for Aggie Nowt Philadelphia Record. The news from Manila that Agulnaldo, set free by amnesty, fears to go about among his compatriots without assurance of safe conduct on the part of his captors will not be favorably Interpreted by his defenders In this country. What should he have to fear at the hands of a people whom he sought to make free and Independent? The Promoters' Bake-Off. Springfield Republican. The underwriters ot the Joint bond Issue to take up tbe stock of the Chicago, Bur lington & Qulncy railroad clear a profit of about $2,000,000. ' This is small compared with the enormous nanlsnade by the under writers ot the Steel - trust, but It amounts to 12 per oent on the cash actually advanced for the undertaking! - The great fortunes built up in this period ot prosperity are largely the outgrowth of trust and com bination promoting and underwriting. Expensive Amosemeat. Philadelphia North American. Revolutionary warfare Is an expensive form of amusement -Five years ago the United States spent a million in building and placing pneumatic guns designed to throw tons of dynamite and blow the navies of the world out of water. Warfare, of course, was "revolutionized" beyond rec ognition by the ingenious Inventor of the earthquake gun, and our harbor fortifica tions were made impregnable. The mar velous engines f destruction never have had a chance to show what they can do, but they have Just been condemned as useless and sold for less' than their value as scrap Iron to make room tor tha next experiment Mo.dern Weather Propbeta. New York Press. 1 When we have a season of storm, earth quake, volcano, tidal waves and all varie ties of unnatural conditions, as we style them, you will see the multitude ot aatrolo- glsta come out of their holes and whistle loudly, "Ah, I told you so!" It 4s even so today.' The land Is festering with these so- called prophets who, advertising their "ful filled predictions," catch the unwary, the credulous dabbler In tho mysterious. But there is one baslo fault with modern day astrology: The heaven have changed since the rules ot the art were formulated. Vol talre points out that the sun, which at the equinox was In the Ram In the time ot the Argonauts, was, Jn 1750, In the Bull, and that the astrologers of his day attributed to one house of the sun that which visibly belonged to another. THB PI-BUSHING IMDISTBT. Rapidity of Its Growth aad Ita Amas las; Magnitude. Chicago Record-Herald. Of tho mass of Industrial data that was collected by the twelfth census and which Is being tabulated for publication nothing will exceed In popular interest the figures showing the astonishing growth of tha pub lishing industry. The publlo Is not greatly Interested In the output of steel billets or woolens In a given year. It does not concern itself about tbe tons of cornstarch that were ground out In 1900. These figures mean little to the popu lar mind. But when we reach the publish ing Industry we are considering tbe mightiest agency for the dissemination of popular intelligence. The capital Invested In this business and its yearly output may be regarded In a way as barometer of the popular appetite for reading. The statistics for the census year 1900 show that 22,312 establishments reported for this Industry, representing a total Invest ment of $292,517,072. The sum, however, represents only the live capital utilised and the value of the land, buildings, tools, ma chlnery and Implements. Tbe value of the products of the Industry tor on year given as 1347,055,050, which is an increase of 24 per cent In a decade. To produce this Involved an outlay of $36,090,719 for salaries of official and clerks, $84,249,889 tor wage $55,897,529 for miscellaneous expenses and $86,806,290 for materials used. Over 1,250, 000.000 pounds ot paper were used during 1900, ot which almost 78 per cent was con suraed for newspapers. The total clrcula tlon per Issue ot dallies was enough to sup ply one paper for every five inhabitants, The most Interesting disclosures made by the census report, and one that Is invested with great significance to the readers o newspapers, la tha fact that of all news paper and periodical establishment over (3 per cent were owned by individuals, 29 per cent by partnership and oriy 17 per cent by corporations. ROUSD ABOUT SEW YORK. Ripples oa the Carrot of i the Metropolis. Few men fall six stories and live to tell their experience. Fewer are found who rs not hurt at all. Vet such was the ex perience of Michael Man Ion, a bellman em ployed on the construction work of one of the new skyscrapers. Manlon fell down aa elevator shaft. His companions ran to pick him up, expecting to find him terribly Injured, but ha was scarcely hurt at all. Manlon slowly sat up and rubbed his bead, which was bleeding from a gash In the back. Ha was carried from the car and laid on a bundle ot sacks while an ambu- lance was summoned. He seemed to be the coolest man on the spot and slowly felt his arms, legs and back to see If any bones were broken. He had beea knocked breathless by the fall. "I have Just served sixteen subpoenas on Unci Sam's weather man," said a process server at the county court, house, quoted by the New York Times, "and handed him sixteen balf dollars to legalize the command that he appear to give evi dence In that many cases, and sixteen dol lars to enforce the direction that he bring the weather reoords along. 'Do you know he Is much In demand as witness? There are hundreds of cases, especially in the accident and negligence actions la the olty court, In which It is necessary to prove what was the state of the weather at tbe time of the accident, and obviously the man to give that Infor mation to the Jury Is the observer of the local weather station, for he has the rec ords made at the time to show Indis putably whether It was raining or whether the sun was shining. "Sometimes this duty keeps the weather man on tbe Jump. I have known him to give testimony In six or eight cases in a day and to earn witness fees far In ex cess of his salary. I presume these fees are his perquisites and I know that the lump sum In a year Is a handsome amount" Another IteW In the luckless history of the New York subway occurred Sunday morning In a gas explosion in the excava tion at Long Acre square, at Broadway and Forty-fifth street, which threw up plank ing, cobblestones and debris generally In front of the New York theater, shook the houses and waked everyone In the neighbor hood, finishing by setting on fire the tim bers In the excavation. Like a South American revolution, there's no knowing where that tunnel will break out next The contrast between spiritual peace and strenuous lite is strikingly shown every hour of tho day at the Intersection ot Broadway and Fulton street. Here is a whirlpool of people, cars, of vehicles, of noise and commotion. Near by Is the old St. Paul' church, a venerable reminder of the past. It stands with Its back to Broadway. It is surrounded by an ancient churchyard, filled not only with crumbling tombstones and molding vaults, but also wtth a wealth of blooming flowers and carpets of grass. A quiet, patient old gardener, with spade rake, pruning shears and wheelbarrow, Is always at work upon bush or shrub, cutting, pruning, cleaning up or planting. Tho church is always open. When you enter and sit down in a cushioned, high- backed pew. In the dim light that filters through the stained glass windows, you can hear only enough of the traffic on the streets to make the place one of con tented rest There are always visitors to be seen In the churchyard, especially at the noon hour. An office girl quietly, eating her lunch and carrying the paper ' matter away with her; a young man taking a quiet smoke, where the gardener or Janitor can not see him, a visitor who ha come into the shade to rest or a hunter of inscrip tions, who goes from tombstone to vault cover, conning the odd Inscriptions evolved by the love and admiration of a century ago. A crusade against professional beggars has broken out again. Twenty-one "touch ers" were taken In last week and sixteen convicted. Among the latter was John Hackett, a one-legged man, who was ar rested on Bleecker street while begging from the poor Jewish and Italian working girl (a most liberal class) on their way home. He was found to have $2,400 in bank. His brother, who is prosperous and keeps a pawnshop, bad the bank book In his safe. Hackett was sentenced to three months' imprisonment MORGAN'S GREAT Bt'MP. Wherein Lark the Germ of Mercers and Combines. Chicago Inter Ocean. The current number of the Phrenological Journal print a portrait of John Plerpont Morgan with this brief comment upon tbat gentleman's cranial development. - "Sublimity Is very actively displayed in Mr. Morgan' head, as In all large In vestors who strike out for extensive con. trol ot immense corporations. It will be noticed that whatever Mr. Morgan doe he does on a large scale. Firmness, self esteem, combatlveness, all help, but sub limity sets the ball rolling, start the commercial tune, and finance th enter prise." The sublime faculty Is located midway between the faculty of acquisitiveness and hope, and Is flanked on each side by ideality and cautiousness. In the ordinary head tho space oceupled by sublimity depends a good deal upon circumstance. Like all the other faculties, sublimity is, ot course, subject to contraction and expansion, and, like all others, it tnay be cramped by dis couragement or developed by success. There , was a time when phrenologists were wont to speak of this faculty aa as surance, and Irreverent persons, even In our days, are prone to allude to it a cheek. And It is, perhaps, Interesting to not th peculiar condition which mak th us ot each ot the terms appropriate. Should a man rush . Into Mr.. Morgan's presence on a buy morning, for example, and say to him, "John, I need $50,000 Im mediately; kindly glv me a credit slip and I'll send around eollateral after s while," that would be assurance. Should a man rush into Mr, Morgan's presence on a busy morning and say, "See hero; I've got to have $50,000 before noon, and I haven't got a thread ot security, but I'm making a turnover on the ex change, and I'll pay it back by t p. m.," that would be cheek. But should Mr. Morgan calj a group ot capitalist together and say, "Gentlemen, you represent Interest which combined have a value of $100,000,000. I propos to consolidate you and stock the combina tion for $400,000,000, taking $100,000,000, or an amount equal to your original capital stock, for my shars as promoter ot this magnificent enterprise," tt goes without saying that this would bo sublimity. It is 'well for students ot phrenology to heed these shade of difference. A close observance of them is likely to prevent awkward mistakes. On who ha merely assurance may perhaps attain to a certain degree ot success, particularly if It be comes known that hi assurance is based upon what th world call nerve. An other who ha cheek may for a time sweep everything before him. But it requires tb faculty of sublimity In its largest and most perfect development to sweep up very thing from a coal trust to a steam ship combination, and then to koep right , on weeping without pause. TWO GOOn DECISIONS. Phases of Commercial Law Glneldatei by th, Bench. Chicago Tribune. The New York court of appeals has re cently handed down two derisions which will be of Interest to the whole business world. Tbe first Is connected with a man' liabil ity for the account he may glv of himself to a business sgency. A certain New York firm, represented by Clarence Blrkett, bad told an agency that Ita assets amounted to more than $150,000. In consequence of this rating Thomas Tindle had cold tbe firm ssveral bills of goods. The baste of Mr. Tindle s estimate of the Arm was the In formation he had from th agency. Pretty soon tbe firm failed. Mr. Tindle lost. He was determined, however, to see that his deceiver did not get away altogether un scathed. He began eult against them on a charge of fraud. The defense put up was that the firm Itself bad never made mis leading representations to Mr. Tindle In person. It had simply made certain state ment to the agency and the agency had told Mr. Tindle what it thought It knew. If the blame lay anywhere, then, It lay with the agency. . This course of reasoning com mended Itself to the supreme court and to the appellate court. It .seemed defective to the court of appeals. The Judgments of the lower courts were reversed. Mr. Blrkett's firm was held to be guilty of fraud. "Dis regarding mere forms and methods It can not be doubted that the defendant spoke fain and deceitful words to the plaintiff through the agency Just as effeotually as If they had met face to face and the state ments had been made directly and per sonally." Whether this Is good law or not tt seems excellent Justice. One cannot help feeling that statements made to a commer cial agency are made to the public and that when the publlo Is misled by them It ought to have some remedy. The second of the two decisions mentioned Is concerned with a certain aspect of the relations between a bank and Its customer. A New York firm deposited with the Chem ical National. The firm's confidential man fell into the habit ot raising the firm's checks. He put one figure on the stub ot the check and another on the check itsorf. The difference between the two figures he appropriated to his own use. He kept on doing this for two years. During all that time, the firm never compared the returned checks with the stubs. It seems odd, there fore, that when the ultimate disclosure came the first thing the firm tried to do was to get tbe bank to reimburse It for Its losses. Naturally the bank refused. Then came the suit The lower courts found for the plaintiff. The court of appeals found for the defendant. The plaintiff, it held, ought to have examined Its vouchers and notified the bank of all discrepancies. This decision seems to be as righteous as the other. A firm cannot ask a bank to protect It against Its own employes and Its own neglect to make sure that they were not swindling It THE PACIFIC CABLE. . Serious Objection to Gt-rlnar On Com pa ay at Monopoly. New York Tribune. The question of granting government aid to a private company In tbe work of laying a cable across the Pacific Ocean Is still under consideration at Washington. Present Indications are. said to be favorable to the applicants, though "under conditions which are regarded in some quarters as rather stringent." We are not sure but that they should be pretty stringent. The cable is going to be of great importance to the gov ernment and the government' rights and requirements should be safeguarded in th strongest possible manner. It may bo well to have the work done by a private eoneern Instead of by the government Itself. But In that case tho government should Insist upon having as much political control over the cable and as free use of It at all times for its own purposes as though it had con structed it Itself. The ono disquieting feature of th case Is the evident monopoly which the govern ment la asked to foster and to reinforce. As we have hitherto explained, there Is an alien concern which claims, under a Spanish grant, an absolute monopoly ot cable service to the Philippines for a long term of years to come. Even the United States govern ment Itself could not lay a cable to Manila without getting permission from or paying tribute to this non-American concern. That does not seem a desirable state of affairs. Now, It is evident that the company which U planning to run a cable to the Philippines is doing so as s partner of or in some sort of alliance with tbe alien monopoly. So In giving this company any aid or encourage ment the United States government would be countenancing and confirming a monop oly which exists In defiance of and in viola tion of our expressed 'principle. The United State ha gone on formal record as establishing an open door in the Philip pines. . That door ought to be open for telegraphic communication well as for commerce. If all countries and all mer chants ar to be free to trade on equal terms in Philippine ports, all cable com panies should be free, on equal terms, to establish communication with those islands. To what extent this government is bound by the monopolistic concession which was granted by th Spanish government Just be fore Dewey went to Manila, and which is obviously against publlo Interests and against good morals, is a question for th law officers of th government or for the judiciary to decide. If we are irrevocably bound by it, the desirability of abrogating It by payment ot th stipulated forfeit may well be considered. Certainly there is every reason for deliberation befor taking any action which would amount to a strength ening and reaffirmation ot that eminently undesirable concession. V The Shirt we spoke to you about yesterday will be ready for you this morning and maybe will last all day. But It would Bhow Bound judgment to come early "and be' sure of just what you want. The sale will last ONE DAY ONLY, and the extremely low price of 55c Within the Exclusive Clothiers and Furnishers H. S. Wilcox. &Ati&8er. - PERSONAL NOTKS. Marshal Trine Komatsu, Japanese dele gats to tbe coronation, will return to his country by way ot the United States. There must have been considerable method In the madness of the "crasy" earl ot Dudley, whose collection Xf Jewels bas Just sold for $450,000. General A. W. Oreely, chief of th United State signal service, Is on hla way to Alaska to supervise tho building ot govern ment telegraph line there Jean Antontn Carles, a French aculptor, has visited Mr. Kruger at Utrecht to make a cast for a buet of tbe ex-president ot tho Transvaal which he will execute. Clara Barton, head ot the Red Cross so ciety, has been invited by President Dlas of Mexico to com to th City of Mexico and there organise a branch ot th society for the republic. A man has been sentenced In Kokomo, Ind., to fourteen year' Imprisonment for stealing four hogs. Ho pleaded in defence tbat as he was coming to town the hog Jumped Into, the wagon. Graf von Walderaee, a relative of Field Marshal von Walderaee ot Germany, 1 making a trip through Texas for the pur pose ot investigating tbe cattle and th quantity of supply for a direct shipment of beef cattle from th ranches to Ger many, During the coming Old Horn Week tho town ot York, la York oounty, Me., will celebrate the two hundredth and fiftieth anniversary of It settlement and it hopes to have President Roosevelt present at th festivities. Tbe town's proud claim Is to have been the site of the first chartered city government established in this country ' B. la, Schlott, an electrical engineer of Berlin, Germany, is visiting Chicago, "American manufacturer are . offering fancy salaries to German engineer iu all branches of tbat profession to induce them to accept positions In this country," he said. "Within six month over forty lead ing engineer of Berlin have taken posi tions with the Carnegie and Westlnghous companies alone." It Is stated by The Bookman that Bret Harte gave many of tbe last months ot his life to work on the opera libretto for Emanuel Moor, a Hungarian composer. Th hero is an American who, for a lark, plays cowboy' In the wild west show and pres ently drifts across an old French chateau and fall In lov with it young heiress. Bret Harto is said to have greatly enjoyed tho work and some ot his lyrics ar charming. LAIGHIKO GAS. Brooklyn Life: Parke What's th matter with your wife? She look fagged out and tells me she hasn't slept decently, for weeks. Une-She is forming a Don't Worry club. Chicago Tribune: "Of course an aero naut gets killed at a Fourth of July cele bration now and then," said Uncle Allen Sparks, "but you don't mind that so much, because he doesn't kill anybody else with his tomfoolery." New York Times: Hewitt I tell you, it's too hot to go to the theater. Jewett On, com along; th play will b a frost, anyway. Detroit Free Pre: "Poor old Undo Roxley Is so poorly I suppose most any day now we'll be called to attend his funeral," she said. , "Oh, stop," her brother remonstrated. "You're forever thinking -of your own, pleasure." Cleveland Plain Dealer: "There Is an 1m- measurable culf between tha overbearing tween tha ove down-trodden land lorn ana tne tenant. Look at Ireland." "Yes, and Just ro I'd rather bo an Irish tenant than an - landlord." Washington Star: "Do you think there is anythlnk remarkable In love at ' first aleht?" asked the romantic youth. r'Not at all," answered the cynic. "If when people have been looking at each other for four or flv year that it be come remarkable." Detroit Free Press: "I wonder If she' re grets her marriage?" 'Why should she?" "Well, you know they're both literary and now her husband thinks himself en titled to every bright Idea she has." Chicago Post: "I wish, she sighed, "I could break little Willi of the habit of calling names." "You can,' responded th gruff neighbor promptly. , v How?" . "Discharge the nurse and send nlm out. to play with a few rough boy some after noon. A SYRIAff NIGHT. Clinton Scollard In Smart Set. The night hung over Hebron all hr stars, Miraculous processional ot flame From the red beacon of the Planet Mars To the falpt glow of orb without a name. . v The Jackal held wild orgy 'mong the hills, From slope to alope their criea shrill ech ' olng; Until we yearned for the sweet peac that fills . The home-land valley on th eve of Spring. About us we could mark the olives stir. As the wind rose In frosty puffs and Jets; And far below, from out the purple blur. We saw uprear the great mosqua'a mlna r.t. There, oenotaphed for centuries bntold, The bones of Isaao and of Joseph lay; -And broldered cloths of silver and of gold . Were heaped and draped o'er Abraham's crutnbled clay. Strange, ah, how Strang this shifting life and death! 4 Ne'er was the thought more deeply on us borne Than where these patriarch one drew vital breath. Loved aa w lov, and mourned a tiov, we mourn. Others will come a we, and see, and pass. And vainly strive to pierce beyond the bars; But none shall read tho mystery, alas, Till night o'er Hebron cease to hang her tars. reach of all.
