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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1902.
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Ueorge B. Tmchuck, secretary of 'ihe Bee.
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complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during
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t iru.uao 18 2,7UO
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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. ) -
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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
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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.
