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When anyone speaks of the crop dam
aye from excessive rains, tell him to
forget It '';
King- Edward piustr be well on the
road to restored health, lie has already
started In at speechmaklng.
With an Orqalianian as their grand
exalted ruler, thg Elks have to turn
toward Omaha when they want to face
their Mecca. '.
uuiua uiuov weivouie-.ii tue ruuippiuu
reterans no less cordially than Council
Bluffs, her sister city on the opposite
aide of the Missouri. ,
How fortunate- that the Jacksonlans
and the County' Democracy took care
not tovjselect iheieanie day for .'their
picnicemonstxaUpps,
Among othet prospective afflictions, we
are promised a coal famine before very
long. There Is consolation, however, in
that as yet there Is no ice famine here.
Prince Chen's visit to New York seems
to Lave opened ,hl.'ye'vwlde to the
Luge strides taker by .American civiliza
tion, without regard, to the fact that his
eyes are cut on the bias.
Under the new police regime, a patrol
man must keep bis temper or take a" lay
off, but a police commissioner may lose
his temper on the slightest provocation,
especially if his name Ts Broatch.
Texas populists- have put up a state
ticket all their -own. In states like
Texas, where , democrats, hare things
About as they want; them, the invitation
to fuse is not pressed ver urgently.
.Just wait JtiU the council and school
board mVe.on the base ball diamonu
and get g-ven with one another for tl
base insinuations that have been tosseu
from council chamber to board rooms.
Our Dave has not, yet told what he
did with the $200 'paid him by the
Greater America exposition to promote
Its interests, in congressional legislation.
How much of -it does anyone imagine
got past Mercer?
fehould, the growers and the butchers
fcerge ie!r local, organizations for the
purpoee f co-operation and suppression
of the deadhead people who pay their
grocery and butcher tiiila win Ko .
Ueved 4wom paying for the fellows who
aon-i. . ; . ,
Canada ought to become a popular
place for fugitive American forcera
with the example of Gaynor and Greene
as an open invitation to escape Justice.
The railroads runnkig to Canada should
arrange special excursion services all
the year rou-l, ' . j . '
The erection of a monument in Kansas
to the memory of Coronado, who is
credited with having made the first ex
peditlou to thty transmiscletslpDl coun
try nearly four couturies ago, reminds
u that at one time this was all in tbi
enemy's country.
Mr. Mercer has now been in Omaha
more than two weeks, visiting and shak
lag hands, but up to date he has not
seen fit to answer a single question
which his peerless prodigy excused him
self from answering during the memo
rable debate because he is nut a mind
reader.
The souvenir coins of the Louisiana
Purchase ezpouitlon will contain the
heads of Thomas JttTersou and William
McKluley oue the president who , ne
gotiated the treaty by which the JLoulsl
ana territory was acquired and the pther
the preid?iu who proclaimed, tlie ex
position. Tbe eipoeltloa will exemplify
the progress made between the time of
Jcicrwa and tha time of McvjUjy
FLURDUKIVO Tit UrPlAirH.
The middlemen In the .neighborhood
of the Wlnnebsgo and Omaha Indian
reservations, who are banded together
to despoil the Indians in the leasing and
purchasing of reserrstion lands, still
continue at their rascally work. The
recent exposure of the conspiracy by
which the competing bidders who pre
sented themselves at the sale of Omaha
Indian lands at O'Neill were bulldosed
and bought off and the lands were
knocked down to members of the ring
at a ridiculously low price does not seem
to deter the gang from fresh attempts
to rob the Indians. ' Although the
fraudulent sale at O'Neill Is sure to be
annulled by the secretary of tbe interior,
the gang of favored speculators are,
making a fresh onslaught on the Win
nebagoes in the sate of lands belonging
to the heirs of deceased members of
that tribe. r-
The high-handed' methods by which
these depredations on the helpless and
ignorant Wlnnebagoes are being con
ducted, by and with the connivance of
Agent Mathewson, are' a matter of pub
lic notoriety. Instead of protecting
the Indians by placing them in direct
communication' with intending pur
chasers, the middlemen are given every
advantage and allowed to intervene be
tween the Indians and the purchasers, so
as to make enormous profits with com
paratively no outlay and no risk. . Two
cases in point have Just been reported,
one of these by an old resident of this
city, who makes tbe following state
ment: .,.., ...
About the 6th of August I went to tbe
Winnebago reservation and called at the
agency tor information as tov the Indian
lands that are to be sold under the reoent
order authorising the sals of deceased In
dians' lands. The agent, Mathewson, was
away at Pender, and bis olerk introduced
me to an Indian Interpreter, who, hs said,
would, on the payment of $100 for his serv
ices, show me a tract of land that was for
sale.
I accepted the proposition and was told
by the Indian that I could get the quarter
section of land, Mb acres, for between
$3,000 and $3,400. When we reached the
farm we found one of tbe speculators with
another Indian on the ground, while the
ownsr. an Indian woman, was absent. We
returned to the agency and when the Indian
woman reached there I ,was informed that
the land was sold. Upon Inquiry, 1 learned
that the land had been bargained for. en
the same day by one of .the middleman. I
then made an offer of $4,000 for, the. tract,
but they hustled the woman Into the
agent's office and had her sign the deed
with a crossmark for $2,800 or $3,000.
One of the Indians spoke up and said:
"This is a shams. This man is willing to
give $1,000 mors than she is getting,' but
the man at tha office said it was all dons.
The same afternoon the middleman who
bought ths land offered to re-sell it to ms
at $30 per acre, which would be $4,800, but
I declined to take It at that price.
The second Is even a more-, flagrant
case of downright rascality. One of the
tenants living on the Winnebago reser
vation, who had Improved an eighty
acre tract and erected several buildings
thereon, was anxious to buy the land.
Upon Inquiry at the agenfs office he
was told that a middleman, whose name
we" suppress,1 had bought it for f 1,300,
The "tenant thereupon purchased 'the
land from the middleman for $3,800 spot
cash, although the Indian owner only
received $1,800 for it To cover np the
Infamous -. transaction, the middleman
compelled the tenant purchaser to sign
an; affidavit that he did not pay any
bonus to anybody In making the pur
chase. , L ',.."
Strange that such rascality can be
perpetrated with impunity under the
very eyes of the Indian agent For
tunately, the secretary of the Interior
has the last word to say, and we feel
sure that he will set aside all these deals,
as he is certain to set aside the con
spiracy by which the lands worth $30
to $40 an acre were knocked down at
$18 an acre at the O'Neill land sale.
THS BRITISH COLOSU.U COSFKRiiNCS.
The result of the . conference ot co
lonial premiers at London Is not alto
gether what Mr. Chamberlain, secretary
for the colonies had planned and hoped
for. The chief thing sought by that
statesman, which ha has been working
to promote since he came to his. present
position, was a preferential tariff ar
rangement In the nature cf an Imperial
aollvereln and this was not attained. It
is true that the plan of tiie colonial sec
retary was not absolutely rejected, but
there was a general indisposition on the
part of the premiers to commit. them
selves to a policy which, while it would
doubtless be highly advantageous to
British manufacturers, tnlght not prove
beneficial to the colonics. ' " ;
Therefore the matter j was left for
future arrangements between tha mother
country and each Individual colony, with
the understanding that such arrange
ments would follow the general lines of
the Canadian tariff. Canada arranges
her own tariff, giving preferential duties,
at present 33 per. cent On British,' goods.
This discrimination in favor of the
manufacturers of England has not
proved of any material advantage to
them. Their trade' with Canada has not
grown to any great extent while that of
the United States has steadily increased.
Some of the. Canadian statesman are in
favor of enlarging the discrimination if
a new reciprocity treaty cannot be ne
gotiated with this country and it is pos
sible that the Canadian tariff will be
raUed on American goods. - Canada,
however, is in a different position from
other British colonies and a tariff policy
which it should find expedient and ad
vantageous might not be favorable to
Australia and other colonies. ' Hence
each Mill make its own arrangenjeoi
with the mother country, Instead of all
being bouud by a common understand'
lng. - .
Neither was the plan of maintaining
colonial forces for imperial defense al
together successful. Canada and Aus
tralia would not accept it going ouly
so far as to-agree to keep their tocal
furies 'efficient, relyiag on .volunteers in
rase of Imperial need.' These colonies
are tnot willlug to burden- themselves
wim expensive luuimrj ebiaoiisnmeuts
and in .this tUcy are 'certainly wise.
It was duiorfc!.ratt-4 in the South Af
rkan war that the imperial government
can rely upon the colonies for soldiers
and there Is no reason to doubt that It
may do so In future.
The fact that Mr. Chamberlain did
not wholly sncceed In effecting what
he desired through th colonial confer
ence evidences no lack of devotion to
the mother country. The imperial sen
timent Is strong in the colonies, perhaps
stronger in some of them (ban ever be
fore, and certainly., the British empire
aa a whole was never more solid and
firmly united than now. Whatever ex
ternal difficulties there may be to men
ace Its peace, there are no Internal
troubles to cause Its rulers apprehension.
DtrCXSt VF TflC ABMT.
In his address to the Society of the
Army of the Philippines its president.
General Hale, said that one of the rea
sons for maintaining the organization
is defense of the United States army,
"which has been made a chopping block
by hostile politicians in their attacks
on the administration." "Let us stand
together," : he said, "for the honor of
our commander-in-chief, the president,
the army and navy, and the flag.'' The
men who served In the Philippines and
bravely and ' patriotically performed
their duty to the government are right
in resenting the indiscriminate calum
nies that have been directed against the
army by democratic politicians and In
doing so they are certain to have the
approbation of all fair-minded citizens.
The men composing the Society of
the Army of the Philippines know that
the sweeping charge of cruel and bar
barous acts made against the Amer
ican soldiers In the Philippines is false.
They know that such acts were excep
tional and that the rule was to treat the
enemy humanely. They know that the
army observed the rules and usages of
civilized warfare, although these were
utterly disregarded by the treacherous
foe, who committed unspeakable cruel
ties and barbarities upon our soldiers.
The politicians who lot A partisan pur
pose denounce and traduce the army can
have no influence with right-thinking
people in the face of testimony of men
who attested their patriotism In fighting
to uphold American sovereignty in those
distant Islands. The word of any one of
them outweighs all the diatribes of the
defamers of the gallant Philippine army.
TBE VtNKZCELAtt RKYULVTION.
The overthrow of the Castro govern
ment In Venezuela appears certain and
ia perhaps now an accomplished fact
the signal success of the revolutionists
at Barcelona having probably decided
the fate of the government The revo
lution has been In progress for a consid
erable time, or nearly ever since Castro
attained power, and its success ought to
result to the benefit of the country,
which has made little progress under
the present government The rule of
Castro has been corrupt and oppressive
and his administration has been domi
nated by tbe clerical element which
among other things has been persist
ently hostile to public education, It was
to overthrow this power in the affairs
of the republic that chiefly prompted the
revolution. -.-. -
Whether or not the success of the
revolution would very much ' Improve
conditions, however, la problematical
In the division of the spoils new troubles
may arise, for Venezuela Is not unlike
other South American countries in re
spect to the character of its politicians.
It Is never certain that peace and order
will be maintained for any length of
time. Meanwhile the revolutionists are
preparing troubles for themselves with
other countries, in the event of their
organizing a government If it be true
that they are responsible for the pillag
ing of the consulates at Barcelona,
That is a pretty serious matter, for
which some sort of reparation will as
suredly be required. The situation is
giving some work to our naval officers
In that quarter and American inter
ests are being looked after aa care
fully as possible.
The railroad tax bureau has fired sev
eral bulletins in succession at the tax
payers of Nebraska, in order to make
invidious comparisons . between tax-
shirking money lenders and people with
heavy deposit books and the tax-shirk
ing railroads. But how will those com
parisons excuse the state board of as
sessors from omitting the assessment
of railroad franchises from the assess
ment of the tangible property of those
corporations?
Congressman Mercer's application to
become an associate member of the Tri
Clty Press club has been favorably re
ported and accepted. Now it will be
in order for Our Dave to make applica
tion to 'Join John N. Baldwin on the
staff of President Burfs forthcoming
dally Railroad Gazette, which Is to be a
better newspaper and more widely cir
culated than any other daily that has
ever been published in Omaha.
There is no danger that Nebraska will
be left out entirely of the benefits ac
cruing Under the new irrigation law.
The men In charge of the experimental
irrigation works desire above all to give
a successful demonstration of the possi
bilities of irrigation, and ' the most
promising points for experimental reser
voirs -will have to take in some of the
semi-arid section of Nebraska and ad-
Joining states.
An anarchist who had commissioned
himself to assassinate the king of Italy
committed suicide while on his way
across the ocean from this country. . It
other anarchist assassins would only
follow In his footsteps by killing them
selves instead of their intended victims
they would relieve us of much trouble
In the enforcement of our anti-anarchist
legislation.
William F. Gurley proclaimed from
the platform some weeks ago that
O ui ana needs Mercer a great aeal
worse than Mercer needs Omaha. It
this is true, why should not Omaha ac
claim Mercer as perpetual representative
at the national capital, without the aid
of the Union Pacific railroad constabu
lary? -
Mavay f Ob Mlad.
Chicago Tribune.
Editor Bryan thinks the "money question
ts still important." It Is. Mr. Bryan; It Is.
Always collect from your subscribers la ad
vance. . ,
At St Safe Dlstaaeo.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Manhattan la to bars a baby show and
the homeliest young, one It to win a prise
of $75. The committee that makes the de
cision will announce It from Omaha, and
win thereupon Immediately adjourn sins
die.
Ca at tbe Rash.
ftprlngfleld Republican.
The inch of emigration to ths United
States is not confined wholly to southern
and eastern Europe. Every American-
bound ship now leaving Scandinavian ports
Is crowded with emigrants. Tbe cause is
said to be "ths unprecedented hard times"
now prevailing throughout Norway, Sweden
and Denmark and the more stringent con
scription laws ot Bweden.
Gtvlasr OU Mwdr Shake.
Minneapolis Journal.
The Old Muddy is about to be left alone
to Its snags. Its decreasing volume ef water
and Its pastime of , changing its channel.
Uncle Sam has about mads up his mind to
abandon It to the Umbo of nnnavlgable
streams. If It really be true that the river
Is really feeding the thousands of artesian
wells that do such good service in South
Dakota it Is mors valuable In that capacity
than It ever could be as an artery ot com
merce. 8ara Beet Crop in Nebraska.
St Louis Globe-Democrat . i
A farmer residing in "southwestern Ne
braska writes that the yield of sugar beets
In his neighborhood this year will be from
fifteen to twenty-five tons aa acre, accord
ing to care given,, and that the contract
price, delivered, is 94.25 a ton. He adds
that there - are ten-acre patches of
land whose crop of sugar beets this season
will pay for ISO acres of good land. Tha
address of this farmer Is William Coleman,
McCook, Nab., and as he has been a tiller
ot the soil fifty years, he Is not likely to
err In his estimate of the value ot a crop.
The Kaw Associate Justice.
Kansas" City Star.
Judge Holmes, whom President Roosevelt
has nominated for the supreme court, has
the reputation of being one of the fairest
soundest and most learned Judges In the
United States. The decisions of the Massa
chusetts supreme court over which he has
presided are recognted as good law.' A
"Holmes opinion" carries immense weight.
His reputation is more' than national. ' The
late Lord Russell, while lord chief Justice
of England, once referred to Judge Holmes'
book on "The Common Law" as the classic
work on that subject Tbe president's
choice for Justice Gray's successor on the
supreme bench of the United States will
be regarded as admirable by lawyers
throughout the United States. To people
generally the appointment . has the addi
tional sentimental interest of recognising
tus vi lu vf . ilie sun vl ihs gviiiai ami
popular "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table."
Street Car Adverttsla Prohibited.
; ; - Leslie's: Weekly. . '..
The leading newspapers of the country
will be Interested tnHhs fact that the con
tract for the coostreotlon of the Brooklyn
part ot the great f id transit system of
New York distinctly provides thst ne, por
tion ot Brooklyn, tunnel or' its cars shall
be used for advertising purposes. The alert
Brooklyn newspapers have. seen to t that
their Interests in this matter were care
fully safeguarded. They have shown greater
diligence. and common sense than .the news
papers of, the borough of Manhattan and
of many others of rour large cities. The
Troy Times, In Its thoughtful comment en
this faot says and we commend Its utter
ance to the attention of the press gen
erallythat "this prohibition Is significant
because it indicates ths growth of the con
viction that the proper plaoe tor advertising
ia In the newspapers and not on street bill
boards or the walls ot conveyances. Ths
opinion is gaining tdrce that there Is es
sential injustice in permitting owners of
franchises for tha purpose of publlo con
veyance to turn their vehicles or routes
Into advertising mediums and thus to -encroach
upon a function toward which ths
publishers of periodicals have' contributed
much time and. effort and-to the use ot
which they are legitimately entitled." .
WHEELER OH ROBERTS.
Gf-heral J no Appralsea. tha Military
Froweas of' Qaaoral Boha.
Washington Post.
It would have been worth while to attend
the Anglo-American Pilgrims' banquet In
London Friday night. If only to hear our
General Joe Wheeler eulogize Lord Roberts'
as the "greatest of modern Christian sol
diers," To be sure, the event waa at
tractive in many other ways. Such great
Englishmen as Lord Klnnard and' Lord
Charles Beresford and Lord Roberts ' and
such eminent Americana as Mr. Henry
White, Mr. Joslaa Qnlncy and General Jos
Wheeler were there to bs looked at. The
banquet hall was,' of course, a thing of
beauty and ths food both solid and abund
ant. But the spectacle of Lord Roberts
as ths greatest living military commander,
with General Wheeler as ths only complete
appraiser 'In that line, was a speotacle to
witness which a good man might well have
traveled half across the world.
We confess thst, until General Wheeler's
declaration appeared, we had entertained a
somewhat different estimate of Lord Rob
erta. His brief campaign In, South Africa
and that was his first and only experience
with an enemy in trousers impressed us
rather painfully than otherwise. As ws saw
the matter. Lord Roberts simply concen
trated an immense army and marched
through a thinly populated country in a
great hurry, hastened fondly back to Eng
land with the utmost expedition and left
the situation absolutely unchanged save for
the capture ot Cronje and his fores. Of
ths many things hs might have dons to
give effect to that procession, hs did not
one. Wten Kitchener reached Pretoria as
the successor of Lord Roberts hs found ths
situation as ugly and ths difficulties aa
formidable as though Lord Roberts had
never left Londqn at all. He found, ws
must admit,' bis predecessor's solemn proc
lamation ot British victory, but be could
see none of its fruits. As for occupation of
Boer territory, there was none, nor did hs
sver achieve it in any proper sense of the
term until ths Boers, a few weeks ago, im
pelled by some reason which la still mys
terious, abandoned ths conflict and laid
down their arms. Lord. Roberta did not
lighten Kitchener's task. Ha merely In
tensified and complicated It. - Hs did about
as much toward subduing ths Boars as
General Wheeler did toward checking tbe
optratlona of Sherman and Thomas In our
own little rumpus of forty years ago.
However, ws shall now amend our views
with reference to Lord Roberts and hia
military achievements In Bouta Africa.
General Wheeler Is a hero of largs experi
ence a soldier whose brilliant record la
,to oiomentous wars lends weight te his
A OnOWIlfO tEST!0f.
Buffalo Express: If tbe snthrsclte wins
owners could bs imbued with a little ot the
good sense and spirit of falrneos expressed
by Senator Hanoa the strike could be ended
In a day. The operator seem not to be
able te answer the senator's . question,
namely. If tha bituminous operators find It
profitable and satisfactory to recognize the
union, why ahould net the anthracite opera
tors T .
Cleveland Leader: A majority of ths
people of the United States would not at
present favor such an eiDerlment In social
ism as ths purchase and control by the gov
ernment Of the coal mlnea and tha rail.
roads, but if the methods of the hard coal
trust are copied by other lures emnlovara
of labor it will not take long to create a
PUDI10 sentiment which could ha tauntm!
npon to favor a momentous change In gov
ernmental poller. Arrorant and ohatlnat
employers of labor are doing much to es-
laonsn conditions that will plague them In
the future. "
Indianapolis Newa: Tha anth
of Pennsylvania have been shut dowa now
for three months, simply because their own
ers will not consent to .a reasonable con
ference with ths miners and the submis
sion of any points In dispute to disinter-.
ested arbitrators. Tha whole eountrv la
made to suffer because of the stubbornness,
stiff -neckedness and unreason of a
half doten men that by unlawful combina
tion have succeeded In sralnlna an abanluta
monopoly of ths anthracite field. . It seems
to us that Pennsylvania oucht to b dnlna-
eomethlng more than preserving order by
tne use or the militia. The civil power of
ths state ought to be trying "to get Into
ths game." it Is monstrous thst env h.if
dosen men should be able to paralyse the
industries of the country. Increase the liv
ing expenses of millions of people and sub
ject the state to vast unnecessary exnendl.
turs to maintain order and security.
PERSONAL KOTEg.
Philadelphia Journalism Is having an up
set with the conaolldatloa of tha Ijutr.r
and Times as a penny paper.
Senator T. O. Flatt la runnlns- a Bundav
school on the plassa of the Oriental hotel at
Manhattan beach. The attendance Is not
large, but the proceeding, are Interesting.
' Milwaukee finds that the cremation of
municipal garbage is a very eostly luxury.
About $10,000 a month coes un with tha
smoke of the crematory.
In recognition of his efforts for tha i-
velopment ot French art In America. Henry
Dunveen of New York has been mada a
chevalier of the Legion ot Honor by the
French academy, ,
Kentucky is wounded in its nrida twnaiua
Judge Fennypacjter, candidate for governor
of Pennsylvania, said Senator Quay Is a
bigger man than Clay or Webster ever
thought of being.
Most any old place In the middle west
can now substantiate Its claims as a sum
mer resort. Even Indiana may do so with
out being susDected of overstocking tha
market for- historical fiction. ,
A man and a bov. a team of hnra
wagon and forty ten-auart cans of nltro.
glycerine rolled out of Bradford, Pa., a few
days ago, bound for a magaslne. A hole
In the ground eight feet deen hr twentv
feet across marked the spot where the cara-
an Its fm rr 4ln.nn...4
- - o
. The gallant cavalryman, Lord Dundonald,
who relieved Ladysmith and Is now about
to become head of ths Canadian militia, la
not in favor, of the present system of gar
risoning colonies with regiments from the
United Kingdom. Hs would have, each
colony raise Its own troops , and look after
Its own fortifications. -
There Is not yet In Portland any monu
ment to.' WUHara Pitt. Fessenden. Ion
United States senator from Maine and secre
tary of the treasury under President Lin
coln. Mr. Fessenden was born in Port-
load, and the cltiiens of his native town
are at last talking of erecting a well-deserved
memorial to him there., .
The sultan of Turkey Is anxious to win
the good graces of the csar of Russia. Hs
has recently given the Muscovite ruler a
present of two large porcelain vases and a
tea service made In his own factory. Ons
of the vases, Intended for the empress, is
covered with Oriental ornaments, the ether
with scenes from Oriental street life and
pictures of Turkish palaces.
Lord Edmund Talbot, who becomes heir
presumptlvs ' to ths dukedom of Norfolk
through the death of the afflicted earl of
Arundel, Is the conservative member for
the Chichester division of Sussex. He waa
born In 155 and was educated at the
Oratory school, Edgbaston. Like his father,
he Is a Roman Catholic. He assumed the
name of Talbot In place of his family name
of Howard by royal' license in 1870. He
entered the Eleventh hussars and during
ths recent campaign saw service in' South
Africa, obtaining mention. In dispatches.
He was private secretary to Mr. Brodrlck
in 1896 and Is now assistant prlvata secre
tary. . ' DANGERS OF I!FLAT10!. '
Eaeraaoas laereaao " of . Loaai ' hy
Katioaal Basks.
Chicago Tribune.
The comptroller of ths currency finds
cause for satisfaction In ths excellent condi
tion of the national banks as revealed by the
reports made to him last month. The-Increases
which he finds in most ot ths Items
of the consolidated bank statement are "con
sistent with ths universal reports of ths
prosperous condition ot business and the In
crease In Its volume all over the country."
' Ths comptroller,' whtle mentioning ths
more gratifying features of the statement,
does not fall to mention ons fact which Is not
altogether gratifying to him. It Is the contin
ued Increase in loans. There is an Increase of
$265,000,000 over the statement of July, 1901,
and of $49,000,000 since ths statement of
April 80 last. The comptroller admits that
the Increase is based In part on a selld
growth of values, but "there must also bs
some - Inflation," says he, "and there Is
danger of going too far In this direction."
Warnings of this kind often havs been
given in the pant and seldom have been
heeded. Few were willing to believe that
(here had been Inflation until ths bubble
burst Probably the hint of the comptroller
will not lead to any taking In of sails.
Comfort may be derived from the reflection
that while there doubtless Is some Inflation
new there Is not so much proportionately as
there has been in past prosperous seasons.
Ths country does get wiser ss it gets older
and It does not speculate so wildly and so
much beyond Its resources as it did at an
earlier day. It Is customary for ths men
who suffer from each panic or revulsion
Which follows en ths heels of the specu
lative excesses begotten by prosperity to
look on that era of panlo or depression as
the worst the country ever knew, la reality
the "hard times" periods ot ths laat third
of a century have not been so crushing as
those of ths earlier years ot ths last cen
tury. Ths country has much mors capital
than It had then and a little more common
senss.
A reaction Is likely to follow this period
of prosperity, of ths rapid creation ot over
capitalised enterprises and ot credit Infla
tion, but It will not bs so serious a reaction
as those of other years. Judging from the
present Suurisiiiug coutiiiiuu vt iua liuu
and steel Industry there Is no Immediate
danger of industrial depression. Neverthe
less It la well to take to heart the sugges
tion ef ths comptroller and shun iuflatlaa.
bits or wiihikotor Lirsi.,
Klnor sVeaes u4 laclesats Sketched
1 . . .oat' the Spot.
A fins bunch cf old barnacles have boea
pried loose from the pay roll ef the pension
bureau. They loved their work and the
pay attached to It, and they loved boess
a little more. .Fores of habit and official
leniency made them think their lapses were
for tns good of the service. When, how
ever, the new Commissioner, fresh from
prohibition Kansas, found there boosing and
snooting during working hours, a warning
signal 4was holetedv "If you like your Job,
forsake the bottle." The old boys scoffed
at ths signal and proceeded to Irrigate with
fresh vigor. Then ths commissioner's
wrath rosa to ths. emergency and a large
bunch of booiers were turned out Into the
cold world, and ho one was allowed to
come back. One result of the bounce Is
ths abesnce ot clove and lemon pesl odors
In the bureau.
Besides the Jolt, given the hooters, the
commissioner served nottve on his clerks
that they must ay their legitimate bills or
seek employment .'elsewhere. Booxtog and
beating will soon be among the lost arts of
the bureau. - v n .
The "m'uih-ooveted medal of honor be
stowed on officers end enlisted men of the
srrq .for exceptional acta of personal hero
ism Is a five-pointed star ef bronte, tipped
with trefoil, each point containing a crown
of laurel and oak. In the center, within a
circle of thirty-four stars, America, per
sonified as Minerva, stands with her left
hand' testing otf the faaoes, while with her
right, in which' she holds a shield ,sm
blasoned with ths American arms, she re
pulses Discord, represented by two snakes
la each hand. ' The whole Is suspended by a
trophy ot two crossed cannons, balls and
a sword surmounted by the American eagle.
J. R. Page of the New Tork government
assay office and F. W. Bradock of the Mint
bureau In Washington during the last month
havs Counted more than $28,000,000 In loose
change which Uncle Sam has stored In the
New Orleans mint.' Every cola passed
through tho hands of ons or the other ot
these expert tellers', and careful tally was
kept. 'Amonir the other coins were 15,000,
000 standard silver dollars, $5,000,000 In
gold coins and subsidiary coinage, end
about ' $6,000,000 worth of stiver bullion.
These two mea went to New Orleans re
cently and at once began the task of ac
counting for every dollar in money repre
sented in the accounts of ths superintend
ent of the money manufactory.- They have
Just completed the work.
The aoted dynamite cruiser Vesuvius,
which, ueed to. cough thunderbolts around
Santiago some years ago, is about te be
consigned, to the naval Junk pile. Tha
three fifteen-Inch pneumatlo tubes and all
the Intricate machinery of the unique craft
are to be' taken Out,", discarded as useless
and sold, while the hull of the vessel Is
put to some other purpose. The vessel It
now, out ef com m lesion. It has been for
most.ot ths time:, since the Spanish war,
during which It participated In-the blockade
off Santiago, and did work of more or less
controversy,, the .Pneumatlo: Gun Carriage
and Power company, who own the patents
for the dynamite rues, claiming that the
craft Worked ' havoc with the coast de
fenses, while many naval officers have not
hesitated to say that ths vessel was proved
worthless In that campaign. The Vesuvius
represents an outlay of $350,000. ''
A statement Issued , by the Civil Service
commission gives some Interesting data of
special Interest to people anxious to get on
Uncle fiam'a pay roll. According to tbe
statement the total number ot positions at
present la, the executive civil service Is
about 3,6.-Of 'this "number 111.140 are
classified competitive, -11,786 classified ex-
eepted .and US.420. unclassified, la the de
partment proper, and., the independent offices
In Washington there ars about 10,078 posi
tions, of which 16.421 are classified competi
tive positions,! 2S6 classified excepted,. 891
unclassified presidential, and J, 978 below
classification. . About ,216.248 positions are
in brunches of the service outside of
Washington, of which 84.717 are classified
competitive, li.480- classified excepted, 1,111
unclassified presidential and 1,08,940 below
classification. ' ' '
The t75 offlolale ' of the consular service
are not Included In the above figures. The
reason asigued for excepting positions from
the operation of thfl rules is that tha duties
pertaining to them ere ot such .character
that the. qualifications of persons for ap
pointment, cannot be adequately tested In
ths msnner and- by the examinations pro
vided, by the civil service rules.
- ABASDOJtlNO THE MISSOURI.
A Oliaewyloav, of 4he .Btgr Hn4ay Files
" , ';' V.VU-eoje KJelc. .
. Chfcage Record-Herald. '
. The abandonment of the Missouri river Is
said to be foreshadowed In ' the report of
Captain .Chittenden, United States engi
neer, an abstract ,ot which leaves the argu
ment for . abandonment In a state of
curious--Confusion;-.. We are told that while
business on the stream j is going to ths
demnitton bowwows It reached a volume of
68.388,000 pounds and 11,249 head ot cattle
above Sioux City in 1B0L as against 8,966,000
pounds In 1878. nu .-
This change may not prove thst Edward
Meguire; engineer In, 1878, was right when
he prophesied thai the shippers would pre
fer the river to the railroads, but it cer
tainly, shows that there has baen a growth,
even if it is only tor transportation be
tween railroads, and If there were absolute
stsgnatten of trade the waterway .would
still have its value. This would consist In
the menace of compstttlon, which nsed not
be In lull, .operation to be effective. All
that Is necessary, la that It should be imme
diately possible, ' sad having that . faot in
mind the more the difficulties of the Mis
souri are. magnified the more Impolitic It
would seem to be for the government to
leave tr te Itself.' '
That river commerce Is Impossible with
out snagging is hardly a potftt for abandon
msnt when It-is shown at the same time
that snagging has been so successful that
only four boats .havs been wrecked since
1890 by running Into snags. The supreme
question Is. bow do the cost of this river
and ths ' resulting benefits compare with
those 'of other streams and harbors that
get Into tbe river and hirbor bills which
congress is so ready to passT The ben
efits ws have Indicated In the reference to
competition; the cost of the upper Missouri
since 1890 has been but $376,144, which
strikes ens as being relatively small when
it Is considered that ths river Is ons of the
longest In the world. And though It Is
very shallow . lei' parts and very unreliable.
It has a national Importance unlike mapy
streams which are remembered In ths ap
propriations. Congress should think twice
before barring tuch a waterway from its
schemes of Intsrnal Improvements and
then continue the appropriation.
Tearfal Teller Emalatas Barkla.
, t . New .York Tribune.
Senator Teller of Colorado has long baf
fled ths directory makers who have tried to
0.x his status end affiliations la party pol
itics 'But his campaign for re-election is
ndw'on, and the other day In Colorado hs
was forced to make this rather ingenious
uovlaTSiics: f have esref'j'ly e1!ed
the question s to whether I ought to be a
candidate or not, and I have decided to leave
that question te ths democracy of Colo.
nio."
WHAT THB TRAFFIC "TIIJ BEAU.
laaiaoaaeo of the laftateel Capital
Isatloa of the Reek Islaasl ttoael.
United States Investor.
The Rock Island scheme Involves aa In
crease of 170 per cent la ths capitalisation
of the syatem Without increasing tbe assets.
If tbe present year may be regarded as an
Index of what future years are gnliig to be,
ths company will no doubt be able te stand
ths capitalisation that IS to be placed upoa
It But It te hard to convince-most persons
that tbe present year Is a safs criterion
of future years. Existing conditions ss
regards railroad earnings are viewed by
conservative minds at highly .exceptional.
Railroad earnings may conceivably nevsr
decline to what they were prior to 1898. hat
that they win remain permanently at the
present level may seriously be questioned.
Ia the event of a marked recession euch
as might occur at any time the Rock
Island might. In order to' turn a sufficient
amount evsr to the New Jersey company
te Justify the stock market alms ot tbe
promoters ot tbe conversion plan, be obliged
te resort to measures relating to rates and
transportation facilities which would be" re
pugnant to the communities which In the
past have claimed Jurisdiction ot the sys
tem. There are. In fact, many ways In
which the' policy of the operating Company
might, by the interposition of the. new for
sign corporation, conceivably be modified to
the detriment of the local communities. In
short, ths whole policy of the promoters
ot ths conversion plan te obviously te ellml
nate to the fullest extent possible all local
Jurisdiction. It seems te ua, therefore! that
the Rock Island deal furnishes an Immense
amount of ammunition for' tha advocates
of national charters. The deal Is
essentially a barefaced one In Its details.
The capitalization la expanded ' from $75.
000,000 to $201,600,000, but the plan is se
arranged thst only a little more than $26,.
250,000 of preferred stock will control the
whole property, thus opening the way for
the promoters to recoup themselves1 tor the
expense thsy have bees put to In working
up the deal, by selling their bonds and com.
mon' slock. As someone haa remarked,
they can thus eat their cake and still have
It. This feature, together . with such tea.
turee as tbe provision In the charter where,
by the management can use the company's
funds In speculating In the company's se
curities (thereby securing the. means' to
perpetuate their private hold on the prop,
erty) and the provision rendering It Im
possible tor the security holders 'to have
access to the books of the company,' stamp
the whole project as one of the most unique
pieces of effrontery ever witnessed ln con
nection with speculation la this country.
i RUSH FOR- OUR SHORES.,
PhtlMthroar as a Pradeaee . Eitr
elseat at the Lavadlasj Place. '
Leslie's Weekly. ' '
No other country In the world admits so
many Immigrants aa does the United States
and in no other land. have such elaborate ar
rangements been made to receive and care
far tbe foreigners who flock to Its shores.
During the year ended June 80, 1901, a total
of 848,743 immigrants' were allowed to enter
this great republic. This ts the record figure
for one year, and it exceeds that of the pre.
ceding year by 160,825. For the year ended
June 80, 1908, as many as 493,380 immigrants
landed at this port alone, or more than the
-1 .... M ,k, a.
eus twelve months. 'Coming as they do In
such vast numbers ths Immigrants would
fare badly were It dot that oa their arrival
they become for the time being wards' of
Unole Sam. They are treated with e sort
of paternal solicitude and no effort ts spared
by the faithful among the Immigration offi
cials to protect them and speed them, safely
to their ; destinations.' - With' this national
philanthropy Is mingled , ' prudence which
seeks to prevent the addition, of undesirable
!ments to our population. The process
which exemplifies this two-sided policy con
tains numerous features of Interest, and it
may bs observed at Its best at the chief Im
migration station of the union, situated on
Bills Island In New York harbor.. .
FLASHES OF Flft.
Chicago Tribune: ."Why. I thought you
were In Europe!" - .
"No; I'm touring- the United States this
''hat is the reason "of thatT" ' "
"Well, so many princes have been visiting
us late'v that I've concluded there must
be something In this country worth seeing."
Philadelphia Press: "Of course," said the
printer, "you'll want this booklet about
your new place embellished with half-tone
pictures."
"Not much." replied Nurtteh with soma
heat. "I'm rich enouarh to have fuU-tones;
no hsjf-ways with me I" - -
Washington Star: "The world owee me
a living," said the dreamyyed person,
"Even if It does." - answered the busy
friend, "you mustn t be too polite or .too
lasy to get out and dun it for what's com
ing' to you." . re
Plttaburs; Chronicle: Fred Why don't
you send her some roseet
Ned Gee, whlxa. man I Didn't I tell you
I'm Just back from my vacation?
ITred Can't raise the wind. 1T ".-
Ned Well, If rosea wera 10 cents a hun
dred I couldn't raise enough wind to stir
one netaX . .
"Is there anything your president can't
dot" asked the foreigner, astonished at
the extraordinary versatility of the present
occupant of the White House, ,
"Yes," responded the native. "We can't
appoint a postmaster without disappointing
somebody. . ,
Philadelphia Press:' JarV T proposed to
Miss Mattle Rofact last night, and
. Ned I know Juat .when ft happened. I
saw you holding her hand while you
did It. - ' v
Jack You're mistaken; I wasn't holding
her hand. She wrs feeling rp ptilee to
see if my heart was really beating as fast
as I said It was.
Washington Star: "Love." said ' tTncle
Eben. "Is like ona o' dese ' byur otter,
mobiles. It's liable to stop all of a Sudden
an' den again It's U'ble to pick up an' run
away wif you."
Washington Stsrt "Why do yen ear such
bitter things of those you call parvenuesT"
"Well,' answered Miss Cayenne frankly,
"T like money as well as anybody does.
Mayb I'm somewhat jealous because I'm
not a parvenue myself.". . ,
Praetlee Makes Perfect.
Philadelphia Record.
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive,"
But when we've had more practical, my!
How straight and fluently ws lie!
A BACHELOR'S COM ICtSIOX.
Philadelphia Press.
At twenty I most deeply loved
A maid whoae witching way
Captured my heart completely
As she coached me at croquet
Alaal She's now e grandmother
With snowy pompadour,
Who. through her lorgnette, watches one
Glide o'er the dancing floor.
I felt at thirty In my heart
A deeper feeling dawn
For one with whom I constantly
Played tennis on the lcwn.
A matron dignified Is now
This early flame of mine,
I still admire her fervently.
Her dinners sre so fine.
At forty on the golfing links.
A pace quite often breathless,
I followed one for whom my heart
Beat with a pasalcn deathless.
This later love Is married, too, . -And
crown a trip atout,
Who, when we me.t, most tenderly
Inquires about my gout.'
At fifty now my heart is still
In perfect prervutlcm,
AlthrV tha Awtrxrm c.(m i $5-S
fatty degeneration.' " "
But yet It fools tho self-same thafll
V.'hlvh It hue known so Ions, '
When she, tho very yoiinet bud.
Is teaching me "'"-niin.
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