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King Corn has Just about reached the
place where be rises up and defies J.
Frost to do his worst
It is just possible the voters may con
clude to do some arbitrating on their
own account at the election.
There are several pank loose In
Omaha's city charter that ought to be
patched up at the next legislative ses
sion. To the ordinary spectator It would
seem that the conference stage of the
coal strike has been pretty thoroughly
exhausted.
Consul General Bragg will have to be
more o.ntious than ever at Ilong Kong,
because what he couldn't help saying
regarding the Cubans is much truer re
garding the Chinese.
Why are railroad corporations, whose
proper business is transportation, en
gaged In mining hard coal, anyhow, es
pecially as It involves a violation of the
rennaxlvanla constitution and laws?
Those business men juries are not
occupying the public eye quite so much
now aa they did a few months ago.
Has the bar association come to the
conclusion that the old way is the best?
A Harvard professor has discovered
proof that lightning never strikes water,
but avoids its surface as lr it were
poison. In this respect the lightning
U not alone in its antipathy to water.
The next reunion of the Grand Army
of the Republic will be held In Ban
Francisco. The railroads that profit
from the long haul must have gotten la
some smooth work with the veterans
at Washington.
What would the Union Pacific do were
some unforeseen event to deprive It of
the services of Bombastes Baldwin as
Its spontaneous spokesman? President
Burt might possibly be replaced, but
Baldwin never.
The Standard Oil magnates do not
propose to let the coal operators gather
in all the profit from an advanced price
of fuel. People who cannot burn coal
may burn oil If they wish to, bat they
will have to pay for the privilege Just
the same.
la the pending election Mercer must
regard himself In a tighter place than
ever before, for never before la a siml
lar Juncture could be be Induced to
enroll himself among the Oaiaha payers
of personal taxes to the extent of
copper cent
Nebraska club women are too enthu
siastic ever the work of their organixa
tlons to reduce their general state meet'
ing to biennial Instead of annual af
fairs. When a woman gets interested
la club work she wsnts no brake put
on the vehicle.
The advance guard of the annual
seriei of Indian uprisings is already
upon oa. If we did not have the period
ical menace of an Indian outbreak on
each of the principal western reserva
tlons there might be n excuse for keep
ing troop stationed at a number of out
ljlng army posts.
Candidate Hitcbock has volunteered to
contribute (00 toward a T0O fund needed
tor the entertainment of the Christina
church convention. Now let Candidate
Mercer trvaop the card by contributing
the remaining ti5a Mercer has never
contributed anything to local enterprises
while be has drawn $50,000 and per
quUitee from the public treasury by
favor of Oman people. Here Is
thaact for Mm to even p 1UU
a good trrtcr or the coal emre.
One food effect of the hard coal crisis
! the tendency to check oversiwu'11
tlon In Inflated merger and corporation
stocks. It Is now well known that Im
uvnse sums are tied up In combination
stocks, which aa things were going a
few week ago would have heen un
loaded upon Investors at extravagant
prices. The coal situation has so
focused public attention upon the gen
eral merger movement and so Im
pressed It with the belief that that
movement will soon encounter an ef
fective legislative check, both national
and state, that Investor are beginning
to look with apprehension upon such
securities.
It Is dawning even upon speculators
that the antitrust end anti-monopoly
agitation Is not a mere passing popular
spasm or campaign claptrap, but the
deliberate resolution of the American
people to take the subject seriously In
hand and diopose of It right. It Is a
hard proposition for the promoters and
boomers of merger lithographs to go
against Great numbers of them are
caught with their schemes half finished.
It has been the practice to combine two
or more large corporations under a new
organization whose securities, generally
enormously Inflated, are substituted for
those of the combined corporations. But
In order to carry it through the mana
gers had to control a majority of the
stocks of the latter, and It was neces
sary to borrow largely to do this and
until the final consummation when the
substituted stocks had been unloaded
upon the public In the process of re
organization the properties, as a rule,
would be bonded beyond their legitimate
value.
To say nothing of the inherent defects
of the system, it absolutely requires for
its successful operation an adventurous
and speculative spirit dominant In the
general market This baa subsided
and la rapidly passing away. TJhe de
velopments of the coal strike, giving a
powerful impetus to government regu
lation and control of which the attitude
President Roosevelt Is only one
among many evidences, are sufficient to
cause tne Investing and the speculative
public to pause and ponder. ' The check
has come none too soon.
AO cat md iy commos stnooLs.
Tbe decision rendered by the state su
preme court barring the bible and all
sectarian Instruction from the public
schools snd the State university Is in
strict accord with the spirit and letter of
the state constitution. This is by no
means a declaration in favor of ungodli
ness In public instruction, but a recogni
tion of the principle that no doctrine of
creed or sect shall be Inculcated in educa
tional iufcUluilou maintained by public
taxation. In other words, the forced
contributions levied on property owners
of all classes In the shape of taxes shall
not be applied to the teaching of any
religious doctrine.
The first controversy over this Issue
dates back to 1871 four years before
the adoption of the present constitution.
It was brought about by the enactment
of the law creating tbe first board of
education for tbe city of Omaha. That
act contained the following clause: "No
sectarian or religious doctrine shall ever
be taught or inculcated In tbe public
schools of Omaha." This provision en
countered very vigorous opposition from
orthodox religious circles, but the test
of public sentiment on tbe question
came with tbe submission of tbe act for
ratification by tbe citizens of Omaha.
Although the ratification of the act was
opposed by all the dailies excepting The
Bee, which was then In Its Infancy, the
rote on the act stood nine In favor to
one against ratification. That decisive
vote effectually settled tbe controversy
over religious instruction In tbe public
schools of Omaha.
Inasmuch as nobody has sought to re
open the Issue in thirty years, it may be
taken for granted that an overwhelm
ing public sentiment sustains tbe prin
ciple of excluding all religious or sec
tarian teaching from tbe common
schools.
3TO LABOR IMPVRTATIOX POSSIBLE.
The anthracite mine operators hsve in
sisted that they could have all the labor
necessary If they were given adequate
protection for those that desired to
work. They have been given all the
military protection they can expect from
the state of Pennsylvania and that is as
far as they can go unless tbe power of
the state should be Insufficient to main
tain peace and order.
Wbat can they do now? Everything
has been granted to them that they can
ask and they have been given the oppor
tunity to comply with tbe public de
mand. They bold their tights and
privileges from the state and are under
unquestionable obligations to the public.
Whatever may be said of them individu
ally, there can be no question that in
their corporate capacity these coal rail
roads are subject to the authority of the
state of Pennsylvania and of the na
tional government
As to the authority of tbe state to deal
with these corporations there la abun
dant testimony. They are absolutely to
day amenable to the laws of Pennsyl
vania. Tbe Philadelphia Press quotes
from tbe constitution of that state to
show that tbe entire course of the an
thracite operators Is violative of tbe
constitutional prohibitions and more
than that the operators cannot resume
work with imported miners, because un
der the laws of Pennsylvania only men
who have received certificate as miners
can work in the mines. According to
tbe Press, If the mines are worked at
ail It must be with tbe miners already
oa the ground. If the strike is broken it
can only be because tbe men who came
out of the pits last May have decided to
go down Into tbetn again. No outside
miners can work In the anthracite dis
trict Laborers may be Imported, inln
ers cannot be.
Tbe obvious fact then U that under the
law of Pennsylvania covering tbe min
ers, there Is no poaslbility of resumption
of micjTLf except by the employment of
the men who are now engaged In the
strike. That Is to say, new men not
familiar with mining or who cannot pass
the required examination are Ineligible
to places as miners. This gives the or
ganization of miners a very decided ad
vantage, which it Is of course not losing
sight of la the contest It places the
mine owners .tinder a restriction and a
very proper one which In existing cir
cumstances Is proving its wisdom.
CAM a tVR LABOR.
In his speech accepting a renomina-
tion. Governor Odell of New York said
that the uniform policy of tbe republican
party has been to enact progressive laws
for the benefit of the worklngmen.
Speaking especially with reference to
the republicans of New York, he said
that they bad passed laws according to
workiugmen shorter hours of toll, giv
ing to them rights not heretofore pos
sessed. Insuring proper safeguards in the
ways and works, and holding accounta
ble the employer or bis superintendent
for injuries received through defective
tools; also tor preventing the recruiting
into their ranks of minors before they
have been properly fitted for the battle
of life.
This referred, of course, to wbat had
been done by the republican party of the
Empire state in behalf of tbe Interests
of labor, but It applies to every state of
tbe union in which the republican party
has had control. Not in a single one of
these states has that party failed to
consider and take care of tbe interests
and the welfare of labor. Whoever will
investigate the facts will find that wher
ever tbe republicans have bad an oppor
tunity they have shown themselves the
friends of labor, always ready to heed
the claims of the workingman to con
sideration and to do what the party
could to protect the interests of labor.
This has been also tbe uniform policy of
the republican party in congress. Never
since the party was organized has there
been a voice raised in congress by a re
publican against any proposition of a
practical nature that bad for its object
the Improvement of the condition or the
elevation of the wage earners of the
United States. The very foundation of
the economic policy for which the re
publican party has always contended is
the protection of American labor.
American worklngmen should not lose
sight of this when the question comes
home to them of which party they will
support It is a matter that appeals
most directly to their interests and their
welfare. They ought to have no diffi
culty In understanding what they have
suffered from democratic policy, while
the benefits they have enjoyed and are
still enjoying through republican policy
should convince them of their political
ty. Tlie fad ILdt liie ttpubiicatt party
is tbe friend of labor is incontestible.
A LOXSC1ESTIOC3 TAXPATKR.
As a payer of personal taxes Con
gressman Mercer stands out in bold re
lief as a living example of a quickened
conscience. He has made no return of
personal property in Omaha, nor has he
paid a penny of personal taxes from
1S95 to 1902, Inclusive, but the enjoy
ment of special police and fire protec
tion and other municipal utilities has
aroused within Mr. Mercer a community
of Interest sentiment He has discov
ered rather suddenly that four chairs
and a cheap desk In tbe room tempo
rarily occupied by him as an office have
an intrinsic value of 1300, and he has
filled out the assessor's blank with those
figures, which in bis case means a good
deal, as everybody familiar with his
sworn statement of campaign expenses
hss realized.
According to Mercer's sworn state
ment, filed with the secretary of state,
the total expenditures, within his knowl
edge, of money paid and valuable things
promised or given away in bis behalf
by himself and bis friends in carrying
the recent Omaha primaries, was Just
S335. Whether this exhibit was made
with a mental reservation or from a
lapse of memory is immaterial. Suffice
it to say that a quickened conscience
has impelled Mr. Mercer to assume the
burden of personal taxation to the ex
tent of S3.C0 for the year 1903.
If this voluntary contribution is to be
charged up in Mercer's next statement
to campaign expenses it would seem
to be heartlessly unfair that bis cor
poration backers, who themselves are
beating tbe taxpayers of Omaha an
nually out of tens of thousands of dol
lars, should thus impose upon him. On
the theory that Mercer, at Washington
and elsewhere,' represents the taxation
which the corporations are able to
dodge, a theory which their Impetuosity
In bis behalf, regardless of expense.
renders plausible, a discriminating pub
lic will insist that the 13.60 should be
credited up to them. As the allied rail
road corporations last year actually paid
into the city treasury of Omaha only
$27.19&S9 whereas on a low estimate
they should have paid $ ISO, 000, it will
be seen that, even crediting them with
Mercer's 13.00, they sre still shy as to
the Omaha public tbe sum of $133,803.51,
and still In position on that account If
on no other to. shell out liberally for
him in other campaign details. If, how
ever, we assume that Mercer's corpora
tion sponsors have beat him, as they
have the real taxpayers of Omaha, he
would nevertheless have the alternative
of charging the $3.00 to the account of
clerk hire, which the government pays,
although that fact would not palliate
the corporation ingratitude.
In any view of the matter, so far as
Mercer himself 1 concerned, we have
on the record the pathetic spectacle of a
congressman, whose reeldeuce is in the
District of Columbia, forced In the midst
of a contest for re-election to lay tbe
foundation for dUgorging $3.60 by going
on tbe personal tax rolls of a distant
city, which he vUits only at the remot
est intervals and under the pressure of
tuch sn emergency as now confronts
him.
Tbe people in Pennsylvania and Ne
York are beeomlng very impatient with
the anthracite coal operators, whose re-
fusal to arbitrate Imposes great hard
ship not only on the miners, but on hun
dreds of thousands of other poople. Tbe
leple of Nebraska, and especially the
citizens of Omaha, are Iwglnnlng also
t' be impatient over the refusal of the
Union raclfle to arbitrate Its lockout,
which has exoed the traveling public
and bipiers to great luoouvenience and
loss by Irregular train service. Public
carriers are responsible to the public
for prompt and sfetransiortatien'of
passengers snd freight, nd while their
patrons cheerfully submit to delays and
Inconvenience caused by the elements or
by unavoidable accidents, they hsve a
right to Insist upon ample facilities and
regular service for all ordinary traffic.
The death mte In the membership of
the Grand Army of the Republic, as
shown by the official statistics of that
organization, is gradually increasing,
and it will henceforth inevitably in
crease at a more rapid rate. Compara
tively few of the veterans of the civil
war are now under 0 years of age, and
apart from the effect of wouuds and
the special strain Incident to active sen-
Ice tbe death losa in such a tiody of men
would In tbe natural order of things
be now greatly accelerated. At most
not a long period will elapse before the
Grand Army of the Republic will figure
only In history.
Several of the fusion candidates for
the legislature have made public declara
tion In favor of municipal borne rule and
tax reform, but It seems to us that these
declarations should be more specific, and
every candidate on either ticket who is
willing to stand up for charter revision
that will do away with governor-
appointed police boards and railroad tax
exemption should commit himself to
these reforms In black and white and
publish bis pledge. The taxpayers of
this city have a right to know before
election Just where every candidate for
the legislature stands on vital local
issues.
Popular indifference to tbe prelimina
ries of the school board campaign must
not be taken to indicate that the posi
tion of member of the Board of Educa
tion has lost any of Its responsibility
and importance. The management of
tbe public schools calls for the best
business ability and tried integrity and
these tests should be. applied to every
aspirant for place on the board.
Ex-Governor Boies, In bis latest cam
paign speech, says that be "would not
touch the protection on any article that
has domestic competition. But for
fifteen years he has been a most radical
advocate of tariff for revenue only. It
must be remembered, however, that he
must get republican votes in .order to
stand any show of election in his dis
trict
Not even his official reporter makes
out that Colonel Bryan's Nebraska au
diences are this year of that tumultuous
and multitudinous character which he
encountered In former campaigns,
Whether tbe f anJtTs-that of the reporter
or. the orator Is not disclosed. 1
Will the Preaehers Kick.
Ban Francisco CalL
The latest critic says Theodore Roosevelt
is more of a preacher tbaa aa orator and
now the preachers who have been looking
upon themselves ss good orators hsve a
right to call on tbe critic to explain himself.
la the Sweet By aaat By.
New Tork Tribune.
Reports from the west declare that the
demand (or cars for the shipping of live
stock is much in excess of the supply.
When will tbe transportation lines of tbe
United States be completely equipped to
nanaie an ue trame wnics presses upon
them?
Llfla's Third Trial.
Philadelphia Record.
The signing the other day at Belfast of
Sir Thomas Upton's third challenge for tbe
America cup insures a renewal next year of
what is on all accounts the most ambitious
and Interesting attempt ever made to win
the "blue ribbon of tbe seas." American
yachtsmen generally will regret that the
challencinr boat is to be of the r acinar ma
chine type, but another conclusive demon
stration of our superiority in this form of
marine construction seems to be needed la
order to bring these international contests
to their original sphere snd function.
Taakee laaeaalty la Actlaa.
St Paul Pioneer Prow.
Yankee Ingenuity is still sound and vlg
orous in spits of its great age and cease
less activity. According to tbe report of
the census bureau there were 43,973 appll
cations for original mechanical patents and
39.773 patents were Issued or allowed, tbe
largest number issued in any year by tbe
patent office. As was to be expected of
tbe state which has been responsible tor
the cotton gin, tbe wooden nutmeg and
other famous devices, Connecticut secured
more patents in proportion to Its pop u la
tioa tbaa any other state. Its achieve
ment was one patent for every 1,198 of
Its population.
HeleMaar l the Meat Packers.
New Tork Sun.
A story Is told to the effect that J. Pier
poot Morgan brought tbe proposed merger
of the meat-packing companies to a halt by
a threat that IX be were not given the sell
lag of S10o.000.00e ot bonds of the proposed
combination he would ruin their foreign
trade by Increasing tbe steamship and rail
road rates oa dressed meat 10 cents a bun
dred and reducing tbe rate on live stock 10
per cent. The story la very Improbable, but
It has not bee a denied; yet U tbe combina
tion goes ahead and Mr. Morgan places Its
bonds it will be believed, since It la as
serted that another firm had been con
t ratted with to place the boada.
AAAlmg laaalt lajary.
Indianapolis Journal.
Burglars should always be polite, but
some of them are carry ins refinement of
manners to the point of Insolence. For ex
ample, the burglar who made a business call
at a house la Thirty-first street Monday
For twenty minutes he searched the house
for keepaakea. Meanwhile, outside, one
man was looking for a policeman and aa
other man was waiting for the caller to
come oit, and. Inside, tbe burglar alarm was
aputterlng away and not alarming tbe
burglar. At the end of that time be came
down the steps calmly, lighted a cigar,
walked Jauntily paat tbe watcher and disap
peared. We should hate to be convinced
that a gentfaaaly burglar can be an gaa tie-
manly, bat It waa Insulting to tbe watcher
te aauater by htm. and the cigar was a de
tail soetuveiy arregaak
TEl.TIMJ Tim tOAl, B.ROS.
.St. Louis Globe-Democrat: tf the pres
ent coal rate l maintained and tbe tem
perature continues to drop the public may
as well get ready for a Mg advance In the
price of red flannel.
Chicago IWord-Hernld: Some of the
mine owners will hardly be satisfied If the
reannrlvanta militia confines Itself merely
14 letting the men go back to work. If
they don't ant to go It will be argued
that they ought to be driven.
Chicago Chronicle: It Is barely posaible
that some of the unregenerate stockholders
n the coal roads, who are getting no divi
dends, may doubt the divine Inspiration
ot Brother Baer, who is In receipt of a
comfortable salary, whether school keeps
or not.
Boston Globe: Thomas of the Erie road
told the Washington correspondents, ss be
walked down tbe White House steps, that
they might as well talk to a stone as to
him. That seems to have been the mental
ttltude of tbe barons Inside as well as
outside of the executive mansion.
Chicago Tost: It Is possible that Presi
dent Mitchell might have made more out
of apparent defeat. In accordance with
President Roosevelt's suggestion, than be
will by continuing tbe struggle, but one
cannot blame him for thinking It unfair to
call upon his organization for all the con
cessions. Cleveland Leader: The coal operators
did not help their cause by referring to
John Mitchell as a disturbing leader of a
band of anarchists. As a matter of fact.
Mitchell Is conceded to be one of the most
conservative as well as one of the best
equipped labor leaders who have become
prominent In this country in late years.
He Is evidently not only a sound thinker,
but he is a man of learning. That Is
proved by the character of the addresses
he has given to the public, one or two of
hich would rank. In literary construction.
with the messages of the presidents and
other high officials of the government. This
Is a calm, frank and perfectly Just tribute
to the man who Is at the bead ot the coal
miners' organization.
POLITICAL DRIFT.
John F. Carroll, late private secretary of
Dick Croker, is building himself a $600,000
castle. Where did he get It?
In throwing a coal ownership plank at
the octopus Dave Hill hit bis New Tork
admirers in a tendtr spot. The New York
World is howling fiercely.
Notwithstanding the vigilance of tbe re
form government in New Tork City, some
enterprising thieves made sway with a team,
a truck and twenty barrels of whisky in
broad daylight.
New Tork antiquarians search the record
in vain for an Instance of an alderman re
turning 350,000, or any other sum, ot boodle
tendered for an aldermanie vote. The
laurels ot St. Louis are safe.
A democratic convention in the Black
Hills endorsed the policy of President
Roosevelt on the trust problem and the coal
strike. The steerer of that convention evl
dently absorbed a load early In the pro
ceedings.
The legislature of Vermont is about to
assemble and the prayerful people of the
state are lodging a few prayers with the
upper bouse. If prayers do not save the
people the victims might throw a few
granite rocks.
Lew Shanks, candidate for a petty office
In Indiana, wants 10,000 girls to kiss their
sweethearts into voting for him. Lew
Shanks is not a name to thrill the muses
or provoke unusual sentiment, but Just
think of his nerve, girls, and get busy.
Tbe republicans of Alabama have nom
inated as their candidate for governor a
Mr. Smith ot Birmingham, whose father, a
republican, was governor cf Alabama more
than thirty years ago.' He had an experi
ence which Is certainly rare among Ala
bama republicans nominated for elective
office. He was unanimously chosen, there
being no candidate nominated by tbe demo
crats against him. The democrats made no
nominations ia Alabama that year.
An agreement has been entered Into by
tbe three fusion candidates for senator in
Idaho Heltfeld, the Incumbent; Judge
Quarles ot the supreme court, and J. H.
Hawley to make individual contests for the
fusion democratic nomination. The term
ot Senator Heltfeld expires in March next.
Idaho shares with Montana the distinction
In the northwest of having remained In
the democratic column, into which support
of free silver brought it. pretty steadfastly
since the decline of the silver controversy.
Political orators who write out their
speeches and commit them to memory
ought to be careful to revise them at the
moment of speaking, for they are liable to
go off the wrong way. Thus a Connecticut
candidate the other day thought to make
a good beginning to his speech of accept
ance by saying: "Gentlemen, I have care
fully read your platform and pledge myself
to support it." It happened, however, that
In the shuffle be had been nominated be
fore the platform had been reported, and
accordingly hi pledge brought a "ha ba"
Instead of wild enthusiasm. 1
SEED OP LEGISLATION.
Coal Strike Varalahes Lawaaakers
with a Praklra ta Salve.
Indianapolis Journal.
The anthracite coat strike furnishes a
subject for legislation both by congress and
legislatures under which public ntilitiea like
coal mines can be operated under tbe direc
tion of tbe federal or the state government
when the well-being ot millions ot people
depends upon the supply. Consequently, it
behooves men learned la the law te frame
bills fcr the consideration of legislative
bodies which will make intervention pos
sible when owners and employea quarrel and
suspend the supply. It will be a new field
for legislation and an extension of the leg
islative power, but It stands to reason that
when a few thousand people can cut off tbe
supply of an article of general necessity the
representatives of the sovereignty ot tbe
people should Intervene. A government for
the people demands such legislation, snd no
doubt tbe courts will find a warrant for It
under that broad construction of the consti
tution which makes the public welfare tbe
aim of all law. It will not do to say that
such conditions will not again occur; the
legislative power of nation and state must
see to It that they cannot occur. It there
had been a federal law which authorized the
Intervention of tbe federal government after
a strike cutting oft the supply ot a public
utility had continued a tew weeks, the an
thracite strike would have been settled long
ago. There being no law, federal or state,
authorising direct interference with a strike
the anthracite atrike has become a test of
tbe endurance of the contestants regardless
of the suffering of millions of people and
the prostration ot Industries depending upon
the mines for coai.
There are many strikes which affect only
the parties who participate Is them. Until
they become rlotoua demonstrations, which
Is rare, the state has no cause to interfere
except to attempt to bring them to aa end
by conciliatory nsethods, aa has been done by
the labor commissioners In Indiana, Massa
chusetts and many other states. Legis
lative bodies need not eoacern themselves
about such trouble further than they have
done, but when strike affect th transpor
tation system of th country r cut off th
supply of articles ef great neceasity, like
coal, the time has come for a law which
will make it impossible ts do so.
OTHER ltDt Tll OIR.
' It does not anoesr tht the recent French
nsval "ioaneuvrr contributed much toward
the settlement r the question of the prac
tical value of tbe new submarine boat in
actual war. . There seems to be no doubt.
howevtr. thst tbey often got within rsnge
Of battleships attacking harbor, or that,
as has been generally admitted, they sre
likely to prove valuable addtlons to fixed
mine In narrow channels. Unfortunately,
the experiments do not seem to have been
very , thorough or convincing. Tbe sub
marine were not provided with dummy
torpedoes, so that the assaults upon their
adversaries were wholly Imaginary. It they
succeeded In reaching a certain position
unobserved they were held to hav been
successful. As a rule apparently, they
were discovered by mean of their peris
copes rather easily and of course the
commanders cf battleehlpa biased away at
everything that looked In tbe least degree
suspicious. It Is said that some of the
submarine amused themselves by sending
bottles to the surface. These, which were
often mistaken for periscopes, drew the
fire of the ships on one side, while the
submarine was approaching the other. Of
course, this was a perfectly legitimate ruse.
Th weak point in the experiments was
that the submarines knew Just where the
battleships were to be, while the latter
bad to follow aa official program.
The Tarls correspondent of the London
Times publishes a private letter from Con
stantinople which throws aa Interesting
side light upon tbe character of the sultan.
The writer says that there was profound
astonishment even In Turkey when Said
Pasha, for the second time, was appointed
grand vizier. It was the general opinion
that the sultan would never forgive him
after his flight to the British embassy. But
Abdul Hamld remembered that Said waa
popular, especially with th official class
whose salaries he had paid, and that be
enjoyed an enviable reputation for personal
honesty. He therefore devised a thoroughly
Oriental scheme, by which he could at once
discredit his former, servant snd profit by
his good character. No sooner did 6ld
Taeha assume the reins of office than the
payment ot all salaries ceased abruptly.
L'p to that time there had been paid frac
tionally and Irregularly, but with his ad
vent supplies were cut off altogether. Never
bad the officials been In so desperate a sit
uation, and of coarse, the whole odium
ot It rested upon the shoulders of the luck,
less Said. From all corners ot tbe empire
sppeala for money were sent to the sultan.
who gave them no heed, but ostentatiously
conrerred a girt of T. 15,000 upon his grand
vizier, who, ever since, has been regarded
as a. man without bowels or conscience.
His popularity has vanished and he is now
as much hated as his master.
Russia's latest blow at the ancient rights
of the Finnish people was struck recently.
Four new ordinances were promulgated.
Involving, In a nutshell, the abolition of all
those securities for public and individual
liberties which have hitherto existed In
Finland and which were solemnly guaran
teed whea Russia took Finland from Swe
den nearly a century ago. The Finish sen
ate is made totally subservient to the Rus
sian governor general, who must be present
when any decision is taken and vbo has
the additional right of veto if outvoted
The Judicial department of this servile
senate Is empowered to dismiss lodges at Ks
pleasure. Another ordinance provides that
any administration official not directly ap
pointed by the czar may be dismissed with
out the legal trial at present necessary, and
the fourth measure which Is regarded as
the most far-reaching la its consequence
protects every servant of Russia by pro
hibiting their trial, on any charge without
tbe consent of superiors.
These sweeping alterations In the plan of
government may ultimately accomplish the
Russlficatlon of Finland, hut probably not
without bloodshed or th sever exercise
of th mailed hand. The conscription ordi
nance, promulgated a year ago, by which
Finns were compelled to enlist individually
In the Russian army, ralaed a great storm
throughout th province, but the czar's ad
visers kept him firm and conscription was
forced. Whether these new laws have been
discounted sufficiently to prevent revolution
cannot be told at this distance, bnt th
sympathies of the people of every enlight
ened country sre profoundly with the Finns
In their hour of national dissolution and
dark despair.
An interesting discovery has Just been
made in Lisbon which recalls the great
earthquake ot 1755. During some building
excavations made in tbe S quarter of th
city a portico of great beauty was uncov
ered. Its entrance, which was closed by
massive bronze doors, was thrown open,
and a lofty and ornate chapel was found
containing several tombs of more or less
note. One of them, that ot an Infant, was
opened snd found to hold the skeleton of
a female child clad In a gorgeous gold bro
cade vestment, covered all over with "glor
ies." or representations ot the Holy Ghost.
The tissue of the garment is still la ad
mirable condition and bears handling
and stretching, hut it Is feared that ere
long exposure to th air will destroy the
fiber and the colors. The Lis boa Archaeo
logical society has taken possession of th
relic Further iaveetlgatloa proved that
the remains are those f a child of Dom
Pedro. Other tomb will be searched aa the
excavation proceeds, and rumors of addi
tional valuable finds are already afloat.
A letter from Athens, published re
cently la one of the London newspapers, de
scribes the present situation in Macedonia
as practically Intolerable, and so lends con
firmatlon te the current cable reports of
V
A Short Story.
You know of the alteration tnat is going on at
our store and are no donbt aware that it makes
home confusion and noise. Hut we expect you
will overlook that and we will not overlook to
give von some values in clothing, furnishings and
hats that you cannot even duplicate elsewhere,
lou wiH ft id liie very bet at the lowest price.
NO CLOTHING EQUALS OURS
AND NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS
- R. S. WILCOX, Marufjer.
spresding revolution. The writer savs that
this year, contrary to usual xperlence,
insurgent bands hsve been active alt the
summer, and hav received mix h practical
aid from Christian peasants. As tor the
Turkish authorities, he says tnat, notwith
standing all their professions of srtlvlty
snd zeal, they are unwilling or unable to
make any serious efiort to grapple with th
situation. They sometimes try to mask
the disgraceful state of the administration
with a display of energy In trifling mat
ters. Certain of the higher functionaries
seem anxious to create an Impression In
the outer world that the government Is
conducted la accordance with civilized prin
ciples, and a few of them hones' ly en
deavor to put these principles Into prsc-
tlce; but nothing avails against the wide-
spresd corruption of the officials, the law
lessness of the Albanian element, and the
growing strength of the revolutionary
movement. In many rases th troops and
police dispatched against the bands taks
care to avoid a pitched battle, and. If tbe
brigands have funds, they find no difficulty
In coming to an amicable arrangement with
the pursuing force, especially when the
latter la composed of gendarme. The pub
lished reports of successful encounters with
the revolutionists and the extermination of
entire bands sre as a rule entirely untrust
worthy., according to this autbor!ty,and
there is nothing In the statement which It
Inconsistent with Turkish practices,
ss
The experiment of offering private ex
port bounties to German manufacturers be
gun by a powerful group of Iron and
coal Interests is being watched with In
terest by the Berlin press. The scheme,
which waa mainly brought Into being by
the Westpballan coal and pigiroa syndi
cate, Is based on the idea that tha associa
tion shall pay to Its members who export
their commodities a bonus equal to the dif
ference between th current pric at home
and the price they actually obtain in for
eign markets. The plan Is already doing
much to give a fresh impetus ta Oerman
metal exports; but the permanency of Its
Influence fat doubted in soms quarters, where
It is said that th process of helping tbe
foreigners at the expense of the home con
sumer cannot go en Indefinitely.
LIKES TO A LAt OH.
Puck: Mrs. Newrlch Mercy! Samuel, is
It necessary that w go thirty miles an
hour?
Mr. Newrlch Put. Henrietta. If w go
slower people will say our automobll cost
only a thouaand or so!
Washington Star: "Don't yon want to
leave footprint on the sand of time? '
asked the earnest man.
Footprints?" echoed Senator Bortrhuin.
"No. I don't care to go through lit oa
foot. I want to ride."
Detroit Free Preaw: Mis De Jon Ar
you musical, Prof. Paddyrusky?
Prof. Paddyrusky Oh f ye, but If you
want to play, don't mind my feelings.
Detroit Pree Press: Cmlc On ef the
greatest nuisance on earth ta thia custom
of shaking- hand with everyone vou meet.
Friend That's right, old man. shake!
Boston Transcript: Unci Oeorge Look
at the bee, who Improves each shining
hour.
Thriftless Nephew That's all the bee's
good for. If It amounted to anything it
would Improve some of the cloudy hours.
Th shining hours don't need improving.
Philadelphia Pre: Rorroaghs Bragtey
seems to hav great faith In his prowe
aa an athlete. H save he wll! Jnmp with
ar.y man in thin city for 31.000.
Newitt So different from you. Now.
you'll Jump for any man with a dollar.
' Syracuse Herald: "Don't you think the
fall Is an awfully sad season?" asked- the
sentimental young woman of tbe long
haired collegian who was walking at her
side.
"Oh, I don't know." replied the Utter,
doubtfully. "Of course. It depend a growl
deal. Now, last year we won every ganv
we played.
Baltimore American: One time Truth set
out to catch a lie.
For. many anile and tT ituny .Tans;h''
pursued It- - ' ' -'
At hut ah overtook It. -
Th LI was firmly established on a tomb
Stone. There being a heavy penalty for defacing
an -epitaph. Truth was forced to abandon
her efforts.
LOVE'S ARITHMETICAL ERROR.
t
Brooklyn Eagle.
Th Bachelor:
She's dainty and fair, ha beautiful hair.
Her charm would an ogre Impress.
Her fairy-Use grace, her charming, sweet
face
Have captured my heart, I confess.
And If I should woo, as many would do,
I think ehe would favor my pie.
But then, with a wife, ran I lead tha Ufe
That long baa been pleasant to me?
There come to me doubt I caa't put to
rout.
For 1 ve but a thousand a year.
And could I retain the comfort I gain
By living In loneliness here?
Mr time ha been free, and how would it be
To leave this bohemlan life?
The question today la. "Now, would It
payT'
Well ye, with so carefal a wife.
Th Maiden:
He love me. I knew; hi eye tell m so;
He'll ask for my hand and my heart.
Then shall I say nay? or shall I say yea?
What answer ought I to Impart?
When he doth Implore, shall I then tgnet
Hi passionate word, or say "Tea?"
Ah. greatly I fear hia thousand a year
Would hardly suffle me for dreaa.
I'd hate to reject, but he can't expect
I'll leave the society whlrL
I can't, and that a Sat. relinquish all that
It s too much, t ash of a gtri.
Then what shall I do when h comes tj
woo.
Should he In bis suit persevere?
Ah. well. If I try. U may be that I
Can live on his thousand a year.
Tha Result:
They married, and then regret ted it when
Collectors bean to appear.
The trouble, ah. sae! lay here, don't 504
see?
That each spent the thousand a year.
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