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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 19, 1902)
"IfJ' THE OlIAIIA DAILY BEE. SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1002 Tiie Omaiia Sunday Ber IS. nOBEWATER, EDITOR. I'LUII3ili;D EVERT MORN I NO.' TERMS OK Hl HttC'RIII ON. Jiully Io (without HundHy), One Yrul..W .Dully It'-r ana Bunday, One Year 6.0 llluntrateri Bee, One I ear 2-" rutniny iJee, One Year Saturday flee, one Y ar 16" TWL-nlleih OMury Farmer, One Year.. LUO KEiaVERED HV CARRIER. I)Hlly ! (without Rumlay). tier copy... 2c lally Hee (without Hunitayi. per wick...12c JJHlly Hee (including rtundai), per wek..l7c Humlay llee, per copy be Kvenlng Hee (without Hundny). per week Sc livening Hee (Including buniiay), jjer week lOo Complaints of Irregulfirltle in delivery should he addressed to City Circulation ! IiurUnenU OFFICES. Omaha The Hee Building. Mouth Omaha City Hail H'llltllng, Twen-ty-llfth aiul M Htreets. Council illuffe 10 Henri Htreet. Chicago 1640 I'nlty Building. New Yorka irk Row ilullillng Washington Mil Fourteenth Btreel. CO R R ESI'O N D E N CK. Communications relating to newa and edi torial matter should he addressed: Omaha ' bee. Editorial Department. BC8INEH8 LETTERS. Business letters avnd remittances should be addr-wsed: The lice Publishing Com pany, Ofnaiia. REMITTANCES. Remit by trail express or postal order, Sayable to The Bee PubllMOlns Company, nly il-cent stamps accepted In payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha at eastern exchange, not accepted. TliaiWU P IUUbHINU COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Stat of Nebraska, Douglas County, as: Oeorge B. 'Isscnuck. secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, aays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, JCvenlng and Sunday Be printed during the month of September, 1102, was as fol lows: l ...8o,iao L. SO, 740 S 80.IV BO 4. 8U,.110 t ...... 81.S TO 80,420 is at, too 17 8i,oao IS 81.140 It 31,11M JU 81,4.10 21 ai,U70 22 3t,OIK fcl 84,0 tK 24 zao 26 81,-tOO M j , 7 70 27 30.B30 28 XtMUttl 29 30.H00 JO .31.1UO 7.... f.... .... 10.... u.... 13.... IS.... 14.... 16.... Stt.oTO ao.HM ao,7oo ....... ai,uso ao.sao 81,200 81.2UO x,so 31,0(10 Total 938,25 Less unsold and returned copies.... 10,144 Net total sales 8,0W1 Net dally avemao 30.U0.4 (IEORQE I). TZ3CIIUCK. Subscribed in my presence and sworn to 'before me this 3uth day of September. A. V., 1SW2. M. B. HCNUATE. (Seal.) Notary Public. There In do such word an full in Presi dent Uootteveit's lexicon. It in noticeable Unit the luiliturlfiiu boy bas been called In an having- out lived its unefuluoHH. No aldetracaUns of the railroad tax Ihhuo la Nebraska, no matter how much (twitching U attempted. The next demand of the public will ,be that the coal prices come down both bituminous and anthracite. Two men who have lately grown Im mensely In public estimation are the two presidents, Roosevelt and Mitchell. The claim of the hard coal monopolists to be "the trustees of Providence" has gone the way of the ancient divine right of kings. Our Dave admits that he Is much bet ter at kissing babies than at answer ing the questions turned aside by Gurley with the excuse that he Is not a mtdd reader. Democratic spokesmen who were sure the cniil strike was not ended because of politics will now be more Insistent yet that politics had no part In Its set tlement. Not content with extending a cordial welcome to visiting Christian church delegates, Omaha bas thrown open Its 'pulpits to them. Could self -abnegation go farther? Colonel Bryan is giving Colorado one 'week of the time .promised the Ne braska campaign managers. Is It pos sible that he thinks there Is danger of Colorado deserting the free silver party? If the Boer generals In their European tour could coin ovations Into cash they would be rolling In wealth. They must rely on the American people for the cash, bnt they will have plenty of cheers here, too. All the great meat packers continue to deny that they have any band In the organization of the merger corporation. When the combine la effective it will have to explain Its origin like Topsy that It "Jutt growed." Over In Chicago they are prosecuting 'a bunch of tax fixers who furnished tax exemption by fraudulent tax receipts land tampering with the tax books. Here In Nebraska the tax-ahlrklug railroads find It safer to hypnotize the assessing boards Into returning assessments on an lnslgulflcant proportion of the real value of their property. The result, however, Is the same. The new working traffic agreement be tween the Union Pacific and the Mil waukee roads ou;ht to contribute to the Increased Importance of Omaha as a railway center and gateway fur trans continental truffle It is a move to ward the oen door on the part of the Union raclflr for all Chicago-Omaha lines that do not compete with It, and other rouds may !e ta pec ted to follow suit with the Milwaukee before very long. In desperate straits Dave Mercer braaens It out In South Omaha lu the same Hue be started on when be dmv roughshod over the republicans of that city In naming his committee. But no other candidate for congress lu the United States, republican, democratic or Independent, bas bad the brass to stand up In public and with open threats of official patronage atu-iuyt t bulldose a constituency as the nonresident bas dons la South Omaha in this campaign. LIMITATION OF PLBLia CARRIERS The anthracite coal strike has forcibly Impressed upon the American people the linjH-ratlve necessity for limiting public carriers to their legitimate func tlons. The only legitimate buslnnHS of a railroad Is transportation, and to that business all railroads should be re stricted by law. The great coal strike in Pennsylvania might have be averted had not the railroads owned the coal mines In violation of the stat utes of Pennsylvania. The experience with the arrogant coal barons who oM'rate the railroads as well as the coal mines In the anthracite coal regions of Pennsylvania, Is only a repe tition of the exiM-rleuce of the people of Wyoming with the Credit Moblller matihgeinent of the Union Pacific years ago. The charter of tin? Union Pacific restricts that company to the mining of coal for its own use, but the pro moters of the Pacific railroad, In de fiance of charter limitations, did not confine their ojeratlons in the Wyoming and Utah coal region to their own re quirements, but deliberately ventured into coal mining on a large scale and monopolized the coal mining Industry In the region adjacent to their road by a policy of discrimination In freight rates and resort to downright force. Like the robber barons of the feudal ages, they planted themselves on the national highway and by a force of armed mercenaries drove competing mine owners and operatives out of the Held, took possession of their mines, and froze them out through subservient corporation judges. Having monopo lized the mines they levied arbitrary tolls upon the consumers of coal from one end of the road to the other. The appropriation of the Wyoming coal fields created a scandal of national di mensions and was continued on the boards until the Union Pacific passed out of the hands of receivers into the possession of the present owners. The manipulation of the coal Industry Is, however, not the only exercise of Illegitimate functions on the part of public carriers. Years before the Penn sylvania railroads absorbed the coal mines their ernlclous activity was felt in various Industrial fields, notablj In the building up of the Standard Oil trust which was able to destroy all ompetltlon through silent partnerships and secret compacts with the railroad corporations. In the west, notably In the great wheat and corn belt, the grain elevator monopolies were primarily the outgrowth of similar compacts and partnerships. With the coul traffic and the grain t raffle In the bunds of public carriers the producers were placed at their mercy, Just as are the Jobbers In commercial distributing centers like Omaha, making It possible for the man agers of corporations to assume the role of Divine Providence In making and unmaking towns and men by en riching the one and wrecking the other. When the country awakens to its peril the railroads will be confined to their proper functions as public high ways, on which every man who puys has the same privileges that are con ceded to every other man who pays Just as It Is now In the postofflce, which cannot reward friends or punish ene mies. The American people are now fully aroused to existing conditions. They will Insist either upon the control of public carriers and their limitation within their legitimate sphere as such or their acquisition and operation under government ownership. OUH NORTHERN AC1GHBOR. The question of future relations be tween Canada and the United States Is one of great Importance. The Dominion Is rich in resources, the development of which is certain to be more rapid In the years to come than It bas yet been. The country will grow In population and wealth. We are now having a large trade with It and It la desirable to retain this trade and If possible Increase It It Is manifestly to the Interest of the United States to cultivate friendly re lations with our northern neighbor. In New England this subject Is re ceiving very earnest attention. The question of reciprocity with Canada Is freely discussed and there Is a strong sentiment In favor of closer trade re lations. In one of the congressional districts of Massachusetts the repub lican candidate owed his nomination chiefly to his out-and-out advocacy of reciprocity with the Dominion and other republican candidates for congress In that state are In favor of this policy. The quite general feeling In New Eng land seems to be that our government ought to take the Initiative for bringing about negotiations. Ignoring all other matters In controversy between the two countries lu the Interest of freer trade Intercourse. There are some of the republican leaders, however, who do not take this view. Senator Lodge, for one, Insists that there should be no negotiations with Canada looking for reciprocity so long as the Dominion government per sists In Its position respecting the Alaskan boundary. Fie has pointed out the unquestionable fact that negotiations In the Joint high commis sion were broken off on the boundury question and this was done by Canada. In one of bis speeches Mr. Lodge said that the time has been reached when the United States can no longer go, hat In hand, to Canada and ask to settle the questions between the two countries and beg that she lay aside the Alaskan boundary. At another time he said: "If Canada wants to have a reciprocity treaty with us she knows bow she can get it She must drop her talk about the Alaskan boundary." It is not to be doubted that In this the Massachusetts senator expresses the very general feel ing among the American people. We believe a very large majority of our people feel that so long as Canada persists In her demand for American territory our government should not listen to an proposition tor reciprocity. The Canadian claim In Alaska Is utterly preposterous and it Is safe to say that under Uo circumstances will the United States make any concession regarding It It Is a claim that no self-respecting nation could admit. There Is at present no promise that Canada may abandon this manufactured claim, although the government there must understand that It Is a hopeless claim and also realize the danger of serious trouble which Is Involved In It This attitude of (Canada has been fatal to efforts for trade reciprocity and so long as it Is maintained It will uudoubt edly be useless to talk of closer com mercial relations between that country and the United States. FEDERAL VOVRTS .V THE WAT. The fatal defect In Attorney General Knox's theory of regulation of roonopo- Untie combinations by national power under existing conditions Is that it re quires the co-operation of the federal judiciary. That branch of the govern nient more than any other has fallen under corporate Influence, and in its ul timate adjudication Is more likely to narrow than to enlarge the powers under the constitution so far as efficient restraints upon the corporations are concerned. If Its history and present attitude are to be given any weight the federal Judiciary is almost certain to do this. The attorney general admits that the Interstate commerce and the Sherman anti trust acts as they stand are utterly Inadequate to reach the evils of monopo listic combinations, but he suggests that these acts do not exhaust the powers of congress under the constitu tional provision for regulating com merce between the states, and thut congress may go much farther under that clause and by additional legislation provide effective remedies. We may pass over the fact, although it is a vital one, that any new legislation actually providing rigorous and enforcible reme dies for monopolistic abuses of inter state scope would have first to run the gauntlet of the United States senate before it could go Into 'he statute book What chance is there it such legifla tlou could survive the corporation ob structions in the senate? But, assuming that statutory pro visions going adequately to the roots of the evil could be successfully carried the whole matter would then go to the federal courts, for In actual practice. whatever the theory of our Institutions may be, no law Is a law until so de clared by the courts. The validity of such a law would absolutely depend upon the Judicial construction of the Interstate commerce clause of the con stitution. It has been well said that every con stitutional question Is an open one until it is authoritatively closed by a decision of the supreme court. No one pre tends that this question has been au thoritatively closed by a decision of that court. Such decisions as the court bns rendered on various phases of the interstate commerce power Indicate very clearly that that power would be narrowly construed In all matters re lating to production. Obviously, on this basis. Interstate commerce would be taken as beginning for the most part where production ends. In any event there Is ample latitude for the federal Judiciary to veto and annul by construction any systtu of efficient legislation on this subject which by any possibility might get through the senate. What the federal courts would decide, therefore, would depend upon their sympathies, their antecedents and the Influences to which a majority of their members owe their very appoint ment Judged by these standards and In the light of almost unbroken ex perience, the attorney general's proposi tion may be said to afford to the public no prospect of relief, even In the remote future, unless an irresistible current of public sentiment shall make itself, felt through the federal Judiciary. PANAMA CAXAL TITLE. There Is apparently no obstacle in the way of the new Panama canal com pany giving the United States a perfect title to Its property in Colombia, pro viding the consent of the government of that country is obtained. There has been no Intimation as to the result 'of the investigation made in Paris by Attorney General Knox, bnt according to the general counsel of the canal company, Mr. Crom well of New York, there la no question of the capacity of the company to convey a good title to the United States. An equally trustworthy opinion to this effect has been given by the former French premier, Waideck-Itousseau. The worst feature of the matter is the unsettled state of the republic of Colombia, which Is struggling with a revolution that bas been going on for several years and seems to be as vigor ous as at any time since Its inception. It Is reasonably apprehended that our government will have a good deal of trouble in arranging a satisfactory treaty with Colombia to cover the con struction of the canal There Is prac tically no government at ail In that re public at present Such government as there Is has been unable for some mouths past to make any progress to ward subduing the revolutionists. If In deed the latter have not been gaining ground, as events on the Isthmus of Panama have Indicated. Under these circumstances there apiears to be some doubt aa to whether we can get a valid concession from a stable government, conveying the rights and authority necessary to protect us In the construc tion of the canal. Of course If conditions In Colombia do not soon change, so that the govern ment there will be In a position to enter Into treaty arrangements with a good promise of carrying them out President Roosevelt may turn bis attention to Nicaragua, as he is authorized to do. If the situation Is not improved by the tins congress iut It is Quits puaadUe that there will be an urgent pressure uiou the administration In behalf of negotiations with Nicaragua and Costa Rica. THt riuut to Labor. Among the inalienable rights the right to work is fundamental and of the first Importance. It is essential to life, It Is an element of liberty and it Is indispensable to the pursuit of hap pine. It is a right guaranteed by American Institutions and should be protected under all circumstances. A writer In the Independent, discussing lessons of the anthracite coal strike, remarks that the American Instinct ot fair play has demanded and will con tinue to demand that any man who Is willing to work shall be permitted to work, whether he .belong to a trade union or not Unquestionably this re flects a very general sentiment. The matter has been given unusu tl prominence by an appeal for protection of the. employes of the Hillside Coal and Iron company In Pennsylvania They axe not members of the organiza tion of miners and of course did not participate In the strike. They set forth that having continued at work. being well satisfied with the conditions of their labor, they and tiieir families were subjected to much abuse and in sult by the striking miners and were threatened with expulsion from the com munity. This sort of tiling will be con demned by all law-respecting persons and by everybody who believes that the right to work should not. be interfered with. These nonunion miners were contented- with their labor, they had no cause of complulnt and no giicvnncc of uny kind. They should have been allowed to peaceably pursue the course they deemed best and been protected in doing so. It would manifestly be unjust", how ever, to hold the entire organization of miners responsible for the lawless con duct of a few of Its members. No fuct Is better established than that the offi cials of the, organization most earnestly endeavored to prevent lawlessness, con stantly counseling the men to observe the law In all respects. Because a few of the strikers did not heed this injunc tion does not Justify a sweeping con demnation of the miners' organization, as is done by the employes of the llill slde Coal and Iron company. Probably theBe nonunion miners will not be fur ther Interfered with, but should they be they must receive all necessary pro tection. Meanwhile It cannot he too strongly urged that the right of a man to work must not be forcibly Inter fered with under any circumstances. Our free institutions guarantee this right to all and no assault upon It can be justified or tolerated. LIBUARY DKVKLVPMKST IS THS WKST. The recent successful meeting of the Nel.rntska Library association affords an instructive reflex of the steady growth and development of the public library In the west While Nebraska towns have, in four or live instances, been recipients of library building donations from An drew Carnegie and other benefactors, most of them have been left to their own resources In providing library facilities for themselves. While much Is yet to be done In this direction, noticeable ad vtnecs have already been made. The irost gratifying feature of the sit uation is the growing disposition to re gard the public library us a distinctive attraction for every live community. The boast was mado at this meeting by President Hosmer of the American Li brary association that Massachusetts stands pre-eminent as the home of public libraries, inasmuch as every one of Its Incorporated cities and towns is now sup plied with an Institution for the housing and distribution of books. While It will doubtless be many years before other states can compare with Massachusetts in this respect. It Is safe to say that Ne braska and its adjoining neighbors will not be found tailing up the procession. The principle at the foundation of Mr, Carnegie's gifts, incorporated into the conditions of his bequest. Is that the community should simply be helped to help themselves that no public library Is fully appreciated unless Its patrons are compelled to assist In Its support This has been also the groundwork of library legislation lu Nebraska, a field In which this state has been one ot the pioneers, and if a Nebraska city or town able to support such an Institution pre fers to go without Its public library It has only Itself to blame. , With the awakening to the benefits that accrue we may feel sura that the public library interests In the west will continue to experience healthful. If not rapid, expansion. Nobody hereabouts was surprised at the announcement that our Dave has been duly initiated Into the order of Eagles. Our Dave is an all-around Jlner. He Is reputed to have Jlned the A. P. A.s seven years ago under spe cial dispensation in private apartments and managed to secure the support of the Catholics in 1806 and again In 185)8 and 1000 under pretense that he refused to Jine. Now that he has Jlned the order generally patronized by bartenders and bar keepers, he will be ready to Jlne the total abstinence union and the Young Men's Christian association. Taking an oath or two more than he has already taken will not trouble our Dave's gum-elastic conscience. If few more oaths, a few more grips and a few more passwords will pull him through he won't mind riding a half dozen more goats in opposite directions on the same night The Identity of the hold-up artists, who turned a trick on the Burlington train near Lincoln, appears to be even more carefully covered than that of the Omaha kidnapers. - The train robbers have not even bad the politeness to write in a few letters telling tho de tective what h!ae,mjth they axa. MtRCKKS FRAVPCLtXT XOMlXArtOX. Congressman Mercer's canipalnu man ager bus taken violent exception to the r.Mcnt exjKisure of the fraud by which the republican primaries were captured for Mercer and seeks to discredit the stnry by pronouncing It untrue and ma licious. Mr. Mercer's camimlgu man ager evidently desires to counteract the (1,-ep Impression made upon the public liy treating this matter lightly, as if It were all a pipo dream. I regret ex ceedingly that I cannot seriously enter tain his proposition to go into an ex tensive debate about the primary frauds, but I need scarcely assure him that t'io reports published and the action taken lu consequence are not camp.tin buKcomb. The facts in the caae. briefly told, art- these: '! hree days before the republican pri mary the private secretary of Governor S.iuge ventured upon a forecast of n.e ctiiiini: battle with particulars U.i t left no loom for doubt that a plot wit on foot to capture the primaries for Mcrcvr by rcieaters und fraudulent affidavit, On the day before the primary it warn int; to this effect reached me ! mail from Council Bluffs. A conference whs held If my office that night. .U which were present E. J..Coniinh, W. J. Con pell ai.'d several other prominent re publicans to discuss the advisability of Invoking the imwer of the courts to enjoin the acceptance of votes on atti davll. by the election ofllcers and to take other steps to prevent fraudulent vctiui; I the only one, however, to mye that si'cli proceeding should be Insti tute.!. The other gvutleiucn were in credulous and refused to believe that auylsidy would dare to curry out tin plot lt-ieshadowed in the letter rocived h- me It was, however, deeniinl proper that an alarm should be sounded tltvo.icli The Bee and a reward off -'ted for the urrest of parties who miiouM ntt-Mupi to perpetrate election frauds. Tlie next uiorninc. Friday. Septenib r i;, there appeared conspicuously on the front puge of The Bee the following note of warning: LOOK FOR FRAUDULENT VOTING Mercrlte Said to Have Arranaed lor Wholesale Importation of Mea from Ooanrll Bluffs. $50.00 REWARD. The Bee will pay $50.00 reward for the arreBt and conviction ot any person fraudulently voting at the republican primaries In this city Friday, September 19, 1902. As a result of Information concerning the movements of certain Mercer workers, Tbe Bee bas decided to make this offer of re ward , for the detection of fraudulent vot ing .done in tbe interest of the nonresident candidate for congress. It has been reliably ascertained that tbe Mercerltes, wbo have had possession of the primary enrollment books, have been going through them for names of people who bave moved away, wltb view to having other persons .vote on these names. It is also known that the Meroerttes are contemplating .swearing In large numbers of men before tbe city clerk, who have no right to vote athe primaries, In order to throw their votes Into tbe wards where they think they have a chance to win out. The principal part of their scheme for de frauding tbe ballot box contemplates the importation from Council Bluffs of nonres ident voters to come to the rescue of the nonresident congressman. Emissaries of the Mercer campaign man agers were In Council Bluffs Wednesday and Thursday trying to arrange the details of this conspiracy. It will be remembered that similar Importation of voters from Omaha to Council Bluffs was charged a few years ago during tbe hotly-contested primary fight there for a convention in the interest of tbe re-election of Senator Gear, In which John N.. Baldwin was actively Interested. The same , men who engineered tbe impor tation of voters from Omaha to Council Bluffs at that time are said to be engaged In similar work In bebalf of tbe Baldwin Mercer alliance now, only with tbe direc tion of the movement reversed. One of the Mercer recruiters, wbo went to Council Bluffs from Omaha on this mis sion, asserted tbat they had all the money they wanted and intended to use It where it would do the most good. He repre sented that Mercer expected to win in the First, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth wardB, with a fighting chance in the Fourth ward, admitting the loss of the Second and Third wards. He declared that the money was to be used In bringing votes Into the contested wards and that the bridge motor line between Council Bluffs and Omaha would do a big business on Friday. The outcome of the primary election fully confirmed the forecast made by the secretary of Governor Savage. The Imported Iowa repeaters and fraudulent affidavit men bad done their work effectively'. An examination of the elec tion returns' disclosed the fact that 1,053 men bad voted on affidavits In the First. Second. Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth wards, while lu the Ninth, where there was no con test over Mercer, only a handful of men were sworn In on affidavits. Within three days after the primary my Informant at Council Bluffs was di rected to make a personal investigation In the grading camps. The letter in which he related bis experience Is the story which Mr. Mercer's manager wants to discredit In order to Tcrlfy the report In detail Its publication was withheld for nearly a week. The first step taken was to locate Will Esaney, the roan represented as paymaster of imported railroad graders and manipulator of the endless chain In the Fourth ward. Ills name was found on the register as having voted late In the evening, and the affidavit deposited by him represents him as liv ing at 1613 Howard street. V. B. Ken nard and J. O. Euhn certified under oath that they knew him to be a citizen of the Fourth ward, and knew tbat he was absent from tbe city on registra tion days last year. Kennard and Kuhn were active Mercer workers at the Fourth ward poll during the entire afternoon, from the opening to the close A thorough search of ' 1613 Howard street and adjacent buildings failed to disclose that any man by the name of E nancy had ever lived there. The resi dence portion of 1013 Howard was va cant on September 19 and is still va cant A warrant was therofor sworn out for Esancy and complaints were entered against the men who had sworn him In. Warrants were also sworn out for a number of the Iowa repeaters, and placed n the hands of Sheriff Power. The details given concerning the In cident on the primary day at the Eighth ward were also verified by cred ible witnesses, who were at the polls on primary day. The man Fowler, who boasted tlmt he had votod four or Ave times lu four or Ave wards under differ ent names, has not been located, but the man who did the checking of the ballots of affidavit men has been identified. The monstrous frauds perpetrated at the Sixth ward, where nearly 2tK) men were voted on affidavits and Mercer men were allowed to enter the polliug place by the back door while vol 'is opposed to him were blockaded at the front entrance, are known to nearly everybody who was there. The fact that scores of voters who were vouched lor by supporteix of Mercer cannot be located at the places of residence given lu their affidavits and on the polling lbt speaks for itself. In the face of such aa array of dam aging facts It seems to me that there Is no room for debute either through the columus of The Bee nor on the stump. B. HOSEWATEU. The Barons Mill Stay In. Detroit Free Prews. We take It that the coal operators have definitely decided not to aecede from the union. Auot her Hem-on of I'roitrem. New York Tribune. Women's clubs have been formed la th Philippine Islands. The future of the Fili pinos Is now augured. One Pledge Overlooked. Kansas City Journal. As the" representative of tbe public tbe president should have a clause Inserted in the agreement that a ton of coal hereafter Rhall consist of 2,000 pounds. Some Kickers Left. Chicago Inter Ocean. It is too much to expect that tboee who bave laid in a winter supply of anthracite at from $12 to $15 will be entirely pleased with any terms upon which tbe strike may be settled. Tail Kianre ot Speech. Baltimore Sun. Somebody has figured out that the average man utters 11,800,000 words In the course of a year. Of course it would be utter nonsense to figure out the number the wife of the average man would use. Mastery of the Sena. New York World. The new Cunardera to be built and run under a British subsidy are to be 730 feet long, with 45,000 horse power and a speed of twenty-five knots. The Etrurla, a cham pion so short a time ago, ts only 501 feet long, the Campania only 620, the Oceanic only 704. The Britannic, a champion In 1877, has only 6,000 horse power. Tbe new steam ers will burn 800 tons ot coal per day. Mas tcry of the sea coats money I . REFLECTIONS OX TUB MIRROR. Chicago Post: In one sense the Omaha school principal who has forbidden the use of mirrors to tbe girls may be wise, but be certalcly lacks discretion. Boston Globe: The reflections ot the glass have evidently Interfered with tbe reflectiveness of tbe mind in the Omaha high school, the principal having ordered tho girls not to bring mirrors into the school building. Philadelphia Record: The principal or a girls' school in Omaha bas barred tbe use ot looking glasses in the building. As may be expected the pupils are up in arms and the school is In an uproar. The man who expects anybody of the feminine persua sion to settle down to anything or put her mind on study when deprived of the time- honored right, privilege and duty of every woman or girl to know tf her hat is on straight is not fit to hold office in any civil ized community. He might as well under take to control the swimming instincts of ducks. New York Sun: Principal Waterhouse of the Omaha high school must forgive us for saying that he Is a high-handed and arbi trary chap. He has forbidden the use of mirrors during school hours, and he has raided tbe scholars' lockers and confiscated all their store of look lag glasses. He sas the young women take too much time ia school In making their toilets. But who Is he to growl at the eteraal feminine, and why shouldn't the girls. look at themselves T They are a pleasing sight and deserve to be looked at. . And how la It with the stern Waterhouse himself? Is there no hand glass in his pocket? Does he not love to peep furtively at tbe reflection of his owa high old Roman lineaments and ambrosial locks? PERSON AL AND OTHERWISE!. President Roosevelt's sore shin did not affect his skill la treeing tbe Pennsylvania Baer. Admiral Casey Is still at the bat la Pan ama, but the excitement amoag tha bleach ers has subsided. A medical bulletin announces that the fever which recently attacked Russell Eage did not bura a hole in his pocket. Should Editor Hearst break into congress the congressional record will have a mighty Job to malntaia its graveyard dignity. The average Chicago mouth exudes an awful quality of hot air when It Is found necessary, as a sanitary measure, to bathe the telephones. Manila papers cannot comprehend why aa Incident such as a coal miners' strike should become an absorbing problem In the United States. What bothers the Manlllans ts how to keep cooL The oyclone nerves of St Louts are still keyed pretty high when a little thing like hailstones pounding upon a tin roof causes a panicky feeling, what will happm when the tplelers get in action en the midway? A New Jersey bridegroom of 60 years Is lawlng with his neighbors because they serenaded him on bis wedding day. When a man of that age gets married there Is no telling when and where he will break out. Grand Duke Boris promises to publish a book about his trip to the United Slates. The duke Is said to be a word aa wall aa a town painter of marked capacity, and his book, if true to lite, ought to be a red hot one. If eoal dealers' prophecies about high priced coal come true, this winter's session In the front parlor will be rut down to a 9 pm. basis. Even at that rate consider able business may be done If the beys call early. A New Tork police captain who died re cently, drew $47,000 during his entire con nection with tha department and left a fortune of f 200,000. The tbrtftlnnae of New York's finest show that few opportunities kaook a second time at their 4oore. SKCl l.in SHOTS AT THU PI I. PIT, Chicago Record-Herald: A Kentucky wo man tits had her pastor read her the ser mon ha intends to deliver at her funeral. If he Is a wise pastor the meal ought to b first-dans wbt-n he takes dinner with tbat lady hereafter. x Brooklyn Eagle: According to Hev. A. It. Simpson, the celebrated porkot compeller, tbe "novels and books that are given to our young people to read today are a scan da 1 and a disgrace. They are clever, aye, very clever. Aa clever aa the devil. In fact" This is unjust to the devil. If tbat old serpent Is nut cleverer than !9 per cent of the books read by "our young people," then he Is as much of an ass as, the legends make him out to be. New York Sun: Aa Iowa clergyman of the good latin name ot Merum and on sociology j bM,t determined to feu I tbe charitable pulse of his flock. He grew a long beard during his vacation, and wheu he came back he put on his shabbiest clothes and most shocking hat. So accoutred, he called oa some of his best friends aud asked for some thing to eat. All he got was the cold shoul der. Served him right. Ills parishioners are under no obligations to feed wandering sons of leisure. He that will not work, neither shall he eat And he was a rank Impostor. His parishioners were right He had no business to spy upon them; and this mania of the well-to-do to play tramp fs getting tiresome. DOMKSTIO PI.KA9ATHIK. Brooklyn Ufe: "Mamma, what will I nave to do w hen I am eduoa.ted and accom plished?" "Oh. you cm pads the rest of your Ufa learning to keep house." Philadelphia Catholic Standard: "ITelloP cried the neighborly bore, "what are you building the new chickenhoitne for?" ,Vh.v. replied Nettles, "tor a flock of pink elephants, of course. You didn't sup pose I'd put chickens In it did you?" Detroit Free Press: MalMle I know Tm very dear to him. Her Father I suppose he said you were worth your weight In gold? nmiKie xo: no said I was worth my weigni in coal. Philadelphia Press: house Ions-." They didn't keep 'No, within three months after their wed ding she went home to her mother." "And Is she applying for a divorce?" "Oh. no. She took him with her." Boston Transcript: Mrs. Gabber I don't know what ailed me. I felt a strange twinge, and then I didn't fel a bit like myself. I couldn't speak a word. Uncle Tom No wondur vou were triaht. ened. Chicago Reeord-ITerald: "Ah. whnt m splendid bit of still life!" snlil Mrs. Oldham as she looked at the new oil portrait of Mrs. Henpeck's husband. Then the wind veered to the northwest and the women parted without arguing aa to whose turn It was to call next. Chicago Tribune: "Your husband, I sup pose, still keeps up hta habit of taking two batha a day, as prescribed by that physical culture teacher. "No; he got tired of It and hunted up a fihysloal culture teacher who says bathing s weakening and Injurious." A II IDE WITH ME. Henry Francis Lyte. Abide with mo! fast falls the eventide; Tho darkness deepens; Lrfird with me abide When other helpers fall, and comforts flee. Help of the helpless, oh, abide with me! Swift to its close ebbs out life's little day Earth's joys grow dim; its glories pass away; Change and decay In all around I see; Oh Thou, who changest not, abide with me Not a brief glance I beg, a passing word; But, as Thou dwell'st with Thy disciple. Lord, . Familiar, condescending, patient, free. Come, not to sojourn, but abide with met Come not In terrors, as the king of kings; But kind and good, with healing In Thy wings; Tears for all woes, a heart for every plea; Come, friend of sinners, and thus 'bide wlttl me! Thou on my her 1 fn early youth didst smllel And, though rebellious and perverse mean while. Thou hast not left me. oft as I left Thee. On to the close, Oh Lord, abide with me! I need Thy presence every passing hour; What but Thy grace can foil the tempter's power? Who like Thyself my guide and stav pan he? Through cloud and sunshine, oh, abide with me! I fear no foe. with Thee at hand to bless; Ills have no welsht. and tears no bitterness; Where Is Death's sting, where, Grave, they victory? I triumph still. If Thou abide with me! Hold then Thy cross before my closing eye ! Rhine through the gloom, and point me to the ski-st Heaven's morning breaks, and earth's vain shadows fine; In life and death. 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