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0 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1002. The omaha Daily Bee. E. ROBE WATER, EDITOR. Pl"I)URHEI) EVERT MORNING. TERMH OP" SUBSCRIPTION. tally Bee (without Sunday), On Yew. .$400 ljaily Hpo anu Sunday, One Vrar .'" Illustrated Bee, one Year i-w fc-unoay Dee, One Year i-W ttaturaay Bee, One iar l.fcJ Twentieth Century Farmer. One Tear.. 1.00 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Pally Bee (without Sunday), per copy... 2o Dally Bee (wltnout Hunuuyi, per wren... 12c Dally Bee (including; Bunuay), per week..lc Hiinday Bee, per copy 6c Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week do Kvening Ike (Including Hunday), per week 10o Complaints of Irregularities In delivery should be sddressed to City Clrcuiatlon De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building-. South Omaha City Hail Building, Twen-ty-tilth and M Streets.' . . Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 1040 ("nlty Building. New fork 232X Park Row Building. Washington 61 Fourteenth Street. CORRESlt)NDENCK. Communications relating to news and edi torial mutter uhnuld he addressed: Omuha bee. Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letter and remittances should be addressed: The Bee Publishing Com pany, omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company, only 1-cent stamps accepted In payment of tnall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBDiSHDXi COMPANY STATEMENT OB CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, as: George B. Tsschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ays that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Be printed during the month of September, 1SX2, waa as fol lows: X. .30,130 I .'. 80,740 ... 80,660 SO.A10 i 81,670 ..80,420 T 20370 t 80,000 80,700 10 Sl.OSO 11 80.K20 U 81.2&0 11 81.2UO 14 20,600 It 81,000 14 81,160 17., 81,020 U 81,140 19 31, 1W) 20 .:..81.4SO & ...80,070 22 81,04 N 23 84,600 U 82JMO 25 maoo 26 80.TT0 XI 80,50 21 20,020 29 OO.HttO SO 81,180 Total 928,225 Less unsold and returned copies.... 10,144 Net total sales 918,081 Net dally average. 8O.0O2 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 80th day of September, A. D., 102. M. B. H UNGATE, (Seal.i Notary Public Nebraska keeps up Its reputation for Its ideal autumns. . There Is a well-grounded suspicion bbroad that the weather clerk has been converted by the Christian church- It has taken a lone while to dispose properly of the James and Younger fam ilies, but the public Is not displeased to know that the process has been nearly completed. . In spite of the great falling off In the Internal revenue taxes, the Income of tbo national treasury continues to show such a surplus that It Is. really bother some to know bow best to dispose of It Where do candidates for the legisla ture stand on tax reform and especially railroad taxation? This inquiry is ad dressed to republican as well as fusion candidates. ' Don't all epeak at once, please. Members of the fire department Should not get rattled over the streak of economy that permeates the. police Bmmlsslon and the threatened lay-off to frevent an overlap in the fire fund.. Fire boys should always try to keep cool dur ing a big blaze. A few expert mechanics on the Board of Education would save the city a good deal of money and enable the board to get along without employing outside ex perta to Investigate plumbing and heat tng bills.. It goes without saying that the line will be drawn at expert wire pullers and pipe layers. One of the rarest operations known to aurgery the sewing up of severed r entries Is of the human heart has been performed by the surgeons of Bellevue hospital on a young woman named Annie Kingsley a woman that can survive with half a dozen stitches in the heart tnay be depended on not to institute a breach of promlne stilt. The millionaire oiltlcian who kept busy fixing the Missouri legislature by bribery will stnnd trial for some of his crimes, and a big array of the states men whom be purchased will furnish the evidence for his eouvlction. This is Indeed "pretty tough." as the millionaire briber complains, but his most devoted friend will not dispute Its Justice. Political fire Insurance agents need not get excited over the threat of the klercer-Ualdwin fire and police board to disband the fire department and lay off half the force. They doubtless under- Itand that the fire bells have been rung by the coninilMsloo for political effect. Election day comes ouo week from next Tuesday, but All Fools' day will not come until the first of April. Bemember that last year's registration foes not count at this rear's election. No man will be allowed to vote on the Itb day of November next unless be ap pears In person before the registrars of the voting district In which he Jives and tnrolls himself on the new registration Hat as a legal voter. Keraember also that the registrar will be In session text Friday from 8 a. m. to 0 p. m. The reasons for5 the extraordinary ef torts to conceal the real owuers of tu ?C Joseph & Grand Island railroad ca mly be gwssed. Ways thnt are dark lo not generally create a favorable lru Ireeston. The owners of this road am Ben who are clothed with. luiitortan aowers granteT them by the state af totting; vitally the luterewts of the pub- Rc. If they are meritoriously perform ktf their duties to the public they Would natarally aut to be publicly known In order that they might have rredlt therefor. - . MiMR9 VXAJIIMOVSLT ACCEPT. The unanimous acceptance by the an thracite miners' convention of President Itixisevelt's plan of arbitration was an other notable victory for Mr. Mitchell. Iiore was never a serious doubt that he plan would be accepted, but it was ut expected to be unanimously ap proved and the fact that Mitchell was Me to ovenmme all opposition again tiiklngly ilium rates bis superior quali ties of leadership and the strong hold ot lias upon the confidence or the men of whose organization, he Is the bead. He tjis shown throughout extraordinary blllty, judgment and tact and Is Justly regarded as the foremost labor leader In this country. ' The strike being declared off, there will be no delay lu the resumption of mining at those .collieries which (are in adl liens to be worked, understood to be nliout two-thlnls of the whole mini- er. Preparations for resumption have been vigorously pushed since the ending of the strike became assured and there is no doubt that the operators will make 11 possible effort to expedite production nd hurry coal to the market. It Is thought that normal conditions cannot restored In less time than three months, but the market will be mate rially relieved within the next thirty ays and there sbonld come at one a decided reduction In the price of anthra cite. The middlemen and retailers wio have made an exorbitant price for cca have no -longer an excuse for maintain ing it, since It Is the Intention of the operators to sell at the schedules pre vailing before the strike. The commission appointed by Presi dent Roosevelt to Investigate and pass uion the Issues between the operators' nd miners will, it Is understood, be or ganized at once and enter upon its task. This is more delicate and complicated than Is perhaps commonly supposed. The commission has no legal .authority. There are no fixed nilea or accepted prin- Iples for its government. In ascertain ing the facta It must rely upon those con cerned to voluntarily supply the desired information. It is, Indeed, of the nature of a board of arbitration, but having no powers except such as may be conceded to It by the parties to the controversy. is presumed, of course, that both operators and miners will be most will ing to give the commission whatever In formation may be asked of them, but there is no authority to require them to do so. Although there Is something In common between the task of this com mission and other cases of industrial ar bitration, there la no real precedent for The commission will be obliged not only to ascertain facts' and to apply cer tain rules thereto, but It will have the far more difficult task of establishing the rules It is to apply. It la assumed that It will be at least a month before the commissloh can make Its decision,' which both parties have agreed shall be ac cepted and remain In force for a period of three years. There appears to be en tire confidence that . the . Investigation and the findings of the commission will be thorough. Impartial and Just the nZT vosoRsaa. 'Representative Overstreet of Indiana, who aa a member of the republican national congressional committee, has been during the summer at the head quarters in New York and Is therefore conversant with the general political situation,' expresses confidence that the republicans will have a safe majority In the next house of representatives. He said the campaign has been a diffi cult one, owing to the fact that the peo ple have been exceedingly busy In all lines of business, yet he had no doubt that the result of the congressional elec tions wquld leave the republican party In control of the house. Mr. Overstreet said: "The. Pacific slope and the northwest are safe. We have more than an even chance for gains In Kansas and Nebraska and will cer lainly hold our own in the m'lddlewest The general healthy tone of business and the settlement of the coal strike clears the situation greatly In the east, where we will not suffer losses, which we feared early In the campaign. The great popularity of President Roosevelt and tho courageous and candid manner In which he has acted, has strengthened the republicans Immensely." He thought the republicans will carry the larger per cent of the so-called business vote and remarked that capital still re lies upon republican policies for security and labor yet looks to the republican party as a guarantee of employment. If the democrats capture the next house of representatives it will be owing to republican apathy and In this is the chief danger. With the democratic party united upon only one policy and that the overthrow of protection, its overwhelm ing defeat ought to be certain. LOOK ISO AFTER CUBA. The New York Chamber of Commerce has sent a representative to Cuba to in vestigate conditions there and he will spend a month in this work. It is the understanding that that body Is favor able to reciprocity between the United States and the Cuban republic, so that it 1 safe to assume that the report of Its representative will be favoruble to that policy, or at all events will urge that conditions lu Cuba require that there shall be closer trade relations between the two countries. There la every indication that a very strong pressure will be brought upon congress at the next session in favor of granting reciprocity to Cuba. It Is be- giunlug to be announced that great dis tress exists In the Istund and that If relief ia not soon given a very serious state of affairs will exist there. The statement Is made on tbtf authority of STaJor Barbour, formerly a sanitary conimlsalouer la Cuba, that a great many men are out of work and that In portions of-th Island the situation very bad. There is doubtless truth lu this.- The sugar and tobacco seasons are t an end and consequently the peophi who were employed In these Industrie are thrown out of work. Then the gov ernment has not kept up the work of public Improvement, as this was done under the American administration, which has of course thrown a great many people out of employment It is the policy of the Cuban government, very properly, to practice economy and this mc&ns reduced employment for n very considerable portion) of the people. It Is evidently the purpose to use this situation to appeal to the American congress to do something for Cuba, but it may be somewhat difficult to show how the proposed reciprocity would ben efit the masses of the Cuban people. That it would Inure to the advantage of the sugar and tobacco producers it is easy to understand, but It by no means follows that the people generally would have their condition Improved, or that the prosperity of Cuba as a whole would be materially Increased. On the contrary, the probability is that the pro poed reciprocity would lie of actual benefit to only a few and those princi pally the Spanish and American in vestors in Cuban plantations. .However, there is evidently a carefully arranged effort being made in the Interest of reci procity with the island republic. RURAL ELECTRIC ROADS. Omaha Is way behind other cities of its population and commercial preten sions In rural electric roads. While Its illroad facilities are ample for all the traffic and travel within Its trade radius. the ordinary railroad train cannot sup ply' the wants of the rural population within the range of from five to fifty miles. 1 The farmers who depend upon Omaha for a market for their borne products and the people In the towns In the im mediate vicinity of Omaha lack the necessary accommodations for coming Into town and returning to their homes at convenient hours. The rapid railroad trains do not stop at the minor stations and the local trains at best only make one atop a day over any one road com ing and going. . If they are scheduled to reach Omaha before noon everybody on the line must take the train before noon and go back on schedule time in the aft ernoon or remain over another day. An electric tramway wonld afford to all people on Its line facilities for com ing and going every hour, or even every half hour, between sunrise and mid night thus enabling the farmer to mar ket his products, make his purchases and return without Inconvenience, while the population of the towns on the line of the electric roads could on all occa sions readily reach the factories and business houses or the places of worship or entertainment In the metropolis at such hours as would be most convenient for them. Heretofore our propositions for elec tric tramways have come from promo ters who have no capital of their own and can give no guarantee for the con struction of electric tramways within a specified time, their sole object being to secure a franchise for speculative pur poses. The proposition submitted to the county board by William Hayden Is backed by a responsible capitalist who s vitally concerned in enlarging Omaha's sphere of commercial activity. Mr. Hayden's proposals, therefore, merit serious consideration at the hands of the board. Under conditions that will safe guard the Interests of the patrons of the proposed tramways and give assurance of construction and operation within a reasonable time, the commissioners Will be Justified In granting to Mr. Hayden and his associates the right-of-way of the public roads In Douglas county. CA1TT HXRTi TITO MASTERS. The Second congressional district should be represented in congress by a man who represents the people and not simply the corporations. A msn cannot serve two masters and a mere creature of the railroad corporations cannot serve the people when their Interests clash with those of the corporations. It Is a matter of notoriety that David H. Mer cer was foisted upon the republican ticket by the allied railroads and cor porations dependent upon the railroads, as well as by the. corrupt use of money and nonresident mercenaries who voted on perjured affidavits. That fact alone should bar him from the support of any patriotic citizen who desires to preserve our system of self-government' and rep resentation of. the people by the popular choice. The Second congressional district should be represented in congress by a man Identified with its people who makes his home In the district and can be found at his home when congress is not in session. In short, a man who not only will claim a residence in the district while he la In congress, but will live with us after his term has expired. In other words, a man whose future is bound up In Its growth and prosperity and not by a mere lobbyist who owns a palatial home in Washington and lives on the Atlantic seaboard when he Is not touring the world either at the expense of the railroad and steamship companies, whom he has labored for and served at Washington, or at the expense of the government. The Second congressional district should be represented by a man who will gratefully appreciate the honor con ferred upon him and will endeavor to creditably and faithfully discharge the trust reposed In him Instead of consid ering hlmself.as Indispensable and look ing only to railroad headquarters for in structions. Look. out for a great sensation. Our Dave has a big card up his aleeve, which he la nearlj ready to play. The start ling announcement Is about to be made that be pays taxes on two valuable pieces of property located n Orchard Hill. When and bow be acquired this substantial Interest in Omaha's future has not bwu disclosed, but the books of the county treasurer show that the state and county tax levied upon ont of these lots for 1002 Is $2.03 and on the second $3.03. or altogether, $5.0U. But why D. II. Mercer has not returned any per sonal property for county and city taxa tion since the year 1S04, when he last resided In this city, deponent sayeth not. When al things fall deputy United States marshals always c-au find some body in the neighborhood of the Winne bago Indian reservation who has sup piled fire water to the Indians contrary to the statutes of the United States, and there Is never any dlfliculty encountered in finding from fifty to one hundred red men and red women who will cheerfully accompany the deputy marshal from the reservation to Omaha and back at Uncle Sam's expepse, as alleged witnesses, even when nnder the law two witnesses would snfflee to establish the facts and secure conviction. The National Woman's Christian Tem perance union hns decided upon a cru sade against pictures of undressed women on billboards. The most effec tive way to get rid of those bad pictures Is to do away with the billboards. They are not only a public nuisance because they are unsightly and offensive to the artistic eye, but they endanger life and limb during heavy wind storms, besides affording combustible material for con flagrations. Congressman Mercer does not show any disposition to withdraw, although the proofs are overwhelming that his renominatlon was procured by fraud and corruption through the importation of nonresident voters, the coercion of corporation employes and the distribu tion of a large amount of boodle. - Mer cer doubtless expects to get his election by the same means, but he may discover his mistake after the votes are counted. Good Idea to Work Oat. Chicago News. It la President Roosevelt's idea that the money which the country sets aside for the navment of salaries ought to buy public service and not be absorbed la campaign fuads. Blisters of the Braavdlac Detroit Free Press. The coal operators continue to claim that the president not only used unneces sary harshness in roping them, but that he need not have employed so hot a brand ing Iron. Destine OS Old Clothes. Philadelphia Press. Graver Cleveland took advantage of the fact that Colonel Watterson was for the moment out of bricks to flre off a tew mediaeval remarks about the tariff. The Inability of this distinguished citisen to learn anything hew on that subject Is one ot the most curious problems of the time. The Rash lev Peaalops. Portland Oregonlaa. Pension Commissioner' Ware was sur prised st the number ot pension claims filed by members ot the volunteer regiments In the recent Spanish war. He even finds it difficult to understated why a regiment like the Eighth Ohio, which saw no fighting, should file a quarter more claims than the Seventh regular Infantry, which has a battle record of thirty-four killed and ninety nine wounded. '.' FaaalnsT ef the Boar Man. New York Tribune. ' A regular army with a total of less than sixty thousand men for a nation of four score millions! How unspeakably absurd were the predictions of the false prophets who were affrighted by the "bogy" man on horseback, and foretold the perilous domi nation of the soldier in this republic! Apologies are due from authors of these grotesque jeremiads who have been brought to such confusion. But these apologies will be waited for in vain. Rellerlaar the Money Stringency. Indianapolis Journal. Secretary Shaw's latest measure for re lieving the money stringency has several points of merit.' It enables the treasury to reduce Us surplus In a legitimate way, pare down the public debt by retiring bonds and places in circulation about 120,000,000 which has been lying Idle In the subtreasuries. The secretary expects the measure to re sult In Immediate relief to the money mar ket, in wnicn be includes local money cen ters In the west as well as New Tork. Stock Watering Extraordinary. ' Minneapolis Journal. Attorney General Knox said in his, great Pittsburg speech that there was $200,000,- 000 of water in the stocks of the Great Northern and Northern Paclflo and North ern Securities company. "At the time of the purchase ot the Burlington road the capital stock ot the three railroad sys tems," says Mr. Knox, "waa about $390, 000,000. That was the capital upon which the combined traffic carried by those roads might, after paying expenses of operation, reasonably 'he expected, to provide divi dends. By the bond Issue to secure the Burlington and the inflation of the Se curities' capital, that same traffic Is now expected to provide dlvtdends upon more than $200,000,000 of stock In addition to the original $590,000,000," UNIONS MIST INCORPORATE. Necessity for Imposing? Legal Respon sibility. ' Detroit Free Press. Prof. Henry C. Adams, than whom no body Is better Informed aa to Industrial conditions in the anthracite region, touched one of the sorest points of controversy be tween the operators and the men when, In s recent address, he referred to the ina bility ot the employers to enforce contracts made with the unions. "It the mine own ers violate their part of the contract they can be sued," be said, "but the labor unions have nothing to be sued on." ' This means more than most persons sus pect. Back of the employers' part ot the contract la every dollars' worth of prop erty they possess. Back ot the men's part Is only the word of Irresponsible leaders who msy be repudiated tomorrow. Never theless, a great many unions sre strictly scrupulous. The refusal of the bituminous coal miners to enter upon a sympathetic strike in behalf ot the anthracite la s case In point, and In restraining the workers ia the bituminous fields Mr. John Mitchell rendered the most conn.icuous service that any man has ever rendered to the cause ot organised labor. He made It responsible on s large scale, for once. The real solution of the difficulty, how ever, must com: through the Incorporation of the union. Some day the governments of the several slates must enact as asso ciations law which will seek to do In re spect to labor unions what France has done In respect to the religious orders namely, to make them'responsible. No true friend of unionism can object to this re sponsibility. The objections cannot be found la any desire to maintain law and order. Hard Nuts to Crack rhlladelpht Attention Is called by the Incorporation In New Jersey of the Vnlted States ParklDg company to one phase of the trust problem which was not alluded to In the address of Attorney General Knox before the Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce. It would be feasi ble, perhaps, to amend the Sherman law In the manner suggested by the attorney general so that the products of two or more corporations or individuals, who should conspire to create a monopoly through the destruction of competitive pro duction should be excluded from interstate trade. In the exercise of Its power to regulate commerce between the states and with foreign nations congress might enact law that would be unassailable on con stitutional grounds prohibiting the trans portation from one state into another of articles produced under monopolistic agree ment. When competing firms or corporations become merged In one company, however, a law of the character indicated would be Ineffectual. The Sherman act, even If amended In the manner suggested, would still require collusion between two or more Individuals In order to' become operative. But a person cannot conspire or enter into agreements with himself, and a cor poration Is in law aa Individual no matter how large may be the number of its In corporators, the number of establishments wherein and the agencies whereby It con. ducts Its business. The Sherman law has failed because it permits agreements limit ing or monopolizing production though forbidding, and providing most drastio penalties against, collusive arrangements in restraint of barter and sale. The produc tion of commodities, declared the federal supreme court, la not commerce and can BITS OF 'WASHT5GTON LIFE). Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. One of the most Interesting foreign vis itors to Washington just now Is J. N. Tata ot Bombay, India, merchant prince, man ufacturer, philanthropist, scholar and phil osopher. . Mr. Yata Is known in every great commercial center because ot bis vast business interests. He Is by birth a Parses, that historic race the members of which believe in Zoroaster and are commonly called flre worshipers. He is a personal friend of Mr. Foster, former secretary of state, by whom he wss entertained at din ner the other evening. "One of ths Interesting features of the great strike which is now sbout ended," says a Washington letter to the Brooklyn Eagle, "was the part played In the negotiations by President Samuel Oom pers of the American Federation of Labor, and Commissioner of Immigration Frank Sargent, formerly chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen. The former waa entirely ignored by the president through out the entire proceeding, while Mr. Sar gent was frequently called into consultation by the president and was more than once entrusted with personal missions by the chief executive. If any deduction is to be drawn from the events of the last ten days as to whom the president considers to be the most influential man in labor circles, he regards Mr. Sargent as that Individual snd not Mr. Oompers. In fact, it was notice able on more than one occasion that the insel of the latter, as expressed Is news paper interviews, was turned down abso lutely. Oompers held out tenaciously s gainst the acceptance of the restrictions Imposed by the operators tn the naming of commissioners, snd he filled Mr. Mitchell with alarming tales of what would happen to labor If these limitations were not lifted. Commissioner Sargent, on the other hand, recommended that the president be trusted to give the miners a fair deal, and his view of the matter was taken by Mitchell. This Is only one Instance where the advice of Sargent was taken In preference to that of Oompers. In fsct, Sargent comes out ot the negotiations with s long and brilliant plume In his cap. He has demonstrated that he Is still a power In labor circles. despite the fact that he Is holding a gov ernment position. But more than anything else he has shown that he possesses rare good judgment and tact So far as can be learned, he did sot make a single false step In discharging the commissions placed In his hand by the president, snd, while repre senting Mitchell In the selection of commis sioners, he seems to have done equally well by the miners. Altogether Mr. Sargent has shown that he is one of the big men ot the administration." 'President Roosevelt keeps the depart ments on the Jump supplying him with data snd statistics bearing on matters which will come before him in future months," writes a Washington correspond ent. "He la keeping ahead of the preces sion of events, snd It Is mighty seldom that subject comes before blm snd nnas mm In a state of un preparedness. If It chance to be trust legislation which looms In front he goes Into the subject from all sides, read ing as if he were preparing for a thesis, itudytng the history of trusts irom me earliest times and familiarizing himself 1th the theories and opinions of all the leading political economists and publicists. He digs into reports ot tne census ana 91 the industrial commission and the various hureaua of statistics. He secures legal ad vice from sll the sources at bis disposal and consults with practical men of anaira wnose experience and common sense he values. Df hla readlnc. his advices snd his own theories snd beliefs he talks freely snd con tinuously to those about him, sifting, reject ing, proving, combatting and formulating. until he has some well-digested convictions and a great supply of ready Information bearing on sll sides of the affair. "With other Questions It is the same, one after snother, and with equal enthusiasm. he takes them up and goes ravening tnrougn them. He likes to work and be goes st 11 aa if It were a wrestling match snd he thirsting for the encounter." "The Old Lsdy of the Oosts" Is ths name given to a moat eccentric character who lives in the scrub timber sbout flvs miles southwest of the capital city, relates the Washington News. Her domicile Is s tumbledown hut, which standi upon the lip of s half-obliterated rifle pit about a half-mile from the Virginia bank of the Potomac. She never leaves the valley or ths hills sround It, which she thinks belong to her, and no one knows Just exsctly how she exists. Just what her right name la no one seems to know the negroes srs un decided between several but her nick name cams through her fondness tor the society ot goata. Sbs slways has a half dozen or more ef them following ber sbout snd with the exception ot two pairs they never get more than half grown before she slaughters them. The smaller the goat the mors fondness the old woman shows for tba animal. She generally has one pet animal, which she carries srouud with her tn her arms. The old woman will sometimes tell fortunes when one wanders her way, but If she does not fsncy the looks of those who sre spproschlng she will pick up her pet goat snd make eff through the ravines with the rest of ths herd scampering st her heels. The negroes hsvs s supersti tious swe of her snd no power on earth could persuade one ef them to vesture a Record. bo directly regulated only by the states wherein such commodities sre produced. It is not necesscry to gutss how a statute like that suggested by the attorney general would work. The legislature of New Tork, as well as the legislatures of many other states, attempted to prevent the organisa tion of trusts, and the s.tatute enacted by the first named body was quite effective In compelling the original sugar trust to dis solve. When the same combination, how ever, secured a New Jersey blanket charter and resumed its operations as a single cor poration nothing could be done to restrain it. Instead of an association of firms and companies actlug la collusion the combine had become a single person In the eye of the law; the resolutions of Its directors wers not assailable as acts ot conspiracy and even the merger of Independent cor porations into one, though contrary to law In New York, could not be attacked be cause it was legal In the state where con summated. Possibly the attorney general has some legal remedy In mind that would cure the defect In our system of jurisprudence which enables monopolies to dodge from one Juris diction to another and thus defeat all leg islative endeavors tot curb them. If he has worked out a plan to accomplish this end it would be most Interesting to havs It ex plained. Could a federal law be made retro active so as to bring within Its purview ths gigantic combinations snd mergers which have been brought Into existence during the past ten or fifteen years? Would not suoh a law, being a penal statute, be ex post facto? And how is a trust, which has been chartered as a corporation to be disinte grated Into Its component firms, persons or companies so as to make it amenable to laws directed against conspiracies In trade? near her rifle pit after sundown. They think that she possesses the power to curse the crops or bring rain in the valley when ever she will, no matter what climatic conditions may prevail behind the hills. Her age is variously estimated as be tween 80 snd 105 yesrs, but It Is more likely she Is not more than 80. A half dozen different legends as to who she really Is sre current In the viclnty. Ac cording to one of these she belongs to a wealthy, aristocratic family who owned all the land for many miles around before ths civil war. It Is said that the loss of her husband, brothers, mansion snd property during that struggle crazed her snd that after sojourning for s time with relatives in another part of the state she escaped from their care snd returned to the scenes of her youth. She Is renowned smong the negroes st the vicinity for her skill as a doctress when she condescends to exercise 1L They claim thst she Is s sort of voodoo snd there Is not one of them but will take her food snd even articles of csst-off clothing when she signifies her necessity. PERSONAL NOTES. Uncle Russell Sage sits up every day and reads what the newspapers ,ay about him. The old man certainly has nerve. Fears sre entertained that the, rumors re garding President Baer's resignation are un true. He Isn't a resigning man. Besides, he's Just been re-elected. Eld ridge T. Gerry has been re-elected president of the New York Btata Aa.nM.- I tlon of Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children snd Animals. Laclen Lyne. the lad who rides James R. Keene's horses, gets a yearly salary of $20,000 snd every time he wins a race is sure of a handsome gratuity besides. Robert Mlxon Greene of New York has been sppolnted structural engineer of the St. Louis world's fair. He is a graduate of the Rensselar Polytechnio institution of Troy, N. Y. The democratic candidate for governor of New York is accused of being president of a trust and drawing a salary of $25,000 a year. Strange how these plutocrats persist In leading "the plain people." Contrasting the relative merits and de merits of the automobile snd mule, the editor of the Shelbina (Mo.) democrat re marks that "at least the automobile never kicks its owner to death and never bites anybody." Captain' P. J. Visser, late chief of the Boer scouts, has .come to this country to live. He Is 25 years old snd standa six feet eight and a half Inches In his stockings. He wsnts to, go west and see the rough riders there and thinks he has seen sbout ss much rough riding as any man who ever straddled a horse. There were great doings at that irrigation convention under the shadows of the Rock ies. One Colorado millionaire who ap preciates a good .thing and abominates a thirst, opened a ditch of wine at an ex pense of $6,000 and led to It all who were weary and dry. At no time in these irrigat ing proceedings was it necessary to repeat the historic remark of the governor of North Carolina. Since President Roosevelt and his cabinet have been considering the coal strike the cabinet officers have been unprecedentedly reticent regarding all conferences held. To newspaper correspondents their almost In variable remark was, "I have absolutely nothing to say," and so often waa this reply made to questions that the suspicion got abroad it had been agreed upon. That this waa the case was almost acknowl edged by one cabinet official, who added: "All information must come from the White House. That is a White House suggestion." WW If our clothing is better than that of others there must be some reason for it This is it We actually make it purselves in our own Cooper Square, N, Y,, factory and make it as well as capital and the best skill can contrive Suits S10 to $25, Overcoats $10 to $30. No Clothing Fits Like Ours." K. B. WILCOX, Manager. L.KAPFR OF THK WINK WORKKK. Chicago Record-Herald: Mr. Mitchell has shown that the man who has the last word Is equipped with an Important advantage. Baltimore American: John Mitchell emerges from the strike s man of the hour, one of the foremost characters of his day. He has proved that he Is no levs master of himself thsa he Is ot the 140,000 strik ers, he has proved that he is a stronger msn than sll the coal operators com bined; he has proved that personal ambition and opportunities for sggrandizement are nothing to him compared with the success of the cause to which be is devoting his talents. He alone, if we except President Roosevelt, who was not directly concerned, has corns from the strike higher la the public esteem than he wss when It began. No other labor leader ever added to his good reputation during a striks. That John Mitchell has done so shows the power of candor, conservatism, courtesy, unyielding purpose and personal modesty tho whV-n are chief among the essentials of true greatness. , Chicago Chronicle: Not every msn has his price. John Mitchell has no price. If he had the struggle in the anthracite roat region would have ended months ago tn the defeat and disorganisation of tho miners. It Is perfectly safe to assert that If Mitchell had been "approachable" he could have fixed his price at a high figure. He could have lived in luxury the rest -of hla life. Probably he would not have slept very well, but few rich men sleep well, snyway. Mitchell was not susceptible to consld- vi.uvu. .un u wuuiu uitu urcu uiiiuwiu tng In profusion had he manifested the faintest wavering In his sttltude. He will probably be a poor man all bis life--poor financially. It Is s curious coincident, thst another John IMltrhell once led a fa mous strike, though that strike proved a failure. John Mitchell of Pittsburg was president of the Brotherhood ot Telegra phers during the great striks of 18S3, and sgalnBt him as sgalnst hla miner name sake, there never was a breath of suspicion. Tho Mitchells seem to be s good family to rely upon. LAUGHING GAS. Philadelphia PTessj "I had something T like for my dinner tc.day," sold the ror man, "but It didn't do me any good." "You don't say. What was It?" "A magnificent appotltt " Washington Star: 'Do vour constituents trust you? . (ill,,,., 1 1 f , ainnriru crciltllur dui g mil, "Whenever I have told a man I was going to give him money for his vote, I have been true to my word." Philadelphia Prees: Eager Caller Doctor, can't you do something for these bow legs of mine? Great Surgeon (inspecting them) Yes, I can straighten them, out, but you will need to have all your trousers lengthened six Inches If I do. Somerville Journal! News Editor What makes you think the new reporter is a col lege graduate? Proofreader Because you never And any foreign phrases or big words In what he writes. New York Sun: The Indiana had JuKt sold the Island of Manhattan for tM when chagrin overcame them. "To think!" they exclaimed, "election is coming and votes will be worth 12 apiece!" Perceiving they had been swindled, they hazily sought Fenlmore Cooper to relate their wrongs, , Chicago Post: "Yes, ws think he has real literary genius." "Well, for heaven's sake! pound It out of him and give him a little business serum. Business sense is paid In thirty, sixty or ninety days, while genius Is palil in thirty, sixty or ninety years.". Atlanta Constitution: "Here's a painting only three foot equare which sold for $100," said the Blllvllle citisen. "The goodness gracious!" exclaimed a listener, "I'd paint the four sides of a two story house for less than that!" Philadelphia Press: "When It comes to singing," exclaimed the nightingale unerr ingly, "you're of no use. You couldn't touch a high note In your life." "In my life? No," replied the Bird of Paradise, "but I'll be embalmed upon u. bonnet enme day, and then I'll make a $o0 note look, like 30 cents." A GOLF reminiscence:. Washington Star. When we played shinny long ago - ' Our clothing did not fret us. We wore no coats of sunset glow Our mothers would not let us. ' Oh, we were coltish In our gle: We loved to prance and whinny; We asked no "niblick" and no "tee" When we were playing sbtnny. Oh, where are those companions now The thin boy we called "fatty;" The boy ill clad, with grimy brow; ' ' The boy so neat and natty; The boy who waa so very fat His comrades named him "skinny?" There is no friendship here like that We knew while playing shinny, . Perchance one day a club I'll take And- set the golf ball flylns. At least an effort I may make: There's naught, you know, like trying But I shall nilHS those bovlsh friends, Ho freckle-faced and grtnny; No modern game can make amends . . For those lost hours of shinny. . There is no waste with GORHAM Silver Polish Cleans si well si pollshei Moit economical in use - A REASON WHY