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THE OMAHA DAILT FRIDAT, DECEMBER 12, 1002. 'nm umaiia Daily Bee E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. I'LJBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION tally Iti-e I without Suiic.y), One Year.. $4 Ualiy Dee ana Hunuuy, nu Illustrated lipf, une yar Sunday Iter-. One Year (jaturnay Hie, urie Year Twentieth Century farmer, One Year DELIVERED UY CARRIER, riallv H (without HlllirtaVI. I(T copy.... Zc IRK CCBAK MOBUtU, Late Information from Ciiba point to tin? possibility of a grave uilsnndcr stuntling between the Island republic and tl.o United Stntcs ls-Tore the rela tions of 'the two countries are estab lished on a secure Imsls. There Is being mnnlfcstcd by a political clement In Cuba a purpose to antagonize the ro- l oo. milreuicnts of this country under the l-uoi ... ... , ... I i.i i ( nuieiiiiiiH'UL ri'Kitriut'r'B 01 mi) 2) commercial cnsl'dcrations. This elc- lily Ree iwithout bunuH.w. per week ... IllP,lt jg represented to be quite Indlf Dally Hee (intiudinn Bunuuy), per week.. lie Al . .- , eunoay Rei, per copy oc , fercnt to the question of tariff regula- kiven.MB Ree (without Sunday), per we. k Bo hnvlnir regard nnlv for future tvening Re Unciudlng Sunday), per ; lions, naving rej,ara oniy ror iuuire week . Pojiticai conmtions. it insists mat uuoa r w i - shall not be bound by the terms which the United States Imposed, but shall assert Its absolute and unconditional In dependence and It appears that this ele ment Is gaining in popular support. t Another fact In the situation Is the In fluence which Eu,roppans are exerting and to which Is said to be largely due the Indifference which the Cubans are exhibiting. In the matter of trade rela tions with the United States. These Europeans, It Is stated, tell the Cubans that If they fall to get from this coun try such terms as they deem to be -essential to their prosperity, then they may look to European countries for the concessions the United States withholds. This, there Is no doubt, has strengthened the demand for larger tariff concessions on our part than were at first thought of by the Cubans and Incited a spirit of Independence in this matter that was not .looked for. a few months ago, or when the 'pending trade negotiations were entered upon. One Havana corre spondent says ' that many Cubans and many Europeans, both officials and mer chants, resident In Cuba, think that the Complaints' 'of ' Irregularities in delivery i Should be addressed lo city cinuimiuu .partinent. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. Bouih Omaha-City liall building, Twenty-filth and M Streets. Council RliifT 10 I'earl Street. Chicago 1M0 I'nlty Rulldlng. I New York iSiS I'nrk Row Rulldlng. Washington 5H Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should he nddresaed: Omaha Use, Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. Business letteTS and remittances should be addressed;, The Bee Publishing Com pany, Omaha. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Ree Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted In payment or mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, fitate of Nebraska, Douglas County, fj, Oeorge B. Tsschuck. secretary of ThS Bee Publishing Company, being uuly "worn ays that tho actual number of full ano ,.. i. r.t Th liullv. Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month ol MovemDer, was " - 1.... ..31.4TO ...20,460 ...31.O0O ...81,350 ...41. OHO ...84,050 .. .81.210 ...80,840 14... 17. 18. 19. ...JM.43S ....3O,0 ....80.870 ...,80,t40 St,67B 10 8I.UOO 11 30.WT0 12 80.TOO 13 SO.KiO 14 80.7UO 16 81,310 20 SO.HUO 21 8U.U30 22 31,410 ... ! I 1 J k 3o!ao Unltpd States should cut the existing 25 si.ooo tariff rates on Cuban products In two 28 31,000 falling a reduction of 50 per cent on tho piiatnnia Antlna Imrviafwl Vt? tVio ta 31. ISO 31.4.HO United States .on Cuban products, It Is 30 aa,4T8 the opinion of these persons that Cuba Tot, 32,vio should make arrangements with Eu ties unsold and returned copies.... 9,287 ropean nations to secure an equal ad .22,U73 vantage In European markets Net total sales , -M.t .varan anlna. 80.705 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before m. tU. mn " "tfieU) Notary Publlo. Tlius It Is that we have not only to deal with a political element in the Island, said to be growing steadily stronger, which is organized In opposl tion to the Piatt amendment, giving the a between foot ball and coasting, eml- United States an Important voice in pnt nreons irive the preference to Cuban affairs, but also with a foreign coasting by all means. influence that Is evidently being effect- ivt'i.v exeneu iu a. cuiuiuerciHi way. ii ,.t for the Monroe doctrine those Is manifest, therefore, that the situation iwh American sovereignties would last MS or a nature mat promises to oe per about as long as a snowball In August PS and disturbing. The political eiemenc wnicn aemanus a large measure Tho first thing the British and Ger- of freedom for Cuba has obtained con man commanders did was to send out a trol of one branch of the Cuban con few cutters to capture the Venezuelan gress and Is likely to secure control of fleet" I oiner Drancn. it may men attempt to Ignore the conditions Imposed by this The demand for local self-government country and In that event the course In Colorado has now been enlarged so to be taken by the United States would ts to Include home rule for counties as I become a very serious one. As to the well as for cities and towns. I future of trade relations nothing Is yet assured. Negotiations are ' In progress, With 285 skimming stations Nebraska I but no one can say what, the result will ought to be able to supply all the "blind be. Very little has been said on the pigs" that may be established In the no- subject at Y ashlngton since the assem license towns and villages within the bllng of congress and there appears no boundaries of the commonwealth. reason to believe that there has been any Important change of sentiment on Shakespeare's or Bacon's Richard III the question since the-last session, when hard pressed offered a kingdom From every point of view the situation for a horse. We shall not be surprised In regard to Cuba Is unsatisfactory, If the Union Pacific should off?r sev eral townships for a stancn locomotive. TALKING FUR C J HAD a. Governor Cummins in his address be- tnsy be necessary for Canada to show a dlsjiosltl'in to settle fairly and equitably some otlnT mutters before she can rea sonably expect this country to give seri ous consideration to the question ' of closer trade relations. vrrosn ty 10 vi ihacitt. It Is clear from the attitude of the recognized organs of trusts and trade combinations which would be affected that they will employ every means In their power to resist the enactment of a law requiring publicity of their cor porate operations. This may be taken as a valuable sign that publicity Is a most favorable remedy, from the stand- jwlnt of practical legislation, as a first step toward control of Illegal combina tions, since public sentiment is ready to accept and support it, and also that In the judgment of their managers it would really be effective In a substantial way. Obviously publicity could not be In jurious where the object of a corpora tion or combination of corporations Is egitinmte. It would rather be advan tageous where the capitalization of an enterprise represents actual Investment, where profits look to actual earnings or are based on an economy arising out of consolidation of many concerns sep arately weak and wasteful. That there are many legitimate enterprises of this character is admitted. But actual, enforclble publicity would be an invaluable protection, not only to the general public but also to the great body of the stockholders them selves, as against Innumerable schemes of Illegitimate gain through abuse of corporate powers. The most notable evil and Inevitable result of these schemes Is fictitious capitalization. The typical promotion Involves thft securing of options on several Independent com panles, whereupon the merger goes. to the financing bank or syndicate who fix the stock, not on any legitimate relation of actual value or probable earnings, but arbitrarily on the limit of Imposi tion upon a public kept In Ignorance of the facts. At the same time the manip ulators, appropriating an unknown, ar bltrary share to themselves, take good care to retain control In their own hands. It Is unnecessary to enlarge upon the evils of thla practice. They are wide spread and' aggravated. Those who thrive by them and would perpetuate them are alarmed at any serious effort to dispel by publicity the darkness and mysteries which envelopes their methods and will seriously Imperil of their sue cess. V Rfpplea oai the Correct of life In the Metropolis. A' notable Instnnce ,of the unprecedented growth of New York City Is the demolition of a modern steel frame structure to ninke man. lien it Is borne in mind tuat tne jobliers have Incessantly clamored for un Increane of fire protection to bring alniut a reduction of Insurance rates, and In view of the fact that the city now expends $l22r,sr a year for fire protec tion, a forced contribution of from $1,0)0 to $2,500 a year from jobbing houses that carry anywhere from $100,000 to and Forty-second street. It was one of the $.-.00,000 of stock Is surely not unreason- nl riveted buildings erected in tne -t.i .1 a ..,.,.. e.,t !,. ,.lt, . "tsnas nine stories nign, ami is oniy ...... ....,1,,. ui .om, .... v.., f0l!r yRrg old levy upon jouoers win luny onset uie ..w, ., ga thr0URh ,he, c,d ,tyl(, p,Rln decreased cost of Insurance brought 1 brick buildings like so much cheese," said almut by Improved fire protection. If one of the contractors, quoted by the Trlb- nOt.M) ABOIT SKW YORK. Champagne wafers so largely used In American society. In the main, they are sweeter than the latter and a trifle fuller flavored. NotleeaMe are the graceful baskets In which wine, oil and vinegar are put tip. They are of the same general type as the t'hlantl flank, and differ chiefly In the style In which they are ornamented way for a larger one. The building Is known ; hy straw wrapping foil, label, and tasselled as the Thorley, or Pabst, hotel, Proadway cords. I'HHJOXU, OTKS. Speaking of changes In the language, It will he noted that nowadays every snow storm Is a blizzard. Ahlal Dean. ft5 rears of age. the last sur- there Is an actual increase In the city un' "nd w don,t mlnd lron "am"' hel(1 vivlng veteran of the Mexican wsr, is dead l W V.nll .. W..s - - tas It Is more than offset by the de- . . ungcrew nutg 0 creased insurance premiums. s cause there Is no nut to get off. These bolts were .heated white hot, then put In place and headed down. All we can do Is During the past six months the tempo- rary school fund has been credited with oft the bead and then drive the bolt 417 HI VI rt Intoroat iinnn atntA Vflrrnnta I D--CK i .,.IU ...!. t.ll. e,!lVrVIU1 .-"-l.lT-. M ...W... uuu wuuiu mm.aw u.v win ?.nnV u., w ,t , , b , .12.000 of irredeemable warrants are held as an to take this building down. We could take at his home In Boone county, Ky A New Jersey Justice has given his opin ion, officially, that there Is no law to stop a woman talking In ber own borne. Mrs. Agasslc. widow of the famous geol ogist, Louis Agassli, waa 80 years old on December 6. She is tho president of Rad cllffe college. ; tlr. Cutler, composer and musical conduc tor, who died In Swampscott, Mass., a few davs aco. Is credited with Introducing In this work, you see, everything will be vested choirs In this country in 1860. total loss. These bricks are laid In cc- That Philadelphia gentleman who tolled ment, and these floors are laid on .concrete, hard as a reputable business man and ex down one of these ' old style bricks for about one-fifth of that and save. the bricks. Investment In other words, more than $00,000 of the state's floating debt is credited In the permanent school fund as an asset when In fact it Is a liability. To put It more tersely still, the state has Everything has to be chiselled apart; there emplary head of a family by day and la- taken over $600,000 out of the school I Is nothing we can save. I bored diligently as a burglar by night was "Look there; Isn't that a shame? But . not afraid of that modern bugbear, over- what .can de do?" and be pointed to the work celling and walls of the costly hotel bar one of Senator Lodge's small stock of room, where the removal of chandeliers and , stories relates to a member of the Massa- fund and replaced the money with I. O. TJa. Among the sensational disclosures brought out In the Union Pacific con- electrlo wires had left great gaps In a series of big paintings on burlap .done by tempt case was the testimony of Strike I F. K. Marscball in 1899, cbusetts legislature who was much lm pressed with the dignity of bis position. One night his wife woke him and whispered: "John, there are burglars In the bouse." "You must be mistaken, my dear," said her husband. "There may be a few In the senate, but In the house oh, no; the Idea Is simply preposterous." Ceorge J. Gould Is one of the numerous rich men belonging to the Are department Its snow during this winter. It Is to be , o i,kc-. ood. N. J. v The other evening done by contract and the street commls- there was a fire In the borne of Mrs. Robert Ion expects to save $43,000 over what ; F ve8tcott and Fireman Gould failed to was paid last year. Another advantage resrond when the alarm was sounded. Be ts that the contractor will lurnisn nis own . ,t. -nria. phtrm wore nre r . - . . r. . , . . I - ' ci n n v. . " " ' n ' ' " . r. . ine people or ooioratio ana tne west horses and wagons, thus leaving the city fPrred aealnst him. The millionaire pleaded are to be congratulated on the failure I force free to keep at Its regular duty of , that he na(1 Decn kept at home by a cold, of the Gates campaign to capture con gathering refuse and ashes. This will bo but thls wag not accepted as sufficient ex Breaker F. Szczepanlak, who declared that several men had come to his house last Sunday and sought to induce him to leave his job as a benchman in the em ploy of the Union Pacific. In what lan guage his visitors tried to decoy Mr, Szczepanlak was not drawn out by Mr, John N. Baldwin's patent contempt cork screw. "Each one of these was worth $500," he commented; "there are four of them." The building originally cost $225,000 and the Interior decorative work about $60,000. It will cost the city of New Tork 2o cents per cubic yard for the removal of a great boon to the residential portions which have suffered whenever the force has been set to hauling snow. General prosperity has had one effect which has not hitherto been noted. It has abolished the middle-weight overcoat. The seeker for such a coat the other day, after TflC BURLINGTON PROTKST. The unexpected often happens, but the expected happens very much oftener. It was to have been expected that the managers and attorneys of the various railroads subject to taxation in Omaha would resist and obstruct the attempt to tax the property of those corporations upon the same basis of valuation for municipal purposes that is applied to the property of all other corporations and individuals.' But the protest filed for the Burlington railroad with the Board of Review simply caps the climax. The keynote of the argument of the Burlington attorneys before the supreme court was a plea for uniformity in taxa tion. In their protest to the Board of Review the same attorneys plead for the most rank discrimination. They point to the fact that the State Board of Equalization has assessed all the main tracks, sidetracks, right-of-way, terminal trol of the Colorado Fuel and Iron com pany, which If it maintains an Inde pendent management will be in a posi tion to serve as a competitor of the United States Steel company. And It is not doubted that it was on behalf of the latter that Gates undertook to aelze con- being told that bis hunt was useless and trol of the Colorado company. there was no such thing to be bought, was i treated to the following philosophical dis- According to the report of the state cussion. " " . i economlie and tho easiest way to econo naimers, rormeny runerai airectors. or- mll!e ,n a cnmate like this was to make iglnally undertakers, have contributed I one overcoat last through the winter. At tha munificent sum of $1.33 to the tern-1 that time we made a coat which was a pofary school fund for general dlstrlbu- mu too' warm for February thaws and not .... I oulte warm enough for blizzards, but tion among the 374.304 children In at- :verB.ed UD oretty wen at the year's end. tendance on the public schools of the I That was a very popular garment for Bev- state. Fralse God from whom all bless-1 era! years. But now things are different. lngs flow. Everybody owns two coats now, a thick one and a thin one and there Isn't any Are the people of Omaha competent Particular demand for something between t- J i j- ii i .t.ii ,x . I luai uauuui m - t uwiiub iur mBriv wuemer n is heavfer ot OUP faU and spring coats." to their Interest to vote a franchise that I Thi u verv illuminating, but in the will enable Omaha to secure cheaper seeker's Judgment It lost some of Its force power and cheaper light through the when he found the suppbsedly obsolete a.. . , . . . middleweight coat still for sale In a shop construction of a power canal? That Is "I"I,w.,th. flown. However, this precisely the question that confronts the pIace probably catered to the needs of city council, is tne Council Willing to I those unfortunate few on wnom, even in ... I .. .. i . - .miia cuse and he was fined $1. "What kind of coal trust the people? these times, prosperity has not smiled. Asking: Veto Much, Indianapolis News. President Castro assures everybody that he ts doing the best he can, and when he I wnicn established in New York each has a full complement of these establish ments. The largest and best are in mui Just as German Immigration has made us familiar with the delicatessen shop, the Italian Is doing with his grocery, relates tho unnlnr Post. In the six colonies Is acting so unselfishly he thinks It rather hard that he should be expected to pay his debts. berry Bond; next are those In Little Italy on the Harlem esst side, and in the settle ment near Catharine Ferry In Brooklyn. These shops are neat and interesting. WHITTLED TO A POIWT. Brooklyn Life: First Doctor How many An r,t that now HlAnjlA of TOUTS? Second Doctor None. But, then, It Isn't generally known yet. Philadelphia Cathollo Standard: JUter I'm a shorthand reporter, now. Scribbles I didn't know you understood stenography. niter I don't, but the city editor said the only reason he hired me was because he was short-handed. Indianapolis News do you use? "Egg." "How do you buy It?" "By the dozen." Chicago Tribune: "I am sorry to have to refuse this," said the head of the pub lishing house. "It would be too risky. There are subjects that can't be dealt with In books." "Thev can on the stage, by Jove!" replied the author, fiercely. "I'll make a society drama of It!" Erooklyn Eagle: "Horace Oreeley ones said that a man with more than a million dollars is a nuisance." "Well, I'd rather be that kind of a nui sance than the other kind." "What other kind?" "The kind that wants to borrow a V." A PIANO DISCOUNT "THAT COUNTS" A. Hospe's Closing Out Sale of More Than Fifty Good Pianos. The Best Pianos, Organs Bnd Piano- Players, Some Less Than Half Price. Extremely Easy Payment, $5 flonthly Up, or Cash, No Difference Open Evenings. 1813-1515 Douglas. St. extraordinary price reductions, at least once a year, are quite essential to tho proper conduct of any large retail business. This applies more forcibly to tbe piano business than In other lines, on account ot the accumulation of odd styles, odd makes, chsnges In Ckse styles, and pianos returned from rental, etc., etc. Actual sacrifices must be made, and wo are making them at this great "end of the year closing out sale," hut these prices and this sale lasts only ten days, positively bo longer. New pianos of various high class makes that retail regularly at $360, $400, $450 and $500, are plainly marked to close out at $190 $215, $245 and $285. Terms, cash or payments, no difference; $10 to $25 cash, $6 to $10 per month. Several good tprlght pianos, thoroughly first class Inside, cases Inexpensive, stand ard quality throughout,' former prices $225, $280, $200 and $300; sale price, to close, $135, $160, $175 and $185. Terms, cash or time; $10 to $20 cash, $8 to $8 per month. Tlano players: The Angelus, Kimball and Apollo am the Tery best piano players In the market. We are offering special price Inducements at this sale on piano players. We offer a combination of first-class $400 piano, slightly used and a $275 player, complete, for, both. $385. Terms. $30 cash, $16 per month. This Is a snap. See them. Great bargains In slightly shopworn and returned from rental high class pianos. Cabinet Grand upright Ilallet & Davis, $500. sale price $200;, Chlckerlng upright, small size, $400 style, $160; Llndeman upright mahogany case, $400 style, $170; a $350 Brlggs, $150; a $450 Kimball, $225; a $323 Dunham, $140; a $560 "Knabe," $250; a $300 Guild, $120; $200 Cable, $!0; $175 Hale. $80; a $300 Jewett, $140; a $260 HInzle, $140; another $160. These complete the list ot shopworn pianos, and they are going quickly on terms to suit, $5 to $8 per month, or for cash. Good square pianos for $25, $35, $40 anl $50; $2 to $4 monthly payments. Organs for $10, $15, $25. $32. $43 to $61, new and used, guaranteed. Terms, 2 to $5 per month. Only seven mora days of the sale. Open evenings. Philadelphia Press: "Doctor." said the fussy Invalid, "I understand the only proper way to breath Is through the noee. Now, some times I wake up and find my mouth wide open." "Well?" said Dr. Gruff. "Well, what shall I do?" "Get up and shut It. of course." L KEf, 1513-1515 Douglas St. BOJf VOYAGE. I What President Itoosevelt said In his fore the national reciprocity convention message about the need of preserving Bald that "every student of the subject facilities, depot grounds and passenger order In the South American republics knows that we can make a treaty with and freight depots and property of every applies with equal force to some of the Canada that will give us more work to description of the Burlington svsteru North American colleges ana univer- da in the United States than we now within the city of Omaha, exclusive of sltles. . have." Perhnps he was correct and yet headauarters. for S2S.925. or about 1 rr the sort of reciprocity treaty wnicn rent of actual value. And thi u xt-hnt The house of representatives has c d . under8tood to desire would the Burllnirton artorneva Insist ahnii iw passed a bill to relieve the owners of tea hardly lnorea8C our work to any ma- the city assessment for the year 1903. in Dona rrom paying uuty. lueum.u ter,,Mtent What the Canadians want Here we have uniformity in taxation erder should be the bill to relieve the ls a free American market for their with a vengeance. parties woo own u.-r m umrc.a i rum naturai products and they have not pro- Everybody in Nebraska knows that Stamping the bung. nosed to make any important tariff con- the Burlinirtnn nassenirer ilonor inn. cession to our' manufactures. They I represents at least half a million dri?irs If It cornea to the worst, Omaha people ld XAy be willing 'to reduce the Anv real estate exnert familiar with who are short of fuel can go out into dIfferentlal In favor of British manu- ground and bulldln covered hv th.. the streets and pick up the remaining facture8. but that ls of no great conse- freight denot of the Burllnirton would wooden paving blocks that have not ol,ence. Ince ,t na9 not interfered to amjraise it for no less than srft ftno nA yei Deen scorcueu ujr w. .uu ur material extent, If at all. with our no reputable railroad expert would value away Dy tne irost. exDarts to the Dominion. Canada ls the depot exounds and terminal fartilH anxious for reclDroclty chiefly In the in-lof the Burlineton In the clrr f rtmnbn If $700,000 .will enable, the Agrlcul- terest of her agricultural producers and I at less than $3,000,000. And all these iuri urpsmurui 10 Biuu.p uui iuC i.i- does not contemplate any arrangement properties returned bv the state lKard te plague In New England It will be that wouid be detrimental to her manu- as the Omaha & Southwestern railroad money well spent The appropriation factUHng Interests. It is not with a are assessed for city taxation for less asked for will doubtless be promptly vlew to giving us more work to do than $18,000, while unimproved lots with passtni ty congress. tuat fihe wants closer trade rela- 66-foot frontage adjacent to the BurUnir- tlons, but for the purposo of securing ton freight depot are assessed at from The list of property filed by the secre- t. epeat market for her agricultural I $10,000 to $20,000. tary of the United States senate, Includ- producer8, as she had it under the treaty The terminal facilities of the Burllng- lng 2U4 packs or cams ana rony-one of 1854 Tlint kind of an arrangement ton west of the Tenth street viaduct corkscrews, Indicates that that august would not be acceptable to American within the city limits could not be re- body Intends that there sb.aU be some- flirraers and we think It would not re- placed for less than a million, but that thing doing at this session.- BUit m any considerable benefit to Amer- portion of its main line between Omsha lean manufacturers. and Lincoln ls returned for city taxation The National Civic federation has de- Another speaker before the convention, In the name of the Omaha & North elded to establish local organizations in a xew England advocate of Canadian Tlatte railroad for a fraction over the principal cities of the United States reciprocity, urged that our policy toward $11,000. Uniformity of taxation indeed! for the purpose of carrying on the edu- the Dominion had alienated Its good I Now suppose that the Burlington had catlonal work of the federation. Why WM and that It Is trying; to ignore us Its way. How much would It contribute not establish a local brauch In Omaha? and divert Its trade to foreign mar-1 toward the expenses of city govfrn- kets. He said the next step to be ex-1 ment? On an assessment of $28,02; The Associated rress is getting to be poeted on the part of Canada is the with a levy of 10 mills, its total cou- nore enterprising every day. Formerly raising of . her tariff to the prohibitive trlbutlon to the city treasury would be It confined Itself to obituary biographies ,H)lut against us. This simply repeated $280.25. If the levy for 1003 is fixed at of eminent men. Now the biographies tho threat which a few Canadian states- 12 mills Its total contribution would lie are telegraphed as soon as the patient men have been making for several THREE HUNDRED FORTY-SEVEN shows d disposition to shuffle off this years, but which has commanded no DOLLARS AND TEN CENTS, or about serious attention. It ls doubtless true I seven months' salary of a janitor in the that most of the Canadian manufac-1 city hall or five months' salary of an turers would like the tariff made pro-1 ordinary policeman. If any member of hibitlve. but their Influence ls not con-1 tbe Board of Review, city council or trolling. It is' the agricultural pro-judge In equity will say thut such an ducers who exert the greater Influence 1 assessment would represent uniformity and they will not have a tariff that I of taxation, wa want to see tlie color of would increase tbe cost of all manu-1 bis eyes, fnctures and thus make their condition I far worse than it now ls. It need not I Some of the Jobbing bouses of Omaha be apprehended, therefore, that the Do- appear to regard the Increuse In their minion government will Increase tbe assessments for municipal taxation as a tariff to a prohibitive point, or that it sreat hardship. Ujon second thought wijl attempt any other discrimination they will find that they are reasonable against American manufactures than I If the railroads pay their just share of now exists. I the taxes the levy for '.K)3 will not ex Reciprocity with Canada may come In ceed 10 mills and may te reduced to 0 time, but not utoa any basis Which that mills. A 10-mlll tux on $100,000 of stock country has ' proitosed sine the treaty Is equal to $1,000 of tax. or not much of 1854 waa terminated. Meanwhile It I mora than the annual pay of one fire Claws Beneath the Far. A Shlnina- Example. Detroit Free Press. - The Missouri river has been Jumping its I Their stock ls somewhat like that ot an channels again. Tbe fact Is not generally I American atore. but full of articles uma known, we believe, that the trusts derived miliar to Yankee eyes. One of the notlce- thelr notion of complete Irresponsibility 1 .hie dlanlava ls in macaroni. Of this goodly from the Missouri river. edible forty varieties are shown, ranging from a hair-like vermicelli to nuge, ciumsy chunks called comartnl. Tomatoes ana Chicago News.. I cheese are near. The former appears in a Some of the European powers think the tinned nrnnaratl'on of tomato paste. This British lion's paw would be just the thing u the vegetable, plain or spiced, boiled to rake chestnuts In the shape of 8outh Ann until It is a solid. The long cooking American coallns stations and naval bases tVi flavor, but Increases ine out of the Venezuela Are. acidity. II la used for tomato sauce and t, favorites In cheese are Parma Think ot the Walt. I f .. - n.K, vnrletles. Italian i ana uursuu&uiB. , Washington Fost. .na French, are in stock, dui oo noi :uui The fact that President Palma's official with these in popularity. compensation Is larger than that of the Almonds and Lombardy chestnuts are al- president ot the United States seems to ,vi in demand. Besides tbe sweet, outer, worry some of the Cubans. But think of nd paper-shell almonds are paste and flour how long the gentleman was waiting for made from the kernels, ana at times iu the lob. rich rake known In Engllsn as marenpauo. rirled chestnuts and chestnut meal are employed In thickening soups and making Indianapolis Journal. nurees and various kinds of breads and ' Deliverance of a Solomon. It has been decided by a Maine justice I hnlled nuddinss that since a man and his wife are legally The sausage exhibit ls worthy ot Ger one the wife cannot be accused of theft many. The Italian sausage ls usually when she abstracts money from his pocket harder and drier than German, and posst- In the silence of the night; that is, a per- bly higher flavored. Tbe oldest is tne son cannot steal from himself. This de- Bologna, In which the pepper corn and clslon opens vast possibilities in Maine garlic add zest to the meat. The Italian households, but the situation will vary ac- salami comes second, and then follows a cording to Individual cases and be depend- long series, all of which are nutritious and ent upon whether tbe husband or the wife Is the "one, annetlzlng. Occasionally the famous Span lsh dainty, the Vlch sausage, ls offered for saVe. In the better stores In Mulberry Bend may be procured the delicate wafers and blsrulU of Florence, Venice ana. Milan, Soothlnar Effect ot a Salary. Chicago Chronicle. Advices from Manila occasionally allude to Don Emlllo Agulnaldn as among those I which are the originals of the Vienna and present at an official function, disporting himself as the gayest of the gay. This may be taken to Indicate that Don Emlllo ls on the pay roll at a comfortably higher figure than our good friend and brother Hadji Mohammed Wolomol Klrara. what ever the falling of Emlllo, he Is not by any means a cheap article, and bis acceptance of the status quo undoubtedly Involves a big bole In tbe "miscellaneous expenses" of tbe Insular government. H. R. Vynne In tha Inter Ocean. CJoodby, Tom Reed! You were .Indeed, A stout man and a true; You had the strength Thnt brought, at length. The love of men to you. Ooodby, Tom Reed I You paid no heed To ways of little men. Rut In your might Did what was right. The -Jove of men to you. Goodby, Tom Reed! Tou sowed the need Of manhood where you passed! Your way was long. Your hand-grip strong, Your heart strong to the last. 'Mid heat of hate. In the debate. You saw hate take the lead; Your brain was sound, You stood your ground You ruled them all, Tom Reed. They called you Czar; They cursed you far, And cursed you near and nigh; Rut not a foe Who cursed you so But mourns you, now you die. For as you fought Your soul was wrought By no mean thought or slight. And with your brain And might and main You wrestled for the right. Rut when 'twas done, At set ol sun, The foes who fought you fair , Fougnt race to race To gain a place Beside your roomy chair. The world has ends Few men have friends. But you. Tom Reed, God knows, Have at the last No friends more fast Than those who were your foes. mortal colL " Superintendent Wood, whose duty It Is to keep the national cupltol building and who has been complimented 'by scientists for his success In wardiug off disease germs, will hardly deny that the presidential bacillus still lurks In hid den places In both ends of tbe building In spite of his efforts. The aggresslous of Germauy and Great Britain in Venezuela, embittering the people of thnt country, oujlit to operate to the ultimate commercial ad vantage of the United States. For a long time the Germans and English have bad a long lead in the Venezuela u mar ket, although American trade has been Sailors' Hlchta Abased. Baltimore American. In strange contrast with the praise ot the country for the men behind the guns It the report that United States sailors are made to work st digging canals In swamps In Culebra. to the great danger of their health. If not their Uvea. This Is not tbe sort ot service which the people expect from the men of the navy. Tbey are too much needed in their proper place to be endangered In tropical swamps at hard labor not contemplated In their con tract with Uncle Sam and whlcb would be severe for unaccllmated convicts. ' Prosperity In 1'orto Hlco. Philadelphia Record. , American troops were greeted In Porto Rico by brass .bands and mayors with tbe keys of their clUes snd. delegations of citizens with addresses ot thanks to their deliverers. After a few months, with no particular change In the condition of the Island, tbe affections of our fellow citizens grew cold. Then there was a tidal isave ana loss or the coffee crop, and bad bus! nees, and the American conquerors were denounced as the authors of the island's misfortunes. Now tha tidal ye has been forgotten, a free United States market for sugar and tobacco makes) tbe island prosperous, and the Porto R leans are re ported to be extremely proud of tbsir relstioa to the Ualted Stats. Therefore you go, , Yk Bans pump or show, f T YoAunrdfrfi5.Uwe WtV"'' W The only double-track railway YAUr!dr6rry.yToZ Reed. 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