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Tiie umajia Daily Dee E, ROSEWATER. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MUKNINO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. lally lies (wilhou. Sunat,y), One Year.. $4. 00 Auuy lire anil Bumiay, una I ear Illustrated Uee, une tear Sunuay bee. One Vear Paturusy nee, one Year Twentieth century rarmer, One Year. DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Catty Hee (without Hundavi. tier codv.. 2 UU l.ou l.w Jc Dally Bee (win, out aunuay), per week.. ..12 Dally lire tlniiudma aunaavi. uer wrek..ii Hunuay Ueo, jpcr copy oc Evening Bee twlthout Sunday). piT week be Evening lira (Including eunday;, per week 10c ComplaiDts of Irregularities In delivery Should lie addressed to city Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Dee Hulldina South omnha city llali Building, Twen-ly-nith and M Htreeta. Council RlufTn li Pearl Street Chicago ltH Unity Rullding. New tork taiti I ark Row llulldlng. Washington M Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communicationa relating to news and edi torial matter ahould lie addressed: Omaha fcee, editorial Department. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, . : .Ueorge li. 'Ixacliuck, aecretary of The See Puullnhliig Company, being uuly aworn. ay that tho actual number of full and ompleta roples of The Dally, Morning, veiling and Sunday Bee printed during tn month of November, iwi, was as follows: 1.. ....81,-JTO ....1MM ....SI, OHIO ....ai.aoo ....41.0M5 ....8 I.BftO ... .31.3110 ....a,ao ...BW.BTB ... .81.800 ,...ao,To ....80,700 ....HO.NUO ....80,780 .... 81,31V If.... 17.... IS.... ID.... JO.... a.... 22.... 23.... 24.... 26.... 2.... 87.... 28.... .... SO.... ..XH.43S ,.ao.o ..30.S70 .. 80,040 ,..30.eXM ..8o,:io ..81.410 ..2K.310 JO.." XI... 11... u... ... 16... ..S1.WUO' ..Bl.ooo ..SO.Tmjl 31,180 81,4841 28.4TB Total .ua-j.oio Less unsold and returned copies.... u.zaT Net total sales ;M,U73 Net average sales 3O.700 . GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 2uin day ot November, A. D 1102. M. B. llL'NUATE, (Seal) Notary public The man behind the counter will now heave a huge sigh of relief.' Old Santa CIhus Is entitled to a rest, but nobody Is ordering him to take It rnradoxlcally. the biggest Christmas stocking docs not always hold the most The scheme for organizing a big tmggy manufacturers' trust went through as smoothly as If it bad had rubber tires. The Agricultural department must have spikes in Its heels from the way it la succeeding In stamping out the foot nd mouth dispose. Practically all the railroad companies that haven't thought of it themselves are getting Christmas hints from their organized employes. Members of the council who have sandbagged the power franchise ordi nance by adopting the free-for-all amendment are simply playing ostrich. That scheme to mine coal under the aea ought to be followed up immediately by a plan to scrape all the gold oft the bottom of tbe.ocean. . There are millions In It. . The railroads are going through the annual motions of cutting off the free list for the -omiu, j;ear, Jiut he munSie'f of passes preKonlf-tl to he.conductors will suffer no visible diminution." . The scheme of stretching a dying man's neck to restore him to conscious ness hardly proves fls suecosttful, al though It la fully as sensational, as Doctor Lorenz' bloodless surgery. With the - Hon. J. Hamilton Lewis radiating at the center, that forthcoming Jacksonian banquet ought to be a warm proposition, no matter what temperature the outside atmosphere may register. The Omnha Commercial club will en terta'n the Nebraska members-elect to the Fifty-eighth congress. Oinnha will do well to keep lu as close touch as pos sible with the congressmen from all the Nebraska districts. Couucllmen who are on the payrolls of franchlsed corporations and council men who enjoy large Incomes from tne ale of materials to franchlsed corpora tions may always be dciK'iulcd upon to do the bidding of their benefactors. Why should the city of Omaha be put to the expense of publishing the open door franchise ordinance when every body In and out of the council knows that It Is not acceptable to anybody and la not Intended to be of any use to any body? Senator Teller has gone to Colorado, but not primarily for the holidays nor la It likely to be a holiday time with him. The popocratlc senatorial horizon la cloudy and a largo area of low barom eter U 4onud(utly Wreshudowed by the political forecaster..' ' .. . . The .adjournment o the coal strike arbitrators to January 5 may possibly menu lhat they, are so tired of the In vestigation that thr-y ..want a long rect or thut they hoj' the parties are so tired that they will perhaps themselves settle1 the mutter by that time. v --. .When It la demonstrated , by legal proof that Chicago iHlht'imu lu full uni form have stood Runrd for robU-rs while they did Ibeir work the report may be credited that Mayor Harrison does not want another term, or else be Is sure the people of that city do not want an other term of such administration. The railroads are constantly boasting of the new Improvements made In their lines at a cost always up Into the mil lions and there Is no question that mil lions of dollars have been put into bet terments in this state aloue. Yet Ne braska railroads are paying taxes on a smaller assessment than ten years ago. Tie more money, they put In the less taxea they pay. Whon William Sttipfer declared him If out of the race for a second term as stnto treasurer on the ere of the re publican state convention of 1002 It waa gpnprally believed that tlila was the cloning chapter in the Stuefer Incl dent. But Mr. Stuefer's fool friends at the atate capital hare taken It on them selves not onljr to glorify the outgoing atate treasurer but In doing bo to vlllify the editor of The Bee by representing Mr. Stuefer as a martyr to political and iK-i-nonal animosity. Under the caption of "More or Lens Personal" the Lincoln Journal, that baa always been the bul wark of state house Jobber and apolo gist for public thievery, Indulges In the following comment: Perhaps It has been printed before, but It will do no barm to repeat tha story that the aiaault upon Treasurer Stuefer had Its origin In the senatorial struggle of 1901, which Is Justly considered one of the blackest pages In the political history of the state. The members ot the senatorial syndicate were using every power at tbelr command to reduce or Intimidate the mem bers of the legislature and their friend Stuefer was told. It ls claimed, that unless he used his Influence and brought certain members Into Mr. Roaewater'e column he would have ample cause to regret It In the future. He didn't scare worth a cent. and when the abuse began after the -session was over he simply threw up his hands and said that he waa ready to retire to private life. He could have hung the Rosewater hide on the fence without much trouble, but a nasty row was not to his liking, avid be washed his hands ot the "ho'0 business. It Is widely regretted that he did not have the stomach to make a fight, but If a man prefers to live a decer.t, quiet life with his family and his own af fairs. It is hardly fair to criticise him (or It. This attempt to gloss over Mr. Stuef er's speculative financiering Is an out rageous perversion of the truth that we cannot afford to Ignore. Mr. Stuefer! attitude in the senatorial contest had nothing whatever to do with the course pursued by The Bee or it editor with reference to his management1 of ' the state school funds. During the contest before the legislature, Mr. Stuefer pro fessed to be friendly to the candidacy of Rosewater and up to this time we know of no action on bis part that would Indi cate otherwise. There was no occasion for threatening Mr. Stuefer even If he had been openly or covertly opposed t Rosewater. The only republican mem ber of the legislature from his district supported Ros-water until he went out of the caucus and promised him hla vote any time he could be elected by it Mr. Stuefer never had an opportunity to refuse Rosewater a favor and as a matter of fact has never had 'any per sonal controversy with him to this date! Long before Stuefer waa thought of aa state treasurer the editor of The Bee was publicly committed against treas ury farming of public funds. In 1805 he framed an amendment to the consti tution which was submitted by the legis lature declaring that state officers "shall not receive to their own use any fees, costs, Interests on public money In their hands or under their control, perquisites of office or other compensation" than the salaries fixed by law. This position has been maintained successively by The Bee year In and year out and waa embodied In the following resolution presented by Its editor to the republican state convention of 1901 and unani mously adopted by that body: The practice of depositing public funds on private account and the loaning of'pub i lit fond for 'pf Ivate" gain' Is" a-' flatWat vlblanibn ofpiibllo trust." As 'a' tfhrtte-rf public safety" we " demttid 'rthat 'tne-fa treasurer and every county, city, village and school district treasurer sHall keep the taxpayers fully Informed concerning the condition and.dlaposltlon of the moneys entrusted to hla safe keeping by the pub lication of monthly financial statements showing the amount of money on hand, the name of each bank in which It Is de posited, with the amounts on deposit In each. At the time this resolution was Intro duced the editor of The Bee confidently expected Treasurer Stuefer to. come promptly to the front with a complete exhibit of treasury deposits, and had no Inkling that anything was wrong until he refused to comply with the demand of the convention. The Information concerning the Burt county, Cuming county and Otoe county bond deals did not reach The Bee until after the elec tion of 1901. The facta disclosed upon full inquiry fully justified the demand made by The Bee for the retirement of Mr. Stuefer. In the face of the losses sustained by the state through Mosher and Hartley there could be no palliation of speculative purchases of bonds through middlemen, whether or not they shared the profits with the treas urer or pocketed them altogether. In thla view The Bee waa sustained by an overwhelming public sentiment which would undoubtedly have defeated Mr. 8tuefer had he been renominated and seriously jeopardized other candi dates on the state ticket - Thla was the consensus of opinion of the atate con vention and this It waa that prompted Mr. Stucfer'a withdrawal., The Bee gave credit to Mr. Stuefer for volun tarily relieving -the party., and there his friends should have been 'content tp, let him rest Their revival of ;theoStuefer incident alone has forcVd -upon , as' the dUngreeable taak of correcting the at tempted' perversion of history."" '7. ' iXTtxD Tht cvMMissiuy'aj'vwKit. The interstate' Commerce commission presumably, has power to i determine whether railroad rates are reasonable, but practically It Is Impotent to enforce Its rulings. Xo matter bow flagrantly exorbitant or unreasonable the commis sion may pronounce any- given rate or tariff that rate or tariff nevertheless stands. It is no relief to the shipper's or the producer's anguish of mind and hurt of pocket that the commission sym pathizes with him, so long as it cannot put forth a protecting band. The most that the com mission ran do Is to tell Its troubles to the courts,' the law expressly providing that the wrong ful rates must not be enforced until the whole thing has been adjudicated by the supreme court of the United States. And as a rule that august tribunal, as well aa many of the Intermediate courts. THE Q3IAIIA DATLT -BEEi riUDAT, DECEMBER 20, 1002. la largely composed of elderly and dlgnl fled personages who do not go about It hot foot to dispose of such matters. Ex perlence has fully demonstrated that the remedies of the Interstate Commerce law were well surrounded with the en chantment that distance lends. What is needed, what Is indispensable Is that the commission should have power, not merely to lnfulre and de termlne, but also to act If its capacity to arbitrate differences between ship pers and public carriers is conceded. Its findings should be given prima facie credit and stand till reversed by some higher authority. If It Is not competent to pass upon the basic questions of reasonable tolls and discriminating schedules the commission should be abolished. OUH ORIENTAL TRADE. There Is no subject of greater Interest to the American people, and especially to the people of the west, than that of the future commerce of the far east The possibilities of that trade present a proposition which may well engage the most careful and enlightened consider ation, not only of our statesmen, but also of our most advanced manufac turers and merchants. . Aa a matter of fact there appears to be very little real knowledge of what la required to promote our trade with the countries of the far east The average American manufacturer and merchant seems to be utterly unaware of what Is necessary to win success In the coun tries of the east. The trouble seems to be that the American manufacturer is satisfied to send his surplus into the foreign markets, . depending upon ex traordinary conditions to have them sold there. The result of this Is that they come Into competition with ' like goods of other countries, which are made with special reference to the needs of those countries, and the ef fect Is unfavorable to the United 8tates. The obvious policy is to change the course that has been pursued and to adopt one that will be in accord with that of foreign countries In their deal ing with the people of the far east It ought to be perfectly plain to American manufacturers and merchants that they cannot win the business of the Ori ental countries unless they are pre pared to give to those countries goods which in quality and price will be on a par with like goods from any other part of the world. We are competitors for trade in the far east and in order to make that com petition successful we must be able to offer as good articles, to sell as cheaply and to give as good terms as our com petitors. - Are We In a position to do this? This is the prime question for those who are launching out for the Oriental trade, which promises to con tribute so largely to our future wealth and prosperity. A HARROW ICSCAPti FOR LMCULTt. The. Omaha and Council Bluffs street railway merger has been a startling eye opener to the good people of Lincoln. The clause In the articles of Incorpora tion of the reorganized street railway octopua that authorizes it to extend it tentacles ln-a southwesterly direction through Douglas and Ssrpy counties to Saunders county, thence through Wahoo and , Ashland and . through Lancaster counts Into -the .city of Lincoln, affords convincing proof that the large, progres sive capital city has had a narrow es cajje.. .' ' Looking through the big end of a tele scope, the observer on the top of the dome has discovered a Trojan horse on motor wheels, built and designed for the sole purpose of accomplishing the com mercial conquest Of Lincoln and pipe lining all Its sap and vitality Into the back yard of Council Bluffs. Had it not been for the vigilance, sagacity and sublime patriotism of the mayor of Lin coln the dire calamity of being awal lowed horse, foot and drairnona h Greater Omaha could not have been averted. The form borne by the Trojan horse of Omaha construction waa that of a camel mat naa been reared, stabled and J Krwiueu in me Houth Omaha t'took yards. The strategic move was to be gin by the Insertion of the camel's head. followed by hla hump and bodv Into the gates of Lincoln. The full particulara of the exploded con spiracy , against the peace and well being of Lincoln appear In the lat est number of the Lincoln Journal and recall the closing chapters of one of Conan Doyle's Ingenious detective stories. We are told In language that is plain . that the name of the man who offered a Trojan trolley line as a present to tne Lincoln! tes waa Manager Kenyon of the South Omaha stock yards. Says the narrator: - Mr. Keoyoa comes down here ani h,.. the stock yards property. There Is much talk of resuming packing. Then be be gins tearing down the packing houses that Lincoln men built fifteen years ago at a cost of 1100.000. While the work of tear ing down house No. 1 Is still In progress he comes into town and his friends whis per It around that the Armours are going to do great things at West Lincoln and want him to buy the Home street railroad rrancnise to allow these great develop ments to get started. Excitable nubile opinion Is fanned by mysterious whispers, and only tha hard business, sense of Mayor Yinneu seeps tae rranchlae out of Mr. Ken yon's hands. It developed two weeks ago that he wanted It for aa Interurban line. and bow it looks very much aa if bis work was done for the Omaha Street Railroad company Itself. It would be a brilliant scheme to give that corporation a chance to come In here with an In terurban Una owned In Omaha and run in the interests of Omaha. Rut Mr. Kenyon didn't get the franchise. and the city can keep the road out uctll It comes in on terms favorable to Lincoln. The . cty Is now free to encourage soma concern like the Akron syndicate to come In and build up a corporation that will have ita headquarters and power houses and shops in Lincoln, and will be managed In the interests ot thla city. All other con cerns can he kept out, for the South Lin coln franchiae is still owntd here and the people will be pretty unanimous in wanting them barred from participation In the use of the streets of the city. And thus It Is that Lincoln is able to celebrate the Christmas of 19(12 without being frightened by the horrible night mare which germinated In an enterpris ing reporter and a suspicious mayor, As a matter of fact Mr. Kenyon'a ex plolt in the suburbs of the city of Lin coin had no more to do with the Omaha and Council Bluffs street railway oc topus than It did with Marconl'a wire less telegraph station at Quodunk or Tolduhu, as you please. The clause In the new charter of the octopus that permits It to construct trolley lines to connect Omaha with various towns and cities of Nebraska and Iowa has no other significance than would have the provision In the articles of Incorporation of an Omaha manufacturing concern granting It the right to establish branch mills or factories in other towns and in other states. ciry rreasurer xienmngs'. re com rnendattons of charter amendments and needed revenue legislation merit serious consideration at the hands of the Doug las county delegation to the legislature The defects In the charter and revenue laws pointed out by Mr. Hennlngs af fect vitally all the taxpayers of Omaha. Mr. Hennlngs has made a reputation aa a delinquent tax collector, Nbut with all the vigor and persistency brought to bear by him the task of cleaning up the record has baffled his utmost endeavor. The amount of uncollected and uncol lectible taxes on the books of the treas urer exceeds $2,000,000, and even if all penalties were remitted and only one- third of the amount collected, Omaha could pay off Ita bonds maturing In 1903 and still retain a very handsome sur plus in its treasury. Whatever else the new year may be to Mr. Harrlman, It Is likely to be busy one. To say nothing of the still unsettled labor complications of the Union Pacific, bis management la in volved In a strenuous contest with the Great Northern system on the one hand, while on the other all accounts Indicate that a still more serious contest la Im pending with the Gould system. If he should begin the clearance of his table of accumulated business with a hearty adjustment of affairs with the Union Pacific locked out employes It would be a start In the right direction. Manager Nash has defined hla position on the electric lighting franchise to his own satisfaction and that of the Thorn son-Houston Electric Lighting com pany, but the members of the city coun ell who voted the open door franchise prepared for them by Mr. Nash are yet to give an explanation that will be sat lsfactory to the citizens and taxpayers of Omaha. The recent orders issued from head quarters at Manila to the army In that vicinity show that General Miles has really been there. 1 While they Involve no impeachment of, the soldierly charac ter, Infraction of military efficiency or discipline, they Indicate a lamentable laxness among the rank and file In burn ishing the brass buttons on their ant forms. Spotting; a Victim. Saturday Evening. Post Nothing is more remarkable than tha increase in the utilization of waate prod ucts. Some day It may even reach the waste basket. A Word (or the Americas Mas. , , Washington Post The fact that impecunious foreign females with elongated titles don't come to this country In search of rtch husbands Is some what ot a compliment to the men on this side of the water. Dolasr Everybody. Indianapolis Journal. Some of those who call themselves the salt ot the earth cannot resist the tempta tion In the scarctty of fuel to push up the prices, having forgotten the utterances of the bible against those who harass the poor. Aa Admirable Record. St. Louis Republic. Thirteen St. Louis boodlers and Per jurers have been convicted by Juries. The sentences . Imposed aggregate fifty-two years' Imprisonment. They will be able to do considerable mediating In a collective nan century. Take ta Elevator for a Cksagt. Philadelphia Record. Many western railroad companies recog nize the propriety of increasing the wages ot their laborers, and in doing so they equate things by reducing the salaries of the clerks In the administrative bureaus. How would it do to apply the aame eco nomic principle to the salaries of the pres idents and other highly paid officials? . A Gealas la rolltlca. Chicago Chronicle. General Nord's unanimous election to the presidency of Haytl by the Haytlan con gress constitutes a high and well deserved tribute to his popularity. The ctrcumstanoe that tha general had the chamber sur rounded by a brigade ot infantry and three batteries of artillery while the balloting was going on merely shows bis anxiety to pro tect the legislators from annoyance during their deliberations. Ralea ( tba Gam. Indianapolis News. It seems that, according to the strict rulea of the game, tha allies, in tbelr peace ful blockade, are restrained to the use ot ultimatums for the purposes of bombard ment This Is a wise provision ot Interna tional law that saves poise, powder, money and property damage, sometimes even life, and is Just as exciting to the foreign of fices of the various countries engaged as any other style of play. Of courae, It renders the lite of the blockaders rather monotonous, but then It Is easy to be lasy in the tropica. Wireless Trlearaph Btatlaaa. , Philadelphia Press. The danger of wireless telegraph sta tions on the coaat, particularly in the hands of foreigners, has so Impressed Itself on the French government that it has seised a station at Cherbourg. Rear Admiral Bradford recommended some time ago In bis annual report to Secretary Moody that measures should be taken for government control of such stations on the roast, and since that recommendation waa made France has made this selsure and Germany has Issued an lavlthtloa for an Interna tional conference on the subject. There ap pear to be a number of reasons why this idea ot government control should be en forced. prtrniarly when there la danger of foreign trouble. HEW RtXrS FOB THE ARMY. Aa Aitertmeat of Btrlaceat Reaala. tl.aa aa rotated laatractio... Washington dispatches announce the Is suance by the War department of orders governing the examination and classifica tion of gunners, giving new and more atrlngent rules for the acceptance of re cruits, defining and explaining the salutes which may and should be fired tn honor ot officers and government officials of differ ent rank and explaining the methods ob served In the distribution of government documents covering army rules and regula tions. The orders relative to recruits are Id substance as follows: ' "Until further orders peseons under the age of 21 years will not be enlisted, and ex treme caution must be exercised in the cases of young men applying for enlist ment who claim to be 11 years of age or a few months over that age. The unsupported atatements ot such applicants must not be accepted, but to be eligible for enlistment they must furnish competent proof to re move any doubt regarding age. "Enlistments and re-enlistments must be without conditions, and no compromise must be made to men upon enlistment re garding service at home or abrdad, as they will be assigned according to the best In terests ot the service." Some changes In the method of firing salutes are provided by one of the orders, which In part are aa follows: "Salutes will be Bred between sunrise and sunset only, and, aa a rule, not on Sunday, unless required by International courtesy. The national flag will always be dieplayed at the time ot Bring a salute. The national salute Is twenty-one guns. It Is also the salute to a national flag. The aalute to the union, commemorative of the Declaration of Independence and consist ing of one gun for each state, Is fired at noon on July 4 at every post provided with suitable artillery. "An ex-president of the United tSates re ceives a salute ot twenty-one guns; the vice president and president of the senate and American or foreign ambassadors re celve a salute of nineteen guns; members of the cabinet, the chief Justice, the speaker of the house of representatives, a commit tee of congress officially visiting a mill tary post, governors within the respective states and territories and lieutenant gov ernor of the Philippine Island receive sev enteen guns; the vice governor of the Phil Ipplne Islands receives fifteen guns governor general receivea a salute ot sev enteen guns. The term 'governor general shall be taken to mean an administrative officer under whom officers with the title of governor are acting. The assistant sec re tary of war or the assistant secretary of the navy, when officially visiting a mill tary post, receives a salute of fifteen guns.' Aa to the distribution of drill regula tlons and other government publication the new orders say: "Books of instruction (government pub llcatlons), such as drill regulations or the army ruard manuals, manuals of courts martial and the manuals ot the Parlous staff departments will be furnished gra tnltously to all officers of the army tor their personal use to the extent of one copy each upon application to the officer In charge of the distribution of War de partment documents. Duplicate coplea will not be supplied to individual officers or or ganlzatlona unless It Is clearly shown that those on hand are entirely worn out aad Irrepalrable. Private publications are not purchased by the department for Issue to officers of the army for their personal use, as they are expected to supply themselves with all such books as are necessary for the' study of their profession. Including the period during which they may be, undergo Ing Instruction at the service schools." The orders of especial Interest to gun nere are partly aa follows: "The object of this examination Is to ascertain In each battery the qualified gunners by tbelr absolute and relative ex cellence In comprehending and mastering the prescribed Instruction. This examlna tlon will take place at the posts where the respective batteries may be 'serving ami will be separate for each battery- The ex aminations will take place each' year -'at auch times as may be designated by the department commander, but as soon after the close of the prescribed Instruction for gunners as may be practicable and before the annual target practice. A qualified gunner will be rated as such for a period of three years, and for such additional time aa may be required to pro vide for his re-examination, unless he has during that time been out of the artillery service for more than three months. A second-class gunner, on his own ap plication, may be permitted to compete at any annual examination for classification as a first-class gunner. "Each battery commander will, previous to the arrival of the membera ot the board at the post, submU to the adjutant a list duly signed, of names of all the men In his battery who may be designated for exami nation, with the atatement that he believes that each man ao presented la capable of qualifying aa first or second class gunner. This list will be given to the senior mem her of the hoard. The board will keep a record of his marka during the examina tion, and at the conclusion thereof will for ward to department headquarters a tabu lar Hat of the candidates of each organiza tion arranged In order of merit aa first and second class gunners, respectively. The marka received in each subject will appear opposite the respective candidates' names and appropriate totals carried out. This tabular list, with the date of the report ot the board, will be published in orders by the department commander. Enlisted men wbo obtain an average of 85 per cent of the total maximum mark at the examlna tion will be claased as first-class gunnprs, and those wbo obtain an average of 05 per eent will be classed aa second-class gunners." PERSONAL NOTES. After all. the real reason for the advance of kerosene oil Is that the oil trust wants the money. Mme. Pattl, it Is said, preserves as a talisman the boots she wore at her debut over forty years ago. The people of Spain have discovered that King Alfonso Is not only diplomatic, but seems to have a will of his own. The German and English method of pro ceeding against Venezuela Is for the cred itor to constitute himself constable. Judge and sheriff. After General Miles, General Toung will be lieutenant general five months and than General Chaffee will serve about two years aa the head of the army. Newton Thorp Is designing the monu ment in Union square. San Francisco, which will be erected te commemorate Admiral Dewey's victory of Manila bay. It will cost about $45,000. The members of the Studebaker family of South Bend, Ind., have decided to mark the anniversary of the death of Clem Studebaker by giving to the Epworth hos pital, In their city, 150.000 in addition to former gifts for a hospital building. The great grandfather of Mrs. Mary Jane Palro, wbo has Just died In Baltimore, was a member of the Boston tea party, aud In her home hangs the mirror which hung In ha ball of the house from which the Boa ton tea party started oa Its expedition. 1 Bits of WAsnistrro life. Miner Seeaes aa laelaeata Skelrae-a aa ftwat. Experts In the redemption division of the treasury recently eased the feelings of a Chicago woman considerably by redeem' Ing two $10 notes which she told the de partment bad been accidentally destroyed br her hushsnd. The money belonged to a churcb society, of which the woman waa treasurer, and was to have been used for missionary work. After the money had been paid to her In small sums she had It changed Into two new $10 bills, which she thought would be safe In the atove, so she placed the money beneath the grate. Sev eral days later her husband burned some old newspapers, also the money. When the time came for turning over the money to the missionary the treasurer went to the stove and found Instead of two crisp notes only a few charred fragments. These sho gathered up and sent to the Treasury de partment. The case made a great deal of merriment In the department. "If I were out of a Job," remarked one of the assist ant secretaries, "I should get a load ot gold brlcka and start for Chicago." Senator Hanna has announced the dis continuance of hla famous corned beet bash breakfasts and great la the sorrow of the statesmen who loved to drop In oa him Sunday mornings and partake of his fa moua dish. The senator haa taken up his residence at a hotel, having given up Cam eron house, in Lafayette square, where he resided for the last two r three yeara, and In which he gave bis celebrated break fasts. Mrs. Hanna and the family will spend the winter at Thomasvtlle, Ga., and the senator thought there waa no use ot having a whole jiouse to himself. It la not thia tact, however, that put an end to the breakfasts. The only person wbo had the recipe for the hash was Mr. Haana's col ored ehef. The hotel management tried to employ him, but he refused to leave the Hanna family. An effort waa then made to purchase the recipe, but the chef re fused- to give up the secret of compound ing tne nasn, but carried it with him to Thomasvllle. Last winter corned beef hash at the Hanna home meant a gathering of tne most famous men In Washington. Pres ident Roosevelt frequently ran over from the White House and Joined tha hash eat ers. . He haa not taken breakfaat with Mr. Hanna since the bill of fare was changed. Mk. T . . . .... i-ii a. nininmi dbs aemonstrated in a genuine faahlon that there is not a bit of anobblSBness in "the first lady of the land,' ciuica a TTuingiou correspondent. At a recent White house- reception, after a num. ber of distinguished guests bad been re ceived by Mrs. Roosevelt, a woman, beau tifully gowned and conducting herself with an air ot d.stinction, was presented. Aiier customary iormalltlea the guest passed on to Join a group ot women wbose husbands were in the official set. A frigid nod from one and a haughty reply from an other made It all too plain that ahe was unwelcome, for some one had recornlzed her as a former saleswoman In a large New York department store. nun consummate grace she withdrew from the circle and waa about to leave the parlor when Mrs. Roosevelt, with her char- acterlstie tact and discernment, stepped to ner siae ana, extending her hand, said: "I think wo hardly need to be introduced, aa we are auch old friends. I am glad to meei you nere. ' And placing an arm around the waist of tne young woman who had so often sup plier nor wants at the New York store. Mrs. Roosevelt led her to a sofa and chatted with her for fifteen or twenty minutes tn the charming manner which la Inherent in the wife of the president, of the United States and which haa endeared her to every Amer ican woman. "Uncle Joe" Cannon entered the hall of the bouse the other day while discussion about the bill to stsmp out the foot-and- mouth disease, was on, relatea the Washing ton Post. A southern' democrat, who talks very frequently and on "any old" subject. which fact has become a Jest on both sides of tti chamber,, held the-Boor. Doe -thlsblll cure, the mouth disease ?' inquired -Uncle- Joe" : of company of statesmen near hlm;..,-- "Yes," said they. - "Well, then," replied "Uncle Joe," with wavi of his: hand toward tho voluble southern democrat, "I am for It. The rapid rise of James A. Hemenwar of Indiana, wbo Is to succeed "Uncle Joe" Cannon aa chairman of the appropriations committee, ought to be a great encourage ment to the much-abused aswt.ig machine agenta of the country. It baa not been very many yeara alnee Mr. Hemenway waa peddling sewing machinea In southern Indi ana. He Is familiar with all the country roads In that sect'on of the Hoosler state, for he has driven them day and night In search ot housewives who were not sup- piled with-sewing machines. He did not pre tend to know anything about national af faire when be went to Washington, but he knew how to stick to a task until he se cured results, and It ia that trait Which haa caused his rapid advancement oa the committee on appropriations. Mr. Hem enway is recognised as the most valuable man on the committee except "Uncle Joe. He now Is a candidate for governor of his state. Senator Spboner relatea this anecdote of the former Kansas orator: "I remember once when Brown was In the senate from Georgia. He was constantly rubbing his hands together. One day be became some what heated on the sectional question and Ingalls rose and flayed him. I remember that Ingalls called blm the 'Uriah Heep of politics.' "Brown didn't reply. Next day he came In with a very meek, rejoinder to Ingalls. which he read from manuscript, thereby taking from It what little force it had. After Brown had finished, Senator Butler of South Carolina, wishing to be kind, said to Brown: 'That was a- strong speech of yours. Brown. " 'Well,' said Brown, complacently, 'la- galls brought It on himself.' ' INDl'BTRIAL CO.OPERATIOl. Extensive Eaperlmeata la ProBt Shar. laar Projected. Philadelphia Ledger. Industrial co-operatlon, as we learn from Pittsburg dispatch, la to be given a test by a corporation which will be not only Intensely iaterostlng, but may also prove an Important step in the solution of the labor problems by the attainment of real Industrial peace. The Republic Iron and Steel company has notified the Amalga mated Asaocrttlon of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers that a plan tor making the work men stockholders in the company will be presented to the next convention of the as sociation for consider tlon. It is said the assoc'atlon will approve the plan, and that if it be accepted the workers who are tockholders will have representation In the directorate of the company. Profit-sharing, co-operation, the enlist ment of the Interests of the workers ty giving them a share of their labor haa long ppeaied to many minds as the eventual solution of the labor problem. If the work ers could only be got to work for them- aelvea there would be no strike and no labor troubles, but the practical attempts to put tha system ia operation have not been wholly successful as yet oa so large a scale aa to tempt great enterprises to try the plan, and It may also be said that whore attempts have been made they have not been made under such auspicious condlr, tlons and surrounded by sensible safe guards. ' But there Is nothing In co-operation rightly conducted , which forbids . success. The oo-operatlve societies of England are meeting with astonishing success. The Co operative Society of Barnsley .recently opened Its fiftieth retail store, and so great has been the encroachment of these so cieties on the business of the independent -trader that at St. Helen's, near Barnsley, the Private Traders' Defense association waa recently formed, while the co-opea-tlve aocletlea raised a fighting fund of $500,000 with which to carry on the Im-. pending war. The societies do an enormous business and the Independent trader Is being ground between the upper and nether millstone, with the co-operative societies and the great corporations and their branchea contending for trade.. A recent writer on the English co-operative socle tlea says: "Co-operations as at present organised. therefore neither divide profits among Its employes nor Impairs Its business efficiency by allowing those employes to meddle with, things which they do not yet undoratand. Profits go now not to employes, nor yet to shareholders, but to consumers. Each consumer gtts a dividend based on the amount of hla purchases. The result is that the body of consumers mav ba aalit to own the co-operative store and to take the place of capitalist. The manager ot the atore and all the other employes are hired by the consumers and are under Just about the same kind of discipline In economla theory as they would be If they were working for an Individual." Successful co-operation en a lara'e seals In England Is chiefly confined to trading,. out it the business can be carried on suc cessfully against the competition ' ot the Independent dealer and the powerful .com blnatlona there Is some vitality. In co-i operation, and it is not apparent why the' same Idea could not be applied to manu-. facturlng, or almost any Industry. . THE ACME OF GREED. Chicago Tribune: Mr. nockefeller prob ably reasons that as the price of everything else hsa Increased the people' ought to be willing to stand an advance of a cent a gal-' Ion on coal oil. ' Philadelphia North American: Mr. Rock efeller robs himself of much of th credit of having made another donation of $1,000,- 000 to the Chicago university by raising.' the price of oil to consnmers. However much glory he may gain by hla munificence it must still be recognized that the Rocke feller endowment fund waa made up by a compulsory popular subscription. Brooklyn Eagle: In view of the enormous dividends paid by the Standard Oil com pany. It Is absurd for It to advance the price of keroaene oil a cent a gallon. The general shortsge In coal has given tho company a good opportunity to increase the price of one of its most important pro ducts, but a concern which pays $45,000,009 I In one year on a capitalization of $100,000. 000 could well afford to resist the tempta tion to mulct the people of the new charge. Springfield Republican: It might be called a happy coincidence" that the recent rise la the price of oil should occur Simultane ously with the announcement that Mr. Rockefeller had given another million of dollars to Chicago unfversity. There are those who regard the 'two events.' when viewed simultaneously, aa Irritating. But evidently they fall to understand modern philanthropy. Aa It ' Is, we are all con tributing to Chicago university and the holy cause of the higher education.-. Indianapolis Journal: The Standard la one of the few monopolies In- the 'country .''it' began la a grasping way, was nourished by a corrupt railroad combination which mafc competition impossible, and has always been managed In a manner1 to make he company a monopoly. It haa accomplished that purpose. The Btandard can put ; up the price of oil any, day at a profit of mil lions, and it can depress the price of raw oil aa easily. The leading manacer and shareholder haa achieved a reputation as a philanthropist by establishing a unlversltu and assisting others. It .was .heralded, a few days ago that he bad made- a- donation of $1,500,000 to his university. The an nouncement waa soon followed by an ad vance In the price of oil which means mil lions for him. The people of this country are very weary of the sort of goodness which lays a burden of millions upon thorn that a tenth of the gain may be given to higher education. LINKS TO A SMILE. Philadelphia Press: "It's easv enoueh ta make frienda," said Ppenders, bitterly, "but pretty hard to keep them." "Oh, I don t know," replied Leaders, "rva Jot a number of frienda who seem perf ectly willing to let me keep them." Cleveland Plain Dealer: "Rlvahv'a Hair looks aa if his wife combed It with a rake." "Well, that's better than havlna it look as If she used a lawn mower on it." Chicago Poat: "You see. the doctors dla. agreed, and ao he died." "Oh, well, of course the autopsy settled the question for science." No. ihey disagreed at the autopsy also." Washlnaton Star: "Are you a-ninar to turn over a new leaf on New Year's day?" "Yes." answered Senator Sorghum; "I'SS going to resolve never kunln to Interest my self in things that do not concern mm. In other words, when I get busy I will have to be paid for It. Baltimore American: Dickson Remem. ber that brilliant young fellow Tompkins, wno was in our rmss at college? wonder what became of him. 1 always thought tha world would hear from Tompkins. Itlchardson It did. He became an auc tioneer, aftrrwarda traveled as a barker for a sideshow and Is now beating the baits drum for the Salvation Army. New York Times: Crawford What aaved the disgrace of dying old Rocksey from rich? Crabshaw His son-in-law. Washington Star: "What kind of a man was Napoleon, said the little boy. He was one of the man whose mistakes made them famous," answered his rynlcsl Earent. lie unaertooK to control the world y organising armies instead of organising a trust." AN OMAR FOR LADIES. f Josephine D. Daskam In Harper's Magaattws. One for her Club and ber own Latchkey fights. Another wastes In Study her good Nights; Tin, laae tne ciotnea ana let tne Culture co. Nor heed the grumble of the Women's Rights! Ixok at the Shopsirl all about us -Ij The Wifi of a month," ahe says. "I blow Into a Hat. and when mv hair la mmvA Doubtless my Friend will take me to tha Show." 1 .1 And she who saved her coin for S"lanTlels red. And ahe who caught Pneumonia Instead Will both he I'nderarotiiKl in RWtv v. .v. And Prudence pays no Premium to the dead! Th' exclusive Style you set your heart upon w- ' - -" -" ivuiiirn m nn anon Ijke monorumi on a Rliiri v-. - Cheers but a moment soon fo iBu,' u i. gone. . . . ( Think, in the aad Four Hundred's ii.'i halls. , " Whose endless Leisure ev'n themselves an. How Pl'ng Pong raged so hlgWthtn fa4e,l T 'ban "r "Z tn,t atlil chaae'lte Th'Veapy BU,h AV'nU ,nd th ?wry Th thlt' Crt th,t onca wa ' from 0ert,ore!"", n M"0n 'o-Partnient Mark down In-vain na .tlPAfl. akall ' as rs.s. r r - y