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n - THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JAKUAHY 20, lOOfl. Tiie (jniaiia Daily to; K. R(.IKWATI.H, KUITOR. rt'lJUAIIKIi KVKKr MoflNINO. TKltMl fiK "t'l'Ht Itll'TloN. 1 lly (without HiirnUy,, una sr.$4 00 I'Slly llr. Hn, Siteli,, V'" Vrur ' i luatratad tier, inn- Year I '" 1 JnOllV llrr, l. I I vul 2 .' i l u ria y lii, ui yr I.hm ' wantlrih Cuiiurv p artner, Dm Var.. l.(M LlKl.lVKKI.i liy (.'A It III Kit. Tally Ura (without Huridnyi, per copy... So I ally Ilea (without H itwlayi, ' weak..Wc 1 ally Ilea lni luiMig Muielay), per weak. 17c I Unlay lira, .rr ru( c i.vanln ilea (Without Hundiy), r week ac i failing lion (im lulling Sunday i, par wan I" i.'omplalnta of lrrau'arltlra In delivery liuulil be addressed to City Circulation La I urtmenl. officio". Omahs-The lie Hull-tin Mouth Omaha - It Hall Ifulldinf, Twen-ty-fifih and M Htraata Council uriffa-l'i I'rnrl Btrt. I'lilm I'i-Mi Unity tlull'lln v Nw tork-j;; l ark llow fiiiiMlng. M aahliiglnn a"t r tiiirtt-enlh Hireat. CO R H KH 1 'O N I K NC K. Communlratlona relating to news and ed I' "rial matter should lio addreaacd; Omaha 4 a, dllorll Lrpartnient. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, flat tit Nehraaka. Dojalus Cosnty. if ! t)a.re II Tiei-huck. aecretary of The Ua I ulillskliig mini any, bln duly aworn, tay I oat tha lual number of full and eom I at csoplaa of Tha Daily, Morning. Kven I and Sunday Ilea printed during tha t .onto of Laramtr, 11, was followa: i it sn,ao 2 ai.iao ia so.eio 1 8 1. 4 TO It 80.SWSO 4 81,000 " 10,10 i 11,040 It Bft,TOO ftl.MiiO tt BO.OOO J UH.tHtO tt 80.IW0 'I., SO.iMtO U SO.IMK) t SU.MOO IS 8U.8SO l ftu.ttno M 80,HJM smmmmi ii ao,Ti J J RO.VTO 2 SM.MOO 1 J O.I to 80.TWI it 8,;i34 jo H3.so : 8,Ni0 u ao.BTo U 80,010 Total O02.845 1 aa unsold and rtturnad copies.... 10,11 : i total aalaa I4,44 2 ot avarsg sal- JH.43 tiKOHOR n. TZOCHUCK. oharrlbad In my nmaanra and aworn to I -for n tbla llt day of ljaramnar. A. It. 1 U. B. MUNGATK. (faal Notary tubllo. TIm naw lirooin Ima not yet put In !t perDc In the court liouae. I ! I Don't JuMlnto too aoou. According to Cm) calendar winter only half over. It aaerna that putting conl on the free I at Aova not put fr coal In the coal I in. i .... -j Tht aettleiiHiit of the Union raclfic Hrlke a till apN-ar to be In tho dlui and 0 lata tit future. If what were formerly known a the I -ad landa of Nehrnnka ahould turn out t be oil la ti la It would not be no bnd . fur all. To make a K'MNt aerial atory the an thracite coal atrike Inrentliratlon ahould put a little more action, Into each suc-t-eodlnf chapter. That ChJfiKo irrand Jury Is deter mined to Ire the lawyera a chance to a hare vf the exorbitant profits of lite coal iet.lvr. From tJ' laxpajt-ra' point of rlew the sltnafVtn would be Improved by i voce Boe.nl of Review and leas Board .f Equallcatlori. L a . ov error Ml. key baa been In ofBce tea days and not a single convict par t'oned out of the penitentiary. There Las certainly been a new leaf turned ever In the executive office. New Tork preaeuta the anomaly of a tutorial election with only one catdl date la the field, while little states like I la ware and Colorado have no many candidate they cannot get together at If all the suburban electric railways projected for Omaha on paper should tuatertallt. do city In the country would afford equal facilities for Ingress and egr" to the people of the aurroundlng touutry. It la Juat postlble that the people who Mpected the preaent Nebraska lejrlsla are to paaa up the old question of raWDse law revision the same us the preceding h rlaU'iv bodies will be sadly ttUappolate-l. 1 . . ."rr-p-w I Jrtt tenant Covernnr Tillman will wsa a had con fined himself to fight ing h'a taitb- with hot atr and paper wats. with aa occasional flstlmff In the fashloa of his Uluetrtou aamcsske In th t ailed Prate senate. Vtse U'llliam Jennings Bryan has rttrm bm from his exfurahrn to Watko anl I ready to receive mn grstaUtkiu a his fort ana to escspe free aipar'a ss en of the speaker al tta Uta Ja kaunlaa batnC Os est af the three Omaha members sf t!fc afate aenar Is being groomed for "alaf ti aprlnif. The sefond Is also '! a have the mayoralty bee la his beat, aal we tVvl a tire the third would sl ej-t t N--om'n dark bora. I aaw tske a rwuhiaatioa ef eight swasher to rja tka st-bool boartt. wkra If t' nuttuherahlp were re ta' f-iini flfteea tu Bis It wonkl take aly ht sp the aaaual aUu. An.l I V aiare ke Sted up pial tke T k mu tn gKMl work, the tax as!!' ,.f t;i Hl raf.tto exchaue II kae k a t. it i but the ei'r tax esha b au ku'we ttmm anaadutrly tie v rf ft pr.lu.-w itie evm rvtttliivtl fut exbOtiik. l:uiu.arttuta cf vlty tmA sv!)m. .iiairirt sffalr. -airvle -?vii'-l i a paritwd a) er-iitU,e, t tn aKas r. Laiuis V-.Vr. av i.U Bw liuua tla aui the ewal- ' m I -,-M.U.t a s,iloa ataudld sots a V-i-f-t wirvU-M tvl- S" '.' tiwu. I i eu ua tv kv" trA'k -t fi ,ai-.-i.e. va-aeet ua tti ' .-t.a-.ji tna.t we aue keep '..a.. j LW Saiaaw WJ.SS aa lavad A ritoTHACTKD IXVKSTIGAtWS. tletiernl Wilson of the anthracite strike conimlsNlon has been reported as snylus that tin grcnter part of the voluminous teatlniony tvhldi tins been tnken Is qnlto Irrevelant to the renl Issues, but however this may lx there Is no doubt tlint Hie very genernl opinion Is that the Investl Kntloti lins leen unnecessarily protracted iind should l brought to sn early con elusion. Tlnrs Is no longer any con sldernblo public Interest In the proceed ings of the commission. At yesterday's session I here were very few present as spectators and even of the lawyers on either sldn only a small minority were In attendsnce. ' ' ' There Is no reasonable fault to be found with the commission. It was ap pointed for the purpose of making a thorough Investigation, of going to the very bottom of the controversy between tho operators and the miners. It has been faithfully carrying out this purpose and In doing so It was Inevitable tlint more or K'ss Irrelevant testimony would be Introduced. The commission could not very well Impose the restrictions of a judicial tribunal in the matter of evi dence, being merely a board of arbitra tion without legal status. But It can determine when the purpose for which It was constituted has been accomplished and fix the time when Investigation shall end, and It would aeem that that time haa about been reached. All sides bare been given a fair, Impartial and ade quate opportunity to present their state ments and certainly the commission can need no more testimony In order to form an opinion upon the merits of the con troversy between the anthracite op erator and miners and reach a conclu sion as to a final adjustment. Public Interest Is now wholly In what the commission may decide and what suggestions it shall make looking to the establishment of lierter 1 relations be tween the operators and miners and the prevention. If that be possible, of a re currence of ao calamitous a conflict as that In the anthracite region. The pub lic Is now familiar with every phase of the controversy and probably there are few who have carefully followed the testimony who have not formed a defi nite opinion In regard to the controversy. It must be frankly admitted that both portles to the contest have committed grave mistakes, but It is not to be doubted thnt the weight of popular Judg ment Is on the side of the miners and that their contention for better wages and for better treatment in all respects Is very generally approved. There Is unquestioning confidence In the wisdom, the fairness and the sense of Justice of tin? commission and it should give Its conclusions to the public without un necessary delay. A BR AH H. HKWITT. The late Abram 8. Hewitt was dis tinguished In several ways. While best known to the country through political service, having been for ten years a rep resentative In congress, . during which time be was prominent In the councils of the democratic party, his most valu able work' was In promoting Industrial development For many years Mr. Hew itt was one of the leading manufactur ers of the country, noted for his energy and enterprise, as well as a high order of business judgment and sagacity. He occupied, also, a conspicuous rank among philanthropists and what be did for the benefit of humanity gives him a Just claim to historical remembrance. Mr. Hewitt's career In politics, while highly meritorious and honorable, for he was far removed from the ordinary politician, did not equal In distinction or success that which was characteristic of him In business life or as a thinker. It haa been said of him that, his temper ament waa not of the kind that makes the highest successes In politics possi ble. He could not be all things to all men. vet he exerted a great deal of influence during his public career. The life of Abram & Hewitt, prolonged far beyond the psalmist's allotted time, was a life of large and useful achievement falthfnlly devoted to every duty and npon the record of which there is no blemish. , CCLTtYATtaO AMCRIVAS FRIENDSHIP In .appointing a new ambassador to the United States who Is entirely fa miliar with American sentiment and spirit, the German emperor haa given renewed and very strong assurance of Lis deeire to cultivate American friend ship. It would have been hardly poa slhle for him to have given stronger evidence of this than la contained In the selection of Baron 8 peck von Stern berg, who has had diplomatic service In this country, whose wife Is a native of the United ftates and who has al ways shown a great Interest In Ameri can affairs and Institutions. The new ambassador will come to this country with the avowed purpose of ex tending German friendship with the l nite4 states, something which the re- cuiled diplomatic representative of Ger many waa not altogether successful In doing. He said In aa Interview a few days ago that "the circumstances of each oin try place It beyond the Jeal ousy and fear of the other." a fact which oujcht to be recognized by those Amer ican w ho are dlatrnatful and auspicious of Germany and profea to believe that country haa design In tht hemisphere inimical U the Interests of the United Mate. In the saw Interview the new aiuKaaxadur said: "A portion of the Auerkaa pre havs attributed to Ger-" Bi.iny unworthy and covert alia la tb Yusu-lan dtapnte. I ant happy to say, Lu l'tiulf f my government, that w iMitbr hav aor ever have had any purpu ia euaaectloa with Veeesuela other ti a a to protect Germaa tvalent there." Tbre kaa avvr beea a aubataa tlai rvaaua for thinking otherwise and yet there ha bea a very determined a (Tort her, couatenaaced and aldd by ia au or r ! prouitoaat la public UrV. work ap tWUax Us this country kuatfU k tha tortus a goveraiueat. , T&a r4 aaajwetty f Auiicaaa win welcome the latest mstirance of German good will, manifested lu a way that ad mits of no doubt as to Its slm-erity, and will ho' tlint the coming of Ambassa dor Sterrilnrg will have n most salutary effwt Upon the relations of the two countries. tha r fiiAii!-: I. u u When Millard 1. Fin kliouser and three other d'T.'.oiTr.ts were elected to the school board on "the 'well-defined rumors" IsMie the popocrntlc orciin con gratulated the city of Omaha upon the smashing of the ninclilue. When the supreme court Issued Its mandamus for the bull fighter, from Custer to appoint a new fire and police board for the city of Omaha there was great jubilation among the popo cratlc reformers over the sninKlilng of the machine. When Mercer and the Iowa graders captured the republican primaries, dis franchised half of Omaha niul all of South Omaha and installed an out and out anti-machine county committee it was proclaimed from the housetops that the machine was smashed to smither eens and dumped onto the political scrap heap. When Mercer's glorious victory over the machine waa followed up by the re organization of the republican city com mittee without a solitary machine man. the new machine was pronounced abso lutely perfect and In running condition. And now an alarm has been sounded for the 'steenth time that the dreadful machine, with all its cogs and wheels knocked out and its cylinders and gear ing full of holes, is again moving over the political track and threatens to crush everything In Its way. Whnt nn awful spectacle that smashed mnchine pre sents. Compared with that machine, Victor Hugo's devil fish is not a circum stance. Like a cat, it has nine lives. Well-defined rumors do not seem to af fect its health, it puffs, snorts and re volves without a police commission vote catcher, and swings its trip hammers without the county and city committee fly-wheels. Dreadful machine, what is to be done to head it off? Ulng the town bells, call out the fire department rally the polce force, let the "siren" sing its doleful dirge, muster the homo guards, requisi tion the governor for two regiments of militia, bombard the legislature with petitions to save the city from destruc tion by special act which will choke the breath out of that horrible machine, invoke congress to dam the Missouri river and submerge the town for a few days. If after all these energetic efforts for Its suppression the machine still sur vives, all patriots who fervently hope to secure a seat at the municipal pie tables may as well give it up and look for other Jobs. At the meeting of the association of county attorney for Nebraska recently hold tb members present are. said to have exhibited doubt as to whether they should favor extension of the official term by stattite to four years. The chief poiut of doubt we take it, turns oh the time the new scheme would be put Into effect If to elect all county efficersat once the tenure were to be changed be ginning next year, It would cut short the two-year terms for which the county at torneys have Just been chosen. The county attorney certainly is not for cut ting bis own loaf In two. Now that the republican city commit tee has established the precedent of ap portionment based on the republican vote polled in the respective wards at the preceding election the county committee will have to follow suit by making the next apportionment conform to the same principle. There has never been any ex cuse or valid reason for allowing 1,200 republican voters In the country pre cincts seventy delegates and 11,000 re publicans In. Omaha only ninety dele gates In our county conventions. The proposed consolidation of Omaha. South Omaha 'and Douglas count v under one government would effect a great sav ing to the taxpayers, but It is a good ways off yet A very respectable sum could, however, be easily saved to the taxpayers by prying loose all sinecures who do little or no work for the city or county and compelling every mun elected or appointed to office to perform the dutlea rlevnlvlnf tirvin him in..in., "r. "i"-' ..in. mnirati Ol shifting the work on deputies and clerks who also draw salaries. Indiana is. having a revulsion acalnst governor-appointed police boards as a most flagrant violation of the nrinclnle of home rule. Wherever functions of municipal government have been usurped by or for state officers, the ex periment haa proved a dismal failure. The so-called compromise leaRinir bill proves no more acceptable to those who oppose obstructing settlement of the public domain by leasing It to the cattle grazers than the original leasing bin. Ia a word, it only compromises the gov ernment Where tha Trouble Llea. Denver Tlmea. Thar are 4.000.000 cold people because of tha coal tatclce; they are cold because they don't know enough to make it hot for the right people. iaa Tlaa Comlaar. Indlanapolla Newt. "Wlthla twenty years." says Senator Dolllver. "every iniit magnate of today will b dead or In aajiltoriumt for nervous dlseaaes." Cheer up, felloaa! Thfre s a good time coming. Mllltema tm Oraaa brt i koiiaa. Philadelphia Ledger. Tha coat of Atlantic greyhounds ts enor moua. Tha law new Cunardvrs. which are to ba completed la June. 1905. are to cost lt.SS0.COO each, or nearly 110,000 per run ning foot. Stood upon end. one of these great ships would be mora than 100 feet higher taaa the tower of the city hall, or twlc aa high aa the blggeat of office bulld laga. sad tta great twi may ba uudersiood tra tha Uot that tb buarlor tuiaa and equipment ot this great structure are much more costly thnn tha f)nlh end equipment cf ihe f.nst of cIAre1 buliiilnas. Aronatnar a Dangrrom Spirit. New Tork Tribune. The morrMn of teal trains In vsj-loua parts of the tpurj'iy rhpTva ft dsryrr-.ye spirit of dlsordpr which mT rlee and extend to an olnrmlrg extent If relief to wldo pprcHd suffering Is not afforded speedily. nigbl .Man In Hlaht Place. rhllnrielphla Focord. Th( manifest dc!re of tV peoplo ef Manila that Governor Taft shall retain his position as the htad of rlvll administration In the Phlllprlneg and Ms reported will ingness to aa.y at Mnnlla snd do what he can to restore orderly government In the archipelago ought to bring to an end any further effort for his recall. If his health f aill be prolonged he will no doubt be able to render great service both to the people of the United States and to the people ot these Asiatic islands. Of his ability and Integrity there is no question. IMITDKSCE OF CATTLE ME. Denfnndlnsr I.enaelinlda of I. and Illesrally Appropriated. Cleveland Plain Dealer. According to Senator Millard of Nebraska a plan has been arranged to end the range war In the west over the open government lands. This plan, tt appears. Is a simple one. It Is merely to confirm the cattle barons In their possession to property stolen from the government. They have inclosed, without a shadow of right, mil lions of aerea of the public domain and have successfully resisted a somewhat feeble effort to oust them. Colonel John 8. Mosby's revelation of the magnitude of the steal attracted the whole country's atten tion, but he was "hushed up" through the Influence of certain western senators and the steps which he recommended to bundle out the squatters neck and heels were never taken The cattle men and their friends In con gress are now urging the passing of the land lease bill Introduced at the last ses sion. They claim that It will end the trouble. Doubtless It will, and) to the complete satisfaction of the predatory gen try who have robbed the government of Its land and successfully defied Its power. The blU proposes to lease unoccupied public land for grazing purposes at an anjiual rental averaging 2 cents an acre. It ap parently Includes that land already ap propriated and fenced In by the cattle men. This is something of a concession on their part, since it appears to recognise the gov ernment's title to the land. But the ques tion arises how a government whose power was not sufficient to oust Intruders from millions of its acres can collect even nom inal rents which the grabbers are gracious enough to offer. RELIGION AKD COMMERCIALISM. Lay Sermon on Trad a a Mlaalonary Aaaet. Kansas City Stari Tho Idea of the church mifitant is In per fect accord with the preaching of Christ snd Him crucified when the object of attack Is that selfishness and greed and worldl ic8s which are arrayed against humanity. But the church as the promoter of strife and the instigator of worldwide bloodshed is not assuming a role that Is pleasing to contemplate. It was In such a character, though, that it was portrayed by the Rev. Dr. David H. Moore; the resident Methodist bishop at Shanghai, China, in an address to the missionary , conference delivered In Kansas City last week... Afore than ordinary interest attached to what Dr. Moore said,' for he ascribed the same reason for .the Boxer uprising In China that has been, advanced by tbe Chi nese apologists. It wa3, according to him, "a patriotic arousing in blind fury to resent the tearing sway ot the fabric of a nation." But the reverent bishop Is lecturing throughout this country to secure money to send missionaries in China. He Is called tho "fighting bishop" of the Methodist church, and no one would feel disposed to dispute tba title after reading this: "The whole history .of the effort to tear down its (China's) walls of exclusion Is enveloped In tales of blood, of plunder and abomination. It is the law of God that every barrier shall be broken down. In the onrush of the tide of commerce we can dis cern the beginning ot the-consummation of God's plan to make all nations one and to bring the ends of the earth together. There fore I plead for a deeper interest In China. Awaken this dead mass, They must be given a wider horizon or they will make no response to the whir of our machinery. This, can only be done by giving them a taste of our Christianity." Is It any wonder that so many ministers have felt It necessary of late to deplore the waning Influence cf Christianity? Why should it be a force In dally life If It Is to preach commercialism? Carnegie with his libraries and Rockefeller with his unlvev sity can do that better, snd more money would be made by watching the fluctuations of stocks. China's horlson must be widened in order to respond to the whir of our machinery. And to do It. what?. The "fighting bishop" says. Awaken the dead mass, arouse tbe "yellow peril." send more missionaries to tear down Its walls of exclueion, though to do ao means more "blood and plunder and abomination" give them a taste of our Christianity. "In the name of Qod." says the bishop. "Whose God?" might theChlnese ask. The missionary aplrlt when it is the spirit of Christ and not (he commercial In stinct, Is a fine thing; It Is a magnificent affluence of humanity. But it does not have to look for trouble. .It does not need to go far to find work and plenty of It. It is not. In fine, a good thing when It disturbs a civ ilization and a religion older than Itself and transforms a myriad of peace-loving people Into a menace to th civilization and the peace of the world. When the church goes away from home to accomplish something there Is an im plied assumption that Its domestic field has been satisfactorily covered anJ that there Is nothing left to do In the shadow of tts own vine and fig tree. Yet one need not be captious to suggest that there la a greater call on Christianity to combat com mercialism at home than to spread that Influence to an unwilling people. Suppose that Instead of accepting with thauk and praise a few thousand' dollars from John D. Rockefeller for converting the heathen, aom missionary should get Mr. Rockefeller Into a corner and talk true Christian brotherhiod to him until be had really appreciated what that meant. With what Joyful acclaim the seraphim and cher ubim would greet that missionary. AnJ before that greetlig what real Joy would reward the churchman's labor In that long step toward the ibolition of greed and plunder. ) When a United States senator can tell the senate of tbe wealtb'est people in the world that a poor woman died of cold and starvation In Waihlngton at the moment when coal was being mined at I?. 50 a ton and sold at t-0 a ion there Is urgent work for the disciples of Christ at home, oh. It w,s pitiful! NVar a hole city full. Hum ate had nune. It waa Thomas Hbod who aaid that fifty years ago. and It aas Charles Dickens who wrote of poor Jo, lev. Mr. Chadband's sub ject for homilies: "Dead, Right Reverend and Wrong Rever-nds of every order, and dj tn- thus around kt every day." boiad AnotT sr.w vohk. nipple on the torrent of Life In the Metropolis. Quite a bunch of women rnttngej In "bucking tbe tiger" In a bucket shop h'l their hofe an1 meditations rudely Jarred hy a rsld of policemen, w ho merely con fiscated the bocks. The shop -ns In charge of two men, but ell th spectators and spee ulators were mere women. One of Ihe women who hung around the corridors h;td bnd a three-f olnt margin on ten Fharrs of Ameri can Bicycle preferred wiped out nnd needed a hot Scotch for a bnd ro!d ami she wns almost loquacious. She was really t;ie shrea-dest financier In the party, for a soon as the police came she dashed to the telephone and told sn evening newspaper all about it upon promise of remuneration. When asked who the traders were she said: "Now If you were up to Canfield's on a raid you wouldn't think of asking who tho players were, would you? Well, it's the same way here. They're all gentlemen at Canfield's and wouldn't want their names In. Here we are all ladles. One of the regular patrons Is the slster-ln-law of a supreme court Judge. She buys 100-share lots and sometimes sells Bhort. There Isn't one lady In a million that will sell short. They haven't got the nerve. You'd be sur prised If I told you where some of us live and what our names are." After the hot Scotch referred to above she went on: - "Mrs. Strumel runs the place. She's a wonderful woman and the widow of a Jeweler. Sometimes she says she's a Jap, then a Spaniard and her last story waa that she Is a Brazilian, but she's a wonder ful octoroon. Her father was a white man. She is making lots of money and her am bition ts to get into the swelleBt society in New York. She already lives In the finest apartment house on Central Park West, and only the other day she went to a meet ing of the Eclectic club as a guest of one of the fashionable members." That New York has been discriminated against by the railroads Is the contention of the members of the Produce exchange com mittee on freight rates and terminal charges, who met the New York City mem bers of the legislature one day last week and asked their support for a bill Intended to benefit the port of New York. The com mittee said that there had been a steady decline in the percentage of exports from New York during the last twenty-nine years and presented a chart, which showed that, with 100 per cent representing tho total exports from the six ports of New York, Boston, Philadelphia. Baltimore, Nor folk and Newport News, the exports of flour from New York decreased from 70 per cent In 1S73 to 28 per cent In 1301; In wheat, from 63 per cent to 33 per cent, and In corn, 47 per cent to 29 per cent in the same period. The proposed bill provides, In substance, that rates charged tiy common carriers for transportation of passengers or properly. and for all terminal charges, Bhall be Just and reasonable, and' that there shall be no discrimination between shippers, and prohibits any differential or greater rate than is charged for the same service by the same carriers, or under an agreement with other carriers to any Atlantic port outside the state. It also provides for a hearing before the Board of Railroad Com missioners for violations of the law, and confers upon the board. In such cases, power to fix the rate for the future. Daniel J. Fogarty, a New York rounds man, has received notice from the secretary of the treasury that congress has voted to him a medal In appreciation of his brav ery In saving lives. Since he was ap pointed to the police force In 1895 Fogarty has saved five persons from drowning. He Is the third policeman since the organiza tion of the metropolitan force to receive a congressional medal. Fogarty already has five medals for life saving, two from the Life Saving Benevo lent association of New York, two from the Volunteer Life Saving ctsoclatlon of New York, and an honorable mention medal from the police department Fogarty started making a record the first year he Joined the force. One cold January Bight hs Jumped Into the Harlem river and hauled out a Roman Catholic priest who had been seized with vertigo and fallen off a pier. Fogarty has never told the name of the priest. Fogarty was riding on a West Farms car on July 25, 1896, wben he saw a man fall Into the river from a new dock. Fogarty ran ouj on the Harlem bridge and, when he saw that the man couldn't awlm. Jumped Into the river. He saved the man, who waa James Hsrvey, a steamfltter of Albany. Fogart7 saved another man from drown. Ing In January of tbe same year. He had been transferred to the Bicycle squad and was riding down First avenue, near Ninety eighth street, when he heard cries. This time It was William O'Toole, a fireman, who was a little the worse for drink. In diving into the river Fogarty's leg struck a spike. Ho got O'Toole alongside the pier, but had about abandoned hope of either of them getting out when two other police, men appeared and pulled them both out. His fourth rescue was of Johnnie Crowe, a little East Side child. He fell from his mother's lap at the foot of Peek slip on a Sunday afternoon. Fogarty and child were carried by the current to the Brooklyn bridge, where they were picked up by a tug. The fifth person he saved was an East Side child, also. Fogarty Is 30 years of age. A young woman, followed by a valuable terrier, was walking through a downtown street several days ago, relates the Evening Posf. Suddenly, the dog was missing, swal lowed by the earth, the youug woman thought, so quickly had It disappeared. After a vain search of tbe neighborhood, the young woman went to a nearby police station, where she enlisted the services of a "plain clothes" man. .The detective led her through several streets, atopping every now and then to ask pedestrians If they had seen a ctray dog. Finally a woman In a tenement doorway In West street told the searchers that a man on the top floor of the house "kept dogs." The two climbed to the garret, nnd in a tiny room found some children playing with a number of fine dogs of various descriptions. Nouo of the animals was tbe missing one. Then the detective put his shoulder against the door of an Inside room. It yielded quickly, and be found himaelf face to face with an evil-looking man, who had a bull terrier at his heels. "Is this your dog?" asked the "fancier," divining the object of the strangers' visit. "No," replied the girl. There was a growl and a curse, and tbe young woman fled with a shriek, as the man struck the detective and the latter drew his revolver. Half-way down the rickety 3tairs she heard a whine behind her, and, turning, saw her own pet, which had recognized her voice and escaped during the fight upstairs. Much to the dibgust of tbe detective, who came down later un hurt, the young woman refused to make a complaint, and the "fancier3" fence Is stilt running. Tronblra on Jim lllll'a Mind. Chicago Chronicle. Concerning the protective departure of Uncle Jim Hill for a trip to Europe on of his associates explains that Uncle Jltn needs a rest because be has worked very hard lately "and with the convening of several western legislatures hla cares prom ise to be greatly increased." Could any thing be more perspicacious snd at th same time circumspect than this deliver ancT TITS FOR THE LEGISI.ATOnS. Alliance Times: To the Nebraska Leg islature Gentlemen: Governor Savage ad vised you to appropriate the sum of $75. 000 to make a display at the St. Loula world's fair. Don't do It! Use the money to build a normal seheot or apply It tb the state's Indebtedness. He practical. Bo sensible. 'Fremont Tribune: It was a very sdroit move in Representative Sears to compel tho house to make a declaration of Inten-" tlnna en the revenue question before It seri ously considers the subject of building any more state Institutions. It is folly to talk about erecting bulMtngs when the state has two millions of debt and no money. Baneioft Plade: As usual, a grist of nor mal school bills has been Introduced In tho atnte legislature. The promoters seem to have but little regard for Justice and each promoter will push his pet measure simply to gratify a desire to work for the par ticular locality from which he halls. The Just distribution of state educational In stitutions Is seldom considered. Fairfield Herald: The third house prom ises to be an Interesting feature of the do ings at the capital this winter. A number of our public-spirited citizens, chiefly mem bers ot the Scientific Agricultural society, have petitioned It to meraoralize congress asking that such legislation be made as will eecure an extra eclipse ot the sun this year, as on examination of the almanac only two have been provided for, neither of which will be visible In this country. St. Paul Phonograph-Press: When pass ing a law for the rearrangement of our methods of taxation, would it not be 'well to provide a heavy penalty, such as a double assessment, for a period of two years. Then make It the business of the assessor to thoroughly Investigate, and If any time during the year he finds that a person has not made an honest return ot his property then apply the penalty, j Plalnvlew Republican: A bill to prohibit football will be Introduced in the leglsla. ture in the near future. It ought to become a law. When men are obliged to Ircase themselves In armor to save themselves from the deadly battering ram the rush nnd crush of the cruel wedge or the strangling, bone-breaking tackle, It is no longer eport, but brutality. Let the legls legielaturo cither prohibit tbe game ss It docs duelling, or at least pass laws to pre vent the tone-crunching, blood-spilling, ear. chewing contests snd make them play decently and humanely. Columbus Telegram: Ore of the regular scandals attaching to every aesslon of the Nebraska legislature a' iscs from the mad desire of the average legislator to secure the location of a state normal school In his homo town. In order to accomplish the al leged great boon for his home town he Is ready to enter Into all kinds of questionable deals with other Interests. In return for some other member's vote for his normal school bill he will Bell his own vote to every schemer who asks for It. And after all hta shameful scheming he get for his pay the privilege of watching the death ot his own bill in the closing hours of the session. It will be the same fflls session. Holdrege Progress: Of course, there are a multitude of things which the Nebraska legislature should do during the present session, but one thing which the people of the western part of tbe state would ap prove and appreciate more than nearly all else would be the establishment of a state normal school in their midst. This Is an almost Imperative educational need In this section of the state. And Holdrege Is an Ideal location for such an Institution, either geographically or from any other stand point. The Progress hopes to see a bill passed providing for the establishment of a normal school In the western part of the state before the present session closes, snd that Holdregs msy be designated as Its location, Fairb.iry Gazette: Douglas county has' set one good example to the state. That Is In the matter of assessments. Every particle of real and personal property, Including corporations, has been assessed on a fair cash basis. That's right. If all are treated alike, no one will com- pfaln. But the fact remains that assess ments everywhere, and for all kinds of property, have been so ridiculously low In all counties In tbe state as to excite ridi cule. This Is probably the reason the rail ways ore fighting an Increased assessment. Let the assessment reform spread until everything is put on a cash basis, then the railways will have no good excuse for hold ing out, and then property should Bnd must come to a cash basis and bear it's Just and square share of taxes. . Valentine Republican: If the Nebraska legislature Is to be called upon by the stafe delegation In our national congress to give or withhold sanction to the passage of the proposed lease law for this state, that honorable body should undoubtedly disapprove of any such measure. This they should do in tbe interests of the small stockmen and the country, the business In terests of which would not only be dwarfed but ruined should such a measure become a law. For their actions in this matter not only will members of the legislature, but also members from this state In the halls of our national congress, be held to give a str!ct secountlng to the people. The republican rr'-ty is now striving to head off trusts and this is ono form it cannot consistently support. If necessary to lease the public domain why not accept and pass the bill framed and Introduced by Captain Lacey? The answer to tbla Is that It does not give the big fellows tbe advantage over the small ones that they yearn for. COSCErtXIXO TAX ASSESSMENTS. How Individual Opinion Are Colored by Self Intereat. New York Tribune. To 'all the voluble crltica of the new tax assessment we commend the temper and philosophy of Mr. Frank Bailey of the Ti tle Guarantee and Trust company, who, when asked what ha thought of tb sched ules, replied: "In what capacity do you wish me to an swer? If you ask me as an officer of the Realty associates of New York, of which I am vice president, I should say 'Abhor rent!' If yon ask me as a director of the Brooklyn Development company, I should say 'Vile, atrocious!' If you ask me as vice president of the Title Guarantee and Trust cofupuny, I should say 'Excellent!' If you MS. BOSS SSiS lUatch Case en coetly work in preferane to a solid jeweier uj annr yon a xoe te itua iuok Mr U' Kcyaione trade-mar slam ped tulda head for ttoohlet. THE KEYSTONE WATCH CASE iJaa'l a.,Ui aU ask me ss a cltlaen, I wouldn't know what to any." It Is the ssme old story. Everything de pends on the point of view from which the sssessment Is regarded. The man who find his taxes raised thinks It atrocious; the man who finds them lowered thinks It ex cellent; tho nwn -vho han mt figured out the effect of tbe assessment on himself per sonally does not know what to Fay. If we keep these facts In mind we can easily pre serve composure while the storm rf more or less uninformed protest rages over the new arrangement. i'EHnti, Mvrr.s. The man who Is waging war on ton much legislation in the Indians legislature Is i named Slack. Emperor William has finally tumbled to the fact that foreign nations need society leaders at Washington instead of statesmen. I Cotmcllmen Kohl and Koch ire members ! of the committee appointed by the Cleve- land common council to Investigate the Hlph price of coal. A nervy woman nt Detroit who needed coal to warm hci bonrdlnj? bouse took a gun and tho cash to a coal office and called for tho goods. She got them. It Is dim. s to peanuts there sre precious few "stand offs" among her boarders. Representative Sulzer of New York has Introduced a bill carrying sn spproprlntlon of $."0,000 ' for a monument to Samuel J. Tllden, to be erected st Washington. On the pedestal might be chiseled those sad dest of all words of tongue or pen which we need not repeat. The assessed valuation of property sub ject to locsl taxation In New York state Is $5,841,687,999. of which $5,2S.1.2S4.fl;.0 Is real estate and $r.58,403,309 is personal property. Last year tho aggregate valua tion was $5.754. 429, Ml, mnklng an "increase this year of $87,258, 4S8. A New Y-irk congressman has introduced a bill making It Illegal for any person en gaged In trado to use for advertising pur poses the name or pictures of any living persons without having first obtained their consent In writing. Should the bill become a law dead walls will become, in fact as well as in name, plastered exhibits of tho defunct. Senator Hanna has sent out. Invitations to a dinner to be given at tho Arlington hotel in Washington on February 12, In honor of General William Booth, bead of the Salvation Army. Those invited are President Roosevelt, all the members of the cabinet, the British ambassador. Sir Mlchaol Herbert, and several Intimate senatorial friends of Mr. Hanna. Congressman Kahn of California . was walking along a Washington street when a man dashed post him holding a bundle of money in each hand. Following came a merchant and a policeman around tho cor ner and asked If-Mr. Kahn had seen tho thief. Receiving an affirmative reply, they asked: "What did be look like?" Tim congressman answered deliberately: "!'-, looked like he did not have a minute t spare." MIRTHFUL- REMAHKS. Justice What ! You here again? Rastus 'Tain t man fault boss. Don't Diame me blame dm policeman over dere. Detroit Free Tress. Brnartlcus I understand one of Ptralghl ifce " sushters Is engaged In a very ques tionable occii)atlon. gpartactis No! What Is It? omarttcus Conducting the query depart ment in a newspaper. Philadelphia Press. "It seems to me," said the druggist' as- l!"1' yo. are 'ayhisT In a pretty big stock of codllver oil." .(. -..!lT1V."..''ald ,he druggist, winking his oft i!rLnext winter's consumption." Chicago Tribune. . : .. . "Do you think vou will hn nhi t tmi.i ' your own In the present congress?" lee," aaid Senator Sorghum; "I'll hold my own, all right, end when we quit I Bhouldn t be surprised if I had Home of tha other fellow's, tco." Washington Star. s "1 see there is talk of increasing tho In heritance tax." "Yes," said the rich mnn's sftn; "It's get ting o a fellow would almost as lief Imve his father live, don't you know." Brooklyn Eagle. . "I notice that an eastern minister got up and bitterly denounced ostentatious charity by millionaires." . , "What waa the matter with him?" "Why, it appears that there Isn't a ml! lion aire In his church." Cleveland IiulM Dealer. "This family life Isn't all ' that It's cracked up to be," remarked the father "The baby aried for an hour this mornlnu Jut when X wanted to sleep." Did she get It?" asked the flippant man. "Get what?" "An hour." Chicago Post. TIIE CALF PATH. Bam Foss in the Knocker. One day through the primeval wood, A calf walked home aa good calves should) But made a trail all ber.L askew-. A crooked trail as all ulves do. ' ' . Since then two hundred years have fled. And, I Infer, tho cult la dead. But still he left behind hie trail And hereby hangs my mortal tale. The trail was taken up next day By a lone dog that passed that way. ; : And then a wise bell-wether sheep Pursued the trail o'er valo and eteep, And drew th flock behind him, too As good bell-wethers always do. And from tha't day, o'er hlH and glade. Through thoso old woods a path. i mad And many men wound in and out And dodged and turned and bent about. And uttered words of righteous wrath Because 'twas such a crooked path. And still they followed, do not laugh The first migrations of that calf. This first path became a lane That bent and turned and turned again. This crooked lane became a rond Wher many a poor horse with hi load Tolled on beneath the burning sun And traveled some three mllea In one. And thus a century and a half They trod the first at ops of that calf. Th years passed on In swiftness fleet Tha road became a village street. ' And this before men were awara A city's crowded thoroughfare. And men two centuries and a half Trod In the footstep of that calf. And o'er this crooked Journey went fhe traffic of a continent. 3 Watch 1 Case UlfonrQ a at potntof contact with tbe hand or pocket A aoilii goldcu wears tinu ami weali and cheap filled cane weara ahuijbv A Jas. bu Mitleacd Clold Ca&e la guaranteed to wour lor 2o veara. It la made of two layers of aol(d Koldwlth alayarofatlfreLilngnieru) between all welded together in or. aulld slieet. Tn ouuldu a-old will luat a quarter of a century ana tiisi:(fuiiig m.,uil win seep tb cae mi. . lout- aa you wear Ik Thai is wby tuouaauda wear tL gold eaaa Ask yonr COMPANY. PlJUaelpJUa. Pa. 'IS E ,l.-j.?.r.-tr, tc-