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Communications relating to new and ed itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Uec, Editorial Department. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Ncbraxka. Douglas County, as.: Oeorge H. Tsschuck. neiretnry of The Bee uhllfhlng company, being duly sworn, sr.ys that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of January, 13, wax aa roiiows; :io.4ito 1" ....ao.nno .... ,!( ....ao.mo ,'...3,b:io ....31,530 ....3O.4-40 ,...304;;o ,...3rt,TBO ,.,.a.s,iro 18 19 20 21 Z 23 24 ...30,7tM ...sim.hos ...:io,fwn ...80,020 .. .30,1120 ... 80,400 ...80,40 ,..rto.nn( 25.. 0. 26 BO.B70 t! ao,B7o 2J.i..... .IIO.H-IO , 29 :io,r,:to )... .'..30.BTU si .ii(,t 28.T1IO J2 30.1M 13 so.nno J4 30,41M J5 SIU.570 It 30,-lTO Total. ..04 1. INS Xes unsold and returned copies.... O.NTB Vet total sales Wll.flOT Jet average sales ao.oBl - GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 31st day of January. A. D. W. M. li. III'NGATE. (Beal.) Notary Fublic. We never put much reliance In that ground hog, anyway. let the coal man rejoice. The prouncl bog saw his shadow without hnlf look ing. According to the groundhog's calen dar we are to hnve six weeks mora of real winter. Having been Kiwjclully received by King Edward, General Miles con con Bole himself for not hitching on to the ipeclal coronation embassy. The democrats of the legislature seem to have dumped home rule for a mess of pottage. The . nonpartlRan water commissioner bait was altogether too many for them. I New York will celebrate its 250th an niversary in May. For a youngster, as compared with the older cities of Europe, the American metropolis has been doing quite well. . , When the legislature reconvenes its first business should be a rigid Investi gation into the manipulation of the cor- noratlon lobby and the operations of the railroad literary bureau. New Mexico, Arizona and Oklahoma may have no representation in the United States senate, but they are run- jlng the business of that body f5r the time being Just the same. The sultan of Morocco has scored a ilgnal victory' over the pretender, but the pretender seems to be one of those pretentious fellows who do not know nough to know when he is licked. A Chicago grand Jury filed 121 in llctments against owners and operators )f blot machine in the down town dis jict Saturday. How many of these il$t machine owners will be prosecuted remains to be seen. 4 Secretary Hoot say another war is sure to ironic, uo matter how much we may long for peace. So Is another cyclone and another famine and an otber pestilence and another volcanic eruption. But we will cross all those bridge when we get to them. From the list of officers of ihe Thomas Jefferson Memorial association the conclusion is Inevitable that the de mocracy of the ttiige of Moutlcello wus in such a nebulous condition that It cov er professed democrats in public life today who could get together ou uo other coinmou ground. An Omahal paslwr la 'trying to Jmpress Mb congregation with the wickedness of avoiding the paying ofr'car fare Just lie causeHhe conductor forgets to demand Je fare. As aiV effective means 'of en forcement we 'suggest that he 'put au embargo ou'uls coinrlliuilou 1hx ugainst i.lckeU that In -riifht belong to the street railway company. Governor I'ummiUK- is up against a queer t proposition ns a' result of the death of Congressman Ituinple. Strict compliance ' with the law requiring, a (special election to till the vacancy, wlU alv two weeks of the term unexpired, would be a fcostly luxury for the people of the district.' As illustrating the fool ishness a good law may work under un fortteen' conditions this is a slriulug ex ample,; i ' ' ' . . .t .". 1 .. 11 Whatever pluus the present Nebraska legislature may ud.ipt for rebuilding or enlarging state institutions, it should not forget the' forcible arguments in favor bt fireproof construction presented by recent burning of state buildings. It Is not the los of property, so much r.a thn loss of life, that Is to be avoided. The destroyed property can be replaced, fatal or permanent Injury of the state's wards leaves no way to restitution. The rtnt trnn nnhllc hnllillnir. esneclallv when designed for theaecqmmodatlon of de Student laiuatc should be taboood, - ' - - " - -- --- ADVtnsE Ti) AVKH1VAX Til A t)t .' A report of the American connlil" nen ernl at IVrlln point 'out that the Jer niau tariff will be to a serious extent adverse to our trade with that cnur.'ry, unless modified by a reciprocity treaty. He notes as especially ljrnlflVuut the largely increased duties tin grain and cereal products, which are more than doubled, while on flour there Is placed a practically prohibitory duty On othee Important staple exports front the United States, In the line of manufac tures, duties are largely Increased. A similar policy Is being pursued by Aus tria In the rearrangement of her tariff and Itussla has also Just .adopted a new general customs tariff that considerably Increases duties, which will unfavor ably affect American trade with that country, though this Is not now very ex tensive. A short time ago the Prussian finance minister made the significant declara tion that In Ills opinion "America Is the dark p,t In the heaveus of our indus try. Our Internal market must be greatly strengthened, for our market is toxluy deiK-ndent ftnon ' America ' and England. Agriculture must be our spe cial concern." Tills, undoubtedly very well represents the, general . feeling in Europe toward this country. The American' invasion . must ' 6mehow be checked, but the statesmen of the Eu ropean countries are finding this a most difficult problem. In most of those countries there can be no great'Jm provement agricultural conditions hnd therefore they must continue to draw more, or less of their food sup plies from the United States. This Is partlctilnriy the case with : Germany. It cannot produce sufficient to supply the home demands for foodstuffs and in placing hlKher duties on these It is in juring, the masses of Its own people. The chief part of what Germany ,fcpys from us It must Import and It can get It to better advantage from us than from anybody else. So far as manufac turers are concerned, possibly it would be to its advantage to shut out Amer ican competition, but In doing this It must count upon some loss of exports to this country. Much of what we Im port from Germany we can get with etpial advantage elsewhere In case our export trade to it should be curtailed. We cannot fairly, complain of the higher tariffs of European countries, framed with reference to protecting their industries, so long as they do not distinctly discriminate against our products. -This we object to. As a mat tor of fact the United States has sub mitted for years to the most unjust dis criminations on the part of Germany, France and some other European coun tries, the representations of our gov ernment in regard to thjs and the re quests for fair and Just treatment being disregarded. It can be confidently ex pected that the policy of discrimination will become more pronounced than H Is If the United States does Hot take steps to counteract It. TJie resolution of' Sen ator Lodge, providing for an Inquiry .In regard to tariff discriminations, against the United States, should be favorably acted upon , and. -If discrimination is shown something decisive should be done for putting an end to it The Amer ican farmer and manufacturer want only fair treatment in. the world's' mar kets and It Is the duty of the govern' ment to use every effort to secure this for them. BAtiKHVPTl.'Y liAW VBaNOES. The changes made In the bankruptcy law will undoubtedly make It more ac ceptable to all interested and may be expected to operate favorably to the permanence of the act. whloh had be fore, leeu threatened by a more or less vigorous opposition, in and out of con gress. The desirability of rq law of this kind has been most amply shown and notwithstanding Its defects the act has had good results., As now amended there is every reason to believe it will be of very much' greater value. The changes effected in the, law are largely due to the efforts of the Na tioual Association of Credit Men, which for the past two or three years has worked zealously to bring about amend meuts which experience had shown to be necessary in order to make the act fair. Just and equitable. Some of these changes are exceedingly Important. For Instance, the amended act provides that the bankruptcy of u corporation shall not release Its officers, directors or stockholders, as such.' from any liability under the laws of a state, or territory. Another provision extends acts of bank ruptcy to Include a case in which a lH-rtMin has applied for a receiver or- trustee for his property, or because of Insolvency a 'receiver or trustee has Iwh put . In charge of his property under the laws of a state or territory To the causes assigned In the original niljor refusing to grant the discharge of a bankrupt the following have been added: A discharge shall lie refused to one who has obtained pruierty ou credit from any icroii upon a material! fulse stutemeut :i writing, or who luis at any time subsequent to the first day of the four months lupmedlately preceding the tiling of the petltlou transferred, re moved, destroyed or conciled any of hi; property with Intent to hinder, delay o defraud li!a creditors, or who in voluu tury proceedings has had a discbarge i bankruptcy within six years, or who has. refused, to plxjy any lawful order or to answer' any material question ap proved by the court. Those sections providing means . wliereby property transferred iu violation of the act may be recovered are so- aiueudd as to cotir fer Jurisdiction for the purpose upon auy state court which would have had Jurisdiction ' If bankruptcy had not In tervened. t Doubtless It will lie 'f.mnd that some further amendments will be necessary U perfect the law, but those mode will materially strengthen the act and render - lu oierutlo more satisfactory. ' , In ve'stigatlon has shown that a' Very large i - proportion' of the bu!liies men of the touniry whn have given the subject in telligent consideration are favorable to a national bankruptcy law and now that the chief causes of objection to tip act have Iteen removed there Is reason to expect that It will receive more gen eral approval. ' THK HOWKLI. HILIEF BILL. The water works purchase bill, which passed both houses of the legislature last week and has now been approved by the governer, at once become law, as It carries an emergency lause. The father of this measure, Senator Howell, has kindly volunteered to enlighten the citizens of Omaha cou- erning the important features of the bill, which are summarlwl as follows: Under the terms of the measure the governor will be required to appoint 'a water board of six members within thirty days of the date of attaching his stgna tura to the bill. Two members will be ppolnted for two years, two for four ana wo. for six years, all of whom must be lectors of the city. The bill also pro vides that one member for each term must be a. republlran and one a democrat. Why . representatives of the 4eople should show such a dislrust of the peo ple, ami especially the taxpayers who are to assume obligations that may ex- eed $4,(0,(iiH), ond should deprive them of the right to elect their own water commission, and why they are to le put - on probation under state guardianship for four years. Is not ex plained by Mr. Howell. Neither does he explain why the commission is made responsible to. nobody,, removable by no body mid euipt .vered to appoint its own successors lu case' of vacancies by death or otherwise The provision requiring one-half of the commission to be democrats and the other half republicans affords no safe guard against malfeasance In office. The purchase and management of the water works involves no political Issue. Venal democrats and corrupt repub licans will combine Just as readily for any boodle scheme as would dishonest members of a single party. The next feature of importance, ac cording to Mr. Howell, Is the provision of'the law that requires the city coun cil to declare by ordinance that It Is necessary for the city to purchase the water plant and at the first meeting of the council after the approval of such ordinance the council must take the first steps In the actual acquisition of the plant The council may proceed under the terms of the contract between the city and the water company, which Involves the appointment of three engineers as ap praisers, one by the city, one by the water company and a third by the two appraisers so named, r the council may proceed to acquire the water plant by condemnation proceedings, as provided In the city char ter. In such case Ave appraisers must be appointed by the mayor and counoll, as to the condemnation of right-of-ways for streets and alleys. If the first method la adopted nothing will bave to be paid for the unexpired portion of the franchise claimed by the water company; if the sec ond plan Is adopted an allowance for the unexpired . franchise .will be vndoubtedly claimed by- the company. . -.-.; ' All these proceedings were within reach without special legislation, and the fact that, the bill passed both houses without a dissenting vote indicates that the water works company is not ad verse to such procedure. It certainly could have influenced at least a few members of the legislature to antagonize the bill at some stage. But while Mr. Howell Is willing to en lighten the people about the mode of procedure to purchase the water works plant, he studiously emits all reference to the fact that he has saddled upon the taxpayers of Omaha a water com mission which will commence drawing J300 a month out of the city treasury for the salary of its members and from $150 to $500 a month for a water com missioner within thirty days, although It may be thirty months before the commission will have any water works to manage or before the water commis sioner has anything more to do than to draw his salary. And this Is really the milk In the water bill cocoanut, which properly should have been labeled "A Bill to Pro vide R. B. Howell with a Lucrative Job as Commissioner of Water Works." It will now be In order for the papers that have published editorials and con tributions fabricated by the Baldwin literary bureau to tell the people tlie exact size of the distribution made from the railroad slush fund to pay the ex jieuse "of putting the article In type and running it." It is currently reported that some of the paid editorials have ben more expensive to the railroads than others. This la an Injustice that should be equalized by a state loard It might he Interesting, for example, to know how large a check was mailed to the York paier, how much to the Os ceola paper and how much to the Ne braska Ity railroad organ. Also whether the contribution that appeared on the edltorlol page of Monday's issue of the World-Herald, over the signature "M." was paid for at the rates which It exacts for editorial space. Interchangeable steamship tickets ale announce!, good ou allvessels operated by the Morgan Hues. This Is no doubt an outgrowth of the Interchangeable mileage system adopted by American railroads. We have not, however, yet reached the Interchangeable meal ticket nor the Interchangeable theater ticket though they, too, may be brought out before luug. The city council rests temporarily under a Judicial ban that prevents it from making the annual tax levy, but that does not stand lu the way of the school board revising It estimates to conform to actual requirements, which do not Justify a school tax for 1903 of more than 2 mills. Of course the railroads are alwaya ready to iend good money for the benefit of the rural counties, but only when they know the dear public will make good the outlay. That explains their eagerness to discredit what they call "the Omaha tax scheme." Any scheme to stop railroad tax shirking would stir the railroads up Just as much. 'Typewritten editorials from the bril liant pen of John N. Baldwin decrying the Omaha plan of municipal railroad taxation as a raid on the school fund In Counties along the line of the Union Pacific may have duped some credulous people, but such Imposture cannot with stand the searchlight of publicity. There Is not a county, school district or village in the state of Nebraska that Is getting taxes on the proportionate value of the railroad property actually within Its borders, much less a penny In addition on any part of the Omaha terminals allotted to It by distribution. Stick a pin there. roat-Mortem Hot Air. Boston Transcript. A very good scheme, this of utllUIng Sundays for congressional eulogies Instead of interrupting the regular business of con gress. Besides, the better the day the bet ter the lie. nermaay is the Ioaer. 8t. Lou la Globe-Democrat. Germany proposes to deprive Itself of American apples by putting on a tariff of 12 a barrel. But even this figure may fall to reduce the demand for the beat and most wholesome fruit in the world. Wise Leader of Labor. Indianapolis Journal. John Mitchell did two things during the recent miners' convention which should strengthen his Influence with them. He opposed the proposition to build a house for him in this city and he declined the offer of a place on the Illinois State Board or Arbitration. Mr. Mitchell it ambitious for the Miners' union, but not for himself. Annoyances of Publicity. Philadelphia North America. President Roosevelt's desire to lose him self in the woods and enjoy the privileges of a private citizen for a brief time should be respected, and it is to be hoped' that he will be allowed to go hunting without a brass band this year. Even a president has some rights of privacy which are en titled to respect. Bat Silence Is Golden. Chicago Inter Ocean. Mr. William J. Bryan may be a big man, but he writes himself down a very small one on slightest provocation or no provoca tion at all. "Recently Mr. Bryan has been in Mexico, and in a letter relating his per sonal experiences said: "On a low, wooded mountain range, near the cattle ranch, I was assured parrots, monkeys and even tigers can be found in their native haunts. I did not have time to hunt parrots and monkeys and was not disposed to infringe upon the patent of those who find relief from the cares of state in the pursuit of larger and more ferocious wild animals." Mr. Bryan would do well to observe the old rule, "When you have nothing to say, say nothing." Ota, bat This Is Different. Detroit Free Press. . There was a ftre'4n at New York factory building the other' mbmirig, and One re sult of It is hus escribed by the., Sun: -vvomen naa tne lire trampled out of them beneath Uni feet of cowards who thought only of saying their own skins." When something of this sort took place at the burning of the charity basaar in Paris, all the English and American newspapers were shrieking about the cowardice of these Parisians and the degeneration of a people in the midst of which anything of that kind could happen. Tet they do not seem to be excited about this New York disaster, or' has the "Anglo-Saxon" coward certain privileges In the way of trampling women to death which are not held by the cowards of other tribesmen T INCOMPETENT MANAGEMENT. "Ho Excuse for the 81aahler of Which Railroad Are Gallty." Indianapolis News. When we think that during one year in Great Britain there was not one railway passenger killed, and theu read of the slaughter of scores of people on the Central Railroad of New Jersey and the Southern Pacific in two days. It la hard to believe that there is not something wrong with our way of conducting railroads. The New Jer sey disaster was the result of the gross carelessness of whom? The officers of the roadsay that the . engineer of the express was at fault inasmuch as he ran by the danger signal. He himself is said to. have declared when he was taken from his en gine that be paid no attention to the green and red signals, aa he thought they would turn white. Later in bis delirium he said tht he saw no signals. The station agent at Cranford says that 'a minute before the accident" he received orders to hold the express at Cranford. Even then he could hear the train coming, and without waiting to answer that he un derstood the Instructions, he grabbed his lantern and rushed out on the platform. Just as he reached the platform the train flashed by and Engineer Davis was leaning out of the engine cab looking straight ahead, and "apparently attending to his duty." Then the agent tried to warn the next station, but before be could do so the train had passed it, olng at the rate of more than sixty salles an hour.' Certainly this was a narrow and dangerous margin on which-to run such a train ou such a road. The vice president of the road, W. O. HeSBler, declares that the accident was due to "the element of human fallibility." It is so with practically all our accidents And the question is whether a few convic tions and executions of some of these fal 11 bio men, no matter how high their posl tirm, would not essen "the element of human fallibility." 1 he frightful accident on the Southern Pacific also aeemi to have been due to human "fallibility." The story Is that an operator failed to deliver Orders to the westbound expreaa stopping it to allow an other train to pass. Whether the operator had bis orders of' not is yet to be proved. But it does not matter. - Por If he did not have them the responsibility is merely shifted to the maa who should bave given them to him If be did have them, of course, he Is to blame. But no explanations ca bring to lift the dozens of people who ere killed' In tbeaa two accidents, or help ihe scores who were injured. What we all want Is not explanations, but fewer mur derous accidents. We talk about, them when tbey happen, and demand that the guilty be punUbed, and that some ateps bs taken to make their recurrence less fre quent. But we soon forget all about - it. Rarely do coroners or grand Juries do their duty In such cases. Neither one of these aerldents should have happened. ' Both were entirely avoidable. Bo there Is crim inal negligence in both cases that should be severely punished. There ia no excuse for the great slaughter of which the railroads are guilty. There were a half dosea or more wrecks recently la all of which peopje were killed or seri ously Injured. It la certainly time that something was done, TALK F THK STATE MIF.S. Rushvllle Recorder: When the present legislature rommenced Its work some of the "I told you so's" predicted Introduc tion of a lot of fool measures; but the fact has come out that the freak legis lator was never so conspicuous for his absence, as he Is In this session of the Nebraska legislature. Atkinson Graphic: The west end of the state has an excellent . delegation in the legislature this year. In the house Coats, Hanna, Currte and Herron, with Douglas as spokesman, con stitute a group which command the atten tion and respect of all members, and have been instrumental in framing many of the most important measures now under con sideration. Blair Republican: The legislature Is against the land-leasing bill of Senator Dietrich, and it Is probable the fences will have to go so that Colonel Mosby will score at last. Yet there are two. sides to the controversy. The cattlemen have an Immense sum Invested, and unless these lands can be irrigated no one would ac cept a homestead for farming purposes alone. It Is a big question. Wausau Gaiette: Fifty-five of the one hundred members in the lower house of the present legislature are representative farmers. This proves the absurdity of the bowl about railroad domination. Grant that -every mother's son, who is not an ac tual tiller of the-soll. Is a "railroad tool," It Is yet In the power of the farmers to kill every measure that would tend to Infringe upon their rights and we are sura they will. O'Neill Frontier: It appears that the people of Nebraska do not want a public land-leasing bill. There has perhaps never been a measure up for consideration that has been so generally condemned by the people of this state aa the proposition to lease out the remainder of the public do main. Wherever there has been any sen timent expressed at all It has been In op position to tho proposed law. It has also developed that ahere Is a general senti ment In favor of 640 acres for a' home stead. Crete Vldette-Herald: When Nebraska has another United States senator to elect the legislature would receive the praise of the whole state If that body . followed the example of the Kansas legislature, which passed resolutions last week, asking the seekers for senatorial honors, who were congressmen, to go back to Washington and go to work, and allow them to choose a senator without being dictated to. The scene at Nebraska's last senatorial battle was enough to sicken even a dyed-ln-the-wool pop, and caused many legislators to becomes advocates of the plan of election of United States senators by popular vote. Until this senalble idea is adopted a use of the Kansas plan would be decidedly beneficial, undoubtedly a saving to the state of a considerable sum during Such sessions. PERSONAL. NOTES. Ex-Governor George. S.. Boutwell of Massachusetts observed his 85th birthday anniversary on Wednesday. Down in Mississippi five negro murderers have been tried and condemned In the reg ular way since 1903 came In. Civilization moves on apace. In crowded New York all shades of life may be witnessed In a day. One day last week there was a wedding,-a fire and a funeral in the same flat in the Eaat Side. Senator Thomas Patterson of Colorado says that one of the most enjoyable periods of his Ufa was the two weeks he spent traveling with a circus In -Southern Michl- Naval Constructor Richmond Pearson Hobson, the Tiero of the Merrlmac episode. has tendered his resignation to President Roosevelt through the ' secretary of tho navy. The members of the' foreign' legations in Fekin are again embarrassed by lavish gifts of game, plants and trinkets from the dowager empress on the occasion of the Chinese New Year. Joshua G. Dodge, who was an associate of William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phil lips and other leaders of the anti-slavery movement, haa .Just celebrated his 90th birthday at Arlington, Mass. The Lessler bribery charges reminded older congressmen of the time Representa tive "Birdie" Adams of Pennsylvania went up to Speaker Reed to ask about a bill he wanted passed. Adam took some change from his pocket and rattled It In his hand while he talked. As It happened he had five quarters. "Hold on, Birdie," said Reed, "even in these hard times you can't pass a bill in this house for a dollar and a quarter." - ' REGIL.ATIXG IMMIGRATION, Views of an Expert on Exlallnsr Re strictions. Philadelphia Public Ledger. In view of the possible amendment of the immigration laws during the present or the next session of congress, the opinion of an expert as to the desirability of sug gosted changes in said laws is worthy of respectful consideration. Dr. A. J. Mc Laugblln of the United States Health and Marine Hospital service. In a conservative contribution to the January number of the Popular Science Monthly, takes a position with respect to one of the proposed changes which may not be In harmony with popular opinion on the subject. The- writer ob serves that the percentage of undesirable Immigrants is doubtless higher at present, than It was in former years, but restric tions bave been growing more stringent, so that now the system in operation at Ellis Island is sufficiently effective to keep out the diseased, the pauper and the criminal while admitting the Immigrant "with two strong arms, a sound body and a stout heart." He la opposed to the educational test, which seems to be gaining favor In the country, for the reason that -It would ex clude many thousands of desirable Immi grants, those supplying us with nearly all of the unskilled labor needed for our indus trial progress. The . educational test, ac cording to Dr. McLaughlin, would not keep out some of the least desirable arrivals. but It would have one good result the re duction of the total number of Immigrants and thus permit of a more rigid examina tion of foreigners who seek admission here. The contributor thinks that a head tax as low as $5 or $10 the tax is now only tl would naterlally reduce the number of ar rivals. This would result from the fact that large families, including aged de pendents, would be obliged to remain In Europe, but it would not debar alngle un skilled laborers. In the case of large fam ilies even a $5 tax would be prohibitive. One of the most valuable restrictive regu latlona would be the extension of govern ment Jurisdiction over arrivals until they become citizens. The writer of the article favors such a regulation, Inasmuch as It would give the authorities an opportunity to deport criminals and others whose dis ability was.no. discovered when they landed or within a year after landing. Dr. McLaughlin makes a strong point for such a regulation in the statement that the friends of detained aliens would be disin clined to guarantee that they, would not become public charges If the guarantee cov ered five years iaatead of one. -The flood of immigration is beginning to tax the as- Islmllativs power of the republic, and the time has arrived when more restrictive regulations ar desirable and accessary. HOI Xn ABOIT HEW YORK. Ripples on the Current ( Life In the Metropolis. Vnatle to expand his talents In the enervating environments of St. Joe. a Mis souri lad of 13, answering to the name of Richard Murphy, blew into the big city and rut a large swath until the police took him in. The special talpnt of the young Missourtan was shoving worthless checks for cash, a business In which he displayed the nerve of a Missouri train robber. Mur phy Is a penman. His signature to a check is a business looking one, and written in an easy and apparently quick flowing hand. The writing In the body of the check is mora In keeping with that of a boy of IS. This difference In writing led to the belief that the certificate contained the writings of two persons. On the other hand. It Is said that Murphy writes "three hands." Murphy was asked who originated hla chock scheme. "Oh, I guess I'll say nothing about that," he replied, with a wave of his gloved right hand. "We'll meet things as they come. Keep still and then there's no explaining afterward is the wiser way. Isn't it; now, truly?" When all the worthless checks that "Lit tle Dick" has left In his trail are gathered they will make a formidable pile for a lengthy spindle. A bank official said that be had heard of several being held In New York City, while there are a few in Phila delphia and additional ones in Washington. The manner in. which the people of New York have fallen back upon gas as a fuel because of the scarcity of coal, is shown In the annual report of the Consolidated Gas company. The consumption of gas ran at times up to I0.0O0.O00 cubic feet per day. The sales In the year amounted to 18,3."8. 478,000 cubic feet, or Increase of 1,915,000.000 cubic feet, or 11.65 per cent over the previous year. The increase dur ing, the last three months of 1902 ran as high as 20 per cent, and in some districts to 30 per cent over the corresponding period of tho previous year. The company sold In the twelve months 42,632 gas ranges, stoves and beaters. Forty-five million dollars of Uncle Sara's gold was In danger of being melted down In one solid lump by a Are in the United States assay office, next door to the sub treasury, last Thursday, It came from a slight explosion of gases used in the labo ratory and created a dense and suffocating smoke, but the firemen got the blaze under control In a short time. The damage was small, mostly to the fur niture and fittings of the office. The 145, 000,000 was in gold bars. The building being old and largely of wood, was at one time in danger of destruction. The second floor of the building and the attic above were entirely burned out. An entire new roof will have to be put on, and It is esti mated $5,000 wjll hardly cover the damage. Secretary Shaw a week ago recommended to congress that $750,000 be appropriated to build a new assay office, aa the building was old and unfit for the use It was put to. Mrs. Theresa Lynch, "the queen of dia monds," is dead at her home, 65 Central park, west, having succumbed to a stroke of paralysis. Her Jewelry store at 1 Union square has made her famous. Mrs. Lynch was a thorough business woman and died wealthy.' It is said that there was not better Judge of precious stones in America. She was the daughter of a fruit seller in Dublin, but her eyes often feasted on the gems In the Jewelers' windows and with the first money she could save out of her small earnings she bought-a diamond. Her father reproved her, but a few days afterward she sold the stone for more, than twice the price paid. Coming to this country she married John Lynch -and their married life was unique. Lynch spent his money as fast as it came to him often faster, while his wife was prudent and frugal and her bank account grew. The economic differences after a time led to a disagreement. He still con tinued to live at their home, although for fifteen years not a word paaaed between them. This strange existence was finally broken when Mrs. Lynch moved uptown. He died shortly after. ' Mrs. Lynch's Jewelry store was reputed to be the resort of women of fashion who were In financial straits. She was said to bave served as a polite pawnbroker for many aristocratic families when pressed for funds, at times advancing thousands of dollars on family Jewels. Every once In a while the newspapers print stories about the devices adopted by life Insurance men, book canvassers and others engaged in simitar occupations to gain and hold audience with their pros pective vlctjma. A favorite story tells of the life Insurance agent who, when on the point of being ejected tn the ground that his victim's time wss too valuable to waste In listening to Insurance schemes, bought five minutes of the time at $1 a minute, the price being set by the ovtner, of course. At the end of the Ave minutes the Insur ance man had the victim's signature to a $10,000 policy. But for simplicity that does not compare with the plan pursued with great success by an insurance man reported by the Sun to be working in New York. Admission to the victim being gained, the conversation runs something like this: Insurance Man Give me a dollar and I'll tell you eomethlng of great Interest to you. Victim (cautiously) Not so fast; why should I give you a dollar in advance? Tell me your scheme first (or words to that ef fect). With an Invitation such as that It is plain sailing. This poaaesses the advantage over the first scheme, that In case of fail ure, even If tho agent is not a dollar In, he Ib, at least, not $5 out. Coutant Well COAL w The one thing you may be sure of here is a full line of clothes and furnishings from which to select. Another thing equally sure ia satisfaction, and another that NO CLOTHIJtO THE OLD RELIABLE mm V 'Mi POWER Absolutely Puro THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE DEFECTIVE KF.HF.HAL OFFICIAL!. Move to Supply Them with Educa tional Text Books. Philadelphia Record. Senator Penrose is the father of a re markable bill for the purchase of 5,000 cop ies of "March's Thesaurus" (at the rate of $10 a copy) to be distributed among the de partments and offices throughout the coun try "to enable officers and employes of the government to Ond the proper word to ex press their meaning." In the classified service no such book Is needed. Tho em ployes who have gone through a competitive examination have rroved that they know enough about words and synonyms to ex press themselves with lucidity. If there bo any need of a thesaurus by persons who are not engaged In literary work, but whose re ports concern only severe matters of fact, it must be among the officers and employes who owe their appointment to political in fluence. Many government officials are afflicted with an ambition for a literary style. Finn writing ia tho terror of the olflcers at Washington who receive reports from sub ordinates. The victim of a literary style will sacrifice truth and elearnesa every time In order to make a fine sentence. Hla reports read like the essay of tho school girl graduate, and only bis limited vocabu lary compels him to use words wtthln the comprehension of his superiors. So far from correcting the evil, the possession of a thesaurus must magnify It. Tho official with an ambition for a literary style will no longer suffer his fancy to be restrained by a lack of words; his Imagination will expand and his reports will cease to convey any meaning. There can be no reasonable objection the policy of supplying educational hoc! :, to such officers and employes of the gov ernment as are appointed through political Influence. Persons In the classified service are expected to know something, but fltncBi Is not a consideration in the case of those who are appointed aa a favor. It is not well, however, to begin with a book of words. Bafore a thesaurus can be of any practical UBe to a man he must have somo preliminary knowledge besides that relating to the packing of a caucus. The publisher of "March's Thesaurus" may need the $."i0. 000, but that amount expended for school masters in the federal building would yield better results. ' POINTED REFLECTIONS. Dlcto-Do you ever get the last word wltl ' your wife? Charles Oh, yes; but I have to say It to my,".'U whE.n 1 Ket out " the street. De troit Free Press. "I nebber could see," said Uncle Eben. how nahd times or de trusts could keep a man dat's wlllln' to work fum earnln' two bits by shovelln' snow." Washington Star. "The place is only a small country town, but there used to be a very good tavern there." "But not now." said the traveling- man sadly. ' "Torn down, eh?" "Oh, no. It'a a 'hotel' now." Philadel phia Press. Knnx W'hy do you always put "dictated" at the bottum of your letters? You have no stenographer. Knox Well, you see. I'm a very poor speller. Detroit Free Press. - "And you're really a lord?" said the maiden. "Of course. Do you think I'm an Im post or?" "No; oh, no; but papa says one can't be too cautious these days. Would you mind bringing me one of those abstracts of title I hear so much about before I give you my anawer?" Chicago Post.. "Was that an unmarried woman you met Just now?" "Yes, I knew her several years ago. How her face has changed." "Has It? Well, when a woman's face changes as much as that she can never hope to change her name, too." Cleveland Plain Dialer. FLOWERS IN WINTER. The soft, white mantle of the snow la tucked about the sleeping ttow'rs. And, where no chilling winds can blow. They're storing dreams for summer hours. They rest snd dream while human hearts Beat high with hope and human cheer, Or, while some soul, In sorrow, parts With what It holds in life most dear. I No earthly woe disturbs their sleep. no muriui imijj)iiicnn can unuKQ Their peaceful slumber, calm and deep, For love nor hate they will not wake. But. when the sunshine brings them back, The flowers, freely, will unfold And scatter on life's sombre track The restful dreams their hearts will hold. Wlnslde, Neb. Utile Wllley Que. S Squires Best grades, and all sizes of Arkansas Ai thraclte and Semi-Anthracite as good as hard coal and at much lower price. Best Illinois Nut, $6.50. Cherokee Lump, tor Fur naces, $3.75. Cherokee Nut for Underfeed Furnaces, $5.50. Missouri Nut, $4.75. Telephone 930. Office 1406 Farnam. Equipped FTTfl LIKE OCRS. R. S. Wllaox, Mgr.
