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TIIE OMAHA DAILY HEE: THURSDAY, MAKCII 5. IPOS. (I Tiie omaiia Daily Bee. E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVEKT MORN I NO. terms or eunscnii'TioN. Dally Hi (without Sunday). One Year..M njj ffirC;".":":::::: Biimlav lire. One Year ' '"' HatuMav Hcp, One Year J J' Twentieth Century Firmer, One Year., l.w DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Pally Hf (without Sunday), per copy.. 2c Dally Bee (without Puriday). per week..Ilc ,in,.iii.iir Hunilii v 1. ner weok..lc ally Evening Bee' (without HunriayV per Week 6c Evening Bee (Including Sunday), I'er v,-s,.k . ,..... '" Complaintii"of"lrregularltles In delivery should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. 1 OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. Booth Omaha-City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Ftreets. Council Bluffs 1 I'earl Street. Chicago 1640 Unity Building. New York-J3:S I'ark Row Building. Washington uUl Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to new, and ed itorial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order. payame to 1 ne nee j-unusnum i'"" (m'lv 2-rent alumna aeeDtert In payment 01 miifl n,innta PMnnHl rherkS. except On Omaha or eastern exchange, not aecepiea. THE BEE fCBLISHING COMFAJ WIN I. BTATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska. Douglas County, s.: George B. Txschjck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month or February, lSOU, was as follows 1 29.100 2 30,630 t 80,830 4 so.eoo 6 A0.4&0 6 0,B70 7 30.B50 i su.aoo 9 UO.CIO 10 ao.Koo 11 ao.uca 1 ao,64o JJ 30,040 14 3O.0T0 15 2D.2M 31.320 17 31.B40 IS 81,400 19 81,400 to 31.010 n 31,070 22 2tt,23 23 81,030 24 31.K30 2 , , 31,tl(K 2S ....3i,fi-'o 2" f.si,io 2 ai.TJJO Total 803,43a Less unsold and returned copies.... 0,304 Net total sales 844,008 Net average sales 80,143 GEORGE B. TZSCIIUCK. Subscribed In my p.esence and sworn to oeiore me tnia ztn uay or t eoruary, a. u, lWi. , U. U. H UNGATE, (Seal.) ' Notary Public. Mayor Moores once more has dipped bin Veto pen into that Indelible Ink. What has the creed of Bob Ingersoll to do with the mission of the Commer cial. club, anyway 7 Our Dave la undergoing a new experi ence. He la off the public payroll for the first time in years. Easy victories are not the victories worth having. We will win out yet In the fight for equal taxation of railroad property. ' ' The light of the Fifty-seventh congress was extinguished amidst Joyous ' song. A. funeral without music would no longer be In style. Who says thirteen Is not an unlucky number wheft Just thirteen members of the senate constitute the outgoing squad that failed of re-election? The roll call on House Roll 330 has had one good effect.' It has served to separate the sheep from the goats by forcing them to come out from cover. With an extra session of the senate on his hands President Roosevelt will have to defer taking a rest to recuper ate from his recent tussel with con gress. Colonel Bryan says ho won't bolt, but that if any bolting Is to be done the other fellow will have to do It. Which Joes the bolting all depends on the point of view. If It wiH result every time In cutting short the meeting of the school board, the gas company will be excused If It tees to it that an accident happens every secoud Monday. Nearly half of the rotes recorded In favor 9t House Roll 330 are republican votes and among those recorded against It are fusion votes. The railroad lobby recognizes no political Hues In Its work. All legislators look alike to the railroads after they are fleeted. If not before. The discovery of the antl-toxlne to destroy the germs of "holera infantum gives hope that the preventive may be found also for croup and all other In fantile allmeuts. The father of the future. may never know what It Is to walk tbe floor at night with the infant prodigy. Tho , message of congratulation sent by wireless telegraphy from the Amer- li iui hierarchy to I'opo Leo XMI would l.ave Ikcu recorded among the miracles by former occupants of the pnpacy. The miracles of modem scknee would have lead us Btrange to people a huudred years ago as the miracles described In the bible. Take' the whole list of Mayor Moores' retoes since he has been at the head of the municipal government and every one of them has been actuated In the I lit ere tt of the taxpaylng citizens. Mauy of these vetoes have been over HddeU;by the council, but If every one of them had been sustained, that the .lty would be In better coudltlon than :t la now will not be uestloued. It Is refreshing to see the Wabash Bet up as one of tho reasons why the courts should enjoin its employes from strlk lug the obligation It owes under the In lei state commerce law to keep Its trains moving for the benefit of the public. The railroads are always ready to ap- peal to the Interstate commerce law whenever they want protection from the courts, but the law never governs them when shippers or patrons ask to have the guarantees of the interstate law en forced, "lleuds I wlu and tails you losu" Is not iu It wit'J the way tbo rail roads play battledt fe and shuttlecock with the lutei-htute ftmmerce law. rut ti ft t-set&h th coyonEss. In the woord of the Flfty-apvpnth con trrrss tbere Is much to commend. The halation It enacted will contribute to the welfare of the country and while some of Its omissions are to lo regretted, ,. 0f thtfie Is of a nature to Interfere the hsla or Iu,lm,r ,Ue l,ro8" porlty of the nation. It wisely re frnlned from disturbing our flscnl policy, under which existing prosperous condi tions were created, refusing to heed the clamor for tariff changes that would have unsettled traO.e and put a check upon prosperity. Whether or not the failure of proposed tlnanclnl legislation will prove to be a mistake cannot now be confidently predicted. There Was wide divergence of opinion In regard to the merits of the measures Introduced, eo thnt perhaps had either of them be come n law the result would not have been sii tls factory. We do not believe thar there Is any serious danger that the currency supply will be found lnad- eqnate to the demands of business dur ing the ensuing year, though legislation trnt would have made available to the money market more of the treasury surplus than can now be done would un questionably have proved beneficial. Iu the public estimation, and doubt less in the good results that will come from It, the most Important legislation of the Fifty-seventh congress Is that re lating to the corporations engaged In In terstate or foreign commerce and to railroad rebates. In regard to the former legislation did not ko so far as had been generally hoped foi, but what was done will render more effective the anti-trust act of 18'JO, If proper effort Is made to 1 jiiui iu it, nuno mr auiririm irr iuvt puts more power Into the hands of the interstate Commerce commission, which . ... .m cHsod. Indeed this legislation Is already having good results, there being mani fested on the part of the railroads a jreuoml purpose to comply strictly with Its requirements In all respects. The creation of a bureau of corporations, with ful' authority under the direction of the secretary of the new Department 0f Commerce to Investigate the orgnnlza- tlon of (orporatlons, can hardly fall to have a salutary eftVci. The authority given Ihe attorney general to expedite proceedings ayalnst trusts, of which that official has already taken advantage, Is not the ltast meritorious piece of legis lation by tho Fifty-seventh congress. It is needless to review here all the work of the last congress, the details of which have been given In the news dl patches. As to the omissions, it Is to be regretted that the statehood 'bill failed nnd that something more than passing a coinage bill was not done for the I'htl Ipplnes. There is reason to apprehend that some mere or less serious trouble may be caused In the archipelago be- cause of the failure, due entirely to the senate, to further reduce the tariff on Philippine products coming to the United StateB. In the matter of appro priations the Fifty-seventh congress was liberal, the total, according to Senator Allison, chairman of the committee on appropriations, amounting, In round numbers, to ? 1,554,000,000, which is $11 4,000,000 In excess of the appropria tlons of the Fifty-sixth congress. The appropriation for the Panama canal ac counts for nearly half of this excess. The ervptnaes of the government have gone permanently beyond the billion dollar mark which was reached a few years ago and then caused no little ap prehension for the future of the coun try. Tlte second session of congress wns marked by filibustering tactics In both the senate and tho house for which republicans were responsible in the 'rnie'" and democrats In the latter. The course or, neither was defensible. A striking example of Bo-called "senatorial courtesy" was presented In the fact that a single senator was able to prevent the ratification of the Panama canal treaty and thus force an extra session of the senate. Buch obstruction bv the minor ities is n reproach to the senate, but It is extremely difficult if not impossible, especially as to the senate, to provide a remedy. hostility To MONRO Ducritut, German hostility to the Monroe doc trine, which Bismarck declared to be an "impertinence, ' continues to man ifest itself from time to time, chiefly by persons who have no official respon sibility, though occupying positions that give some measure of Importance tq, their utterances. The latest declara tion ogalnst the doctrine is by the pro fessor of political economy In the Berlin university and this was thought to be of sufficient significance to be telegraphed quite fully to the press of this country. No doubt Prof. Warner reflects the sentiment of a great many of his coun trymen, particularly In regard to the relations of the Germanic race with tho Romanic elements and Its dislike of the English clement on both sides of the sea, but he and those who are ir. sympathy with bis view seem blind to the fact that the highest interests of Germany are In cultivating the friendship of the Eugllsh element, which Is largely Teu tonic, rather than the Romanic ele ments. If the latter are being pressed to the wall, as the Berlin professor Mimes, It la simply because they have rot the qualities to maintain a better position lu the great world contest and they will not be Improved by Germanic association and sympathy. The Oer manic. race, however, may be Injured thereby. There Is much In this professor's talk time Is simply absurd, but it need not be seriously considered. The Amencau tefple are not very greatly concerned about what Germany thinks of the Mon I roo doHrlno, so long as that country does not undertake to contravene the I principle and continues to give it Buch recosnltlon as was done in the Yen ezuelan case. There Is nothing in tbat doctrine that will Interfere, with Ger I mans going freely to any couutry of South and Central America. There Is nothing In It that will prevent German manufacturers ami merchants from se curing all the trade they can with those southern countries and commercially In trenching, themselves there as firmly as possible. All that it requires is that the territory and the political institu tions of those countries shall not be dominated by any foreign power. It Is perhaps to be regretted that Germany does not follow Great Britain In giving universal recognition to the Monroe doc trine, but that American principle Is perfectly secure at least bo loi'g its It Is not rejected by the republics for whose protection it was declared. OXLY THF, FIRST SKIHMISH. The fight that barred House Roll XiO from going onto the general file Is only the first skirmish in the campaign for tax reform. In this preliminary contest the champions of the equal taxation of railroad property have been at a disad vantage ns against the consolidated co horts of tho railroad tax shirkers, whose lobby has been continuously and per sistently at work even from the time that the legislative nominations were made in the various districts. The tem porary setback thus met with by the friends of the defeated measure phould serve only to make them waken more fully to the extent nnd power of the opposition which they have to over come. The campaign so far has been one of misrepresentation, and the misinforma tion disseminated out of railroad head quarters must be counteracted by a campaign of education that will open the eyes of eyery taxpaylug citizen In the whole state to the monstrous In justice of the law by which the great railroad corporations evade their due share of the expenses of municipal gov ernment while enjoying full benefits at the cost of .the other taxpayers. In this connection those who are ac tively Interested In the movement to stop railroad tax shirking should re member who their friends are as dis closed by the vote In the house on the committee report. Twenty out of twenty-four fusion members responded right to the roll call and are entitled to credit even though actuated partly with a view to making political capital for their party. In addition to the eight re publican members from Douglas county, ten republicans from outside counties stood up courageously to be counted and their names should bo remembered. They are: Frledrlch of Cass, Harrison of Washington, Jones of Otoe, ( RamBey of Gage, Bpurlock of Caes, Gregg of Wayne, f Jahnel of Washington, McAllister of Deuel, Sears of Burt, Sweety of Webster. With this nucleus for a base of opera tions and a just principle to fight for, let the campaign go on. The railroad organs down at Lincoln are trying to make excuses for the throw-down by the Lancaster delega tion of the bill for the municipal taxa tion of railroads by pleading that the movement was a dead one long before the Lancaster men turned In against It It is alleged that after looking the ground over the business men of Lin coln agreed that the Lancaster delega tion would be losing time and Influence by continuing the fight for it This Is about as flimsy as could be put to gether when It is known that most of the members of the Lancaster delega tlon were never favorable to the propo sition and that they simply pulled off the pressure from behind by making the business men of the capital believe that a fight for equal taxation of rail road property would antagonize the dominant Interests In the legislature and jeopardize the biennial quest for big appropriations for the state institu tions located at Lincoln. Lincoln lives on pickings from the state treasury and rather than risk having the door partly closed It would let the railroads get oflf without paying taxes at all. Tbe conviction of Mrs. Lillie in the murder trial at David City will be a subject of much controversial discus sion. Tbe difficulty of securing the rer dict of "guilty" for a capital offense against a woman, no matter what the testimony may be, is a secognlzed fact. and where tbe prosecution relies upon circumstantial evidence exclusively the sex of the woman usually secures tho benefit of the doubt. In this particular case the Jury seems to have been . at least consistent, inasmuch as the crime, If committed by the dead man's wife, must have been deliberate murder, and the prisoner was clearly entitled either to a verdict in the first degree or a coin plete acquittal. It Is hardly probable, however, that the trial Just finished will be conclusive, as tho case Is sure to be carried up to the court of last resort. The tax levy for the coming year for the city of Omaha will produce smaller revenue than at any time within the past five years. When It is remembered that the municipal govern meet has been conducted on a fairly economic basis, while the needs of the city have been constantly growing, the trying conditions ahead of the mu nteipal authorities may be understood. We doubt If there is a single business bouse in Omaha that Is figuring on get ting along during the coming year with smaller expenditures than during the past year, to say nothing of the period of retrenchment following the hard times. If the city pulls through with out a considerable overlap In the shape of obligations held over for the nex year's tax levy, It will be a miracle. Mr. Cannon calls the system of hold Ing up legislation tu the senate until unauimous consent is secured "legisla tlve blackmail." The language may be a little rough, but It describes the stand uud deliver ixillcy pursued by some of the senators with accuracy. It Is doubt ful, however, whether the unanimous consent practice of the senate enn le broken down until the senators are elected by direct vote of the people. hen Its me uiliers have to look to their constituents for re-election, the senate mny be held responsible fur Its part lu the national legislation. The total appropriations of the con gress Just concluded are only something over a hundred million dollars more than the appropriations of Its next predecessor. But a little Item l'ke a hundred million dollars is merely a bag atelle among appropriations that foot up over fifteen hundred millions. "Don't Tread on Me." St. Ix)uls Globe-Democrat. Beginning with Napoleon, every warrior and statesman who has butted up against the Monroe doctrine has been unceremo niously knocked out. t'nneeesHary Advice. Philadelphia Preys. David B. Hill wants the democratic party to go slow. He will have bis wlah. The party has always been going bo Blow that there It no probability it will ever catch up. Good ( lane for Wonder. Cincinnati Enquirer. The conclusion drawn from the recent publication of pictures of Mr. Smoot, the United States senator-elect from Utah, la tbat he is not a handsome man. On the contrary, he is plain. He Is charged with being a polygamlst, but the wonder ts tbat even one woman would marry him, No C'anse for Kleklna. Chicago Chronicle. It Is very truly argued that, having voted to admit Mormon Utah to the union, con gress can hardly complain If a Mormon Is returned to the senate. The religious ob jection to Brother Smoot Is a humbug The fact that he believes In the anyway. doctrine of his church is the only thing that la rharged against him and the same thing might be urged against a Presbyte- rlan, a Christian Scientist or a Methodlat by people who do not believe doctrines. in those Mildest-Mannered of Men. New York Tribune. The Inventor of the Gatllng gun baa gone over to the majority. In conversation and disposition, and In the various associations and habits of ordinary life, he was one of the mildest mannered of men, and he died at a ripe old age. Amiable In temper, he was nevertheless the discoverer of the basic principle of some of the deadliest and most destructive weapons of modern warfare. Such are the Inconsistencies of the race. Dr. Guillotine was a lover of humanity, sympathetic and compassionate, but how dreadful a use of his Invention was made in the time of Robespierre. Target rractlce In the Kavy. Baltimore ' Sun. If Uncle Sam is to have an efficient navy as well aa a large one tbe men behind the guna ought to be thoroughly trained In the use of their weapons. Tbe North Atlantic battleship squadron, It Is stated. In Washington dispatches, will be kept at target practice for. three months In tbe Gulf of Mexico prior to its departure on Ita European cruise, . The ships of the Paclflo squadron ha va, been instructed to begin a systematic course of practice. Tbe commanders of other warships have been ordered to give gunners every opportunity to Improve tbelr marksmanship. It may ha taken for granted that the American people . will lose no sleep because of the s fear that our naval artillerists are de terioratlng. NEW YORK FOOLISHNESS. Plana to Torn Down Bryan In Ne braska Convention. Detroit Free Press (gold dem.) What appears to be an authoritative statement appeared In yesterday's Issue of the Brooklyn Eagle giving the details or a plan formulated by eaatern democrats "to crush Mr. Bryan'B influence in niB own state and prevent at all costs his control of the Nebraska delegation to the next democratic national convention." In tho language of the Eagle, "the brightest men In the party have decided to throw him out without more ado. With all due respect to "the brightest men In his party," It would be difficult to conceive of a political policy established on a basis of mora magnificent aalnlnity. The undertaking is so masterfully foolish that one can readily believe It originated in New York and has the heartiest sup port of the New York politicians. It Is not necessary that a scheme of that kind should bear a trade mark. The workmanship la unmistakable. The Free Press has as little admiration for Mr. Bryan's economic theo. rles as anybddy, but It believes that the democrats of Nebraska are capable of de- elding for themselves who shall be their leader.. They ara not in need or aealst- ance from New York, and such assistance can take practical form only In a corrup tion fund for the debauching of Nebraska conventions. We can conceive of no other aid that New York Is capable of rendering to the democrats of any state. If the eadt has the sense to let the Bryan problem alone It would soon solve itaelt. Mr. Bryan's influence over hl party has been steadily decreasing. Mr. Bryan him' self is slowly modifying his extremist theories; but he is lagging behind most of his fellow democrats, and his power is rapidly waning. If he were let alone he would eventually find his level In the coun cils of the party. But If New York pur poses to control the local politics of Ne. braeka, Mr. Bryan will soon cease to be a fading ember. He and all that he bas ever represented In national politics will he fanned Into fire again. Democrats that bave no sympathy with the Bryan pro paganda will be driven to his support la sheer defiance of New York! Impudent and mercenary meddling. It may be possible to keep Mr. Bryan out of the next democratic national convention but the victory will prove to have been dearly bought. General Joseph E. Johnston said of tbe battle of Bull Rua that, "Tbe confederate army was more demoralised by victory than that of the United States by defeat." A similar condition of affairs ts likely to exist in the democratic party If tho New Yrrk politicians begin to Interfere In Nebraska affairs. They may succeed In defeating Mr. Bryan, but tbey will rally around him hundreds of thousands of voters who unreservedly prefer Bryan leadership with all it means to Wall street dictation Eastern Interference In Nebraska politics will go far toward convincing the average voter that Mr. Bryan was eternally right In refusing to enter Into a truce with the New York leaders of the party. If the New York democrats retain a glimmer of common sense, tbey will tear un th.tr r.lanu. and let Nebraska alone. It the democrats of the country bave fully re covered from the fevr of frte silver as w believe they have Mr. Bryan's pres ence In the 1K04 convention Is not likely to work any injury to the party, but bis absence as a result of Wall street interfer ence will bs eloquent Id bis cause beyond the power of words. BITS OF WASHIXGTOS MFK, Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched on the Spot. For years unnumbered a beverage com monly known as "cold tea" has been sold In the capltol restaurant, where statesmen and their friends secured their midday lunches. This beverage has been classed as Inspiration for statesmen and has a reputa tion, when taken In moderate doses, of producing volumes of spoerh rivaling the output of Quay and Morgan when talking gainst time. But the beverage Is to be banished at last. That Is to say, It will not be a saleable rommodlty. Congress has de creed that "cold tea" and kindred decoc tions shall not be sold within the limits of the capltol building In Washington. Such a provision has been incorporated In the new Immigration bill, which has become a law. Washington Is fast becoming a city of monuments and statues. President Roose velt hai signed a bill providing for the erec tion of two more statues In the national capital one of Brigadier General Count Pulaski and the other of Major General Baron von Steuben, both of revolutionary fame. The sum of $'0,000 Is appropriated for each, and It Is probable that both will be erected In Lafayette Square, opposite the White House, where already stand beautiful statues of Lafayette and Rochambeau. These directly face the White House, and the monuments of Steuben and Pulaski are to be placed on the opposite corners, one near the Arlington hotel and the other just across tho street from the famous Decatur and Corcoran houses. In the center of this square stands an eques trian statue of General Andrew Jackson, of doubtful artistic value. In view of the fact that the square Is to be occupied by statues of four of the generals who aided In achiev ing American Independence two French men, one German and one Pole Represen tative Bartholdt of Missouri, who Intro duced the bill for the Steuben statue, has suggested tbat the Jackson statuo be re moved to some other location, and that the park be called "Revolutionary Square." Justice Shlras of the supreme court builded better than he knew some months K when he determined to resign. He was urged to remain on the bench a little longer, for which request there were good and sufficient reasons affecting the judicial business. Finally, the Justice yielded and continued to Berve till Justice Day was named as his successor. Thereby Justice Shlras has again proven the wisdom of the old adage that things come to the man who waits. It he had re tired some months ago, as was his purpose. he would draw a salary of $10,000 annually the rest of his life. But In the meantime congress has gone on and enacted a law for increasing the salaries of judges, bo that Justice Shlras will go on the retired roll at an annual salary of $12,600 a year an Increase of $2,600 annually over what he would have otherwise received. Accord ingly, the learned Justice by 'tarrying earned that sum annually. President Roosevelt Is having a great deal of fun with Secretory Moody these days. He tells his little Joke to every member of congress who visits the White House. "My secretary of the navy has broken down," says the president to his callers. "Moody has nervous prostration and bis doctors have sent him on a month's sea voyage." "Overwork?" naturally asks the visitor. "No, the heavy round of social duties. He cannot stand much. He gave one dinner and tbat completely unnerved him. He gave It at the hotel, where everything was got up for him. Mrs. Dewey Invited all the guests. He had a guard of marines to see that everything was all right. He did not do a thing but eat tbe dinner. Blnce then he has been in a state of col lapse. It Is wonderful how delicate these I 1 1 ,, ocneior are. Then the president laughs loud and long. Senator "Tom ' Flatt was lingering a gilt-edged book tbat had come to him in the mall. He seemed so much Interested In it that Senator Quay asked what he was reading. This," explained the ,New York "boss as he turned tbo pages slowly, "Is a reprint of a curious volume much thought of by William Penn and his followers, but which I am told Is scarcely known among their descendants." And what Is it' called?" asked the Pennsylvania statesman. Piatt tossed It on Quay's desk. It was tbe bible. When a southern representative Is at homo, he has as his servant a good old colored man, called Snowball, who stands in oBtenslblo awe of his employer. One day, while waiting on the table, relates tho Washington Post. Snowball accidentally spilled the soup on the person of his con- gressman. With apparent inaignaiion me southerner shouted "Snowball, you black rascal, do you know you have scalded a representative In tbo United States congress?" Fo' de Lawd. ah knows dat. but ah really didn't mean fer to do it." "Do you know, you scoundrel, continued the congressman, in still more violent terms, "that you have scalded a man who may be senator of the United 8tatcs? Snowball's face took on a still more sen ous look and be again apologized most abjectedly, but fcis master was not satis- fled. "Snowball," he roared, "you have sealdod . 1. - . . 1 .1 . A , V. n a man wno n.y yi ue iirramcui United States." Snowball's face relaxed and two gleam ing rows of Ivories came Into prominence Lawd. mlstah" sa'.d he. "wnen you gets to be president I reckon I'll be Gawd.' PERSONAL SOTKS. A standing bronze figure of R. T. Paine one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, will be shortly erected In the public square at Taunton. Mass. It Is said that Chartrau, the French ar tint, has made a striking portrait of Presl dent Roosevelt, one that suits even tne painter, who la his own severest critic After years of delay Mr. J. rierpont Mor gan is building a library for his personal ua at a cost of $300,000. Could he havs been waiting for an offer from Mr. car negle? Congressman David G. De Armond, who bas Introduced a bill Into congress pro- nosina- the purchase and annexation o Canada, hails from Butler, Mo., whither be removed from Pennsylvania as a iaa. "Galncs," said Speaker Henderson to John Wesley Gaines, the Tennessee repre sentative, "what are you going to do this summer?" "I shall take three or four months of absolute rest," Gaines replied. "Ah," said tbe speaker sweetly, "going to resume the practice of law?" When s woman can get a South Dakota divorce on the plea that her husband was habitually late to dinner It U evident that the law Is being overworked, whether or no the husband was. Besides, there are dinners from which any husband would be Justified In staying away altogether. Should Senator Allison serve out the term for which he was recently elected he will have broken all records of service la the United States senate, having been a mem ber of that augukt body since March 4, UTS. ' He and Senator Jones took thelrtseats at the same time, and tbe latter's term would also bave been extended sis year mors had bs consented to serve. THE OLD mm Absolutely Pure THERE tS HO SUBSTITUTE m:no OF BIG SPHIVGS. Umkeman Senter'a Prompt Action Saves Many Lives. Minneapolis Journal, 3d. Union Pacific Brakeman Senter ought not ong to remain a brakeman. At Big Springs, Neb., yesterday, he performed an act that showed the qualities that characterize suc cessful men. While other men were paralyzed by ap prehension as ah overland train, running at great speed with unresponsive brakes, bore down upon the rear of a crowded pas senger train standing on the main track, Senler thought and acted. It seemed better to him that tbe lives of four engineers and firemen should be risked and that two ocomottves should be destroyed than that the mogul should crash Into crowded Pull man coaches and snuff out, perhaps, a hundred lives. With firm hand he threw the switch and sent tho overland smashing and crashing into the sidetracked train with bead on. The engineers and firemen, understanding In a flash the wisdom of Senter'a course, jumped from their engines, as was proper. There was a crash and a roar and two engines were nothing but a scrap heap but no lives had been lost. Tbe man who could take such a respon sibility upon himself and act with Napo leonic quickness Is gifted with qualities that, important as was their presence In him yesterday, can serve the company In a more responsible capacity than that of pas senger brakeman. GINS AS PEACEMAKKRS. Effect of Modern Artillery on the Peace of the World. Baltimore American. Dr. Richard Jordan Gatllng, who died last week in New York, once told how he came to Invent the gun which bears his came and which in its present form is one of the most destructive weapons of war that ever came from the hands, and brains of men. Said Dr. Gatllng: "In 1881, during the American civil war, I was living In Indianapolis. My residence was near the depot and I often saw troops of volunteers leaving for the front and the dead bodies brought back for burial. I was surprised to note tbat tbe number of men killed by sickness was lir greater than the number killed by ball in actual battle. Then the thought struck me that if a gun could be constructed capable of doing the work of a hundred men and requiring but two or three to operate It the horrors and durations of war would be wonderfully lessened. I set to work at once and in a few months completed tbe first gatllng gun." While this statement may seem utterly heartless and cold-blooded, a confession tbat Dr. Gatllng used his brains and his Inventive genius to devlso an Instrument that would bring about wholesale slaugh ter of bis fellow men, yet it Is a serious question whether such Inventions bave not added to the peace of tbe world rather than to Its wars. Surely have they brought about a complete revolution in methods of warfare, given strategy a greater part to play and make Impossible the meeting of large armies upon the open battlefield. With guns like these, with instruments that can shoot forth dynamite and lyddite and other high explosives, regiments that marched against each other as did the phalanxes of old would be mowed down like wheat cut by a modern reaper. What Is true of fighting on land Is also true of battles on the sea. In a test of two fleets of equal strength, with modern equipment, with torpedo boats and submarines, the slaughter of men and tbe destruction of ships would make the world stand aghast at the progress made In naval warfare. Governments and rulers of the world have come to a realization of this. Well do they know that a war between two great nations, either on land or sea, would mean wholesale slaughter, destruction of cities as complete as If they had been wrecked by an earthquake or over whelmed by a tornado. Realization of this cannot fall to make such govern ments and surh rulers hesitate before Is suing declarations of war. Gatllng and Krupp and others who have perfected tbe Coufant S Squires fA fl I Best grades, and all aires of Arkansas) Abthraoits and I IE ft I Semi-Anthracite, aa good aa hard coal and at muoh lower I I I I t I price. Best Illinois Nut, $0. SO. Cherokee Lumpfor Fur W ta II Ens naces, S9.75. Cherokee Nut for Underfeed Furnaces, S3. SO. Missouri Nut, $4.75. Telephone 930. Office 1400 Farnam. sari CHILD'S WASH DRESS SALE SIZES 2. 9 We bave about 100 of these rule dresses that are slightly soiled tut otherwise In first-class condition that we are anxious to soil at once, and bave reduced the price In order to do so. $2.25 Dresses for $1 75 $3.00 Dresses $2.50 $4.00 Dresses at $3.00 and tbere are some that ar worth from $3.00 to $10.00 to te bad at tbla sale from 3.G0 to 17.50. AO CLOTUIKQ FITS LIKE OVUS. RELIABLE 11 modem guns' may not hava acted from either philanthropic or humanitarian mo tives, but they have made nations more thoughtful, more ready to recognize the rights of others, more willing to submit to peaceful arbitration disputes which In former years were settled on Ihe battlcflclJ with the sword and the gun. smiliu i.i.i:s. "I was thinking." said tha humorous barber, "of hanging out a sign: "Hair cut while you wait.' " Hut that's misleading," protested the victim. "I'sually it's some other fellow who gets his hair cut while you walL" Phila delphia Press. WaRgsby That fellow Longwynde uses surh contortlonate language. NuKsby You mean extortionate dis torted or something, don't you? WaRgsby I mean exactly what I say. He makes every one of his inlinltlves do the split. Philadelphia Press. "I nee. there's talk of taking more of the Indians' lands. After a while, I suppose, they'll hnve nothing but the memory of their once vast holdings." "That's ho. They'll have nothing bat mental reservations." Baltimore American. "Why don't you answer some of these calumnies that are directed at you?" "What's the use?" answered Senator Sor ghum. "I have learned not to fear ahuse. The trtists are the most abused institutions on earth. And yet, look at the money they make. "Washington. Star. Lou Jane tells me that her fiance Is worth $iw,m0. Do you believe It? Klla He muKt he worth more than that. Why, he paid taxes on (Jd.UVO without a murmur. J udce. Hicks I understand he hns undertaken to edit a socltly paper. Wicks Yes, nnd he should make a suc cess of It. Hicks Why, he can't write at all. Wicks Not m'.ieh, but ust think how pnobbiHh he Is. Philadelphia Catholic Standard. "George says his father will cut him off with a shilling If he Insists upon marrying me." "And what did you say?" ' "I reminded hlni that papa is a lawyer and thut he'd be glad to take up the oasa against his father's estate on shares." Cleveland Plain Dealer. TUB UlTCIIEIt MAWS I10A. ---Ed Mott In New York Suri. ' 1 With garb uncouth and grimed face marked By many a furrowed line; With tear and sigh and moan he said, "My name Is Christian Klein. "I was an East-side butcher, sir. For many happy years; A false love slaughtered my fond hopes 80 pray excuse these tears! "Oh, fickle Katie Dinkelsplel! Why for you did I yearn? Why give to you my fresh heart, and Ask skewers In return? "I said I'd carve my way to wealth, She vowed she'd marry me. Infatuated I! the time llrfw brisket seemed to flee! But she proved false. Ono day she wrote It was no tencierllne " 'I love the baker, and I am Frankfurter own It, Klein! " 'I liver lone for him, and oh! He finds his knead in me. I never sausage love as his! He sutts me to a T!' "I road, then cried. 'She's tongue me deep! A viper have I nursed!' Oh, sir, or all bad cuts I've had That was the very wurtt! "One thought Is branded in my brain Your pity, pray, allow Where my poor had she fondled once. His headcheese pressing now!" Then paused the uncouth butcher man, And tierce hlx eyes did glare; And cloning tight his brany list. Right furiously he aware: "False Katie Dinkelsplel!" ho cried, "I'll haunch ye till I die! But saddle be my lonely lot!" "Fork Christian Klein!" quoth I. The good man dried his tearful eyes, And paid. "It's bock beer time; "Oh. sir! Oh could you favor ma Bolognalng me a. dime?" .Saiisfles taste said appetite si 21 and 3 YIMK5. A A HMo Afaaap.. . tu