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Have you the grip and password of
a Gopher?
Our Dave has come back to Omaha
for a few days to get even with Omaha,
There Is a man in South Omaha who
will extend the glad hand to Our Dave,
and bla name is Fred Etter.
The cehool geographies will have to
be revised again aa a result of the new
discoveries in the vicinity of the south
ern pole.
Arbor day Is not coining .until next
month, but there is nothing to compel
people to wait till Arbor day to begin
their tree planting.
It may be noted that no noticeable
anxiety is being manifested by ex
Treasurer Meserve to come before the
investigating committee and tell all
about It.
The local I-told-you-so organ would
rather lose out against the corporations
with a chance to put the blame on the
republicans than to win out with any
part of the credit going to Its op
ponents. .
President Castro has after mature de
liberation decided not to resign. The
patriotic service be thus renders his
countrymen by preventing a scramble
for the succession is entitled to more
than ordinary recognition.
The bill to stop nepotism in the
schools has not made much headway
at Lincoln. The practice of loading up
the payrolls with sisters, cousins and
aunts of board members Is widespread
as It Is pernicious and it ought to be
abated.
The man who overheard tbe con
piracy to kidnap three members of the
president's cabinet during his' tour of
the west must be a remnant of the
bunch that not long ago used to watch
airships shooting through the heavens
at night
Under the new Missouri law insur
ance companies may be organized to in
aura against loss from sprinklers,
x pumps and other apparatus that scat
ten Impure fluid over the trails ant
skirts of ladles promenading the' side
walks and streets.
If the francblsed corporations do not
get what they want in tbe revenue bill
from tbe legislature, they will try to
get It from the courts. They would
much rather pay their money to law
yers and lobbyists' than' to' pay it Into
the public;, treasury as taxes.
Members of tho state senate are be
coming altogether too ' sensitive when
they resent the Intimation that the rev
enue bill is being railroaded through
that body. The grave and dtgnined
members of the senate should remember
the exclamation of Qneen Bess when
one of her courtier picked up her
garter.
Hereafter Missouri coal oil Inspectors
will be required to take oil from the
bottom of tauks for making tests In
stead of skimming off the top, always
providing they are disposed to obey the
law recently , enacted by the Missouri
legislature. -But Missouri oil Inspectors,
like th. Inspectors of oils in other
states, have a tendency to cpnflnu their
tests to thV bottom of the Standard Oil
barrel.
The new test oath law limits the
question to be abked of every cbal
lenged voter at the primary whether he
voted for the candidates of his party
generally at the last election only. It
would not have beeu safe for members
of the executive committee of the
Gopher Klun to be compelled to answer
the Question truthfully whether they
voted the ticket straight at tha presl
dentlal election in 1SXXX
TBK STATES AflD MUItOPiiLt.
The recent unanimous decision of the
supreme court of Missouri, in the case
against the beef packing companies, in
which the anti-trust law of that state
was suHtalned and a fine imposed upon
each of the companies, has attracted at
tention as furnishing an example of
what cen be done under state laws to
check the tendency to establish monop
olies by combination. The Missouri
makes It unlawful to enter into
combinations to maintain the price of
ny . commodity, which Is in effect a
suppression of competition and a re
straint of trade, thus following the fed
eral anti-trust law. Violators are not
nly liable to fine, but may also be ex
cluded from doing business In the state.
The evidence in the case against the
packing companies showed conclusively
that a combination existed nud that it
did fix prices at a common level where
the products of the combination were
sold and sought to monopolize the mar
ket to be . divided among themselves.
It was shown that, attempts at Inde
pendent competition that were regarded
as at all serious were. suppressed by a
concerted underselling through rebates
from the regular prices.
These practices It was held to be In
the power of the state to deal with and
there would seem to be no doubt as to
the correctness of this position. The
facts established In regard to the opera
tions of the packing companies In Mis
souri were such as appear to give the
state absolute authority to deal with
the combination In the public Interest.
The supreme court of the United States
has said that the states have the right
to legislate for the prevention of monop
oly. It has recognized the authority of
the state legislatures to prevent the
suppression of competition within the
states. The practices of. the packing
companies in Missouri being directed to
this there would seem to be no question
as to the soundness of the decision of
the highest Judicial tribunal of that
state, there being no doubt that the
object of the combination was monop
oly for the common profit of those con
cerned. ' ' .
That tbe states can do ranch to pre
vent monopoly has been pointed out by
the federal supreme court, but the dif
ficulty has been that most of the state
laws enacted for this purpose have ex
tended beyond the limitations of the
authority of the states, which cannot
Interfere with or Impose any restric
tions upon interstate commerce. . The
states may prevent monopoly within
their own Jurisdiction, but nnthtnir
more. The trouble with the legislation
of most of them Is that it has reached
out beyond this and therefore has
failed. The Missouri case Is one of
great interest and If the decision of the
supreme court of that state shall be
sustained by the federal courts, to
which appeal Is to be taken, the result
will be of the highest Importance In
showing the way. for state regulation of
the combinations, particularly In the
prevention of monopoly.
A QUE AT COMMERCIAL T1ELD.
Late statistics in regard to the com
merce of South Africa show it to be a
most important commercial field, from
which there is promise of the United
States obtaining a very valuable trade.
The facts given by the treasury bureau
of statistics are decidedly encouraging
for American enterprise in that quarter
of the world. From these It appears
that American exports to South Africa
have Increased sevenfold in thp last ten
years, or from f5,000,000 to $36,000,000.
Tbe statement is made that Africa
seems likely to prove, In the near fu
ture, a better field than South America
for the exporters of the United States,
the fact being that we ore selling now
nearly as much to the former aa to the
latter. ;
It Is the policy of tbe British govern
ment to stimulate as vigorously as pos
sible the development of its African pos
sessions and a great deal of capital is
likejy to go there within the next few
years. Inducements will also be held
out to Invite population. There Is nn
questionably a great field there for en
terprlse, much of the country being
rich and fertile and capable of support
ing many more inhabitants than It now
has. It ought to be a most valuable
market for many of our manufacturers,
our exports as yet being chiefly of food
stuffs.' Those who are familiar with the
country believe there is a great future
ror South Africa if peace and order
shall be maintained there, for which
present conditions appear most promis
ing.
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MERUEH OF STEEL PLAIfTH.
The latest' move of the great' eteel
combination, the merger of several sub
sidiary or constituent plants, is made
ostensibly to simplify management and
also to avoid double taxation in the
state where, the aeieral companies are
Incorporated.' but It la' not difficult to
understand that It la a step toward per
fecting the monopoly which the men at
the head of -the United States Steel cor
poration have in 'view and have been
steadily planning for since the corpora
tion jvas organized. . '
It has recently been noted that thi
corporation Is extending and strength
enlng Its bold upon the supply of Iron
ore In this' country, it 'being for this
purpose that it has lately absorbed sev
eral steel companies, at a cost of nt
least three times the capital Invested
In them., and Is reaching out for others,
A New York paper says It is the evident
purpose so far to monopolize the raw
material of the Iron and steel Industries
as not only to Insure the corporation Its
own future supply, but to prevent th.
growiug up of any effective competition
with. It in the manufacture of the pro
ducts derived from tbe ore. The paper
suggests that "this attempt at monop
oly Is calculated to incite a movement
for the government control of these
great natural resources rn Iron depos
jits, such as baa" already been proposed
for the anthracite of Pennsylvania."
The monopolistic tendency of the Pteel
trust Is perfectly spparent and It Is
one of tiie combinations which may bo
expected to sooner or Inter receive the
attention of the' federal authorities as
being amenable to the anti-trust law.
GETT.W EVEX AGAJX.
Eight years ago this winter a desper
ate attempt was made by Treasury
Embezzler Bartley and his copartners
in speculative bank wrecking to pull a
bill through the legislature repealing
the state depository law. Had this ef
fort been successful the , shortage in
the treasury would doubtless have been
hundreds of thousands of dollars
greater than It was when he turned
over to his successor.
When The Bee turned Its searchlight
upon the corruptioulsts who were try
ing to break into the treasury by the
repeal of the depository law they swore
that they would get even. By centering
their Individual and corporate Influence
they forced the pussage of the Russell
Churchill police commission bill and
placed the government of the Omaha
fire and police departments Into the
hands of Buccaneer Broatch and a
brace of political pirates of the same
stripe. This piece of spite legislation
could not have been accomplished but
for the dark lantern delegation from
Douglas, who bad no grievance either
individually or ' collectively, but were
the sole and exclusive property of the
Corporations. The outcome of the Russell-Churchill
bill was police misrule
and factional dissension that brought
disaster to the republican party and re
sulted In the' election in 18l6 of a popo
cratlc legislative delegation from Doug
las county.
The enactment of the Gilbert test
oath primary election law Is another
piece of "get even" legislation that
could not possibly have run the gauntlet
of both houses but for the active co
operation of the corporation managers
and lobby. The Introducer of the bill
is notoriously the representative of the
Omaha Street railway and the Omaha
Gas comDanles. Mr. Gilbert knew as
well as anybody does that the test oath
bill would be offensive to organized
labor and all other classes of labor, but
he did not dare refuse to do the bidding
of his masters.
The spotter bill was logrolled
through the house like the tread of a
cat without being discussed in commit
tee of the whole, as any other bill would
have been under the rules. Few people
outside of the Douglas delegation were
aware of Its character until It bad
reached the senate, where It met Its
first check. In the discussion before
that body the vicious features of the
bill were pointed out forcibly and on a
rising vote eleven senators stood up
against It. When the bill was placed
on final passage next morning nine of
tbe eleven senators who had denounced
this measure flopped and registered
their votes In Its favor. 'What caused
this remarkable change can' only be
surmised. The well-grounded suspicion
Is that it was so ordered by the cor
poration managers who expect by this
measure to dominate primary elections
by disfranchisements and Incidentally
will be In position to blacklist employes
who disobey Instructions and shippers
who do not honor the political drafts
of traffic managers.
Manifestly, the object of the test oath
bill Is not so much to "get even" as It
Is to crush out the Independent spirit
of men of all parties who resist corpora'
tlon rule by refusing to vote for yellow
dogs and rascals nominated by their
own party or candidates who owe their
nominations to corruption and fraud,
That a legislature overwhelmingly re
publican should allow Itself to enact
such an unrepubllcan measure will be
deplored by all republicans who believe
In the cardinal principles of their party.
Tbe friends of the State university
in the legislature, and especially tbe
Lancaster delegation, are liable to over
reach themselves In their effort to se
cure excessive appropriations for that
Institution. For many years the uni
versity subsisted on the proceeds of a
half-mill tax. The depression following
the drouth years caused a shrinkage in
tbe grand assessment roll of $20,000,000,
thereby reducing the income corre
spondingly. To offset this reduction and
to stop drafts on the general fund the
university levy was doubled. With the
marked Increase of assessed valuation
sure to follow tbe enforcement of the
new revenue law, the one-mill uniVer
sity tax will yield a great deal more
than Is necessary for the maintenance
of that Institution unless the legislature
shall expressly limit the levy to the
amount appropriated. The people
Nebraska are not In a frame of mind to
tax themselves more than is essential
The proper thing to do would be to
change the limit from a percentage to
an absolute figure Instead of a mill
levy a levy that will produce a stated
amount of revenue to be computed by
tbe state board and added to the regu
lar state tax. '
Tbe astute lawyers of the electric
lighting monopoly bave just discovered
that tbe proposed power franchise ordi
nance would not be valid because It
proposes to grant a franchise to a per
son who happens to be a city official.
The same lawyers, however, only a few
weeks ago tried to head off the power
scheme with a substitute ordinance
which they declared threw the fran
chise open to anyone who might accept
lta terms -city official or private citizen.
The trouble with the astute corporation
lawyers is not only that tbey get their
wires crossed, but also that they un
derestimate the Intelligence of the
people.
Tbe launching of another big steel
trust Is explained as a plan to avoid
paying capitalization taxes : on tbe
watered stock of the component corpo
rations by condensing the combined
capital of the old companies aggregat
ing 2T2,000.000 into $3.000,000 of capi
tal for the new company. Tills excuse,
however. Is altogether too flimsy, ns the
water could have been, squeezed out of
the capital stork Just as easily by re
duclug capitalization without merger.
The evasion of taxes may be one of the
moving factors, but the. control of the
market and the stifling of competition
robably had much more to do with It
The prison physician of one of the
New York state penitentiaries has made
the start Hug discovery that a large pro
portion of the convicts are subject to
tuberculosis. The poiut of the argu
ment Is that special Institutions should
be provided for tbe detention of such
prisoners. Careful investigation would
probably show that the other prisoner
re also subject to various ailments
which would eutitle them also to spe
cial treatment. In the end, our prisons
might become a series of hospitals for
Invalids rather than workhouses for
rimlnals.
Cheap power for Omaha would not
only start the wheels for a lot of new
manufacturing enterprises, but It would
give the signal for a building boom
such as this city has not experienced In
yearn. Employment In new mills and
factories would add thousands of work-
Ingmen and women to the population
and it would keep tbe building trades
busy to provide for housing them.
The action of the president In declin
ing the Invitation of Emperor William
to send the North Atlantic squadron to
Kiel for the gala festivities there In
June will make a whole lot of naval
officers feel very badly. Depriving these
officers of the opportunity to exhibit
their gold lace In court circles Is likely
to persuade them that tbe president Is
trying to discipline them.
The new leader of the republican
party in Spain announces his intention
to begin at once the work of establish
ing a republic in place of the monarchy
that now prevails in the peninsula. This
Is an ambitious protrram. but as the
United States haa no copyright upon
the republican form of government It
will not enter objection.
The democratic state convention over
In Iowa may be postponed for a week
to avoid conflict with college commence
ments and other gathi.ings that have
been scheduled for the time originally
set The' convention orators will then
have the advantage of the commence
ment oratory that has gone before.
It Is given out that the railroads will
make use of the new anti-rebate law to
call In the passes which have been
Issued to tbe shippers. Tbe roads are
quite equal to this, but In calling In the
passes the chancea .are a selected . list
will be accidentally 'overlooked.
Small Fry Can't Dodge.
Detroit Free Press.
Few of us are so fortunately situated as
tbe railroads, we have to pay our taxes
first, and discuss tbe constitutionality of
tne law afterwards.
A long Felt Want.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Tbe Junior law court of the University of
Iowa has found Hamlet guilty of man
slaughter and has sentenced him to life
imprisonment. But what Is more wanted
is a court that will give a fair trial and
a short shift to most of the people play
ing Hamlet.
"In the Enemy's Coaatry.
Chicago News.
Grover Cleveland annonnces that
be
means to extend his visit west to Denver,
passing through Nebraska. Mr. Bryan
will bave to exercise severe eensorsbtp
over himself if his feelings on this ocea
slon are to be expressed wlth his usual
calm and dignity.
difference to' CItIo Daty.
Pittsburg Dispatch
Lyman Abbott's declaration that the mis
government of cities ia due more to the
Indifference of the better class of citizens
than to tbe activity of the evilly disposed
element is unfortunately too true. To
assert otherwise would be to contend that
the majority was evil. ,
Cwba aa a Winter Resort.
New York Tribune. '
With its new $4,000,000 Havana hotel
Cuba may grow Into a winter resort to
surpass Florida, Southern California, Ber
muda, Egypt, Algiers or any of the other
refuges from winter and its rigors which
now bold out their tropical allurements.
The Island has walked Spanish for 400
years, making time and making no prog
ress, but will not try a modern quickstep
and cakewalk, promising a swing and free
dom heretofore unknown to It.
Honor to Organised Labor.
Indianapolis Journal.
President Roosevelt Is said to have de
cided to appoint Edgar E. Clark of Iowa
as assistant secretary of the new Depart
ment of Commerce. Mr. Clark Is chief ot
the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors and
a member of the anthracite coal commis
sion. Judge Gray and other members of the
commission united In a strong recommenda
tion of Mr. Clark tor the position above
named as being an Intelligent representa
tive of organised labor and possessing fine
executive ability.
Mlaaoart'a Mightiest Word Bnllder.
New York Sun.
Missouri bas a mightier orator than
Champ Clark, a tenderer poet than Abel
Einkenxooper. Colonel Jake Chllda, some
time editor of tbe Richmond Conservator,
published la what he sweetly styles "tb.
carbon queen of the Missouri valley," falls
In a long and foaming cascade over tbe
"semi-centennial" number of that sterling
sheet. With Just emotion he recalls "his
tory crystallized by beat beats that throb
from the Potomac to where tbe mighty
billows .epend their force on the golden
strand of the California coast." He counts
the churches and school houses that "greet
the eye ot the passengers on tbe trains as
they flit by with the speed of angels
wings." Here Is the peroration:
"Well may we be proud of our mighty
domain, whose emerald prairies, tapestried
with flowers. Is the home of a generation
ot men who bave no counterpart in tbe
atinala of history, builders of aa empire
far more renowned tbaa that of the Caes
ara, or the Olympian gods."
The builders of empires have found la
Colonel Jake Childs a builder of words
worthy of the swelling act t the lot'
perial them.
STRIKE .O.MMIIO REPORT.
Detroit Free Preas: With both the
miners and tbe operators claiming a vic
tory, the decision of the strike commission
must be considered eminently satisfactory.
Springfield Republican: Tbe proMdcnt
of the Vnlted Mine Worker' organization.
John Mitchell, cxpreeees himself as much j
pleased with the awards of the strike com
mission. He may well be. The general
romtnent Is that the miners have won a
sweeping victor.
Baltimore American: While the contend
ing parties Id the coal strike both claim
victory in the report of the commission, the
public Interest In the matter lies chiefly la
the question whether the report will prove
effective In preventing such strikes In the
future. Having bad a bitter experience
wltb one coal famine, tbe people bave no
desire to psss through another.
Washington Star: The chief public In
ternet centers In the observations of the
commission on the subject of the status of
the union, on trades unionism In general
and on the matter of lawlessness of all
kinds during the strike. Only .(he most
radical advocate of the union can object to
the commission's remarks on this score.
They are temperate and Judicial and force
ful in consequence.
New York Tribune: "A sweeping victory
for the miners!" exclaims one commenta
tor upon the report of the president's com
mission on the anthracite coal strike. "A
bomb la labor circles!" deolares another
with equal assurance. Both are wrong. The
report gives victory to one of tbe parties
to the controversy. But it is not tbe
miners, nor is it the operators. It la rather
that third party whose Interests are para
mount, thbugh too often overlooked by both
the others and their hot champions the
public. 80 far as the two parties first
named are concerned, each baa partly won
and partly lost, as was to be expected. The
public, whose demands were simply that
Justice to all should prevail, seems to have
won on every point.
Minneapolis Journal: One fact that will
come to mind more forcibly, after the first
wave of absorbing Interest in the findings
of the coal commission has passed over,
is that If It had not been tor President
Roosevelt's unconventional disposition,
when a bad situation develops, to do some
thing to Improve, whether it happens to be
his particular official duty or not, there
would have been no commission. It was
not necessarily the president's business
to take a hand and try and settle the Coal
strike, and a great many sensible people
honestly doubted the wisdom and the pro
priety of his action in calling a conference
for that purpose. But Theodore Roosevelt
Is emphatically a man who does things,
and when he saw the point at which the
controversy had arrived, and no possibility
that either side would do anything to re
lieve the situation he felt that it was
his duty to try.
Chicago Chronicle: The point in the
finding ot the anthracite coal commission
which is of most public Interest Is that
both lnferentially and specifically It fixes
the responsibility for the strike upon tbe
operators. In deciding that the small In
crease in pay which was asked for by the
miners should have been granted the com
mission Informs the American people In
effect that the suffering and extortion to
which they were subjected last fall and
winter were wholly unnecessary and were
the result not ot an unjust demand by
labor, but of tbe arrogance and selfishness
of a few men In control of the coal busi
ness. It Is tbls brutal spirit which leads
to most of the serious labor disputes.
Sometimes It Is found on one side and
sometimes on the other, wherever it Is
It Is barbarous, and the whole foree of an
informed publie opinion should ha united
against It.
PERSONAL FOTES.
Whltaker Wright says he would have
been worth $50,000,000 if he had operated
In America Instead ot In England. Very
likely he Is right.
Nellie Benson, the first negro woman who
ever received a certificate from tbe Vlr
glnla State Board of Pharmacy, passed the
examination last Saturday.
As scon as General Funston can be
spared from his other duties he should be
ordered to Boston to convince the antt
Imperialists that he can swim.
W. B. Crowlnshleld. a brother of the ad
miral, who recently resigned from tbe navy
In a ho.fr. Is' a day laborer at Bluffton, Ind..
where he works as a horticulturist.
Dr. Annie O. Lyle ot San Francisco has
been appointed assistant to Dr. Esrech of
the University of Vienna, one of tbe most
noted living specialists In diseases of chil
dren.
Tbe trip of Governor Odell to the 8t.
Louts fair will cost the state of New York
$50,000. The executive will take an entire
regiment along with him as. his personal
escort.
Soufrlere Is blowing off the people of
St. Vincent to another smoker, but the
continuous dust that accompanies It is
not altogether to their liking. It's a case
where they are much Inclined to dust out.
'Determination, persistence and cour
age," says a retired politician, who still
looms large In the public eye, are the qual
ities that Inevitably lead to success. Now,
If be will only give the specific for ob
talnlng these qualities, everybody will be
happy.
FEATHERED HATS AND HEAVEN.
Startling: Declaration af at Mm Who
Thinks Ha Knowa.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
uo me wings or a sea gun on a - wo
man's bat waft ber Into the shades of
sbeolT
This is tbe question raised by the start
ling statement of Prof. Dallas I Sharp
of Boston university to the effect that no
woman who wore tbe feathers of a song
bird or of a sea gull could get into
beaven. There appears to be no verifies
tloa In holy writ for bis sea gull theory
and aa for the feathers of song birds they
are not mentioned In the decalogue as bar
riers against heavenly bliss.
In the absence of any biblical Injunction
against It the women appear Inclined to go
right along breaking into "heaven" with
a new hat as often as the family ex
chequer or credit will permit. Indeed,
some of them exhibit a reckless disposi
tion to take their chances on heaven
hereafter if they can linger In the par
adise that comes from a feathered head
gear that outdoes everything In tbe
block.
It will be noted that Prof. Sharp re
ferred only to the feathers of "song birds
and sea gulls." This, after aU, leavea a
wide range for tbe decorative fancy of
women. There Is tbe red-besded wood
pecker, tbe English sparrow and the sand
hill crane. Tbeae and hundreds of olher
birds do not sing.
But why slaughter any of the feathered
tribe to adorn woman's headgear when the
world ia full of flowers and fruits and veg
etables, asks the Audubon society. Why
should a woman yearn for tbe plumage of
the sea gull when she can cover her
Eaater bat with flowers, with bunches of
luscious-looking grapes, or wltb yellow
carrots and red-ripe tomatoes? Have the
cherries eeaaed to ahake on mother's bon
net? What eould be more tempting than
a pyramid ot pink-yellow peaches and blue
plums peeping from a bower of dahlias
and hollyhocks? Lt tbe slaughter of the
1 feathered Innocents cease
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BITS OF WASHISGTOX LIFE.
Minor Scenes and. Incidents Sketched
on the Spot.
Rivalries of communities and petty
Jealousies of committees are already ap
rarent in spots along tht route of the presi
dent's trip and are causing the executive
considerable annoyance. Dispatches from
Washington say the president deprecates
any attempt to use hta visit to exploit any
factionalism or to give his presence any
political significance. ' He Is annoyed by
the harsh criticism of Major Carter Harri
son of Chicago, who saw in bis visit to that
city a political plot on the part of the re
publicans. A municipal campaign Is In
progress there in which Mr. Harrison Is a
candidate for re-election for the mayoralty
and Mr. Graeme Stewart, national commit
teeman from Illinois, Is the republican
candidate. Mayor .Harrison was small
enough to suspect that the republican lead
ers Intended to bave President Roosevelt
lend his presence as a part of the political
campaign. ...
St. Paul and Minneapolis are squabbling
over the honor of entertaining the presi
dent, each city being afraid he may stay
five minutes longer in one than In the other.
At other points on his Itinerary there are
local squabbles over the president's visit.
and the question as to how he shall be en
tertained and by whom. All of this Is very
distasteful to Mr. Roosevelt, and he has
threatened to make his own itinerary and
reach the objective point of hla trip, the
Yellowstone park. In his own time. He is
anxious to meet the people Of the north
west whom he has known for many years,
but does not care to have the tour a source
of embarrassment to anyone. He is pre
pared to address tbe people at various
points along the route, and there Is no
doubt he will have much to say that will
be interesting and significant.
During his western tour President Roose
velt will be preceded a few days by an
officer ot the secret service, whoee duty It
is to go over every foot of ground the chief
magistrate will cover while in the cities
visited. Tbe track on which the presiden
tial train will arrive Is selected and the
route from his car to the carriages that
win be waiting for him and his party Is
mapped out. It is known exactly where
the presidential' car will stop and how
many steps he will have to take to reach
his carriage. The secret service man points
out where ropes are to be stretched to keep
tbe crowd at tbe proper distance and where
the policemen are to stand; also the sta
tions for carriages of the reception com
mittee. The secret service gives notice of a new
counterfeit $2 stiver certificate. It Is ot
the series of 1899, check letter "C," face
plate No. 177, back plate No. S40, por
trait of Washington, and was detected by
the ' German-American Savings bank of
Cleveland, O. : ''
The counterfeit seems to have been
printed from photo etched plates on two
pieces of stiff paper, between which silk
threads have been distributed. The color
of the seal, treasury number and large
numeral, closely approximates that of the
genuine. The number of the note sent to
the secret service Is 89627571. The lathe
work Is fair, but the portrait of Wash.
ington and the allegorical figures of the face
design are very poor. On the back ot tbe
note the small lettering which In the genu
ine reads as follows: -
"This certificate Is receivable for cus
toms, taxes and all publlo dues, and when
so received may be reissued."
Appears on the counterfeit as follows!
"This certificate is receivable for cus
toms, taxes and all purllo dues, and wden
so beceived mat be reissued.".
The thickness of the paper should im
mediately attract attention to it.
Secret service officials are inclined to
suspect that the men who are turning out
this new certificate are located In Cleveland
or somewhere in the vicinity, and orders
have been sent out to make a rigid investi
gation. It is thought the counterfeiters are
of foreign birth or extraction.
Lieutenant General Miles, commanding
the army, has Issued a general order to
the army announcing that the regulations
in regard to the president's flag have been
amended by tbe secretary of war to read
as follows:.
"The flag of the president shaU consist
of a blue ground, with the official coat of
arms of tbe United States, as determined
by tbe State department, In the center, and
shall be ot the dimensions prescribed for
the admiral's flag No. 1. 10.20 feet hoist,
14.40 feet fly.
"The headquarters flag of the president
shall be of scarlet silk, 6 feet 6 Inches
fly and 4 feet on the pike, which shall be
10 feet long, including ferrule and head.
The head shall consist of a globe, $ Inches
In diameter, surmounted by an American
eagle, alert, 4 Inches high. In each of the
four corners shall be a five-pointed white
star. The points of these stars lie in the
circumference of an Imaginary circle t
inches radius. The center of tbeee im
aginary circles, which coincide with the
centers of these stara, are 9 inches from
the short sides and 7 Inches from the long
aides of the color. In' the center of the
color shall be a large fifth star, also of Ave
points, which lie in tbe circumference of
an Imaginary circle of 16V&' Inches radius.
The center of this circle is the point of
intersection of the diagonals of the color.
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Tbe re-entering angles ot this large star
lie In the circumference of an Imaginary
circle of 8 inches radius with the same
center as before. Inside of tbe star thus
outlined Is a parallel star, separated from
It by a band of white, 14 Inches wide. This
inner star forma a blue field, upon which
is the official coat ot arms of the Vnlted
Ststes, aa determined by the State depart
ment, the device being located by placing
the middle point of the line dividing the
chief from the paleways ot the escutcheon
upon the point ot Intersection of the
diagonals of the color, and thus coinciding
with the center of the larger star. On the
scarlet field around the larger star are
other white stars, one for each state,
equally scattered In re-entering angles, and
all Included within the circumference of a
circle of 19 Inches radius, whose center
Is the center of the large star. The de
sign, letters, figures and stars are to be
embroidered la silk, the same on both
sides of the color. The edges of tbe color
are to be trimmed with knotted fringe, of
sliver and gold. I Inches wide, and one
cord, having two tassels. 8 feet 6 Inches
long, and made ot red, white and blue silk
Inter-mixed."
Just after Senator Quay had to acknowl
edge defeat in his light for the omnibus
statehood bill, he said: . "Well., there are
some compensations. I don t get my state
hood btll. Aldrich won't get his currency
bill. Hanna won't get his Panama canal
treaty. Piatt and Lodge won't get their
Cuban treaty. All these members of tbe
senate who bave had so much fun with nw
will have to stay here for an extra session.
As for me, I'm going to Florida the day
after congress ends and there I shall stay
for the rest of the spring." Sure enough,
about the time on Thursday that the sena
tors were on their way to the capltol to
begin tbe extra session ot the senate Mr.
Quay and his family were being whirled
down Pennsylvania avenue . to the railroad
station In a closed carriage. And on the
driver's seat waa a tarpon rod.
LAVGHIXO GAS.
"How are you getting on with your In
vention?" '
"Beautifully," . answered the enthusiast.
"The advertleements are all completed and
In fine working order. "Washington Star.
"My dear sir." said hla physician, "you
have a constitution like hardened steel."
"Are you sure there are no blow holes In
It. doctor?" anxiously asked the caller.
Chicago Tribune.
"Judging from what he says he doesn't
believe In a college education."
"Why. I never heard him declare against
It"
"Oh! no, but what he says is always
ungrammatlcal." Philadelphia Press.
The Philosophical Man It is curious how
liquor will make a man have so good an
opinion of himself.
Matter-of-Fact Man Nothing curloua
about It; It makes a man rate himself at
his full value, that's aU. New York Bun.
Doctor Good morning! How ara you
feeling today? '
Bick Psychologist Splendidly, doctor; my
nerves transmit the sensations of pain
without a break! Harvard Lampoon.
Frenchman-Z " territory sey ' call se
Louisiana Purchase was all Fr-r-ench, you
remembare?
German Dot's all right. It's aboudt half
Cherman now. und don'd yon forgot Id!
Chicago Tribune.
"FROM PENNSYLVANIA."
Yes, I was born In Pennsylvania.
And secretly I owned some pride
With thinking of my lofty birthplace
Upon the rough Armenlens' side.
I named the fact that I was born there
To one who waa both fair and bright,
And you can fathom my emotion
When she exclaimed, with keen delight,
"Oh, I was almost sure you were,
For moat good people come from there!"
What could I, do (for I am modest).
But bow my head most rev'rently.
And make a show of gallant protest
Bo far as that applied to me?
But I must own a pang remorseful,
Waa mine to feel with thinking that
Not all my life had found the courage
To make her words apply more pat;
"Oh, I was almost sure you were.
For most good people come from there!"
A friendship grew apace between us. .
Which caused her parents some alarm;
And as we stood before her father,
She said while dinning to my arm:
"My friend Is from old Pennsylvania."
A question on his plance was sped,
A question caused his voice to tremble.
What time he took my hand and said
"I always thought that I could swear
By anyone who cornea from there!"
Again I bowed my head In homage
To such warm praise of that dear state,
And allently I vowed that never
Would I assist the hand of fate
In shsklng that old man's rellanoe
On thoee who bear the "Keystone" brand;
And with his words, which bear repeating,
I now extend to you my hand:
"I always thought that I could swear
By anyone who comes from there!"
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