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a THE OMAHA DAILY REE: SATURDAY, APRIL. 4, 1903. 1, f ( I Tiie Omaha Daily Dee. E, ttOrJEWATErU EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. TERMS OF BCRBCRirTlON. Fally Pk (without Sunday), On Tear..W V) I 'ally Bee and Sunday. One Tear JlluMrated Bee, otn rear Hundnv Bee, One Year Saturday Bee, One Tear Twentieth Century Farmer, One Year.. DELIVERED BT CARRIED. Vtatlir ft rwtthmil flunitAVl. ner enty... 00 (X 100 1 bu 1.W tc I tally Bee (without Bunday), p" week... 12c lally Be (including Bunday), per wee..lfo Kvenlng Bee (without Bunday), per week Sc nay wee, per ropy . 6c wek ...V" a..." ... -ioc rnmrtiaint nt i rf..ti lot-ifles In delivery should l addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. Bouth Omaha-City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Htreets. Council Bluff iO Pearl Street. Chicago 1640 Unity Building. New York, Park Row Building. Vaahlngton-$ol Fourteenth BtreeU. CORRESPONDENCE. ' nAMMimi. Mutitif in news and edi torial matter should be addressed! Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, ...... 1. 1 - n.. . t)AA KiihitBfitn Company. Only l-cent stampa accepted In payment of moil iohiiiiii I'uruiniil checks, except on Omaha or eaatern exchangee, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHINU UOMPAM. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. -.t Mniislal HnlintV. SS.t George B. Tssrhuck. secretary of lhe Bea Publishing Company, being duly "wornl aaya that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, , Morning, Evening and Bundny Bee printed during .the month of March. 1908. was as follows: 1. .......... ...SW.31B S....... .n, bio ( ..S1.T30 4.. ........... .81,610 B .ai.pao .31,000 7..............31.0BO S ....2,lTO t ,.81,lftO 14, 81,000 U..............l.TBO 12 81.T20 13 81,TBO 14 81.TOO is 2,bim 16 81,840 Total , 17 51,7W 18 19 a 31.TBO si,m aft a a... .01)WW 21 81, BOO 22 JTO.210 23 82.2BO 24..,., 81,MO 25.. 81,810 26 31.T40 27 81.7TO 28 .81.8TO 29. ............ .20,000 80,..,. 81,20 !....... ...81, TOO ....T0,OO8 Lee unsold and returned copies 10,481 Net Net total sales areraga sales... m,6i4 SO.nBS UEORQE B. TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed in my presence and sworn to before ma this SIB I aay or marcn, j. u 1903. M. B. HUNOATE. (Seal.) Notary Publli o. The legislative emergencies are now Almost over. A few left-over storms Intended for March delivery evidently got 6lde tracked Into April. President Roosevelt has another hannr faculty as a public speaker In knowing when to stop. President Roosevelt is for the Monroe doctrine first, last and all the time and he doesn't care who knows 1U Arbnckles and the sugar trust ought to produce a stir In coffee and a shake-tip In sugar. It seems that Adlal has been resur rected again. If worse comes to worse lie may feel called upon to offr to sacrifice himself again on the altar of bis intty. Henry Watterson Is so free with ad vice to tho leaders of both contending democratic factions that he Is "not even disappointed that neither acts on his recommendations. The new United States senator from Arkansas Is making a strong play to be aligned to the same class with Ben ator Tillman of Bouth Carolina and Senator Money of Mississippi. All the members of the city council are on record as In favor of municipal ownership, but when they made their professions of faith they had in mind municipal water works ana not a mu nicipal lighting plant San Francisco Is welcome to a monop oly on the pugilism Industry which It is exerting Itself bo hard to stimulate. If it will culy keep all the professional bruisers busily employed there, other American cities will gladly forego their claims. Having brought In a certificate of good character for Stuefer and failed to find anybody who got any of Bart ley's swag, the legislative investigators should now pass a resolution of censure on the grand Jury that was so rash as to Indict Meserve. Tb Douglas delegation at Lincoln affords the people of Omaha an object lesson of what they have to expect In their city government If they turn the city hall over completely to the corpora tions. But are Omaha citizens ready to abdicate' all their rights of sdf govern ment? . r " . John N. Baldwin has kindly permitted the bills providing for and their attempt at enforcement of the maximum freight rate law to be retnrned to the general file In the house, but he has carefully held them back long enough to prevent them from being acted on. la. time, to run the gauntlet of both lawmaking branches. , The dissolution. of the Wabash strike injunction indicates that the writ would never have been granted had the full facts been before the court when the application of the railroad's lawyers was made. All of which goes to reinforce the growing sentiment that In cases of this kind both sides should have a hearing before any action whatever Is taken by the court . A municipal electric-, lighting and power plant could distribute, the cur rent generated by a power canal Just as well as the present electric lighting monopoly. With a municipal plant however, some of the profits would be distributed to the consumers In the shape of lower charges, while with the private concern the saving and economy would only go to swell the profits of the Thomson Houston company, DtrtZlbQ TUB AMKRICASt ro.STO.T. Tfie speech of President Roosevelt t Chicago will command! earnest attention abroad at wtll an In this country. While It contains nothing essentially new, It states most explicitly and forcefully tbe position of the United States In regard to the affair In this hemisphere and tnkea an uncompromising stand for the maintenance and enforcement of the Monroe doctrine. The president declared that our Interests in the western hemi sphere are greater than those of any Euronean Dower possibly can be and that duty to ourselves and to our weaker sister republics "requires us to see that none of the great military powers across the seas shall encroach upon the terrl tory of the American republics or ac quire control thereover." In regard to the Monroe doctrine the president, expressed the opinion that It will one day become recognized In inter national law, but he said this Is not necessary as long as it remains a cardi nal feature of our foreign policy and as long as we possess both the will and the strength to make it effective. The fighting power of the nation must be built up so that it will command the respect of foreign nations. There nitiKt be a thoroughly efficient navy. "We wish a powerful and efficient navy. said Mr. Uoosevelt, "not for purposes of war, but as the surest guaranty of peace. If wo have such a navy, if we keep on building It up, we may rest assured that there is but the smallest chance that trouble will ever come to this nation, and we may likewise rest assured that no foreign power will ever quarrel with us about the Monroe doc trine." There Is no doubt as to the de termination of the American people that that doctrine shall be maintained. It has now a stronger hold upon the re gard of the country than ever before, because It is more generally and better understood. All intelligent men realize how essentlnl it 1b to our own security that the doctrine be maintained. At the same ume European governments re alize that this cardinal feature of our foreign policy Is fixed and Irrevocable and must be respected. Some of then- may ncsitate to give it formal recog nition and refuse to acknowledge, it as International law, but none of them will venture to contravene It This has been quite conclusively demonstrated in the last few years and conspicuously so in i- - t mc euK&ut'iiiu lump. ro European government can make any reasonable objection td President Roosevelt's statement of the American position. It contains no menace to them and imposes no restriction upon their legitimate rights In the western heml sphere. It will not interfere with their commercial opportunities, nor with the settlement of their people wherever they may desire to go. If Germans, Italians or any other Europeans wish to colonize In any southern republic, as has been done In Brazil, the Monroe doctrine In terposes no obstacle. As to the southern republics, they should accept the Ameri can position as the surest, guaranty pf their Independence 'and of the security or tnelr territory -gnhtst foreign-ag gression. They have been given the most ample assurance of the purpose of the United States to see that they shall not be despoiled of territory or sub jected to foreign domination and self- Interest should show thehi the wisdom and expediency of uniting In support of the position of this republic respecting tnem. But whether they do so or not the Monroe doctrine will be maintained. 8MHATUR ALLISON'S VIKW. Senator Allison was Interviewed in New York a few days ago In regard to the monetary situation and his view of conditions was reassuring. .He said they are not bad, that there has 'never, been a time when there was so much money In the country and when the per capita circulation was so large. 1 There Is a heavy demand for money. for legitimate business, which makes :tlie. price of money high. This, Mr. Allison regarded as a healthy sign. The money Is not being squandered or put .to worthless use, he said, but Is flowing In healthy channels and developing ' the country. "In the financial center here money may get tight on account of the logical and legitimate demand for It . On the other hand, the farmer Is not- disturbed by the financial flurries in the money mar ket He Is going right ahead. We are prosperous and we are expanding. It is a healthy, natural and logical growth. Perhaps It has been rapid, but I be lieve that all will be right In the end." This view of the financial and busi ness situation, by so careful and con servative an observer as the Io'wa sen ator, will be very generally accepted, especially as it la concurred in by many prominent financiers and men engaged in large commercial enterprises. The stringency In New York does not ap pear to have had any appreciable effect upon legitimate business and has had little if any influence upon the country at large. It has checked stock specula tion and caused a decline In securities, but there Is nothing In this thut need disturb confidence or create alarm. So long as there Is money enough to supply the demands of the legitimate business of the country the curtalluicut of stock speculation Is not a matter that should cause any apprehension. There Is no doubt that stock prices were consider- sbly inflated and It will be well in the end to have the m return to a legitimate basis, Nor will any great harm be done ultimately If the stringency ahull force to the wall enterprises of a spec ulative nature. The greater the elim ination of whatever Is unsound the bet ter for all business that Is healthy. Senator Allison is undoubtedly cor rect in the view that tho Industrial and commercial growth of the. country U on the whole natorsl and healthy, and this being admitted there seems to" lie no good reason for fearing any serious trouble In the luimodtate future. With every legitimate Industry and Interest realizing good returns, with both our foreign and domestic commerce active, the outlook Is certainly most favorable. In regard to future currency legisla tion Senator Allison expressed the opin ion that a measure along the lines of the Aldrlch Mil would be presented to the next congress and passed. AXD THE MOVlfTAlU LABORlb. The Omaha charter amendments fab ricated expressly and exclusively In star chanibt-r for the benefit of anti machine pie biters and political mullet heads, who aspire to lucrative positions In the city hall, have been signed by the governor and are now a law. Close Inspection of the document recalls the labor of the mountain that brought forth a mouse. In this Instance, how ever, It Is a big rat that has Its weather eye on the municipal cheese. The stupendous reforms with which we have been favored will increase the tax burdens of Omaha anywhere from twenty to twenty-five thousand dollars a year. The most conspicuous in novations ere an Increase of $1,200 a year in the salary of the comp troller and an enlargement of his staff regardless of number or expense. Under the present charter the pay roll of the comptroller's clerical force Is limited to $5,000 a year. Under the amended . charter tho comptroller can employ as many clerks as be pleases at whatever salary he may see fit to allow, Next Is an Increase in the salary of the chief of police and pay of patrolmen that will aggregate about $7,000 a year and an Increase in the fire department expenses of about $0,500, without In creasing either the fire or police force by a single man. The salary of the city clerk Is Increased from $1,800 to $2,000 and that of the city prosecutor $300 a year. From now on the city will be required to pay for the official bonds of every bonded officer or employe. That means an additional draft on the general fund of from $3,000 to $5,000 a year, of which the city treasurer will be the beneficiary of $1,400 a year. The only pretended saving effected by the charter reformers Is the lopping off of one of the two official newspapers, but that in the end may save very little, In the years when there was but one official newspaper, advertisements of equalization boards and special levies were always Inserted In a second newspaper that charged full legal rates, wnicn are more than three times as high as the present allowance to the official paper. The freak features of the new charter are the election of a building Inspector by the people and the provision" that will compel every street sweeper and every common laborer employed nnder tho street commissioner to be ap- f7 tlBfTd of Tubl c Works and confirmed by the council before he can draw pay. ' Why the building In specter should be elected Instead of being appointed by the mayor and con firmed by the council is still one of the profound j secrets of the Gopher Klan, There would be Just as much consist ency In- making the city electrician, city physician, city plumbing inspector or boiler Inspector elective officers. . The provision that all the street sweepers and laborers be subjected to the ordeal of a confirmation by the council Is simply Idiotic, and It fairly Illustrates the small bore politics that has dominated the Douglas delegation In all Its labors at Lincoln. ' The manifest object of this stupid innovation is to curtail the power of the present mayor, who happens to be offensive, and the pretext for it Is that It will prevent political street cleaning and save the city several thousand dol lars a year, The political pin heads who conceived this wonderful Idea did not seem to comprehend that laws are presumed to be made' In the Interest of good government for all ot the people, for the future as well as the present Frank E. Modres may or may not be the next mayor and the next city coun ell may be democratic. They did not know or want to know that more money Is being squandered on political walking delegates employed on the ground floor of the city ball than there Is wasted upon all political street sweeps that might be employed In a year of thirteen months. They did not comprehend, either, that their scheme will be absolutely Impractical when put to the test They do not seem to know that they have hampered the city In meeting emergencies such as floods and great storms, when streets are block aded by snow or torn up by heavy rains. inese emergencies may arise over night or on Sunday, when the council cannot be convened first to confirm a gang of laborers to be temporarily employed to clear the streets. It goes witnout saying that men who cannot draw pay until after they are confirmed will not be disposed to take their chance on receiving pay for work done before confirmation should there be a Jangle between the Board of Public Works, mayor and council. Mill charter tinkering Is a dlsgracu to Omaha. You might as well have a Macksmith repair your watch or a gang of carpenters construct a locomotive, Our old friend Wooster, who led the onslaught In the legislature against the iransiuiHsisNippi exposition, has come to the front, as was to have been ex pected, with a protest aKalnst appropri ating a single cent for Nebraska's par ticipation In the St. Louis world's fair. That ought to settle It. Rome people strain at a gnat and swallow a fly. While making a fight for home rule In telephone regulation, bills violating every principle of home rule In tire and police government and In dealing with the water works are allowed to slip through like ships that puss In the utght. If Tresideut Schwab uiut really re tire froui the leadership of the big Steel trust corporation because he la Bot big enough to fill the Job, It wilt be a rude shock to the Judgment of those eminent financiers who picked him out and tes tified to bis eminent qualifications and abilities as a great captain of Industry. It will make them feel as if they mis took the uniform of a sergennt for that of a general. Money la Net All. Chicago Record-Herald. Mary Anderson de Navarro has refused an offer of $275,000 to give readings from Shakespeare, Tennyson and Longfellow for fifty-five weeks In America. It is evi dent that Mary thinks money Is not all. Step lp and Invest. Philadelphia North American. J. Pierpont Morgan breaks a long and painful silence to declare with enthusiasm that prosperity will continue and that It Is based upon the Iron and steel Industry. The public will now please form In line at the cashier's window and buy steel trust stock. An Old Saw Demolished. Boston Transcript. The bill permitting cities and towns to establish emergency funds for employment of labor In times of Industrial distress was defeated by a close vote In the legislature, apparently on the ground that the state owes no man a living. The old saying that the world owes every man a living, Mass achusetts, as a state, does not Intend to stand for. A Solomon Among; the Quakers. Indianapolis Journal. The Philadelphia magistrate who has de cided that a newspaper Is one of the ne cessities of life on Sundays as well as week days has the proper view of modern conditions. It would not have been a necessity when the "blue law," now sought to be enforced, was passed a hundred years ago, but that It Is one now a multitude of people would testify. Almost they would as soon do without their Sunday breakfast as their Bunday paper, and some would even give up the morning sermon first. Democracy's Despollera. Louisville Courier-Journal. Of course we no more expect Mr. Cleve land to take this advice than we expect Mr. Bryan to take the advice which from time to time, in a perfectly friendly spirit. we have urged upon him. Both Mr. Cleve land and Mr. Bryan are professional poll ticlans. Both of them have been candl- uaies ior omce since tney came of aae. Mr. Cleveland grew rich and wrecked the party which had loaded him with honors. Mr. Bryan haa grown rich and, apparently to Justify himself, would continue the wreckage. A gleam of unselfish self-denial in either might have saved the party, A gleam In Mr. Bryan might yet save It. But we shall have nothing from Mr. Cleve land but the old peslng for effect, from Mr. Bryan but the old posing for effect; the role of the one, the sturdy patriot disdaining preferment; of the other the sturdy patriot disdaining subterfuges and concessions; each af them an ambitious, arrogant man, playing his opportunity and working his party for all be thinks they will stand for and are worth. POLITICAL DRIFT. The smoke nuisance has reached an acute stage in Chicago. Campaign cigars are working overtime. The governor of Pennsylvania haa been compelled t veto a bill because It was duplicate of one he had already signed. The Dels of various municipal campaigns as reflected, by local newspapers fore shadow large additions to the political In valid corps- and streflunu days fer the-am bulance. , , Colonel Watterson 'declares that Colonel Bryan and General Cleveland are Incapable ot appreciating disinterested advice. Does the Kentucky colonel- desire to monopolize the hot air output! Forty republicans are to be discharged from the water service in Kansas City to make room for an equal number of demo crats. The latter wilt certainly feel very much out ef their element. In democratic Missouri there Is a dis trust of the voting machine, as may be seen frsra this In the Tarklo World: "Vot ing machines may be all right, but then It seems the blamed things are too prone to vote the republican ticket." There are nine candidates for the Job of school treasurer ot, Exeter, N. H., and the job pays only $75 a year. As long as men are anxious to work for glory, with postage thrown In, thee Is little room for doubting the perpetuity ot American In stitutions. Following the example of his friend and crony, Honore Palmer of cnicago, young Alfred O. Vanderbllt has about decided to go Into politics, but not In New York. As a preliminary st p he has become a citizen of Rhode Island, where he expects in the course of time to become a legislator of some sort. Circuit Attorney Folk of St. Louis, who has been so persistently and effectively pursuing corruptlonlsts In that city, haa been snubbed repeatedly by the democratic leaders. Although he Is a democrat and was elected as such, he was not Invited to democratlo banquet, and his name did not appear as a vice president of the demo cratlo ratification meeting. Here Is one of the verbal fits thrown by Henry Watterson In the Courier-Journal the other dayi "We .take no account of the milksops to whjst attenuated eardrum a -tew syllables of robust English sound like the thunrter of Mont Pelee. We take as little account of the mousing rapscallions that think by making monkey faces at our parts of speech to enjoy a few moments ot brier out aciignuui conupicuiiy m iucoo columns," I.AIGHHO REMARKS. 'What do vou think the greatest need of tho modern drama Is?" And after srlus tnougm mr. Bioming- ton Barnes replied, - lower railway area and better hotels." Washington Biar. Teacher You have heard about the ter rible punishment of Ixlon. Have you ever thought of tne agony ne musi nv iui- tereU? , , Pupil Yes; always longing tor a cnaimeas wheel, I suppose. Boston -iranscripu 'Our houiw Is scheduled to make a big drive tn carpets next week, said the de partment store boarder. "What's it going to drive tacks? ' quer ied the party who haJ a mania lor getting full details. tnieago jNew. "My uncle died yesterday, sir. and I want you to omeiaie. .n uu y nuiiit-nun l.lce about him?" "Hut l onin t Know mm. "(ioodl You're just the man." Brooklyn Life. visitor la the baron at home? Butler No; he sends word to you that he has JUBt gone out. Visitor CJood! (live the baron my compli ments and say I didn't call. Harvard Lam poon. City Bdltor Did you say he had nothing rlcuorier isot at an. l m sure ne i navt something- to say. otherwise he would not r.ave khUI to me tfwi ne nan Homing 10 say. K he haunt nau anything io say lie vojUiu t have hesitated to aay it. "It must be a very hard matter to be a watchdog of the treasury. The position lis its Tenets, - answerer tho statesman. "When a man I recog nised as a watchdog ne may oiien artp oilur neoiile ho worried about r.ie'r fn appropriations that they are not disposed to make mucn uouuie aucui aim, uwi- lua BUT. Fify Years ihi Standard BMW Awardid Klghett Honors World's Fair Highest tests U.S. Gov't Chemists FRIOC MARINO eOWDIN OO. OMIOAOO OTIIKn LAMIS THAN OIHS. According to the parliamentary notes ot one of the London newspspers, tae cniei secretary of Ireland, Mr. Wyndham, and the authorities In Dublin have an important project In hand which may be of vast ben efit to Ireland In the Immediate future, This Is nothing less than the utilization of the peat, which Is deposited In such enor mous Quantities In different parts of the Island, as a fuel for household and steam ralBlng purposes. Experiments have been In progress for some time, and a firm at Dumfries Is already manufacturing fuel from peat. The Irish government Intends to set up or aid a manufactory ou a con siderable scale, and Mr. Wyndham la ex htbltlog much Interest In the scheme. The peat, when taken from the bogs, will be compressed and dried, so as to get rid ot the water. It will then be pulverized and mixed with a proportion of coal dust and crude oil, with a little clay to act as a cement, and then compressed Into brl queues, which will be burned like coal. An experiment made on these lines on a very small scale some years ago was completely successful, and It Is plain that if similar results can be nbtalned with machinery s new Industry will be estsblished which must give profitable employment to an lm mensp number of persons. The new fuel Is to le tried for naval purposes, and It Is expected to prove almost as good a substi tute for coal as the crude oil with which the British admiralty has been experiment ing successfully for the lsst twelve months. Strong Influences are at work In Russia to Induce the government to denounce the agreement ot 1883, by which the mouth of the Danube 1b controlled by a joint com mission consisting of representatives ot Russia, Great Britain, Austria-Hungary, Germany, France, Italy and Turkey. This commission has the right to inspect any works which may be executed on the arms of the Danube in order to prevent any tn terference, direct or Indirect, with the navigation of the river. The commission expires on May 7, 1964, and unless it be denounced by one of the parties to the agreement, twelve months tn advance. It will be renewed for another three years. The point made Is that the Danube should be in fact, as well as In name, the "great Slavonlo stream," and that It Is time for Russia, to assert her complete mastery of the whole of the Black Sea. Hungary may have something to say about the river, but the other nations should be barred out en tlrely, Berlin recently gave a banquet to the governors ef Germany's colonial African posiessions, east and west. The governor of German West Africa, Colonel Lautweln, said things were undoubtedly depressed In uls domain; mining and cattle Industries were all that existed there, and both lan guisnea ior want ot capital. They were building a new railway, and that would help the mining Interests, and were wrest ling with the cattle disease, but without prospects of Its eradication. Then in vestors might be willing to embark seme of their money In the country's enter prises. He said he had made efforts to Induce German women to emigrate thither and become wives of the settlers, and they had been successful. Count Gotzen, gov ernor on the other side of the continent, looking out on tho Indian ocean, said the lack of labor was his heaviest handicap, and that some form ot compulsory service might have to be applied before this stats of things could be remedied. In general It appeared from the speeches of the two oflV clals that conditions tn Germany's colonial possessions might be much more prosper ous an admission, under the circumstances, not wltbout considerable significance, The rate of mortality In the French army has again been the Subject of anxious and animated debate in the French senate. A long speech was delivered by Mr. Clemen ceau, who dwelt on the fact that, whereas the general death rate In Germany was about the ssme as that of France, there were twice as many deaths pe;- annum In the French army as In the Oerman army Such a useless sacrifice of human lives, he said, was a disgrace to France, and It was time that Parliament Insisted on re form In the medical and sanitary service ot the army. He declared that Instructions from headquarters were not obeyed, and gave the results of his personal Inquiries regarding the circumstances of certain epl demies. He complained that young men J were overworked In some regiments, and that sufficient attention was not given to hygienic consideration. He especially blamed the attitude of General Andre toward bis subordinates, in sending them circulars recommending them to do this or that. He ought to order them, and if tbey did not obey, punish them. General Andre In reply said that It was necessary to leavo much latitude for Initiative to the various commanders. It would be Impossible to prepare for war If they were tied down to follow a particular set of regulations. As for the future, he mentioned a number of reforms which he proposed to .Introduce. me nam b mmniNGr Estcrbrook ob a pea rnrtnte skMlatt excellence Double elai Specially A general Over 150 other styles tic No. 135. easy writing. f a vor ite. varieties of to suit every pui jjoie. A 11 stationers have them. Accept no substitute. " II "III! Te ESTERBKOO STEH. PtH CO. rj,CisisJK.A MMtas4.N.V. I WESTERN MATTERS AT CAPITAL Tawaa Alaaar tk Elk tor a Brl AdaltUaal Mall raelll tlvs. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON. April I. (Special Tele gram.) The general superintendent of the railway mall service today advised Senator Millard's secretary that In response to a petition filed by the senator before leaving Washington from citizens of Nellgh, An telops county, urging that additional mull service be forwarded to that office by the Chlncago aV Northwestern railroad freight train No. 2, and also that dispatch there from be arranged by train No. 28, the mat ter haa been looked Into and It has been found possible not only to arrange for the additional exchange desired by the post office at Nellgh, but also to furnish a like supply (or the postoffice at Oakdale, O'Neill, Atkinson and Stuart, all of which are on the same tine of railway. The secretary ot agriculture will leave Washington April It for a tour of the southern states. He goes first to Starks vtlle, Mass., where he is to sddress the stu dents ot the Agricultural college of Mis sissippi. He will visit Clarksvllle, Tenn., and Macon, Ga., and thence go Into Louis iana and Texas. Upon his return be will arrange tor a tour of the northern and middle western states to visit experimental stations of the department. W. A. Richards, commissioner of the gen eral land office, left tonight for Virginia Beaeh. In speaking of his outing this aft ernoon he said: "I've bad an attack of grip, and though able to bs at my desk, X am far from being in good condition, a brief rest Is recommended by my physician, nd as I do not want to go far away from Washington at this time, have decided upon a week or thereabouts st Virginia Beach. There one gets the ozone from the Atlantic and It Is a more restful resort than the more frequented anes along the Jersey coast." G. L. Hammer of Omaha Is at the Arling ton hotel. . SHOOTS THROUGH A DOOR Ballet Takes Effect la Body af Mam Waa Sao Dlea ot taa Waaad. MAITLAND, 8. D., April . (Special Tel egram.) The first killing to occur in the new camp of Maltlaad occurred last night about 11 o'clock and was the outcome of a family difficulty between Thomas Horn and Thomas Hawkyard, both old residents of the district and both well-to-do. Hawkyard and Horn are brothere-ln-law and have been quarrelling over property matters for several years. The difficulty reached a climax last night la the sitting room of the Maltland hotel. After a war ot words Horn left the room and went to bis own, closing and locking tne aoor. He was followed by Hawkyard, who, fall ing to gain admission, shot through the door, the bullet passing completely through Horn's body, Inflicting a wound from which he died about nooa today. Hawkyard after the shooting went to Deadwood and gave himself up to the au thorities and Is now In jail. Oraaa Starts la II 11 la. DEADWOOD, S. D., April 8. (Special.) Spring haa arrived unusually early tor the Black Hills this year and reports from the valleys are to the effect that the grass has already got a good growth. The snow has already disappeared under the influence ot the warm rains which have prevailed In the valleys for the last week and the ground Is In excellent condition for working and farmers everywhere are actively engaged In. gettlnait ln.coodltlon for thejr crops. Condition on the ranges la the vicinity of the Hills could not be Improved on and the cattle never were in such condition on the opening of spring. WANTS AN INVENTORY FILED Holder of Ceatral raclfte Stack Aaka far Aceoaatlnat af lfaatlaar taa Estate. NEW YQRK, April 8. Action was begun before Surrogate Fitzgerald today by G. Wily Reynolds of Washington, who holds ten shares of Central Pacific stock, to com pel the executors of Iho late' Collls P. ;.$5 BUYS A AND SLEEPING CAR. BERTH VIA UNION PACIFIC TO Ca.i.orniao'Oregon NO DETOURS Re Chang of Cart 'a six ft The Ovirland CITV TICKET OFFICE, "Plion i P5 Clothing tu.i- That doesn't fit, no matter how good the material, is small satisfaction. It's a mistake at any price. No clothing fit I He ours. $10.00. $15.00, $20.00, $25.00 There is more than full value in every one of these suits. Hon. Larkin D. f.lason of South Tamworth. N. II., Has Served His Country with Honor In Many Capacities. Paine's Celery Compound Has Kept Him Vigorous, Strong, and Happy. We are now in the season of dangers and perils, and the tens of thousands of nlllna and half-dead people should be brouitht to realise that they are standing on dangorous ground. This la specially true ot men and women advanced In years. The spring season, with rnpld changes from warmth to frost, from clear, dry weather to chilling rains and pterclni winds. Is the time when sge4 men and women suffer most; It Is the time when I t ,Kam V W " . J f f.1 V i J. ... aT,vr ,faav.wt JjAKK IN I). MASON. Weakness, nervousness, insomnia, rheu matism, neuralgia and digestive troubles are most common. At this time the fact cannot be. too strongly Impressed upon aged people and thoso who care for them, that Palne's Celery Compound Is what they need to renew their physical and mental powers. This great medicine enriches the poor and watery blood, braces the nerves, gives vi tality, energy, restful sleep, and healthy appetite. Let us all endeavor at this time to make the dear old people In our homes happy, vigorous and contented. We can do the blessed work by giving them Palne's Celery Compound. Hon. L. D. Mason, aged 82 years, wrlteB as follows after a long ?xperlence with Talne's Celery Compound: "When I reached SO years of age, I found my digestion growing feeble and my kidneys Inactive. Although my store was well supplied with medicines, I had nothing that could meet ray case. My grandson from Boston brought me a bottle of Palne's Celery Compound, and 1t helped mo. I made further experiments and the result was, for the last seven years I have taken Palne's Celery Compound regularly, and now at the age of 02 I am smart and active. My son Is selling Palne's Celery Compound In our store, end those who buy it prslse it highly." Huntington to file an Inventory of his es Uterald to be alucd at SSO,O00,0O0. The action grows tut of a suit (or an accounting of $12O,0OO,roo, said to- have been realized from the contracts for the building of the Central Pat 1 tic railroad and to have, the same diverted from the stock holders by Huntington, Le and Stanford, Charles Crocker and M'.rk Hopkins. Strike In Amatcrdum Threatened, AMSTERDAM, April 8. At a meeting of the Amsterdam section of railway employes It was resolved to strike as soon as the leaders gave orders to do so, with tho ob ject of preventing the enactment of the pro posed coerctve laws, maintaining the de-, mand for incrensed pay and obtaining tho reinstatement of he :nen discharged. 00 TICKET tio Chang ot Roads Routt" all tho way. IJ24 FARMAM" ST 816. r a a ww. 'J V V W 9 jfiT-( oT. r T t f ' : 1 - I 5 5 i 1 1