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6 THE OMAHA DAILY It EE: WEDNESDAY, AVKIT, 15. 100.1. The Omaha Daily Bee. K. ROdE WATER, EDITOR- PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF BUBBCRIl'TION. I D!v T. mill. n, it H.irirtnVI One Vo.f 4K)lUIUOIIK rOiniIieUl UUSIIlfNB 1111-11 ) i'iijr Bee ami Sunday, one xear 1 Sunday nV . OnV ar. . I!!"!!;;"!"!" BAturrlAV He. (inA YPnr l-O" I Tw.ntinik r'.7nf,,rJ r-r,.r rSn. Tnr 1 00 I B ' ' J ' ' v ' I DELIVERED BY CARRIIS. f Z nil w hllili nnrti ' w!k""i2o laiir Hm (including Sunday), per week..ijo Evening- He (without Bunday')!'per week 60 week' tmciuaing nunoay;, Complaints of irregularities In delivery shoultf be addressed to Cltjr Circulation Le- cartmenu OFFICE8. Omaha The Bee Building- South Omaha-City Hall Building, Twen ty-flfth and M Street. Council Bluffs 10 l'earl Street. Chicago 164i Unity Building-. New York 232H Park Row Building. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. . Alt tSXlM-.oy situation. The paper remarks bee, Editorial Department. Remit by draft? express or postal order, cayi payable to The Bee Publtln company. tnlv ).n.nt ftlnmna fnall accounts. Pergonal check-, except on -v . . - .. I . Omaha or eastern exchanaes, ""'"Vii':?"- HIE BEE fUUUmilNU i.ujirAi.1. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. taf. rf Vahraib, TlnTls-1na County, SS. ! Qeor B. Tischuck, aecretary pt the Be TV. . v. M v. 1 . .. h.lnr nillV iffOm, I Mva that the actual number of full and I Mndunday i'prfnT A th. month of March, 1900, was urn iuhw. 1 20,8 IS t . 31,610 5. ....m.... . .3J,T30 4 81,610 1 31,020 6 ai.MOO T si.oso 1 20,170 ai,tso 10 81.WOO 11 81.7BO 12 81.T20 13 81, TRO 14 31.700 IS 20.B3O is a 1. ft in ' I 18 I,'DU 1 .si.oso to 81.4W) 21 8i,no 22 2,210 23 axswo 24 81.040 25 3110 26 81,740 !'.!."!8i.770 27.. 28.. 52 -i!mo ll!!!!!!!!!!!!..t.Too Total 070,005 Less unsold and returned copies io.48l ' Net total sales 9IW.614 Net average, sales ao,H GEO ROE B. TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to befors me this Slst day of March, A. D., lUl M, B. II UNGATE, (Seal.) Notary Public. If thera la anything In omens. It Is .imiflcnt that th bolters selected the thirteenth day of the month to mako their nomination. With coal at f 15 a ton, are the people of Omaha anxious to enthrone the coal trust In the mayor's office by electing Coal Dealer Howell as their chief ex- ecutlve? I Tha trnst magnates are busy telling that the merger decision will have no effect But In the Interval the stock market glres conclusive evidence to the contrary. According to all accounts, our friends In Lincoln who have been bo free to criticise Omaha's alleged lawlessness on all occasions will now be kept busy with conditions at home Do tha people of, Omaha want the paid attorney of the electric lighting! company to bo also tho attorney of the municipal corporation f n o, mey wuj voio ior ciecinc J-iiaui tvnguu David B. Hill and William J. Bryan both delivered commemoration ad dresses for Jefferson's birthday. It Is to be noted, however, that they were not delivered at the same table. Jim Hill and J. Plerpont Morgan would like to have President Roosevelt take a vacation all tho time if that would prevent him from setting the attorney general on any more of their pet trust projects. Th rmnriltnaf hnltera ant vprv r a refill I o .-- 1 DOl w iua .u, iuuK .u lue,r y mv- m u.uu.1 uc.oulv i ""-' trie lighting. Such a. declaration would cut off tho campaign fund they expect Fred Nash to furnish out of the treas ury of the, electric lighting company, How does Benson get a title to a nomination for mayor In the declara tlon that one of the delegates who cast I . r i i U1B TOW lur aiuuica u ctmveilUOU ill- I tended to vote for Bingham? The dls- puted vote might possibly have led to tha nomination of Bingham, but never to that of Benson. Tha demand for tha votln machine ama in h mch.ff thi.io.hn,i h countrr and successful experiments Chanlcal vote registers are perfectly " n01 lne Purpc.se or tne executive "I. .... .... I nm.ti.ahU anri fanutViia Th. i. ductlon of the votlnr machine is the next gteat step in election reform. Tha Pennsvlvanla lawmnkera with their drastic libel law are under thn 1L-. -a..- ... I unptveaion uiai iuey can stop puonc cnncism by muzzling the press. That game has been tried several times be- fore, only to prove that public servants afrd of the searchlight of publicity are Just the ones against whom the people most need protection, The veto of tha Juvenile court bill anoca. QUI me omy measure promoteO by the women's organizations of the taie mai bui tar tuuugu in me recent le,l.latnra to bo within sight of ,h, Ututa book. The women should not ba discouraged, however, but they ahonld not relv next time on Jnhn v . . , , , W"1" "u l,"k'QUUU OBuwmiea to select their leglslatlva champions for them. fr.1 JO. I 1.1,1 iu uvui-irurj aiiruuriaiiuu uui passed by the late legislature foots up JJ121.000. Tart of this, perhaps, Is Justl - ntjiJie expeuunure, uui me pracuce or of exceeding appropriations in the various atate Institutions ought to be completely abolished., These Institutions can, If they will, cut the garment to fit the cloth, rt is to be h(ied Oovernor Mickey will make it one or the cuier purposes of his admlulstratWu to prevent the next leglelatura from being piled up with , " , ..(,. wiuuc-ui vwu MtRCAirTlLW cusrtDBKCB. npporis from all quarters show that mercantile confidence In the immediate: future Is general. A New York paper which has made extensive tnnulries , , that the replies received are conspicuous 1 for their uniformly hopeful ami encour- , ,. . .r-v 1 . IK.t I K CUM racier, lucir iraiurrn nie urn K - . . I, merchandise IS Bteadly going into con- I sumption on- an unprecedented scale, j,rcKnictlon Is active but supplies are net accumulating except la few Instances, tho wpst ,s prosnerous, collections are g00a, credit Is generally sound and bnsl- ,,. .i in rr vuri iinj in vu ga o-e.u v than last year. Of course an occasional pessimistic note Is heard and through nearly all statements the desirability for conservatlsm Is recognized, the chief el- etneirt of distrust being the excessive supply of securities and the strained tnat tlilst feature is marked and the only other subject of serious apprehension is notation and the consentient I Increasing Cost Of production. There are very substantial reasons for confidence In the business outlook. All classes of the people are at present do ing well and It Is not to be doubted that the general consumption Is larger now than ever before. Promise of a continu- I ance of this Is In the favorable cron nnltnnlr ar.A .l.n 4r tk. lio. I elgn demand for our products Is being well maintained. Unquestionably there (. 1 11 1 V., V .1.1 11. l.l.V'.lll I'll IUI1U I I are one or two weak features In the sit- uatlon. but these are not of a natnm that need cause distrust. Terhaps the most serious of them is the excessivn supply of "undigested" securities, yet this Is perhaps not so dangerous as some think. Business generally Is in a very satisfactory condition and it would seem that this can be safely counted UDon to continue for at least another vear GERMAN 8TKKI. CVMPeTiTIoii. I According to reports from Berlin, the United States Steel corporation, fearing the competition caused by German ex- Ports of iron and steel to this country, has been making overtures to form a I - . . . I working agreement with , the German ,ron and stcel syndicates. It appears, however, that the foreign syndicates are 1 extremely wary of the advances of the American trust and have thus far re- fused to make any concessions which might decrease the exports to the United States and again make the steel trust th nl nrhiter in tho nrW mnrkpt if i stated that nnr oniv hnv tho a. vances been balked, but the movement to bring about a general trust in German iron and steel circles to meet the Amer- lean competitor in foreign markets has been suecessfullr launcher! Th. ho. w afrtMl mo, Lf all iron and steel Interests and Ger- mnv now hn. m ,mnr.n strong and well fortified as the United nii. I Blares corporation. To what extent this will Interfere wltn our fore!gn trade ,n Iron and teel pro,iucta is yet to be determined, but in Tlew of eo formIjable a competltIon abroad aB thl8 threatens to be. the aues- tlon suggest, Itself whether we can wisely encourage the exports of Iron and steel to this country by removing or M largely reducing the tariff. When Ger- many is making every effort to check the American Invasion of that country, would It be well to Invite German In vasion of the united States? To do so would manifestly not be In the interest of American labor. JTO BBASUX FOR APPltKHMRjjlUIt, m a. t l a . I iu Biota mantel is eaowing a paniCKy feeling, due largely if not wholly to a far created hv thn merirpr iWiainn tha I .. I thorn mnv m n crenernl nttnplr unnn had bU8meM COU8olldatlon9. There has been manifested in some quarters a disposition to foster such an I nnrahAnalnn rmmanv tV. nrift1 I amfyiji, sii. udivui v - im u v va vuv wuiiori of the Securities company on the de- cislon has been of this character, as has also that of certain newspapers more or less in sympathy with the combina- tlons. regardless of whether or not they are violating the laws. These Inter- - , , . , .. I f! "V" VJ wmca nimosi every corporation en - gaged in interstate commerce may be summarily slain and seek to create alarm by professing to fear that this will be done. xuere is no valid reason for this an- Prehension, but on the contrary very Drancn ol tne government to take anv eteP8 llkely to seriously disturb or dia- rrfllKra tha hna nana nfTa pa thA rtA..n try. It has proceeded thus far carefully and conservatively and will nnilnul.t. edly continue In that course. The laws in i x mw -i. - -"ri.i. luttv me auimnisira- non nas promisea ana tne promise will be fulfilled as far as its authority ex- tends. But nothing revolutionary will b. attempted. No one can be more anxious than President Roosevelt and his advisers to conserve the legitimate business interests of the eonntrv and Perpetuate prosperity. They are not vuBnKru .u cmyorauoii amasning, DUt n an effort to correct existing evils I nuu tu i"us auuui i-uuipimuce wun me laws. It is quite probable that the Do- partmeut of Justice has In mind the prosecution of certain trusts which have orxuly disregarded the ftnleral stntntea I .i . i i i , . . i . .,... . . , '" general raid upon capital and business cousou.iauous is conTempintea is most ,,nlll.,.l- aiij. ... - I , i me merger tiecision, ir upnpid Dv tne supreme court, will affect a number of 1 railroad community of interest pla ns, but there Is no reason to suppose dls- I our. luere is no reason to suppose I astrousiy. The result will be to I restore former conditions, lu great part at least, but it will not neces sarily follow that any of the road will materially suffer thereby, while it I is quite possible that the public may be I benefited. As to the industrial combina- tlons, only such as are organized in I . ., , , ivuu i ruuuu vi uio tawe sro in bdj dmgpr. That Is a rational Tlew of the I situation expressed by one of the til-1 rectors of the Northern Securities com- pany: "We shall no doubt for some time find a great unwillingness to em- i .., e-i,. .., ih.) I. nr. ,!. I imin IU 11c " ouuiij, nuii . . - ionune, ior promotion mis ui'ru vmiu-u 1 too far and. ln this respect perhaps the CAiittlia dnnlatnii mnv iitnr. n liliisa. I i - iumiro u v n.uu j ....... I .11 . T . . . I . - W.. .. I log 111 disguise, luuun imit iue fum and results of even the situation now created will wear off, and as a conse-1 queuce of the Inactivity and further liquidation which we are certain to have money will after a time become plentl- fnl and then llkelv all sound securities i will benefit by the process or recovery, which sooner or later will surely set In." The legitimate business of the couu- try, it is safe to say, will go on without disturbance. There will be nothing done by the government to Interfere with it or to Imperil the prosperity which all Interests nre now having. There will be recovery from the shock which the merger decision gave and i:. 1 .111 1. 1. i- . tuuuiuuua m e in ner iucifimi-i. u repeat, there Is rjo sound reason for apprehension. FLATWQ THJC BABT ACT. The explanation promulgated by the "anti-machine" bolters to justify their walkout of the republican conveutlon is a fine example of tho baby act The v.l. i . i,. I l" "" "" totes counted for Moores was not in- 1 iAA 1.... t,r.r nUni I l" "c " uul ft'"" "'v tne fact tnat one of tn8 vote8 counted nntn. rAnHA V.Alnnn V. I ... Ill- .1 n I "iu""' -unK j - cree 01 lue primary nuu U3 ou Rwa7 from hlm only by corrupt pur- c Wlxn corporation ooouie. Whatever contention may be made over tne voto of Ferdinand Ilaarmann or t,le "econa ward, there is no ques- llon lnat "aarmann was ciecxeu as a Moores aeiegates by tho opponents or Mr. liingham ana that it the uingDam men had been In majority In the Second warf Mr. Ilaarmann would not have been In the convention. It Is further undeniable that Mr. Ilaarmann declared ln the convention that although he had promised to vote for Bingham on the 1 S 1 T, 11 A V- 1 J .A. I lluuru,ul UB,H" ue ou,u YUle lur Moores on the formal ballot No Infor- mal Da- navmg Deen taKen, nis vote was recoraea as no naa aeciarea nis .... ...i Intention. That he did not demand a Pn of tne delegation, that he did not wa,K out w,tn tne bolters, but partici- Paiea in me worn or me convention 10 the end. and that he afterward de- clared himself satisfied with the noml- natlon of Moores. all goes to prove that no advantage was taken of him and that everything in connection with the ro" cal1 waf Perfectly proper and fair. But assuming that all that the bolt- ers claim with respect to the vote of Mr- naarmann were true, Frank e. Moores would still have been entitled t0 nomination by tha same vote rhaf ttto rAAnivtarl 4rw Vtm r4 TO a 7"l I l because tlon Bhould havo been counted to his credlt IIow cou,d the bolters find any JustiflcaUon for their action in the vote 01 BIr- "aarmann or the Second ward and claim th. -benefit at the same time ol luo uriue-uougm voie oi imuquesi Eighth ward? Lindqnesf. ac- ceptanco of the bribe forfeited for him his seat in the convention. lie should have been expelled by unanimous reso lution and his vote cast by his asso ciates on the Eighth ward delegation, In that case It would have made no difference whether Mr. Ilaarmann was recorded on one side or the other. The truth is that the bolters were niiAilrrarimlnnl 4a nrallr aii In VV 1 uufc m mm mr friends of Moores controlled the con- ventlon. They had been beaten out in i 1.1-1. -1 . . . I .uiai r iu wuicu luey naa nniaw-I fuUy usurped all the election machinery 10 ue exclusion of their opponents. They had had the advantage of a post- a. 'm -a. i . i I DOUeilieilt Ot I ne CUV eieCllOll DlfldA for I w tnelr benefit by special legislation tnrough the delegation at Lincoln and nlso of the test oath primary election law Put through for the same purpose, They had had the expenditure of a smsn runa rurnished by the corpora- tu.no amnnnHn l,i, ,,i , wI, T I .11 " . - " - " " f " vlew t0 tne,r own advantage nnd the disadvantage of the Moores following. - u ,lu ponce v'"" UL"C" "UD lur "oiiers a11 the vclU9 elements that could be " " i"" " cnir to or iba nfl r o ina n n..MMx DW,,VV " "c "" w luuiumuie aud overawe. With all this the ballots uuuiaijr ritJUUUU SIIOWPQ H I clear mJrlty for Moores throughout routesteu viarus ana gave him out of 143 delegates in tho convention. I Instead of suhmittintr in tha rvmnlip ,1tor. ,2 " T Bl-i m worK lo ov,rxurn " "7 enwry and cor- ruPtlon- aQd. frenzied at their failure, f "an"?JB"" ror Dolun- 1De7 coma not occupy a uullu""1B anu unenviame Pluon- I nountv Attnmev kVT 1 ti norant of tha flnrnnt nrrpmnra nt brlbery nnJ eorruptIon made by the I(erale effort t0 hliy " tr. of the "HnTi-innrninp" nnrinpra in mnir republican city convention. The stat- uteg prt.8(.ribe severe penalties for out- I. . . , .. . .. i - 1 VL i in w rv I I iiiiM Kinii hum inn nfi ill nas nr tliP hoo.1U dlntrlhntei-a xl.mil.l ninka H enK t0 0..ure letra, erlJin.. nf fh. rrln,e. Th cm.ntv Bttr,,e u. 1 ' I miniirtnnlt v hera a uttnw tlint in. lmB !- J ... uu. I ,i. . ill and the nerve to prosecute the I erttulnuls without regard to their ofli- I rial iwmitlnn nr nlleirMl rmulnuua .t-,,.1 ' o The state insurance commissioner ex pecta to gather in quite an additional amount of Insurance fees this year under the reciprocal law, which requires I foreign Insurance companies doing busl ness in this state to pay fees ln similar amount to those exacted by Its home . i aiaiv arviu uiauiauw vviuyauivn vr' ganirpu In other stntrs, owing to the enactment l.y New York of a new law imposing a 1 per ??nt tax. This may protluoe more revenue for Nebraska, but the justice of the reciprocal law has lo,, lw.r. ... .1 Tl,. 1. .... , v.j.iu m UVP1IUU. in'ir uu guim reiimm wny legislation euHcieu In other states should raise or lower ilia tflilna limicwl I c n no . in nnm ...... ....... u i. ... v wn. ...... I .11. 1 , . X- 1 1 . - Mmni 'iS uusiness 1U .M'iriiMi.M. Our revenue laws should be framed on Just principles and applied to all classes of individuals and corporations without respect to the place of their business headquarters or the laws of other Rtates. What does the reform police commis sion propose to do about the police cap tain who undertook 'to offer places on the police force as bribes to Induce Moores delegates to the recent repub lican city convention to turn traitor? This is criminal business and all the more serious for an orllcer of the law who lias taken oath to obey the law. The trouble is that the police have such examples of law-breaking and out lawry set for them by members of the police commission that they count confl- dently upon protection for their own crooked work. Hut how long would a captain last on the police force of any other city who engaged in this sort of criminal work? It takes a reform po- lire board of the Nrnntnh ntrlno in t'a. , tV - transform the police force of Omaha , . - . Into a nest of tirllio crl vor find enrrnn- .. , . " ' Brigadier (eneral Baldwin should take warning by what happened to General Funton when he talked too much. General Baldwin has Just de livered himself of an opinion that he prefers Filipinos for soldiers for the same reason that he prefers negroes In the same capacity namely, that he is not worried about their safety because it makes no difference whether they get killed or not It will be up to General Baldwin to claim that he was misquoted by the reporter. With Tolice Commissioner Spratlcn managing Ed Howell's campaign, Po . "ce commissioner Uroatch running for mayor by proxy on petition, and Police Commissioner Wright on the payroll of the electric light company and Its can- dldate for city attorney, the police and fire forces of Omaha may expect a period of strenuous partisanship from now until election. Omaha must not forget that President Roosevelt's visit is now not two weeks off- 14 behooves us to make every preparation in time not only to give the st a nIng reception, but to make ciry impress mm at its best. The season Is favorable for this purpose. but it will be Well for public authorities a" pnvaw cHiaena eacn to do his Btare- -re.vi v.i,,tii-ti i.-.i bolter, ftro14o the conclu- sion that the' nomination of Mayor Moores was perfectly regular and legal and would stand as the nomination of yZ tS . i ,,, t . . " X W. .7 Earneataeas Demonstrated Cleveland Leader. The democrats appear to have abandoned the notion that the administration waa not In earnest when it went after the trusts. Shackled by Cruel Fate, Detroit Free Press (lnd. dem.) Doubtless proof will soon be forthcoming that the decision of the court of appeala In tn9 Northern Securities case waa tha result of a cold-blooded conspiracy to embarass Mr- Bryan. .1.- ChlcaBO Record Heral(1 The ex-crown princess of Saxony and her former husband have made up and win be mnFrlArl strain "fnn ttia oaUa 4 tha A n " v "7 nasty." That dynasty must be pretty hard up tor material. Bribers Doomed to Fatlnre. St Louis Republic. Bribers and boodlers will soon be forced to adopt the philosophy of ordinary com inala, which is to the effect that crime is nmn with th rhanren larelv airaln.t the r. That" this is' Jrue philosophy",; manifest bv the fact that criminal, are pitted against the organized snd over whelming force of society aa a whole Not Popular Gospel. Boston Herald president Knot keeps preacmng tne gos- pel of more happiness, more Joy and more preaching, but it is hard to make poor I . . ... ueoole believe it. As a rule it is only the rich who have an adequate appreciation of WUIIn 10 rlBK tnem . Snppo.e the Worm lamed r Chicago Chronicle. Is there not a possibility that our no- bility and landed gentry may go a trifle too tar ln theIr BCoril cf the rabble? Suppose for Instance, that the newspaper man who was cut at with a whip by Mr. Reginald ZltJ?2EZ had turned ln and BOUndiy kicked Mr. Van- derbllt would not the episode have shaken the very foundations of our Institutions I a ,kl I lV . t,U A Curb oa Speech Making. Kew Vnrk Mall and KxnreES. i . . - , .i A , S Wlw uMic or cuaaT-p'ubT." positions ought to be relied upon if not to act wl8ely on al! ccastons. l leal,t t0 re" 1 train from taming rooiuniy wnen u is not . . . . . . . ,, . n-1 . i necessary iu iaia ai an. intra ui w iuu many speeches delivered ln congrees with the Idea of telling kings, kaiser, czar or foreign president, that we Americans have no use for any rulers except our own par tlcular brand. There are too many Imper I tlnent resolutions issuing from legislatures cr a'dermanlo chambers Informing outland I parliaments that they are. not treating their own peoples as they should. 'We could spare some of the grandiose newspaper calcula tlons aa to the aort of havoc our volunteer soldiers would make of the conscripts of I the dual or triple alliance after we had lrma- equlppea 'a tr.4lea em' , national comparisons as to armament and - 1 military effectiveness emanating from those bluff old seadogs and grizzled war ,v1e,er',?" "r our-aen. to"v re Iamou" I line, "who never did a foolish thing and I never saUd a wise one." KICKING THR I1F.AD OCTOIM. Cincinnati Enquirer: The decision In the Northern Securities case comes periloUHljr near Infringing upon the national sover eignty of New Jersey, to say nothing about cutting down future revenues. Washington Star: The curbstone lawyers are now engaged In reviewing the derision In the nrrger case, but It Is believed that nothing further will be done In the matter until It reaches the supreme court. Cleveland Leader: If Attorney General Knox Is encouraged by the decision In the merger case to go after a few more trusts he Is likely to cause serloua trouble for the big combinations. As a former trust law yer he knows the weak spots In trust or ganltatlons. Indianapolis Journal: Mr. Olney, Mr. Cleveland's attorney general, said in 1893 or 1894 that tho Sherman anti-trust law was entirely Inadequate to the work of re straining harmful monopolies. Attorney General Knox appears to have found It tol erably effective. Doubtless the Northern Securities people think It Is. Chicago Chronicle: Uncle Jim Hill de clares the Northern Securities decision to be preposterous and Intimates that the financiers in interest will find a way te evade It even if It be affirmed by the su preme court. We may thus see that com pliance with the letter and spirit of the law Is not obligatory upon our captains of industry and finance, though It Is, of course- moat Imperative upon horny-handed citizens who form labor unions and ask for more wages. Minneapolis Journal: People who have been so pessimistic as to feel that the courts can no longer be depended, on to do Justice where tho strong and the powerful are Interested, may be Inclined to revise their Judgment In the light of the merger decision. Along that line this decision ought to be of great value. The American people are hound to have confidence In their government under the shadow of such courageous assertion of the supremacy of their will as expressed In this law. PERSONAL NOTES. The ground upon which J. Plerpont Mor gan's new house In New York will stand cost blm $2,500,000. Of all the natural men In the United States, President Roosevelt believes that Mr. Burroughs Is the naturalist. Mayor Flelschmann of Cincinnati gives away 600 loaves of bread each day to the poor. He Is not only a vote getter, but a bread winner. John K. Cowen, the former president of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, has Just returned from Cuba, where he says there la great possibilities for railroads. "Pop" Anson, the veteran base ball player, is In charge of Carter Harrison's presl Bntlal boom. He should accustom himself without delay to playing short stop. "Buffalo" Jones Is piloting the president through the bison district of the Yellow stone country. If anybody can poke up an old buffalo rclio and make him look for midable, Jones Is the man. Captain Thomas Rynnlng of the Arizona Rangers, and forty of his men, will accom pany the fifty rough riders who will go from southern Arizona to the Grand canyon, Colo., to greet President Roosevelt and present him with a monster black bear. The Goebel Monument commission will ex pend $15,000 In the erection of a monument to the lately assassinated governor of Kentucky. The monument Is to be of Barre granite and bronze, and about thirty feet in height. This height Includes a ten-foot bronze figure of the dead governor, In the attitude of speaking. , TUB IMMIGRATION WAVE. rhavsea of the Greatest Race Move ment In the World's History. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. ' It is clear now that the number of alien arrivals ln the United States in the cur rent fiscal year will be ahead of all rec ords. The Inrush into New York ln the last few days continues the story which the earlier weeks of the year told. Up to April 10 the number of arrivals in New York was 38,076, aa compared with 26,789 for the same time ln 1902. Nor is there any Indication that the incoming wave la diminishing. On the contrary, the signs point to an increase. .A like report comes from all the rest of the ports on the At lantic coast, but of course the bulk of the Immigration comes by way of New York. There Is less diffusion among the immi grants than there was once. More of them stay east of the Alleghanles than did ten or fifteen years ago. They get work in the factories and as laborers on the publlo works of all sorts, and make their homes ln the more thickly settled portions of the country. A large number, however, come west of the Mississippi still, and the south west, as shown by the rush through St. Louis, is getting many of them. In the fiscal year 1902, which ended with June 30 ln that year, the Immigration waa 648,743. This shows a continuous rise since 1898, when the number waa 229,299, which was the lowest level touched since 1879, when the inflow was only 177,826. The 1902 Immigration waa the largest ever known in any single year except in 1881, 669,431, and 1882, when the number was 78,992. It is evident by the gain which has been ma.-, in the figures since the end of last Juno that the high-water mark of twenty-one years ago will be exceeded this year. There is a wide margin between the number in 1882 and that of 1902, but the gain which has been made In the past three-quarters of a year shows that that will be passed. The present Indications are that the twelve months ending with the close of the coming June will see an inflow of fully 800,000 aliens. Some come in from Canada and from Mexico which elude enumeration, but It is safe to put the number which arrive through the other channels at 800,000 at least. Prob ably the Inrush In the coming twelve months will be still greater. This de pends chiefly on the prosperity of the country, and there are no Indications that this will be interrupted In 1904. In the number of persons Involved, in the distances covered and ln the obstacles sur mounted this immigration to the United States immeasurably surpasses all the great race movements of the world's his tory. More man zu.uuu.uuu oi iuiuuri aum have come to the United States since 1821. More than 16.000,000 of these have arrived since I860. The incursion of the Germanic tribes Into the Roman empire ln the cen tury before that world-government's fall was insignificant In numbers compared with the inflow of immigrants Into this country In the last forty years. Moreover, while that movement was considered at the time to be a detriment, this is known to be a benefit. Some philosophers say, or inti mate, that a large part of the Immigration of the present day is an injury, but this Is a mistake, except in ins case ui aa in finltesimally small njimber of persons. The Italians comprise the largest single In gredient of the Immigration in recent years, and while this element is not rated highly by some American authorities, Its loss at home Is severely felt. On the whole, the United Slates has nothing to complain of on account of the character of the great mass of its Immigrants. Meat of them will be fused Into good Americans In a few years. The children of most of them In the next generation will be almost as thor oughly amalgamated and Americanized as are the descendants of the persons who cams ever la Marflower. BITS OP WASHINGTON LIFE. Minor ffna aad Incidents Sketched on the Spot. Afl unusually large number of desirable positions In the government service are about to be offered to bright young men who prove themselves qualified to fill them. On the 28th of this month tho United States Clvtl Service eomml-Mnn will hold examinations all ever tho country for the purpose of establishing eligible registers for a great many appointments that are soon to be made. Secretary Cor telyou has notified the Civil Service com mission that he will want some good men in the course of a month or two, and It Is expected that If the right kind of men can be secured one hundred or more vacancies will be filled. The entrance salaries will range from $840 to $1,400 per annum, and will be deter mined by the requirements of the positions to be filled and the character and apparent extent of the qualifications of ellgiblcs. The examinations, will be on a combination basis. All will be required to take what might be called a general clerk's examina tion, and with It ench candidate may pick out other subjects In which he wishes to be examined. A list of twenty-four op tional subjects Is given from which se lections may be made. These Include the following: Arithmetic (rapid computation, involving addition, subtraction, multipli cation, division, decimals and simple per centage), copying for test of speed and accuracy, editing and proofreading, prac tical bookkeeping or practical accounting, stenography, typewriting, higher arithmetic, higher mathematics, English grammar, rhetoric and literature, general history and geography, Spanish, French and German, physics, geology, agriculture, photography, knowledge of railway systems of the United States, mechanical or topographic draft ing, law, medicine, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineer ing and educational methods. "It will not be possible," said an em ploye of the government printing office, quoted by the Washington Star, "for any one to place errors on this office, for every line of proof and every page of copy Is carefully preserved. This Is done In order to protect the office. It is not an uncom mon thing for errors to be charged to stenographers, proofreaders and printers, and every precaution is taken t guard against such. "The universal use of tbo typewriter has robbed the labor of the printer and proofreader of much of lta humor and nearly all of lta misery. Time was, and that not many years ago, when all the copy for the Congressional Record came to the printing office In the chlrography of the author. Those were days of pro fanity and drink, and no end of printers' yarns are yet extant among the old ones of the place In regard to the awful 'fist' written by some of the men whose names are immortal In history, and that without the assistance of the Record. The list of these poor penmen is legion, but It 1b pretty generally conceded that the name of Reverdy Johnson should be at the head . thB rn.tpr thnuch Pratt of Indiana ls of the roster, thougn I raw or inaiana isn sald by some to be deserving of that honor. One excellent compositor of that old regime, somewhat addicted to rum, waa said to be the only printer who .could read Pratt, and he could do so only when he was drunk. Now It Is the corrections alone that bother the printer, end all of these- are obscure enough to show what the work would be If ln the written hand of the speaker. Even with the utmost care grave errors will at times Intrude, but copy and proofs are kept to be on the safe side ln case of trouble coming up." The new stamped envelope that has been under preparation In the Fostofflce depart ment for several months past has been made ready for Issue, and Is now being dis tributed to the postofflces throughout the country. The envelope is in four denom inations 1 cent, 2 cent, 4 cent and 5 cent The change made is very great and. It is believed by the officials who have had the matter In charge, Is a great improvement. The stamps on all the envelopes are dif ferent shapes. The 1-cent envelope has a green stamp ln the form ot a perfect circle about an inch in diameter. The bust of Franklin ln white is the central figure. The 2-cent stamp Is oval In shape. It is a brick red and bears the bust of Washing ton In white. This stamp Is about 1x1 inches in sixe. The stamp on the 4-cent envelope is about lhi Inches square and is brown. It bears the portrait of General Grant In white. The 6-cent stamp Is shaped like an ellipse. It is blue, and bears the portrait of Lincoln ln white. The portraits on all the stamps are busts, and are embossed on the envelope. The stamps are all larger than those used at present, except the 1 and 6 cent varieties, and have less decora tion. Dr. Wiley continues to guard the food ex periments which he Is conducting with a dozen or more clerks in his department with the greatest secrecy, under orders from Secretary of Agriculture vviison. Nevertheless, as the young men are not kept Indoors all the time. It is Impossible to conceal any effects which the poisoned food may have upon the subjects ot the experiments. Although there have been no marked changes in any of the young men so far aa Waltham Watches Keep good time all the time. "The Perfected American Witch0 an ttustnteJ took of interesting information about matches, wlll be sent free upon request. American Waltham Watch Company, Waltham, Mass. SPRING I. The short overcoat la always in vogue and not for young men only, 510 to S25 Then there are the new shades of Covert cloth and the long, full, belted-back cheviot and homespun coat, that ara very dressy, and rain proof as well, at $25.00. XOCLOTIIIXQ FITS LIKE OURS. J Fify Years the Standard Awardsd Highest Honors World's Fair Highest tests U.S. Gov't Chemists llOt aAKINO POWOSR) OO. OHICAQO health Is concerned, It has developed with in the Inst week that all who have been at the doctor's table are taking on a dell rate pink complexion which, It Is said, would be the envy of any young miss In the land. It Is not thought that this Is dun to the borax which has been given to tho young men ln their food for the last few months, but to some chemical ingredient which has been mixed with tho food un known to the subjects. This change ln the doctor's boarders caused some concern at first, until a thor ough examination was made of all the young men and they were found to be in a perfectly healthy condition. The only admission that will be made at the department Is that all the drugs used In the food have up to date proved abso lutely harmless. The pink complexion gives the men a healthy appearance, such as would result from a good circulation ot the blood brought on by outdoor exercise. No one engaged In the experiments has been able to determine what chemical has produced this change, or If he has he will not tell. I.IK ICS TO A liAl OH. Customer What kind of porous plaster is the most popular now? Druggist I can't say that any of them are really popular but there Is the kind we have the most demand for. Chicago Tri bune. Girl With the Fur Jacket I see Lucy Ktta Brown doemi't sign her name that way any more. Phe'n Lucy Brown now. Girl With the Yellow Husktns That antl. fles me Rhe Is K"ioK to marry that Bob Mann who has been courting her so long. How would Lucy litta llrowu Mann found? Chicago Tribune. "He's a wonderful mathematician." Xea." answered Mr. t'umroz: "but what's the use. He can think up a Hiring of flKures as long an your arm, but he c-an t a dollar mark ln front oX them."- ashlngton Star. Kmplnyer Yes, I advertised for a strong boy. Think you will All the bill? Applicant Well, I Just finished llckln' nineteen other applicants out ln de hall. St. Louis btur. "Hasn't Squallop been fooling us beauti fully?" "How?" "I found out the other day. by accident, that he has been a member of a church for twenty-five years, without any of his friends ever suspecting It." Chicago Trib une. "But Is your beer pure?" asked the curi ous one. "Now- my dear sir. what haa that to do with ItT' demanded the brewer. "If you will only take enough of our beer I'll guarantco that you won't care whether It Is pure or not." Chicago Post. "The best people of this city are behind me," howled the candidate for municipal preferment. "You bet they are," called out a quiet man In the audience. "And you'd bett-r not stop ln one place too long or they'll catch up." Baltimore American. Till!: FIXKST Ol' A Ll S. W. Glllllan In Baltimore American. God made the streams that gurgle down the purple mountainside; He made the gdrgeniiM coloring with which the sunset's dyed; He made the hills and covered them with glory; and He made The aparkle on the dewdrops and the flecks of llKht and shade. Then, knowing all earth needed was a climax for her charms, He made a little woman with a baby in her arms. He made the arching rainbow that Is thrown across the sky; He made the blessed flow 're that nod and smile as we go by; He made the ballroom beauty as she bows with queenly grace; But sweetest of them all He made the love- light ln the face That bendn above a baby, warding off the world's alarms That dainty little woman with ber baby fta her arms. A soft pink wrap embellished with a vine in silken thread; A filmy snow-white cap upon a downy little head; A dress 'twould make the winter drift look dusky by Its side; Two cheeks with pure rose-petal tint, two blue eyes wonder-wide; And, bending o'er that mother face Imbued with heav'n's own charms God bless the little woman with her baby ln ber arms. OVERCOATS ali . I i ) 1 )