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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION
State cf Ncr.rask.1, Douglaa County, ss.:
George B. Trscliurk secretary of The Bee
y""t hi" iheOIctjal number ot full and
EO"nPin,0andOSundaOy BeVintel'duHnyihe
month of April. Wi3, was aa foliowa;
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24 81,40
25 31.R30
26 87,170
27 81.O70
28 81,610
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81,331
QEORQE B. TZSCHUCK.
I U I
Subscribed In mv nreaence and sworn to
before me this let day or May. a. jj. isw.
(Seal.) Notary Public.
That Henulngs van turned out to be
a racing sulky when It was put on the
track.
Senator Tlatt of New York declares
In roundabout terms that there is noth-
lng to arbitrate with Mayor Low.
The opening of the local base ball
i- At hnaA .onr1 ln
need of a vent for repressed exuberance,
T oA fnnriMiita Tlonann'a nnst-mortem
...m ..-fflotnt MnoD to ,,n.
port hi. assertion th he ls not a poll-
.fj.
C .' . .
Missouri grand Juries are still ready
to give a good reward to any one who
win put them on the track of a few
more i,uw Dins.
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Km nf thA democratic' newsonners
Voiw t.k tl. ano'festlon' of Grover
' Cleveland to head their next presidential
ticket seriously. Whether Mr. Cleve-
land take, it seriously I. decidedly open iuef W1U continue ro nope ana to be
to ouestlon. ,Ieve tbat the more ,nte"lgent and fair-
mtnilAJ " .l
. .. j ju
ine sinners iu vmaua cu'1
fnr their orderlv behavior so far. It Is
to be hoped they will do nothing to
destroy the good record for law observ-
ance .and will exert all their influence
to keep the camp-follower, from break
lug over the traces.
All this taiK bdoui gran in umaua is
me tain or cneap uemagogues.
rumor committees, private detective,
and grand Juries have for years been
looking for the alleged graft without
being able to locate it Isn't It about
time to stop on tin. nimsy xanei
Rn mnnv tmniltrmnta are nnnlvlnir for I
j ---.
admission to this country at new
York that the immigration agents have
iiu)uiucWi.iucullmv,u.
Arter they are in, tne immigrant, win
have to work overtime to catch up with
the procession of progressive American
mecnanics anu lUDorers.
A British critic of our course in the
rh'lippines expresses the opinion that
the situation was complicated for the for the rebuttal to the people along the $32,354 per mile and Is therefore as
American, by the capture of Agulnaldo. respective lines. 8PMed out of nronortlon Bt . ,
Equally competent critic, however,
.t A. 41... .I1...1I.. ..1 .1 .
agree umi iue auuatiuu uulu
been more complicated had Agulnaldo
neen leu at mrge to urew luis.uiei ut
. I- a.m .h.aa will
ins uu Bwrn w m.
w i a
rranK r.. aioore. woUlu nave oeen re-
elected mayor with the vote of the
Third ward entirely excluded from the
count, mat is tue oest answer to me
pretense that Moores' success ls due to
the lawless elements. Moore, carried
the Second. Third. Fourth. Fifth and
Eighth wards. Some pretty good peo
ple live In those wards. ,
The state uudltor has sixty day. from
the ' adjournment of the legislature to
prepure hU statement of moneys ap
propriated during the session, which
means tbat the statement will be due
before long. The ncsslon law. are also
required by the constitution of Ne
braska to be printed, lu book form
within sixty days after adjournment.
I.et us see if this Information cannot
this year be given to the public within
the time prescribed.
If Governor Mickey has determined.
a U reported, that he will observe
strictly the provision of the constttu
tlon designed to keep members of the
legislature from trading themselves into
appointive places, ho will bo entitled to
a special credit mark, particularly a
luost of his predecessors In the executive
office have resorted to techulcal loop
holes to get around the law. (iovernor
Mickey will have no difficulty lu finding
men outside the legislative lUts w ell
qualified to take all the vacancies In
Vffica b ui a Im called uyou to fill.
TBtlR HVTCJL McSPORSlBILiTT.
No one haa spoken with a clearer and
sounder conef ptlon of the duty and re
siHnsUilllty of both organized capital
and organized labor than Trenldent
ICoosevelt and It would be well If these
forces gave heed to bla Judicious
, , , . .
counsel. In his last annual message
the president ..id tht both kind, of
.!.. i i, -1 1 .i onH lahnr rnn
federation, capitalistic and iator, can
necessary
. .
UU UIUI.U fL WU, D in .
corollary they can both do evlL lie
declared that each must refrain from
rhtl.arv or tyrannous Interference with
- .k
general observance of which would very
much simplify the most troublesome and
nernlexlng problem before the country.
Organized capital and organized
labor." said the president, "alike should
remember that In the long run the In-
terest of each must be brought Into
harmony with the interest of the gen-
0f obedience to the law. of Individual
freedom, and of Justice and fair dealing
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toward all. Every employer, every
wageworker. must be guaranteed his
liberty and his right to do as he likes
with Ms property or his labor so long
. . . !nfrlncn nnnn th Hrhta
0f others. It Is of the highest linpor-
tance that employer and employe alike
should endeavor to appreciate each the
. . . i . ... .1
viewpoint or rue omer ana iue sure i
disaster that will come upon both In
., . ..n
as habitual an attitude of sour hostility
and distrust toward the other." The
president well said that few neonle de-
serve better of the country than those
inppHPntntiirA hnth nf .nnitni nnri i.
bor who work continually to bring
about a good understanding of this
kind, based upon
wisdom and upon
broad and kindly
sympathy between
employers and employed.
These views of one who regards the
relations of canltal and labor with ah.
solute Impartiality and who has shown
I
his earnest desire to nromote Industrial
pence, should receive the thoughtful and
serious attention of those to whom they
are addressed. More of reason and less
of passion, a broader sense of mutual
Interests, a better understanding of re-
snonslbilitv in reaoeet to the rights and
welfare of the general public, a clearer
appreciation by each of the viewpoint
of the other-these are needed by both
employers and employes and it cannot
be assumed that they are unattainable
Unie8fl Wfl ftre TVrpTlfl rrt in nhnminn
effort, to secure the preservation of in-
dustrlal peace.
It Is unfortunately true that the dis-
Potion is far too common on the part
f e"P,0f V1 mploy take
an attitude of hostility and distrust
toward each other and it Is regretfully
to sald tna this disposition seems
to be as strong now as it has ever
be-. In sP,te ofall the effort that ha.
i - i iiihiih f iinnmro pa nrinna W t i
been made to Improve relations. . Re
sponsibility for this condition 1s per-
1 hnna aKamf Avitn11 4ltJ .J - .rwli .
""""v "-"j iuere are
Tarry, on one side and revplutionary
Ptatora on the other. But the friends
or "auBtnai peace will not despair.
uiiuucu ouu LuuRfrvHiive men among
employer, and erunlovea will at Inst rat
, I. : " "v
rKtfiuw ana control, wnenever this
D""" umncuirB w" w umicaoiy
Belucu oa a JU81 Bna reasonable basis
ttUU pece De assured
PUTTIHQ THE CarTBSFORM THa Buhsu
iue state Doara ot railroad assess-
ment opened its session Tuesday with
uu lutormat neanng or tne complalnU
of the railroad tax commissioners and
railroad attorneys, who appeared with
complaints on behalf of the overvalued
and overtaxed railroad, of Nebraska,
inis may not be an unusual proceeding
I.u x- . . ...... I
eorasna uoaras or assesmeut,
hilt It hna nn nnrollol In I
,u rivuniuiii vi
assessment boards of any other state
north or south-east or west.
iuc u.uui uieiuou oi procedure Or
state Doard. or assessment Is first to
adopt rules governing their proceedings
and. second, setting apart specific days
iur iue uearing ana presentation of
weumouy aim argument, of each Of the
various railroads, telegraph and bridge
companies, with opportunity afforded
Take for example the state of Mis-
I aminl Ya 41.. . . V. I 1. . . I
puunsueu journals of Its
proceeding, for 1901 will be found the
u..u.uB.
I Ylrtfirfl llinr n A nkll 4 ar -v .
-av uh-i xju nuui u, UXinutt tn
nrst weea or It. continued session
1 A 4. J l - . .
uuu,,n-u ruies sua earned on Informal
discussion as to method, of procedure
with railroad, telegraph and bridge as-
u.rniS unu on April passed this
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Resolved. That the board meet on th
r' ."Tanr'n" .J?2Z2L
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to tho valuation and m.n ....
road, telegraph and bridge property In this
state aubject to taxation, vli.:
May . Atchison, Topeka 4 Santa Fe
system.
May g. Kanaas City. Fort Bcott ft Mem.
phis system.
May 10. Chicago. Rock Island 4V Pacific.
May 13, Miaaouii. Pacific system, etc.
County officials and -all cltliens who may
be lr.tereted Is the assessment of railroad i
telegraph and bridge property, or who have
information in regard thereto, are re-
quested to appear before the board and
present ineir statements, testimony and
argument., and tb. officers of the railroad
telegraph and bridge company are aaked td
take notice ot the dates for hearings and
in order to expediu the work of the board
to coniorm to tne same, we it
the board be. and ha la herehv rilra,.
In addition to giving copy hereof to the
dally newspapers, to mall a copy hereof to
the clerk of the county court In each about Howell electing Moores by deliv
Tn7,0,th' 'lrU Ui n t!JPM,W"b trlng to him all the democratic votes
telegraph company whose property u
wholly or In part In this state.
Now. why should not the Nebruska
state board make a new departure and
for once and forever put au end to the
funics! methods heretofore pursued In
the assessment of railroad and tele
graph properUus, which constitute one
fourth of the entire taxable wealth of
the atate,
a Too-swscrifio ixjcxcTwy.
In tlmea of strife between organized
labor and organized capital It Is a deli
cate matter to express dissent rroui
policies pursued by cither party to the
contention, and especially to criticise
Judicial Intervention, even though It
overstens Precedents and constitutional
limitations. There Is, however, a sacred
duty Imposed upon the press as the
-
champion of Individual rights and con
.tltiitl.nuil llhf.rtT tl.nt must be dls-
charged by every conscientious Journal
u journalist even ai me ruK ui uul-uu
friends and making enemies.
greatest menace to rree msmu
tlona I" the use of force and the abuse
of power. The resort to force by work-
H'gmeu on a strike to cornel employers
to acceae to tueir nemnnos ana every at
must be repressed by the exercise of
l"c l""1 i"n l i---. "
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rlul,,c tumgeu nu ih
ervatlon of order are in duty bound to
protect life and property by all legitl
means at their command.
The abuse Of that power, however, is
"s intolerable and as dangerous as mob
violence. A police officer has no more
rSnt to cluD m&n or hoot bim down
niorplv honn nau ha la rtn a cftlt;ck tlinn
' w " "
m' imB l" u" "r muruer any oiucr hhiu
or woman. The only time ho Is Justified
in U8lnS ,orce ,s ,n Plng down riots
m trending himself from assault
WLat ,s true of the Pollce ls also true
of tne Jlclary. There are limitations
Deyond which courts cannot venture
without seriously endangering the
r,8hts of cWens, guaranteed by the
atate and federal constitutions.
The temporary restraining order
,8SUea D Jnae MunSer na gone to the
furthest "feme in the direction of
government by Induction. If the fed-
eral courx nas Jurisdiction over city
. . .....
transportation lines and teamsters
tormeT employed by them, which la
Mtremer doubtful as regards men en-
RJgeu m naullnK Dunning materials.
lue, plL" lro,u ODe pa" 01 lue cu 10
uuuluer' 11 "'"'ieuy oversuoois ine
mm WDeu oraers tue teumsters'
un,on t0 dl8Dand and forbids a meeting
u OI lnal un,on t0 al8Css
Peacefully grievances, whether imag-
"r reul' wn,cn caupea lnem 10
, " ... . .
' " " v'"
9'mim that ,does , Dot eua"y
courts cnn dlsband labr organizations,
It must disband also employers' organi
zations. Under the temporary excite
ment It may seem very popular with
one class that the other class shall be
suppressed by court mandate, but the
danger is that the exercise of such ar-
- " ,
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mine our entire fabric of free govern
ment, which all liberty-loving Amer-.
leans would deplore. ' ' "
P. S.-Since the above editorial was
put in type Judge Munger has modified
his original restraining order by striking
out that portion "prohibiting the Team
Drivers' International union from con
tinuing its organization." For this
promnt revocation Juriire Mnnc-0r t
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HHjLT MONUUSXTAL iMPCDKNCK.
bo the railroads in Nebraska are
assessed too high! They want their as-
etslmeQt of ,ast year reduced for 1903,
What sublime nudacltv! What monu-
mental imuudence!
The Burlington ask. for a reduction
from $4,500 to $3,000 a mile, although
its stocks were converted into bonds
only two year, ago at the ratio of two
dollar, for one and It. lowest estimated
vnlue la $51 000 rer mile
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The manager of the Elkhom. which
. . . . . .
is assessed at kj.ouu ner mile, claims
that the railroads are assessed at one
sixth to one-seventh, while other nrnn
ertv Is asseasefl .at. nn-nlnth tn nno.
twelfth, when the reverse Is absolutely
the case. Railroad nronertv Is nsaeaaprt
at one-thirteenth and other property at
Um - iTth
The Union rnclflc nln urmpala fnr
reduction. Its chief tax knocker tells
us that the main line of the ro.,,1 t
but he foreets to tell thnt evprv r,,n
of the road, branch lines and main lino.
are capitalized and will sell In the pub-
milrkl,t fnP mnr. than tuium
mlla whorona Hiav o-a n,0..llt,.,l
average of 1ph than -.rm ,n
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The cheek of th rnllrnn.t n.inn
In Juinolu on the atntP hn.H ti.n
meut It opened Its session and before
the board had adopted any rules or even
railroad audltora. which
".old P
i"'"1"" muic lo eiiuuie.
Under the rules of mathematics three
three-venr terms in the mnvnr'a nffW
,. t
wuu,u uiu "u lruure
ing over nine years, ftut in the case of
Mayor Moore, tho three terms will
cover two mouth, more than nine years.
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thoughtful postponement of the election
by his opponents lu the legislature, and
ho by moving up the election from
fr.h until M nt. rQ
M J " '" g"Ve M"yr
Moorei a corresponding extra to his
term of office. Again we see that the
best laid plans of men and mice arc
n.,i,i . .n
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wl iuuiBeu iu
the aftermath of election, the yarn
I cast In the last three hours of the poll
I log ls as fantastic an invention as a
diseased mind could produce. The Idea
I of the democratic candidate holding
I back his. own votes to flud out first
I whether he was likely to succeed Is m
- 1 preposterous as to ruuke a horse latuh,
- 1 especially when it is known llowill had
convinced himself that the race wn be
tween him and Benson. Many demo
crats, satisfied that Howell could not
make out, doubtless voted for Mooret
In preference to Benson, but many other
democrats, In the same belief as to
Howell, must have voted for Benson In
preference to Moores. But that Howell
or his managers ordered or advised
their democratic followers to vote for
Moores is the veriest piece of fiction,
with not the slightest shadow of
foundation.
Ttala Oniht to Satisfy.
Detroit Free Press.
Mr. Baer makes It plain that there has
boea no combination among tho coal opera
tors. They merely got together and agreed
to boost prices.
earlBHr the Merry Flan re.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Id a short time the per capita will look
like $30, and yet some folks complain
that they cannot produce their due sharo
of the circulating medium.
lella of the Knockers.
Philadelphia Tress.
District Attorney Folk of 8t. Louis Is
now accused of slandering Missouri because
he persists In prosecuting the boodlers.
This Is an old and familiar thing. Rood
ling Is nothing, but exposing It ls a great
crime.
Think ot tho Future.
Washington Post.
Really, a president should stop to con
slder posterity before be goes to kissing the
babies. Think how ths people of Iowa will
suffer sixty or seventy years from now from
those old folks who Insist, on telling bow
they were kissed by President Roosevelt
when they were kids. .
Fact Outran Nimble Fancy.
Philadelphia Record.
The Poetal Telegraph company, when Its
cable shall have been laid across the Pa
cific to Manila, proposes to send a message
on connected wires around the earth In
forty seconds. This feat will outdo Imagina
tion. The boastful Puck, when sent on a
oulck best by the kind of fairies In "A
Midsummer Night's Dream," declared:
I'll put a girdle round about the earth
In forty minutes.
But the ' Postal proposes to do the Job
in two-thirds of a minute. So far does fact
outrun the nimblest fancy in theae marvel
ous latter days!
Any Old Thin a; Win.
Cincinnati Enquirer (dem.).
Cleveland evidently has the confidence of
the country beyond any one now In sight.
We have earnestly opposed him In the past
but in politics it is the present and the
future that count. If the democratic party
is to survive It must begin to win presi
dential elections. Would It be better to
win with Cleveland or to lose with some fig
urehead whom Colonel Bryan may set up?
What say the rock-ribbed democracy of the
middle west? If the east, where the real
battle ground will be, demand htm for the
leader, shall we fall In line?
A Victory for tho People.
Minneapolis Journal.
The lower house of the Illinois Icglsla
ture has passed the Mueller street railway
ownership bill, the senate was expected to
pass it today and Governor-Yates will not
dare to veto It. This bill ls a measure
which will give Chicago the whip hand In
dealing with the-street railway franchise
question. , Franchises i may be granted for
twenty years, or the municipality may take
over the lines and own and operate them.
It 'does not 'follow'frrfm this that they ar
to have municipal 'ownership In Chicago; It
merely means that the city. will be .In a
commanding position In negotiating with
the companies. If the latter are disposed
to drive too hard a bargain the city can
resort to municipal ownership. With that
possibility in the background there ls lit
tle prospect that the city will be gouged.
It ls a great advance, too, to have the life
of a franchise limited by law to twenty
years.
FAME'S GENTLE TOICH.
Invento'
ot a New Drink Hailed as at
Benefactor.
Indianapolis News.
In the News the other day there was a
brief paragraph announcing the death of
Colonel Joseph Kyle Rickey, inventor ot
the famous drink known as the gin rickey.
The name of the drink has a wicked
sound, but really It Is not so bad. A dash
of gin, a little Ice and seltzer and a bit of
lime and there you have a tipple that
on a hot day, with the blinds drawn and
the sun shut out and the ruga and the
heavy drapery packed away against the
time when the colder winds begin to blow,
makes one feel as though life, after all,
were not a barren wilderness. The great
dean, Jonathan Swift, in his savage satire,
"Gulliver's Travels," said:
"And he gave for bis opinion that who
soever could make. two ears of corn, or
two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot
of ground where only one grew before
would deserve better of mankind and do
more essential service to his country than
the whole race of politicians put together.'
How true the judgment ls and how
slight the praisel May not something of
the same kind be said of the inventor ot
a new drink? Having in mind the tern
perance, and even' tbe prohibition pro
clivities of many of our readers, we hasten
to observe that the question ls not one
solely of alcoholic drinks. We use the
word drink in its. widest sense. For In
stance, the man who first devised the "soft'
drink, known as -the horse's neck, must
also be hailed as a benefactor of his race.
It simply happens that the death we
chronicle la that of the inventor of the gin
rickey, and not of the Inventor of the
horse's neck. Both are Innocuous when
used In moderation, though it must be
frankly confessed that perils lurk In the
rickey. We would by no means commend
it to the very young, or to those who have
not entire command over tbelr appetites.
Indeed, we commend it to no one. We
freely admit that perhaps it would have
been better If the colonel bad directed his
Inventive genius into other channels. But
at the aame time there are hundreds of
thousands of men all over the world who
will lament the death of Colonel Rickey as
that of a personal friend. Oliver Wendell
Holmes, than whom a nobler and more
temDerate man never lived, wrote as fol
lows of an old punch bowl:
I tell you, there was generous warmth in
mnnti nl,t KiivilNh cheer:
I tell you, 'twaa a pleasant thought to
bring Its symbol here.
"Tls hut the fool that loves excess; hast
thou u drunken aoul?
Thy bane le In thy shillow skull, not In
my silver bowll
I love the memory of the past Its pressed
yet fragrant flowers;
The moss that clothes iv broken walls, the
Ivy on Its towers;
Nay, thlp poor bauble It bequeathed m
vhi trnw TTiiilKt AMil dim.
To think nf all tnu vanished Joya tha
danced around Itj brim.
But this Is Dr. Holmes' argument not
ours. We make no argument. We simply
chronicle tbe achievement and the title to
fame of a man who made tbe world hap
plir and no doubt more wretched, too
by his genius. Possibly bis title to fam
Is slight, but It la all thai he had. Shall
we not acknowledge It? Coloney Rickey
has gone to meet the author of the tuln
Julep. Peace to bis annul
BIT. OF WASHINGTON L1TK.
Minor Scones an Incidents Sketched
oa tho Spot.
A life site portrait of President McKinley
painted by Mr. Murphy, an American artist,
has been received at the White House and
now bants to the right of the north vesti
bule door, the space on the left of the door
being occupied by Bargent's portrait of
President Roosevelt. The hanging Is a
favorable one for an oil painting and the
portrait, which was painted from a photo
graph, the artist never having seen Mr.
McKinley, Is much admired. The Wash
ington Post quotes the friends ot the late
president as saying tbat It is the best like
ness ot Mr. McKinley In existence.
A writer In Good Housekeeping relates a
conversation had with President Roosevelt
on family affairs. It was during one ot
the White House muslcales. The writer
said It was wonderful how much Mrs.
Roosevelt could do socially and to how
large a number she was able to extend
White House hospitality. His reply I shall
never forget. He looked as pleased as It
It were a new thought to him; probably
It had been said for the hundredth time
that night. He replied:
"Yes, whatever people may think ot the
president, I suppose It is pretty generally
known tbat Mrs. Roosevelt makes a good
mistress of the White House. I like her
entertainments myself. Now, this musi
cals ls just the sort of thing we all enjoy
It glvn pleasure to her friends and Is
dignified In Its entertaining?'
"But," he added. "Mrs. Roosevelt Is as
good a mother aa can be found; a good
mother to six children, giving them her
time and thought. Yet, busy as she ls In
always attending to them herself, she
manages to give me some time, too. Now,
today she rode with me an hour and a half.
She Is a conscientious mother, let me toll
you, with a heart full of love, and always
thinking of what Is best for the children."
I ventured to ask about the children and
if he really played "bear" with them or if
that was a reporter's story.
"Well," said he. t"I have threatened not
to play bear, but now just last Thursday
night, after I was dressed for the diplomatic
dinner, I did Indulge the boys In a game
of bear, and after the play was over I as
sure you my being ready for that dinner
was a thing of the past. But I made one
more change on the double quick before I
appeared downstairs."
Painters are at work putting a coat of
white paint on the dome of the capltol,
It ls nine years since the huge structure
was painted, and the work ls being done
as much to protect the Iron from corrosion
as to preserve Its whiteness. It takes 1,000
gallons of paint to cover the dome. The
rigging by which tho painters move about
was erected by Head Rigger Porta of the
navy. He Is the man who some years ago
while placing electric lights on the dome,
did the thrilling feat of climbing to the top
of the statue of Liberty and standing erect.
arms folded, on the shoulders of the horse,
"I am often required to deal with queer
Individuals In the carrying out of my offi
cial duties," explained a local prosecuting
officer, quoted by the Washington Star.
"Tho latest Incident of the sort occurred
a day or two ago. A well dressed man,
carrying a large satchel, was admitted to
my private office. He complained that a
conspiracy to defraud him out of valuable
lands in Louisiana existed, and his desire
was that I should prosecute the conspira
tors. I suggested that he file his complaint
at tho Department of Justice, explaining
that I had no authority outside ot the
District of Columbia. But my visitor could
not see that way. Ho promptly informed
mo that ho had first called at the Depart
ment of Justice, and that the officials there
had referred him to me. He added that
he did not propose to be bamboozled any
further.
"My visitor went on to say that he had
entered his complaint before one of the
leading Judges In Baltimore, but his honor
had him elected from the courf room. I
was further told by my caller that he pro
ceeded to the sidewalk outside the court
house and assembling a crowd ot citizens
about him, notified them of what had oc
curred within and threatened that If they
d not assist him In securing his rights
from the Judge he would drop his satchel,
which, he declared contained a large amount
ot nltro-glycerlne, In tbe midst of the
crowd.
Now what do you think they did?' my
caller Inquired of me.
"I told him that I could not guess.
" 'Not a blessed thing,' he said.
During the entire recital the roan held
his satchel very carefully and kept glancing
at It in a nervous way. I did not relish
the situation, so I pushed an electric button
and summoned my messenger. A moment
later my visitor and his satchel bad been
unceremoniously ushered out. I could hear
him as he stood In the corridor delivering
a harangue on the subject of the -Impossi
bility of securing Justice In this land of
the free."
Suocrlntendent Richard Sylvester of the
metropolitan police of Washington. D. C
has made public a pollce regulation for that
city which reads: "To spit on auy paved
sidewalk or footpath, or to spit on any
street railway car or other public vehicle,
or to spit on any part of any public build
ing under the control of the commissioners
. . . . . ... niB..f,ii
of the District oi oiumuia, j um
MARRIED WOME TEACHERS.
Concession Granted by the New York
Board of Ednentlon.
Boston Transcript.
Married women have been given a con
cession by the New York City Board or
Education, which has amended its Dy-iaws.
governing their case, to the following ef
fect: "No married woman shall be ap
pointed to any teaching or supervising
position in the day public schools unless
her husband Is Incapacitated, from physical
or mental disease, to earn a livelihood, or
has consecutively abannonea ner ior ui.v ten.
than three years prior to tne aate oi ner
appointment; provided, ttat proor saus
t.ninrv to the board of city superintend
ents is furnished to establish such physical
and mental dlssbillty or abandonment.
Thus It seems there may be extenuating
irnimstances which work a suspension oi
penalty for women teachers who have been
so presumptuous as to marry, if they are
In sufficient distress they m-ay be forgiven
and reinstated. Several meuitjera or tne
board were asked to explain why tho limit
of desertion was fixed at three years In
stead of one or two, and the reply was
that women might not really know tnai
they were abandoned, but think they were,
In less time than three year. As good an
answer would have been that three years
were none too long a time lu which to ex
plate the crime of matrimony. Looking at
It purely as a matter of public policy and
efficient service, we cannot see why a
married woman with a husband lncapac
tated by physical or mental disease from
earning a livelihood, on her hands, Is likely
to be more acceptable as a teacher than
one whose husband ls able to do his share
of the breadwlnning. It looks like provid
ing for charity at the expense of educa
tion. The whole policy seems to be a tls
ma of absurdities. Incapable of a logical
analysis. The Board of Education of New
York bids fair to become a distinguished
for the sapience of Its decisions as the
board of magistrates whose decisions were
voiced by the Immortal IKigberry. It Is the
same board which has undertaken, at this
age of tbe world, to suppress the popular
circulation of "Incle Tom s Cabin."
TALK ABOUT CLEVELAND.
Petrolt Free Press (dem): It Is not
necessary to have a formal denial from Mr.
Cleveland to know that he Is not a candi
date for another nomination and would not
acept soother nomination.
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph (rep.):
The recrudescence of Cleveland Is merely
the present form of the rebellion against
Bryanlsm and la Interesting but not Imme
diately Important to republicans.
Boston Globe (dem.): If ex-President
Cleveland should receive the denlocratlc
nomination next year, It will be against the
wishes of Mrs. Cleveland, who does not
want to see him In the White House again.
Philadelphia North American (rep.): If
the democratic party were a united political
body, with clearly defined principles and
policies, Mr. Cleveland probably would be '
the most formidable candidate available at
this time to lead a straight-out fight
agclnat the republicans.
Minneapolis Journal (rep.): The talk of
nominating Cleveland Is the last effort of
the moribund element la a demoralized
party to seek to obtain national power with
nothing but a great name. Traditional de
mocracy is a mere shell. It has no relation
to the problems of tho day.
Portland Oregonlan (rep.): Ths third
term tradition will hardly He against a man
who has been out of tbe presidency for
eight years, ani : Cleveland Is evidently
mors vigorous at 66 than most men at 70.
The elder Harrison was Inaugurated at 68,
and five presidents were over 60 at ths be
ginning of their terms.
Cleveland Plain Dealer (dem.): Only a
dominating Issue or candidate can effect a
restoration of old-time democracy. Looked
at In that light Mr. Cleveland would seem
to be the only figure to size up to the situ
ation. But will not the suspicion that he Is
merely a stalking horse tend to discourage
the voters and prevent the realization of
the purpose which his candidature is ex
pected to achieve?
Charleston (S. C.) News and Courier
(dem.): We wish It were possible to place
Mr. Cleveland at the head of the party In
the next campaign. That is where he be
longs, that ls where he stands In fact, and
there is none other who can take his place.
The true business Interests of the country
would be promoted by his election, the pub
lic credit would be safe under his adminis
tration, fitness would be the sole test of
appointment to office and the south would
have a firm friend at the head of the gov
ernment In Washington.
Springfield (Mass.) Republican (Ind):
There can be no question that the people
of the United States are coming Into a re
newed appreciation of the character and
public service of Grover Cleveland. It Is
now being seen, as it could not have been
seen so clearly five or six years ago, that
he was right In tatting the stand he did
during his second administration for the
preservation of the public credit, at all
costs of popularity and party unity. But
above this and other great public services
stands. In the popular appreciation, the
stalwart character of the man the Inflexi
ble will, the conscientious purpose, the
dauntless courage, tho fearless devotion to
principle, and the unshakable loyalty to
any public trust that has been committed
to his charge.
PERSONAL NOTE.
Last Sunday was a great day for visiting.
King Edward was In Paris, Emperor Wil
liam In Rome and President Roosevelt at
Sharon Springs.
Tho opening of the Indian territory to
settlement will find Henry C. Frick aud
John W. Ga,te.t on the ground floor as own
ers of the principal part of the coal lands.
With tears in his eyes, the sultan begs
the powers to tae that Bulgaria keeps tbe
Macedonians In ornr. '.Mr- tbe small
boy who said: "Mamma, make Johnny be
have! Every time I hit him he boilers."
If the Rothschilds bad increased and
multiplied after the manner ot many fami
lies there would by thl3 time have been a
prodigious number of the English branch,
let alone the rest, bu: after more than 100
years the descenlajta ot Nathan Meyer
Rothschild, founder of .he Enplish Roth
schilds, only amount to between tblrtyand
forty persons.
Prof. Walkhoff of Munich his discovered
from exhaustive study of a skull that pre
historic man could noi talk; and be. is said
furthermore to jave been very much vexed
by the flippant proposition of oce of his
colleagues, who is aot a contributor to Flle
gende Blaetter, but who has urred that
a similar study be made of the skull ot a
prehistoric woman.
Leopold de Rothschild has spoiled tbe
tradition that his grandfather got news or
the victory of Waterloo in a highly roman
tic manner. He received the news from a
sea captain In his employ, who brought a
newspaper to him from Brussels. All thn
Rothschild captains had orders to collect
newspapers wherever they were, and this
was not the only tip which the family got
In this way.
F. P. Baker, for forty years one of the
Institutions of Kansas, has resigned his
subpoHtmastershlp at Topeka. He has al
ways been a wheel horse In republican poll
tics and was a red-hot woman suffragist
In the Kansas struggle of the late '60's.
"Father" Baker hat been connected with
several newspaper enterprises. He is now
well over 80 years of age and retires from
bis position because of falling health.
A young wife who weit wl'h her husband
to St. Louis for the vrorM's fair dedication
writes borne that they had to pay $1 apiece
for sandwiches ent that the waiter stole
the ham from one and put it into another
sandwich, setting the s.ime flnnhtlme price
for that. Coffee "and such coffee" was BO
cents per cup. "The only interesting
things I saw were two men the governors
of North and South Carolina. They were
going Into a saloon."
Here Is a story about Kubellk that did not
come from his press agent: The violinist
was once asked to play at a lunatic aslyum.
He chose a brilliant Slav composition and
the audience seemea aengni'-u. n oi
the regular boarders came up sod began
to talk with him. Kubellk asked hlro bow
he liked the performance. The lunatic
stared at him for a while and then said:
Well, to think of the likes ul you Deing
. . ..kll. I mrr - n t In tlP "
allowea out wu.o ... K
Close to the Rnaiccd Eds.
Detroit Free Press.
By declaring the title defective, a Min
nesota court has taken 30,000 acres of land
away from Uncle Russell Sage. Taking
things away from Uncle Russell cornea dan
gcroutily near the conatltutlonal Inhibition
against cruel and unusual punishments.
Waltham Watches
12,000,000 of them to keep
the world in order.
"Tht Perfected AmeHaut Watch," an Uastrdtecf book
of interesting tnformAtton aloat quitches, will be tent
free upon request.
American Waltham Watch Compaif,
Waltham, Mass,
THAT "RAILROAD JOKER."
Effect of tho Tna Clanse Instiled
Into tho Onsnbn Charter. -i
Municipal Journal and Engineer.
Owing to the efforts of the Real Estats
exchange tax reform in Omaha, Neb., which
began last year by assessing the franchise!
of the public servlcs corporations at some
thing near their actual value, hat been car
ried still further this year by the assess
ment of tbe terminal properties ot the
steam railroads at their true value. This
latest action of the tax commissioner,
which has been approved by the Board ofc
Review and the Board of Equalization, has
resulted in the addition of $25,702,158 to the
assessment roll of the city.
At the time the city charter of Omaha
was before tho legislature, In 1S97, it con
tained the usual provision for the assess
ment ot all property for purposes of mu
nicipal taxation at Its fair cash value, anl
before its passage the railroad lobby tarkcil
on what has sines been known as the "rail
road Joker," aa addition "excepting th
terminal properties of the railroads, th
valuation of which the city tax commis
sioner shall take from the figures fixed by
the State Board of Equalization aa returned
to the county clerk."
The State Board of Equalization. hich
has been under tho control of the railroad
corporations, has made a practice of assess
ing each railroad as a whole and prorating
the assessment among the various couuties
through which the road ran according to
ths mileage la each county. Aside from
making a very low assessment per mile, the
stato board exempted all sidetracks, yards,
depots and other properties along the right
of way tinder the pretext that the value of
this property was Included in the sum total
of ths mileage. Under this practice th
city of Omaha has up to the praassu time
only collected taxea on each mile of atnln
track within tbe city limits and has hern
leaving the great yarda properties snd val
uable depots virtually free of taxation.
This year the city tax commissioner con
cluded to disregard the "railroad Joker" in
the city charter and assess the railroad
property within tho city limits on the sanu
basis as all other property In the city Is
assessed, finding his Justification for such
action in the constitutional requirement
"that every person or corporation shall pav
a tax In proportion to the value of his or
her or its property and franchises and that
taxes shall be uniform In respect to per
son and property within the Jurisdiction of-
the body Imposing the same." It Is there
fore ths contention of the city tax com
missioner that the "railroad Joker" in the
city charter Is In conflict with the consti
tution of tho state.
The following table shows the assessment
of railroad property In the city of Omaha
as fixed by the State Board of Equaliza
tion and by the City Board of Equalization
for this year:
State Board.
City Board.
Union Pacific i 67.M9
I14.5S3.2W
2.500,000
F., E. ft M. V 12,924
C. Bt. P.. M. ft 0 2.7S
O. & N. P 11.310
O. ft S. W 17.615
7.S63,14fl
$:5.832.4f0
Totals $130,240
Increase, $25,702,153.
Owned by Chicago, Burlington ft Qjlnry.
FLASHES OF FIN.
"Say, old chap, can you read Scotch dia
lect?' "I've written several stories In It."
"I know, but can you read It?" Brooklyn
Eagle,
It is no compliment If a friend comes
fifty miles to your wedding-, but It lb a
great tribute if he cornea rive miles to your
funeral. Atchison Globe.
"And you say she la happy with her sec
ond husband?
"Happy! She ought to be. She's got him
so subdued that she makes him sprinkle the
flowers on the grave of No. 1." Baltimore
Sun.
"Did you see that Idiotic woman kiss that
dog of hers?"
"Yes. Do you wonder that some dogs g
mad?" Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Some folks' Ideas," said Uncle Ehen.
"la Jes' like an ostrich's feathers. Dey
doesn' 'mount to nuffln' In paitickler till
dey gets Into de possession o' somebody
else." Washington Star.
"Some men," said Uncle Eben, "axes yoh
advice an' assistance an' den thinks you
ought to be grateful to 'em foh heliiin' you
kill time." Washington Star.
Mrs. Grimes They say that frequent
bathing ls very Injurious to the human
system.
Mrs. Byrnes-I've always wondered how It
was that your family enjoyed auch perfect
Doctor Medicine isn't what yoj ft.
You need more exercise.
Mrs. Gllaon More exercise! You do.
realize, doctor, that our telephone ls on s
eight party line. Bomerviue journal.
Mamma I am surprised and grieved to
learn that my little boy threw a big bottle
at a neighbor's cat.
Johnny (sobbing) We'd been gtvln' tho
cat another name, mamma, and I was chrla
tenln' her. Chicago Tribune.
"Is your employer out?" Inquired the
caller.
"Yea, sir," replied the office boy.
"How do you know without looking Into
his private office?"
"Because I Just heard him growl about
the cards he was Benin' and call for an
other stack of bluea." Philadelphia Press.
THIJtQS THAT NEVER DIE.
Charles Dickens.
The pure, the bright, the beautiful.
That stirred our hearts In youth.
The Impulses of wordless prayer.
The dreams of love and truth;
The longings after aomethlng lout,.
The ppliit a yearning cry.
The striving after better hopes
These things can never die.
The timid hand stretched forth to aid
A brother in his need,
A kindly word in grief's dark hour
That proves a friend Indeed;
The plea for mercy softly breathed,
When Justice threatens nigh;
The sorrow of a contrite heart
These things ahull never die.
The memory of a clasping hand.
The presiiure of a kiss,
And all the trifles, sweet and frail
That make up love's first bliss;
If with a firm, unchanging faith,
And holy trust and high.
Those hands have clasped, those lips h.xve
met
Thee things shall never die.
The cruel and tha bitter word.
That wounded as It fell;
The chilling want of sympathy
We feel but never tell;
The hard repulse thai chills the heart.
Whose hopes were hounding high,
In an unfading record kept
These things shall never die.
Let nothing pass, for every hand
Must find some work to do;
Loce not a chance to waken love
Be firm and Juxt and true.
So shall light that tan not fade
Beam on thee from on high.
And angel voices say to thee
These things shall never die. '
