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THE OMAHA DAILY JlEEt SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1903. Tire Omaha Daily Dee E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. FUBLISHED EVERY MORNINO. TH STRIKE BrwKMlC. ((treat ocean than It now has. our pos- a lavorue rune or the raiirona loony The present strike epidemic while cer- sessions and the great interests they wnenever it nnns itself cornered ana us talnlT verr serious. Is not the most dls- have created assure this. Hut It will be use Is not conflned to any one state. couraging period that American Industry mainly a commercial Influence, only such Whenever the legislature Is Inundated has ever witnessed, the New York Even- political Influence being exerted as snau i wnn protests or petitions to puji corpor- be found necessary to protect and pre- atlon chestnuts out of the fire It is safe serve our commercial Interests. to put them down as secured either tin- As to a stronger navy, which the presi- der duress or an exchange for transpor- dent urged, it is perfectly apparent that tatlon favors. Ing Post points out. In 1877 several large cities were in the bands of mobs in consequence of strikes and the militia were under arms in half a dozen states. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bee (without Sunday), On Year.. $t pally Bee and Sunday. Una Year " Illuntratrx! He. One Year... ' Bundav Bee. Une Vrnr "J f ntunlny im,, una y ear : I " - -" ' I - - . " , . . Twentieth century Farmer, One Year., loo pittsburg was set on Are and the rail- it will be necessary for the safeguard DELIVERED HY CARRIER Daily Bo (without Sunday), par cony..... c Dally Bee (without Bunriay), per weea...ize Sunday per copy ? temporarily overthrown and Kvenln Bee (without unflyi, per wo. .Evening- Be (including Sunday), Per, week Complalita of irregularities tn delivery should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. ' Omaha The Bee Building-. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Streeta. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl Street. Chicago 16W Unity UulMIn. New York 2T.28 Turk How Building. Washington 51 Fourteenth Street. road shops and depots were consumed. The government of Fort Wayne was its place taken by a committee of strikers. A similar condition of affairs existed in some towns of western New York. These strikes were against a reduction of wages. At a later time came the strike on the Missouri Pacific, marked by much disorder, and the strike against the Pull man Car company, which became widely extended and was characterized by such ing of our commercial interests. It is altogether probable that it will be found expedient to maintain as strong or a stronger naval force on the raclflc than on the Atlantic, but at any rate we should not be weaker in than the other Pacific powers, Traffic officials representing railroads traversing nearly every section of the country are trying to fix among them selves rates for the movement of the season's sugar crop with a view, it is this respect I sa,d' ra,n,mle the competition of the w proaucx imi comes to us rrora cuoa ana Hawaii. The railroads have usually must nrnvlde ndeniutta n rot eft Ion for our possessions. There is nothing in intended that their tariffs are made the declaration of President Roosevelt --lUiout discrimination for or against that should cause alarm or solicitude "tippers occupying the same relative po- I At. i J it. - Tf Imnlioa tin menaoe tr the """" uul " underrate in xms way anywhere. CORREaPONUtNtt. I. . . . I .1... fnmm,,ni.to. ,eiatina to newt and edi- lawlessness in Chicago that soiuiers or uu, u re totiai matter should be addressed: Omaha tn resrular srmv were railed into reoul- Pacific and SO far 88 we can See the sltlon. Still later was the strike of the which bee. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, expresa or postal order, payable to The Ree Publlhln Company. Only a-oent etampa accepted In payment or mall account. Personal checks, except on Omnha or eastern exohanirea, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OP CIRCUIATION. r.0 M.hak4 TnillM COUntVBS.! riur r Turin'irk. secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly worni ih,i 4K number nc full ana complete copies of The Dally, Morning Evening Snd Sunday Bee printed during the month of Apni, ikuj, waa as muum 1 81.T70 1 33.BOO S2I.O0O 4 83,230 I 20,680 Sl.MlO 1 31.B60 building trades in Chicago, stopped the work of construction in that city for a year and a half. The Evening Post remarks that the Monroe doctrine Is not involved to the slightest extent. American influence in the raclflc ocean will undoubtedly In time be far greater than that of any other power, but It will not be exerted to regulate industrial competition they will be extending their functions Into a field only occasionally occupied by them before. mate share ocean. In the commerce of that 81,000 17 81,840 main difference between those disturb- to exclude any nation from ita legitl- ances and the present Is that the earlier ones came In timet of great business de pression, while the present ones are co incident with the greatest prosperity that the country bos ever known. All ... 10... u... 13... 4. ....... . Total.... .ai,uoo .81,830 .81,TO .83,630 .3W.410 .81,030 .... .81,680 .8MMO for three years ur roa Lira. And now it transpires that the scheme the strikes now, In so far as they relate to folst the four corporation tools that H - 8i,ao to wages, are strikes for an increase, not '""."!!"'"! against a decrease. The present strike rp zil'.ll!!!!I!!I".i.4K ldemic, while quite as formidable as 22 'St,ao 801110 that have Prece(Ie1 "eerns to be 24 ""!!!!!!I!lai!s4o characterized very generally by a bet- 2B!!I... aiewo tar spirit than formerly was shown. 8T.1TO Thus far there has been nowhere, ex. Wanted Information leading to the discovery of the whereabouts of the as sessment of the Missouri river bridge and the Omaha railway terminals said to have been distributed along the main lines of the roads converging in this city. Up to date no trace of the dis tributed values has been found. bold seats in the present council Into the new council was concocted months ago by aud with the knowledge and con sent of the mlsrepresentatlves from Douglas county to the late legislature. One of the members of the redoubtable delegation, Mr. Ten Eyck, who now ap- ForesIgM mn Hlad.lght. Chicago Inter Ocean. ome aay the employer and the em-, ploys will both see the wisdom of arbi trating their differences before rather than afterward. -. 27., 28.. . 0., aperBanas Axlety. Boston Transcript. which side the United States will be cept on the part of the Italian subway attorney on behalf of the ...4..8i,ao strikers In New York, any very serious ...... 81.13Q acts 0f violence, such as marked the ...6o,3Ho strikes above noted, and very generally Less unsold and returned copies.... 1Q.433 organized labor is found to be decidedly Net tout amies ..............080,837 opposed to every form of lawlessness, This la Improvement which cannot be too earnestly commended and which it is to be hoped will be everywhere main- Net average sales 81,331 GEORGE B. TZ3CHUCK. Subscribed In my preaence and sworn to Deiore me inia im. aay oi aiay. a. v. um.. M. B. H UNGATE, (Seal.) Notary Public, talned. It will be an awfully cold day when Mr. Telser does not work in some free advertising by pyrotechnics. With another batch of new doctors launched Into the arena of practice Omaha's death rate may be expected to continue on lta downward course. DtVKLVPlTfO ALASKA. A great deal of Interest Is being taken in the development of Alaska, the re sources of which, other than gold, are believed to be very rlclu A party of experts of the United States geological survey is to be sent to that country In an effort to locate new gold fields and also gather accurate and scientific in- callltes, has admitted that the extension of the terms of the four rejected mem bers was not Inserted in the charter by accident, but by design. Mr. Ten Eyck also admits that this high-handed scheme to foist upon the taxpayers and citizens of Omaha men who have betrayed their confidence was deliberately planned to not merely ex tend their terms for seven months, but for three years. Whether other mem bers of the delegation will be as candid as Mr. Ten Eyck In glorifying the chicannery by which the delegation took upon themselves the appointment of councllmen for Omaha in defiance of the popular will and wish is problematic. The fact that the scheme was concocted in . corporation headquarters and en- Now, isn't that bit premature? ain't going- to be any sides. There Hint for Harmoar. Washington Post. Rare and radiant June approaohes, and no outdoor function would add more to Its rarity and radiance than a democratic lawn party conducted with reference to harmony in general and the consideration of fundamental principles In forgetfulneas of special differences and animosities. POLITICAL DRIFT. raradoxlral as It may seem, ths political feuds In Kentucky are kept alive by killing obnoxious politicians. Chicago aldermen are protesting against railroad favors In the shape of free passes. Perhaps a place on the pay roll would be more profitable. A poll of the national democratic com mittee shows but three members favorable to the nomination of Cleveland. Seventeen are opposed and eight are on the fence. The party who kidnaped a member of the city council of Pittsburg la urged to come home alone and receive the freedom of the city. Communities are not always ungrate ful. Reform Is halted temporarily In Philadel phia on account of Mayor Weaver's sick ness. It Is exceedingly dangerous for an official In the Quaker City to entertain the reform microbe. Senator Bill Stone of Missouri la opposed to Grover Cleveland. The senator has sev eral choice brands of baking powder In stock for the democratic dough, which may be had for the customary legal fee. The legislature of Illinois appropriated nearly everything In sight. The state treasury was hit for a total of 115,350,000. Notwithstanding the Industry of the mem bers the governor vetoed their bill for ex tra pay. Grover Cleveland comes within one letter of declaring for harmony. lie Is said to favor Judaon Harmon of Cincinnati for the nomination In 1904. This friendly tip comes from Put-In-Bay, where Judaon is sharing his bait with Grover. The Massachusetts house of representa tives has passed by the large vote ot 1SS yeas to 22 nays a proposed amendment to the constitution of the state to provide that hereafter specific amendments to the state constitution must be submitted to the vote of the people on petition of 50,000 voters. A tramp suffering from a fractured arm was found lying on a sidewalk in Newark, N. J., the other day and taken to the hos pltal, where he was recognised as Chester Wolverton, once a member of the state leg islature and a leading lawyer. In 1887 Leon Abbett waa democratic caucus candidate for United States senator against William J. Sewell, the republican nominee. At the critical moment Wolverton and another democratic member bolted and started the movement which elected Rufus Blodgett. Wolverton lost most of his friends and all his law practice as a result of his defection and finally drifted I into his present pitiable condition. Those German agriculturalists would formatlon ott and coai depos-1 peered to their Interest cannot be make a desirable addition to Nebraska's population if they could only be Induced to stay right In this state and settle down. Its that are known to exist, but which have been neglected up to this time. It Is said that the officials of the geolog ical survey believe that the richest gold mines that have been worked in Alaska doubted by any well Informed person. But there is nothing small about Ike Hascall. He Is not content with an ex tension of three years, but proposes to extend himself for the unexpired term The Price ef Beef. Cincinnati' Tribune. The statisticians at Washington say the sadden advance In ths price of beef Is unjustifiable. This reminds us of a little Incident that took place at a restaurant the other day. "See, hers," said an indig nant guest to the proprietor, "your waiter has charged me 25 cents for a tomato. Is that right?" "No, It Isn't right," replied mine host amiably, "but that's what we charge." Chicago is again clamoring foi . more taTe mched max,miim tnd his life by carving out a ward made expedition on Its new federal building or a new architect who will push con struction work faster. . Omaha sympa thlBrawtth Chicago. Nebraska's latest novelty is a circus an flrmlv stuck in the mud that It was unable to give Its performances as ad- promote Its commercial Importance by that many of the others are nearing ex haustion, particularly the mines at Cape Nome. The Klondike mines, it Is ex pected, will hereafter decline In value. The government officials propose to maintain public Interest In Alaska and up of less than five hundred voters, a Where Free Silver . Btoosns. Mexloan Herald. By another ot Its wonderful lightning change acts the peso has added to Itself about 18 per cent more gold value during the last two . weeks. ' We now have In sight the 50-cent dollar, the prayed-for and majority of whom are convertible by wept-over not to ksep, but atricUy on DOCTRI5B OF CONSPIRACY. Battle of the Injemettoas Now Raging. Im Omaha,. Chicago Tribune. That good old legal Jack-in-the-box, the doctrine of conspiracy, has bobbed up In Omaha. It has on Its face Its usual grin. It is so pleased with Itself! It haa again proved lta right to be regarded aa the most Ingenious, facetious and trlcksorae legal toy that the science ot Jurisprudence ever devised. For years its sudden and unexpected leaps out of its box have served mainly to agitate the laboring man. Now, Just to show that no one is beyond Its sphere of Influence, it haa Jumped up under the nose of the employer. Ita squeak Is Just aa dis concerting In one esse as in the other. The Business Men's association of Omaha OTHER L..4SDS T1IAS OlR. The Rumian government Is pursuing a hasardous policy In Finland; one almost aa certain to lead to an explosion aa the stnp. page of a safety valve. There are unmis takable signs of that popular ferment which la often the preliminary of revolu tion. Striking Incidents accompanied the departure Into exile of the four victims of General Bobrlkoft's severity Baron von Born, Count Mannerhclm, M. Casllcn and M. Wolff. An almost Impenetrable masa ot people assembled at the station to witness their deportation, which was a significant demonstraticn of the changed conditions of Finnish life. The platform could not hold the crowd of spectators, who lined the rail way for nearly half a mile. When the train started, the populace waved their hats and threw flowers and shouted good wishes to the exiles. It waa a highly Im pressive scene. At many stations along the line large crowds assembled to sing pa triotic songs and bid farewell to the exiles. At Abo, awaiting the departure of the steamer, was a crowd of 2,000 persona, who sang the Finnish national hymn as the ship left , All these things denote that the heart of the Finnish people has been stir red profoundly. The arbitration court system In New Zealand Is not. working quite so smoothly as waa hoped snd expected. In several re cent labor questions Its decisions have caused much dissatisfaction, and In some Instances open rebellion among the affected workmen. In the latest case the court de cided that Is 4d an hour waa the proper wage for carpenters. The men had de mand Is d, and, when the award was made, held an Indignation meeting. The chairman said the Jude had not taken Into consideration the increased cost of living and rent In the district; and a resolution waa carried to the effect that the award given by the court waa entirely adduced, while the court Itself as at present consti tuted was unworthy of the confidence of the workers. The meeting was practically unanimous In carrying this resolution, there being only one dissentient. The seconder of the motion went so far as to charge the court with having deliberately more man one-half the evidence. anu even nintea tnat in some way the Judge had been bought over to the other side. Other speakers demanded an Im mediate strike, but they were overruled for the time. It seems plain that the exlat ence of the whole arbitration scheme. In Its present shape, Is exceedingly precar ious. The Paris correspondent of the London Times notes three signs which he Inter prets as omens of complete victory for the Combes government In the war it Is now waging against clericalism. The first Is that the refusal of the chamber to au thorise fifty-four associations engaged In instructing, preaching and commerce, has aroused absolutely no excitement In the country at large, this Indicating that the people, as a whole, are quite in agreement with the antl-clerlcal policy. The second Is the determined attitude of the govern ment In reference to the execution of the decrees of the Chamber of Deputies. The third Is the obvious discouragement which i- ib is m me ranxa or the minority. He asserts that the clericals have reached the point or admitting that they have foreseen for a long time that the separation of state and church was inevitable, but that tney are surprised that It Is thus tn the very near future. For that reason thev do not take as seriously as thev mis-Tit Fif'y Years fha Standard Will Awirdid Highest Honors World's Fair Highest lists U.S. Gov't Chtmlsti SJIOS SAKINO POVVOCS) OO, OHIOAOO Imposes a t tax and requires a deposit of 26 per cent of the market value of the samples. Norway and Sweden Impose a tnx of 126 50 and require full duty on sam ples, but this duty Is refunded. , Austria makes no charge. Swltserland requires only a business passport. Russia requires a payment of 75, and a communal tax of $615. Jews must each pay, In addition to the communal tax, 1267. The Jews are made to pay excessive sums tn all cases to keep them out of Russia. Those heavy taxes Imposed on commercial agents are Intended to protect home Interests, but countries differ In view on that subject. POINTED REMARKS. ' Mrs. Wise (reading) I see by this thnt the emperor ot Japan has ten men to carry his umbrella. Mr. Wise That's nothing. I guess twenty men have carried mine. Detroit Free Tress. , Old Roue Toug man, I have graduated from the school of experience. Vnxmm On lOrnm T hrt reuult. I WOUld OS willing to bet that It was a night school. Princeton Tiger. I it was uism vuuuut. re hot times at nay pa's iry week end." , various means best known to himself. The only wonder Is that the delegation did not insert .HascaU's councilmanlc chart Into the charter and. mfeke It, per petual. . '., .. you don't. In a short.'' time the breath of speculation May blow the other way and then the poor peso Win bob downward aa serenely as t now floats the risen tide. Cox vertlsod. This ought to be a recom mendation of ths first magnitude for Nebraska's soil. opening up new fields for gold prospec tors, at the same time making Investiga tion as to other resources. Alaskan development will not be rapid until a railroad Is built Into the country, but this requirement will be provided A WORD Wit H MR, LOB EC K. O. O. Lobeck enjoys a fair reputation as a citizen and public officer. He made a good record In the legislature ten years ago as state senator and has in the main Charles Emory Smith of the Philadel phla Press refers significantly to the signing of the new Pennsylvania libel as soon as it shall be mors fully shown bill as "Governor Pennypacker'a 8 elf- that the resources will make a railroad betrayaL" That Is certainly stating the I there reasonably profitable. The pro- case In a nutshelL I Jected Investigation by government ex perts may afford the desired Informs- n nil uuw m. j v huwwui wnw niuiinnn nn ir win tiat n inmnninff i r I 1 - . . . . n . I " tint In tn eminent rlecrna at th rlma tt I BirectS OI IB iitis cnarges oi icgiaiauva corruption m uw within the next few years this portion T" 1 " ?" Brooklyn Eagle, staid old state ot Massachusetts, it 0f onr territory, which has many times I . " """"'"' 1 rta Cleveland movement has now gone this keeps up It will hardly do for New repatd wnat It cost, shall have Indus- nowever- m Ba'ln xaal as far enough to make plain that- the demo- England people to point disparagingly tries and enterprises that will contribute given satisfaction as a member of the council during the two terms which are els. . The nearest approach to that yield aKmif a rtnaa TTta nrntnnHnn rha Was the 458.834,000 bushel CTOP Ot 1SU1 ... ... . I the oropa look-well generally this promises responsible position of city comptroller abumper year. Production is large anoras suDstanuai proof, tnat ne enjoyed i jn an other fields. the confidence of the citizens of all par tite principle of now you have It and now I is restrained (1) from conspiring to break I under different conditions the unyielding up labor unions, and (Z) from conspiring to injurs employers who favor labor unions. The principle Involved Is .cloeely related to the principle which led ths circuit court of Missouri to dissolve the St Louis Asso ciation of Master Plumbers. There must be nolndustrlal conspiracies. One master plumber may refuse to ideal with another master plumber, one business man may re fuse to deal with another business man, but when there is an organisation which handles an organised refusal to enter Into dealings, then a situation arises which gives the doctrine of conspiracy a chance the bands have established in Macedonia, Imm Har-rea Winter Wheat. Philadelphia Press. The Department of Agriculture gives a rosy view of the winter wheat harvest It has struck off 48,146,000 bushels from the April prediction, but still allows . for a yield exoeedlng anything in the history of the nation. If the present outlook continues the product will bo about (46,366,000 bush- attitude ot the pope toward the Interpreta tion of the appointing clause In the con cordat They believe that he understands that the caae Is a hopeless one, and Is striving as best he may to preserve, the dignity of the Vatican. A curious document was recently handed to one of the European consuls in Salon lea. It purported to be the work of a man who was a ' member of the Bulgarian revolutionary organisation. He describes the duplicate system of government which to the shame of Missouri. What is the use of going through the farce ot a hearing before the stats board of railroad assessors? There Is no such thing ss a stats board, If Audi tor Weston Is the whole thing and bis mind is set like a bucksaw. more largely than Its gold mines to the national wealth. a ariRitirro DMCLAtiATWir. It Is hardly possible that President Roosevelt, when in his brief speech at Wstsonville, CaL, he said that the Pa cific ocean "is one which during ths It Is to be noted that Secretary Cor- centar7 Pnlnf m"8t P t"d Amer ican Influence," had any Idea that this declaration would invite serious com ment or be anywhere regarded as a menacing expression of American ambi tion. Tet the German press has taken the utterance Quite seriously and some The veterans of the Grand Army of I American newspapers have expressed the Republic are coming to Omaha for I the opinion that the president was not their next reunion. Ths men who I altogether discreet In what he said. One telyou Is sawing wood and attending to business. By ths time congress con venes ths new secretary will be ready to Invite Inspection of a Department of Commerce fully equipped for business. fought in 01 may depend upon a cordial welcome and an enthusiastic reception. Omaha knows bow to take care of Its guests. Competition for the new normal school authorized by the late Nebraska legis lature is becoming brisk. If the mem bers of the legislature knew what a prias they were putting up they might have' Insisted upon making the award themselves, Strikers and union men generally must be impressed with the fact that resort to violence Injures their cause much more than It can help It Public senti ment is a factor In ths outcome of every strike snd the side that has public senti ment against It Is handicapped at all points. The regents of the Nebraska State university have officially approved the proposition of Mr. Rockefeller to donate two-thirds of a $100,000 building fund cn condition that the other third be raised elsewhere. The regents have evidently not been perturbed by the protests against accepting Mr. Rockefeller's money without first tracing it down to make sure that it was acquired by the donor in an unobjectionable manner. Journal remarks that "unless Mr. Roosevelt bad in mind a gigantic naval and political development, as well as a commercial one, he would not have used the language that be did," and adds that there will be hot times before Mr. Roosevelt's forecast comes true; that Japan, Australia and Russia, which are Pacific powers, are not likely to submit without a certain amount of struggle. Another American newspaper views the declaration as pretty serious, coming from such a source, and says: "When the head of a nation, a man Invested with powers beside which those pos sessed by old world rulers are Insig nificant, publicly announces that the Pa- dropped fifty degrees In the estimation j cratlo party haa something to substitute of the people of Omaha by giving the or th wholesale insanity of Bryanism appearance of Joining Hascall in the in- tn M "protof """C Jfh" M , . .. . ,,, , whose candidacy cost the lees of every famous conspiracy to thwart the will of northern state to his party can no more the people and place them at the mercy delude or dictate to it. The other man, of the franchlsed corporations and whose wresting of a state senate by fraud boodle contractors. Mr. Lobeck must certainly comprehend the object of extending the terms of Hascall, Karr, Trostier and Whltehorn for three more years without submitting themselves for ratification by the peo ple. Mr. Lobeck's request that these men sign an agreement not to avail themselves of the privilege of extending their terms Is purlle and can deceive nobody. The agreement would not be worth the paper It Is written on and could not be enforced as a matter of honor or as a matter of law. from the Intendment of the voters cost the democracy control of New Tork for more than ten years, can never regain the respeot lt alone the confidence of the people. The continued sway of ths Intolerable has been made impossible. A democratic deliverance has been wrought by the sheer contrast of Clevelandlsm with what followed it in the party. LOOTIXQ THIS PUBLIC LANDS. Capitalists ad Speculators naldiasr the Pofelle Domain. Minneapolis Tribune, One of the last acta of the senate before adjournment was to receive a report of Even If HasealL Karr & Co. agree to th pub land committee, recommending Mr. Ihook'a nrrmnaal thoT wrmM attW or PaS - The special telephone committee of the Coutuierclal club is congratulating itself upon having brought about the' pros pectlve reduction of 60 cents a month for business 'phones and $1.50 per month for residence 'phones. But we appre hend that the drop in telephone tolls is not so much due to the persuasive elo quence of the committee as to the pros pectlve competition of a rival company aud the public sentiment back of 1U have to resign or serve if the re-appor tionment of the wards on the Hascall chart was declared legal by the courts. It will take a very credulous man to be lieve that they would resign after put ting themselves to so much trouble and putting the corporations to so much ex pense to hold their seats. When an honorable man makes a mis take he will retrace his steps. We do not believe Mr. Lobeck would intention ally help to Inflict Irreparable injury upon tbe community that has Just hon- for entry of . publlo lands but the original homestead act. The repeal of these laws has been urged upon congress In the strong est possible way by the president and the secretary of the Interior In a series of re ports and messages. It has been proved beyond a possibility of doubt that ad vantage has been taken of these acts by capitalists and speculators to acquirs fraudulently lands that will be redeemed by the policy of federal Irrigation. Unless they can be repealed. It Is almost certain that homestead settlers will derive no benefit from the expenditure of millions of dollars to Irrigate arid lands. Bo far the capitalists and speculators have had Influence enough with congress to prevent to lift Its head. ' If, therefore, the Omaha Injunction Is made permanent the conclusion will be that the associations of employers which have lately become so popular will be exposed to the same Incalculable Jocularities on the part of the doctrine of conspiracy which association of employes now And so wear in. For a long time the National Manufac turers' association haa been resisting the passage of the federal antl-consplracy bill. This bill provides that In industrial dis putes nothing which Is dons by two or more persons shall be regarded as a conspiracy unless when done by one person It would be unlawful. Were such a bill passed. In Junctions against associations of employes and of employers would be more dlnY cult to secure. N Now, let the courts grant a few more In junctions against employers' associations. let the doctrine of conspiracy turn Its grin on the prominent citizen as well aa on the obscure artisan, let the sauce which haa been forced down the throat of the goose be served up to the gander, and won't the manufacturers' association begin to be con verted to the theory that the aclence of law la always passing through an evolutionary process and that occasionally It gets rid of a disused or unnecessary organ, like, for Instance, the doctrine of conspiracy T Anyway, whether all this happens or not. the Omaha unions are to be congratulated on resorting to law rather than to force. Injunctions are preferable as missiles to brickbats. A THVST CONVICTION. gives biographical notes on some of the leaders, gives the names of the chiefs of the committees In Sofia and Salonlca, and mentions some of the recent sklrmishea. Referring to an accompanying Bulgarian 'bond" for SO francs, payable In gold after the liberation of Macedonia, the writer states that for purposes of taxation the whole population of Macedonia has been divided into three classes, which are com pelled to take up these "bonds" to the amount of from $S to 1250. The penalty In case of refusal Is death. The correspond ence of the committee Is carried by women, who freely cross and recross the Bulgarian frontier in all directions. Mer chants who have dealings with Europe are obliged to help the cause by the importa tion of all kinds of warlike munitions. It seems that the conventional term employed by the bands to signify "warlike stores" Is "holy relics," and these "holy relics" have been very freely imported, the con nivance of the customs officials being se cured by bribery. In all 120,000 rifles are said to have been brought in, besides large quantities of cartridges, dynamite, bombs, etc Many European countries require foreign commercial agents traveling In such coun tries to pay heavy fees for the privilege. In Denmark the charge is $42.88, and If more than one house Is represented then the charge la $71.44 for each additional house. Duties are charged on samples, but the money is refunded when the mer chandise la taken out of the country. France makes no tax, but requires security of duty on the samples, which la refunded when withdrawn. No charges or any kind are made In England. Netherlands "Thev must have printing ofllce every "I just heard pa tell ma that there was always tha devil to pay on Saturday." Brooklyn Eagle. Host (pairing off his guests) Mr. Makln brakes, you will please lake Miss Qumwell out to dinner. . . . Mr. Makinbrakes Certainly. But arat Scott, where? Don't you have dinner here in the house? Chicago Tribune. "If you please, sir, you th gentleman as offered $1,000,000 for an ldoal servant glrlf "Yes, I'm the man." . "Well, what wages do you pay?" Cleve land Plain Dealer. "Charlie wanted Bertha to ro In for ama teur photography with him, but she wouldn't do It.'' "Why not?" "Weft, I think she disliked the Idea of giving him a negative." Chicago Post Mlggins I wish all these country board ing houses would mention their rates when they advertise. Hlgglns I didn't think you were In terested. You told me you were going to keep your family at home this summer. MlgKlns Exactly, and I like to figure out Just how much I'm saving. Philadelphia ress. Alf OLD BONO REVERSED. Richard Henry Stoddard, (, .,. "There are gains for all our losses,!' Bo I said when I waa young. Tf I sang that song again 'Twould not be with thnt refrain. Which but suits an Idle tongue. Touth has gone, and hope tone with It Gone the strong denire for fame. Laurels are not for the old. Take them, lads. Give Benex gold. What's an everlasting name? When my life was In Its Summer One fair woman liked my looks; Now that Time has driven his plow In deep furrows on my brow I'm no more in her good books. "There are gains for all our losses?" Grave beside the wintry sea. Where my child Is, and my heart. For they should not live apart wnat nas oeen your vain iu met No, the words I sang were Idle, And will ever so remain: Death, and Age, and vanished Touth All declare, this bitter truth, There s a loss tor every gaim Trie nam s mirrnuNG." Esterbrook n i pa bptn.ab$lot raannKe of I Q Fa its excellent Vertical admirably Vertical Over 150 other "styles tTery puf stationers Accept' no 555 No, 556 is adapted for Writing, varieties of t o 11 i t post. All hare them. substitute. The Estebbkook srra. Pen ca VeAa, Caaeaa, N.X M Jeke Se-a N. V Managers of the Federal Salt Traat Successfully Preaeoeted. Indianapolis News. At last we have a' criminal conviction under the Sherman anti-trust law. In the United States district court of California the Federal Salt company, a New Jersey corporation, was convicted of maintaining a monopoly, on a plea of guilty. The maxi mum fine la $6,000. The company has already been defeated In a civil suit, and the finding ored him with a lucrative office, and we MUon. i the meantime the looting of the j w resulted In snnulltng all lta donbt very much whthpr h ean afford I nhiin Anmatn on with a raDidltv with- ciflc ocean 'must' pass under American to political suicide by persisting out precedent In recent years. Though there in a course that will alienate from him influence, he Is laying down a big propo sition, and when he goes on to speak of the coming of 'a great effort,' and of paving the price of greatness, he is using exceedingly portentous phrases." The comment of the German news papers Is moderate, the general view be ing that the preBldent simply desired to make a point in favor of a strong navy, but a Berlin dispatch states that there is some uneasiness over what is re garded as an alarming development of the Monroe doctrine. This Is chiefly in teresting as showing bow keenly sensi tive the Germans sre to everything that suggests, however remotely, any ex pansion of the Monroe doctrine. It is of course most Improbable that Tresl- nlnety-nine out of every hundred of the ta spaying citizens of Omaha. Governor Tates of Illinois has been ex ercising his veto pen upon several bills passed by the legislature In the nature of salary grabs. One of them Increased the compensation of the lawmakers, themselves, snd another boosted the sal aries of the Judges Of the circuit and supreme courts of the state nearly CO per cent It is safe to predict that there will be no dearth of candidates for these positions notwithstanding the failure to secure a salary increase. Cp In Wisconsin the railroad hirelings dent Roosevelt had any thought of that who have been infesting ths legislative doctrine when he made his speech. It is lobby have been uncovered in an at- equally Improbable that he bad any tempt to influence the lawmakers by idea of a lollfy of aggression In order made-to-order telegrams, letters and pe- to establish American Influence in the Otions, secured through the railroad raclflc. Everybody understands that agents In the various localities under ln- the United States will Inevitably attsin structions to "beat the bushes" for this a more commanding position on that purpose. This sort of work seems to be and farmers' aaaociaUons tbaa uaa, Is little land left o tempt the actual settler In advance of ' Irrigation, 20,000,000 acres were taken up last year and It la thought that the amount this year will reach $0,000,000. It Is tha expressed belief of the Interior department that most of these entries, are fraudulent, though it Is admitted that enough land can be taken legally under the desert land act and stone and timber acts to Interfere very seriously with the national policy of Irrigation for the benefit of the people. The department Is doing Its best to check this looting of publla land by holding up fraudulent entries, re moving corrupt government employes and bringing suits for perjury against the tools of the speculators and capitalists. Never theless the report of the senate committee declared that In five years, at the present rate, there will be no land left for the people. It Is a strange thing that the congress elected by the people and directly respon sible to It is the only branch of the gov ernment that will not protect Its heritage from eel sure by feudal corporations, and the reduction of an Independent yeomanry to the condition of half servile tenant. We do not know any subject that deserves better the attention of labor organisations contracts. It Is said that the company had a complete monopoly of the salt business in California, and that It had advanced the price of aalt from $2 and M to $30 and $35 a ton. Clearly this was one of the "bad" trusts of which we have heard so much from the president. We see here what monopoly Is, and how pernicious Is Its Influence when wholly unaffected by compe tition. Learned doctors of the law had told us that the antl-truat act could not be en forced, and that it was not worth while to talk about It. The plain truth I that there was no determined effort to. enforce It antil Mr. Roosevelt became president Vndef his Inspiration, and with the cour ageous co-operation of Attorney General Knox and his subordinates, we have been able to impress even on Wall street the fact that ths government of the United Btatea Is snore powerful than even a Mor gan merger, and that law Is meant for the rich and powerful quite as much ss for th poor and weak. The lesson Is one that we all seeded to learn. Far Beaeatk His Roach. St. Louis Globe-Democrat Senator Stone opposes Grover Cleveland because the latter "put himself above his party m 1894," Mr. Cleveland will have to get down ' to a dead level la order to do business with Stone. Something Better If price ia not your only consideration in buying a Spring Suit, you will come here we've something better than the ordinary kinds. Our Suits and all of our make of clothing is as good as can be had for the money. You can't hide n good thing. That's why we sell so many 18.00, g20.00 and $25.00 Suits. If you are a doubter, come and look at them. A convincing test; Try one. No Clothing Fits Like Ours, R. S. Wilcox, Manager. 2
