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(1 THE OMAHA DAILY HEEt SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1905. Tiie Omaha Daily Bee E. R08E WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Pslly Bee (without flunday). Unf rear...nn lally Bee and Sunday, On Hear "0 Illimtrat Bee, One Year " Bundav llpr. linn Vnr 1 0) Saturday Bee, una Imr 1 Twentieth Century Firmer. On Yrar.. 1.00 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Pally Bee (without Sunday), per copy !o I'aliy Bee (wiihout Sunday), per e k....lXa Ifally Be (Including Bunilay), per wetk..l7c Bunday B.--e. oer codv c tvenlng Bee (without Sunday), per week c fcrenlng Be (Including Sunday), per week 1V5 Complaints of Irregularities In delivery should ta addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. Bouth Omaha-City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and At 6 tree I a. Council Bluffs 10 Bearl Street. Chicago 1(4ii (Jnlty Uulldlnx New York 23A Park Row Building. Washington 6ul 'Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha bee. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee puDlMUitiB Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted in payment of mall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omnha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THK BEJfl PUBL1HH1NQ COM PAN I. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. , State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.t George B. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, rays that the actual number of full and comDleta coulea of The Dally. Morning Evening and Sunday Be printed during the month or April, was aa rouows 1. .Sl.TTO It. 91 fllA I " I t I 4 .... 32,500 ....83.090 ....82,320 17. II. 1. 20. 21. 81.830 28,150 81,860 1 2,5M .....81,810 .81,480 .31.710 .31,030 .81.040 .81,830 .87,170 T.... I.... .... 10.... 11.... U.... 18.... 14.... 15.... .. .81,1100 ...81.UCO ...81.B30 .. .81,670 .. .82.030 ...2B.410 ...81.V20 ...ai,6SO ...81,660, 21 2a 24 25 28 27 28 29 SO .81,070 .81,610 .81,550 .81,130 Total Less unsold and returned copl ..05O.3OO ... 10,48 Net total sales O39.037 Net average sales 81,331 UISOHQE B. TZ3CHUCK. Subscribed in my presence and sworn to ueiore ma mis un Qay or May, A. u. lwa. M. B. H UNGATE, (Seal.) Notary Public Ernest Stuht wants to get back Into the council by getting Back out of the council. No danger of race suicide for Uncle Sam when the immigration complement for the. year is already a record breaker. The county Judge would not be happy unless he Inherited at least one election contest out of every election held In Omaha. The first of May was designated aa the day for strikes. Why not designate the first of Jane as the day to celebrate the strike settlements? It la hard to have confidence In the good Intentions of a government like that of Russia when it has forfeited by lta actions all claim upon our confidence. Someone haa figured It out' to a cent that the atrike In Omaha haa been cost- lng HJXX) a day. It takes a prosper- oua community to afford such luxuries. No complaint can be made that Unl-1 vendty of Nebraska students are not doing their best to help along the free advertising department of their alma mater. The experience of the monitor Arkan- aas in - navigaung ue Mississippi win make It necessary to select a flatboat fleet to represent the navy next year at the St Louis exposition. The South Omaha Commercial club proposes to reorganize. Why not con solidate the Commercial clubs of South Omaha and Omaha and reorganize both on a progressive, broad-guage basis? Chicago may be depended on to be careful not to ask Governor Yates to redeem his promise to convene the legis- lature ln extra session to straighten out possible kinks ln Its new municipal own- The decision of the federal mrt that postmasters are Uable for the reimburse- ment of government funds stolen by burglars while ln their possession is likely to create a small sized boom ln the burglar Insurance business. Tom Patterson's Denver News refers to Editor Norman E. Mack as voicing the demand of the Cleveland democrats. Mr. Mack must have fooled the Bryan- ltea mightily when he made them be lieve he was voicing the sentiments of the apostle of free ailver. Interior department officials declare that the Illegal fencing of public lands has boen carried to a greater extent In Nebraska than ln any other state ln the union. That explains why the pressure for some legislation to thermit the ro - tentlon of the fences has been greatest from Nebraska. The proposed re-subdivision of Omaha into thirteen wards to make room for four holdover councilmen has fallen through for the present, but the provi sions of the charter that permit an ad dltlon of four new wards may serve a good purpose ln the no distant future when South Omaha shall be annexed to Omaha. If the president of the Business Men's association only had bis way he would not deal with labor unions, but with lu- dividual employes. The president of the Business Men's association has had no occasion, so far as can be learned, to deal with unions, but men at the head of extensive business concerns, such as the packing houses and other industrial concerns, that carry thousands of men on their pay roll, have not only reoog- divide the city into thirteen new wards; nixed the extatence of the unions, but that for all wards which have sitting have dealt with the representatives of members of the council, those council labor unions without turning over their men shall hold over for three years; that property or their business into the hands oniy in wants left without any repre ot their employes. , sentation are new councilmen to be RUOSSTKLV MltlfDS. Jt la not 8 reckless proposition to, MJ that today Theodore Roosevelt has more friends among. the American people thnn any other man. Canvass, If you please, any party of 8 political character and you will find that a majority of repub licans will be iu favor of Theodore Roosevelt for the nomination by the re publican nutlonal convention of 1004. This sentiment In favor of the president will not only last, but will be strenRth-e-ned la the future, so that we may pre dict with almost absolute certainty that the man whom the republicans of the nation will have to vote for next year Is Theodore Roosevelt There has been some talk as to what Ohio will say about the nomination of Roosevelt It Is a question of some Im portance. The center of republican poli tics today Is In Ohio. The chairman of the republican national committee is In that state. In a certuln sense Ohio is the pivotal republican state of the na tion. There Is no question that today no other state In the union exerts a greater Influence upon American politics than does the state of Ohio. Who are the friends of Roosevelt In Ohio? That Is a question that will be answered at the coming convention of the Ohio republicans. There is at this time a diversity of opinion as to what ought to be done, but we predict that Via Mnnnttmina t f Vi I rr 111 1ninraA xneoaore uooseveit lor nomination Dy the next republican national convention. If CSr HATS B.QCAL TRAD BlQHTS. There Is today no greater considera tion respecting our foreign relations than that which applies to our interests in the far East In every other direction there Is no doubt or question as to what the possibilities are of this country ob taining its share In the markets of the world. To all Intents and purposes It is practically assured that not only what we have obtained but what we will win will be held. In regard to the far East the question is as to what shall be done to promote American progress in that quarter of the world. A Washington dispatch gays that this government is prepared to insist that commercial privileges for American mer chants In Manchuria shall be equal to those enjoyed by the merchants of other nations, Russia Included. The statement Is made that the State department will absolutely Insist that the Russian, gov eminent shall conform to certain con ditions and promises that have been made and In which there was every reason to have confidence. It la a per fectly proper attitude for our govern ment and will be approved by a ma jority of the American people. There has been some talk about the ancient friendship of VRussla for the . United States and nobody will deny that that country has been our friend in the past Americans remember with gratitude all that the Russian government has dona for this republic In the years gone by n especially lta sympathy in the vital "truggla for the maintenance of the go ernment Neither our government nor 0OT Pple f"1 ever forget what Russia mo. lor us in that great emergency and American gratitude will ever go out to that nation for that evidence of its friendship. But we cannot be reasonably expected on that account to surrender any of the great rights and prlvilegea which we enjoy In China or elsewhere ln far EaBt, because these mar run counter to any Russian Interests. The simple fact la that at this time, more than ever before, the United States la In a position which compels it to make a declaration ln antagonism to any move ment on the part of Russia that may prove hostile to the interests of this country in the far East The question of entangling alliances is a less serious matter than is that of having our com merce properly protected ln a part of the world la which we have a great and growing Interest The world knows the American position ln regard to China and that position must be maintained. u uecuuoa ueuying tue rigni or me im.. -i jm . . . . . . . Wg citizen to relief by injunction agalhst the Hascall redisricting ordl nance may be supported by law prece dents and may be without harmful re sults for the present but it seems to us to place the people of Omaha completely at the mercy of scheming councilmen without opportunity for appeal to the courts usually supposed to be ready to do equity at all times. Under this decision, not only can no 8ult brought unless some special dam is sunerea Dy the complainant ln ad dltlon to his interest as a member of the I community and as a taxpaylng-property owner, but the subject matter of retlls I trictlng is entirely within the discretion of the council, irrespective of the charter I requirement that the population of the 1 various wards must be as nearly equal I mn7 be. The requirement of approxl mate equality is therefore nullified, and if the Uascall ordinance making one I ward contain four times as many voters I another Is legally within the power vested in the council, then an ordinance making one ward contain forty times the number of voters In another ward would be equally valid. The outgoing I councilmen could, with impunity, con "tract for themselves wards out of the I single block In which they happen to reside, making a district containing I mere handful of voters and barring out I all possible competitors for the place ln the council A still more complicated contingency outlined by Attorney Weaver for the complainants is opened up by this pecu liar decision. The interpretation put by the court upon the new charter amend ment is that the outgoing council ran legally obliterate the old ward lines and chosen at the next election. Free to act rbltrarlly, the old council could create thirteen wards, so arranged that the nine old members should each remain In a ward otherwise unrepresented and nine newly elected members find themselves bunched In the four new wards. There ould be eighteen councllmeu claiming thirteen seats, but the nine repudiated holdovers would have no one to contest gainst them, while the nine men with fresh commissions from the people would have to fight It out among them selves for the four remaining places. We certainly have a right to question the soundness of a ruling that makes possible such an outcome. FARMIXO OCR COUKTr FVKVS. For more than ten years the city of Omaha has received Interest on the funds deposited in the various banks by the city treasurer. During the first few years following the enactment of the depository law the county as well as the city was allowed S per cent on the bal- nces ln the city and county depositor ies, but when the rate of Interest was reduced to 2 per cent by the banks the county treasurers ceased making any returns of Interest on deposits under the plea that the depository law fixed 3 per cent as the minimum rate at which the county funds could be lawfully loaned out For nearly five years not a penny has been turned over by the treasurers of Douglas county on the public funds de posited by them ln the banks, but it la an open secret that these deposits have earned interest for aomebody. Atten tion has been called by The Bee to this flagrant abuse time and again, but the county commissioners, whose duty it Is to protect the interests of the taxpayers and compel an accounting for Interest as well as principal from every custo dian of public funds, have stuffed cot ton Into their ears and refused to hear nythlng about this. The late legislature amended the de pository law so as to remove all further excuse for the practice of farming our public funds for private gajn by reduc ing the minimum at which county funds could be loaned out from 3 to 2 per cent There Is, therefore, nothing on the stat utes that would bar the county treasurer from following the example of the city treasurer by inviting proposals from the banks for the county funds and requir ing them to pay at least 2 per cent on the balances. But although th 1 passed with an emergency clause and has been ln effect since April 1, no steps nave yet Deen taken to put it Into effect County Treasurer Elsasser's exhibit of public funds ln bis custody May 1 shows an aggregate deposit ln banks of $253,- vwad, or a fraction over a quarter of a uiiiuuu uouara, wnicn at 2 per cent would yield the county over 5,000 a year, or 8423 per month. Is there anv good reason why the law should not be enforced without further delay? Why should not the county deposits be treated we same as the city deposits? . The labor strike In Denver was much more extensive than the labor strike ln Omaha, but the differences between or ganized employes and employers ' have Deen amicably adjusted by arbitration. while in Omaha the trouble has been temporarily smothered without any as surances that a fresh outbreak may not recur any day. - The business men of Denver are Just as independent and pro gressive as tne business men of Omaha and are Just as anxious to manage their own ousiness as are the merchants and manufacturers of Omaha. But they wun twentieth century troubles on the lines of twentieth cen tury conditions and have succeeded ln settling the differences satlsfartnriiv wjtaout leaving a bitter taste ln any body's mouth. 1X1 A. Members of the State Board of Rail way Assessment may have satisfied themselves that the railroads of Ne- Draska are worth less for taxation than they were ten years ago, but they have not yet converted the great body of tax- payers throughout the state to that view. mtn this example of gross undervalua tion set by the state board, what Im provement is to be expected of the local assessors who list the other taxable property? The building season is limited to the months that permit of outdoor work an delayed construction work must go over an entire year. It la to be hoped tho aiirerences between the building trades men ana their employers mar h art. Justed speedily so that Omaha may not im pui oenma a whole season ln its new Duumngs projected or under way. Secretary Hitchcock, after a tour of in spection Of Oklahoma and Indian Terr! tory. promise to be an ardent supporter of statehood for them. It is Just pos- uujb, nowever, that the secretary's en thusiastn Is enhanced by the fact that those territories are the ones most directly tributary, commercially, to Mis souri ana its trade centers. DIscoaraalBa- Kiperleses, Buffalo EiDresa. The experience of Governor Pennypacker will be somewhat discouraging to future politicians who fancy hey can quiet crltl cism by legislative enactment and execu live threat. tralgbtra Oat tho Crooks. Indianapolis News. Of course, as 1'oatinaster General Payn says, a government official may bo guilty of Irregularities without boing crooked, but It should be remembered that irregular! ties are not good for the service In gen era.1, and that it would probably bo bolter, on the whole, to have employes who are not Irregular. Good la Aay tllaaato. New York Tribune. When a man changes his residence from the United Btatea to one of tho new tropical possessions, one of the first bits of advice be receives from people who have been there or who know something about the cllmatto peculiarities of the country is "Leave drink alone." Tho Uttlo tlppl which may do no harm hero cannot be In dulged 1a there without serious risk. 11 wee It was aa act of wisdom on the part of the rhlllpplno commission to prohibit the sale of liquor at any port or within two miles ot it. General Davis' order directing the strict enforcement ot the act shows that the au thorities are determined to protect the men against themselves, and that the traffic In liquor will be mad difficult and expensive. even if It cannot be prevented. Uekey Goo-Oooa Toward G rover. Atlanta Journal. The democratic candidate for 1904 must command the confidence of the sober busi ness men of the country as well as the wage-earners. He must bo a champion of the people without pandering to tholr follies and he must bo ready to protect tho property of the country without fall ing to curb Its arrogance. Kothlagt Cheap Aseat Thai. Chicago Chronicle. Common noUons of "Chinese cheap labor" re likely to require revising since It is known that tho Mongolian washmen in Leo Moy's laundry were receiving $16 to IIS per week and struck for a 100 per cent ad vance. These Confucians do not seem likely to Impair tho labor market to any alarming extent. Growth ( Karal Telephomy. ( Rochester (N. T.) Express. Alraoat every day dispatches from subur ban villages bring the news that Independ ent telephone companies bavo been Incor porated, or that their circuits are In opera tion. In a few years tbo (armor who, no matter how remote may bo his dwelling. Is without his telephone will bo tho obscure exception. A flying machine whlssing twenty feet from the ground over western New York would bo like a pickerel In a gill net In two minutes. Flies as Fever Carriers. American Medicine. The causes of tho recent epidemic of ty phoid ln Ch' jo, as Investigated by resi dents of Hu.. house. Is a grand piece of work and Illustrates tho practical co-operation of science and benevolence In a way that deserves all praise. Tho pamphlet la filled with tables, diagrams and reporta, which show that tbo house-to-house Inves tigation by Misses demon and Howe, and by Dr. Alice Hamilton, was thorough-going. This la the kind of a "union of medi cine and morals" which promises and nroDhesles axeat things for tho future. Tho demonstration is perfect that tho distribu tion of the disease germs was largely through tho agency of flies. Tho wind could not have been tho means of scattering the germ-laden dust, because of the constant rains before the time of the greatest viru lence of tho outbreak. , The actual catching nf ttia fllea "on tho not" and their bac- terlologlo Investigation brought out th proof with convincing clearness. RCRAIj FREE) MAIL DELIVERY, Effect ol the Present Overbaaltaar os tho System. Boston Transcript. The poatofflce scandals that have arisen In connection With the free rural mall de livery system, unlike most that spring up this department or' that, possess a definite and concrete Interest for a great I many Individuals ln this country. They have started the question of what tho ef fect will probably be op this new and popu lar branch of tho postal service. Its trans fer to the supervision of Fourth Assistant Brlstow means that It will receive Con servative treatment as far as he Is con cerned. He has already announced that no ' more free delivery , routes will be est h- Uahed before July L flho end of the current fiscal year. After tha the policy he adopts I will probably depend largely upon c-lrcum- I stances.. Tho history of development for this system has been a history of rapid ex panslon. It began in 1897 with an appropri ation of $40,000 on ah experimental basis. and the next year-thla appropriation waa made $10,000 larger.. , The results were suf ficiently and definitely gratifying to war rant an appropriation of $160,000 In 1899. Tho following year $450,000 was allowed and the routes ln operation had Increased from 44 to 1,77ft. In 1901, $1,750,000 was pro vided, and in 1902, $3,993,740, with I.46R routes laid out. Fos, the year beginning next July, $12,621,700 Is available. This record would make tho service of large public interest if for no other reason than that ot its rapid growth. In six years It haa expanded from 44 to over 12.000 routes,, the carriers on which travel 275,000 miles dally and deliver mail matter to about 7,000,000 people ln the strictly rural districts, serving almost 10 per cent of the entire population of the country, and a class that was never served before. Tho area covered by these routes la equal to the whole of the New England states, with New York, New Jersey, Dela ware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, In diana and West Virginia thrown In. The administrative skUl and energy which have organized and developed this comprehensive business In that comparatively brief period are admirable, whether the system receives further extension or not . Tho advantages claimed for the service have not been fanciful in themselves, but genuine. Many of these routes have been self-supporting through increased postal receipts, which In Itself haa been a dem onstration that tho people living along them have received and written more let ters, taken more papers and magazines and therefore been In touch with more practical educational forces than they were before. The laying out of these routes has made for better roads and has raised the value of rural real estate. In some sections very ap preclably. It Is not difficult to prove that the benefits derived have been large and general, and that the portion of our popula tion which haa been so long sidetracked by the amazing onrush of Industrial forces that has characterised the last forty years Is being once more brought Into touch with the world's life and the world's work, to Its own advantage, and ln no small degree through the agency of this system. If the service now falls to fully justify expectation, and thereby makes some con slderable contraction necessary, It will not be because of Intrinsic defects, but rather of betrayals by those who should be Its stanchest defenders. RELIGIOl S. The new Dominican House of Studies is to be Immediately begun In Washington, near the Catholic university. When fin ished it will be tho largest Gothic monas tery in America. Rev. Francis R. S. Donovan, 8. J. scholastic In the Jesuit order, who ia study ing for the priesthood at Woodstock. Md has transferred to the Jesuit fathers his entire fortune of $150,000. The Congregational Sunday School and Publishing society since 18S2 has organised nearly t.000 schools and gathered into them $30,000 persons, and out of these schools have grown 830 Congregational churches Tho Connecticut Bible society haa com pleted lu ninety-fourth year. At Its late annual meeting It waa stated that there was a gain of 60 per cent last year over the year previous In the distribution of Bibles. The will of the late Rabbi Gottbell of New York has Just been filed and his per sonal estate, amounting to only $10,000, haa been dlvtded among his four children. His library goes to bis eldest son, Richard Gotthell. It is stated that the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions la hampered in lu plans for the coming year more by lack of men than of money. It has appointed forty-seven missionaries and has aa yet work and moans for thirty-four more. OTHER LANDS THAX OVRS. According to tho Colonial Review of Re views the real. If unconfessed, want of the Australian commonwealth Is tho want of population due to tho total arrest of Immi gration and tho Steady shrinkage of the birth rate. It says: "Hero Is a continent equal in area to tho whole of Europe, It Russia In Kuropo Is omitted; It Is only a Uttlo less than the United States. Whole kingdoms can be packed within tho borders of each state ln tho commonwealth. . . . Tho natural wealth and the climatic condi tions of this great continent are unsur passed. It could support a population equal to that of Russia or of tho United Btatea with ease. Yet at tho end of nearly 120 years of colonisation Its population Is less than 4,000,000, or about equal to that of a couple of London suburbs." There Is no other bit of tho planet's surface, we are told, at once so rich, so tempting, and yet so nearly vacant and so Uttlo utilised as is the continent of Australia. While Immigra tion has almost ceased, the natural growth of population steadily slackens, and these twin facts tho Review calls tho "two ugliest features In the polltlcat and social land scape." A book which haa attracted much atten tion In Europe was published in Portugal at the time of King Edward's visit. It la by General Barmento, formerly minister ot war, and deals with tho defence of tho coasts of rortugal and tho Aaglo-Fortu-guoae alliance. It attracts attention chiefly because it Is tho first note Bounded In tho movement which Is expected to give Portu gal her old place, or something akin to It, among the powers of Europe. His argument Is that tho English alliance will be useless to Portugal IX that country remains as It la now In the position of a semi-protected power. Unless Portugal can stand her share of the responsibilities Incurred by such an alliance she can have no hope of preserving her territory from aggression should a war come on. He points oui mai conaiuuoa will not allow England now aa it did In tho peninsular war to throw an army into Por tugal to protect her from an Invadsr. Tho mischief would be done by the time an army could be mobilized and taken to Lis bon. .All England can do Is to lend the help of her navy. On this account General Bar mento argues that It Is worse than folly for Portugal to carry out her scheme of spend ing millions in coast defense. What must be done is to leave tho cost to England to protect and to raise and equip a sufficient army to check Invasion from tho land. Tho book has created Uttlo less than a sensa tion In Lisbon and has been much discussed In the leading continental papers. How to put a stop to tho progressiva de- population of tho agricultural districts of Grea-t Britain Is and long has been a most important and diftloult problem. It was the subject of a discourse which Mr. Rider Haggard delivered the other day In Lon don the other day before tho Royal United Service Institution. He advocated the es tablishment of credit bank under govern ment control, which should 'advance money at a reasonable rate of Interest to enable laborers to erect cottages. Moreover, the functions of the parcels post ought to bo enlarged, ho said, so as to enable the little men to get their products to the big mar kets cheaply and promptly. This move ment of the people to the towns waa one of national significance. Education .naa something to do with It. Under tho town system of education boys were kept at school until they were too old to become priiatnmed to work upon tho land. But tho real reason of the exodus to the cities waa that tho rural population had no pros pect of advance on tho land. Tho rural depopulation committee or tne central ana Associated Chambers of Agriculture had Just Issued a report on tho subject which suDDlied all his conclusions, un me ques tlon of small holdings they pointed out that co-operation was essential and that under certain conditions state aid should be Era n ted. He had been aaked whether any system could be adopted by which the dwellers ln tewns suitable for agricultural labor could be drafted to places where there was a demand for labor. Ho sup- nosed something of the sort could be done. but It would ri expensive, anynow, ii would be of no use to send men to tho country unless they were physically com petent. The problem waa to keep the coun trymen where they are. one or mo great est Inducements, he thought, would be the purchase of large lots of land for subdlvt slon into small Individual holdings. The Paris correspondent of the London Times warns the English that they must accept with much caution tho stories of h hnitaiitiea committed by the French authorities ln enforcing the associations act The fact that the leading Journals of Paris, those which are most quoUd abroad. are almost without exception against the government In this policy and naturally make the most of every little incident. Moreover, the provocation given to those enforcing the law should bo taken Into acoount Wherever there has been trouble It haa been because the people, particularly the women and girls, Incited by episcopal declarations and by Inflammatory ad dresses from the pulpit, have resorted to violence. In many Instances stoning the police. Another interesting feature of the struggle Is that the clergy is by no means unanimous in IU opposition to the enforce ment of the' measure. A considerable por tion of it headed by four cardinals, are doing their best to balk the government Other prelates, headed by the powerful archbishop of Rouen, have from the enact ment of the law counselled obedience, while a third part has assumed an attitude of silence. Of ail those persons recently exiled from Finland by the decree of General Bobrl kofT, It Is M. Regnel Wolff whose case ex cites the most sympathy. Unlike his brother and his companions In misfortune, he had taken absolutely no part In politics and had kept himself entirely aloof from opposition to the new government His brother, M. Eugen Wolff, says: 'For my own part I make no secret of the fact that I have done all In my power to further the policy of 'passive resistance on the basis of absolute legality.' But my brother has never taken any part whatever In our work." Similar testimony Is given by many wbo know him. There Is reason to believe that false Information was given against him by a workman whom he dis missed last December for Insubordination. This man. who ts now employed In the Viborg police, acted as pilot to the force which raided his house and openly exulted over the misfortunes of his former master. Commenting upon tho situation, a corre spondent of the London Times says: "The St Petersburg bureaucracy have now In troduced the Oriental system of arbitrary despotism, under which every man's prop erty, liberty and even life are at the merey of the executive government, - which la above the law and free from all restralnU on IU liberty of action. The system has proved a dismal failure In Russia, where the people have never known anything better. It Is hard to believe that It can be a auocess when applied to a nation like the Finns, who have grown up amid the Western traditions of personal liberty and self-government A Wis Preeaatlea. Washington Post The governor of Bessarabia, of which Klschlneff Is the capital, haa been sum moned to St Petersburg to see the czar. I He will probably take the precaution of making hia will before starting. POLITICAL DRIFT. The states which elect governors this year are Ohio, Iowa, Massachusetts, Ken tucky and Maryland. Three constitutional amendments will be voted on In New York state and a Judge of the court of appeals will bo elected this year. There are forty-three confederate veter ans In the Fifty-eighth congress, thirteen In the senate and thirty In the house of representatives. The attempted bribery of tho Massachu setts legislature appears to have failed bo cause the approachable members insisted upon $1,000 each, the scale fixed by the Mis souri Boodlera union, and the alush fund was not large enough to stand the strain. In Michigan the state legislature Is ar ranging a junketing trip for members to Andersonvllle, Ga., to dedicate a monument to the 700 Michigan soldiers who died there in civil war days. The monument Is to cost $4,000, and It Is proposed to spend over half as much on the trip. Some opposition to the Junket haa developed, one senator declaring ln open session that "tho plan to spend $1000 In dedicating a $6,000 monument la rldlcuioua." A suggestion from somebody that George Fred Williams of Boston may head tho democratic presidential ticket next year haa prompted that gentleman to say, as re ported, that it ia "a superb piece of ab surdity to suppose that any eastern man would stand the remotest chance of the nomination." "Of course," ha added, "the vice presidency offers a chance for a man from this region. But aa far as X myself am concerned I do not want It" . Senator Beverldge of Indiana haa puno tured the vice presidential boom whloh somebody started for him recently. In a letter ta James P. Rosa of Wabash, wbo had inquired regarding the matter, Mr. Beverldge denlea the published report that he is a candidate for the place named, and declares that he never wrote a lottsr saying he waa He adds: "I am content with my work In the senate, where I expect, by the partiality of the people of Indiana, to re main." - . A senatorial boom, has been started ln the state of Washington on behalf of Con gressman Francis W. Cushman, the man who promised to make a speech in the house that would have to bo printed on asbestos paper, with hand grenades for general distribution. Mr. Cushman's friends say that the state needs advertising more than any other thing, and that he is Just the' man to do the work. ' The congress man la a picturesque orator and Is widely known aa "the Abe Lincoln . of the far west" Both houses of the Florida legislature have adopted by a large majority resolu tions asking congress to Impeach Judge Charles Swayne of the United Btatea dis trict court of tho northern district of Florida. . It ia asserted that ho does not reside In his district as required by law; he Is Incompetent, and that he la sus ceptible to corrupt Influences and has been corruptly Influenced. His friends deny the truth of any of tho' charges and say that the action of the legislature grows out of -old political animosities. What does it cost to run tho government T This year, according to a writer ln Success, the expenditures will be about $651,000,000, including $132,000,000 for the postal service, which is nearly self-sustaining. The rev enues will amount to about $694,000,000, leav ing a surplus of $43,000,000. Last year's sur plus waa $91,000,000, of which some $70,000, 000 wero'used In the redemption of govern ment securities. The heaviest Item ln our national expenditure Is the pension account which now amounu to $138,000,000 a year, or nearly $400,000 a ja$y. Augustus E. Wilson? a leading lawyer of Louisville, haa given his consent to be a candidate for the republican nomination for governor of Kentucky. He used to be prominent In the party, but In recent years has not taken an active part In political affairs. He ia a native of Kentucky, 67 years of age and president of the Harvard club of Louisville. He was chief clerk of the Treasury dspartment at Washington for a while under Secretary Benjamin H. Brlstow. He has been four times defeated aa a candidate for congress. "UNDIGESTED SECURITIES." No AlaraalnsT Rash for tho Morgaa Oatpat Visible. Chicago Chronicle. The stock conversion scheme of the Steel trust has not proved a roaring success. The plan was to convert $200,000,000 of pre ferred stock Into S per cent bonds and Issue $50,000,000 of new securities ln the shape ot S per cent second mortgage bonds. Mr. Morgan's bank formed a syndicate which It guaranteed would supply $100, 000,000 In subscriptions to carry out this projeot. According to "reliable informa tion" only $140,000,000 out of the $2CO,000,000 which the project called for has been forth coming, of which Mr. Morgan's syndicate furnished $100,000,000, while the preferred stockholders subscribed only $40,000,000. This means that the Morgan bank has good lot of securities It would like to unload to got the wherewith to meet the obligations of lu underwriting syndicate. It has been anxious to unload for some time, and that may bo the reason why Mr. Morgan waa at so much pains a while ago to assure people that the prosperity balloon was still dirigible and that he himself waa in charge of the steerage apparatus. Prosperity may be booming and destined to boom Indefinitely, but It la an undeniable fact that people are not reaching after slices as eagerly as they were some time ago. It Is a fact that for some reason. they are going slower these days. Perhaps they have made up their minds that since they have Mr. Morgan's assur- TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT But to appreciate what it' means, visit our children's department and see . if we haven't the the handsomest warm weather suits for boys' and small children that were ever displayed Ln this city we want' your opinion. .' Just now we are ' making an especially fine offering of Norfolk and Jacket and rant suits for t $3.50 this real and regular value, $5.00. , , , Norfolk suits 3 to lO years. Jacket Pant suits 5 to 16 years. No Clothing Fits Like Ours. jlv lt CJ R. S. WILCOX, Mgr. FIf y Years Iho Sfsn&rd V it VSa Awarded tilh"t Koncrs World's Ftlr KIghist lasts U.S. Cov't Chtmlsti mios bakimo nwom oo. CHICAGO anco that we are going to grow more and more prosperous Indefinitely It will pay them to wait a little while and put In their stakes when things are coming swifter. Who knows T POINTED PLEASANTRIES. Mra Newrocks-Why, those are genuine antiques! Mr. Newrocks Are theyT They look to me like secondhand stuff. Puck. "Gents," said the trolley conductor, "you mustn't stand on the back platform. Ver breaking the rules." "Some of them ain't conductor," piped the little man; "they're standing on my feet" Philadelphia Press. "You reckon hell gits too hot for de devil In summer?" "Dunno. But you kin bet on one thing." "En what's dat?" "Hit don't freese over In de winter time!" Atlanta Constitution. "What a pure, serene face Miss Fair child has!" "Yes, she does look as though the had never been to the theater in her life." Harper's Baaar, "Have you noticed that Mrs. Hlggtnsplke spends a rood deal of time ut iter club these days?" "Yes, but how can you blame her, when you remember what a poor stick er hus band is?" Harper's Bazar. . . She I do so love the springtime. He Bo do I, 1 adore ft- Our medicine sales are always the biggest In the spring. Boston Transcript "Do you know what this railroad cost per mile?" "No! But I know how much It cost per alderman!" "Munchausen Isn't It with Mm. He tried to tell me one of his tall stories today, but I caught him." . "Did you? Ha, ha! he's a bird, isn't her "Exactly, and I put a grain of salt on his tale." Philadelphia Press. - : , Geography Teacher Name tha location of Devil's lake." Tommy I don't know Just- where It Is. ma'am, but I know what it's mada of. all right." Chicago Tribune. THE TWO VILLAGES. Rose Terry Cook. Over the river, on the hill,' Lteth a village, white and still; All around It the forest trees Shiver and whisper ln the breeze; Over It sailing shadows go Of soaring hawk and screaming crow. And mountain grasses, low and sweet, Grow, in. the middle (of e very, street. Jt , , Over the river, under the hill, '"y-. . Another village lleth, still; -There 4 see In the cloudy night Twinkling stars of household light Fires that gleam from the smithy's door, -Mints that curl on- the river shore. And In the road no grasses grow , . For the wheels that hasten to and fro. In that village on the hill Never Is sound of smithy or mill; The houses are thatched with grass and flowers; Never a clock to toll the hours; The marble doors are always shut; . . , You cannot enter In hall or hut; All the villagers He aaleep; -' Never a grain to sow or reap; Never In dreams to moan and sigh; BUent and Idle and low they He. In that villa under the hill. When the night is starry and still. Many a weary soul In prayer Looks to the other village there, And, weeping and sighing, longs to go Up to that home from this below; Longs to sleep In the forest wild. Whither have vanished wife and child; And heareth. praying, this answer fall: "Patience! That village shall hold, ye all." . THE NAME B EVtirfTTIINti," Esterbrook i pea Is ts ststtate raaranteg of its excellence Counselors No. 688. all who like Try It. varieties of Will please a stub pen. Over 150 other styles to suit erary puilU (pose. All stationers ,jhave them. Accapt 110 substitute. The Estermook Sim pen Co. Wwfa. 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