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THE OMAHA DAILY HEEt SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1905.
Tiie Omaha Daily Bee
E. R08E WATER, EDITOR.
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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
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28,150
81,860
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.....81,810
.81,480
.31.710
.31,030
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.81,610
.81,550
.81,130
Total
Less unsold and returned copl
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... 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."
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