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TITE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, MAT 20, 1003. The Omaha Daily Bee E. ROBE WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Tally Bee (without Sunday), One Ye ar...4." lully J toe nd Hunday, On Year .0) Illustrated Bee, One Year... Sunday Uee, One Year St-0 Saturday lire. One Year 1 Twentieth Century Farmer. One Year.. DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Tally Bee (without Sunday), per copy Jc Dally Bee (without Hundav), per we. k....l'.'o Dally Bee (Including Hunday). per week. .17c Sunday Be, per copy c Jtvenlng Bee (without Sunday), per week c fcvenlng Bee (Including Sunday), pr week loe Complaints of Irregularities In delivery should be addressed to City Circulation de partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South, Omaha City Hall Building, Twen-ly-tlfth and M Streeta. Council Bluffs 10 Pearl 8treet. Chicago lMu Unity Building. New York 232 Park Row Building. Washington 6ul Fourteenth Street, s CORRESPONDENCE. Cominunlcatloni relating to newa and edi torial matter should be addressed: oinaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postsi order; raj able to The Bee rudltshiiis; Company. Only 2-cent stamps accepted i. payment of mail accounts. Personal checks, except on Cmaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Stat of Nebraska, Douglaa County, is.: George B. Tsschuck, aecretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, aya that the actual number of full and complete coplea of Th Dally, Morning Evening and Sunday Be printed during the month ut April, lsoa, was as follows: i si.tto i ai.eoo 1 82,600 IT S1.S40 1 811,000 It S1.S30 4 83.220 1 28,150 I !0,ANO 20 81,860 81,1)10 21 81,4JO 1 81.5AO 22 Jl 1,710 .81,000 23 Sl.lUW I 81,630 24 81,040 81,070 26..... ..81,080 11 82,030 2 37.1T0 11 80,410 27.... Sl.OTO 11 31,020 21 81,10 14 81M 2 81,560 U 81,000 W ..31,180 Total i BOoo Less unsold and returned copies.... 10,44a Net total sales ta,3T Net average sales 81,331 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed la my presenc and sworn to before me this 1st day of May. A, D. 1901. M. B. H UNGATE, (Seal.) Notary Public The thirteen ward redlstricting scheme ha gone Stgllmmerlng. What will become of Omaha without that watch dog behind . the city treas ury? Alas! Alackt Ring out the old, ring in the new city council, but don't organize any rings or combines, if you please. We presume it was too much to ex pect the fatality-bearing wind storms to give Nebraska a wide berth. When it takes Ave mocks to electro cute a man the execution may be said to have been done on the installment plan. Horse racing .may be demoralising and likewise dangerous, but in neither of these points does it seem to be in it with automobile racing as it is prac ticed over in 'France. Chicago is settling its strikes by ar bitration,, 'DenVer' patched lip .with the strikers by arbitration. Omaha employ ers whose men, are", still out 'would lose nothing by following suit Boarders at the Douglas county poor farm draw the line at decayed lobsters and the taxpayers of Douglas county draw the line at canned lobster bills 100 per cent above the contract price. Fresldcnt Roosevelt is now on his re turn trip from the rqeifle coast. He will travel through Nebraska next week but bis train schedule makes it a night Journey without stops' in this state. Decoration day is near at hand, but nobody seems to be disposed to invest in pansles, lilacs and evergreens to decorate the political graves of the uu lamented, departed councllmanlc Are. Mayor Moorea' first bunch -of appolnt tnenta will be due at the meeting of the council next week. It is needless to say that the week still intervening Is' sure to bo a strenuous one for his honor the mayor. . We are gratified to learn from the ad jutant general after Inspection that the local companies of the national guard aro in fine form. Their services for police duty, however, will not be needed hero for the present. Farmers are advltted by the American Society of Equity to "keep dollar wheat In mind and you will get It aa sure as the sun rises In the rant and sets in the west." This is applying the faith cure to the wheat market. The notice served by Chief of Tollce Donahue that he will hold the proprie tors responsible for all saloon fights and brawls Is a stpp In the right direction. When a resort becomes a disorderly, re sort it forfeits its rights under its li cense'. Ohio republicans will not hold their State convention until next week. The republican state convention In, Ohio would not be worth while unless the anticipation of excitement were stimu lated in advance by stories of serious differences between the purty leaders. . a The Real Estate exchange can get busy soon with the returns of the county assessors. ' It Is Just as Important that we have an equitable assessment of property for state and county purposes as It is to have an equitable assessment of property for municipal and school dis trict purposes. The Pennsylvania coal strike was ar bltrated and will stay arbitrated for at least a year. Not only that, but the chances are thut any other grievances that may arise from time to time In the coal fields will be likewise arbitrated In pursuance of the precedeut. These aro some of the advantages of arbltra lion. ..... 1HSVLTIRO PVPCLAH IftTBLLIOBfiCB All this froth and fustian snout the of fense of the State Board of Equalisation In assessing the railroads of the state at a !esa valuation than was put upon them ten years ago la stale and unprofitable. All property In the state of every sort Is as sessed at less rate than ten years ago, as the grand assessment roll fully demon strates. If the State Board of Equalisation failed to lower railroad assessments to cor respond to the work of the local assessors, who have the first go at valuations. It would not be a board of "equalisation" at all. If the board had the power under the law which has not yet passed out, to raise the assessments of other property to cor respond to the actual Increased value over ten years ngo, and failed to do It, there would be plenty of room for criticism. But It has no such power until trie new revenue law takes effect, which will be In time for the next assessment. Lincoln Journal. When the railroad organs attempt to uphold the state board in the as sessment of railroad property they sim ply Insult popular intelligence. The ac tion of this year's state board was sim ply a repetition of the unmitigated out rage perpetrated by the state board last year, when it turned a deaf ear to the earnest appeal for the assessment of the railroad franchises and in the test case brought before the supreme court deliberately took the side of the rail roads' and allowed .the railroad attor neys to fdrmulate their defense for re fusing to carry out the plain letter of the constitution. Last year the railroad franchises, which constitute the most valuable asset of the railroads, were Ignored un der the plea that the board did not know that It had any right to assess them, but this year the board did know that it could not plead the baby act In defiance of the overwhelming popular sentiment In favor of equitable taxation. It is not true that all property In the state of every sort was assessed at a less rate ten years ago than last year, but if there Is a notable shrinkage In the assessment of certain classes of property it is Justified by the material shrinkage in Its market price. This is true of agricultural machinery, sewing machines, clocks and watches, sliver ware, musical Instruments and other fabrics, but these properties constitute a small fraction of the grand assessment roll. Assume, however, that the higher as sessment of railroads ten years ago was based on the higher assessment of all other classes of property, how does that fact Justify the present board In its de liberate disregard of the relative as sessed valuation of railroads to all other classes of taxable property in 1902 as compared with the preceding year? In 1901 the taxable land in Nebraska ag gregated 82,225,613 acres, assessed for $79,675,195. In 1902 the taxable lands aggregated 32,831,190 acres, assessed for $82,958,016, or an Increase of 13,282,821 In the assessment of lands, equal to 5& per cent increase for 1902 over 1901. But the Increase of the railroad assess ment for 1902 over 1901 is only seven eighths of 1 per cent The aggregate assessment of rear estate for 1901 was $114,164,105 and for 1902 $116,363,704, or an increase of $2,199,599, Have rail roads decreased in earning power and alue within the last year? In their argument before the supreme court last year the railroad attorneys representing the Burlington and Union racitic roads insisted that the railroads should be assessed no higher than 10 per cent of their actual value. The av erage assessed value of land of all grades for 1902 was $2.50 an acre, which, multiplied by 10, would mean that lands, in Nebraska are valued at an average of $25.00 per acre. Inas much as more than one-half of the tax able land in Nebraska is in the semi arid region and a large portion in the sandhills, would a man who values his reputation contend that the land values are ten times as high as the assessment? Multiply the railroad assessment by 10 and we have In round figures $265,000, 000, when In fact the railroads of Ne braska are marketable for from 1315.- 000,000 to $325,000,000. . We have the assurance of Governor Mickey that this year the board took under consideration the value of the terminals of each road as well as the value of Its other tangible property. If this is true, what value did this board place upon the terminals of the Union Pacific at Omaha? The earnings of the Union Pacific road in 1902 were 1700 per mile greater than In 1901, mile for mile for main line and branches, but the board only added $100 per . mile to the value of the main line and not a dollai to the branches. If the increased earn Ings have been entirely lirnored and tho terminals taken Into consideration, the $100 per mile represented an increase In the main line of $46,700. which, multi plier! by 10, would yield $467,000. Uow does that figure compare with the testl mony of the Union raclflc experts In the maximum rate case, who placed the lowest value of the Omaha terminals of the Union Pacific at $15,000,000. or mors than thirty-two times as much as the state board claims to have done? At one-tenth of Its actual veins, th. distribution to the main line would have been $1,500,000. or $3,200 Der mil. in stesd of $100 per mile. Would It not have been more creditable for the hoard if It bad not pretended to assess those Omaha terminals? What la in.. Union rartflc Is equally true of the Oinaua & Southwestern, whose termi nals are worth more than alx tlm. much as the ; whole road Is assessed for. With such Irrefutable proof of.ra discrimination before us, forbearance most ceases .to be a virtue. With the close of his term the longoffl citti career or w. j. uonnell comes to an end. His record aa the legal represents tjve of the city Is one of which be may Justly feel proud. In the defense of damage suits be has set a pace for. his successor which Mr. Wright will find it difficult to maintain. In the upbuilding of Omaha the viaducts, depots and shops wlil stand as monuments to his energy and ability. As time advances the value of his services will be better appreciated and more generally recognized. In as Jgresslvely moving ' up ' stream be nat urally has disturbed the current a good deal, but even his enemies concede he hss made one of the best city attorneys who ever represented a municipality. Now that he Is In a position to devote his entire time to private practice, with his experience and knowledge of munici pal affairs be not only will have enoti.cli to do, but will probably realize that blessings sometimes come In disguise and that his recent political defeat is not without Its compensations. APPKALlRO to Tilt OOVtRXMKftT. Numerous appeals have been made to the president and to the secretary of state for some action on the part of the government regarding the Klschlncff massacre, the latest of these asking the president In the name of humanity to use his good offices to prevent a recur rence of such events. A Washington dispatch of a few days ago said that these appeals will receive careful con sideration and it may be that some way will be found by which the sub stance of the resolutions, may be com municated to the Russian government as an evidence of the feeling In the United states. It Is obviously, how ever, an extremely delicate matter to approach a government in a matter of internal administration, where direct Interests of the complainant are not in volved. - It la needless to say that there will be no official protest by our govern ment In regard to the Klschlncff affair, nor Is it likely that official protest will be made from any other quarter. Any thing of .that nature would be very vigorously resented by Russia, as It would by any other country under like circumstances. But official protests are not required. As an exchange remarks, sympathy with the persecuted Jews of Kischlneff has Inspired throughout the world a protest more formidable than the combined pronunclamentos of all the governments and it is a protest which Russia can not disregard, for It voices the sentiment of humanity against Inhumanity, of the modern against the medieval, of civilization against bar barism. a satisfactory ovtloot. aA tranquil and prosperous summer appears to be in prospect and an im mense autumn business Is practically assured." Thus the New York Times concludes an editorial referring to ex isting business conditions, and the promise for the Immediate future. It finds reason for this in the fine crop outlook and also in the fact that there continues to be a good demand at home and abroad for our products of the farm, the factory and the mill. The domestic trade. In spite of unsettled labor conditions, la being well main tained, while our foreign commerce is still on a basis that keeps the balance of International trade largely in favor of this country. The standard of pros perity is on the whole as high as it has ever been and while there is less ac tivity In speculation generally, the legitimate business of the country, ex cept in a few localities, is going along smoothly and profitably. The labor disturbances, there is rea son to believe, will soon be ended and with their termination there will prob ably begin a prolonged era of Industrial peace. They have been somewhat ex pensive lessons, but undoubtedly they have afforded valuable instruction to both labor and capital, from which greater conservatism on the part of both may reasonably be expected here after. It should be the policy of all to do everything practicable to contribute to the maintenance of prosperity. This nation has for several years been fa vored beyond any other in material progress. All interests have done well. This condition, will be continued if we can have industrial peace and to that end those who labor and those who employ labor should constantly strive. QVMSTlOlt VF MORE CCRRERCY. It is stated npon what seems to be good authority that President Roosevelt has positively decided - to call an . ex traordinary session of congress early in November and that a bill providing for an increase of national bank currency will be presented at that session. It Is further said that a measure for this purpose, to be framed by the sub-com mittee of the senate finance committee, will probably be passed and receive the approval of the president by December 1. This is given out as the statement of republicans in congress who have consulted with the president and who are presumed to know something of the Intentions of the congressional leaders. In one of his speeches on the Pacific coast Mr. Roosevelt referred to the question of increasing the bank cur rency and rendering it more elastic, In dicating that he Is in favor of this. It Is altogether probable, therefore, that the matter will be considered at the extra session, but it cannot be con fidently predicted that a bill will be passed at that session. Students of the monetary situation are not all agreed that it is necessary or desirable to increase the bank note cur rency. The weight of opinion la un doubtedly in favor of doing this, but there are some whose Judgment Is cer talnly worthy of serious consideration who think that no good would result from augmenting the supply of cur rency through bank issues. In its last Issue the Financial Chronicle, which pre sumably represents the opinion of the more conservative class of financiers. points out that the total additions to the currency during the last three years have amounted to over $313,000,000 and asks if this indicates any Insufficiency In the total stock or in the annuul in crease of currency. It shows that in the twelve months ending May 1, 1903. the currency increase was over $113. 000,000 snd it expresses the opinion that the Increase will not be less for the next twelve months. - That Journal says; "If there Is a leanness in evidence In our bank reserves it cannot be argued that it has happened because the country Is In want of more national bank notes or legal tenders. Any such theory of re lief finds Its emptiness In the facts al ready explained that currency has In creased beyond any reasonable need and the facilities for making exchange have been added to far more rapidly." In reference to the proposed legislation, the Chronicle says If it ts true and the re sult should be a further Inflation of our currency, "be assured It will not pro duce confidence," adding: "It may pos sibly stimulate a sharp, short term of speculation, but if it does it Is certain to culminate In leaving our security markets and our industries In a worse shape, facing a worse liquidation than they do today. Keep In mind that such a new lot of circulation would tend to increase distrnst and not to bring back the old confidence." There Is suggested in this the probability of a somewhat formidable opposition to the plan of currency increase which the senate committee contemplates introducing, though it is quite likely that there will be legislation providing for greater elas ticity to the currency. Governor LaFoliette declares that with the exception of a bill for direct pri mary nominations and ths bill for ad valorem railroad taxation the legisla ture of Wisconsin Just adjourned was failure from the standpoint of legis lation demanded by the people to curb the over-reaching corporations. If we bad a legislature in Nebraska that enacted two notable anti-corporation measures at a single session we would call It a signal success. Chancellor Andrews declares that nothing has distressed him so much since he took hold of the state uni versity as the recent student riot at the street carnival and the Incidents grow- ng out of it. He might have added tlso that nothing has distressed the students as much, particularly those who had their heads cracked and bad to be carried off in ambulances. President Zimman of the city council earned the place as leader of that body by fighting the battles, of the people against corporate encroachment It Is a good sign to have a man honored for faithfully executing the official trust re posed in him. The example should serve as a stimulus for public officers generally to perform the duties hon estly, courageously and Intelligently. tM Ha Save Hta Halrt Washington Post. Wi are still without information aa to what happened to the Omaha sheriff who served the papers on the woman who was enjoined from gossiping about her neigh bors. Preaamatloa of Iaaaattr. Minneapolis Journal. To suggest that any man but Theodore Roosevelt will be nominated for the presi dency by the republicans in 1904 Is to estab lish a presumption of Insanity. The party wouldn't dare do anything else, no matter how much some of the leaders might op pose him. To turn down Roosevelt would be to put the democratic candidate In the White House. I'nrest of the Jokesmltfc. Boston Transcript. It Is just a bit ominous that so little hss been heard from the meetings of the Amal gamated Order of Jokesmlths and Para gTaphers which has been holding Its an nual convention In Baltimore. One may only pray that no serious labor trouble Is brewing In that direction, for a strike of the funny men would be tragic at this junc ture. In the midst of strikes of laundry men the nation cannot afford to be left without some saving scents of hunter. Era of Direct Legislation Atlanta Constitution. In California. Colorado, Missouri and other western states, direct legislation Is on the eve of becoming the fundamental law. The reason for this Is obvious. Public sentiment Is Incensed and outraged by the corruption and misrepresentation of machine politics and the "boss" Idea of governmental control. The pathfinders In this species of Intended political . reform have assumed a responsibility, the success of which may mean momentous changes in the whole fabric of American political economy. lafiaeaee of Forests. Youth's Companion. When a balloon passes over a forest It de scends and ballast must be thrown cut to keep it up. This Is explained by Prof. Moulllefert of the French National Agri cultural college of Grignon .as being due to the existence above every forest of a prism of cool, moist air. produced by the abundant transpiration of the trees and extending to a height of from 1.609 to S.flOO feet above the tree tops. Prof. Moulllefert also says that while forests drain the soli underneath them they keep the upper layer to a depth of four or five Inches moist. Remarkable laaaatsrratloa Records. Springfield Republican. Remarkable records are being established In Immigration. One ship brought 2.72S Im migrants to the port of New Tork Thurs day, the biggest load of the kind ever car ried by a single vessel. Some S.SOO Immi grants were waiting off Kills Island to land one day last week. The April Immigrants at all ports of the TTnlted Btates numbered lM.MB. the largest number ever recorded of a single month. For the ten months of the fiscal year arrivals numbered C0.711. and the May and June lnpour promises to carry the figure above that of 7M.W2. which was reached In the fiscal year ISM, and for twenty years had stood as the high record of Immigration. . Fopalarlslasr the lajaaottea. , Atlanta Constitution. An Omaha Judge has Just taken a step designed to greatly popularise a practice at one time pretty generally condemned the Interference of the courts by Injunction In the private affairs of the people. The name of the eminent Jurist who has thus demonstrated his right to that tablet In the Hail of Fame so much desired by all of us Is Baxter. All honor be to him. For. In open defiance of all that has since the days of Mr. Adam been most dreaded, this new Solomon has dared iasue an Injunction re straining a woman from talking! It only remains for some equally wise and brave Judge to place a permanent restraining order upon the operations of death snd taxes to entirely vindicate the Injunction In the eyes of all mankind, ' THE PRESIDENT'S MAXIMS. Principles of Soead Ceadoet F.sn bodied la Few Words. Chicago Inter Ocean. "Speak softly, but oarry a big stick; you will go far." "Never hit If It can be helped, but never hit soft." "Never draw unless you mean to shoot." None of these maxims Is altogether origi nal with Theodore Roosevelt. In the nature of things they could not be. They express, under dl"-rent aspects, a thought which Is one o. the eternal verities of life and which the doing men of each generation discover for themselves and make the guide of their conduct. , The president has spoken of these maxims as embodying the principles of a sound foreign policy. They do Just that. When the American people have kept them steadfastly In mind and have been ready to act upon them they have had peace with other nations. As long as they keep them In mind and are prepared to act upon them they are likely to have peace with other nations. They also embody a sound domestic policy for civilised men to follow In that eternal struggle which civilisation carries on with the barbarism and savagery of crime. Moreover, they embody a sound per sonal policy for every man whose desires are light in dealing with his neighbors. The man who Is known to keep them in mind and to be always ready to act upon them seldom has trouble with his neigh bors. In an era when so many are seeking to find sentimental substitutes for the eternal tacts of life the president has done well to crystallise Into these pungent maxims the philosophy which has made the American people what they are, won them their suc cess, given them their greatness, and which, If consistently followed, will preserve them In vigorous growth until the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll. CHAXGEI IN THIS ARMY -fUFL.nl. Oaas and Ballets Salted Ike Civil isation of Opponents. Brooklyn Eagle. A little while ago we thought we had the finest army rifle in the world, with the pos sible exception of the Spanish Mauser. It had enormous range and necessarily a flat trajectory and great powers of penetration. It was light and easily manipulated. The mechanism of it was comparatively simple. But we decided quite recently to abandon that rifle In favor of a new invention which has longer range, flatter trajectory, greater penetration and advantages In weight gained by - cutting down the barrel. The new gun, which is the product of some genius or geniuses In the ordnance depart ment, is so short and light that a man of ordinary strength can easily swing it as a club, if he runs short of ammunition and ts In too close quarters to use the bayonet, which, by the way, Is to remain part of the soldier's equipment In spite of the con demnation lavished upon It by experts. The caliber of this new rifle is practically the same aa that of the weapon It is designed to supplant, which suggests that the In creased destructlvenees of modern small arras, due to the extensive range and the employment of magailne loading systems, Is more than counterbalanced by the sacri fice of shocking power through the substi tution of small bullets for large ones. A man Is killed aa readily when shot through a vital part by a pellet no bigger In cir cumference than a small lead pencil aa he Is when hit by a heavier missile from a Springfield or a Martini; but the records of the most recent battles show that the num ber of "disabling" wounds Inflicted by the lighter bullet is far leas In proportion to the amount of lead fired than was the case In the days of larger calibered rifles. This Is not an argument for the abandon ment of conditions that have made war more humane by decreasing the measure of humane suffering entailed by It. It Is merely a statement of facts which are now being seriously considered abroad, and es pecially In England, in reference to the proposed modification of rifles., or at least of ammunition, used In waging of warfare against those who will not observe the rules of civilized combat. To the use of smaller caliber guns and hard nosed bullets Is at tributed by many the disaster that over took Colonel Plunkett's command in Somali- land, where even the stralghtest shooting failed to check the rush upon the doomed square, because the stopping power of the bullets was not sufficient to put out of ac tion more than a small proportion of those who were hit elsewhere than In vital spots. The savage must be fought upon a different basis than the enemy who is civilised. ' A force deprived of ammunition and, there fore, unable to continue fighting can sur render with safety to the latter, but not to the former. The Indications are that the high power rifle, as designed for civilised war, will be discarded hereafter In conflict with the uncivilised. This Is a nasty con clusion to reach, but It seems Inevitable. PERSONAL, NOTES. Two editors met on the street In Du rango, Colo., and exchanged thirteen shots without seriously hurting one another. If this Cleveland boom goes much further Editor Henry Watterson will be like that profane man with the load of potatoes in a well known story; "Words will not do it Justice." In a lecture recently Booker T. Washing ton aald: "I was once walking In Boston, carrying two heavy satchels. Suddenly an old gentleman, a stranger, came and as sisted me. I learned afterward that he was Edwsrd. Everett Hale." On June 1, in the public garden, Boston, will be unveiled the first statue of a clergy man ever erected In a public place In that city. It will be In memory of William Ellery Channlng, one of the founders of L'nltarlanlsm in this country. J M. Perkins, formerly private secretary to the late Oovernor Wolcott of Massachu setts, has been elected secretary of the St. Louis exposition commission. He was secretary of the Massachusetts commis sion on the Buffi Jo exposition. Msyor Seth Low of New Tork, despite his pleasant smile and cordial grasp of his hand. Is regarded by those who have occa sion to do much public, business with him as a cold man. He has never shown one spark of temper since elected to the office of mayor and thla la a case of remarkable self-control, It Is asserted, as he has a temper that would blase up If he would let it During the recent visit of Emperor Wil liam to the pope the venerable pontiff showed great Interest In the emperor's boys. It is said that he took Prince Eitel Frits by the hand and said: "You must be about the age of my godson, Alphonso of Spain,' whom I shall never see." When the visit of the kaiser and hla sons was over the pope remarked: ."Those are boys to be proud of, but six! . How Is It the emperor can look so young?" Trustee Wladyslaw A. Kuflewakl of the Chicago Board of Education has resolved "That the pupils In our public schools be taught how to celebrate Independence day In a more patriotic manner, and that lec tures be prepared by the superintendent of the schools telling of the deeds of pa triotism that have been done In defence of our country." If Trustee Kuflewakl will add S order keeping the small boys In on the natal day and evening to listen to aratoiial pyrotechnics. Insurance com panies st leaat will rise up and hall him as a deliverer. ROlkD ABOVT NEW YORK. Ripples oa the Carreat of LJfe la the Metropolis. Coney Island pictures the relaxed sabbath life of Greater New York and beer is the motive power of Coney Ieland. The an nounced purpose of the authorities to check the flow of the amber fluid provokes a roar more deafening and continuous than a subway explosion. So great Is the roar in and about beloved Coney that the sonorous breathings of the agitated Atlantic are overwhelmed by the wild waves of human wrath which taint the atmosphere. The main cause of the up heavel Is the mirthful sandwich hitherto regarded as an adequate meal with beer trimmings. Sandwiches are a means to the end beer. No sandwich, no beer. But the sandwiches put up as an excuse to dodge the law were such Ill-favored con fections that the beer guttlers refused to touch them. Beside them the humble railroad sandwich Is a five-course banquet. The authorities were at last persuaded to sample the Coney .variety. One bite was sufficient. Forthwith the edict went forth that the sandwich was a disguised promotor of rsce suicide snd "Must go." Regular men) must be served If beer Is to be taken on the side, and those wno rater to" the thirsty thousands on Sunday are the warmest crowd that ever fringed the Coney pike. The recent order ef Oeneral Greene, the police commissioner, that patrolmen should carry their night sticks In the their belt sockets Instead of In their hands, says the Evening Post, started the detective eer geant off upon a dissertation on night sticks. "You have no Idea," he said "what good care a policeman takes of his night stick, especially If It happens to bo a good one. Good one 7 Sure, there's any amount of dif ference In them. Every copper wants one with a rood, clear ring to It, and If he doe get It he hangs on to it for keeps. I know one man who was in the Oak street pre clnct when I was there who had one that rang like a bell when he struck It on the sidewalk. You could hear that club for six or seven blocks In the dead of the night. You know when a policeman raps with his club he wants help, and he wants it quick, too, and a poor club would be as bad as a whistle. The whistle Isn't worth the breath it takes to blow It. You can't tell where the sound of a whistle comes from. . I've been on post at night and heard a whistle blown ana not been able for the life of me to tell which way to run for it. Then a man had to go It blind and run around until he found the policeman who was blowing it. It's different with a club; you can't help tracing the sound of It If you have half an ear. Somehow or other the sound seems to cling to the ground as It travels along, while with a whistle the nelso goes off In the air like smoke." 3eggtng letters sent to well known New Yorkers have netted to Olgar Beckwith Neilson. said to have been cashiered from the Danish, army, an Income of 1300 a month during the last two years, accord ing tu 6peclal Agent James Ford, who has caused Nellson's arrest. Neilson said it was his marriage that cost him his place in the army. The woman aocom panled him to court, where sho declared that she had no knowledge that he had ever written any such letters. Nellson's list of correspondents, It Is said. Included the names George J. Gould, Andrew Carne gie. J. Plerpont Morgan. John W. Gates, Hetty Green and Russell Sage. a n v nut in the suburbs of Brooklyn. relates the Press, an anecdote of a bor rowed dinner is going the rounds. It seems a . eertaln ' thoughtless husband brought three men home to dinned ona night with out giving due notice to : the wife of his bosom. Cookie had left the same day, as III luck would have It, and there was noth ing but cold meat In the house. The hostess confided her woes to the handy man who did odd Jobs around tne piece, one Wnew ha was a man of ready resource. In genious and clever, but when he assured er h would serve a dinner fit for a king if she left the oast clear for him to operate in she could hardly believe him. At the proper time, however, soup was hmiivht in bv a bov he had pressed Into service, and was followed by fish, entrees. Joint, and, In fact, everything comprising a perfect dinner, the only fault being that the Intervals between the courses were rather long. when the well fed sruests had departed. their hostess ran to the kitchen and asked how' the repast had been procured. "Oh. the cook next door Is engaged to me," he said, beamingly, "and she'd . do anything for me. Her lady was giving a big dinner party, and quick as the things came out of the kitchen my Lottie sent some of them here." George Francis Train sat one spring morning in Union square. New Tork. as was his custom, surrounded by children, to whom, contrary to his attitude toward adults, he was always affable and agree able. On the outside of the group surround ing Mr. Train stood a small colored girl looking wistfully at the white children who were receiving all his attention and hearing his wonderful tales. After they had dispersed and Mr. Train was alone the black child advanced timidly and aald to him: "Do you love children V Looking at his questioner In some surprise, Mr. Trsln admitted that he did. Then In a low voioe ahe said: "I am a child." A young and good-looking aetresa playing In a New York theater was taking leave of tier mother at the stage door the other evening and kissed ths elderly lady. A flnsiilly dressed young man who stood near eeillod out: "Give me one, too, will you?" "Certainly," said the girl, walking over to him. When lose enough she gave him a rinrlng slap In the face. The fellow stag gered In his surprise and might have fallen had not the stage doorkeeper propped him up with a crack on the other ear. Then the offender took to his heels. BATTLE OF THE GIANTS. Railroad Waalaar War oa Offeaafve Trlesrrapa Poles. Detroit Free Press. There la nothing in the nature of a sham battle in the fight waging between the Pennsylvania Railway company and the Western Union Telegraph company. The Pennsylvania employed the services of the telegraph corporation for a great many years, the two living and doing business In close harmony. There has never been any thing but good feeling toward the Western Union, considered only as an organisation carrying on the work for which It . was formed. The bitter contest grew out of the fact that the Goulds, who own the tele graph company and direct Its operations, also control very extensive railroad Inter ests, and have recently sought to divide business with the Pennsylvania by Invading territory in which It was the chief operator. The hardest blow struck by the aggres sors wss In procuring terminal facilities Ut Plttaburg in spite of the opposition of the Pennsylvsnia. An immediate consequence was to force the latter Into a traffic ar rangement, which was. of course, far leas profits ble than a practical monopoly. It was during this struggle, or about the time that the inevitable outcome was In sight, that the Pennsylvania ordered the Western Union to remove its equipment from the THE OLD RELIABLE Absolutely Puro THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE former's lines. The telegraph company re fused and immediately applied for an in junction to restrain the railroad company from ousting It. This was granted and for a time there was an armed truce. But In another federal Jurisdiction the Pennsyl vania was granted the right to remove the poles standing on Its right of way, the court of appeals affirmed It and the news of yesterday told how vigorously the work of destruction was entered upon. There was no offer of time and no parley. The man with the ax was turned loose and told to do his worst. Several weeks ago It was foretold that a war of the giants was Imminent, and now it Is on. By affiliations in Maryland und with other eastern lines the Wabash con trols a route to the Atlantic seaboard, and by similar arrangements beyond St. Louis completes a way from ocean to ocean. The great stride haa been made within a short time and the Pennsylvania Is harder hit than any other system. There is a report that it and the Vanderbilt Interests are ne gotiating an alliance and there has been a corresponding fluctuation of stocks. What ever the outcome, the Goulds have made a great stirring of the dry bonea. LAIUHIXU GAS. "How long have you been In New York, uncle 7" "Long enough to know better." Brook lyn Lite. "It's hard to lose one's relaip.es," said the poor man, Insinuatingly. "Hard?" growled the millionaire. "Why, it's almost Impossible!" Smart Set. "He's horribly gruff, Isn't he?" "Frightfully so"' "Regular old pirate, I guess." "No; he's a civil engineer." Detroit Free Press. A western paper refuses to publish eu logies gratis, but adds: "We will publish the simple announcement of the death of any of our friends with pleasure." Ham's Horn. "You should sleep on your right side, madam." "I roaly can't do It, doctor; my husband talks In his sleep and I can't hear a thing with my left ear." Town Topics. "You seem to forget," said the plodder, "that all men are born equal.' "Not at all," replied the conceited par venue, "It's because I've beaten the men that had the same etart as me that I'm stuck on myself." Philadelphia Press. Sympathising Friend Cheer up old boy, remember she s not the only girl in the world. Rejected Suitor Yes. I know. She'll tell all the others. Baltimore American, j Mrs. Malaprop I walked twenty-five miles . yesterday. Mr. Parlormop Did you wear a pedome ter? Miss Malaprop Oh, no, Indeed Just a short skirt. Harvard Lampoon. First Picket What's this strike about, anyway more pay, less work? What's it for? Second Picket Nah! The boss didn't take his hat off or take his clg' outen his mouth when de walkln' delegate went in ter see him. Judge. TRIUMPH OF THE ROOMER. t Baltimore American. Oh, you folks with home and fireside. You do not room, but live, You have gloated o'er me often, But I'm willing to forgive. For as moving time approaches You have troubles of your own, And I'll, chaff you now but gently. In a soft and pitying tone. You have beds and big pianos, You have pictures, stoves and chairs; You have dressers, tables, sideboards. To be trundled down the stairs; You have mattresses and bed springs. You have carpets, curtains, rugs These must be removed in toto, With a million grunts and tugs. Then for -days there will be chaos In the shack to which you go, And your life for weeks thereafter Will be one long streak, of woe. But wben I, O proud householder. Find my rent too nearly due. X Just paok my trunk and vanish, And my moving stunt Is through. 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