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TIIE OMAITA DAILY TmVt IT HID AY, JTJNE 8. 1903.
JTheOmaiia Daily Dee.
E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR.
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THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY.
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County ..:
Oeorge B. Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number ot full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of May, 193, was aa follows:
I SO.tHM) 17 88,450
i. 30,6To 18 B1,0"0
1 34I.1MM) 19 SO.TWI
4 0,BIK , 20 8CKBO
1 80.T30 21 HO.HTO
3(1,570 22 80,940
T 80,70 23 30.H30
3(MUO 24 2H,2aO
80.T40 25 a. 80.H30
10 27,775' 28.; .' 80,71)0
11 30,440 27 8O,780
12 80,370 28 3O,0HO
U 30.B20 29 3O.0H0
14 80,730 SO 81,SflO
IS SO.OSO 81 27,900
18... ...80,H90
Total 963,000
Less unsold and returned copies 10,348
Net total sales 043.3H2
Net average sales 30.437
GEORGE B. TZBCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence' and sworn to
before me this 31st day of May, A. D. 1903.
M. B. HUNGATE, 1
(Seal.) Notary Public.
From now on Union Pacific and pacific
union will go band in band.
Men drafted for Union Pacific picket
service 'will now get an honorable dis
cbarge. The Ohio republican love feast seems
to bare been pulled off strictly as per
schedule.
The mayor of Dwight, I1L, will not be
the only democrat - found supporting
President Roosevelt for election In 1004.
That story from Idaho of a fall of hail
leaving a Inyer twenty inches deep puts
all the ben's egg hail stone yarns on
the shelf, at least for this season.
City Treasurer Hennlngs promises to
open the regular summer season' of tax
van tours as soon as the roads are put
In shape for comfortable travel. Don't
crowd.
Just to make sure no one remains in
Ignorance of the flood devastations, the
meat packers will Include a reminder for
each housewife in the bill rendered for
meat supplies.
Boards of conciliation and boards of
arbitration are In general demand In
every section of the country where there
has been a clash between wageworkers
and employers.
That the trend of the times Is toward
higher levels in prices and wages may
be readily judged from the ' fact that
South Omaha knights of the razor
seriously contemplate raising the scale
for hair raising and barberlng.
The report of the United States consul
for Denmark to the effect that there Is
general complaint there that times are
dull should put us on our guard for
another attempt to unload the Danish
West Indies ou Uncle Sam for a band
some cash consideration.
Lancaster county republicans have
taken advantage of the opportunity of
fered by holding the first convention of
the year to plant themselves squarely
for Roosevelt as standard bearer for
1004. . Every republican convention in
Nebraska will promptly follow suit
While the floods have played havoc
with the Kansas City and St Joseph
stock yards and packing houses. South
Omaha, which always has been and al
ways will - remain high and dry. will
keep open house for all the live stork
that is seeking a market In the great
corn belt.
The Roumanian ministry is said to be
strongly against permitting the Stand
ard Oil company to come into thsir ter
ritory and absorb the Roumanian oil
fields as part of its world-wide octopus.
The Roumanians must have been read
ing some of the magazine stories of the
rise of the Standard Oil magnates In
this country.
The long drawn struggle between the
Union Pacific and Its shopmen has not
only cost the company dearly, and de
prived the locked out men of wages they
would have earned, but It has Inflicted
Irreparable loss on Omaha In driving
away several hundred families of Its
good citizens who had identified their
Interests with this city. It will take a
long time to make good all this damage.
The special committee of the Real Es
tate exchange Is still wrestling with the
question whether the street lamp gas
lighting contract which expires next
January should be renewed. But the
gas lamp problem Is a very Insignificant
and somewhat remote subject compared
with the Impending appraisement of the
water works plant, which involves mil
l)oua where the gas lighting contract
Involves thousands.
onto republican eojwcjrnoA.
There is no discord or dissension
among Ohio republicans, which is sn
augury of victory in this year's election.
The addresses of Senator Hunnn and
Senator Foraker, respectively temporary
and permanent chairmen of the state
convention, were in complete accord,
while the declaration of principles is
clear and strong. The salient feature
of the vigorous speech of Senator
Ilanna is its earnest and hearty com
mendation of President Roosevelt's ad
ministration, lie declared that it has
been all that republicans hoped for,
showing the most patriotic, unselfish
and energetic devotlou to the Interests
of the people and the principles of the
republican party.
The platform, as had been foreshad
owed, favors the nomination of Mr.
Roosevelt for president in, 190J,
saying that his udberence to the
policies of his 'predecessor' and his
own proved ability lu . his high
oflice show him in every way
worthy of election by the people to be
their chief magistrate. In regard to the
tariff, the platform declares opposition
to all attacks upon the policy of protec
tion, saying that "changing conditions
and the' possible benefits of reciprocity
may call for timely, readjustment of
schedules, but protection as a principle
and as a policy must be administered by
the friends of American prosperity and
must not be sacrificed." Enforcement
of the laws against combinations for the
monopoly of trade and other unlawful
purposes is favored and it Is declared
that if further legislation should be
found necessary the republican party
can be depended upon to enact and en
force it with equity and safety to every
legitimate interest. Legislation to se
cure greater elasticity to the currency
and a supply commensurate with the de
mands of business is favored.
The legislature to be chosen this year
will elect a successor to Senator Hanna
and therefore the party control and
management will be left entirely to him.
With his well known skill in leader
ship and the republicans being united
and harmonious, victory for the party in
November may be regarded as assured.
Ohio's endorsement of President
Roosevelt settles the question of .his
nomination by the next republican na
tional convention.
MILLERS WAST RECIPROCITY.
The flour-milling Industry is an ex
tensive and Important interest and is
steadily growing. A convention of the
representatives of this, industry ,1s, In
session at Detroit for the purpose of
considering what can be done to remedy
discrimination by the , railroads and
steamship lines against flour In favor of
wheat In his address the president of
the convention stated that the railroads
not only refuse to make fair and rea
sonable rates for carrying the product
of the mills, but actually, discriminate
against flour for export There is also
discrimination by the ocean steamship
lines In favor of wheat thus giving an
advantage to the foreign millers over
those of this country. Another dif
ficulty encountered by this Interest Is
the action of foreign governments in
closing their doors against our flour,
either by a high protective tariff or a
registration and it was urged that a rem
edy for this would be found In a na
tional policy of reciprocity.
The complaints of so large an indus
try are certainly entitled to fair con
sideration and so far as railroad dis
crimination is concerned it would seem
that the interest should be able to se
cure relief. In regard to reciprocity,
however, the chances of accorapllshlnir
anything that would materially benefit
the milling industry are doubtless very
small. The policy of foreign countries
in protecting their own Industry has
been long established and very likely
no inducement that might be. offered
would Induce those countries to change
that policy. However, the federation of
American millers should put forth its
best efforts in behalf of reciprocity,
since it will be able to exert no little
influonce in union with other Interests
favorable to that policy.
the postal investigation,
It la expected that the president will
give direct attention to the postal in
vestigation immediately .. after his ar
rival in Washington, when the post
master general will be ready to submit
for Mr. Roosevelt's information a state
ment of what has been done. It is need
less to say that the matter is one In
which the president must take very
great Interest and .consequently will
want to know officially all that has been
disclosed by the investigation. There
has been some disposition shown to
criticise Mr. Roosevelt for not being In
Washington In order to see that the in
quiry was properly and energetically
prosecuted, but the department officials
have been doing their duty faithfully
and could have done no more if the
president had been at the national cap
ital. There bas been persistent T effort iu
some quarters to make It appear that
Postmaster General Payne bas not
pushed the Investigation with sufficient
earnestness and vigor, with other
criticism designed to discredit him In
the public land. Mr. Charles Emory
Smith, former postmaster general, says
In his paper, the Philadelphia Press,
that six months ago Mr. Payne contem
plated s general investigation and over
hauling of the Poatofflce department and
took preparatory steps. He states that
the real, effective work of the inquisi
tion has bad the postmaster general's
full sanction and backing, that be and
the fourth assistant potttmaster general,
Mr. Btistow, have cordially and fully co
operated. "While Postmaster General
Payne," says Mr. Smith, "has been res
olute for vigorous and unsparing work
which should go to the bottom of things,
he has not deemed it either necessary or
expedient that every Idle tale of every
reckless and Irresponsible 'gossip should
be given out without regard to its fal
sity and without consideration for the
repute of the department." It would
have been easy for Mr. Payne to have
made a spectacular display of zeal in
this matter, but we think all fair
minded men will admit that be has pur
sued the proper course in carrying ou
the work of investigation quietly yet
persistently.
Those who criticise the postmaster
general are for the most part editors
and politicians unfriendly to the na
tional administration who would like
to make political capital out of the
postal scandal. President Roosevelt has
in this matter reposed confidence in Mr.
Payne and It Is not to be doubted that
it will be Justified by results.
AH TO KEA.PINU MUM.
Commenting upon the recent declara
tion of The Omnlm Bee that Auditor
Weston bus proved himself a very
staunch and unflinching champion pf the
railroad corporations on the state board
of assessment lust year and this year,
the World-ilerald reproduces the follow
ing editorial from the Pender Times,
with an approving footnote:
It seems to us that The Bee ought to go
way back and keep mum. It knew last
fall as the above article Indicates that
Weston was a railroad tool, and It also
knew that "Our Man Mickey" was nomi
nated solely by railroad Influences and that
his record In the legislature u o( the
corporation brand. Notwithstanding these
two well known facts It gave Mickey and
Weston Its support. If Rosewater had done
by Mickey and Weston what he dia for
Majors, W. H. Thompson would have been
governor and Charles Q. DeFrance auditor.
There would have been two men that would
have seen a Just and fair assessment of
railroad properties.
It is in accord with the eternal fitness
of things for the World-Herald to re
produce a screed that re-echoes its own
repeated excuses for popocratlc defeats
brought about by incompetent and dis
trusted leadership. It is most decidedly
cool, too, for the paper which sold its
editorial page to the corporations that
backed Tom Majors to charge up the de
feat of W. H. Thompson and Charles Q.
DeFrance to Rosewater and advise The
Bee to "go away back and keep mum."
People endowed with good common
sense know that the disaster which over
took the fusion reformers in the last
election was directly chargeable to the
lack of popular confidence in the World-
Herald, which entered the campaign
handicapped by its attachments and ob
ligations to Joe Brtley, in consequence
of which fusion scuuit. speakers were
compelled to "keep mum" and fight shy
of the most vulnerable spot in the re
publican armor. Another potential fac
tor In favor of the republican ticket was
the marked discrepancy between the
promise and performance of the last fu
sion reform administration and the pop
ular suspicion that Mr. Thompson could
not be depended upon to grnpple with
the railroad corporations when he came
to assess the railroads.
The Bee has no apology to make for
tta course in the campaign of 1002. It
does not take much courage for a news
paper to fire away at candidates on the
opposition ticket. It .does take moral
force and nerve to antagonize the lead
ers and candidates of one's own party.
It was good generalship for The Bee to
concentrate all its fire on Mercer, whom
the corporations sought to foist on this
congressional district, and it would have
been foolhardy to scatter the fire in any
other direction.,
As a matter of fact. The Bee said noth
ing In favor of Mr. Weston during the
entire campaign and could not honestly
commend him. Its support of Mr.
Mickey was given on his personal pledge
that he would not allow himself to be
Influenced by the corporations in his acts
as governor. It is cheap demagogy on
the part of democratic and populist
newspupers to charge The Bee with cow
ardice or dereliction of duty In the face
of the fact that it bas never failed to
sound the alarm when there was dan
ger, but it bas fought the battles of the
people In season and out of season not
merely on paper, but in the courts at an
enormous cost and sacrifice of private
Interests for the public good.
The State Board of Public Lands and
Buildings, which has supervision and
control over the penitentiary, has taken
back-water from its position declining
to allow Warden Boomer $300 of pfn
money for the supervision of a Judicial
hanging bee Inside of the penitentiary.
The next legislature will, doubtless, be
called upon to fix a specific price for
adjusting the noose and springing the
trap. In the meantime abrupt suspen
sion of murderers will be regarded as a
lucrative perquisite of the penitentiary
high sheriff.
The supreme court of Nebraska has
said in substance that the fees held out
by the late popocratlc secretary of state
were unlawfully retained and should be
paid back into the state treasury. But
the supreme court has not yet said that
the Interest on state school money pock
eted by the late popocratlc state treas
urer was illegally collected and should
also be turned into the state treasury
where It properly belongs. A decision
of this kind would, however, be none
the less In accord with the popular Idea
of Justice.
A twentieth century anachronism
is recorded by the resolution of the na
tional conference of German Baptists
prohibiting the use of telephones in the
homes of Its members. To be consistent
the conference should also have re
solved against the use of the telegraph
for urgent messages, sgalnst riding on
electric street railways or in electric
automobiles. If the line is to be drawn
at Innovations of electricity it should
take In the entire list of electrical In
ventions. The new governor of Wyoming, fol
lowing in the footsteps of the late Gov
ernor Richards, Is protesting against the
establishment of forest reserves In that
state. Inasmuch as the general land
office, la whose Jurisdiction this subject
1
falls, is undef a Wyoming man we
might expect the controversy to be set
tled for the best interests of the whole
country and without sny special detri
ment to Wyoming's progress and prosperity.
The dispatches now show that the re
ports of damage done by the water In
Kansas City, Topeks snd neighboring
towns have been greatly exaggerated.
That is usually the case. The wreckage
always looks larger in the moment of
excitement than It does after the danger
point is passed and the salvage inven
tory is taken.
Stand tram liader.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Now you see the Panama canal and now
you don't. Nevertheless, some day you
will. Picayune and seml-clvlllsed states of
South America cannot check the commerce
of the world forever.
Ready for Another Doom Year.
St. Lotila Globe-Democrat.
Last month the public, debt decreased
$3,247,336. The Interest-bearing debt stands
at t914.000.0no, with a rata chiefly of 8 per
cent Uncle Snm Is in good financial shape
and looks forward to another prosperous
year.
Another Chasers rosslblo.
Chicago Record-Herald.
It is useless to be pessimistic, but the
probabilities are that as soon aa the floods
get through washing out the crops and
Sinking people homeless the public will
have a chance to sea bow It likes an old
fashioned drouth.
Onto HI Job. .
Washington Post.
Uncle Joe Cannon denies that he is going
to call for any help In making up his house
committees. After many years' experience
on the appropriations committee he con
skiers himself competent to place congres
sional ciphers in the proper column with
out assistance.
Greed Shows the ClOTen Hoof.
Chicago Chronicle.
While the rest of the country Is tendering
succor to the people of Kansas City and
Topeka It is Interesting to learn that the
merchants of those communities have
thriftily risen to the situation by advanc
ing the price of provisions and other neces
saries some 300 per cent "One touch of
nature," etc.
"Made In Germany."
Indianapolis Journal.
Some surprise Is expressed at the action
of the War department In ordering fifty
modern field guns with carriages and equip
ment from a Arm in Germany for use In
the United States army. The reason given
for placing the order abroad Is that the
United States ordnance establishment and
all the private factories in the United
States are now overloaded with ordnance
work and that about fifteen months' time
can be saved by ordering the guns In Ger
many. That may be true, but there does
not seem to be any war. emergency.
The Lone Last Popnllst.
New York Sun.
Ex-Senator Marlon G. Butler of North
Carolina speaks with authority as the last
authentic surviving ' populist leader in a
published Interview In which he nrerllcta
the nomination of a populist ticket for the
preomency in iso.. Most qt his former col
leagues In the ambiUpus . populist move
ment have either fallen bv the nollUcni
wayside or become plutocrats. ' To New
jork city many or them have come to get
wise and rich, while others have become
prosperous and got wise at home.' Senator
Butler predicts that the populists will hold
a national convention which there Is no
law to prevent and will mit In flnmlnaHAn
a candidate of their,, own for president.
What. In such an event, would a true blue
populist ticket of Isolation poll? Where,
probably, would the vote be cast, and how,
if at all, would It affect the result of the
presidential election? Jn 1892 the populist
party vote was 1.056.000. In 18915. th v,
of fusion with Bryan, the populist vote In
tne states in which that party ran a ticket
separately was 845,000. In 1900 the middle-of-the-road
populists, to whom, presuma
bly, ex-Senator Butler appeals, polled 61,
000 votes.
A NEW CYCLONE CENTER.
Awfal Havoc Wrought la a Few Mla
ntee la a Georgia Town.
Chicago Tribune.
"On horror's head horrors accumulate."
In an .Instant of time and without any
warning, out of a clear sky a cyclone swept
down' upon Gainesville, Ot., on Monday
tearing through its outskirts, but leaving
the main business and residence part un
touched, and Including in its path of de
struction the neighboring resorts of New
Holland Springs and White Sulphur
8prlngs. In two minutes' time the storm
had passed and the sun was shining again,
but In the wake of the cyclone were 100
dead at Gainesville, thirty-nine at New
Holland and twelve at White Sulphur, be
sides more than 200 injured, many of them
fatally. In these fatal two minutes it Is
probable more lives were lost than In
Kansas and Missouri after days of ex
posure to fire and flood.
The region west of the Mississippi, which
Is now overflowed, used to be considered
as the center of cyclonic visitation, begin
ning In the extreme southwest and Includ
ing Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa,
Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota, and end
ing somewhere In the vicinity of Lake Su
perior. But during the last three years the
locale ot the cyclone seems to have
changed. In 1909 the hurricane and tidal
wave at Galveston, sweeping away 8,000
lives, of course overshadowed all other
fatalities, but during that year- the only
two cyclones of any consequence were In
Texas In October and western Tennessee
In November, Involving the loss of eighty
nine lives. In lSOlmoet fatal cyclones were
in Arkansas and Birmingham, Ala., in
March, but only thirty-four Uvea were lost
Again In 1903 there were but two where
the loss of life was large, one In Mississippi
In March, loss fifty lives, and one at Goliad,
Tex., In May. loss 114 Uvea Thus In these
three years cyclonic damage was confined
almost exclusively to the south. There
was' scarcely any damage In the middle
west or southwest
This year the cyclone has now and then
returned to Its old center of operation
There were Ave cyclonlo manifestations
during April and May at various points in
Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri and Iowa, aa
well as in Indiana and Ohio, but the com
bined loss of life was but fifty-four, while
during the same period there were cyclones
In Arkansas and Alabama which killed
forty-seven, and now June has added 1M
more to the number, making 183 lives lost
by cyclones lit the southern states this
year. During the last three years and a
half, omitting the Galveston storm, which
was not in the nature of a cyclone, none
of these "twisting" winds has been so
fatal aa that of Monday at Gainesville. The
flood may be guarded against to some ex
tent by engineering skill. Fire Is usually
the result of human negligence and care
lessness. Human skill and precaution are
powerless as against the cyclona "The
wind bloweth where It listeth, and thou
he rest the sound thereof, but canst not tell
whence It eometh and whither It goetb."
In Its furious moods man Is helpless. (
"TUB OLD ALLIANCE."
Demoeratlo Ilarmoalsers oa a Still
llaat for Halabowe.
Philadelphia Press.
The democratic searchers for the elec
toral votes needed to choose a president
next year are making all sorts of combi
nations and supposing all kinds of alli
ances. But the alliance to which they In
variably come back after traveling over
the whole field Is what they call the "old
alllarce." And the "old alliance" la a
combination of the solid south snd New
York, New Jersey, Connecticut and In
diana. As this alliance brought success to
the democrats In 1884 and In 1892 It Is not
surprising that they turn to It again with
a hope born of desperation.
What prospect Is there of such an alli
ance succeeding again? What was once
known as the solid south consisted of six
teen states, which, under the latest appor
tionment will have the following votes In
the electoral college:
State. Vote. Slat. Vote.
Manama It Mtanouri 11
Arkaneae North Carolina 12
Delaware South Carolina
Florida I TfnnnRn 1?
Georgia 13 Teiee 18
Kentucky 11 Virginia 12
Louisiana We Virginia 1
Maryland a.
MlMlaalppi 10 Total I
There will be at least 476 votes in the
next electoral college, a majority of which
will be 239. If any new states are admitted
at the next session of congress the vote
and the majority will be Increased. But
supposing that the college remains as It
Is now the democrats would need the solid
electoral vote of the south and seventy
votes more to make up a majority In the
college. The northern states Included In
the "old alliance" have now the following
electoral votes:
Haw Tork It Indiana U
New Jeraar II
Connecticut I Total Tt
Add solid south 169
?42
239
Necessary to elect...
Excess t
This Is an attractive plan and tt Is not
surprising that the democrats linger lov
ingly over It But its weakness Is evident
to the eye of the merest amateur In poll
tics. In the first place, the south Is no
longer solid and has not been so for ten
years. In every election since 1832 from
three to six states In that section have
gone republican. Three of those states
Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia
appear to be as firmly fixed In the repub
lican column, as far as national elections
are concerned, as many northern states.
The loss of these three states would at
once reduce the democratic electoral vote
In the south by eighteen, or to a total of
151. Maryland might be classed as doubt
ful, but, giving that to the democrats, they
would have In the south only 159 electoral
votes.
And then as to New Tork, New Jersey,
Connecticut and Indiana, It can be asserted
that not one of them has gone democratic
since 1892, except New Tork, which chose
a democratic Judge of the court of ap
peals In 1897. And the prospect of one or
all of them going democratic In 1904 Is too
dubious to mislead any except the most
biased searcher after electoral votes. The
"old alliance" was a favorite begullement
of the democratic party. The southen
leaders were persuaded time and again to
keep their section solid with the promise
of enough votes from the north to make
up a majority in the electoral college. In
1896 the south deserted the east and formed
an alliance with the west but was- beaten
that year and four years later. And now,
with no hope In that direction, the demo
crats turn again to that wlll-o'-the-wlsp,
the "old alliance," which will mislead
them in-1904 as It did many times before.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Bruce Price, the well known American
architect who drew plana for more sf
the modern skyscrapers than any other
architect, died In Paris last Saturday.
Joseph Bashaw died recently at Salem,
Ore., aged 114. He was a soldier under Na
poleon I from 1806 to 1S16 and fought at
Waterloo. He drove an ox team to Oregon
In 1847.
Colonel M. E. Urell, commander-in-chief
of the Spanish War veterans, has an
nounced that the national encampment of
the organisation this year will be held In
New Haven, Conn.
Elmer O. Sweexey of Baldwlnsvllle,
Mass., was fined IS by a local court for
hugging another man's sweetheart. He
thinks the price excessive and has ap
pealed the case to the superior court.
Big Bill Devery has saved a baby from a
house which was near a fire. If he will
now stop a runaway, lose his diamonds
or send himself a box of poisoned gum
drops, his boom for mayor of New York
will gain strength rapidly.
"Tenting Tonight" was one of the songs
that had vogue all over the north forty
years ago. The author of It Walter Klt
tredge, of Reed's Ferry, N. H.. visited one
of the schools at Hartford last week and
sang several of his war songs.
Pennsylvania has a new stats officer
known as chief of the division of public
records in the state library. Luther K.
Kelker of Harrlsburg has been appoint!
to fill the position. His duty Is to care for
the ancient archives of the state down to
the year 1750. He will have two assistants.
Police Commissioner Greene of New York
City predicts that In no long time 6 er
cent of the people of the United States
will live In great cities built along three
general lines radiating to the south of Bal
timore to the east as far as Boston and
possibly to Portland and to the west to
Buffalo.
The following Marconlgram was Inter
cepted on Its flight to the drouth-stricken
east: "South Omaha, June 4. The long
drouth was broken today. Shortly before
noon a much-needed rain began falling, and
has continued at Intervals ever since. This
Is the first rain that has fallen In Omaha
sine the morning of June S. Locally there
Is much rejoicing over the fact"
In an editorial utterance In the New Tork
World, cabled from Hamburg, Joseph Pu
Utaer so far takes the public Into his confi
dence as to say that he has disobeyed his
doctors In so doing. Accepting full respon
sibility for his newspaper, he writes: "It
may be pardonable to say that for sixteen
ot these twenty years I have been unable
to read the paper or go to the office, hav
ing suffered the loss of sight, of health, of
sleep, although continuing the burden of
responsibility for the conduct and char
acter of the paper, to which I give every
moment of my working time."
Ia the Droath-Strlckea East.
New York Tribune.
The freaklshness of fate Is forcibly Illus
trated by the contrast between the weather
conditions recently prevailing In the west
and east While one part of the country
has been suffering from too much rain, an
other has had too little. The month of May
just ended was the dry est which New York
City has seen for thirty-three years. Sub
stantially the same state of things existed
In a region stretching from the St. Law
rence to the Carollnas, and reaching in
land 200 or 900 miles. Forest fires In the
Adlrondacks and Pennsylvania have thus
been made possible. Strawberries, early
vegetables and grass have been almost
ruined In New England and the middle At
lantic states. Other crops have suffered
leas, but the period during which this
drouth bas lasted covers several weeks. If
Its total effect were expressed In dollars
and compared with the harm done by
floods la the west during the last few days
tt might make much the worst showing.
V
I.
ROI XD ABOt'T NEW YORK.
Ripples oa the Correal of Life la the
Metropolis.
A remarkable record ot a train crew on
the lackawanna railroad was appropri
ately celebrated by New York patrons of
the train the other day. It Is known as
the "brokers' train," running from Morris
town, N. J., to Hoboken. For twenty years
Benjamin Day, engineer, and David
Sanderson, conductor, have had charge of
the train. In all the score of years the
train has not met with an accident and
the crew Invariably made the run on time.
A record so rare In railroad annals de
served the recognition It received from the
brokers. The engineer and conductor each
received a IDOO watch snd a purse of 1100
In gold.
The World reports that ground on which
Is to be erected a $750,000 Jal alal court
one of the biggest gambling games In the
world has been bought adjoining the
Cathedral of St. John the Divine, on Morn
Ingside Heights the New York home of
Spain's great betting game thus to be next
door neighbor to the big cathedral.
The ground was bought for the promoters
of the game, who for several months have
been looking for a suitable site on which
to build a court for the Introduction of the
game In New York City. The promoters
expect to make the game the rage here
as It Is In Havana.
The price paid was (460.000, The ball court
completed wilt Involve an Investment of
1750,000. Mr. Anudjar, manager of the
syndicate. Is to put up the building, which.
It was said, would have a seating capacity
of 7,000 persons. Besides the court for the
game there will be a restaurant and re
freshment rooms and It Is possible that
facilities for other games may be provided.
The Increasing use of automobile truoka
and delivery wagons has led several firms
to build freak wagons which are not only
useful aa carriers, but attract so much
attention that they prove an admirable ad
vertisement In this class Is a big vehiote
driven by electricity which distributes rail
road time tables. The wagon body is con
structed to resemble a miniature Pullman
sleeper. The semblanoe la complete evon to
the platforms and brass hand rails. A
brass steering wbeel suggests the car
brake. Following out the general scheme,
the driver makes It a point to run on the
car tracks whenever posslblo.
"Helter Skelter," a serpentina arrange
ment, based upon the old "shoot the
chutes" amusement device, has displaced
"loop the loop" In popular favor at Coney
Island. "Helter skelter" Is quits as ex
hilarating as the loop, but less dangerous
and is much favored by the girls. It is
within a big enclosure and an admission of
10 cents Is exacted. There Is no charge
for making the circuit but less than one
third of the people who enter seem willing
to make the trip. There la more fun look
ing on. The chief element of attraction
for the young men Is found In the excellent
opportunities it affords for the study of
summer styles in lingerie and footwear.
Unless a girl be totally enveloped In a
bag there Is no way to escape making
some contribution to the display. Luna
Park, the new oity of light music and
fun. Is now eompleted and attracting thou
sands to Coney Island. Ail the glowing
phrases of the press agent concerning this
resort have been more than realised. It
will probably be the favorite show plaoo
of New York this summer.
By drawing a revolver and threatening to
kill any man who dared to open the doors
of a compartment In which a gang of men
were working In the northern tube of the
North river tunnel Friday night Superin
tendent Brady saved his. own life and the
lives of fourteen other men In the com
partment and prevented the flooding of the
tunnel.
Brady had been expecting a break in the
roof of the "black hole," and when It cams
and the water began pouring In he quickly
pushed his coat vest and hat Into the
aperture. Nearly all of the men were Ital
lans and became panlo stricken. They
made a rush for the door of the compart
ment Brady, pointing his revolver at the
man nearest the. door, threatened to kill
him If he moved another step.
The opening of the doors would have per
mitted the compressed air In the compart
ment (thirty-eight pounds to the square
Inch) to escape and the break would have
Instantly enlarged and the water flooded
the compartment, drowning ail hands. Call
ing upon one of ihe more experienced work
men, Brady Instructed him to telephone
to the Jersey City terminal for more air
pressure and to send him a carload of saw
dust bags. He had the Italians thoroughly
cowed and when the bags arrived under the
persuasive influence of the drawn revolver
the Italians pushed the bags Into the hole
and then put a jack underneath to hold
them In place.
The break In the tunnel was caused by
the boring shield hitting a rock formation,
which Jarred the roof and weakened It
The apron which protrudes In front of the
shield was bent and the boring was sus
pended until this morning, when the ma
chinists completed repairs.
New York City pays tl.000,000 a year for
Its municipal printing, stationery and sup
plies. The number of blank forms used by
some of the departments count up In an
amaxlng manner. Thus the hospitals will
use 1,000.000, and one dispensary requires
177,000 gummed labels for bottles. The re
ceiver of taxes requires 150,000 tax bills of
various kinds for the borough of Manhat
tan alone: 100,000 marriage certificates and
200,000 certificates of births are asked for
each year; and the health department
alone uses over 10,000,000 blanks, reports and
slips. Over 20,000 quarts of Ink are used
In keeping the city's books.
TRISTS DISTRUSTED.
Investors Dodge the Watered Stock
f Conablaea.
Cleveland Leader.
In about a month more than two years
the market value of the stock of the
United States Steel corporation, both com
mon and preferred taken together, has
decreased almost 1230,000,000. It that loss
were distributed through the whole period.
It would amount to nearly t2.8O0.00O a week.
Meanwhile the Steel trust has earned
Urge profits, but not so big as the enor
mous figures which measure the shrinkage
of the market value of Its shares. Its
stockholders have received good dividends,
but the Income from their Investments
looks small by comparison with the wither
ing up of the principal, supposing that the
Waltham Watches
The best American watches.
' Tht PrrfedeJ American Wtich," n dastridtd book
cf tnttrtsttng information sioat Ketches, ulU b tent
frtt upon request,
AmtrtcM WilthAm Wttch Company, '
Waltfuun, Mass, "
yt of thj
nt vahiij
huge company and that its present
Is calculated at the current market quo
tations.
The last two years have been marked
by extraordinary activity In the Iron ant)
steel business, and by the best of good
times In the country as a whole. Tha
conditions of trade and Industry have
been extremely favorable to the steel
trust. It cannot hope for better oppor.
tunltles to win the confidence and favot
ot the public. It has reason to fear tha
coming of very much more difficult tlmesM
There must be lean years ahead. The only J
question Is how far distant they are.
In the light of that axiom of business,
the Immense loss of current market value
which has been sustained during the last
two years Is very significant. It tells the
story of publto distrust of trusts mors
forcibly than words ever could. It
registers the belief of capitalists that the
future of the greatest Industrial com
binations, monopolies, or attempts at
monopoly Is very uncertain.
The trusts are giants, no doubt, but are
they sound? Will they live aa long ss
smaller corporate bodies? Is their general
health likely to be sa good? These are the
questions which trouble Investors and ac
count for the loss of 130.000.000 In the cur
rent value of the Steel trust's stock.
POOR RICHARD JR9 PHILOSOPHY.
Happy women talk; unhappy write.
A record la the only thing Improved by
breaking.
Woman Is supreme where she Is careful
of millinery and morals.
The less you want to know people the
more people want to know you.
A man wants to be his wife's first love;
she Is content to be his last love.
A man who trims himself to suit every
body will soon whittle himself away.
In civil I led countries education gets the
crumbs that can be spared from arma
ments. We should not hear so often of persons
being buried alive If doctors were mors
thorough.
Wise politicians don't try to fool the
people all the time, ' but only when votes
are needed.
Soma men remain poor because they
haven't enough friends, and some because
they have too many. Saturday Evening
Post
Mine Lltlsratloa Is Compromised.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jcne 4. A. P. Morri
son, a wealthy mining man of New York,
today entered Into a compromise with M.
J. Smith, D. T. Jackson and W. C. Prire,
against whom he had brought a sensational
suit to recover title to valuable mines on
the desert and 1160,000 which he alleged
were secured from him by frq,ud. j
LINES TO A LACGH.
"What's the cause of that Infernal racket
on the floor above?" asked the customer
"I think," said the bartender, his cheek
paling as be listened, "it's one of these
democratic harmony dinners. "chlonKo
Tribune.
"T think" nM rh firm ...v..
shall write a two-volume novol as my next
.v"!6"?,'! "mlled hl rtvaL 'Tea. I think
that will be a large enough edition." New I
York PrpHM 1
It Is strange that It doesn't occur to more
boarding house keepers that they could
save money by buying thel- prune by the
barrel Instead of by the pund Somervlllo
Journal.
"My plea," said the young lawyer, who
had Just won his first oaae, "seemed to
strongly affect the 1ury."rT
"Yes," repUed the Judge, "I was afraid
at one time that you would succeed in
getting your client convicted In epite of
his Innocence." Chicago Record-Herald.
Matron X want to get coe of the popular
novels. t : ""
Clerk Yes, ma'am.
Matron I want one suitable for a young
girl to read.
Clerk Well er you don't want a "popu
lar" novel, then Philadelphia Ledger.
"Are thn nhvdan, 4---. 4.
- - r i . jTjmivMM ine mo.
ess of their colleague's new operation?"
"ot blt L il- ThB ODiy tWng that
makes them envious Is his success fii get
ting It talked about In tha newspapers."
Washington Star.
"That young woman next door to you
goes In for muslo, doesn't she?"
"Music, so called, yes."
"Vocal or Instrumental T"
"A little of both. She's vociferously
vocal and Instrumental In making ail the
neighbors swear." Philadelphia Press.
mr nttlerH' th J.nt "1
Mrs. Rall-Dfd It make h:m strenuous?
Mrs. Crawfoot I should say so He's
been hunting the stray caU wlta an old
gun over slnoe. Chicago News. "
" uniimnu BARDS,,
F. B. Pitser In New Tork Ttraeej.
The Advertising Poet's
A creature new you know.
They had no versifiers
Of that sort long ago.
Imagine Ovid writing
For the Roman Star of Bono
A classic recommending
McDuffy's Shaving Soap. '
Or picture Horace sitting
in a rhapsodic mood
And turning out long stansas
On Bumpkin's Baby Food.
TWng of Catullus singing
One of his famous paeans
A.ut, P worth and merits
Of Belna's Pork and Beans.
Or fancy Homer's epl;s
Applauding someone's oils.
Or praising In floe diction
OBrlen's Salve for Bolls.
Imagine Virgil scribbling
For a few peltry shnkels
About a first-class lotion
That does away with frocklas,
Indeed, the modern Poet's
A creature new, you know.
They had no versifiers
Of that sort years ago.
"A CURE-ALL."
Washington Star.
Here's some generous advertising
For a remedy most rare.
Its results are quite surprising
When applied with proper car.
For that tired and hungry feeling.
For the ills of too much toil
You will find it very healing.
Use ROCKEFELLER B OIL.
If you want to found a college
Or stsrt a Sunday school,
If you'd add to human knowledge
And promote the Golden Rule.
If you want to stop the friction
Of affairs that oft embroil
Men in foe and malediction.
Use ROCKEFELLER S OIL.
Its merit, none can doubt It
It hasn t failed as yet.
The one bad thing about It
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But life runs mighty easy
Their hopes fate cannot foil
For those whose wheels are greasy
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stock wsa bought In the early day