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before me this lst day of May, A. D. 1903.
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(Seal) Notary Public.
Itturns'out that the estimated loss of
life out at Ileppner has been largely
exaggerated. Tho accident was bad
enough aa It was.
It will take more than an amputation
of the topmast to incapacitate Uellance
enough to let the cup challenger pass It
on the final race.
With the permission of the weather
nan our Jacksonlan and County De
mocracy might resume preparations for
their rival picnic outings.
The weekly crop report of the weather
bureau complains of tbe slow growth
of corn owing to the low temperature
ln the corn belt King Corn's motto
this year seems to be "Slow, but sure.
King Peter of Servla Is not to be al
lowed to forget to whom lie owes, his
royal prerogative. He must not get
any false Ideas Into his head about the
divine right of kings, if he wants to
keep his head on his shoulders.
Tbe South Omaha Board of Review Is
to be commended for its efforts to ad
Just the burden of taxation so that It
will be borne by all property in propor
tlon to it. relative value according to
the plain letter of the constitution.
TeoDle in charge of these polar ex-
pioring espeuiuons always snow meir 1
wisdom by selecting midsummer as tbe
time of departure. That makes the civ-
Llzation look so much more attractive
when they come bock in midwinter.
la 1 iU.i -a AAA 4i I
11 is reporieu iui x.ow worsnippers
ro me raitn are expected to go to Lin-
coin July 4 to help Colonel Bryan cele-
brate the day on his farm. We suggest
mat. Lionel nrjun migui recoup ex-
penses oy letting out me privileges 10
aoine of our democratic, speculative
pons.
Something strange crops out of the
TI-H T Tan 1 il ' a -a.a I I
charging on a candidate for republican
nomination favors before the state con
vention has made its selection. The
W.-H. usually waits under cqver till It
la all over but the shouting and then
exclaims "I told you so."
Governor Bailey of Kansas Is at last
out with a belated proclamation calling
the legislature together to take meas
ures of relief for the flood sufferers ln
that state. If the governor had been
alive to the situation and prompt In
action the legislature would have met
and adjourned by this time.
The precinct assessor of East Omaha
makes annual returns of several hun
dred lots on which the Missouri river
has foreclosed its mortgage. Would it
not be timely and proper for the county
surveyor to prepare a new map of the
precinct showing the lota that have not
been gulped down, so as to save the as-
scsHor the trouble of returning lots that
have disappeared?
There Is no difference except ln degree
between the slot machine gambling de
ri.,A tbiit mn in min aii tv,. sto.-in.
that nays In brass cheeks exchangeable
v.- ti, trad- ,..n..hin0
flimsy pretext. . The only legitimate
trade slot machine;!, the machine that
has no element of chance, but simply
delivers automatically what the cus-
tomer purchases. . '
(tovernor Chatterton of Wyoming de -
clares that opposition la that state to
the forest reserve policy of the govern
ment is' In no way political. Ills pre -
det-rrsor tried to run a political bluff pal
this score by threatening to withdraw
from President Booaevelt tbe support of
W'yomlug In the -next republican na-
tioual convention, but tho bluff was
called altogether too promptly. No
wonder the uw governor la taking a
tew Uck. J . ...
FRiJTKCTwn AOAllfHT THIS CWKTHT.
Advices from Canada are to the effect
that the iron and steel men of that
country are demanding greater protec
tion against American manufacturers of
Iron and steel. The statement Is that
rwresentatives of the Dominion In
dustry have been at the colonial cap-
IUI urging the government to come to
their aid and relieve the situation by
sweeping Increases In steel and Iron du-
t i. v,. h tmrroinii nre.
utrn. ii m wt iv s,u ""f ' t - i
vails In parllamenUry circles at Ottawa
that the government will respond to the
f .. n,nfaMrr. In liberal
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n manner as is luujimniinnu dui-
ernmenfs tariff policy, but whether by
customs duties or by way of bounties
yet to be determined. It Is stated that
there are many who regard toe propo-
sltion as a cunning expedient of a group
of capitalists who have been severely
bitten by the unexpected slump of
stocks, the effect of which has been
somewhat severely felt In Canadian
financial circles.
There Ih resllr. Iinwprpr. nothlnir esne-
dully remarkable In a movement on the
part of the iron and steel manufacturers
w y . 1 1 , , rt I
VIL LUC iUUJIUIUU X VJ I a ftliniri 11J ' linutu I
protection against the competition of
the manufacturers of this country. As
a matter of fact they hare been work
been the chief power behind the element
In Canada demanding higher duties on
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ot iron and steel. A few months ago a
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uiauiuai.iuit'u l'ivuui:iB, mirviaiij iuu:
very pronounced ln urging upon the gov-
eminent the expediency of Increasing the
duties on Iron and steel, ln order to de-
velop and build up the Industry ln that
country, for which purpose It was
claimed the resources are ample. Res
olutions were adopted at that conven
tion setting forth that Canada has ad
vantages for the manufacture of Iron
and steel which ought, tq be Improved
and calling upon the government to take
such action aa .would Insure Its devel-
nrimpnr There la verr ennalrlernhln
element In the Dominion that Is favor-
able to this, but It is somewhat ques
tlonable at present whether it-.. will be
able to Induce the government to take
the proposed action.
This . because the Dominion govern
ment Is still hopeful of being able to ne
gotiate " a reciprocity' treaty' ' with' the
United States, which obviously an In
crease of the duties on' Iron and steel
would be an obstruction to. So long its
the question of reciprocity, which Is of
first Importance to the Canadians, Is
pending, there is no great probability
that a proposition to increase duties In
behalf of the Iron and steel industries
of that country will receive any very
serious consideration from the govern
ment. The protection desired will come,
if at all, only when the efforts to secure
reciprocity shall be found hopeless.
Tfl KC0NUM1C POINT UF VIKW.
The labor contests of the present year
have brought into consideration, perhaps
more clearly and forcibly than ever be
fore, the economic effects of these
struggles, both ln the bearing upon labor
and capital, and the result of such con
clusions aa have been derived from an
investigation Is to show that there has
heen a crrent Insa rtn hnth aldea thnt
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will not be soon made up and may be
Permanently Injurious to the .industrial
commerc.a. .merest, or id. country.
wnar i a aaptb n v nan nnirpnton rmm a I
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fair estimate of the losses of labor and
fi""" mmusiiuui hpuuuj m l1"3 1
mci mai me aggregate or saennce nas
oeen so great mat. 11 win tane ar. least
another year of the greatest activity in
every Drancn 01 iraae to mage up tne
loss ana it is even aouotrui ir it can be
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none in tunt ume. .
That these conflicts have been a very
distinct drawback to the general pros-
perlty of the country we presume no
one wm question, xney nave involved
tne loss or wages 10 worners amounting
to hundreds of millions of dollars and
a 1088 or prontS to employers amounting
to almost or quite an equal amount.
This has meant the keeping out of the
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channels of trade a vast sum of money,
to the embarrassment of commerce gen
erally. Dealers ln all lines bave cur
tailed their orders, manufacturers bave
necessarily reduced their output, re
tailers bave bought less than usual.
Thus there has been a general restric
tlon of trade which has operated ln
every direction, to the Injury of the
general welfare.
No sane man will question that all
this Is chiefly due to the labor troubles
of the past year, and whatever may be
said as to the justice of the demands of
labor there can be no controversy re-
garding the proposition that the general
effect of these has not thus far been
favorable to the continuance of general
prosperity. The most radical exponent
of organised labor on the one; hand and
of organized capital on the other cannot
successfully maintain that the issues
brought about, however they may have
eventuated, have not jbeereally dam
aging to Doui sides, waiw the general
result has been to the disadvantage of
the public at large. . ' -
Conslderatloas 1 of this kind should
command the serious attention of both
I labor and canita-f" They should sturlv
the general economic consequences of
their difficulties. Instead ef considering
them. a. is ordinarily. done, entirely
from their owr standpoint They
should understand, which, as a rule they
not. that, they are mutually con-
cerned In maintaining and promoting the
general welfare and that in order to do
1 this the aim of both should be to pre-
serva Industrial peace.
1 The contest for the location of the
new normal, school authorised by the
I lust legislature seems to have resolved
I Itself in .the. eyes of some of the Inter
ested parties Into a mere competition as
to whlch town eligible under the law
puts up the most money- to secure tho
1 priie. The location of the normal
I school, however, la '09 faofelj - a que
tlon of cash premium, as the choapost
now may be the dearest In the long
run. hat the board, which hns this
decision to make, must do Is to look
ahead at the future of the Institution
and be guided by considerations not
only of expense to the state, present
nd prospective, but also of expense to
e students who are to be educated
there, to say nothing of convenience
nrj accessibility. The Highest Didder
P'an may tie gooa m tneory, dui ii wouiu
hrdly work satisfactorily In practice,
UHKla BACKWAHD.
The abolition of the Union Taclfic
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br,de arbitrary reca ll the protracted
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"tflt commerce law. When the Union
brlde chartered congress
ave that company the right to collect
I frAl,.l.t n ...1 ...... 4 . .11 avak iVn
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For about twelve years the bridge was
treated as a separate link In the Union
Pacific system, and the bridge toll was
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lue le 01 lur'"BU "l leu
uia&iiiiuui. jli . 1 111c cunviiucu
lniersvaie commerce law an unuersiiiuu
lng was arrived at between the Union
Pacific and all the lines connecting with
It at Council. Bluffs by which freight
rates were to be so adjusted as to pre
vent discrimination In favor of or
against Omaha or Council Bluffs In eost
or weatbound traffic. In other words,
ln n11 matters of freight transportation
they were to be one city as fully and
completely as If there were no river be
tween them.
This understanding was carried out In
all respects except as to local territory
lying between the Missouri river and
Mississippi river, at . common points.
Council Bluffs dealers saw that they
were to get their own shipments from
both directions at the same cost as
Omaha; that they were to have Omaha's
local territory west of the Missouri
thrown open to them without the pay
ment of bridge charges, and they also
saw that If they could Induce the Iowa
ro"a9 o break, the agreement by com
polling the Omaha merchants to pay the
bridge arbitrary to reach the local trade
in Iowa they would have a practical
monopoly of that trade as against
Omaha while being admitted to the lat
ter's territory west of the Missouri on
terms of equality. v By bringing political
pressure to bear upon the Iowa roads
they succeeded finally ln this effort ln
1893, and have enjoyed that advantage
until now In spite of repeated appeals
for relief to the Interstate Commerce
commission.
While tbe abolition of the bridge ar
bitrary will enable Omaha Jobbers to
compete for western Iowa patronage on
equal terms with those of Council
Bluffs, no injustice is done to the whole
sale dealers and manufacturers of Coun
cil Bluffs, who have for years had ac
cess to patrons west of the Missouri
river on equal terms with Omaha, en
joying a material advantage by reason
of the fact that rentals and the cost of
living are considerably cheaper at Coun
cil Bluffs than on this side of tbe river.
The abolition of the bridge arbitrary
has removed a bone of contention long
standing between Omaha Jobbers and
the Iowa railroads without materially
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the
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consumers ln the territory rrllmrnrv tn
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fln)j Council Bluffs
he resolution adopted bv the council
t0 replace the decayed cedar block pave-
ments with a layer of macadam is a
Questionable exDedient There is mae.
adam ana macadam. Limestone mac
adam ha. not oved a hloomin ,,e.
cess in any city east or west, and granite
macadam is if anything more expensive
than brick or sandstone Davin biocka
The experience of St Louis where lime.
8tone Is abundant and cheap, has not
ingtlfled the investment. The llmeatnnn
I mnominm rtiaintmrrptoa -
in MBona 1. ii . v.-
I J ..v.. w uj IS J mo
wind, and the lime dust Is not conducive
either to health, cleanliness or broad
cloth suits.
Judging by comparative earnings, Ne
braska railroads are very much more
valuable than the railroads In Iowa
With a mileage of 0,000 miles the net
earnings of Iowa railroads for 15)02 are
computed at $17,134,102.25, or f 1,807 per
mile. With a mileage of 5,700 miles the
net earnings of Nebraska railroads for
1902 exceeded $13,000,000, or $2,208 per
mile, which Is 25 per cent more than the
railroads of Iowa have earned. That
difference in the earning capacity of
railroads in Iowa and Nebraska repre-
sents precisely the difference between
the freight rates of Iowa and the freight
rates in Nebraska.
The practice of the school board In re
electing teachers who expect to be mar
rled before the new school year begins
and of electing their successors at the
same time is liable to get someone into
trouble some of these days. There Is
many a slip 'twlxt cup and lip, and the
expected resignation may not always be
forthcoming, ln which event two teach
w, ""n tue MIUf Pe.
Pnere 18 no BOoa rea8n wny
houl,, HCf ou rM for
the 'nu,n ear who doe8 not ,ntend to
"l"y luerc
The Omaha High school cadets could
Just as well have been encamped for a
week at Fort Omaha and had the ad
vantage of the beautiful drill grounds
for an exhlilt of military training as to
bave gone into an encampment sixty
miles away. But that would have taken
away the romance of a railroad excur
sion. Former Lieutenant Governor Lee of
Missouri declares that he was offered
a thousand dollars a month to keep him-
I self out of reach of the grand Jury dur
- i leg Its Investigation of alleged legUla-
tlve bribery. The peculiar part of the
story Is that just as the grand Jury was
called Mr. Iee uddenly took his de
parture from the state and only returned
later, which would Indicate that the par
ties who made the offer failed to make
good.
After finding that the second assistant
in his office Is not Included In his ap
pointment prerogatives, City Attorney
Wright has suddenly discovered that
there is no need of a second assistant
If some scheme could be devised by
which he could name tbe man, Mr.
Wright would quickly find urgent work
for another assistant to perform. Now
you see It and now you don't
Disaster's Wide Reach.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Though a long way apart, Oregon and
South Carolina have run a close race this
year In destructive cloudbursts.
Troubles to Ulre Away.
New Tork World.
The powers of Europe have so many
troubles of their own that they should
be thankful for the Monroe doctrine.
What Canada Most Do.
Philadelphia Press.
Canada will not give products from the
United States any preference over similar
products from Great Britain, and as long as
It holds to that position a reciprocity treaty
la out of the question.
The Trouble and the Itemed.
Indianapolis Journal.
Many fond parents of young men In col
lege are worried Just now a little as to
what shall be done with their sons during
the long summer vacation. Their attention
Is, respectfully called to the fact that there
Is usually a great shortage of farm hands
for harvesting the crops about this time of
year.
Peculiarities of Kdltors.
Brooklyn Eagle.
A Swiss editor, who was accidentally
locked In his office. Jumped from a third-
story window and broke a leg rather than
break an engagement with his wife. A
New York editor would have managed It
differently. He would have set Are to the
building, had himself rescued from the
third-story window, and got out an extra
about it.
No Occasion for Haste.
Chicago Chronicle.
From Washington comes the announce
ment that the government lands in Mon
tana which have been stolen by the Cattle
trust will soon be reclaimed and opened to
settlers. If "soon" In Montana has the
same meaning aa it had In Nebraska under
similar circumstances would-be settlers
need be ln no haste about buying tickets
for the promised land. Any time during the
next fifty years will be plenty soon enough.
Right Hand and the Left.
Boston Herld.
One of the precious few gifts whose
givers will forever remain unknown is the
$250,000 which a gentleman handed to the
late Mr. Hewitt one day, telling him to
give It to the Cooper Union and never re
veal the name of the giver. Mr. Hewitt
accepted the gift with the conditions at
tached, and he died without revealing the
secret. At the annual meeting ot the union
the other day Jt came out that none of
the present trustees knows or suspects the
name of the donor. And they will not try
to flytd out-'v-f- 'TJEJa,' C - ,
SOMETHING SEW IJf INSURANCE.
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Company Projected to Insnre Against
. Loss by Strikes.
Cleveland Leader.
The talk about the possible organization
of a company to insure employers against
loss by strikes suggests a way, perhaps,
In which the ever-perplexing labor problem
may be solved.
Of course, an Insurance company of that
sort would have an Interest In preventing
strikes, the same as fire Insurance compa
nles have ln preventing fires. Its purpose
would be. In fact, to reduce to the mini
mum the losses It would have to pay. For
that reason the company would do Its ut
most to bring employers and employes to
gether ln a conciliatory way whenever
there was a hint or threat of a strike. The
company might be In a position to present
the advantages of arbitration, and to con
vince employers and employes that it is
better to settle all differences by mediation
than to fight it out to the bitter end. In
deed, arbitration might be enforced by put
ting into each Insurance policy a clause.
relieving' the company of liability when
there is a refusal to submit to a Just de
mand for arbitration. That might check i
disposition on the part of unscrupulou
employers to let strikes come, and collect
the Insurance ln lieu of the ordinary profits
Of their business. Again, Inasmuch as the
purpose of a strike sometimes la to cause
the employer financial loss, there would be
less disposition on the part of employes to
tie up a factory or workshop when they
knew their employer was Insured against
loss.
The proposed strike Insurance company
may be wholly imaginary, yet American
capital, always venturesome, might seek
that field for Investment.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Thomas E. Watson, of Georgia, con
templates an ambitious history of the
United States.
Another . Mary MacLane has been dis
covered out In Chicago, and, as usual, the
critic are perplexed to know whether It's
genius or liver.
The Inhabitants of the western part of
the country are so tired of water that they
can not be expected to take much interest
in the approaching yacht races.
John T. Gibbons is quoted as saying that
In boyhood his brother, now cardinal and
archbishop, delighted in athletic exercises,
playing a rattling game of base ball, was
a splendid swimmer and withal was very
methodical.
Maaslllon, O., has the tallest chief of
police ln the country ln the person of
Edward Ertle, who stands six feet two
Inches In his stockings and weighs 247
pounds. He is exceedingly active and some
thing of an athlete.
A Brooklyn man objects to a memorial
park in Plymouth square In honor of
Henry Ward Beecher for the reason that
he was not a man of national reputation.
A lot of old subscribers would like to know
who It was that made Brooklyn famous.
Sir Frederick Pollock, the famous English
lawyer and law writer of London, has
cabled his acceptance of an Invitation to
read a paper before the annual meeting of
the American Bar association, which will
be held at Hot Springs, Va., August H
to 2S.
John Kendrlclt Bangs, who Is writing
the libretto for a musical comedy based on
Sheridan's "School for Scandal," met
friend the other day whom he had not
seen for some time. "What sort of thing
Is this 'Lady Teasle' you're writing?" In
quired Ms mend. "Well," replied tha
author, "it's a good deal like the battle
of Wlschester."1 His friend stared. "Why
like the battle of Winchester?" he asked
"Because," explained Mr. Bangs, "Sheridan
Is about twenty miles away."
Kansas Aid
Kansas City Star.
It Is quite to be regretted that the very
flrst expedient that should have suggested
Itself to Governor Bailey of Kansas In
dealing with the flood problem namely,
an extra session of the legislature Is re
garded by him as the last resort. It Is a
ertoua mistake that a state as rich and
aa solvent as Kansas should be advised
by Its governor to puss the hat and thus
make a fares of all Its bonated Indepen
dence. It la a pity that a man who admires
Theodore Roosevelt as much as Governor
Bailey does has acted so differently from
what the president would have done under
the same circumstances. Can anybody
fancy for a minute that if Mr. Roosevelt
were governor of Kansas at this time
that he would be afraid to call an extra,
session of the legislature? Can any per-
son point to a single good reason why
this should not be done, not for the pur-
pose alone of enabling the people of Wy-
andotte county to vote bonds for bridges,
but to provide all the appropriations
necessary to relieve the distress of the
flood victims In Kansas?
Kansas has plenty of money," it Is
said, here and there, "to take care of the
situation, but how are you going to get
at nr
An aaequaia appropriation toiw vj uw
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legislature in extra session wouia wus
that question, and in tne only way, too,
that It can be settled right.
The abundant resources of Kansas make
its duty In the present crisis as clear as
the noonday sun. It Is to help Itself and
without fear, stint or hesitation.
The call for such action devolves on
Governor Bailey, who ought to know that
God has no liking for a coward and that
to this extent at least man was created In
the image of his Maker.
Kansas City Journal.
Governor Bailey has issued another ap-
peal for outside aid with which to relieve
the distresses of the flood sufferers of Kan
sas City. "It Is true," he says, "that Kan
sas Is prosperous and her people generous
and charitable and will meet to the limit of
their ability the demand upon their charity,
but when the limit of Kansas generosity is
exhausted the fact will still remain that we
will be hundreds of thousands short of
having the means to meet the demands of
those who have a claim upon our charity."
When Governor Bailey penned the lines
which we have Just quoted, the total of
Kansas contributions to the Kansas relief
fund was less than $50,000. Up to this date
the people of Kansas have not contributed
to this fund as much as the generous peo-
pie of other states. The statement of the
newspapers at Topeka is that contributions
are coming in slowly. The appearances are
for an even slower rate of contribution.
And the verdict of a disinterested observer
must be that Governor Bailey is gravely tn
error when he states that the people of
Kansas "will meet to the limit of their
ability the demand made upon their char
ity."
Tha news sent out of Topeka Sunday was
to the effect that Governor Bailey was ex
acting from the members of the legislature
a pledge that they will not appropriate pub-
Ho funds to the aid of the flood sufferers
BITS OF WA8HISGTON LIFE.
Mlaor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
on the Spot.
The Maryland veteran who applied for a
pension recently on the ground that he
Injured ln "ketchln' a sow hog, as
our captain wanted hcr fqr forage," has a
companion In the Ohio man whose letter
telling of his troubles aroused the sympa-'i
thy ot Pension Commissioner Ware. His
story of domestic Infelicity concludes In
this fashion: "I got blood poison by beinge
hltt with a hens eg wen I cam bak from
the frunt. The eg was not good wen you
send my penshun I want the Deed made
sos my wife can't get none of it she throde
the eg. She war a rebel."
A craxy man from Chicago appeared at
tho White Hose one morning last week
to urge the president to cause tradesmen,
mechanics, merchants and others to adopt
a system of naming themselves according
to their business. The doorkeepers quickly
passed him over to the secret service men,
who had him explain in detail his mis
sion. This he did with Interest, being
completely wrapped up in his scheme.
Much confusion could be avoided If pro
prietors of dry goods stores were known
as Mr. Linen or Mr. Calico or Mr. Silk;
every undertaker should be named Coffin,
every tailor Needle, Thread or Button, etc.
He was escorted to the gate and liberated
with the recommendation that he go home
and put his plan ln writing. This he prom
ised to do.
The vastntss of the business done by the
government of the United States is beyond
comprehension unless brought home to the
people through the medium of a tabulated
statement. Auditor William E. Andrews of
the Treasury department, who has seen the
business of the government grow as has no
other man who occupied a similar position
haa prepared for a correspondent a state
ment of the number of accounts and
amounts Involved In the settlements made
by the various divisions of the auditor's
office for eleven months of the present
fiscal year. While the figures are approxi
mated, they will not. It is believed, differ
very materially when tha auditor 'comes
to make up his accounts at the close of the
present fiscal year, June SO. The follow
ing table shows the enormous extent of the
business of the government:
Accounts
approximated. Amount.
Customs 10,30 $ 4X2,000,000
Public debt z.-'ib M7,ooo,coo
Miscellaneous 8,897 2,879,000,000
Internal revenues 84.3K SlS.000,000
Totals .,. 106.231 $4,693,000,000
During the' year 1902 the number of ac
counts settled by Auditor Andrews was
96,483, the total amount Involved being
$5,378,110,584.61. The falling off In the total
amount of the several accounts is due to
the abolition of the war taxes. The num
ber of accounts, however, will far exceed
those of any previous year.
The War department la in receipt of a
communication from the Philippines which
gives an amusing account of the ready
musical talent of the Filipino people. Upon
hearing an air for the first time some of
the native performers can reproduce it.
frequently with little or no flaw or varia
tion. Marches, hymns, operatic selections
and rag-time melodies are all eagerly added
to their repertoire. American tunes, the
communication states, are particularly
catching, rag-time especially appealing to
the lively Imagination of the Filipino. Al
though quick to take up our music, they
are far less ready In acquiring the English
language. In consequence they have
adopted and now render on solemn occa
sions American airs that appeal to them,
utterly unconscious that the words are
totally at variance with the occasion. At
one town the Filipino cltlsens had assem
bled to honor Governor Taft, and when
he walked to the platform the native band,
to the great amusement of the governor
and his staff, struck up, "Good Morning,
Carrie."
More Incongruous still was the tune Gov
ernor Taft heard In a funeral procession.
A Filipino of standing had passed away
and the obsequies were designed to be Im
posing, la the cortege behind the hearse
I
for Kansas
na the condition upon which he will call the
legislature into special session. The poll-
tlclnns about the governor have In some
w.iy arrived at the conclusion that It would
be "bad politics" to extend stato aid to the
suffering Kansas people. They were will
ing enough to spend the people's money ln
giving Jobs to hundreds of useless pie
eaters and ward heelers ln the recent ses
sion of the legislature, but they are not In
favor of giving a dollar of state funds for
the relief of starving women and children.
If the Kansas legislature assembles In
special session and falls to contribute of
the riches of the state to the crying needs
of her water-ruined farmers and working
people It ought to be accepted by the world
as notice thnt Kansas prefers to be a beg-
gar. at the roadside rather than a rridefut
nnd generous commonwealth. It has crown
to be a custom In all the states of the union
to extend nuhHc aid iim.. nr
fortune. Kansas pretends to sneer at the
civilisation of the south, but the nolltl.
rumn of Kansas should take note that
floods along the Mississippi are always met
Wth generous appropriations bv the stnta
legislatures. Kansas has herself been tly
beneficiary of large sums voted to her re
lief by the legislatures of other common
wealths. And If the politicians of Kansas
now In the saddle have no feelings of pity.
they ought at least to be moved bv the
motive of pride.
Oovernor Bailey declares that several
hundred thousands will be needed after
the generosity of Kansas has been ex
hausted. He proposes to get this by ap
pealing to the generous people of other
states. He confesses that Kansas Is rich
and prosperous; that her people have some
thing like 180,000,000 tn bank; that they are
practically out of debt; that for the most
part the industries' of the state are flour
ishing yet he affirms that such a people
cannot raise for charity a few hundreds
of thousands!
Admitting that, Kansas cannot raise this
Bum t,y voluntary contributions. Is there
any ' good reason why It should not be
raised by compulsory contributions? If
the legislature should appropriate $400,000
to the relief of flood sufferers. It would cost
the voters In the way of taxes only a
little moYe than $1 each. Without the
quiver of an eyelash the politicians voted
more than one-third of this sum In order
to make "a show" at the Bt Louis exposi
tion. Without tha quiver of an eyelash
they created at the last session of the legis
lature useless offices with salaries more
than sufficient to meet the Interest pay
ment on such an amount. At the last
session of the legislature they Increased
the expenses of the governor's office alone
in a sum sufficient to pay the interest on
$75,000. Yet' we are Informed thnt Kansas
cannot afford to give public aid to her
flood sufferers I
Kansas will have to give public aid to
her flood sufferers If Governor Bailey Is
correct In his estimates. He says that
after the generosity of Kansas has been
exhausted several hundreds of thousands
will still be lacking. Well, the governor
can set It down as reliable that the hun
dreds of thousands will not be contributed
by outsiders when It Is known that Kansaa
refuses to take the ordinary means to help
herself. .
marched a native band. Not a member of
It understood English. With dirgelike
movement, but with starting fidelity to the
American tune, the musicians played
"There'll Be a Hot Time In the Old Town
Tonight."
The Department of Agriculture gives
prominence . la .the , researches of --Prof.
Harry Snyder of the Minnesota expen-
ment station In regard to the nutrition
value of beans and the scientific method
of their preparation for the use cf nan.
An account of Prof. 6nyder's investi
gation has been published by the depart
ment The ordinary white navy bean In
the dry state contains 22.5 per cent of
protein, or muscle and energy; 69.4 per
cent of carbohydrates, or hea'.; l.J per
cent of fat and 12.6 per cent of water.
Beans are slow of digestion, and put a
heavier tax on the intestinal tract than
almost any other vegetable food.
There exists some prejudice against beans
aa a staple and regular food, because of
their consequent gaseous Characteristics
while undergoing digestion. - This is due
to the 4.4 per cent of the carbohydrates,
representing the crude fibre which forms
the skins of the bean.. Prof. Snyder points
out that If housewives would, by the use
of a small quantity of soda half a' tea
spoonful in two quarts of water remove
their high nitrogen contents and their
the skins, the gaseous charcater of the bean
would be modified and the process of di
gestion vastly aided.
A pound of beans contain one-fifth of a
pound of digestible protein, and somewhat
less than three-fifths of a pound of di
gestible carbohydrates, mainly In the form
of starch. In . the experiments reported
over a pound of baked beans was consumed
per day by men engaged part of the time
in active outdoor work. It Is believed.
however, that not mora than six ounces of
baked beans should be consumed in the
dally ration.
Though the amount of protein In beans
is large, they omtaln only a small amount
of fat, and hence the addition of fat.
either by salt pork or butter, In preparing
for the table Is reasonable.
Business l'ndlstared.
Cleveland Leader.
The railroads of the United States never
before did so good a business as that of
the present year. Their stocks may decline
In Wall street, but they are getting more
patronage than at any other time.
Outing Suits
If there are any lighter or more desirable hot weather
uuits in this city than we offer we don't know where they
are. As manufacturers of all the clothing we sell, we ar
in a position to give you nothing but the very best not.
only materials and styles, but the very best that skilled
labor can produce.
Fine homespuns wool crashes cheviots unfinished
worsteds serges 110.00, $ 12.50, f 15.00, f 18.00, $ 20.00.
Berge Coatfi Alpaca Coat? extra Trousers In striped
flannel and white duck.
Underwear Soft Shirts Belts nosiery and no end
of Straw Hats.
No Clothing Fits Like Ours.
JSroWrir2- Km2-: (o
R. 8. Wilcox. Manager.
fKTKIt ARD HIS THWOIf B.
Thlladelphla rress: Russia sees no rea
son to Interfere In the Servian affair, prob
ably feeling that It couldn't have made a
more complete Job of It Itanlf.
Chicago News: Doubtless King Teter
Karageorgevltch will see the advisability
of attending personally to the Job of locking
up the royal palace at bedtime.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: The new king
proclaimed In Servla wilt be called Peter 1.
No soothsayer Is needed to predict that his
reign wilt be stormy or that It Is best for
him to sleep with well-guarded doors.
Chicago Tost: It may not add to King
Teter's comfort when he reflects that the
same element that so' tragically separated
King Alexander from the crown has plsced
It upon the head ef the new monarch.
Kansas City Star: Peter, the new king of
Bervla, Is quoted ss saying that he Is "pro
foundly touched" by the confidence shown
him. He Is probably also aware thJt he
will be violently touched If that confidence
should ever wane.
Chicago Record-Herald: Lieutenant Ls
sar Javanovtes shot and killed himself be
cause his fellow officer did not permit him
to help carry out the plot against the late
king of Servla. They might at least have
permitted him to kick the eorpse.
Portland Oregonlan: Tho powers of Eu
rope should Insist on punishment with death
ef the authors and perpetrators of the
Servian massacre. All relations with, the
country should be refused so long as these
red-handed murderers are la favor with the
Servian government. Nobody believes the
favorite whom these murderers are placing
on the throne when he says he Is "shocked"
at the massacre, and didn't know It was
Intended.
Chicago Chronicle: That Is a pleasant
task which the powers have laid upon King
Peter of Servla to hang the men who In
vited him to the throne and who thought
fully provided the neoessary vacancy for
him to fill men, moreover, who would un
doubtedly "remove" Peter as quickly as
they disposed of Alexander if they even
suspected that he was not "toting fair"
with them. As Peter has manifested no
desire to commit suicide, we may be pretty
sure that he will not go Into the hanging
business for quite a spell yet.
LINES TO A LAUGH.
When a woman says "Oh, fudge!" she
sometimes feels the way you do, sir, when
you say things that would shock a Chris
tian Endeavor convention. Somervllle
Journal.
"Say, old man," began Borroughs. pav
ing the way for a touch, "you know that
$10 I borrowed of you several months
ago-"
"I'm afraid not," replied Markley, "sup-
Sose you Introduce me to it again." Phlla
elphia Press. ,
"Henrietta." said Mr. Meekton, "do you
remember the sonnets I used- to write you
before we were married V
"Certainly not. I-eonldns. L My motto has
always been 'forgive and forget.' "Wash
ington Star.
TTncle John What are you going to do
when you are a man?
Ervlng (the clergyman's youngest) Well,
I shall be a charcoal man or a minister.
I've got to holler. Town and Country.
"Wealth and good looks, Millie." coun
seled Mr. Hunnllar, "are desirable In a
husband, of course, but they are not the
essentials. Amiability Is far more neces
sary than either."
"I know It, papa," responded his daugh
ter, "but I never expect to find a husband
I can manage as easily aa mamma manages
you." Chicago Tribune.
Brlggs I see that Van Home married a
Boston girl who Is worth a million.
Griggs That was a cold snap, wasn't It?
Detroit Free Press.
"I reached the turning- rjolnl In mr career
seven years o."-.... . . .
"Well?;"' ' - ' . . ,
"Weil. I nerlected to turn when T turhnl
It, and that's what mad all the trouble."
Chlcaan f ost.
Arthur Of enurea. itm Irnnw ITnel
George, I belong to the best society In
town.
TJnole Oeorre Wslt. that dennA Whii
Is the best society?
Arthur Why. the socletv I belon to. of
course. Town and Country.
"Here's a nurtv tomiwif" mlilnia h.
old man.
"What Is itr
"This here letter from Vim fl.-. T ..,.
drees up to see him graduate, an' mustn't
tnlnlr f Mmln' I , l m . A nn I , , M
an" the mule!" Atlanta Constitution.
"That aneroid barometer you- ordered the
other day haa come, sir." announced the
dignified butler, appearing at the door of
the library.
"Hang the barometer f exclaimed Mr. t'p
John, looking with disgust out of the win
dow at the steadily falling rain.
vi"T?.Tj;Lr'" L.pllthe hutler. Imperturbs-'
bly. "Where?" Chicago Tribune,
SUMMER ENCHANTMENT.
Washington Star.
Oh, de lasy-bird Is singln' every evenln' in
de tree.
I dunno If yon byahs him, but his song Is
sweet to me.
Dey say dat he's a' toad, or sumpin' of de
lnseck kind.
But "iasy-blrd's" de name foh him dat
sorter suits my Mind.
He got a voice dat soun' like fairies playin'
on de fife;
He hab a chahm dat some folks can't resist
to save delr life.
Toh soul la filled wif comfort an rum care
- you heart's free
When once yon hyabs dat laxy-blrd a-stngin'
in de tree.
He sings about de roses dat la blushln' day
by day.
He sings about de twilight dat is hangln'
on de bay;
He makes you feel so happy dat you wants
it understood
If June is much like heaven you is wlilln'
to be good.
Tou fohgets about de snow storm, you foh-
gets about de frost,
Tou fohgets de disappointments an de
chances you has lost.
Dis world has Its discomforts, but It's good
enough foh me
When once I hyahs dat lazy-bird a-slngin.
ln de tree.