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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Stats of Nebraska, Douglas County .as.:
George B. Tsschuck, secretary -of The Baa
PubUsulng Company-, being duly sworn,
says that tha actual number of full and
complete copies of Tha Daily, Morning,
Kvenlng and Sunday Bee printed during tha
month or May, iko, was as loiiowa
1 80,tttM
17 JeJ,aW
U S 1,030
U ,SO,TM
t SO,875
t 8,2M0
4 SO. BOO
1 80,730
6 80,670
1 8O.U70
1 8O.01O
80.740
10 87.77S
11 80,440
12 80.870
II 80,U20
It 30,780
is ao.oso
20.
71.
22.
23.
24.
26.
24.
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.80,170
..80,040
..8M30
..38,230
..80,830
,.80,70
..30,700
21
18 30,680
28 80,000
JO SlBO
81 27.WOO
16 30,eia0
Total Uo3.no
Less unsold and returned ooptas 10,84S
Net total sales Ba,55a
Nat average sales 80.437
QEORQE B. TZBCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before ma this 21st day of May, A. D. 1902.
Si. B. HUNGATK.
(Seat) Notary Public
Wanted Bridge bultders. Apply to
Governor Bailey of Kalians or to the
Kansas legislature when It convenes In
extra session.
If the abolition of the city claim agent
would carry with It the abolition of the
damage claimants, we could get along
nicely without them. But It doesn't
King Peter docs not know of any
message of congratulation he would
rather have more than that from the
czar except possibly one from Uncle
Sam.
It la Just possible the unions that
make up the building trades council
may find It necessary to resort to an
arbitration committee among them
elves.
With E. II. Harrlman In Europe for
two months we may expect all kinds of
periodical rumors about the manipula
tion of the Harrlman roads during bis
absence.
If Comptroller Lobeck's estimates of
prospective deficits In the various city
funds are all no more reliable than his
figures for the library fund, his mathe
matics will need revision.
. Omaha's experiments with wooden
block pavements in the past are hardly
such as to warrant putting much money
Into macadam unless It Is the kind of
macadam that wears and that kind does
not come cheap.
The Chicago waiters' strike Is to be
adjusted by arbitration. Arbitration has
met some setbacks, but on the whole it
has made substantial progress every
where us the most practical means of
settling labor troubles.
In the mind of City Attorney Wright
the question whether .another assistant
Is needed in the city attorney's office
depends for its answer on whether the
position Is to be filled by Mr. Wright or
by the mayor and council.
If the courts are to be Invoked for
blanket injunctions against ticket scalp
ers every time the railroads put In ex
cursion rates, other litigants will have
to take back seats and be thankful to
squeeze Into court ltetween excursions.
Ten minutes rest on a cracker box
has cost a , police officer thirty days
psy, but an hour's rent In a beer garden
.would not have entailed the cost of a
new set of brass buttons. Moral:
Omaha policemen must keep the seat
of their pantaloons off cracker boxes
when on duty.
The Bee has consistently opposed the
gambling slot machines from their very
first Introduction whether the winnings
take the form of coin, checks or. mer
chandise. The element of chance Is
what constitutes the gambling device
whether the game is played for money,
chalk or murbles.
According to the state engineer, the
annual June rise in Nebraska's rivers
and streams is yet to put in Its appear
ance and in all probability will be a
July rise this time, owing to the late
melting of the snows In the mountains.
The water will be much more acceptable
In July than it would be now, anyway.
It Is an ill "wind that blows nqbody
good. The floods that have submerged
the Kansas City stock yards have
turned the tide of the live stock Industry
toward South Omaha and Increased the
distance between Omaha and Kansas
City as a pork packing center. While
Kansas City has fallen 20,000 behind in
Its aggregate output of slaughtered hogs
from March 1 to June 15, Omaha has
Increased Its output by M.0O0 during the
same period, and its total output of
packed bogs during the same period Is
25 per cent greater than that of Kansas
City.
larger ran stair markets reeded.
Noting the fact that last year the
manufactured products of the t'nlted
states were valued at f lS.OOO.ooo.mx)
and that the exports of such products
were only about a per cent or mai
. . . . . M a a
amount, the New York Sun points out
that we need larger foreign markets
and unless we secure them there must
come a curtailment of production, for
great as the domestic market Is It can
not Indefinitely consume 97 ppr cent of
the products of our mills and factories,
even though there should be no great
Increase In productive capacity. That
paper observes that American manufac
turers are coming into more and more
direct confrontation With an ever
Increasing surplus of manufactured
wares beyond the requirements of the
home market and It says. there are two
lines of possible determination' of the
question one limitation of output, the
other an extension of markets.
The Sun points out the obvious fact
that there must be an even greater pros
perity than that of the last few years,
and even bigger crops,, with a profitable
market for them. If the -ever-increasing
mills are to find a domestic market for
their ever-increasing production.' Lrge
as has been the Increase in exports of
manufactures In recent years, reaching
more than $400,000,000 In 1902, ; foreign
markets must be secured for a much
greater amount than this In order to
maintain even the present production.
Of course American manufacturers
fully understand this and are actively
seeking to enlarge their exports. They
are represented in the foreign' markets
by experienced and energetic agents and
salesmen, who are undoubtedly doing all
that Is practicable to secure trade and
how effectively is shown in the fact that
our exports of manufactures have nearly
quadrupled In the last dozen years.
This increase has been mainly in the
markets of Europe and possibly we shall
not be able to add to it materially. In
order to increase the amount of exports
we shall have to find the markets in
Asia and in South -America. Trade
with the Oriental countries has been
growing, but with the countries south
of us, with two or three exceptions, no
progress is being made. To obtain the
trade of those countries several condi
tions are necessary. Perhaps the most
important of these is direct communica
tion. There must be American steam
ship lines running between our ports
and those of the southern countries.
This was pointed out by President Mc-
Klnley, who said: "One of the needs
of the time is direct commercial lines
from our vast fields of production to
the fields of consumption that we have
but barely touched. Next in advantage
to having the thing to sell Is to have the
convenience to carry it to the buyer.'
Another requirement is that American
manufacturers shall more carefully con
sult the peculiar wants of the people of
the southern countries. European manu
facturers make goods especially for
those markets and our manufacturers
must do the same in order to get the
trade.
mat larger roreign markets are
needed, In order to maintain our in
dustrial activity and go on developing
our manufacturing resources. Is per
fectly obvious. To acquire the markets
we must be able to compete in the price
and quality of goods with any other
country. At present the cost of produc
tion here Is higher than with any of our
competitors in the world's markets,
which necessarily places our manufac
turers at a disadvantage.
WHERE WE HAVE DONE WELL.
American administration In Porto
Rico has been greatly successful and
conditions in that island were never be
fore so good as they are at this time.
According to Governor Hunt, who Is
now in the United States, there has
been continued development in the
island, business has steadily improved
and commercial relations between the
Porto Rlcans and the people of this
country have become greatly extended.
This Is seen In the trade statistics,
which show a heavy Increase during
the past year in the exports of coffee,
sugar and tobacco from the island to
the United States. While this trade
development has been going on there
has at the same time been a very
marked advance in . public, improve
ments. Educational conditions are also
making steady progress. Under such
circumstances It is perhaps needless to
say that the people are peaceful and
contented and regard the American
plan of administration. with unqualified
favor. There is a very great contrast
between the conditions in Porto Rico
and those in the West . Indian posses
sions of European powers.
While the task in the Philippines is
Infinitely more difficult than was that
In Torto Rico, yet there can be no
doubt that we shall In time accomplish
change In the archipelago that will
have results as satisfactory and as cred
itable as are those In our West Indian
island. The advance ' already made
gives ample promise of this.
SOCIALIST GROWTH III Q KHMAXT.
The socialist party In Germany has
grown rapidly during the last few years
and will have a much stronger repre
sentation in the new Reichstag, for
which an election was held Tuesday,
thun In its predecessor. At the last
general election In 181)8 the socialist
party cast 2,107.100 votes, out of a total
of 7.752.000. It had fifty-seven repre
sentatives in the Reichstag then elected,
whllo It Is expected -to have at least
eighty In the new body, which means
that during the last nve years it has
increased its vote more than 1,000,000.
The gain made by thla party la due
to Its aggressive opposition to the new
tariff law and to tha policy of military
and naval extension urged by the gov
ernment. It has been aided also by the
Industrial depression ' which haa pre
vailed in the empire for several years.
Tha strength of tha socUUst party U
In the towns, where It has drawn to Its
support many worklngmen who have
found it difficult during the period of
depresHlon to earn a living. The social
ist vote Is a popular protest BRalnst
Increasing the price of bread, which
the tarifT demanded by the agrarians
Involves, and also against adding to
the burden of militarism, which would
result from the policy contemplated by
the government. There are 31)3 mem
bers of the Reichstag, representing six
teen parties or factions. As now in
dicated the socialists will be second in
strength among the factions and of
course will exert a greater influence
than ever before. Though it may not
be able to defeat any of the policies to
which it Is opposed, Its growth should
admonish the emperor and his advisers
that-they may not always be able to
carry out plans which Involve greater
hardships to the masses of the peopla.
THE MAYORS CAlilSET.
In an Interview concerning the coun-
dlmanic deadlock over the confirmation
of bis appointments Mayor Moores is
quoted as saying:
My appointments have not been ques
tioned heretofore, either three years ago
or six years ago. What a foolish propo
sition It would ba if a majority of tha
senators were to say to tha president:
"Toddy, you can't name your cabinet un
less wa select tha names." It is the same
here, in a measure. These appointees con
stitute my cabinet and I should have the
right to name them.
Mayor Moores entertains some very
queer notions about what he is pleased
to call his cabinet Think of the pound-
master, the welghmaster, market in
spector, elevator men and Janitors being
reckoned as members of the mayor's
cabinet
But, turning from the ridiculous to
the sublime, the mayor's comparisons
between presidential cabinets and
mayoralty cabinets, and between presi
dents and the senate and mayors and
councllmen, are not supported by historic
facts." Presidents do consult senators,
or at least the leaders of the dominant
majority in the senate, with regard to
the choice of cabinet officers and their
confirmation is not a mere matter of
form any more than is the confirmation
of other presidential appointments.
Real cabinet officers nominated in de
fiance of pronounced opposition of the
senate have been turned down by the
senate or held up In committees until
their names were withdrawn.
What would be the object of requiring
confirmation of presidential appoint
ments if the action of the body required
to pass in Judgment upon the choice of
the executive was a mere matter of
form? If presidents are expected and
obliged to consult the wishes of senators
in making appointments, why shouldn't
the mayor also consult the wishes of
the councllmen, who are equally re
sponsible with him for appointments
subject to confirmation? Why should
Mayor Moores pursue a different line of
policy at the opening of his third term
than he pursued in the beginning of his
first term? Then he did consult the
council and went so far even as to ap
point three or four personal enemies to
the most Important "cabinet" positions,
Including Charles Unltt as boiler in
spector and John Butler as building In
specter.
There is certainly nothing unreason
able or humiliating for the mayor to
consult with and accord recognition to
the council in the selection of his so-
called "municipal cabinet" and the other
minor appointments subject to conflrma
tlon. After all, the mayor and council
are only public servants clothed with
limited powers to administer the affairs
of the municipality and are expected to
pull together and not pull apart, not
only In matters of. general policy, but in
appointments as well.
Much pressure is being exerted on
Governor. Mickey on behalf of a con
vlcted murderer, who wou,ld have been
executed nearly a year ago except for
a reprieve issued by Governor Savage.
At the time of the reprieve the gov'
ernor's action was explained on the
ground that be did not believe In capital
punishment and was willing to hold the
case In abeyance until the legislature
should have an opportunity to modify
the law If it saw fit to do so. It Is
needless to say that had the friends of
the young man 'been able to touch Gov
ernor Savage's "big heart" as effectively
as some other criminals of assorted
character the reprieve would have been
a commutation, If not a full pardon, and
Governor Mickey would have been
spared the unpleasant necessity of pass
lng on a clemency petition at this time.
Sir Thomas Llpton comes over to this
country with a royal rescript wishing
him in the name of King Edward a pros
perous Journey and all possible good luck
for the great race. When he returns be
will likewise carry with him all kinds of
wishes for a prosperous Journey, coupled
with regrets that so gentlemanly a sport
should not be entitled to better luck.
With Street Commissioner Hummel's
order against Interruptions of street
work to relieve the sufferings of thirst
afflicted shovelers and team drivers
strictly enforced. It will make no differ
ence whether a street gang is assigned
for duty in the midst of a suburban
desert or in close proximity to a down
town life-saving oasis.
Over In Iowa the next legislature is
to be importuned to create a State Board
of Auctioneer Examiners, to pass upon
the fitness of spplicants before licensing
them to practice the profession In that
state. Just what the prerequisite quali
fications of a mallet-wielder should be
are unfortunately not stated.
Awfnl Record of Disaster,
Cincinnati Tribune.
Eight hundred and ninety Uvea lust by
floods and cloudbursts, 66,000 people home
less and property of the value of t36.onn.ono
completely destroyed Is the record of Kan
sas, Iowa, Missouri, -Oregon, Georgia and
Soul Carolina within tha past four weeks.
And the Breathitt and the Servian horrors
are to ba added to it.
Assassin Ureal Risk.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Tha new king of Servla became greatly
excited when he waa Informed of his elec
tion. We can't blame him. Being elected
king of Servla la no laughing matter.
Still the World Moves On.
Indianapolis News.
Now that "Fighting Bob" Evans has
called on the dowager Empress and that
lady has had a good, square look at this
epitome of the United States navy, per
haps China wljl be good for a while.
There Was Something; Dolor,
Washington Post
Tha Servian tragedy was brewing for a
long time, but the conspirators did not
think the occasion rlpa for action until
Richard Harding Davis had cabled his
paper that there was nothing doing and
had started for home.
Extravaaranee In College Sports.
New York Tribune.
Official figures confirm the general im
pression that this Is an era of extravagance
In the management of college sports. Plain
living and hard work should be the guid
ing principle for undergraduate gladiators.
They ought not expect to be treated Ilka
princes or prima donnas.
Is Conscience Stifled f
New Tork Tribune.
All quiet at Belgrade," say tha dis
patches. Tea. "Paris Is tranquil" was tha
report Just after Louis Napoleon's coup
d'etat. "Order reigns In 'Warsaw" wu also
announced on a memorable occasion. Cer
tainly the last of tha Obrenovltch dynaaty
s quiet enough, for all time. Whether the
voice of conscience is heard In Belgrade Is
doubtful. If not, so much the worse for
Servla.
Jnet Plain Roman Katare.
New.Tork World.
"Scratch a Russian and you find a
demon," says Dr. MacArthur. Oh, no: you
Just find a man with about the ordinary al
lowance of human nature. Put a Missis
sippi negrrt-burner In Russia, with the
muzhik's particular brand of Ignorance,
and he would probably want to kill Jews.
Put tha muzhik in Breathitt county, Ken
tucky, and he would be likely to shoot his
enemy In the back from behind the court
house door.
Rainmaker's Hard Lines.
1 Philadelphia Ledger.
One of the cruelest things that ever hap
pened to a scientist waa the occurrence of
violent thunderstorm In the Adlrondacks
Just as Prof. Myers, the rainmaker, was
about to send up his balloons. The profes
sor had been Imported from Texas, at great
expense, to break the drouth, and but for
an unfortunate delay In the arrival of the
apparatus he would have discharged his
bombs in air before tha storm arrived and
would have thus earned Dr. Seward Webb's
honorarium and demonstrated tha efficiency
of his practice. We think that ha Is as
much entitled to reward as ha would have
been had the storm followed and not pre
ceded the experiment, but to reflect upon
the chance of a happy sequence so nar
rowly missed must ba heartbreaking. '
ADVANTAGE OF PCBLICTTT.
Instances niastrattnst tne Fnttllty of
Tumbling; In the Dark."
Saturday . Rvenlng Post.
A diamond necklace that cost many tens
of thousands was stolen from a New York
residence not long ago'rAs soon as the de
tectives arrived they jgaid: "Say nothing
of this to the reporters. Don't let anybody
hear of It. If it gets oot we can do noth
ing." After they had ' worked for several
weeks without accomplishing anything, tha
newspapers happened on the facts and pub-
usnea tnem. - me same aay a pawnbroker
came forward with some of the jewels; tha
next day the thief was caught and tha
rest tl the Jewels were found: WhyT Be
cause with the newspaper publication tha
search for thief and plunder began to be
made not only by two or three thick-headed
sieutns- dui oy minions upon millions
of human beings, each casting about In his
own neighborhood for some clue to the
mystery. ,
Several years ago Russia began to move
Into Manchuria. The "diplomats" of the
other European powers began to tunnel
under Russia's tunnel. "Not a word of this
must gat out Tha public makes a mess
of everything. Just let us' alone to burrow
In the dark and Russia will soon ba re
treating." Finally tha matter waa uncov
ered accidentally. But It was too late.
Russia, calmly disregarding the silly little
mole tunnel of the diplomats, had got Its
long claws well planted, and though pub
llclty has made It ' Impossible for It to
move as rapidly as it was doing, as long
as the diplomats let It work In secret
diplomacy's, blundering cannot ba set
straight
There are no exceptions to tha rule that
honesty and honest purpose of every kind
seek the light and thrive best In It, while
skull-digging is never better pleased than
when It can Induce honest men to say:
"Yes. publicity Is a dangerous thing. Let's
fumble about In the dark."
MAC A ROM WHEAT GROWING.
Snccessfnl Experiments In Several
Western States.
Philadelphia Press.
Secretary Wilson of the Agricultural de
partment, has accomplished another "val
uable thing for the farmers of this country
by the introduction of macaroni wheat the
growth of which haa met with great suc
cess In some of the western states. The
secretary. In his report for 1901, stated that
the Imports of macaroni exceeded 16,000,000
pounds annually, worth nearly $800,000. The
product Is made from a special class of
wheats, which had never been given a
thorough trial In this country. Ha secured
a quantity of the wheats and distributed
them In the Dakotas and In Kansas and
Nebraska. To his gratification their culti
vation was a complete success.
They yielded one-third to one-half mora
per acre than any other wheats grown side
by side with them, and when other wheats
were almoat a complete failure In tha Da
kotas tha macaroni varieties produced a
very good yield of excellent quality. Tha
yield la from one-third to one-half mora
than that of any other standard wheats In
the aama locality. The macaroni wheats
ran be grown successfully In localities
where It waa not considered possible to
grow any kind ot wheat before, owing to
the light rainfall. Over 1.000,000 bushels
were produced last year, and the average
this year has been largely Increased.
The demand for this wheat has exceeded
the supply, the macaroni made from the
wheat being of tha highest quality. Besides
there is a good market abroad for the
wheat. The Importation of macaroni has
already largely decreased, so that the suc
cess of the Industry Is assured. While this
wheat Is chiefly used for macaroni, bread
la made from It which la regarded as very
nutritious and palatable.
Tha Introduction of Japanese rice by tha
department has resulted In a great Increase
In rice production, so that the importation
of that article has greatly declined. More
hardy winter wheat has been brought with
success from Russia, oats from Sweden and
other cereals and fruits from other parts of
tha world, all of great value to tha farmers
and planters. Tha Agricultural department
was never so well managed as It to at tha
i firaaant time.
ROISI) ABOUT NEW TORK.
Ripple on tha Csrreil ( Life In the
Metropolis.
Five Points, one of tha famous haunts
of crime In New York, follows Mulberry
Bend to destruction. The last of the build
ings In that locality Is being pulled down,
and In a few years tha ground will be
transformed Into a park. The Five Points
park will connect with Mulberry Rend and
Paradise parks, forming a group of breath
ing spots In what was the most congested
district In tha big city.
Tha fact that tha Jewish boys and girls
of New York capture a large majority of
the prises and medals offered in the public
schools la again mads apparent In the list
of honors Just made public by tha faculty
of tha College of the City of New York.
The following are the names of the honor
students who are to deliver orations at the
commencement exercises to be held In Car
negie hall: Arnold Jacobnlts, Morris Wels-
enberg, George Frankenthaler, Isadora
Gratzer, Henry C. Moses and Simon C.
Orudburg.
There Is a lonesome looking Samuel W.
Paterson In the list and people are wonder
ing how he got there.
A Brooklyn man who was struck by light
ning one day last week says the experience
la not half so terrifying as tha contempla
tion of It "It was as though someone
sneaked up behind ma and hit ma with a
piece of two-by-four," ha aays. "I had Just
gone under tha tree to wait for the shower
to pass, and my son was under another
and smaller tree about fifty feet distant
Suddenly I felt as though I was going up,
up, up. I could neither speak nor move.
And there I lay, unable to do a thing. My
son, who had been felled to his knees by
the shock, waa soon up and came running
to me. I could not move a muscle. They
brought ma home in a carriage, and after
time my speech came back. I have not
yet however, recovered tha full uae of my
legs."
A gas company has discovered that It is
not running New York. It shut off the gas
of Walter E. Cransdell because he would
not pay 70 cents charged against tha man
who had oocupled tha apartment before
him.
Mr. Cransdell sued for J180, which was tha
amount of penalty for tha period during
which tha service was denied him. The
gaa company fought the case, but It has
now paid him tha $180 and enough In costs
to bring Its loss up to $500.
Mr. Cransdell pocketed his check with the
remark. "There la no law for highway rob
bery In this country whether tha bludgeon
la used er a gas meter."
There Is no subject about which the aver
age New York magistrate Is not able or
willing to give advice. The arrest "of a boy
for snatching a woman's chatelaine bag led
Magistrate Crane to suggest in a lecture
to tha complainant that all women wear
their money In little bags hung about their
necks, or In pockets made on the left side
of their waists. They can have the pock
ets on the Inside, if necessary, and they
should get over being so ultra-fashionable
as to subordinate the safety of their prop
erty to considerations of style, the magis
trate said. It seems that the woman In
tha case waa not certain that the little fel
low who was hauled to court was the boy
who had taken her chatelaine, and this
caused tha worthy magistrate thus to an
imadvert upon feminine failings: "Women's
carelessness Is the causa of a great deal of
trouble In the world. They have no Idea of
law, and they rush their troubles into
court on the spur of the moment, and In
volve Innocent parties through their care
lessness. Women should be made to think,
and they should be compelled to wear their
money ' and Jewels in secret pockets. -If
these two things were carried out we would
have fewer cases of mistaken Identity and
niched pocketbooks on tha docket"
William Dean Howells the "dean of
American letters" ho has lately been called
strolled one evening through the "tender
loin" of New York. Stout broad and look
ing very well dressed In his loose English
clothes, Mr. Howells glanced from right to
left incessantly. He seemed to wish to see
everything. A policeman whom he knew
saluted him and said: "I suppose you're
strolling about here, Mr. Howells, picking
up character, eh 7" "Well, no, not exactly,"
returned the author, "though plenty of
that Is lost about here, I'm told."
If you feel like Indulging in the extrava
gance of a M cigar there Is a dealer
who can supply It to you. He has Just
received a consignment of 1,500 of them,
on which he paid a duty of 69 cents each.
The tobacco of which they are made Is
grown In the Vuelta Abajo district of Cen
tral Cuba, and the plant Is the result of
years of cultivation. Perfect leaves only
are used, and the cigars, each sixteen
inches long, are rolled by experts, who
make only eight a day.
City officials In New York whose duties
require them to visit various places are
taking to tha automobile as a meuui- i lo
comotion, the city paying the bills In some
cases Police Commissioner Greene makes
his rounds regularly In one of these ma
chines, as do several other department
heads. An auto has been purchased for
one of the water department
PERSONAL NOTES.
"Bridge" has become so popular in Wash
ington society that you may .....w
sea animated .gambling parties scattered
about tha lawns at Chevy Chase.
K. that the stain of blood has been
.UhKl from the palaco at Belgrade it la
perfectly clear that the Georgevltches have
much tha best of tne uDrenovucn..
..ni.r, Ttni" Jones of Toledo, It Is
learned, sleeps on the roof of his home.
But his political career glvea us reason to
believe that ha knows enougn to come in
when It rains.
Tha Gladstone memorial tor Edinburgh,
from tha design by Mr. Plttendrlgh Mac-
Gllllvray. haa received the approval of tha
committee charged with tne matter, ana
work will be commenced forthwith.
Mayor Studley of New Haven. Conn., is
inv strenuous errori 10 gei irwiutoi
Roosevelt to visit the city during the an
nual reunion of Spanish War veterans,
to ba held there tha latter part of Septem
ber. John dollmar, formerly editor of a
Servian newspaper, but expelled from that
country for exposing tne Dogus didj-
scheme of Queen Draga, has been residing
In Janesville, Wis., for some years past
Since the tragedy at Belgrade he haa re
ceived Intelligence that his sentence will
ba revoked, and Intends to return to Servla
at an early data
Associate Justice Alexander Burton
Hagner. recently retired from the District
of Columbia Supreme bench, was born In
Washington D. C, July 13. 1826, and
graduated from Princeton In IMS with the
degree of master of arts. Judge Hagner
wu admitted to tha bar of Annapolis In
IMA and practised In that city, in Balti
more and other parts of Maryland.
General Charles King finds It necessary
to explain that ha uses the phonograph
not to turn off copy faster, but simply
to provide a convenient record in case
of the loss of a manuscript, a misfor
tune which has happened to him once or
twice. He plans his work carefully and
then dictates to the talking machine, from
which tha record la taken by a typewriter.
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CITY AS A COAL DEALER.
Story of the Operations of Detroit
Emergency Coal Yard.
Detroit Free Press.
There was presented to the Municipal
Coal commission yesterday the final chap
ter of that thrilling romance by the Hon.
William C. Maybury, entitled "The Foiled
Octopus, or Bituminous Hill's Revenge."
Lest preceding chapters may have been for
gotten, it may ba worth while to rehearse
them. , Some time during the cold winter
months the mayor discovered that a
gang of hardened scoundrels engaged
in tha coal business were selling fuel at a
profit Instead of giving it away. Soma of
tha more despicable and desperate of these
wretches refused to sell anthracite
ooal at all, brazenly alleging that they
had none, and could obtain nona at prices
which their customers could afford to pay.
Inasmuch as they persisted In their career
of violence and crime, the mayor organ
ized a municipal coal commission to purvey
anthracite coal In unlimited and profitless
quantities to rich and poor alike.
Unfortunately, tha plutocratic east
persisted in taking most of the anthracite
coal that waa mined, and the commission
was unable to purchase any. but not to be
foiled by tha criminals who had found
their way into the business of selling coal
In Detroit,, the mayor borrowed money
from various sources and established the
municipal commission In business. By sell
ing coal at cost and having no incidental
expenses to pay the commission waa able
to cut GO cents a ton under the regular
retail rate, which was convincing proof
to the mayor and his associates that the
local, coal dealers had managed to keep
out of the penitentiary only by reason of
the Irremediable blindness of Justice. And
so the commission continued Its noble
work of relieving all cases of distress where
the distress could pay In advance and was
desirous of saving GO cents a ton. The
philanthropy was so popular that the
question of creating. a permanent commis
sion was seriously ' discussed, and often
persons stared steadily .toward the east
and could see the millennium hiking over
Belle Isle bridge.
But now for the final ahapter. The report
of the commission's secretary shows that
there is a net deficit of 11,071,76. The com
mission bought S.8R1 tons of coal and sold
8,481. The other 400 tons disappeared, that
Is nearly 11 per cent of the coal purchased
was lost in distribution. With no Interest
charges to pay, with no dividends to pay,
with no taxes to" pay,' with the clerical
hire paid for by tha city, and nothing to
allow for depreciation, the commission suc
ceeded -In selling coal a few cents a ton
below the price charged by the local
dealers, and earned a deficit of 6 per cent
on the Investment. Kow . the taxpayers
will probably be requested to provide
enough money to balance the books, and
the city government will have acquired
another tl.000 worth of experience In the
advantages of .minding Its own business.
ENFORCEMENT Or LAW.
Praise for the President's Remarks at
the Tomb of Lincoln.
Chicago Chronicle (dem.).
At tha tomb of Abraham Lincoln Presi
dent Roosevelt discussed briefly tha en
forcement of law. A great deal that he
haa said on his ' extended travels this
spring has been perfunctory, thoughtless
and useless, and some of It unfortunately,
has not been in keeping with his high of
fice, but he redeemed himself most hap
pily in the utterance which follows:
"The supreme safety of our country la
to be found In a fearless and honest ad
ministration of the law of . the land. It
makes not tha slightest difference whether
the offense against the law takes tha form
of cunning and greed on one hand or of
physical violence on the other; in either
caae the lawbreaker must be held ac
countable and the lawbreaktng stopped.
when any executive undertakes to enforce
the law he is entitled to tha support of
every man, rich or poor, no matter what
form the law-breaking has taken. He is
entitled td the support of all men In his
efforts. If he Is worth his salt he will en
force the law whether ha gets the support
or not."
Respect for law, obedience to law, and
the enforcement of law are considerations
which cannot be Impressed upon tha pres
ent generation too strongly. Demagogues
and cowarda have encouraged lawlessness
in many forms. Honest and courageous
men must discourage It.
Believing Mr. Roosevelt to be both hon
est and courageous, the Chronicle assumes
thaf if he as president were brought face
to face with such a situation as confronted
President Cleveland at tha time of the
Deba insurrection in 1894 he would act
with eoual promptness and vigor. "If an
executive officer Is worth his salt he will
enforce the laws whether he gets support
or not." '
When Mr. Cleveland as commander-in-
1FFALO
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in Bright's Disease, Albuminuria of Pregnancy.
Renal Calculi Gout Rheumatism and All Dis
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Time Adds to the Voluminous Testimony of
Leading Clinical Observers.
Robert C. Kenner, A. M M. D., Ex-Prtsidnt LonisvUU Oinical
Association, and Edttor of Notes on "Carrod's Materxa Mtdtca and Thera
peutics," Louisville, Ky. (See "Garrod's Materia Medica and Therapeutics,"
fourth edition, revised by Kenner.) :
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PROPRIETOR BUFFALO LITHIA SPRINGS, VIRGINIA.
chief of tha army removed tha embargo
upon Interstate commerce and the ob
struction to the mall service in China go
ha was criticised by the lawless and by
the thoughtless, but he performed a duty
which will redound to his credit forevrr
and aver. The occasion for action on his
part was tha same as that which Impelled
a similar uae of force by Mr. Lincoln in
1161 and tha authority under which both
acted was precisely tha same. . Lincoln
set great armies in- motion to repossess
government property, to restore govern
mental activities, and to reassert the su
premacy of tha federal laws. Cleveland
used tha troops at his command tor ex
actly tha aama purpose.
It Is to ba regretted that many Ameri
cans who should have known better, as
sailed Mr. Cleveland with bitterness for
performing his plain duty, but Mr. Lin
coln was similarly criticised in a much
graver emergency. Both of these great
presidents were "worth their salt." They
enforced tha laws whether trimmera and
demagogues and criminals liked It or not.
An Impression has been cultivated by
soma mayors and governors that In the
presence of labor strikes laws are of ne
cessity suspended, and that all manner of
violence against persons and property Is
to be winked at so long as It appears to
make In favor of the contention of the
strike bosses. Dangerous as all this Is,
it never enn bear its perfect fruit of re
bellion and anachy until soma such dem
agogue reaches the president's office. Man
who are worth their salt will enforce the
law.
It Is to be hoped that no occasion will
arise which will put Mr. Roosevelt to th
test but his Springfield speech justifies
the belief that if such an emergency should
appear he would prove himself ' a worthy
successor of tha great presidents who have
preceded him.
AID IN Ftllf.
Trampus Wot is your idea about this
race suicide business?
Scrampus (well versed In turf matters)
It alius comes from playln' too many fit
vorites an' takln' tips from the bookmak
ers. Princeton Tiger.
"I say, Jones, that's the third umbrella
you'vo taken from my office. I wouldn't
be an ass If I were you."
"By Jove! Smith, that's the first true
thing I've heard you say for a long time."
Columbia Jester.
"Dar aln' no doubt," said Uncle 'JSben,
"'bout de church doln' good. It does'n'
make any difference how no 'count an'
wicked a man Is. If you kin get 'lm Into
church you knows you's got his hands tied
foh an hour or so, anyhow." Washington
Star. ,
"At tha club today Maria read a paper
on 'Why Are Men Averse to Marrlager t
felt sorry for her." '
"Why so?"
"Because you only had to look at her to
get an answer to the question." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
A mustard poultice, with red pepper in
It, is said to be a cure for rheumatism.
After you have had It on a while, you don't"
notice the rheumatism. Somervllle Journal.
"If you find It Impossible to keep open
your line of retreat," said the Instructor In
the military school, "what ought you to
do?"
"Open up the line of advance," was the
prompt reply. Chicago Post
"Tou say that drink was the cause of
your downfall," said the kind-hearted vis
itor at the Jail.
"Tea," answered Meandering Mike. "I
met a gentleman dat was too Intoxicated
to take care of his money. An" de tempta
tion was too great." Washington Star.
Mrs. Ascum Is your husband seriously
111, Mrs. Flltey? '....' t
Mrs. Flltey (tearfully) Alas! yes. The
doctor says he cannot possibly recover.
Mrs. Ascum Oh! you poor dear!
Mrs. Flltey Ah! yes. By the way, if
you'll send around I'll give you- several
suits of men's clothes for your rummage
sale tomorrow. Philadelphia Press.
AN OPTIMIST.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
"Oh, aged man. pray. If you know.
Now, answer me the truth!
Which of the gifts that the gods bestow
Is tha greatest gift of youth?
"Oh, aged man, I have far to far
By tha divers paths of Earth,
Bay which of the gifts that with mo I bear
Is the gift of the greatest worth?
"Is It the might of the good right arm,
Whereby I shall make my way
Where dangers threaten and evils harm,
Holding them still at bay? . .
"Is It the strength wherewith I shall elimb
Where few before have trod
To the mountain tops, the peaks sublime
That glow in the smile ot the god?
"Is It the never-falling will,
Invlnoible In might.
Which, armed against oppression still.
Shall vanquish for tha right? '
"Or Is It tha heart thou aged man!
The heart, Impassioned, strong
Which shall ba bleat, as naught else cati,
In perfect love ere long?"
The old man smiled; tha listening breeze
Grew whist on the sun-lit slops;
The old man sighed: "Ah. none of thesel
Youth's greatest gift Is hope "