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Tim Omaiia Daily Bee E. ROflE WATER, EDITOR. PI BL.I8HEI) EVERY MORN1NO. ft-rwo ' ti- oi'UHr'DlDTInW I f hiitif Riinfiavi on. y..r . u o Dally B Daily Be snd Bunrtay. One Year 00 Bunday nee, one Year a lllil'i lU n , ' r TnUeThTentuVy J-srmeV One Year". iiflO DELIVKRKD by CARRIER. V,h Daily Bee (im-iii(iiii 8iinJay. per weak. .17c Buniliv It fker rtiliv "C I Rvanlng Bee (wth.ut Sunday, per week. 6c lit we2k"... .!.. ...... ..ioc Complaint or irres uiantea in oenvery should be addressed to city ircuiauun partment. OFFICES. rimihi The to MnlMlna. Boulh Omaha City Hall Building, Twen ty-fifth and M Street. Council Bluff 10 Pearl Ftreet. t Chicago lt fnlty Building. New York 2328 Park Row Building. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. ' Communication relating- to new and edi torial matter should he addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial I.wpartment. REMITTANCES. Remit hv droit, exnrei or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamp accepted In payment or mall accounts. Personal check, except on Omaha or eatern exchangee, not "U'lT"1 THE BEE PIBL18HING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION1. State of Nebraxka. Doualaa County, ss.: irtf B. Tmcnuck, aecretaryof The Bee piih h nff i ntnnanv. ueina ouiy aaya that the actual number -of full and complete coplea of The Dally Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of June, 1903, waa aa toiiowa: 1 80,l0 f ao,t TO t ao.ano 4 aowo H. 1.10 17 ao.070 ig 8oto no ,ti m I immio '20. , , . . F. . .... I. UO,M.'tO W.i 7... VT.IMMI 22.. I U0.TZO 23.. I Ut.RlO 24.. 10... ItlMMI 26.. 11...'. ao.nao 2.. 13 ao,H4 27.. riio I ...o,ao ..so.otm I ...ao.eao ...ai.zio I u to.rao m jali!... 80,hho 14 ...BT.fcIO 15 ....liO.TTO Total no ao.iiao ...Dlit.ORO Lss unsold and returned copies. t,7tMl Net total sales Net average sales 603.2H4 SO.VTB GEORGE B TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and worn i to 1 VCIUrV III V I II IB dUlil UC4T wuiroi ' - M. H. HUNOATifl, (Seal) Notary Public. PARTIES LEAVING FOR SIMMER. ' Parties leaving the cltr for the summer na hare The Bee sent to them regularly or notifying; The Bee Business office, ia peraon or by mall. The addreaa tvIH be changed as often as desired. The Iowa idea does not seem to take well Id Iowa. M hen lawyers disagree, who shall de- cide? The political conventions, of course. The Mad Mulah has been annihilated once more, l or a man who geta an- Dlhtlated about once every six months the Mad Mullah appears to be a bad dead Injun. Dancing is not considered as sinful by Evangelist Torrey, but hugging to inu- sic Is severely criticized. , Where Gov ernor Mickey draws the line has not yet been indicated. The New York coupon clippers are said to have divided $137,0(10,000 on the first of July, which would seem to Indicate that there Is no Immediate prospect of a money panic on Wall street. Mr. Kenyon has given us some Infor mation about the Platte, river power canal, but It Is precisely the Information that Mr. Kenyon has not given that the people of Omaha would like to have. The controversy over the retention of Mathewson in the Indian service Is by no means a closed incident The war airalnst the Indian land rine. lta eonart- ners and abettors, has only lust beaun. According to Secretary of Agriculture Wilson the recent hot wave is worth a million of dollars a lay to the'tarmers of Iowa. If this estimate la correct why la it worth any less to the farmers of I Nebraska? ' . .. I If Sir Thomas Llpton can only be per- suaded to transport his yacht In a pal-1 nee cattl cav from sea water to the Mississippi .me sr. louis exposition with a delegate In -ngrea. . It" says management will build a pond for It and that Alaska has a largef white 'popula exhibit Its speed oa the brtneless deep, tlon than had any 'other(territofy 'at Judge Redwine of Kentucky declines to retire from the bench and defies the governor to remove him. How soon the governor will invite Mr. Redwine to umrvu up auu uim u we oar ana arop the controversy has not yet transpired. ine otanaara uu octopus baa con cluded to smooth down the troubled waters by a shipment of four carloads of Kansas oil that will stand the test for consumption ln Nebraska. Such small favors should be thankfully re ceived. In this torrid season It Is a pretty cool thing of late Police Judge Isaac S. Gor don to trump up another claim against the city for interest on bis back pay. Truly Mr. Gordon has been the dearest thing that Mother Omaha has brought Up on Its pie counter bottle. A machine that will transmit hand - writing by telephone is on exhibition ln New York, and the inventor expects Its geuera) introduction for transmission of long-distance money orders and drafts, sentiment where they reside unfavor but evidently forgets that forged money able to this country and In the interest orders and spurious drafts would multi - ply and make .the payment of auto- graphic money orders extra hazardous to bankers. The couucll hus dumped $300 into the North Sixteenth street manholes to maka 'that , thoroughfare passable for man, and beast the next sixty days. In the meantime the property owners be- tween Douglas and Cuming streets are expected, to sign up petitions for re- pavement at their own expense Instead of throwing the burden of repavlng on tba taxpayers of tha whole city. as jsot.Firr rcr. The federal circuit court at Nswark, N. J.. has derided that tb UnltM States Shipbuilding combine, orgsnlsed with a flanr tn mnnnnnllllnf lam Khar Of the shlpbntld lnr Industry. U Insolvent and mut De pacwj n charge of a receiver v hen the corporation mi rormea u a. W. exacted, according tO the repre- sentatlonsof Its promoters, to yield rw.ulU. but being Warily over capitalized It has been unable to meet obligation. Proceedlnga were ln- "tltuted by some of the stockholders for tne appointment of a receiver- ana me facta shown conclusively proved the In solvency of the combine. One of the at torneys for the stockholders declared that "It waa conceit! Jo Iniquity, maintained by fraud and Is ending In crime,' an Indictment. which" vaa fully Justified by the developments before the court These showed that while the constitu ent companies, which were taken orer In the formation of the combine," were actively gaining concerns, there was more or less misrepresentation as to the current earnings of the companies and also as to the magnitude "of the con- tracts for construction Which they. DOS sessed. Undoubtedly misrepresentation was resorted to for the purpose 6f In ducing the promoters to participate In the new organization and to consent to me capita illation or we company lor an amount sufficient to effect the pur- m . , , . , . . . . IIHB" VL l,lc tuiieuiutrui piauie at me fictitious valuation placed upon them atl( a80 to leave a margin of tieasury block ior uonunes or tor conTrrsion into cash with which to meet expenses of operation and administration until the J expectations that the new concern would, through Its alleged valuable con tracts for construction, attain such a prosperous position aa not only to earn Its dividends and fixed charges, but to munificently reward the captains of finance who promoted It. There Is no question as to the iniquitous character of the scheme or that something very nearly approaching fraud marked the operations of Its promoters and those In control of the corporation. Finally, as stated by the court, the directors prac tically abdicated their powers, leaving the company to drift along without any guidance, but they did not neglect V advise the stockholders to submit to ex tortion to procure present funds . and threaten foreclosure to bondholders who refused to relinquish the security of their mortgages. There has been no more flagrant ex- r , " V " ' . tlons than is presented In the case of ... .... ' uie UDiieu oiaies nmpouuaing com- P"" and conspicuous among those who vmeu uj torae meinonn m Mr, bcbwod, the president of the United States Steel corporation, who it would seem is in no "mall degree responsible for the present condition of the shipbuilding company. As an object lesson of the insecurity of combinations this . case merits more than passing attention. DKVKLOPISO ALASKA. . The great interest that is being man ifested in the development of Alaska gives promise of very Important results for that territory In the near future! Referring to the pending visit to Alaska of the subcommittee on territories, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer says It will be of advantage to the great northern ter ritory. It remarks that after the visit. after seeing the men who make up the population of the territory and arriving at a solid understanding of the resources as wel1 " the requirements of the dls- trict U ,B Probab'e tfae visiting senators wln arriT at th conclusion that there ,B no ouna reason to ne aavancea wny noul a otner or differ eni treatment man nas peen accorded every other territory on the continent. acquired since the organization of the federal government That paper suggests that the proper "oration of the Alaskan question Is simply to organize the': present district Into a regular territory,"- under an or- ganlc act based upon the organic acts through which the other territbriee were governed, with a local - legislature and the time of Its organization apd that'lta ... intelligent and aa candle of .elf-government as any to- be found elsewhere in the world." The district Is already further advanced la Its develop- ment lrl ,nnal value of lta r. Awt. ln th8 xtPnt ot Ha commerc and in the variety of employment open to the Immigrants than 'are soma 'of the states. There appears to be every reason to expect a rapid development" of ""'Alaska. Capital Is going there, the population Is growing and altogether the outlook for the district Is most favorable so far nateri"1 progress is concerned. 0.VAAS iJf SOUTH AMMltU'A. Mor or less apprehension has been expressed from liiu to time in this country that the large number of Ger - I ulau u some oi uie ouuiu AUiernnu countries, particularly In Brazil, will 1 some day be a source of trouble to the United States. The Idea of those tak- I Ing this view Is that the Influence of I thene Germans will be exerted to create 1 of German colonization with a view to enabling their native country to get a territorial foothold In South America, There has never been presented any very substantial reason for this view. which grew out, of an Impression that I the Genuan government desired and hoped to soma time get possession of territory In the southern part of the western hemisphere an ' Impression which that government has repeatedly pronounced unfounded. . A lejter from I Brazil to the New York Tribune aaya I that the Germans there are thoroughly I loyal to the country and have no thought TJ1K OMAHA DAlljl rr,rA 'Hi U ItBOA It , of favoring their native land except aa It might be of benefit to their adopted country. Thla Is undoubtedly the case as to the Oermana In other South Amer ican countries. Po far aa Braall Is con cerned. It is stated that ahe welcomes German Immigration and wishes It were larger than It la. As In the TTnlted States so In South America the Ger mans are loyal citizens of the countries in which they live and while they naturally retain an affection for their fatherland they are not a people who J conspire against those among whom they live. There la no danger to this country from the Germans of South America, however numerous they may become. ' tiVttiyATlO.SS LY LAWUR RVMP. The Bar association of this district boast of a membership . of over 400 practicing attorneys. A recommenda tion from a majority of this body would be entitled to much weight with the rank and file of voters when they are called upon to make their choice among the candidates to fill the seven places on the Judicial bench next fall. When, however, more than two-thirds of the members of the Bar association either abstain from taking part in its proceed ings or remonstrate against committing the association to a particular Judicial ticket, the action of the headstrong mi nority will count for very little with Jntelllgent and thinking citizens who may favor a nonpartisan rather than a partisan judiciary. The manifest object of the Bar asso ciation rump, that mustered less than one-fifth of the membership of the as- "ociutlon, in projecting a so-called non the party primaries and conventions, is to forestall the popujar choice and force upon the people a set of candidates who are especially favored by the rump as against equally worthy, or possibly more worthy, candidates now In the field. Why democratic lawyers, who are clamoring for a nonpartisan Judi ciary, should commit themselves In ad vance to the support of six republicans and ouly one democrat, is past compre hension unless we assume that the dem ocrats are hopelessly divided among themselves, . or hope to force a conces sion of at least one democrat from the republican Judicial convention. Nobody conversant with the makeup of the dem ocratlc contingent of the Bar assochv tion would dare assert that there is only 6ne democrat In this district quali fied and worthy to fill a place on the district bench. As a matter of fact. It is conceded even by the ablest repub lican lawyers that the democrats have more Judicial timber In their ranks than the republicans. Is It not rather be cause, the democrats are in a minority in the voting population of the district that they are willing to make the sacri flee by accepting one out of the seven places on the bench and shut their eyes on the other six whether they are qualified or not? While there never can be such a thing as" a strictly nonpartisan judiciary, a Judiciary elected by the concurrence of all parties from among the ablest and most experienced practitioners would doubtless be very desirable and com meodable. even If it had no other effect than raising the Judiciary above the mire of party politics and liberating the judges from all obligation to partisan workers and partisan influence. But a nonpartisan judiciary at the ratio of 6 to 1 Is an admitted piece of Imposture. Far .better to let the candidates and their friends fight It out at the polls and trust to- the operation of the law of the survival of the fittest Mr. G. C. Belden struck the nail on the bead when be declared before the summer school of educators that "A good superintendent does great good, while the work of a bad one Is lrrepara Die. It goes without saying that a man who Is not competent to direct and correct the teachers ln the highest grades ln the public schools lacks the capacity for good work and cannot be a good superintendent any more than a blacksmith can be a good watch maker. And a superintendent however capable, who diverts bis time and talents to po litical pipe-laying and log-rolling cannot do' efficient' work and therefore cannot lx a good superintendent even if all the secret and public societies pronounce him "a good fellow." - . The opponents of government owner ship are taking a great deal of comfort from the Postofflce department roundup, which is pointed out as a terrible ex ample of loose management Just Im agine, If you please, what scandal would have been developed in the postal ser vice had It been under private owner ship and control. How many millions annually would have been expended by postal service corporations in corrupt ing legislatures, congresses and courts. and how many millions would Lave been squeezed out of Uncle Sam by postal contractors and combines, and what kind of service would the people have had if all the mail agents, letter . carr,erfl Bnd postmasters were corpora tlon employes? Wo hope to betray no secret by insln uatlng that the order of the police board expelling music and . musical lnstru ments from Omaha drink resorts is de signed for the protection of the National Editorial excursionists, whose members flatter themselves with having music in their soles. . The latest alarming minor at the state capital is that the State Board of Em bnlmers Is about to file a. remonstrance with the State Board of Health against the distressing healthfuluesa that pre vails ln all parts of Ak-Sar-Ben ln spite of the heated reason. ' If any member of the Omaha Bur as sociation can Inform the people of thla Judicial district why an obscure lawyer by the name of Herman Aye, who Is A not known to have had any serious bus iness before the bench, has been pro jected and endorsed as one of the seven nonpartisan candidates for Judge of this district when there are at least 3T0 more capable men In the bar association, we would like to have hlra stand up and eiplaln, ' Under the latest older of the Omaha pollco board, people who enjoy music Bnd bwr mwt patronize the beer gar- aons "na PPHs who delight . In wine, wom,n and nB must patronise the ulU8lc hnI1- There is such a thing na l,em "J'ous What's th lee. BaltlmorejAinertcan. Cheer-up. Tou are childish and small und mean and trifling If you complain. Ask yourself "What difference will It make ten years heneeT" And even If grumbling were Justified. Is It useful? A Hevfprawa.1 Roar. Chicago Record-Herald. Governor Beckham of Kentucky appears to take the high moral stand It, a dem ocrat was murdered by cowards It Is no more than right that . a few republicans should be shot from behind. He Woall riU Chair. Datrolt Free Frees. ' When Dr. Andrew D. White secures those endowments for the teaching of politics in colleges and universities we Intend to nominate ttnele Mark Hanna aa dean of the "stand-pat" department. Hollow Not la Shout. Chicago News. Aa King Peter appears to be a rather sensitive person he probably la fully appre ciative of the delicate sugaostlon of irony contained in the utterances of his ministers when they shout "Long live the king!" It Is up to the ministers to say how far this wish will come true. School Dars Per Capita. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Statistics show that the average amount of public schooling per capita In this coun try Is 998 days. That Is. there would be 998 days for each inhabitant if it were dis tributed Around. Fifty years ao the aver age waa 0 days, and at the beginning of the nineteenth century It was but elghty- wo aays. The nation gives the school chil dren of today twelve times as much school Ins; aa the youngsters received 100 years ago. SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENTS. Efforts to Minimis '!- F.flVct of Fourth of July Fl-- Philadelphia J,' A prominent physician In en tn th Public Ledger to urge It t ve warning against the danger of fireworks. "One- third of the annual deaths from tefan.i. he says, "result from Fourth of July wounds." The Chlcaao Health A.T.rrt has given public notice respecting these wounds. In which it la stated that "death from tetanus 4s most agonising;" further, the notice Is extended to doctors, to whom It says: jI "Fourth of July wounds should be kept open. The tetanus bacillus works, like a mole, under ground or1 under flesh. At long as the wound Is kept open, and regu larly cleansed with antiseptics, there Is no danger." ' i The Public Ledger does not know whether this manner of treatment' M 'or is not abso lutely reliable, though tt'belleves it to be so; Its own advice to lhrvreaders, young or old. Is to avoid the careless handling of nreworKs in order that no. -wounds, may be suffered; second, if they are- suffered they should be Immediately - treated by a -competent physician... " , The most perilous, and . the deaJlest. of Fourth of July plaything is the toy pistol. Its fatal work was ln evidence tn Phila delphia and Pittsburg on the last Decora tion day, when In this clly two boys, and twelve ln Pittsburg, died from tetanus, the deaths resulting from weunds Inflicted by the toy pistol. The law prohibits the sale of this dangerous plaything, but the law Is not enforced, . the result being a rather plentiful harvest of deaths following every national holiday. The newspapers of this city have year after year faithfully warned the public against the danger of the toy pistol, and have endeavored to Induce the authorities to prevent the sale of It; but it Is still sold all over the city, and tetanua and death are the consequences of its use. Mayor Weaver has Issued an order to the police to prevent the use by the public of dangerous explosives on the Fourth of July, but other mayors have Issued similar orders with no effect. Neither the police nor the public apparently believe -that our mayors have been quite In earnest with regard to this matter, and their orders have ' been without effect.- As for the toy pistol, Its sale should not be tolerated WEARING OF TUB RAILS. Effect of Enormous TralBe on the Continuation of Prosperity. Philadelphia Inquirer. ' There are at present In this country about 200,000 miles of ' railway line, not Including the double tracks or the sidings. It has been estimated that Jn these tracks there are laid at present steel rails which aggre gate 25.000,000 tons of steel. That total la hard to Imagine, but It can be said . that it would make an Immense, mountain If all the material could twt gathered Into one place. These rails make the highway of the nation, the real roads over which the commerce of the country la hauled Twenty years or less ago the maximum rati weighed sixty pounds to the yard ex cept on the mountain divisions, where, there were much heavier weights. In these days 100 pounds to the yard la the! standard, and this Is on an average twice aa much as formerly was In use, since .many Indiscreet managers thought the new Invention of a ball rail made light poundage economical Many of us can remember when there were only Iron ralla In . use. We presume that there are aome laid down at the present time In some of the out-of-the-way corners of the country, but for twelve years steel rails have had the call and seem likely to hold the palm forever. Our ancestors tell of the time when there were only wooden rails, or those on which a thin strap of iron waa laid, and of many disasters that occurred ln consequence. This generation remembers when trains wan slowly and time schedules were subject to change without notice. The point we are making is that the traffic of recent yeara has been so heavy that there is now a de mand for S.OCO.Ono tons of steel rails to re place thoae which have been worked to the limit or which will be within the next year This is nearly 1! per cent of the total and a the prevailing rate means an expenditure of (84.000,000 in thla one Industry alone. This simply spells prosperity, and means that the country la going ahead by leaps and bounds such as was never before con templated. We mention thla ln the hope that It will be remembered next year when there will be those who will try to convince the unwary that the country Is not pros peroua nd that conditions are far from satisfactory. Of course, we would all Ilk to be millionaires, but if ws were ln that condition all would be poor. Next year only those who have been better off In the last eight years than before will be aaked to vote for Rooaayelt. Those who have suf fared will be permitted to vote for any old candidate whom democracy may nominate. 2, 1P03. RAILROADS AD PROSPERITY. Is-nlteaat Peatnrea of the Interstate Commerce statistics. Bprlnjrfleld (Mass.) Republican. The steam railroad mileage of the coun try now exceeds 2O0.0O0. standing at miles on June 30 of last year, to which date the Interstate Commerce mmmlaalon has now brought Its statistics. During that last fiscal year S.2.H miles were added, renresentln the larrest steam railroad con struction of any year In the paat dosen the whole construction In the last ten years having amounted only to about 26.000 miles or little more than twice what was con structed In the single year of 1W. It Is evident, notwithstanding the spurt of 1902, that the steam railway system of the coun try long since passed the point of youth ful growth and now Is subject only to the moderate enlargements of mature age. No one needs to be told that the period since 189t has been one of great prosperity for the railroads. The advance of earnings has been of remarkable extent, due not only to a greatly Increased business, but to gen erally higher rates. . The march upward from the state of business depression cul minating ln 1891 is shown graphically as follows: Fiscal year. 1902 .. 1901 . .. 1900 .. 1999 .. 1899 .. 1897 .. ' Operating Oross. exneneea. Net. $1.TM.30.27 H.11.24,74T 1R10,131.520 bb rn Ann IWV7 ftrA CIO 1rO " 1.688.U6.037 1,030,397,270 f8.1'8.77 1,487. 044.814 1.818.610,118 , l,247,ltJ5,,.,l 1.122.089.738 961,4Z8,lill ia).bl,ail3 856.968.909 456.641,119 817,973.276 . 4. 352,346 752.624.764 869,Mt.0n 772.989.044 877.180.332 1898 . 1,150,169,376 The Increase In gross over the whole pe riod Is about M per rent, while operating Increased only 44.6 per cent, leav ing for net earnings an Increase of no leas than about 82 per cent Nevertheless, little more than half of the total capital stock of the roads received any dividends. Of course the dividend show ing for the last fiscal year Is far better than It was, for example. In 1898, when 70 per cent of the stock went without divi dends; but that the roads of the country as a whole should bo unable, at the high tide of prosperity, and twenty years from the time most of them were constructed, to pay dividends, large or small, or more than 66.4 per cent of the capital stock, strikingly teaches how hard It is even for monopoly to exact returns upon the water In capital- it betna- Pretty well known that most of our railroads were built with money raised on bonds, the stock originally going as a bonus to projectors and Investors. With the close of the fiscal year 190Z tne roads neared the end of expansion ln net earnings at the recent rate. Expenses have since been rising faster than gross earn ings, and the net result for this fiscal year will show a very small Increase over the year before, at least as compared with the average addition made during the preced ing three or four years. From 1894 to 1902 the number or employes of steam roads Increased from 826,620 to 189.816. while thlr total compensation in creased from $468,824,531 to 1676,028,592 the In crease per employe being from about 1550 to $580, or a little over 5 per cent. Tne wage rate will prove to have been further ad vanced during the present fiscal year, so that it may be said that the railroads are now not 'only employing a much larger number of men, but are paying wages some 10 per cent higher than seven years ago. This Increase, however, Is far from equal ing the Increase of commodity' prices and the general cost of living. Another feature, to be noted in tne report of the commlslson la that the bonded debt of the roada continues to exceed the stock capital the latter amounting to $6,024,201,296, compared with $6,109,981,608 in Donas, ins difference ln favor of bonds Is not as large as It was ten years ago. but a reasonable conservatism ln finance dictates that It should not exist at all, but should give way to a decided preponderance of stocK over bonds of . contingent charges over nxea charges. Little . progress has ' thus been made In putting the larger pan or tne mileage securely beyond the reach of bank ruptcy. ' ' ' ' WAR LPON FOOD FRAUDS. The Substitute Cotree uerry wmcn Isn't Just as Good. '. Chicago Record-Herald. It Is better, to have the microscope re veal the blue clay In a "coffee berry than to await the tardy revelations of a dis ordered ' digestive apparatus. A mans stomach may stand the blue clay for yeara ithout serious protest, but the gastric Juices will not labor with It always. The process of waiting for an intestinal re bellion Is too slow for modern methods of warfare upon Impure food. 1 This Is the very sound and sensible posi tion taken by Secretary Wilson of the De partment of Agriculture. The microscope Is now playing such an Important part In exposing food frauds that the secretary has , finally eatablished a, microscopic laboratory where all varieties of Imported foods are examined before being submitted to the chemical division. The revelations already made under the new regulations adopted by congress are astonishing. Coffee berries, artistically shaped and browned, are found that con sist of chicory, starch and other Ingre dients, and when ground present the ap pearance and give off the aroma of coffee. The cocoa adulterations disclosed by the microscope are said to be even more re markable and more deceptive than the cor fee adulterations. By means of the photo-mlcroacoplc Camera for picturing adulterants and dis ease bacteria and the microtone for cutting articles of food into Infinitesimal pieces It Is possible now to detect almost any food sophistication that may be attempted. Judging by frequent -disclosures on the part of chemists, health bureaus and stats food InspectorsT Secretary Wilson has a great task before him, and It is gratifying to note the completeness of his prepara tions for the work. PERSON All NOTES. Alfonso Robles Freas has been commis sioned by the Chilean government to study electricity in the United States. Sir Thomas Lipton has spent about $2,000. 000 trying to win the America's' cup. If It were made of polonium this wouldn't be a bad Investment. A New York contemporary announces In "scare head lines" . that the "Emperor Breakfasts on the Kearsarge." It Is dread ful to think of the presence of a super- Imposed turret In the imperial stomach. William Darrach, who graduated from Tale In 1897, has Just been appointed one of the lecturing physicians at the P. and S. hospital In New Tork City. He Is the youngest man who ever held the position. William Lee, who held the office of mayor of St. Paul, Minn., during the first decade of its existence as a city, celebrated the golden anniversary of his wedding last week. Hs Is the oldest surviving executive of tbe capital city and Is still ln excellent health, although 84 years old. Commissioner of Patents Frederick I, Allen sailed July 1 for Europe to visit the patent offices of Germany, Great Britain and France. He will also take the opportunity to go to Switzerland and In spect the International Bureau for the Pro tection of Industrial Property, located at Berne. Elsie Ward, the young New York artist who recently won the $3,000 commission to make a drinking fountain for the St. Louis World's fair grounds, made her first models and mud plea from -water and clay on her father's Missouri farm. She waa born In Howard county and lived there till a few years ago. BITS OF WASHINGTON LITS). Minor Scenes and Incidents hetehes on the Snot, Officials of the Treasury and Postefflco departments have Intimated to their sub ordinates that they must choose between serving the government exclusively or get out of the service. While no formal order has been Issued, something of the kind Is looked for Just as soon aa a report Is had on the mining companies of which several government officials were promoters In the departments. Treasury officials express de cided objection to persona employed In the customs service engaging at the same time in some other business and Intend to break up this practice as far as possible, holding that It Is detrimental to the best Interests of the service. There are many occasions, officials point out, where the government needs the services of an employe ln the customs bureau outside of regular effle hours and If they are ongaed In cnalneas which Interferes with this tbe ment is the sufferer. For this and other reasons officials befieve that tbe best In terests of the publlo serrlee will bo eon served by employes not engaging In Other business. 1 The demoralisation among the employes of the Pootofflco department extends to other branches of tbe government. An of ficial of the patent office, who receives a salary of about $3,600 a year, told friend a few weeks aao that he had an oppor tunity to buy an automobile at a reasonable figure and that he had about made up his mind to close the deal. Recently the official was met by his friend, who Inquired about the auto. "I have decided not to buy," was the reply. "I feared that I might be subjected to crltlolsm If I sported an auto mobile, especially In view of the Investiga tion now going on ln the Postofflce depart ment." Secretary Shaw, who Is Just back at his desk from a round of visits to his old neighbors in Iowa, has good-naturedly tried to Impart some of the pleasantries of his trip to officials of his department who had to stay at home and work while he romped with the president. The secretary visited a college president, who Is also a "reverend," . and was Invited to stay for supper with the doctor and his family. A telephone had Just been added to the luxuries of the household and the aged preacher was at the moment somewhat wrought up in an effort to communicate with a nearby town. He had sat at tha telephone desk with the receiver to his ear, held In place by resting his elbow on the table, and ejaculating "Hello" with nearly every breath for something like fifteen minutes. In the meantime his wife had been urging hlra to leave the instru ment and come to the supper table. This he finally did. He sat down and tAa family composed Itself for the usual grace. The doctor rested his elbow on the table, placed his hand to. his head,, and, greatly to the surprise and horror of the family, he ejaculated ln a subdued tone, "Hello 1" They are laughing ln Washington over a rebuke that a sentry of one of the de partments administered recently to the Russian ambassador's coachman. The coachman. It appears, wished to drive his master's carriage along a road way that for some reason was barred. When the sentry refused to let the carriage pass the coachman remonstrated. "I drive," he said, "so Russian min ister." "I can't help it," returned the sentry. "Let me t'rough," persisted the coach man. "My master is te Count Cassini, se ambassador extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of se czar of all se Russlas." "Frenchy," said the sentry, "I wouldn't let you through even If .-your master waa a free born American citizen." A plan Is on foot to build another mam moth hotel tn Washington, the site men tioned being the one now occupied by the Ebbltt house, on the corner of F and Four teenth streets. Mr. C. C. Wlllard, the owner of the Ebbltt house building, who also owns the building occupied by tha Geological survey, adjoining the Ebbltt house, and several structures on the same block, proposes, with several local finan ciers, to erect the hotel on the site cov ered on the block facing F street, between Thirteenth and a Half and Fourteenth streets. The plans for the building are to make it one of the largest and most modern hotels In this country, but aa yet no definite plan as to the style, cost and other details has been arranged. As there Is a lease on the Ebbltt house, which has three years yet to run, definite plans may consequently be delayed, unless some arrangement can be made to void the unexpired lease. Consular Agent. H. O. Granger has sent to the State department from Qulbdo, Co lombia, the .following statement relative to the value of trade advertising In that country! American advertising matter Is received locally In abundance, and compares favor ably with European matters of the same class, use being made, i of Spanish or of English, with Spanish translations. Conse quently, there Is a marked Increase of Im portations from the United States, a num ber of merchants having transferred their general dealings there from Europe. Tba Increase is also due- to tbe production by our manufacturers of lines of cheap goods, that still' have more durability than the European goods that have held the market hitherto. Business would be further Increased If there were more prompt dispatch of orders and more care in packing for regions where there Is so much rehandling with suoh STORE OPEN ;; As ''Usual;.-; We adhere to our old time custom of closing "all day" July 4th from a purely patriotic motive that every American citizen should exercise upon that day. . What do you want for that day's outfit? Perhaps this list will help you: Feather weight Suits coat and pants 120 to ....$1000 Soft Cool Shirt 1.00 Flimsy Underwear, etc .' 50o Thin, Hosiery "fancy and plain" .... , ...25c Straw Hats, $1.00 to $5.00 Belts, 25c and better. Collars, Garters, Handkerchiefs Everything that a man needs' to make a hot day comfortable. NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS. BroWnir2- Kins .( R. S. Wlloox. Manaffsr. Ayers Hair Vigor Makes the hair grow because it is a hair-food. It feeds the hair and the hair grows, that's all there is to it. It stops falling of the hair, too. and re stores color to gray hair. V kV At J. C A TOt CO levell. Hats. poor facilities, It to also advisable for catalogues to state prices. In a region where the very quickest of mall service an tails a couple of months for an answer to a letter, a knowledge of prices often effects a sale." Tha pension ag-ency at New Tork City will disburse $100,000 In pensions on the Fourth of July, on which the quarterly pension payment day falls at a third of the pension ag-anclea of tho country. vThla amount will form part of a total of $12,185. 000 which will be disbursed by Uncle Sam for pensions on that, date, the secretary of the interior having made a requisition on the treasury for that amount. The amounts to other agencies where veterans, their de pendents and their survivors will be paid off are as follows: Buffalo. $1,660,000; Bos ton. $160,000; Chicas-o, $2,710,000; Philadelphia, $100,000; Pittsburg. $1.(76.000; Ban Francisco, $190,000; Washington, $226,000; Augusta, Me., $60,000; Columbus. O., $176,000; Concord, N. H., $700,000; Des Moines. Ia., $1.975, OnO; De troit, $100,000; Indianapolis. $100,000; Knox vllle. Tenn., $200,000; Louisville. $76,000; Mil waukee, $1,836,000, and Topeka, Kan., $175. 000. If the veterans do not celebrate the Fourth It won't be Uncle Sam's fault. pointed pleasakttr:!:s. Tou can t always Judge a man's pros perity from the fact that he smokes 25-cent clsars," saya the Manaunk Philosopher. "Maybe hla wife Is wearing her last year's hat.'1 Philadelphia Record. "Olbbsey Is dreadfully sensitive. Isn't he?" "Sensitive! I should say he Is! He's as sensitive as a Pennsylvania legislator." Cleveland Plain Dealer. 'So the poor fellow's dead?" .VYS"' n1 he lrrt a" hl" money to charltv. His funeral was very largely attended." "Ah. yea, he had lota of friends: I don't suppose he had any enemies at all." , 1. "' .yf?: a ,ew: ne several re latives." Kansas City Journal. He I know you won't like her, but von must certainly admit she's an up-to-date girl. She Not at all. She claims she's 20 years old. If she were really up-to-date she d acknowledge she's 30, at least. Phila delphia Press. She Tou're so bashful, Mr. Callow! r really believe that If you ever marry the lady will have to propose. He W-Well. but I might have-er-nerve enough to decline. Puck. "My darling! What delights you so? What Is It that fills your eyes with the glad light of happiness and" "O Theobald, Just think. Cook Is going to remain with us, after all! Mrs. tiood party, for whom ahe was going to work, dropped dead last night Oh, wasn't It just too sweet of her and, you know, I had al ways fancied she disliked me!" Town .Topics. Tainted The Salvation Army Is made up of cranks. "Yes. People with Brooklyn Life. halleluclnatlon." "I've been mailing you quite a lot of my writings from time to time," said the struggling author, "but It seems I never send you anything that's acceptable." "Oh, yes, you do." replied the editor, "the stamps are always acceptable." De troit Free Press. Gushlngton I wonder what's the matter with Starr, the tragedian; he never notices me any more. Crlttlck Didn't I hear you tell him his style was very much like Booth's? Gushlngton Yes, but surely Crlttlck That's where you made your mistake. You should have said Booth's style was like his. Philadelphia Ledger. PREPARING FOR THE DAY. Phllui .i.ila Catholic Standard. Been In town shoppln'. Now, I'm doo An' glad well, I should aayl Good thing we've only got the one , Great "Independence day." One's quite enough, 1 tell ye what, To do us fur a year, With all yer kids near gittln' shot Or blowln'- off yer ear. Well, here I am back home again. An here's my bundles, too: I tell ye what, It takes us men To do things through an' through.. . Old woman said she'd go with me. But I sex: "If ye plesse Not much! it takes a man, ye see. To git slch things as these. So here I've fetched the hull dern lot O' things fur Fourth-July; I bet thar wasn't much thet got A-past my eagle eye. Thar'a lint In this big bundle here. An' here's a coolln' salva. When boys has burned their nose or ear Them things Is good to have. The makln' of a frock's In there. An' here's a great big flag. An' In my pocket, stowed with care. The makln' of a Jag. Of course It takes a taste o' rye To celebrste the day; Seems like that's what the Fourth-July Wus made fur, anyway. Well, here they are, the hull blame lot; Now. won't them little Turks Eh! Gosh! Ef k ain't clean furgot The dash-dinged fireworks! FRIDAY NIGHT.
