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    tflTE OMAITA DAILY SATURDAY, JULY 25. 1003.
The Omaha Daily Bee
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, fs.:
Ueorge B. Tischuck, secretary of The Boo
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of June, 1903, was as follows:
1 30,WM 16
t 80,970
1 30,UffO
4 3W.MOO
1 8t,B10
8U.H30
7 27,M
1 3O,7V0
30,(110
10 3i,ouo
11 30,530
12 80,840
U 30,780
14 27.M10
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22....
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29....
..30,070
...30.W70
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...30,000
...HO.liMI
...;hi,030
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27 ai.uto
a H7,auo
22 ,..30,MO
&..... ao,;jo
If 30,770
Total ia,O50
Leas unsold and returned copies ,7aI
Net total sales wm,UU4
Net average sales 80,070
UEOHOE B. TZHCllUCiv,
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before mo this 3utli uay of June, A. D. 1903.
M. B. HUNUATIS,
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PARTIES LBAVlNCi FOH SLMMKR.
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the summer may bare The Bee
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office, in person or by mall.
The address will be changed
as often as desired.
Nebraska is enjoying weather that is
good, for man, beast and com. What
better could it want?
General Miles will have to take sev
eral more sixty-five-mile rides on horse
back to get in the same saddle class
with President Roosevelt.
If the Jacksonians and the County
Democracy really want to see which has
the biggest pull let them fix their an
nual picnics for the same date and
count the paid admissions at the gate.
The Platte river power canal has again
been surveyed and pronounced feasible
for the 'stcenth time. It certainly looks
beautiful on paper, but it would look
much more beautiful in actual operation.
In view of the fact that most of the
Imported Havana cigars are made in
Key West, no wonder that Penusyl
vanla cigar manufacturer thought he
was privileged to make Key West
cigars In Pennsylvania. '
The editors who visited Omaha for
their recent national convention show
by their papers that they bilve not and
cannot forget the warm reception ac-
corded them in this city. 'We do not
want them to forget It.
Japan does not like the way Russia
Is carrying on in Manchuria, but, unfor
tunately, it is In the position of the
New York public when Boss Tweed
asked, ''What aro you going to do about
It?" Japan does not know what to do
about it
William Alien White declares that
"what Kansas needs so bad that It is
Just naturally hurting for it, k for some
man to come along who Is not afraid to
raise hell." What Is the matter with
William Allen White? Has his cour
age left biin?
Public notice Is being served that the
entire Issue of first mortgage bonds se
cured by the Omaha electric lighting
plant and amounting to nearly $&j,000,
Is to be taken up at 5 per cent nre
mlum. This does not look as If the
franchlsed corporations of Omaha were
being taxed out of existence.
The Army of the Philippines is to
meet this year at St. Paul, and It Is al
ready announced that 5,(Hkj delegates
are expected to attend. The army met
at Council Bluffs last yeur and it) view
of the actual attendance ou that occa
sion we would udvlse the good people of
St. Paul to revise their expectations by
at least &0 per cent.
President Roosevelt is right in declar
ing that membership la a trades union
canuot be a necessary qualification, for
employment lu the government printing
office. As a rule, however, an offense
thut will justify expulsion from mem
bershlp in a trades union would also
vitiate any claim the expelled member
might have to government employment.
The chief consolation given the Real
Estate exchange tax cumutltteo when It
presented the case of Douglas county
for equalization of state tuxes was that
conditions would be better next year
when the new revenue law goes Into
effect. What the conditions will be
when 'the new revenue law goes Into
effect Is pretty hard to say, especially
when there is no certainty that the new
law may not ba bung op Indefinitely In
AXOTHfH IMViriRATMZ 8 V A lit.
Mr. Nnrgpnt, the commissioner gen
ernl of Immigration, appears to be
somewhat alarmed at the heavy immi
gration of the Inst fiscal year, which
exceeded that of any preceding yetir.
In bis opinion, as expressed in his an
nual report, such an Influx of aliens as
the Inst twelve months have witnessed
constitutes a peril to national interests
and thin view will doubtless have most
hearty Indorsement from . the eastern
opponents of immigration and. may be
expected to give fresh stimulus to the
d"niiind for additional restrictive legis
lation. It Is true that the number of aliens
who came to this country In the year
ending June 30 was very large, and It
Is also a fact thut a very considerable
number of tliem came from countries
whose emigrants are not of the more
desirable class, but it does not appear
thnt any of these people have become
n charge upon tho public or have failed
to find employment sufllcient to support
themselves. It may bo admitted that It
would be better for most of them and
better for the country if they distrib
uted themselves over a wider area, in
stead of going to the cities. There Is
ooni for them in the west and in the
south, where there Is not an excess of
lobor, but it large part of those who
come from Italy, Austria and Russia
cannot easily be induced to go into the
rural sections and take up the work to
be found there. This Is of course unfor
tunate In all respects, yet it does not
Justify the apprehension of injury to
national Interests which Mr. Sargent
professes to feel.
As the New York Tribune remarks,
the commissioner general of immigra
tion underrates the nation's capacity
for assimilation. "In a country so vast
as ours," soys that paper, "destined
within a century to sustain a popula
tion ten times greater than it has to
day, we need fear no serious overstock
ing of our almost Inexhaustible domain.
The alien raw material we admit may
be lu itself somewhat incongruous and
undesirable, but in our race amalgam
every European element can profitably
be utilized. The vicious, the depraved,
the degenerate, must be excluded. Our
present contract labor prohibitions must
be maintained. The anarchist and the
criminal must be detained and deported.
Our shores must not be made a dump
ing ground for the derelicts of Europe.
But we can still afford to hold the door
open to the Immigrant who honestly
casts his lot with ours and contributes
with his toll to the great, and as yet
only half finished, work of American
development" This is the enlightened
and practical view of the matter which
will be approved by all unprejudiced
persons. There Is room for all who
come to our shores and are admissible
under existing laws and It is a manifest
absurdity to say that such immigration
Is a peril to our national interests.
Those Interests have not suffered from
the many millions of Immigrants who
have come here in the past and there is
not the least probability that they will
suffer from those that come In future,
If the laws we already have'are falrh
fully executed.
A KATtUSSAL CVRUKKCY CUSVKNTIOS.
The suggestion comes from New York
for the calling of a representative con
vention to consider the currency ques
tlon and recommend a policy, to con
gress. It is urged that it should be a
national body lustead of being repre
sentative of purely local Interests by
which is meant presumably, the inter
ests of Wall street. A New York dis
patch says the feeling lg that In view
of the wide difference of opinion It Is
the opportunity and even the responsi
bility of those who throughout the coun
try have part in banking, finance and
commerce to get together through some
dignified and Impressive organization,
discuss, analyze and perfect a formula
that may be accepted as fairly repre
senting intelligent and experienced opin
ion throughout the United States.
There are more than three months yet
before the meeting of congress In ex
traordinary session, according to the
date announced, and It Is pointed out
that there Is abundant time in the mean
while for discussion and agreement, If
agreement be possible. If some step of
this kind be not taken, It is suggested,
and If the financial question be sub
mitted to congress In a general way by
the president, one or two courses will
be taken. Either congress Will pay
some perfunctory heed to the president's
recommendation and then permit the
matter to die of Inanition, or else there
j wl" be tn c0"188 BUch exhaustive,
even excited and prolonged, discussion
of our financial system as will be sure
to make of this question the vital one
In the next presidential canvass. ,
There Is no valid objection to a na
tional currency convention that would
be thoroughly representative In char
acter, but it is very doubtful If such
a convention would exert any Influence
upon congress. The currency question
has been pretty fully discussed by the
banking associations of the country and
also by representative commercial
bodies. It has bad the careful consid
eration of special monetary conferences,
composed of men prominent in banking
and Ij general busluess. It has been
freely nulked ubout In congress and by
the press. It Is therefore not easy to
see what new light could be shed upon
the subject by a national convention. It
Is altogether probable that there would
be found In such a convention the same
diversity of opinions as has been shown
In the various bodies that have already
discussed the currency problem with
very likely a failure to formulate any
plan, thus leaving the question in an
even more uucertaln condition than It
is at present.
The proposal of a national currency
convention will probably meet with no
opposition. While it Is not apparent
that any great amount of good would
would probably do no harm. The cur
rency question will be determined by
congress and that liody should be by
this time pretty thoroughly enlightened
regarding it.
XLBKASKA'S JAIL-BIRD FAMlSt.
In a report Just made to the State
Board of Charities and Corrections by
Its chief clerk, recently returned from a
tour of Inspection of the penal and re
formatory Institutions of Nebraska, the
following reference Is made to the Jails:
the Jails are practically empty. It Is
very hard to get even a verbal report from
the sheriffs. Many arrests are made, but
after a preliminary trial the accused is
dismissed without even serving a Jail sen
tence. Whether crime is on the decrease
or a laxness in law enforcement is Deing
practiced is a question It might be hard to
answer.
In the classic language of the librettist
of The Mikado, "here's a state of
things." Fertile Nebraska dotted all
over its rolling prairies with comfort
able, well-equipped Jails and no Jail
birds to occupy them. Here we have a
greut state which prides Itself on pro
ducing food for the world, with sheriffs
duly authorized to collect 45 cents a
day for feeding prisoners, and only a
handful of derelicts willing to submit
themselves to prison fare. Instead of
advertising for harvest hands as Kan
sas Is doing, Nebraska need only point
to its empty jails to show that there is
room here for all.
But seriously speaking, the mainte
nance of empty jails while by no means
the burden that full Jails would be, Is
still an unnecessary luxury which might
well be dispensed with. There is no
question but what Nebraska has twice
as many jails as it needs and that an
immense saving could be effected by
consolidating the penal institutions of
adjacent counties. If the Jails could be
maintained by the judicial districts in
stead of by each separate county in a
Judicial district the number of such in
stitutions could be reduced by at least
a half and the cost of taking care of
the criminals correspondingly dimin
ished. A merger of the jails on common
sense principles would be a most eco
nomic movement It would give facili
ties for safeguarding and caring for
prisoners better than can, now be done
in the small Isolated jails scattered
throughout the state and at the same
time would help along prison reforms
in line with most modern methods.
Nebraska's empty Jails are at once a
tribute to the law-abiding character of
Nebraska people and a standing evl
dence of unwarranted extravagance.
The World-Herald has started in to
boom the democratic state convention
to be held at Columbus next month, but
Is studiously silent about the grand
gathering of the other end of the reform
forces which is to take place at Grand
Island at the same time. Is thls'a will
ful plot to bull the democratic stock
market and bear down the populist se
curities by making a great show of dem
ocrats at Columbus' as compared with a
poor - turnout of populists at Grand
Island? The democratic claim for spoils,
if there ever should be any spoils to dl
vide, would find vigorous reinforce
ment In an exhibit that the democrats
had furnished all the recruits and am
munition for the fight But will the
populists stand for this kind of a game?
The populists In Nebraska have proved
themselves something in the way of hot-
air experts themselves.
The obsequies of Pope Leo with the
corpse exposed for days to the inspec
tion of an inquisitive, if not supersti
tious, public is another object lesson
plea for a reformation of our obselete
funeral customs. The question almost
asks Itself, What advantage is to be
gained by all this mummery that will
offset the obvious ill effects it must
have upon those who participate in it?
A state funeral simply emphasizes and
accentuates all the objectionable fea
tures of our barbarous private funerals.
The adage that when thieves fall out
honest men get their dues should have
counterpart that when boodlers fall
out the public is apt to get the truth,
The competition in progress between
the members of the Missouri legislative
boodle lobby to see which can expose
the other In the ugliest light is tearing
the curtain down that previously hid all
this crooked work. Missouri would be
entitled to sympathy from the other
states if the latter were not tarred more
or less with the same stick.
The local democratic machine will ap
point the delegates to the state demo
cratic and judicial conventions without
giving the rank and file of the party the
slightest chance to register their wishes
In the mutter. If the republican or
ganizutlon should attempt such a high
handed piece of business what a howl
would be emitted through the demo
cratic organs.
The Elks in their grand lodge have de
clared against the pernicious practice of
confetti throwing. Now if the Board of
Governors of Ak-Sar-Ben would elhnl
nute confetti from their coming street
fair they would be entitled to liberal
applause, to say nothing of the deep
felt thanks of street fair patrons.
Oue of the local companies of our Na
tlonal Guard Is preparing to present a
grand military production entitled "The
Defense of the Manila Water Works.
We would submit that they would put
up a much more taking show if they
called it "The Capture of the Manila
Brewery."
Tern pns Mataatur.
New York World.
A king of England welcomed In Ireland
and old Oeronlroo baptised as a Methodist
are good Illustrations of "Time works
changes."
Where taterpriae Sellers.
Brooklyn Eagle.
The "pictures" which were drawn of
Oreglla using the silver hammer to verify
ct that the use of the silver hammer was
spensed with. It Is not safe to presume
that what always has been always will be.
Imaalnntlnn an Kssentlal.
Washington Star.
Russia' determination to make, believe
that It dirs not know what Is in the Klshl
neff petition shows how much Imagination
It takes to be a diplomat.
- I'panoti and Insomnia. f
' Pittsburg Telegraph.
The Department of Agriculture advises
eating a pint of peanuts and taking a big
drink of water Just before going to bed
i remedy for insomnia. Some people,
however, prefer Insomnia to nightmare.
Opportunity for Students.
New York Tribifne'.
"There Is room at the top" In all profes
sions, but Fresldent Scott of the American
nstitute of Electrical Engineers believes
that In his the opportunity at that level is
exceptionally great. In spite of the large
asses now being graduated, there Is still
demand for thoroughly educated men.
Owing to its comparative youth, electricity
ffers many unsolved problems for the ris
ing generation to wrestle with.
Somebody Must Take It.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Some of the public men of the country
ffect indifference to the vice presidency, or
even contempt for it. This Is because they
are afraid their hopes for the higher place
might be blasted by the acknowledgment
that something a little lower Would be
good enough. There will be somebody to
take the second placo in either convention
next year. The country Is tiot going to be
In the undone condition of having no vice
president.
Currency and Congress.
Springfield Republican.
Secretary Shaw, in an Interview, Is made
to express great doubt whether any cur
rency legislation will be enacted at the
xtra session of congress In November.
Probably none will be, as the session can
ost but a month, to be followed by the
opening of the regular and long session.
Hut currency reform legislation, forced
upon the attention of congress at the extra
session, will at least be given a precedence
at the regular session which It might not
therwise obtain.
FOREIGNERS HOT ONLY OFFENDERS.
Native Born Cltlsens Culpably I na li
ferent, to Government.
Washington ' Post.
Mr. Frank Sargent, the commissioner
general of Immigration, tn discussing the
evils of admitting thousands of undesirable
Immigrants Into this country stated that
the chief sources of danger were their
illiteracy, Ignorance and indifference to
government." The" commissioner general
explained at Bome length that foreigners
coming here, particularly those from
southern Europe, are wholly Indifferent to
our form of government, have no concern
aa to the character of men selected to or
flee and do not appreciate the genius of
American institutions. He believes that the
very safety of the republic is threatened
by the injection of this large class of unde
sirables into our citizenship.
Admitting all that Mr. Sargent claims,
he is reminded that Ignorant immigrants
do not have a monopoly on the inainer-
ence to government"; in this country, 'ine
most threatening menace to the republic
todav. In our candid. Judgment, Is the In
difference to government that Is shown by
the great massif honest, intelligent, native-born
American cfciens la the cities ot
the country. It Is thlsindlfference to gov
ernment, lack of concern in the character
and personnel of fite, .healers, that has
made possible such-riot 6t boodle, extrava
gance and open robbery as has disgraced
the s-overnments of St. Louis, New xotk,
Philadelphia, Minneapolis and other Amer
ican cities. The honest, decent voters are
in the majority everywhere, and a little
awakening of public conscience ana civic
pride would fill the penitentiaries with the
eorrunt men who are noming omce mm
dictating policies of government in scores
of our best cities today. When the Amer-
lenn voters lose their Indifference to gov
ernment and become keenly active In the
administration of their municipal anairs
there will be no need to fear any danger
iK.t mnv pome from the "Indifference to
government" cf the Imported kind.
t'PWABD TENDENCY I BONDS.
Slanlficance of the !)"
Larger Per Cent of V'suiruci.
Washington Post.
Turf Investment and "620 per centers" do
not hse a monopoly on the desire to get
rich quick, which has apparently become a
mania that has captured the Investment
interests of the country, with results that
are causing some apprehension among me
holders of legitimate securities and among
municipalities that have legitimate securi
ties to offer on the world s money marneia.
There hus been no time In the history of
the country, with the exception of seasons
of general financial stress, when gilt-edged
bonds and debentures nave Deen in, sucn
noor demand on the market as at present,
Money seeking a long-time invemmeni in
substantial securities has always Deen gen
erously ample, as attested by the nistory o
municipal securities. Cities like umana,
Denver St. Paul and Indianapolis, on ac
count of the abundant supply of money
seeking conservative Investment, have been
able to reduce their bond Interest each year
until for several years past their debentures
have been In strong demand at Shi or 4 per
cent, where ten years ago only S and t per
cent bonds found ready buyers. But within
the last six months the money conditions
have so changed that even Chicago cannot
get a bid for 3V4 per cent bonds running for
fifty years. Chicago s credit is admitted to
be first-class In the world's bond market
and yet the fact remains that Its gilt-
edged debentures, offering attractive In
ducemente to permanent Investors, are beg.
ging on the market, with no takers. New
York Central SVia can be bought at par for
the first time in fifteen years, being lower
than they were even In the panic of ten
years ago, although the security behind
them was never so substantial as at pres
ent. The reports from the bond market
show that the entire list has gone off, with
out any reason for It, so far as the char.
acter of the sureties is concerned.
Financial experts seem to have no rea
sonable excuse for this peculiar and un
usual condition of affairs. It would appear
that the owners of money, who have here
tofore been satisfied with small Interest In
safest Investments, have suddenly decided
that they want larger returns and have
Imbibed some of the get-rich-qulck spirit
of the age. As a result cautious millions
have become bold and have made possibl
the floating of such concerns as the Ship
building trust, the Steel trust, the Copper
trust and other great combinations of cap
ital that have guaranteed higher Interest
and larger dividends than could be hoped
for In the Investments In long-time mu
nlclpal, state and Industrial bonds. Owners
of wealth have joined with those who work
for them or furnish them with supplies In
demanding larger and quicker returns on
their Investments. The condition Is an un.
usual one. and cities desiring to float bond
for public Improvements will probably be
compelled to raise the rate of Interest be
fore they can attract Investors, and the
bumble taxpayer will be, as usual, the vic
OTIir.R LANDS THAN OIRS. ' ,
The remorseless policy of absorption
lopted by Russia In Finland Is bearing
fruit In Bweden and Norway, where the
progress of events hss been watched with
indignation mingled with apprehension.
George Brandos, writing In the Aurore of
Paris, on the political situation In Bcandl-
avla, refers to the Improved relations be-
ween Sweden and Norway after an es
trangement that lasted for twenty years.
The cause of the change of feeling In the
two countries Is, he says, Russia's oppres
sion of the Finlandcrs. "It is necessary to
bear this fact In mind to realise the stu
pidity of the fratricidal quarrel. At last
the country understands that the real dan
ger threatening it comes from the east, and
that It Is tragic burlesque to leave the fron
tier towards Russia exposed while that be-
ween Sweden and Norway Is bristling wltn
cannon. The fate ol uniuiiu n
certed and .revolted public opinion in Scan
dinavia. The banishment of the best class
of Finlanders has shown that arbitrary
Russia does not recoil before anything."
A recent renort from Cairo Indicates that
11 the expected benefits from the great
dam at Assuan have been realised. All
the water stored during the winter in the
reservoir for summer consumption has now
been completely discharged. Notwunsia.m
Ing the extremely low level at Khartum
and Wady Haifa, the supply of water for
middle und lower Egypt has been woll
maintained, and the irrigation of the sum
mer crop In those districts ossureu.
- t haul Iln
largely increased area oi cf - -----
Irrigated. The converted basins of the As
suit and Minieh provinces have received
summer water for the nrt time, and a
large area of rice land, the Irrigation of
which was prohibited in former Vs when
water was low, ha. been watered. The ro
tations of crops have been grea Uy: modi
fied, and the prohibition against irrigating
land for sowing with maiie, Egypt s most
important food crop, has been removed at
an earlier date than was ever known be
fore. This is particularly fortunate In view
of the spread of the cattle plague. The re
linn obtained in this, the tirst ye ar of the
existence of the Assuan res.v., -
elal . . ... ..nendlture on the
to completely J"""''"". .7". , pnprai
work, and Mr. WebD, me u... -oTme
reservoir, and hi. -IS;
celving congratulations upon the. skill wltn
wtlch they managed the distribution of the
precious water.
An interesting official report has . Just
" . . . t. .i n,nh resard to the
been published in . tha
work. done by women in
number of hour, ot labor exacted .f then.
The inquiry wa. ma. h-i f
pedal inspectors now p- -- -.--
SW.OOO women over year.
work for nine Hours or
from nine to ten Hour, oui.ui
four. Roughly. 10.000 women have a work
ing day of more than ten hours Over W
per cent, therefore, work for ten hours or
fess. The conditions are most favorable to
Berlin and Charlottonburg. where 66 0O0
workwomen are employed for ten hour, and
7nno for more than ten nours,
,her'hand. in the district, of
vi . , ,! Olo
w.-vfrt.nn-the-Oder. vppei".
aringen, the average wonung u, ""
than ten hours; while at w"". "y
phalia, 7,300 women work for more than ten
hours, and only 900 under ten hours. About
212,000 women have a mmaay r.
lf to two hours. On the
Whole, the factory inspectors are Inclined
to recommend a maximum working day of
ten hours, though there Is considerable dif
ference of opinion as to the wisdom of
making it a matter of legal regumwo...
ti. matnrltv of reports are adverse to leg
ls'atlve interference with the midday rest
or with the hour of closing on Saturdays
r,,i afternoon, preceding nouuay.
i. n general feeling that a shorten-
ing of the hours or work ior women v,.
" - - 1 . . - i- - ji
Diobably lead to a corresponamu utu.
In the hours of male labor.
vf, ivmiam Pember Reeves, the agent
general for New Zealand in London, has
been making a careful enumeration of the
whlt nopulation of the chief uritisn coio
nles. Different authorities differ consider
ably as to the figures, chiefly because their
estimates are founded on the official re
turns of ten or a doaen years ago. jar.
Reeves says that his calculations are based
imon the latest and most trustworthy in
formation and that he believes his totals
to be very nearly correct. In the case of
Africa, south of the Zambesi, He round it
impossible to get exact figures, and he has
therefore made an estimate wnicn is proo-
bly a little less than the exact total.
Altogether he estimates the white popula
tion of the principal colonies at 11,075,000,
distributed as follows: Canada, 6,625,000;
Australia. 8.860.000; South Africa, 875,000,
and New Zealand, 815,000. It must be re
membered, of course, that these figures ex.
elude all aborigines and Asiatics. With re.
gard to the growth of the white population
in these colonies Mr. Reeves say. that It I.
Increasing at the rate of 20,000 a month.
One of the .erlou. matters which faces
the French government Is tho vast amount
of French capital which has left thatcoun
try In the last few years and continues to
do so. The last returns of the government
saving, bank, .how an excess of 82,000,000
francs In the withdrawals over the de
posits. Much of this has gone to England,
some to thi. country and a very consider
able part to German rentes. It I. this with
drawal of capital to which the foil tn
French rentes may be attributed, rather
than to the controversy between the church
and state, which has generally been re
garded as the cause. The causes of the
withdrawal of the capital are several. One
Important one Is the Impending Income tax.
The feeling is that If the socialists con
tinue to grow In power they will not be sat
isfied with the Income tax, but will denr and
further Imposts on the revenue from pri
vate Investments.
The Wounded and the Women,
Chicago Tribune.
'Besides, the Americans, when coming
upon any wounded tn battle, take good care
of them, while the rifles are made useless.
therefore, I repeat, we must endeavor to
save the arms rather than the men."
This 1. an excerpt from a letter written
en March . 1W0, by a Filipino insurgent.
acting under the Instructions of Agulnaldo,
to Ambroslo Monica, insurgent commander
in the Island of fceyte. It Is quoted because
it would be difficult to secure any more
authoritative account of the conduct of our
soldiers on the field of battle.
Here I. another excerpt from ths same
letter:
"You must select for mail carriers trust
worthy women, charging them to put or
hide the mall under their skirts, bearing in
mind that the Americans do not search
them."
Toward the wounded, therefore, and te-
ward the women the American soldier, were
credited by Filipino Insurgent, with a for
bearance and a courtesy which they evi
dently Intended to exploit to the utmost.
"Single men In barrack, don't grow into
plaster saints." but they sometimes do
things which will Justify the saints In In
terceding for them.
Another Onetal Outrage.
Detroit Free Press.
A clerk In tbe Kalamazoo pfxtoffiee was
dismissed for calling the management
"rotten." Here Is another chance for the
anti-Imperialists to view with alarm the
administration's encroachments on the right
TRItSONAL NOTES.
George Lincoln Burr, head of the depart
ment of mediaeval history at Cornell uni
versity, Is touring New England towns on
a bicycle for the purpose of studying early
American history.
rr. Barnetta A. Elsas of Charleston has
begun an examination of the state records
of SdAith Carolina with a vtew to studying
the part that the Hebrews took In the early i
history of that commonwealth.
Mrs. Margareta Danlelson of Cambridge,
Minn., is 1.12 years old. She Is the mothef
of two Swedish Baptist ministers and
ascribes her long life to her strict adher
ence to the tenets of the church.
Owing to hi. elevatlon'to the speakership,
Congressman Cannon expects to take a
little more active part In social doings of
Washington next winter. Ills house Is
presided over by his daughter, a Wellesley
collcgo graduate. '
Queen Wllhelmlna's pet amusement Is
taking photographs. She goes about on
foot, snapping a passing peasant, a group
of children coming from school or a bit of
scenery whenever an agreeable subject pre
sents itself.
Alvln Lassweil, aged 17. undoubtedly Is
the youngest railway general passenger
nd tlckst agent In the world. His home
la at Campbell, Mo., and he has complete
control of fifty miles of railway In Mis
souri and Arkansas.
William T. Richards, the celebrated ma
rine artist, will erect a unique summer res
idence on a small Island off Newport. The
rocks and deep foundation will be blown out
and the entrance to the place will be from
underneath the building.
Herr Macco, a member of the Prussian
Diet, accompanied by two mining engineers,
is enroute to the United States to study the
Iron Industry. They will give special at
tention to the ore deposits in the lake re
gion and to mining methods.
Mme. Ri Jane, the French actress, who ha
Just finished an engagement In London, enr-
ries with her wherever she goes a pair of
carriage mules presented to her by the
King of Portugal. The animals are of pure
Andaluslan breed and stand nearly fifteen
nands high.
William Lee, who held the office of mayor
of St. Paul, Minn., during the first decade
ot its existence as a city, celebrated the
golden anniversary of his wedding lost
week. He Is the oldest surviving executive
of St. Paul and is still In excellent health,
although 84 years old.
James Carlisle, uncle of John G. Carlisle.
formerly secretary of the treasury, is one
of the most noted fiddlers in Kentucky.
The old gentleman refuse, to be considered
a violinist. "I am Just an old fashioned
fiddler," he says, "one of the many In this
good old state." He has won prizes Innu
merable at contests, and it is generally con
ceded that when he plays 'Money Musk"
only a very deaf man's toe can keep still.
. An item of news which deeply Interests
society In Porta for the moment is the an
nouncement that Mile. Lucie Faure, the
daughter of the ex-president, has become
engaged to M. George Goyau. The wedding
will be essentially one of letters, as both
Mile. Faure and her fiance have an estab
lished position among the writers of the
day. M. Goyau Is described as a man of
small stature and nervous temperament,
which finds strong vent In his polemical
writings. A brilliant student In the school,
he subsequently became the disciple and
collaborator of Brunetiere on the "Revue
des Deux Mondes." He Is a deep student
of contemporary movements and tendencies
in religion and politics.
y TWO EXTREMES OF LABOR.
Conservative Unionism and tbe Other
Kind Contrasted,
- - Minneapolis Tribune."
One of tbe important events of this week
of stock market liquidation and fall of
prices In New York has been the settle-
ment of the building trades strike. More
than 80,000 skilled mechanics went to work
in a single day, after signing a permanent
arbitration agreement with the employers'
association, and other local unions are
coming into the settlement.
There Is no visible connection, of course,
between this return to reason of both sides
in a prolonged and severe labor dispute
and the spirit of caution and conservatism
that has been growing In every kind of
business Blnce the Wall street decline be
gan. Legitimate business, It has been sold.
Is not affected by the enormous decline In
securities. It is affected In the way we
have mentioned. It Is led to take precau
tions against 'possible disturbance of Its
own conditions by the speculative con
tagion. One of the wisest precautions is to put an
end to needless labor disputes that paralyze
production and suspend earning power. It
would he rather strange If the intelligent
men in the skilled trades affected by this
building strike had not been Influenced by
the same consideration to hasten a settle
ment of all differences.
Simultaneously came word from Chicago
that the newest program of the large
anarchist element there 1b to gain control
J of the labor unions and carry on Its war
against society by precipitating a series of
unnecessary and destructive strikes. This
statement comes from the chief of police,
who obtained the Information, It is said,
through the secret service at his command.
True or not. It serves to illustrate the
other extreme of labor union spirit and to
put the conservative foresight of the New
York worklngman In clearer light. Labor
organisation as a healthy conservative
force takes warning by stock market storm
signals und helps capital to take in sail,
while the destructive forces that masquer
ade in its name conspire to blow up the
whole Industrial fabric with the dynamite
of anarchy.
Bargain Suits.
and they are bargain suits of the honest kind no
humbug as you will discover if you care to take
the trouble to look at our windows and step Inside.
There you will find $25.00 suits for $15.00 $20.00
suits for $15.00 and $12.50 $15.00 suits for $10.00
$10.00 suit's for $7.50 extra trousers at $3.50
that were $5.00. We only wish you would examine
them if you know something of styles and values.
NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE QUR3.
i
A FEW HEAL PANAMA HATS Sam pies from an im
porter, at $6.25 real value $12.50 and $15.00.
R. S. Wilcox, Manager.
CLOSE SATURDAY AT 0 P. M.
WE
DR. HILL'S DIAGNOSIS.
Words of neitssuranee fresa the Great
Rullrend Mngnat.
New' York Independent.
Strong words ot reassurance are wafted
from out the great west eastward from
off' the lips of the president of the Ureu
I Northern railroad. The wrt, he says, Is
1111 rlght-lsn't bothering Its head about
stock market fluctuations. And as to the
northwest why,- that doesn't feel any of
the tremors of Wall street! 'From St.
Paul clear through to the Pacific co.ist our
people," says President Hill, "nre engaged
tn producing foodstuffs, In lumbering and
mining. In developing the great nutursl
resources of the country. Therefore they
nre prosperous, and I see. no re;t.on to
believe that this prosperity will not con
tinue." A people as busy aa that, and prospering
continuously, hss no time to answer the
question "What Is the matter with Wall
street?" Is too busy to listen to It, never
thought of asking It Still, their dis
tinguished spokesman has pondered the
matter somewhat and has made this dis
coverydiffering very considerably from
that of Mr. Morgan:
"The eastern market Is, as everybody
kno'n, In a disturbed condition. Industrial
bU.ck: have been thrown upon the market
In enormous quantities and the public has
stopped buying. The trouble has been
ascribed to undigested securities, but per.
haps we would better call them Indigestible
securities."
"Indigestible?" The Morgan diagnosis
Implied that, with more careful attention
to the diet and with the exercise of some
patience, the market would eventually
digest all that it had taken into Its stomach.
Dr. Hill declares very plainly that this
"overload" can't be digested at all. It
will have to be gotten rid of In some other
'ay, presumably Just how the Great
Northern physician doesn't explain. lie
might have gone into details a little more,
lie might have noted, for Instance, that
not only hnd "industrials" been thrown on
the market and that the public had stopped
buying, but that more than two months'
ago the public began to "soil short." The
throwing overboard process would hardly
account for a reputable railroad stock
like St. Paul sagging down about twenty
five points In a third as many weeks.
But, as we remarked at the outset, this
Hill message Is comforting, encouraging,
reassuring. The great west Isn't worrying.
As long as the westerners don't own any
"Paul" on margin It can go down Into the
Ice neighborhood or straight to the devil
they don't care. And, really and seriously,
a busy, prosperous people needn't be con
cerned much about such things: They
mean vastly less than they once did to the
country at large. ..!
JIST IN JKST.
St. Peter And this, you see, Is the Judg
ment Book.
Spirit Did Carnegie present this, ' too?
Harper's Bazar.
Picture Dealer The artist died before ha
was 30.
Mrs. Greenback-Why. I thought you said
he was an 'old master.' "Chicago. Dally
uprigh'llfe." hat poUcman loadin an
"It's encouraging to think there are such
men on the force."
J'J- .ie BleePS so much on his feet that
It doesn t seem us if he could possibly want
Herafd dW" t0 t-"ch"!B0 Becord-
orMThakedrlJ?hlCh"'OU pre Sickens
Miss Green-I really couldn't say; I never
EveningBuUeUn? entlem6"-I'"adelphia
.JlA,)idIl50,T'" 118,16,1 the Jersey Skeetor, "Is
ariesfcn'wenr? tUng W,th that
"O. K" said the
superintendent of
mosquito operations.
sjiulto operations. "T,he boys have been
IMUK Into' that dufe'' skull! foT?hili7n
wri and JJavo fc'most. .truck . water.'!
an i ii
hour
Baltimore News.
IJfo-I'd like to meet Miss Bond.
She Why?
"I hear she has thirty thousand a year
and no incumbrance.", , ' .
"Is she looking for one?" Life.
Mother (to new nursemaid) If you can't
keep the children quiet send them up to me
for a while and I will sing to them.
Nurse Oh, that won't do any good. I've
threatened them with that twice already.
San Francisco Wasp.
"Say, old man, let's go out' and have a
big time tonight."
"What are you celebrating?"
'I've Just thought of a new excuse to
mention to my wife." Harper'. Bazar.
Successful.
Her aim was never very good.
Yet well It played its part;
She threw herself at Cholly s head
And hit the fellow's heart.
Smart Set
BREAKING THE ICK.
Washington Star.
We had some offish neighbors once that
moved in down the npad;
We reckoned they was 'Bout the proudest
folks we'd ever knowd,
An' when we passed 'em now an' then we
held our heads up high '
To make dead sure they couldn't snub us
If they was to try. . .
It really made me nervous, so I Jes braced
up one day
An' thought I'd go ahead an' show my
manners, anyway.
On Sunday, 'stld o' turnln' round an' gntin'
at the view,
I looked at them an' says. "Hello,'" An
they says, "Howdy do!"
It wa'n't the cold an' formal greetln' that
vou've sometimes heard
They smiled an' said it hearty, like they
meant it, every word.
It's solemn to reflect on whut we miss
along life's way
By not Jes' heln' natural an' good-humored
dny by day.
There's lots o' folks who fling the simple
Joys of life aside
Because tliey dn-inl the shadow of their
own unconscious pride,
And nine times out o ten you'll find the
rule works right an' true
Jes' tell thi world "Hello!" an' It'll answer
"Howdy do!"
tba courts,
Jresult rou) It, on the other hand It
Xthe decease of Leo were Impaired, by tn
tim of the get-rlch-quick mania.
of free speech.