Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, July 29, 1903, Page 6, Image 6
ft TITE OMAHA DAILY BEEt "VTEDNE3D AT JTJLT 20. 1003. Tiie Omaha Daily Bee E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR. rUBLISHED EVERY MORNINO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Pally Re (wlth&ut Sunday), One Year..$4.00 Kally liee and Sunday, One Year Illustrated llw, One Year " Sunday Uee, One Year Hnt irday IJee. One Year Twentieth Century Farmer. One Year., l.w DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Daily Bee (without Sunday), per copy.... Jo Dnl y Bee (without Sunday), per weeic..l-c Dally Bee (Including Sunday), per weea..iio Sunday Bee, per ropy V ! F.venlng Bee (without Sunday), per wee to Evening Bee (Including Sunday), P" wr-ek , - ' ComplaVntV'of ' Irregu'lsrllics m delivery should be addressed to City Circulation Uy partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee BuHdtng. Rnuth Omaha-City Hall Building. Twenty-fifth and M Street. Council Bluff 10 Pearl Street Chicago 1640 Unity Building. New York 2328 Park Row Building. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Commtinlratlona relatlne to news and edi torial matter should be addressed; Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Omaha Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company, Only 2-rent stamp accepted In payment of mall accounts, t'ersnnal checks, except on Omnha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. Tills BEIfl PUBLISHING wat'Ani. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION., State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.: George B. Txschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, ay that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Pally Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of June, 1903, was a follows 1.. 8o,flao 1. .81,1X0 .80,070 .80,070 .80,010 .80,080 I. ,, OUIV 17.. 18.. 18.. t 8O.0AO 4 BO,e)M t 80,810 I. SO,8U T 27,tHM 1 80.T20 t IMMllO 10 81,000 11.... 80,030 12... 80,40 il 80.730 It 37.M1U 16 ao,7io 10.. Jl 2T.T0O 22 iSO.tWO n 80,000 u". ao.oso a 3,ao 2 81.310 J7 31,810 28 27,200 2 SO.ttOO 0 8O.030 Total t 8ia,080 Less unsold and returned copies 0.7MQ Net total aaJea o24 Net average sales 80,070 QEOKOM B. TZSCHUCK, Subscribed In my presence and sworn to lie I ore me this 80th oay of June, A. D. 13"4. M. U. HUNGATE, (Seal) Notary Public PARTIES LEAVING FOB ll'MHER, Parties leaving the city for the maacr bit btrt The) Be sent to them regalarly by otlfylaaT The Bee Besiaes ffloe, tm person or by mall. The address will be cheesed mm eftea a desired. The summer vacation habit threatens to become both contagious and epidemic. Time for guessing on the value of the Omaha water works plant seems to have been Indefinitely extended. Knowing every one expects warm weather in midsummer, the weather man is determined to disappoint no one. The fact that the conclave of cardinals inaugurates its ' session on Friday re futes tho impression that churchmen are superstitious. ; "; . . President Tarry of tho National Man ufacturers' association must be groom ing himself for the succession to Presi dent Baer of the coal combine. Speculators on the Board of Trade will burn up the corn crop several times during the next few weeks without waiting for the aid or consent of tho thermometer. Nearly every eligible Nebraska town has entered the competition for the normal school location. No live Ne braska burg ever missed an opportunity for free advertising. No cardinal Is barred from entering the lists In the competition for the papal robes. Perhaps that is why so much baste is manifested to start the voting before too many entries are recorded. The city hall is to have a new copper roof. While the workmen are engaged at the Job the glastlcutuses, which sur vey the city , fathers from on high, should be Inoculated against hydro phobia. gsssr i The district court of Lancaster county has come to the rescue of the trading tamp, with a decision affirming its legality. The decision, however, is a trifle late, as tho trading stamp busi ness petered out some time ago. One of the spokesmen for the antis writing in the Lincoln Journal declares that "If Rosewater persists in his old tactics Judge Sullivan will carry this county by a large majority." Are the antis getting ready to bolt again this fall? Our supreme court has held that under the Nebraska constitution the erection of a normal training school Is not a work of Internal improvement. The normal school Is -expected to put on a few frills ou the outside as well as on the inside. , Reliance will defend the cup in the romlug International races,' having dem onstrated its superiority to all the other yachts that have heretofore upheld the name and fame of Aiuerlcu. Shamrock III will have to step lively to get even a show for its money. The Joint committee of the various Improvement clubs contemplating amal gamation has agreed upon a plat of co-operative action. The purpose of the Improvement clubs Is to get every thing in sight and they figure correctly that If they .get together they wQI get there easier. 1 The printer evbo hus the publication of the bouse aud eeuate Journals Is re minded that some of tho we tubers o the late Nebraska legislature may be ambitious to run for office again this full, In which event some of their friends might like to consult the printed record for endorsement for theia, .CCflTYOF MHCAHTILK CFKDIT. Discussing the situs Mob created . by condition - in Wall -street,, which are naturally commanding the earnest at tention of the country, the United Stntes Investor, proverbially conserva tive in Its opinions, thinks it Is quite within the limits of reason to suppose that there Is no ground for any real shock to mercantile credit It snys that the credit of certain admittedly over capitalized and.nilsmannged enterprises mny suffer materially, but there Is no reason to stipposrt that the average busi ness man has been overextendlng him self in an essential manner. "Every body who has been doing business has had to have larger credit 'than for merly," observes that journal, "on ac count of higher commodity prices, but a readjustment In this particular is as likely to come . about gradually . and easily as to be effected by the opposite method, provided the' banks use discre tion and give the general mercantile community preference over railroads that want money for purposes that can be deferred and over industrial com bines that want it for the purpose of pulling themselves but of culpable sit uations." The InvestosA suggests that if the banks' concentrate their energy on taking care of the great bulk of merchants and manufacturers, who have been conducting their affairs with a fair degree of conservatism, leaving the inflationists to work out their own salvation, "there ought to be a guar antee of a continued, though possibly temporarily modified, Industrial pros perity for this country." " There irana to be no reason to doubt that. so far as the legitimate and con servatively conducted business interests of the country are concerned they are in no present danger from what -has taken place in Wall street All the Indications are that mercantile credit has not been overstrained, that with respect to this credit the banks have been pursuing a careful policy, possibly compelled thereto by the excessive con sideration shown to the overcapitalized combinations and the stock speculators. Legitimate business could not afford to compete for money with the combina tions and the speculators and conse quently there has not been generally on excessive extension of mercantile credit It is very fortunate for the country that this la the case, for other wise it would hardly be possible to es cape a widespread and disastrous panic. The moderation that has been exercised in regard to mercantile credits is un doubtedly the saving fact In the situ ation, upon which it appears safe to base the opinion, very generally held, that the great decline in stock values will not result in any serious detriment to the business of the country or any actual impairment of those . interests upon wlucu the national prosperity rests. . , The consensus of opinion among those who give Intelligent thought to- the sit uation is that there Is no present dan ger to the legitimate business interests of .the country and wo think no one can have any doubt respecting Uila who will duly consider the fncts that 'make for a continuance of business activity and prosperity. They are all . of a nature to Justify confidence. ' DAMAGE D1TS AQAISST TBS C1TT. Over in Chicago the Civic federa tion Is endeavoring to institute a reform in the matter of suits for damages for personal injury brought against the city. Investigation has disclosed that nearly 3,000 of these damage suits are now pending in the courts and that the amount of personal Judgments against the city of Chicago aggregates some $4,000,000, drawing interest at 0 and 0 per cent. The most alarming feature of the situation is that during the past five years thcro has been an increase of more than 100 per cent in the num ber of these actions. The remedy sug gested by the Civic federation is a legis lative enactment limiting the time In which damage claims may be filed and requiring that in cases of injury from defective sidewalks the claimant must make and file a detailed statement within thirty days of the accident' At present suits are instituted In Chicago any time within two years after the accident which forms tho ground for the action, and the city authorities then practically have no opportunity to se cure evidence for a defense or to dis tinguish between genuine and fraudu lent claims. The question of personal damage suits Is apt to be serious for every large city. Fortunately for Omaha ft already has the protection of a legislative enact ment similar to that ' proposed by the Chicago Civic federation. The clause In the Omaha charter which relates o personal injury suits is as follows: No city shall be liable for damages aris ing from defective streets, alleys, side walks, publlo parks, or other public places within said city, unless actual -' notice In writing of the accident, or . Injury com plained of, with a statement of the nature and extent thereof, and of the time when, and place where the .same, occurred, shall be proved to have been gtveu to the mayor or city clerk within twenty days after the occurrence of such accident or Injury. And It Is hereby made the duty .of tb city clerk to keep a record-of such notice, show ing time when, and by whom,, such notice was given, and, describing the defect com plained of; to at once file such notice and report the same to the city council at lie next meeting, and - any person, or per sons, claiming to have been injured by the cause herein Indicated, shall at any time after giving notice contemplated be sub ject to a personal examination by the city physician end euch other physicians as the city attorney, may Indicate, or by either thereof, for the purpose of determining the character' and extent of the Injuries com plained of; a failure or refusal to submit to such an examination shall prohibit the maintaining of such action against the city, or recovery of any damages there from. .Where the city bas been really culpa bly negligent and .o Injury thus In flicted on person or property, It ought. In Justice, to .make good the damage. Omaha has been especially fortunate a the matter of damage suits, not aJone because of the. protection afforded by the statute quoted, but because under the administration of former City At torney Connell, extending over nearly twelve years, an energetic and effective defense was put in against all suits of questionable nature or claiming exces sive damages. Ordinarily the popular prejudice Is against the municipal cor poration and in favor of the claimant for damages, so that the result depends almost entirely upon the character of the defense made for the city and the ability of the city attorney. The best that can be hoped is that Omaha will fare In this respect as well in the Im mediate future as It has In the past RUSSIA'S rRSPARATIQXS. A dispatch from the Chinese capital Mates that Russia has stopped the ex port of wheat from Manchuria to Japan and that she is rapidly colonizing the Chinese province, preparatory to ths possible necessity of having to defend It against an attack from Japan. Ho far as the stoppage of the export of wheat is concerned, assuming the report to be correct It Is not a matter of very vital importance to Japan. That country can get all khe wheat It may require, though at perhaps a somewhat greater cost than if Imported from Manchuria. Tho real significance of the matter la in the supposition that the action of Russia means that anticipating war that power is making provision for such an event by keeping under its own control all the wheat production of Manchuria. Respecting the other matter of coloni zation, it is even more significant Tho statement is made that before the ap pointed time of evacuation next fall Russia will have about 100,000 of its people In Manchuria and It Is qulto probable that it will have even more than this number. Russians are pour ing Into Manchuria as rapidly as It Is possible to get them there. An Ameri can recently returned from the Orient says that it may be true that Russia is going to withdraw her garrisons from Manchuria next full, according to her agreement, but she is sending her peo ple overland by the thousand to settlo on the land and make their homes on It along the line of the TTsnsslbcrlnn railroad. He saw dally trafnlonds of immigrants into Manchuria and there in no doubt that by the time set by Russia for withdrawing its military forces from that province there will be occupying the tejjritory such a Russian population, all of it ready for military service If necessary, as will render Russian occu pation absolutely secure. This preparation on the part of the Russian government shows a practical sagacity of the highest order. It is not to be donbted that the people whom that government Is sending Into Man churia are to be relied upon to defend Russian authority there to the last ex tremity. It is entirely probable that they ne, selected with, this In view and that ample provision Is being, made to pse tlum as n military force should cir cumstances require this to be done. Un doubtedly a very large inojorlty of them are fully acquainted with military requirements and are amply equipped for any emergency. Assuming the Hus sion population of Manchuria to be 100, OJO within the next six months and it is likely to be even more than this-it will afford at least half that number of fighting men to defend that province against Japanese invasion. With such a force Manchuria would be pretty safe until Russia could pour in there an army sufficient to probably make its hold secure. It thus appears that Russian policy is guided by the ut most shrewdness, that that power is losing no opportunity to make safe its foothold in Manchuria, and if It shall succeed in firmly establishing itself there it may throw to the winds all the assurances and promises it has made and close the doors to the commerce of the world. It seems safe to say that Japan alone cannot prevent this. Iowa's State Board of . Equalization finds Its sessions more protracted than usual this year on account of the in creased work devolving upon it by be ing charged with the assessment of all the telephone lines in the state. Unlike the Nebraska board, the Iowa board pro ceeds on the theory that It is its duty to value in detail all the constituent ele ments of the corporate property subject to its Jurisdiction, whereas in this state the figures furnished by the corpora tions have been regularly accepted with out question or checking. There is com plaint now in Iowa about alleged lax- ness of - assessment methods, but tho complaints would certainly be multi plied many times if the still laxer methods of Nebraska prevailed over there For some reason or other the courts, and more particularly the federal courts, take the position whenever a tax levy is questioned that the tax should be knocked out on general prin ciples, unless the authorities uhow it to have been legally imposed at every stage. In other words, the burden of proof is put on the city or county, as the case may be, instead of on the tax shirkers. It would not bo a bad Idea for the courts to consider the injustice done to other taxpayers upon whom the shifted burden is louded, as well as the grievances of the complaining property owners, who think their property over valued, or who hide behind the tech idealities of defective notices. Governor Uerreld of South Dakota while in Washington insisted that the people of his state were too busy to talk politics, but be still found time to an nounce that the republicans there are unanimously in favor of the nomination of President Roosevelt This would l a safe statement coming from the gov ernor of any of . the transmlsiilsslppl states traversfd by the president during his recent western tour. The president will have solid delegations In the nex republican national nominating conven Uon from every state in the central and far west It is asserted that fifty reformers have responded to the summons to meet at Denver to devise ways and means of consolidating popullstic elements Into a new party, but only about a dozen names are mentioned in the account of tho proceedings. The attendance fig- res have apparently been made up on the assumption that each of the great reform leaders speaks for at least four. Colonel Bryan seems to have for gotten to send a letter of greeting and advice to the congregation of former fol lowers assembled in Denver to revivify the so-called reform forces. In former years no bunch of reformers could meet nywhere without having word from Mr. Bryan, encouraging them In their efforts to down the money power and head off the demon of imperialism. Oee Ise .tor Had lam. Chicago News. I As radium is worth about 170,030 an ounce might be well to coin a few ounces as convenient small oliango for billionaire trust promoters. Lee's Literary Efforts. ' Washington Post. Speaking of profitable literature, former Lieutenant Governor Lee, of Missouri, wrote one letter for $10,000 and got It Then the lobby agent squealed on him. King si a Mixer. Pittsburg Dispatch. Should King Edward ever be unfortu nate enough to lose his present job there little doubt that he could in time car petbag his way Into our congress. As a Ixer he appears to be the correct thing. Bryan's Busy Season. Chicago Chronicle. Colonel Bryan's Job of reading people out of the party becomes more and more on erous. The colonel will presently realise that the heretics are more numerous than the faithful and Issue an omnibus bull of excommunication. No Quarter for Larrleisaess. Philadelphia Record. This country Is not going to submit to mob violence, whether the outgrowth of strikes or of race disturbances. It Is going to by maintain order and suppress violence force. The authority of the atate and the nation will be sustained. Why Keane Groans. Chicago Record-Herald. James It. Keene says he- lost "only 600,000" ' through the New York failure. He doesn't care for the money. It's a mere bagatelle. But he confesses that he Is hu miliated. It makes him ashamed of him self to think It wasn't squeeied out of the little fellows. Poor Keene I W can all appreciate his feelings. Carse of the Cotton Corner. New York Tribune. Owner ef British cotton mills are dis turbed and anxious because American spec ulators have foroed the prices of cotton to skyscraplng figures. The English manufac turer are curtailing operations. They can not afford In existing conditions to pay the price which' are now exacted for the Southern staple;- The matter has been un der discussion Kin" Parliament and the ten dency abroad H to develop new sources of supply as far -as .possible. The cotton cor ner is dolsg ;. -great .deal of harm. . Same Old Trick. New York World. The bituminous coal operators at the west have decided to add 60 cents a ton to the price of coal , to consumers to cover the small Increase, of wages granted by them to the miners.. This Is the same old trick that was played by the anthracite coal operators In 1900, when, to cover a 10 per cent advance In. wages, they added EO cents ton to the retail price and thus netted a clear proflf of about 38 cents per ton. But was It not Mr. Mitchell who suggested that the anthracite operators might well give an advance In wages because "the public would stand It?" What Colombia Ha te Learaw Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune. The principal thing Colombia does not know, but which she will be taught. Is that Uncle Bam Is the very poorest sort of subject for blackmailing purposes. He Is rich and he la generous. He knows the value of a canal across the isthmus, and he appreciate the financial difficulties of the little and. revolutionary republic. But he also knows his own business, and while he has money he holds It In trust for hi own people, and not for peoples who are Impecunious because of their own fault and their Inability to appreclatevand utilise the resources of their country. For that class of people he has little use. He will pay that which he has agreed to pay, and pay promptly and willingly but he will not submit to blackmail. THE VICE PRESIDENCY. Senator Piatt's Suggestion an the Part ef Wisdom. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Two things In connection with Senator Piatt's suggestion of Senator Aldrlch for the second place on the Roosevelt ticket should be noted. First, the nomination for vice president on the republican side will come to the west. Secondly, the as sertion mad by some of the papers Is untrue whlqh says that Piatt was tho cause of Roosevelt's nomination In 1900, and that, therefore, his mention of Aldrlch Is doubly deserving of attention. Aldrlch Is an excellent man. He Is by far the most powerful member of the senate. But Rhode Island 1 not a pivotal state, and It will not furnish either end of a republican pres idential ticket the days. It was the west and not the New York senator that started the boom which gave Roosevelt the nomination for vice president In 1900. Roosevelt bad always been espe cially popular In the-west. It thinks him more of a western man than It doe an easterner. He 1 never considered a New Yorker. Still. In the allotment of place on the national ticket of 1904 he will "be credited to the east and the other place on the ticket will come to the reglqn on the Alleghanles' sunset side. Possibly It will come to the transmlsslsslppl region. This Is the part of the country which Is meant these days when the term the west la mentioned. It is, also, the part of the country In which Roosevelt s strength is greatest, and It is the part of the west with which he Is best acquainted. The Piatt suggestion about Aldrlch, there fore, will not "go." Tb New York sen ator 1 a shrewd and consistent republican. He Is for the ticket at all time and under all circumstances. But this aspirant will have no chance In the convention of 1104. Probably he would not accept the candi dacy even if It were offered to him. This much la fixed, however. The second place on the republican ticket will come to the wet. Several states Ohio, Illinois, Ml. sourt Indiana, Minnesota. California and others have been mentioned In connection with the nomination. Probably some of thee will get It In any ease, the candl dacy belongs to the west la the coming canvass. PKltSOJAL AMI) GF.HF.RAL. Prof. W. N. Ferrin has been elected pres ident of the Peciflo University at Furost Grove, Ore. 1 C. W. Harrington, a Brooklyn engineer, has presented two blue crsnes of a rare variety and an alligator to Prospect psrk. Dr. Irving King of Richmond. Ind., hns been elected to the chair of psychology nnd history of education In Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. ' John Prlsben Walker, editor of the "Cosmopolitan," has bought Berkeley Lake and 10O acre surrounding It, In Colorado, and will Improve the property. Virginia negroes are trying to raise ISO.nno, with which to pay for the services of John S. Wise and John O. Carlisle In their con test over the validity of the sufTrage sec tions of the new Virginia constitution. A naturalised cltisen living In Seattle, who states that he la a son of Frederick VII of Denmark, and that Ms proper name Is Karl Christian Frederick Vnscen Tur densjult. has petitioned the superior court to change bis name to John Andersen. Thomas A. Edison Is a bitter enemy of cigarettes. One morning he found a pack age outside of his office and posted the following sign: "A degenerate who is ret rogadlng toward the lower animal lire has lost hi packet The same can be bad by pplylng to the storekeeper. Phlneas d. Wright of Putnam, Conn- one of the wealthiest resident of that town, la now preparing his own tomb. He drew plan for It and Is seeing that his con tractor Is carrying them out. Me uoru In 1829 In New Hampshire, and bqast that his first dollar was mad carrying the bod. Durinf last week's slump In stocks on Wall street an operator long of Steel when that security wa sagging turned to James Keene, who was closely watching tne tape, and said: "Keene, me ireu i o. my oul." "Man, man." replied mr. jeei.. If vou feel an Inclination to pun on falling market try to steel yourself against It." M. W. Aver, the Philadelphia millionaire, owns the largest dairy farm In New York state. It Is located In Ferldale, Delaware county, and contains Just 1,000 acres. On the farm Is the largest creamery in ine country, where every day In the year 65,000, 000 pounds of milk Is made Into a ton uml a half of gilt-edged butter. There are -tu head of thoroughbred Jersey cattle on the farm. The property embrace Mr. Ayer's country seat. Farming on so extensive a scale wa started a few years ago by the owner as a novelty and experiment. Senator Cockrell possesses a remarkable - m 1 V. memory. He never rorgeis a iaue, u o can go Into any neighborhood of Missouri today and call by name dozens of men whom he has not seen In many years. On one occasion Dr. D. H. Yodng of Fulton wrote the senator asking for a copy of a government medical book. Mr. Cockrell replied, regretting that his quota of tho Issue was exhausted. Ten years later an other edition of the work was printed, and one of the first copies to be sent out of Washington was one addressed by Senator Cockrell to Dr. Young. WHAT RAUIIM MAY DO. Sir Oliver X-ode on the Properties of the New Metal. Chicago Itocord-Herald. The layman whose interest has been stirred by the descriptions of radium, end whose curiosity Is still unsatlnfled. will And an excellent and easily comprehensible presentation both of the facts and the spec ulations on the subject In the article in tne current number o the Nineteenth Century and After by Sir Oliver lodge, to which reference wa recently made In these col umn In another connection. It Is especially for what the writer has to say about the aid that radium gives In forming a theory of the transmutation, of the element tbelr origin and decomposi tionthat the article will be read. He tells how the radium atom breaks down, how some of Its component parts, or electrons, fly off Into space, and how other electrons appear to form themselves Into new com pounds. 1 "Here we appear to have, In embryo," he says, "a transmutation or the elements, the possibility of which lias for so long been the guess and tho desire of the alchemists. Whether the progress of research will con firm this hypothesis, end whether any of the aeries of substances so produced are already familiarly known to us In ordinary chemistry, remains to be seen." He suggests that tho new substance pro duced from the fragment of radium may be comparatively unstable forms akin to the stable and persistent elements a we know Ultra; and adds that It Is also prob able that all the well-known stable ele ments are themselves In process of break ing down, though at an almost Infinitely low rate. He continues:' "If tbre be any truth In thl speculation, matter Is an evanescent and transient phenomenon, subject to grad ual decay and decompenltlon by the action of lis own Internal forces and mnM,mn somewhat as ha been suspected and to some extent ascertained to be the case with energy." If science 'does not find thnt It hn over reached Itself In these theories the next tep to be expected In the progress of Its speculations will concern the method of the origin of atoms, or, In other words, the life history of matter Itself. QROTEH CLEVELAND'S APPEAL. Addressee Himself to the larf a.n. of Employer nnd Employe. Chicago Inter Ocean. "We shall not go far astruy," ava former President Cleveland In Collier's Weekly, regarding labor troubles, "if we assume that both side have been at fault. Wher ever our sympathies may be, we can hardly escape the conviction that labor has made demands and permitted. If not encouraged, conduct which cannot be Justified: nor can we safely deny that In too many Instances employers have been heedless of the Just claims of their employes." Against the employer who takes and obstinately holds the attitude of George F. Baer, that the conduct of greet national Industries should be under the absolute and unlimited control of the private owners against employe who take and obstinately hold the position that even the national government shall stultify Itself by dis criminating between cltlxen-tha ex-presl dent appeals to the American sense of Jus tice, of fair play, and of patriotism. Such appeals should be heeded nay, they must be heeded. Against foreign attack our national existence and Independence are safe. They may be troubled, but they can never be overthrown except upon the incredible supposition that the American people should confess their Impotence to govern themselves aud welcome a con queror. Our really dangerous foes are of our own household. They are those who seek to create classes la our cltlsenshlp and set these classes against each other, who deny. In fact the equality of all American cltisen a such before tb law. What the American republic needs above all other thing Is more of the spirit that will resolutely discourage and. If necessary forcibly tramp out the class Idea the Idea that any set ot citlsena have anything to gain by the Injury of any other set of Inw abiding cltisen the false theory tha Ignores the truth that w must all, rich and poor, educated or Ignorant, wMk or strong,' go up or down together. BITS Or WASHlSnTO LIFE. 1 Scene nnd Incidents at the National Cnpltal Sketrhea en the Suet. The policy of the War department In the matter of the Issue of arms and a ccou fer ments to the militia of tho different state Is shown In a letter addressed by Colonel Parker nf the cavitlry In charge of the mili tia division of the adjutant general's office to Ihe adjutant genernls of the various states nnd territories and the District of Columbia, in which he says: "Under the act making appropriation for the support of the army, approved March 2, ltt3, the secretary of war Is authorised to expend $2,000,000 In procuring articles to fully arm, equip and supply the organised militia. This Is In addition to the issue of standard service magaslne arms and accou terments authorised by the mliltla act of January 21, 1903. As the sum appropriated will probably not fully accomplish the ob Ject and further appropriations will be necessary from time to time, the secretary wishes to expend this sum of $2,000,000, al ready appropriated. In such a way as to put the department -In possession of the articles which will contribute most effec tively to the Immediate preparation of the militia for active operation and render them most effective If they shall be unexpectedly called Into the service of the United States. "So far as It Is consistent with the ac complishment of this purpose, he desires to meet the wishes of the governors of the several states In the preparation of material for which they may make requisitions. In the proportion which the number of organ ized militia of each state bears to the whole number In all the states. As the prepara tion of artillery material requires consid erable time, the secretary Immediately after the passage of the act authorised the chief of ordnance to apply the sum of $3i0, 000 to the preparation for mflltla use of field pieces and carriage of the new modet with which the regular army is about to be equipped. As a guide to the further ex penditure of the sum appropriated the sec retary would be glad to have from you all the Information which you can conveniently give as to the articles which you deem most necessary for the full armament and equipment of your National guard." The United States government Is the backer of the airship experiments of Pro fessor I.angley to the extent of having given $00,000 for the experiments, and In furnishing Professor Langley with clerks of the Smithsonian Institution to help him In his work, and scldiers to act as a guard of the Buzzard and Its houseboat. No di rect appropriation has been made by con gress of any money for the experiments, or for any other airship trials, but the board of ordnance and fortifications made two allotments' of $36,000 each, one in 189$ and one in the following year, to enable Professor Latigley to conduct hi work, on the theory that his machine, if a success, would be a war engine which the United States should own. The Smithsonian In stitution clerks are utilized on the theory that they are making scientific Investiga tions in the line of the work of the Insti tution. It is not known under what au thority the United Slates soldiers are em ployed as a guard for the airship. The allotments by the board of ordnance and fortifications were made under the paragraph of the appropriation bills for the years mentioned, which provide for "all needful and proper purchases, exper iments, and test" or "the most effective guns, small arms, cartridges, projectiles, fuses, explosives, torpedoes, armor plates, and other implements and engines of war," and "for the test of experimental gun, carriages and other devices procured. In accordance with the recommendation of the board of ordnanoe uid fortifications." An Interesting provleo of this paragraph of the appropriation bill Is tbat before any such money shall be expended, the board must bo satisfied that the United States ho the lawful right to use the invention Involved, "or that the experiment or teat Is made at the request of a person either having such lawful right or authorised to convey the same to the government" A little, dirty, watery-eyed dog created considerable excitement at Tenth street and Pennsylvania, avenue northwest about 7 o'clock one night For some unpro clalmed reaoon it began a campaign aglrit Us tall, and spent-half an hour In an en deavor to bite it off. A crowd of 200 or 0 persons gathered around tho dog, and many expressed a belief that the dog was mad. All stood at a recpeotful distance. Finally Bicycle Policemen Charlton and Simpson and Bicycle Sergeant Plcmous arrived, but so many people surrounded the dog that they were afraid to shoot It. Policeman Simpson strode up with his baton to kill it, but the minute tli dng caught sight of the stick it darted through the crowd, scutteMnit men and children In all di rections, and tan up Tenth street. The bicycle policemen gave chnse, and at Twelfth and O streets Bicycle Policeman McQumlo succeeded in aolng tbe fugi tive, aud the rase was over. The dog surrendered peacefully and fol lowed along quietly at the end of the ropo down the street, where he was turned over to the poundmaster. The War department ha directed Gov ernor Tuft to accept the highest bid, amounting to $1.H,M2, for the subsldary Spanish coin which wan found In the treas ury at Manila when the place fell Into the linnds nf the Americans. This is about alf Ihe face value uf the coin, and It Is said that the purchasers, If the sale I completed, expect to make a handsome profit through the shipment of the coin to some t.f the South American republics where it Is current. There may, however. be a hitch In completing the transaction, as PRETTY GOOD Are tbe bargains we are offering now in clothing. Walk round our windows and see those blue serge suit's at $5.00 they sold at $15. Then there are $18.00 chev iots at $10 $20 suits at $12.50 $25 -suits at $12.50, etc. All our broken lines of spring and summer suits are great ly reduced. And if you have an idea of purchasing a suit this season don't put this chance aside. $5, $G and $0.50 trousers, $3.50. $2, $2.50, $3 and $3.50 negligee shirts, $1.75. $1.50 negligee shirts, $1.15. $1.00 colored negligee shirts, 75c. Boys' and men's straw, hat's, 15c. NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OURS. R. 8. Wilcox. the Spanish government has mad formal claim to the money under that section of the treaty of Pari which provides for the return to Spain ef movable publlo properties. The few passengers cn a Columbia car near the corner of Fourteenth street and New York avenue northwest, shortly aTter midnight witnessed a peculiar and an amus ing Incident. A young colored girl, who occupied the end et, wa on her way home and fell aaleep In the car, using the ' end of the seat on which to recline hr head. All went well until the car struck the slight curve at the corner mentioned, when she lurched forward and rolled Into the street. Fortunately for her the cars was going st slow speed and she was only slightly injured. The fall naturally caused her te awake with suddenness and she wa very much surprised upon finding herself In the street The conductor and other paassngors hurried to her arslstanoe, but she declared that she wa net hurt and refused to go to the hospital, as wa sug gested. She said her name was Mary Ford, her age IS years, and that bar homo was at No. 10 Green' court northwest SAID TO BE FINNY. She Do you remember before w were married dear He Why, it's among my happiest recol lections. lookers Statesman. The Iawyor On't we prove an ellbl? The Crook Let's see, boss. I've got an alibi bought and paid for dst I didn't use last time 1 wus pinched, W1U sat do? New York Journal. Soaks Just one more highball and than we will go. Stoke-No, thanks. If I took another I would feel the effects all day. Soaks Suffering cats! That's why I take 'em. New Yorker. "Aren't you afraid of trusts?" asked the public-spirited man. "I ued to be," answered Senator Sorg hum, "but I huve found that if a man Is polite and Industrious a trust Is a right good employer." Washington Star. An artist draws a picture, sn equine draws a dray; the man who mnxrlea draws a blank sometimes, we've heard them soy; a thirsty man draws water: a blossom draws the bee. If I can only draw my pay that's good enough for me. Chicago News. rdy Why did you leave your last placet Cook I couldn't stand the dreadful noise between the master and missus, mum. Indy What wo the noise about? Cook The way the dinner wa cooked, mum. San Francisco Wasp. "Say!" remarked the transient guest at. the Grand Arizona Hotel, "haven't you any napkins around here?" ''Napkins? Nnpklns?" mumbled the waiter In a puzzled way. "Oh! you're a detective, aln t yer? I reckon you mean kidnapers, don't yer?" Chicago Tribune. Casey O'RaflVrty la a sick mahn. He has heart complaint nn' consoomptlon. Murphy Sure, consoomptlon' a bad dis ease. OiHey It is thot same: but It's slnw. He'll die av the heart trouble a year afore he'll die av the loons throublc. Kansas City Journal. Dusty Rhoade WIIllo, I hear yer fodder was a preacher. Weary Willie He wus dat Dusty. DuHty Rhoades Well, wld pronpects Ilk doae how did you come to do d hobo act? Weary Willie He had a country congre gation dat paid his salary In oord wood, an' I had to cut it up Into kindling. Phil adelphia Telegraph. AMONG MINE OWT. "And he said unto him. Say now unto hei Wouldst thou be spoken for to thi king, or to the captain of the host? Ana ' she answered. I dwell fmong mine own people." II Kings, Iv, J.t. "Among mine own!" This Shunarolte Knew all of rich content; She knew that through the day and night The roads forever went; That they led to the city wall . Where merriment and moan Were mingled In their rise and fall She stayed among her own. The many roads that lead away Stretch far and fulr to see. On some the pipe and tabor play And ring with revelry; Down one the glow of glory wait For him who fain would roam The many reads that hold our fate They also lead us home. The roads that tempt the wsno'rlng feel Lead on through scenes that change; Lend on to where we long to meet One face that Is not strange. Perchance they skirt the desert sand Or meet the flying foam , But, lead to whataoever land. They also lead us home. The Bhunamlte 'twas hers to go Where Jewels flashed as fire Amidst the "broldered garment glow. Yet she had her desire. The subtle harmonlex that blent In cadence round the throne Dimmed In the carol of content She heard among her own. "Among mine own!" Where friendly eye And friendly hands are mine; Where humble" songs of pleasure rla And there are bud and vine, ' And honey bees to search the sweet Upon the breezes blown There, satisfied, the heart repeats The croon: "Among mine own!" W. D. Nesblt In Chicago Tribune. SCHOOLS. BROWN ELL HALL, OMAHA. Social atmosphere home-like and happy. General and college preparatory courses. Exceptional advantage In music, art and literary Interpretation. Prepares for any college open to women. Vaasar, Wellesley, Mt. Holyoke, Western Reserve University. University of Nebraska and University of Chicago, admit pupils without examination on the certificates ot the principal and faculty. Thoroughness Insisted upon a es sential to character building. Physical training under a professional director. Well equipped gymnasium, ample provi sion for out door sports, including private skating grounds. Benrt for Illustrated cata logue. Mis Macrae, Principal. Manajg-cr. I Y y'Mwaws