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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
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, as eft., .a desired.
Factions among the cardinals is there
anything unusual In that?
"Manifest unrest" is the regular diet
of al nv reform parties.
The crusade against the weeds must
not be confounded with the crusade
against the weed.
With the base ball presidents in ses
sion to work out a community of in
terests the other merger magnates will
liavo to occupy back seats for While.
'' Postponement of the horse show that
wus projected among Omaha's autumn
. , entertainments should relieve apprecia
bly the pressure on the poor over-
worked dressmakers.
If the paving contractors can be in
duced to arbitrate their differences the
Board of Public Works may yet be able
to have some repaying done before the
Ak-Snr-Bcn carnival.
If the legislature would only relocate
all the state institutions by. putting
them up to the highest bidder, Nebraska
might wipe out a good part of the float
ing debt with the premiums".
The Alaskan boundary commission
will meet in Loudon, presumably so as
to be far enough away from the ter
ritory in dispute to avoid a conflict of
arms' In' the conference chamber.
Perhaps after all the only way to
settle the Normal school location con
test will be to have the legislature re
peal that part of the law that throws it
to the west part of the state and plant
the new school here In Omuha.
Perhaps It is Just as well to let people
believe they have had a miraculous es
cape from a hydrophobia epidemic In
Omaha. It is harmless and may lead
them to be more careful iu the future
tn handling poor dumb animals.
Peru has Just celebrated the eightieth
anniversary of the independence of the
republic. If it should celebrate the an
niversary or eacii change of govern
ment by revolution, it would have an
almost complete calendar of holidays.
King' Charles of .-Portugal . will visit
the American squadron that Is making
the rounds of the European ports. After
associating with so much royalty our
naval officers may have to be Intro
ducfd again to the good old democratic
customs that prevail at home.
In. ordering a new fisherman's ring
for substitute use iu the installation
ceremonies i of Ieo's successor, much
trouble. Is being prepared for future oc
casions. In the years to come we may
forcsoe a long and bitter controversy as
to which is the genuine riug that St.
Fetef wore.
The news that trouble has been
averted in the government printing office
at Washlngtou will be specially gratify
ing to readers of that standard period
ical, the Congressional Record, which
might otherwise have . been prevented
from 'resuming publication when con
gress convenes.
Having' fulminated at Denver against
all further afflllatlou with either of the
old , political parties, the populists of
'Nebraska will be. squarely up agulnst
the question of nominating a candidate
of their own faith at'thelr coming state
convention at Grand Island. What are
thfj goifif to do about ltl
LOOKtlfU TO TH TRMABCHT.
A prominent New York banker Is
quoted as saying that In case there
should be any stiwse in the money
market during the next two months the
Treasury department will offer relief, to
legitimate financial Interests. He spoke
as with authority, conveying the im
pression that assurance had been given
by the department that it could be de
pended upon to relieve the money
market in the event of an exigency re
quiring treasury relief. A recent Wash
ington dispatch stated that the secretary
of the treasury was . keeping a close
watch on the financial situation, but
there was no probability of any im
mediate action being tkken to put more
money into circulation, the department
having received no requests for action
of that kind. It waa said that the situ
ation is not one that would be relieved
by any action that the secretary might
take, that an Increase of the government
deposits in the national banks or any
other action by the department in the
way of putting money now in the treas
ury into circulation would not restore
public confidence in the values of securi
ties. It was further remarked that the
situation is exactly the reverse of that
which existed last fall, when Secretary
Shaw took action for the relief of the
monetary atrlngency. At that time
there was scarcity of money, but plenty
of security; now there is plenty of
money, but a lack of good security.-
The secretary of the treasury posses
ses a large discretion in the matter of
aiding or relieving the money market
and this was exercised to the limit by
Secretary Shaw last fall. That he will
be again disposed to do this is im
probable. Whfte it must be admitted
that what he then did seemed to be
fully warranted by the circumstances
and perhaps averted a severe financial
crisis, he was subjected to no little
criticism for the departure made, so
that he is not likely to repeat that
action. The chief ground of objection
was that the relief given by the treas
ury was' really more In the interest of
speculation than in that of the legiti
mate business of the country and a like
objection might now be made should
the national treasury put more money
into circulation. No one can estimate
with certainty, what amount of money
will be needed for moving the crops
and other legitimate requirements the
coming fall. It undoubtedly will be
larger than a year ago, but if the banks
throughout the country pursue a con
servative policy and refuse support to
speculation, as there is reason to be
lieve they will do, there should be money
enough available without having todook
to the national treasury.
It is very doubtful if Secretary Shaw
has given any assurance to New York
bankers in regard to future action of
the treasury relative to the money
market He will be governed, it is safe
to assume, by circumstances and 1& can
be quite confidently predicted that he
will do nothing to promote a revival of
stock speculation or help those who are
loaded up with "undigested securities."
It is doubtless unfortunate that the
money market should under any con
ditions be dependent upon treasury
relief and there is certainly a remedy
for this. Until this shall be applied, as
very likely it will be by the next con
gress, the policy of the treasury should
be as far as possible restricted to
affording aid to legitimate financial, and
business Interests.
CANADIAN WHEAT COMPtTITlOX.
The rapid development of" wheat pro
duction in Canada promises strong com
petition Within a ' few years for Ameri
can wheat in the ' foreign markets, if
the capacity of , the wheat-prijduclng
area of the Dominion is-not yery.-much
overestimated. Just now the perplexing
question with the Canadian -grain pro
ducers is that of adequate, transporta
tion to tide water and it .appears, from
Ottawa reports that it is receiving se
rious consideration. Canada prefers
and very much wants channels of trans
portation which are all Canadian, in
stead of having to make shipments In
bond through American ports. There
is talk of constructing a transcontinental
railroad, but this is an enterprise that
would involve an euormous expenditure
and would not pay as a means of grain
shipment, which would be its chief busi
ness. Other plans are being discussed,
but nothing deemed to be entirely feas
ible has yet been proposed, though It
is not to be doubted that a way will be
found.
It is suggested that the day may come
when it will be found desirable for
American and Canadian interests to
come together and treat tile crops of
lwth countries as a common product, to
be hauled over the most economical
routes and shipped by the cheapest
lines, without tariffs or bonding re
strictions. This Is certainly quite pos
sible, though at present the prospect
for such a thing is not bright. Mean
while the" promise of Canadian wheat
competition cannot. but have an' Interest
for the American producers.
IMUtaUANTa t.l THK CITIKS.
An eastern paper remarks that the
current tide of immigration is setting
in too strongly toward cities. It points
out that already "foreign quarters" in
our larger municipalities are a fixed
fact and the overcrowding in the largest
centers of population is aa evil familiar
to all students of municipal progress.
For tills condition the immigrant is not
altogether to blame; shice In very many
cases he has no alternative but. to enter
into the xnaig,, where there is the prom
ise pf being immediately able' to secure
the Wans of subsistence. The paper
suggests whether4' national provision
should not be made to encourage the
dispersal of ' immigrants to- localities
where they will have a better oppor
tunity and says: "The crying need for
farm labor In the west and" on the
other band the unnatural congestion in
cities, represent ar aaopaaicua condition
TIIIS OMATTA BAITiY TlEEt TIITJI18PAT.
which does not make for equilibrium
in our national life." It urges that steps
should be taken to prevent in as far as
possible the tendency to concentrate at
large centers the bulk of our newly ar
rived immigration.
, The question is not new and the fct
that so large a proportion of immigrants
go to the larger cities and remain there
Is to a great extent responsible for the
agitation against immigration. Un
questionably it would te better for those
who come here from abroad and better
for the country if fewer of the immi
grants remained in cities, but bow shall
their dispersal be effected? It is mani
festly not within the province of the
government to say where a person com
ing to our shores shall settle and there
seems to be a repugnance on the part of
most aliens to going far Into the in
terior of the country, while a consid
erable portion of them have not the
means to do so. The matter may not
be' of very great present Importance,
but if the present rate of Immigration
should be maintained it is quite pos
sible that this overcrowding of the
larger centers of population may present
a serious problem.
HOSPARTiaANbBlP OH IBS BtlfCB.
Among the reforms which The Bee
advocated for many years was the
emancipation of the bench and the
school board from partisan servitude.
Its efforts to divorce the judiciary and
Board of Education from partisan poll
tics were not confined to rant and cant,
but put to the test in half a dozen
pitched battles. If memory serves us
right, the World-Herald and its ances
tors and progenitors fought on the side
of partisanship even when eminent
democratic Jurists and Judges had been
honored with nonpartisan Judicial nomi
nations. The last pitched battle in which The
Bee earnestly championed and fought
for a nonpartisan Judiciary was eight
years ago, when the World-Herald by
reason of its alllauce with the defunct
A. P. A. Junta threw cold water on the
nonpartisan judicial ticket and aided
the straight republican Judiciary nomi
nations, including the redoubtable Judge
Scott, although the nonpartisan - judi
cial ticket of 1895, which the World
Herald refused to champion, included
such democrats as Eleazer Wakeley,
George W. Doane and E. R. Duffle, who
occupied front rank at the bar and had
served with distinction on the bench.
The perverse and unprincipled course
of the World-Herald in connection with
the campaign of 1895, its more recent
exhibitions of truculent partisanship in
school board elections and its partiality
to republican renegades and crooks has
produced its natural effect Honest
democrats and honest republicans, who
would cheerfully forego partisanship on
the bench and in the school board, have
become thoroughly disgusted with
WorM-Herald tactics. Its efforts on be
ta) f f the psendo nonpartisan bar as-
sociatlon Judicial ticket have evoked
distrust and contempt Republicans re
gard it as an attempt to curry favor with
republicans of the Gurley brand and
democrats regard it as a base surrender
of principle and cowardly capitulation
to the enemy before the first gun is
fired.
The democratic judicial ticket with
six republicans and one lonely democrat
would Indeed be a dose of crow that
true blue democrats are not in a frame
of mind to swallow. No wonder demo
crats who desire to retain their self
respect do not hesitate to declare pub
licly that If compelled to choose be
tween voting for seven straight repub
licans or sit galvanized republicans they
will take their dose straight These
uupalatable truths may as. well be told
now as a few weeks later, when the
issues 'between the nonpartisan bar
democratic and partisan Judicial tickets
are joined.
Technically the fllTance committee of
the city council may be correct in re
fuslr.g to recommend the payment of
the laborers employed on the streets
during the weeks intervening between
the enactment of the charter amend
ment and the enforcement of the regu
latlons that require street sweeps, side
walk repairers and common laborers
employed by the city to be confirmed
by the council before they can be rec
ognlzed as officially employed, but the
refusal to pay these men for work ac
tually performed would be as wrong ns
the refusal of a private corporation; to
pay for labor done under orders of one
of their agents. The mere fact that
these laborers were compelled by dis
tress to discount their claims does not
lessen the moral responsibility of the
city to pay a Just debt
Many very fuuny, funny things have
happened, as' it were, in Nebraska poli
tics, but nothing quite so funny has yet
occurred as the attempt of certain fac
tional republican leaders to Insert iuto
the new code of republican primary elec
tions the proposition that a candidate
who submits his name for nomination
before a convention shall sign an agree
ment that he will not allow himself to
become a candidate of the opposition
party if be is defeated in his own party.
Bueh a pact would be very much like
an agreement exacted from a business
partner that he will not rob the till
while he remains in the partnership nor
after he goes out of the partnership.
It would seem that the coroner's Jury
in bringing a blanket charge of murder
against all the convicts who escaped
from the California state penitentiary
had taken the precise course calculated
to make their recapture more dangerous
and to increase the determination ot
these desperate men to sell their own
lives dearly. Knowing that they have
to face a capital accusation, these con
victs will have no hesitation at com
mitting more murder. It would have
been better for the coroner's jury, whose
verdict at moat is a mere expression of
opinion, to have let the matter of proae-
cution go to the law officers charged
with that duty.
That Is a startling suggestion that po
litical committees have no legal right to
make rules to govern primary elections
and conventions conducted under their
authority. From time immemorial the
various committees, state, county, city,
congressional and judicial have assumed
to lay out the course and regulate the
speed of the party nominating machin
ery, fix the admission fee and provide
seats for the spectators. If all this were
illegal there would not have been a
legally nominated candidate for office on
the list since the beginning. But it
takes lawyers to make these startling
post-mortem discoveries.
In due course of time the Real Estate
exchange will discover that it made a
most terlous blunder In venturing to
assume the responsibility for the selec
tion of the lawyers to represent the
city in the railroad tax cases before the
federal supreme court, and the city
council will discover that it committed
a very grave error In overriding the
mayor's veto of the resolution to em
ploy the lawyers. If the outcome turns
out differently The Bee will be most
agreeably disappointed.
Ohio Jab at Iowa.
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
At least, and singularly enough, Iowa has
no candidate for the pontificate.
Effect of he Slump.
Chicago Tribune.
Soma real dlstresa. nevertheless, has been
caused by the slump In stocks. It has cut
a lot of promising summer vacations In
half.
Robbing It In.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Orover Cleveland has not deigned to no
tice Colonel Bryan. Ha might emphasize
Ms position by Inserting his law card In
the Commoner at regular rates.
Praise for Parker.
Brooklyn Eagle.
We find credited to a southern paper
the expression "a pillar of snow,", with
the claim that it Is applicable to Judge
A. B. Parker It Is grotesquely Incorrect,
but snow or no, none will find the Judge
"balled up," aa the habit Is of travelers
In snow, with antipathies or commitments
that will prevent him from belonging to
himself.
Delights of I'neertalntr.
Philadelphia Press.
It Is beginning to be feared that the
two boats that are to contend for the
America's cup are pretty evenly matched,
and that there is no such certainty as has
been felt heretofore that the cup will not
be lifted. This will at least make the race
Interesting. If the result were practically
known In advance- nobody would bother
about It
Good Faonga Reason.
Indianapolis Journal.
William B. Curtis, writing from St. Paul,
says: "The Catholics up this way are gen
erally republloa ( In politics, which Is
largely due to the- Influence of Archbishop
Ireland, whp'ls (jruV of the principal pillars
of that party.," Archbishop Ireland Is a
most loyal American, and while he does not
mix his. religion with politics, he Is a re
publican because he believes It Is the party
of progress, prosperity and genuine Amer
icanism. '
Free Silver Figures.
Philadelphia Record.'
Charles A. " Tdwne, who was for a few
weeks a free sliver candidate for the vice
presidency and for a long time a free sil
ver senator, makes" merry over what he re
gards aa Mr. Cleveland's luck of origin
ality and his laborious methods of arriving
at the conclusion that two and two make
four. It Is the ex-preeldent'a conviction
that two and two make four which has se
cured him the confidence of the country.
Common sense is a. vastly more Important
possession than, originality. ' Mr. Towne and
the rest of the .free silverltes do not be
lieve that two and two maka four;' they
have an original Idea that by an act of
congress two and two could be made to
equal five or six, and that is why the coun
try has rejected Miem.
Party Really Interested.
Philadelphia Record.
If Japan is proceeding on the same lines
as the United States with regard to Man
churta, as waa asserted In a statement
given out by the Japanese legation In Lon
don, there would be not the slightest rea
son for anticipating warlike complications.
The Manchurlan question, however, looms
larger In' Japan than in thia country. This
government Is concerned only to Insure
most-favored-natlons treatment for Ameri
cans trading with China, and the territorial
InXegrlty of the Chinese Empire Is of Im
portance from the American point of view
because the partition thereof would effect
a cancellation of existing treaties and the
commercial privileges secured by them. For
the Japanese, however, the Manchurlan
controversy Is but the opening act In the
struggle for ascendency in the Far East
between the white race, represented, by
Russia, and the yellow race, of which Japan
Is the champion.
TROLLEY CAR TRAFFIC.
Indispensable la Transaction of the
World's Business.
Buffalo Express.
Before the electrlo railway was known
the world got along very well without it
Now that It U here, there and everywhere,
we would be In a aad plight without IL
Multitudes of persons travel upon It daily
going to and from their work; thousands
use it for pleasure and other thousands
operate It and earn their bread and butter
In the process. Figures furnished by the
census office In a bulletin on street and
electric railroads, emphasises the important
part which theae systems of transporta
tion play In the world of activities today.
The number of companies operating elec
trie railroads In the United Btates In the
year ended on June to. 1902. was 77, with
an aggregate trackage of 21.000 miles. Con
ductors and motormen numbered 80,104 and
office help' and other employee came to
50,000 more. The total number of passen
gers carried waa 6.S71.K7.0OO, ot whom 4.800,.
000,000 paid fares. The report does not In
sinuate that the others refused to pay
and were ejected; It la understood, on the
contrary, that these others were the espe
cially favored, who traveled on compllmen
tary tickets. The growth of the electrlo
railroad business la Indicated by a com
parison of figure for last year with those
for 1S91. For Instance, there were 1.261 miles
of electrlo railroads In the United States In
1390; In 14 there were 21,000 miles.
The electric railroad builds up the out
skirts of cities and develops suburbs sev
eral miles away; then It requires more mea
to run IU cars and keep the line In condi
tion and perform office duties. It la a ne
cessity alike to the men who are employed
upea U and to lis thousands of patrons,
JULT 30, J903.
PERSON At MKSTIOX.
Pr. Donald MacLean. one of the most
noted Burgeons of Michigan, died at his
home lnLetrolt on July "4.
Maxlmllllan Dick, the Minnesota violinist,
has returned to his home In St. Paul after
a two years1 concert tour through Europe.
Vicar General A. F. Bchlnner of Mil
waukee was named by the late Archbishop
Katser, In papers that he left admlnla
trator of the diocese until a new bishop
Is chosen.
Mis Laura M. Cornelius, an Oneida
Indian, studying at the University of Cali
fornia, aays she will devote her Ufa to the
preservation of the language and literature
of her people.
Alfred XV. Crawford, a negro florist of
Merlden, Conn., has been appointed profea
sor of floriculture and landscape garden
ing at Ttiskegee university, under Booker
T. Washington.
When Senator Henry Cabot lodge was
recently asked to define the Monroe doc
trine he said: "As long aa our secretary 6f
state la named Hay our foreign policy will
be 'Keep oft the grass.' " '
Dr. Emily Dunning Is the llrst woman to
recelvo an appointment as ambulance sur
geon In New York. She wears a black
jacket and rainy-day skirt that hangs Just
above her ankles, a white shirtwaist and
tha regulation ambulance surgeon's cap.
Major Franklin A. Denfson. a colored
man. formerly of the Eighth Illinois
Volunteer Infantry, has been appointed
Quartermaster, with the rank of major, on
the staff of General James H. Smith, of
the Third Brigade, Illinois National Guard.
Congressman Burton of Cleveland la en
Joying a splendid tour of Europe at gov
ernment expense, having gone abroad to
Investigate foreign river and harbor works.
General Gillespie, chief of engineers In the
army, Is with Mr. iiurton, ana n
accounts they had visited the harbors of
Marseilles, Genoa, Barcelona, Bordeaux,
Havre. Antwerp and Hamburg: also the
four principal rivers of France, the luione,
Loire, 8elne and Garonne.
Mrs. Edward J. Berwlnd, a leader of the
swell Newport set, had a shocking experi
ence the other day. On the previous even
ing she had attended a reception wearing
a gown fashioned especially for her by a
famous Parisian artiste. Next day she was
horrified to find that an exact duplicate was
on view in the show window of a Newport
emporium. Which recalls the experience of
Mrs. Foraker and Mrs. Hanna, wives of
the Ohio senators, who once met at a Wash
Ington reception gowned exactly alike down
to the most minute detail.
Harry Lehr's big brother William occu
pies a position with the Astora similar to
that his brother held before his marriage to
Mrs. Dahlgren. He Is a sort of major
domo In the Astor family arranges enter
tainments. Issues invitations and does sun
dry other chores tc which a society woman
of the first class is too busy to attend. The
position, in fact, seems to be that of a
highly superior butler. When Mrs. Astor
went to Europe last spring William Lehr
went along to relieve her of all the carea
Incident to travel. Then he went touring
on his own hook, but Is expected soon to
make his appearance In Newport.
HEW NATURE BTTDV.
Growth of the Idea aa Encouraging
Indication of Thought.
Denver Republican.
If the critical can find little encouragement
In the line of fiction now being turned out
by American writers, they can at least
nnd a source of satisfaction in tne growing
prominence of what Is termed the nature
atudy Idea. , '
Hardly an Issue of a magasme appears
nowadays without at least one article
relating to the haunts or the shy things
of the forests. Experts photographers spena
weeks in getting pictures of birds and wild
game, and their minute observations, both
In picture and print, seem to be liked by the
general public, as the demand for such
work Is Increasing. One of the current
magazines contains an article by a photog
rapher who penetrated the Jackson's Hole
district In Wyoming and who secured some
remarkable photographs of wild game In
its native haunts. Books about all kinds
of animals are finding a steady sale, and
writers like Ernest Thompson Seton and
Charles G. D. Roberts, who put their ob
servations In a clever guise of fiction, can
not keep pace with the demand for their
work.
No doubt these amateur naturalists make
mistakes whtch a man like John Burroughs
will be quick to point out, but In general
the effect of their observations cannot fall
to be beneficial. The articles and pictures
relating to the wild creatures and their
habits stimulate the interest of the chil
dren and Inspire a wish to observe rather
than to slay. Consequently the growth of
this new school of nature study Is to be
encouraged. It may bring us nothing great
as literature, but It will certainly, tend to
make the growing generation more humane
than those which preceded it.
PERSHING AND HIS TASK.
How the Moroa Were Subjugated by
Common Sense.
Philadelphia Record.
Brigadier General Leonard Wood has ar
rived at Manila and Is about to set forth
to his new berth In Mindanao, where he
will assume the office of military governor
over all the Philippine Islands Inhabited
chiefly by the Moros. It la quite possible
that history will be made to repeat itself
and the new governor gain credit for
achievements ot his predecessors In the
Moro country, aa was the ease tn Cuba,
after Colonel Waring had sacrificed his life
and General Ludlow his health In making
Havana. Matanzas, Clenfuegoa and a dozen
other Cuban cities salubrious. It may be
worth while, "therefore, to remember what
has been done tn Mindanao by an officer
who still remains a mere captain In the
army.
"1 have been here nearly two years right
In and about the Moro country," wrote
Captain Pershing about a month ago to a
friend In the War department, k'and can
but feel that I have accomplished some
thing." He referred to the brilliant as
sault ot Bacolod, the citadel of the sultan
of Lanao. This feat of war was not by
any means the only, nor even the most
Important, achievement of Captain Persh
In: he not only chastised the Bacolod
Moros. but made friends of the whole race,
Including those who had most desperately
opposed htm. One year ago nobody except
Captain Pershing had seen the Moros of
Lanao tn their native Laguna nor knew
anything of their, fierce and unconquer
able nature. Now every ranchero and
nearly every cabin from Bacolod north to
Marahul displays the American flag. The
Moros were conquered more by diplomacy
and displays of humanity than by burn
tng gunpowder and razing villages. For
a whole year he sought to Induce the
sultan of Bacolod to make terms, and the
Insulting messages received by him In
reply never ruffled his temper. He studied
the language of the natives, learned . to
read the Koran better than the native
priests and on holidays he addreaoed public
assemblies of Moroa In their own dialect
He hoa been consecrated aa a "datto," and
the humbler folk Imagine he Is a prophet
sent by Mohammed. The American
"prophot" holds each morning a public
council, the young women of Mindanao
scatter flowers for him to tread on and the
"prophet" settles disputes between the
aattvoa or performs the priestly functions
of his new office.
ROISD ABOIT EW YORK.
Ripples en the Torrent of l
Grent Metropolis.
It Is the queerest-looking truck In New
York which the contractors have secured
tn cart the ninety-ton stone columns
for the Cathedral of St. John the
Divine. The truck and the columns are
now st the pier at the toot of West One
Hundred and Thirty-fourth street, and
"moving day" will be this week.
This truck Is claimed to be the biggest
ever built. It was first planned to hitch
thirty horses to It to drsw the loads. The
contractors decided yesterday to employ
steam power. An anchor will be Imoeanea
200 feet In front of the trucks, and a steel
cable attached to the truck will be passed
through a pulley on the anchor. A traction
engine and a steam winch will then drag
truck and load along 200 feet at a time.
It Is Is thirty feet long. The body Is
made In the form of a cradle or large
trough, In which the columns will rest.
The cradle Is made of timbers twelve Inches
wldo and six Inches thick.
Peculiar construction was employed In
the wheels to enable them to sustain the
enormous weight of the columns. They are
without spokes and are built outward from
the hubs, with rlms of steel and hard wood
lali alternately. The outside rim, or tire,
is made of Inch-thick steel, and is twenty
Inches across. The forward wheels are
three feet In diameter and the rear wheels
three feet four Inches.
The axles are 6 Inches square in the
middle, and taper down to the hubs, where
they are rounded to a diameter of 6V4
inches. There are three poles or shafts to
the truck, which will allow four horses to
be placed abreast to steer the load. Super
intendent Howland said yesterday that It
would take several days to cart each of the
four columns to the cathedral. The route
taken will be from the pier to Twelfth ave
nue, to Manhattan street, and up the Am
sterdam avenue hill to the cathedral.
Tightly wedged under a crowded Colum
bus avenue car, little 6-year-old Douglass
Malcolm, suffering Intense pain from the In
juries he sustained when he was thrown
under the car, remained for nearly an hour
Sunday afternoon, while the terrified pas
sengers tried in every way to extricate the
bruised lad. The youngster narrowly es
caped losing his life, but all the time he
remained under the car he was remarkably
brave. While preparations were being made
to Jack up the car in order to get the lad
out alive, he made no complaint. "Don't
ten mamma that I'm hurt, 'cause she'll
think I died, so please don't tell her. mis
ter." "Don't try to move. Bonny." the men
shouted to hlra. aa the little fellow t.
tempeted to extricate himself; "just be a
brave boy nnd we'll get you out an right."
The lad had been playing In front of his
home, 362 West Fifty-third street, with
a number of playmates. He ran Into the
street Just as car 248 of the Columbus
avenue line swung In from Ninth avenue
at a high rate of sneed Tv, .nnnnn
saw the lad, but before he had time to nut
on the brakes the little fellow waa knocked
down and the car passed over him. For
tunately he escaped the wheels, but his
body got wedged between the forward axle
and the ground. Several women. Imarlnln
the lad crushed to pieces, fainted, while a
number of the men. fearing to witness what
mey thought would be a sickening slant.
went away. To the surprise of everybody,
nuwever. me lad was not mangled, and
when the motorman peered under the car
he heard a faint cry. Take me out. mi.i.f
will you. please?" As the little fellow was
oemg oorne to the ambulance he said to
the policeman who r.n-ui.. v....
Well mamma won't cry now. v9.. t
won't be brought home to her dead. But.
gee. I thought surely I was a goner, didn't
you?"
James Calhoun, an agent of the Chli.
orens society, was nearly suffocated in a
sound-proof telephone booth In the Mor
rlsanla police court. Calhoun had been sum
moned to the telephone to answer a eall
rrom the society rooms and when he en
tered the booth he closed the door after
him. The lock was broken and when the
agent tried to get out he could not It
was twenty minutes before he conceived
tne idea of calling up the operator at po
lice headquarters, and when he did so he
asked that the police sergeant In the court
be notified of his predicament. Several court
officers tried to get the door of the booth
open, but their efforts were In vain. At
last a locksmith was sent for and the door
opened, after Calhoun had been Imprisoned
ror nearly an hour. Calhoun waa lvin on
the floor of the booth when the door waa
opened, unconscious. He was blue In the
face from want of air. and it took nearly
fifteen minutes to bring him to his senses.
It was considered remarkable by the court
officers that Calhoun waa unable to attract
the attention of some one In the court
room. The agent's knuckles were bruised
and bleeding when he was taken out from
nm eirorts to summon help by ooundlna- on
the sides of the booth.
At an expense of more than $20,000 Adrian
Iselin, sr., the millionaire banker, has laid
out a new park for the residents of New
Rochelle, overlooking Neptune bay, where
ne has erected two open-air pavtlllons. He
calls the place Neptune park, and the value
or the land which he has dedicated to the
city Is worth at leaat 1100.000. A new pub
lic dock and float, which all yachtsmen can
use. has also been built .and every day the
aged banker visits the park to see whether
the public Is enjoying his new gift. Each
pavilllon Is built of the best of wood, with
columns to hold the roof which are sunk In
solid masonry, and. It Is said, cost about
12,600 each.
At the race tracks tn this busy season
they are talking of the nerve and luck of
Davy Johnson, who has gone broke again
In the old game. Among sporting men,
and business men who frequent the races,
and they are numerous, Johnson is well
known. Some of these expect to see him
look cheerless over .the situation, however.
They recall a time a couple of years ago
when It waa worse than thathe was
broke minus $00,000 which he owed to the
bookies. Johnson's elasticity of temper no
doubt has something to do with his phe
nomenal success with the ponies, for some
one had confidence enough to stake him to
a small sum. Soon thereafter he was pay
ing off his racing debts and had his pockets
filled with large bills besides. Johnson has
won as much as $50,000 In one day and has
won and lost a couple of millions or mors
In his racing career. That la not the only
form of gambling he Indulges In, but that
Is one where large sums can be won and
lost quickly.
Staten Island canted a trifle to the south
yesterday, according to one report, says the
Bun of Monday, because so many thou
sands of people were at the several beach
resorts along the south shore. But this
report couldn't be verified. It waa traced
to the proprietor of a "whirlwind" tobog
gan slide at South Beach, who also made
a report about what happened during the
brief thunder shower at the beach. It was
worse than the story of the farmer who
drove so fast to avoid a wetting that he
ran an even race with a rain cloud, so that,
while the back of his wagon was rained on
all the way, the farmer on the driver's
seat didn't feel a drop.
"It waa this way," said the toboggan
man. "You see, my slide Is a spiral. The
cars start up In the sir, and go 'round and
'round in circles till they reach the ground
That storm seemed to come fi,,m u,,
northwest, but when It got rt;tit i.vrr ih
beach an onshore breeze struck It, or o.ime
thlng else happened, and It did . i,-ular
stunts, and the shower chaaod run of my
toboggan cars all the way down th t ral. ',
"It began to rain just as ine rtvr n inert.
The girl and her beau on tho ba-k m m of
the car were rained on all the wsy u
and got soaking wet. but the girl utid her
beau on the front seat of that same car
didn't even get splnklcd on atut the spu
are only three feet apart."
But, whether the island tilted er not. It
was a record-breaking day for attrujanto
at all the south shore beaches.
BEGIlMIlia OF IRRIGATION.
Start on Government Reservoir
Premise for Prosperity.
Nsw York World.
An event of more than common Importance
will be the beginning of work upon the
Tonto storage reservoir In Arizona, the
first great enterprise under the new w
rigatlon law.
The Salt River valley has boen chosen
by the government engineers ;s most
favorable for the Inauguration of the new
system. The land to be Irrigated is u
In private ownership. Liens itre executed
covering every acre to be brnrflte.l, and
the association of land-owners which Is
formed to facilitate the work agrees tn
repay the construction cost with Interest
within ten years.
Not only does the storage reservoir water
by gravity all the lands below It, but the
fall at the dam Is to furnish power to
pump water to higher lands, until now
practically valueless. As the money ex
pended upon the lands of private owners
is to be refunded, and ss the Irrigation
of public lands will enhance thMr value,
the process of restoring the fertility of
arid America will go forward with auto
matically Increasing celerity, and the dry
southwest will thus In time be one great
garden teeming with a prosperous people.
WEATHER AND KING CORN.
Hot Wave Means Life to the Crop In
tho Great West.
Milwaukee Wisconsin.
This Is the time of year when the equator
goes Into the same line of business as the
politicians, and supplies the people ot tho
temperate zone with a good deal of hot air.
Here In Milwaukee, on the edge of Lake
Michigan, people do not fully realize the
scorching, siroccolike Intensity of these
summer blasts. In Missouri and Nebraska,
away from the great reservoirs of cool
water which make Wisconsin a summer re
sort, there are times during the midsummer
heat when all outdoors seems like the in
side of a fiery furnace, and man tries
to keep under shelter of shade as In
stinctively as a fly would refuse to alight
upon a red-hot stove-lid.
This Is the sort of weather that brings the
corn crop to maturity. It Is particularly es
sential this year, as the season began late.
There are complaints that It Is causing the
leaves of the corn to curl up, which is a
sign that there is danger of drouth. The
same people expressing this fear were con
vinced not long ago that the floods and the
heavy rainfall during the spring had put a
fair yield of corn out of the question this
year. Upon a few cornstalks In especially
exposed locations the leaves have curled
up, but the probability Is that the bulk of
the crop is coming along finely.
If everything were to be regulated by the
outcome of the crops this year, the tremors
In Wall street would cease. For the crops,
on the whole, promise more than average
returns.
MEANT IN FIN.
A woman may respect a man for being
able to think, but she can never understand
why he Wants to do It wnen ne coma nave
so mucn more iun taming. new xors.
Press.
Wigwag Think we're going to have a dry
summer?
Guzzler I'm sure I shall. I've got to take
my family to Ocean Grove. Philadelphia
Kecora.
Were you ever on the stage?" asked the
cabbage.
Only once, repuea tne egg. i wm men
cast for the villain and made a great hit."
Chicago News.
tfiiddv I see that a Chicago judge rules
that a woman may bring an action for slan
der If, being 30 or over, she Is called an old
maid.
Duddy Yes, but where Is the old maid
who will admit that she is 30? Boston
Transcript.
T thought you were a member of the
church," sold the policeman who stopped
Uncle Rastus the other night wltn a couple
of chickens under his arm.
BO 1 is, sun, so i in, was mo rci'iy, w. .
dese yere chickens am to make de sand- (
wlches fur our church plcnto tomorrow.''
Detroit Free Press.
Professor of Phlloloav Some words. In
the course of time, have actually reversed
their meaning. For example, the word
tyrant once meant a beneflclent king. Can
any one In the class give a more recent ex
ample? ,
muoeni xea. sir. -ins w.iriii ian wm
edv used to mean something humoroua.
Life.
Miss Bhaxoe Didn't I hear you telling tht
minister you were only 24?
Mlsa ooodev wny er pernaps you aia.
Miss Shame Well. I am surprised, and
you a Sunday school teacher, too!
Miss Goodey But, you know, the minister
himself has told us It's always better to un
derrate a thing than to exaggerate. Phila
delphia Press.
A YACHTSMAN'S SONG.
Hurrah for the wind, for the wind that's
west.
For tho wind that's fair and free.
It speeds a boat o'er the billow's crest
And the boat belongs to me.
My boat with hir sails tn windward dressed
And her Dowspru nam a-iee.
I hoist the sheets to her tap'rlng mast
And-tne arter naicn i clew.
I trim the galley and make It fast.
And 1 hoist the foc-snll, too;
I belay my course by the binnacle.
And sail it taut und true.
Oh, the wind blows fresh and the wind
blows salt.
And quickly the boom I cheek;
I think It better to call a halt
Ere my host becomen a wreck;
But the rudder ansa lis my 'wlldered head
And my head assails the deck.
Mv craft springs forward a league or two,
Then quickly the capstan fills,
And down she goes through the ocean
blue
And my cup of gladness spills:
For my rollton desk sails Into view,
With a deckload of unpaid bills.
Clarice W. Riley In New York Times.
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