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THE OMAHA DAILY 11KE: SATURDAY, AUGUST 1. i!03.
The Omaha Daily Dee
E. ROrJEWATER,' editor.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION,
fllate nf Nehraslrn. DouclaS COUSty. 8.
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Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
ava that the actual number of full and
nlMa miiIki nf The Dally Morning,
livening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month f July, lva, was as iuuow-:
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31 .10,010
Total 033,315
,taa unsold and returned copies.... ,
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Net average sales 24,TUC
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PARTIES L.EAV1KG FOU Sl'lIMER.
Parties leavloc tbe city lot
the nmnir may bare The Be
sent to them renlatly '"by
''" notifying; Tho--Bee f Bnslneas
efflee, la parson or by moll.
The od Areas Trill bo cnanged
s often desired.
If Judge Gray acts on a lew more
trike commissions, be will soon be en
titled to be called "the groat arbitrator.
From' accounts of bis royal progress in
Ireland It would appear that King Ed
.ward was getting to be something of a
politician himself. '
i Booth Omaha over-lap bonds do not
appear to be In very active demand even
though they bear 6 per cent Interest
payable semi annually.'
Booker T. Washington would not be
reaping the full reward of fame if his
success did not draw out, a back fire
from some of Ids own people. ' -
Very little comfort or consolation for
the average taxpayer is to be found in
the annual levy of state taxes fixed by
the State' Board of Equalization.
. The annual freight' car' famine that
always explains the inability of the rail
roads to move the gralh promptly will
put In its appearance in due time.
.Now if all the city officials will only
form a mutual admiration society bind
ing each member to ' refrain from im
pugning the motives of the other, the
city hall happy family would serve for
exhibition purposes.
The principal In the Hungarian Diet
boodle episode declares he was led astray
by political adventurers. As he furnished-
the money that was used In the
bribe deal he must hnve been either a
willing victim or an easy mark.
The railroads converging in Omaha
have been accommodating the Jobbers
til their efforts to extend their trade ter
ritory. Now let them do something for
the retailers in the way of bringing
shopping excursions into Omaha.
At the request of the conference at
which the proposed new primary system
ws recommended for adoption by the
republican county committee The Bee
prints the draft of the rules in full. They
should provo interesting reading for re
publicans.
The conclave of cardinals is made np
of sixty-four' members aud it takes, a
two-thirds vote to elect a pope. This
ought to make the chances for a dead-
' lock as good as in one of bur legisla
tures engaged In the electlou of a United
States senator. '
When Leo XIII was elevated to the
papal primacy no one expected him to
live more than five years at most, and
those who elected him were already fig
uring on his successor. But the car
dinals are uot likely to fool themselves
this time in thut fashion.
State taxes in Nebraska on property
assessed at from one-sixth to one-eighth
of Its actual value average 74' mills, as
against 2 mills In Iowa, where prop
erty is presumed to be assessed at one
fourth of its actual value. This Is why
tax reform is the paramount Issue in
Nebraska.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier gives It as his
oplnlou that the best way for Canada to
remain friendly with the United States
is to maintain itself raiuinerclall Inde
pendent The Canadian premier doubt
les draws his conclusion from his ob
servation of individuals as well as of
nations. 'The men most likely to work
together harmoniously are those who do
sjot have to ask favors of one another,
IS IT HKTALtATIVSt
It was reported sonie two weeks ago
that llnssln bad decided on retaliatory
measures as a result of the Klshlneff pe
tition, imt the reiKirt received very little
attention, It being generally .assumed
that the Itiisalnn government would not
make the .mistake of Inciting un
friendly feeling on the part, of the
United States, It being obviously to the
present Interest of that conntry to be
on pood terms with this republic. .
Announcement Is now made of action
by Rti'sln which appears to be regarded
at Washington as retaliatory. This Is In
regard to passports for Americans visit
ing Itussla, the Intention being to sub
ject such travelers to that country to a
more strict examination thnn hitherto.
The Department of State has been of
ficially notified that hereafter pass
ports issued to American cltUens who
expect to visit Russia will be vised only
at the Hussion embassy at Washington
and the consulates at New York, Chi
cago and Ran Francisco, cutting off a
number of other consulates which have
heretofore Indorsed passports. No rea
son, It Is stated, was flven for, the new
order and while It may be a measure of
economy, it is quite natural to think
that the real reason is the determina
tion of the Itusslan government to exr
erclse a much, more strict supervision
over Amerlcnns going to that country
than has been-done, owing, to the synv
pnthy of our people with the Jews in
the Russian empire. It is pointed out
that the largest demonstrations of sym
pathy were made in Washington, New
York, Chicago and San Francisco and
the Russian consular representatives in
those cities bavA.etomplcte lists Of the
men who were conspicuous . in, such
demonstrations and are therefore as
sumed to be regarded with disfavor by
Russia. It is further pointed, out. that
nng consul can refuse to indorse. a pass
port for any reason or for none' at all
and such refusal ends the matter.
Perhaps It Is not correct totegard this
as retaliatory. It may bey&at the Rus
sian government Will . feel disposed to
give an explanatlQp'of its action which
will be entirely satisfactory. .Put corju.;
Ing at this time ltJarta,lnly suggestive
of resentment' and retamrtton. If
prompted b.v such ,a, Bplrilk It Is. a' grate
mtstnUe'and the 'result cannot possibly
be' of any advantage to the Russian
government. The pollcy 'of that govern
ment, especially under present condi
tions, should be to maintain friendly re
lations, with the United States and tills
caanot be done if there is any sort of
discrimination toward American citizens
visiting Russln. We should resent hav
ing our people subjected to conditions
not imposed upon those of other coun
tries who .go to Russia and we shoUM
very earnestly object to' any measures
which implied that Americana are less
worthy of confidence than the people of
other countries. It is to be hoped it will
be found that the Russian government
has-not been actuated in this matter by
any Ill-feeling.
DlHTVKBItiO CLCJf KSTH IS CUBA.
While the reported local disturbances
in Cuba were not of a serious nature,
they suggest that there are elements in
the island which may at any 'time' be
come troublesome and which need to
be dealt with vigorously and firmly.
While undoubtedly a large majority of
the people are satisfied with the govern
ment, there is a' considerable number
who are not and among these' are poli
ticians who will not hesitate to make
mischief if opportunity ' offers. Em
braced in this element are some of the
men who were in the Cuban revolution
ary army and who feel that the govern
ment ought to make prompt provision
to pay them for that service. . . Then
there is a considerable element that has
no respect for law and could easily be
induced to support a revolutionary
leader, should one appear.
There are many-Americans who be
lieve that a revolutionary outbreak in
Cuba Is Inevitable sooner or. later and
that It will result in the annexation of
the Island to the United States. Per
haps their view is correct," but it will
be the duty of our government to firmly
discountenance any movement In Cuba
of a revolutionary character and to
give such support to the Cuban govern
ment as will insure its ' maintenance,
The United States is practically pledged
to this and there is reason to believe
that such would be its course should a
demand arise for It.
TUB CONSKRVATIVK VllW.
The prevailing view' in eastern flnan
cal circles is said to be that there will
be no quick rebound in stock values, but
op the contrary, the slow and steady
conservative forces will be allowed to
prevail, at least until after the expected
stringency of the fall has been met and
overcome."-It . Is stated also to be the
understanding that there are to be no
heavy advances to the railroads, no dl
version of funds Into any one channel
and while no one ventures to say that
he looks for any great reaction from the
industrial and commercial activity of
the past five years, yet there appears
to be a deposition to believe that while
the high level may be fairly well main
talned, still not for some time will In
dustrlal activity show the proportionate
growth which has characterized it from
year to year since 1807.
This probably quite accurately ex
presses the feeling In all departments of
business. The recent conditions in Wall
street hate undoubtedly produced a very
general disposition. In financial, indus
trial aud mercantile circles, to observe
a Judicious conservatism. There is no
serious apprehension, but on the con
trary strong confidence in the future,
yet it Is felt that there would b danger
in another booming process and exces
slve Inflation of valnea and the general
determination seems to be to avoid this
danger. The legitimate business of the
country, there Is every reason to be
lieve, will go steadily forward and no
great Impairment of prosperity Is to be
apprehended, but there is an end for n
time to toom methods arid to the
schemes of promoters. Not even Morgan,
who seems to be pretty thoroughly dis
credited by recent evenjs, could uow-get
public support for any enterprise he
might undertake. There is no doubt
that a reasonable degree of financial and
business eoruerva.tlsra will be good for
the country.
WHAT iriLl TfltT'DO II JICBttlSKAf
The reunited populists of America
have reaffirmed the Fourth of July plat
form of 1802 and have formally declared
themselves absolved from allegiance to
and alliance with , the. republican and
democratic partlesr- Among the repre
sentative populists who Joined In this
declaration of Independence were ex
Senator William V. Alleni ex-Governor
Toynter and C. Q.' DeFrnnee, former
candidate for state auditor on the fusion
ticket of 1002 and editor of the official
organ of Nebraska populists.
Standing way. up in the councils of
their party, these eminent Nebraskans
doubtless voice the sentiment of the
rank and file -of Simon pure and un
adulterated populism in this state. That
men of such high standing and character
would launch an appeal to the people of
the United States who aro in sympathy
with the' cardinal principles of populism,
with a mental reservation, or intentional
even, It scarcely credible. That these
leaders 'would, declare for independent
Ctlon in the 'presidential campaign and
ould advocate,' or "countenance, fusion
with any other party cn candidates
nominated. -for tate officers would also
seen!" to be decidedly out of harmony
with the Denver pronunclamento.
The question .that naturally presents
Itself then Is whether the populist con-
ention called" for Grand Island to. nomi
nate a supreme Jkidge and regents of the
university" wllr be another roaring farce,
or whether it will necessitate a perma
nent separation between the so-called re
form forces that liave been trotting in
double harness in Nebraska since 1804.
Obviously . the debate in the populist
ranks a to separation or fusion has be
come the .burning question of the' hour,
"rTHiiiTrre populists alone cannot hope to
elect a statu- ticket - this year is abso
lutely certain.'-! .That the populists and
democrats' could elect the next supreme
Judge and regents of the university in
combination Is extremely doubtful even
if the new declaration were. ignored and
the Nebraska. contingent ' that partici
pated in the Denver conference could be
persuaded to'fall In line Just once more.
Nebraska populists will 'have' ah oppor
tunity to show at Grand Island whether
they 'approve the Denver . program , br
whether 'by repudiating it at once they
will discredit it throughout the conntry
Under .the .atate.'0ises8trient' retqrneQ
for the coming eat the. 1-mlll-tax levy
for tho university fund wl produce oyer
f 188,000,-or more than was-ever raised
lief ore by .taxation ( for'tWii purpose,
This sum in addition to the regular in
come' of the university from its endow
ment funds and university ; lands and
national, government .' subsidies , gives
that Institution resources far beyond all
xpectatlons of its founders. The dan
ger Is that the University authorities will
come to regard this mill levy. as some
thing that 'belongs to. It permanently, al
though .It. was secured on representation
that it was needed only for temporary
relief. The rate of the unlvesslty levy
will haire to be cut down when the new
revenue law goes into effect multiplying
assessment values, although we' may ex
pect a Strenuous effort to prevent pro
portionate. reduction.
The closing chapter of the history of
a crime has just been published.; After
ten years of receivership the affairs of
the' Capitol National bank of Lincoln
have been brought to an end and the
final dividend Is promised for dlstrihu
tion' at an' early date. With the closing
chapter the fact is recalled that the
state of Nebraska lost $230,000 in the
wreck, not counting Interest on its de
posit ana many thousands of dollars ex
pended for lawyers' fees in the effort to
recover from Charley Mosher and his
rascally associates. The suggestive par
agraph' in m the closing chapter Is that
about $00,000 of the assets of the bank
have been' absorbed by the lawyers and
receivers. Had the receivership contln
ued a few more years there would prob
ably have been . heavy claims filed
against the depositors.
The State Board of Equalization has
fixed the levy for the coming year upon
taxable property in Douglas county a
4Vj mills for general state taxes and'l
mills for school and university taxes,
making a total of 6 mills for state taxes,
Formulated in mathematical terms, the
forced contribution levied upon Dougla
county will aggregate $153,558, an In
crease of $30,380 ' over the uggregate
forced contribution to the state ' from
Douglus county for the year 1903. This
Increase would have been cheerfully
borne if the state board had -done its
duty with regard to the railroad assess
ment. " ',
The property and franchises of the
New Omaha Thomson-Houston Electric
Lighting company In Omaha were as
sessed for municipal taxation last year
on a "-valuation of a little more than
$500,000. By consolidating with the
electric lighting plants of Council Bluffs
and South Omaha certainly worth not
half the value of the Omaha plant the
property is made to support, securities
in stocks and bonds aggregating $4,500,
000. It is easy to see where tlfe con
sumer of electric light ' and power
Omaha comes In on such a deal. of
financiering.
Just now Rome is the rallying center
for newspaper fakirs who are flooding
the press with sensational figments of
the Imagination the mysterious disap
pearance of the fisherman's ring, the
theft of 20.000.000 lire la gold coin from
the pspal money chest the disaffection
among ths cardinals over their new
quarters in the Slstlne chapel and the
alleged plots and counter-plots anions
aspiring members of the conclave. These
entertaining stories ftiny be a Wallowed
by the credulous, but should alt be taken
at a heavy discount.
The veracious Omaha correspondent
of the Lincoln Journal, "who claims to
speak for" the antl-machlnd republican
faction of Douglas county, ventures upon
the prediction that Judge Sullivan will
carry Douglas county by a large ma-
orlty "If Rosewnter persists In his old
tactics." If this political forecaster
speaks by the card the bell wethers of
the so-called machine-, faction nre pre
paring for another bolt.'-
Councilman O'Brien and County Com
missioner Connolly will paddle in the
regatta for the world's' championship at
the annual picnic of the Donglaa County
Democracy next Sunday. The odds In
the political pool room are largely In
favor of the county commissioner, who
has proved himself a heavy stroke In
the political whirlpool on several occa-
c-lons. " .. -
Denver Is to have a grand Jury spe
cially charged with Inquiring into the
free grants "of valuable franchises and
other questionable transactions of the
local authorities. Denver must be look
ing for some of the free advertising St.
Loulsand Minneapolis have been mo
nopolizing. 1 .
The Ileal Need.
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Pennsylvania manufacturing . companies
are experimenting- with a substitute for fuel
instead of going to the roots of the matter
and finding a substitute for Baer.
Dates to Look Forward To.
Washington Post.
The State department officially announces
that nothing remains to be settled but the
date on which Manchuria ports shall be
opened. , That's also the only unsettled fea
ture of Bryan's retirement from politics.
Financial Fodder.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Promoters with their, little prospectus
dealing Ih "hundreds of millions" are In an
undigested condition with strong symptoms
of dyspepsia. There is also some loss of
appetite for hot-air billions on the part of
the public.
. Joe ns m Joker.
Baltimore American.
JjA. Edgerton, the populist who called
the .new party conference to order In Den
ver, Is a member of the American Press
Humorists. He will Incur the Jealousy of
all the other members by thus usurping the
right" to -mingle with the funniest people on
earth .aa; one of them. The convention la
the best joke Edgerton ever perpetrated.
Real Baals for Circulation.
Indianapolis Journal.
EoonomiBts have a century-old habit of
calculating the circulating medium of a
country on a per capita, itaits. Would It
'not be more sensible tq"..gBlculate It on a
basis of .the volume of business transacted?
The enterprising- American business- man
has need of, a considerably' greater Volume
'of currency than the BjMSsJair peasant of
the Sieux Indian. ' .fy jf.j
Gusher Closes Spooler Starts.
' Cincinnati "ErtquTrer. " -
The Intimation that thece is still a chanoe
to save the country jarlSfS doubtless from
the Information that there has been a sur
cease In the product 'of Hon. Charles A.
Towne's oil. wells .In . Texas. . It Is .sur
prising how the country has got along, so
many months without Mr.' Towne's majestic
eloquence. .Perhaps he will get around in
time to take- Colonel Bryan's nomination
for vice president again.
nallroadlns; and Warfare.
- Detroit, Free Press.
During the three months endlnr March SI
there were 300 persons killed and 834 In
jured In railroad accidents In the United
States. Other railroad casualties brought
the total number to S27 killed and 11,481
injured. The Doers lost only 3,700 In killed
during three years of war with Great
Britain and the moral seems to be that
war hi Africa is a great deal safer business
than railroading In the United States.
Give Others a Show.
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Philadelphia Record.
Judge Gray la in general demand as an
arbitrator. He complains that he has
Judicial duties to perform and he cannot
regulate the labor troubles of the country.
Bishop Potter has managed to arbitrate
a number of disputes local In New Tork,
and labor unions that cannot secure the
services of the Delaware Judge might be
able to secure those of the New York
ecclesiastic. Besides, there are Several
other members of the anthracite strike
commissioner will not some of them do?
Good Will for Japan.
Brooklyn Times.
The attitude of little Japan toward giant
Russia should make the world pause in ad
miration. If It comes to war, may Japan
meet with" the success Its courage deserves.
It deserves the support of the other great
powers If for no other purpose thnn to
compel Russian diplomacy to come down
to the common level of truth and sincerity,
American diplomats have set the world an
excellent example of straightforward deal
ing. Russian diplomats are constant fabri
cators and deceptlonlsts. Russia should he
whipped out of appetite and into a condi
tion of humility and honesty.
LATEST IN IJlKCTIONS.
Kew Hampshire Jadare lasses One that
Is Worth While.
Chicago Record-Herald.
A New Hampshire jur;e has Issued an
injunction that Is in these days of prise
Injunctions entitled to something more than
honorable mention. The Boston St Maine
Railway company's trains have for some
time past been delayed at Ooff's Falls by
cattle gracing between the rails. This has
caused the engineers to do a good deal of
whistling, much to the distress of the
Inhabitants, who protested to the court
against being kept awake at ' night and
having their sensitive New England nerves
upset during the daytime. The learned
judge has, therefore decreed that "Kelliher's
cows are enjoined from going to, upon,
down and across the said tracks" and the
Inhabitants of Ooff's Falls are again en
deavoring to obtain peace of mind.
The actions of the enjoined cows will be
watched with deep interest by railroad men.
If the klne obey the Injunction relief from
what has heretofore been supposed to be
an unavoidable nuisance may be obtained.
In Kansas and some other places where the
fitness of things Is not always observed
swarms of grasshoppers sometimes camp on
callroad tracks and stall the trains. If
cows may be enjoined from going to, upon,
down or across a railway track why can't
tha grasshoppers be dealt with In the same
way?
News concerning the doings of Kelliher's
cows will be anxiously awaited by the
magnates
fnUE HOMRS AD TBtAXT FARMERS
Some Slanlflrant Farts Gleaned from
tho Census Report.
.' Chk-sgo Tribune.
It has always been the custom of Ameri
cans to extol the farmer and to assert that
a nation largely composed of freeholdlng
farmers Is a nation founded pn a rock upon
which the rains may descend and the winds
blow In vain. On the other hand It has been
pointed out that the countries wherein land
has been concentrated In the hands of great
owners and peasant proprietors have been
rejuced to the position of tenants or hired
men, contain within themselves the seeds of
decay. The fall of Rome Is by many at
tributed to the disappearance of the small
Italian f irms owned by freemen and the
substitution for them , of great estates
worked by Staves. In view of these doc
trines, largely subscribed to by American
politicians and publicists, the constantly In
creasing tendency of the people of this
country to forsake farms for cities has
been frequently commented on and de
plored. The- census figures at successive
decades show that the percentage of urban
population has grown considerably greater
at each successive decade. In 1790 8.4 per
cent of ,the people lived In cities of 8,000 cr
over; in 1840., 8 5 per cent; In 1860, 16.1 per
cent; In 1880, 22.6 per cent, and In 1900, 3S.1
per cent. These figures exclude Hawaii, the
radian Territory and Indian reservations.-
But, greatly as the rush to the cities has
been' commented upon, another fact equally
noteworthy- has been overlooked. That Is
the decreasing percentage of farmers who
own their own fsrms and the .increasing
percentage of farms worked by tenants.
Of the B.759.6B7 farms In the United States
recorded In the census of 1900, 63.7 per cent
wre, operated by their owners and 36.3 per
cant were operated by tenants. In 1890
7i.fi per cent of all farms were operated by
owners and 28.4 per cent by tenants. In 1S80
i4.5 pr cent of all farms were operated by
owners and 25.5 per cent by tenants. In
this connection It should be explained that
operation or partial operation of a farm by
a member of the owner's family constitutes
operation by the owner. In the north
central division, containing the great farm
ing states of Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, Michi
gan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa. Missouri.
mui uoia, eouth Dakota, Kansas and
Nebraska. 72.1 per cent of the farms were
operated by owners and 25.9 per cent by
iiii ,n ltMI 7B o per cent by ownerg
and; 23.4 per cent by tenants In 1890, and
79.5 per cent by owners and 20.5 per cent by
tenants In 1880. In Illinois the percentage
of tenants to owners Is even higher, being.
in 1890, 34 per cent to 66 per cent, and In 1900
S9.8 per cent to 60.7 per cent.
Going a step farther we find that of the
farmers who do own their homes a larger
percentage of them are In debt than for
merly. The percentage of free farm homes
to Incumbered farm homes was, In the
whole country. In 1900 68.9 per cent to 31 1
per cent; In 1890. 71.8 per cent to 28.2 per
cent. In the north central division the
percentage of free and Incumbered homes
was about the same at the two periods,
being In I860 67.6 per cent free and 42.5 per
cent Incumbered, and In 1900, 58.3 per cent
free and 41.7 per cent Incumbered. The
gains In the percentage of free homes of
mis uivision were made almost entirely In
the states of Kansas. Nebraska and the
Dakotas. In Kansas the free farm homes
constituted 68.2 per cent In 1900, against 44.6
per cent In 1890; In South Dakota for . the
same years the free homes are as 63,8 to
47.6, and in North' Dakota, 68.6 to 61.8. In
the older states the percentage of free
farms diminished,, the figures In Illinois
being, 1890, free,; 63.3, Incumbered, 36.7; 1900,
free.. 60.7. Incumbered, 39.1 .
Parallel- with 'the movement front-the
farms to the cities, and with the dlmlnu
Hon of the number of farm owners as corn-
Tared with farm tenants; and 'consequent
upon those tendencies,, .has come an in
crease In the average size of farms. Or, In
other words, farm lands are becoming
concentrated In fewer hands relatively to
the total acreage under cultivation. In 1890
the average size of a farm In the United
States was 136.6 acres; In 1900 the aver
age size of a farm was 146.6 acres. In the
north central states the figures for average
sized farms are, In 1890, 133.4 acres; In
1900, 144.6 acres. Illinois, however, has
decreased the size of Its average farm In
tho ten years from 126.7 to 124.8 aores. The
Increases in average slae occur chiefly In
the western states. As diversified farming
becomes more popular, the tendency to In
crease the size of farms and to decrease
the comparative number of farm owners
may be checked. The census commissioner
accounts for the decrease In the size of
Illinois farms "by the subdivisions of old
farms near cities for use In the growing of
fruit and vegetables, which accounts for
the decrease In the average area of farms
In that state."
The tendency away from the farms to
the cities Is one which few Americans will
regard with pleasure. Whether the com
parative increase In the number of tenants
Is deplorable depends upon circumstances.
If It means that most of those who are now
tenants were once farm laborers who have
rented farms In the hope of saving up
enough money to enable them, to buy land.
and become Independent, there Is no occa
sion for regret. If It means that owners
have lost their farms and work as tenants
the lands they once owned there Is occasion
for regret. There is nothing to prove that
many farmers are going down In the world.
The Increase In the percentage of incum
bered farms Is not necessarily a bad sign.
It depends altogether on whether the loans
have been wisely or unwisely made. The
subject was fully discussed In 189fl. when
the magnitude of the farm mortgage debt
of the United States was one of the argu
ments advanced by the Bryanltea to Induce
the farmers to vote for free silver and 60
cents dollars. It was proved at that time
that most of the loans were not made, be
cause the borrowers were hard up, but In
order to enable them to buy land or to Im
prove and make more productive the land
they already owned. Of the many mort
gages existing In 1890 comparatively few
have been foreclosed. As the farmers ere
much better off now than they were In that
year It msv safely be assumed that the In
crease In the number of farm mortgages Is
not a bad omen.
Example to Blackmailers.
New Tork Tribune.
The conviction of the former treasurer
of the Journeymen Stonecutters' union after
a full and Impartial trial will undoubtedly
check the predatory operations of un
scrupulous walking delegates and their
accomplices. Murphy has been found
guilty of stealing thousands of dollars of
plunder extorted from weak-kneed em
ployers. Ills punishment ought to be so
exemplary as to disconcert the blackmailers
and to stiffen the backbones of those who
have been yielding to blackmail.
Kaasaa and Capld.
Baltimore American.
Kansas U getting desperate and to pre
vent a teacher famine from piling up Its
sterile record has forbidden marrying and
even courting among the feminine In
structors of her youth. Kansas may foil
the ordinary forces of nature with cyclone
cellars, but It can fence out Cupid about
as easily as New Jersey is extinguishing
mosquitoes.
Kate of a Reformer.
Chicago Chronicle.
' Still the petard continues to hoist tha
engineer. Out In the state of Washington
a law providing for the "posting" of drunk
ards haS gone Into effect and Its first victim
Is the stats senator who framed It-
OT1IF.R LANDS TIIA OlRS.
t
Italy Is gaining fast In manufactures and
all Industries. The demonstration of Italian
achievements In recent years which was
made at the Paris exposition of 1900 opened
the eyes of many visitors to the remark
able Ingenuity and freshness of much Ital
ian work, and recent statistics of Italian
trade show that the progress of Italy In
modern business Is very notable. The lack
of cheap fuel has long been a serious check
upon Italian Industries, but the utilization
of water power furnished by mountnln
streams and Converted Into electricity is
fast overcoming that obstacle. In some
measure, and the signs of better times mul
tiply in various parts of the Italian king
dom. This modern revival of the ancient
mother land of great rulers, famous con
querors and gifted artists, poets and paint
ers, builders of cities and masters of em
pires, Is one of the bright signs of the
times. It shows how far the world Is from
exhaustion In the districts Where man has
been most active and the population has
been most dense. There Is no country so
well worn and so long crowded. Judged by
the standards of any age, that it may not
aspire to much greater achievements and
higher prosperity than It has ever enjoyed.
M
A large number of the sportsmen of Paris
have turned their attention from the auto
mobile to the airship. They hope to solve
the problem of aerial flight as successfully
as they have mastered the problem of flight
on the highways. Various tests, public or
private, of new-fangled flying machines are
taking place dally In or near Parts, and
French aeronauts whose opinions are enti
tled to weight believe that, before the end
of the present summer their achievements
will astonish tho whole world. These en
thusiasts have been greatly encouraged In
their prophesying by the recent triumph of
M. Santos-Dumont. The other day he
actually visited the races at Longchamps
In one of his big airships, the trip having
been made as successfully as If he had cov
ered the distance in a cab or by train.
Moreover, several of the French nobility
are engaged In making and breaking aerial
long-distance records. Santos-Dumont him
self now hns three new airships In the
course of construction, and there are, all
told, no fewer than fourteen of these con
trivances building or already 'completed in
Paris which are described as "first-class"
vessels. It Is said that Europe will have,
within the next few weeks, more than forty
dirigible balloons ready to compete for first
honors.
According to a recent Russian consular
report, six years ago 9,000 children attended
Russian schools In Syria. The number Is
now 20,000. Although on account of various
conspicuous topics like the Bagdad railway,
the Armenian troubles and the custom
scandals In Constantinople, France, Ger
many and Great Britain have had their
names meat prominently connected with
current affairs in the Levant, It Is not to be
supposed that Russia, while almost unmen
tloned, has been idle. Last spring a Rus
sian squadron under Rear Admiral Kiieger
paid a quiet visit to Jaffa, from which point
his men visited by rail Jerusalem. They
found thero that among all the foreign
Christian communities Russia had token
the lead throughout tho Holy Land, and
especially la Jerusalem, in buying land and
In building and establishing missions,
schools, hospitals and monasteries. Tho
Russian "Njw Jerusalem," with its fine
modem buildings, forms a little town of
ltael.f a fortress that commands Jerusalem.
It consists of a mission house with a school
and, hospital, of a pilgrims' shelter, of
dwellings for clerical and lay officials, of
the palace for the future patriarch and the
consul general, and of two churches,' one of
which, the cathedral, towers above the
whole of Jerusalem. All these buildings
are-wttmronried toys Torlresa wall.' Russia
has bought one-third of . the . Mount of
Olives and Inclosed It and the Gethsemane
church by a wall, while from beyond the
Jordan there can be seen the lofty Russian
tpwer built on the summit of the mount,
and close to tho Church of the Ascension.
The Russian Palestine society has existed
neor'.y a quarter of a century, and It plays
a very important part as the tool of pan
slavism in Syria and Palestine.
The Imperial university In Peking, which
was directed from the beginning by the
learned Dr. W. A. P. Martin, an American
missionary, has been reorganized by the
Japanese. The troubles between the
Chinese minister In Japan and tho students
of his country revealed, the fact, which waa
a surprise to the diplomats In Pekln, that
a thousand Chinese students were living In
Toklo. That was six months ago. Since
then the number of Chinese students has
Increased to 2,000, and Includes the children
of some of the highest officials and nobil
ity, apart from the ruling race, the Man
chus, who heretofore have scorned to look
beyond the walls of Peking for knowledge.
What Is even more remarkable, there are a
hundred or more girls among them. Cheap
ness was the potent argument which the
Japanese used to attract Chinese students
to Japan. Most of the students are en
rolled in the Toklo university, but others
are In military, normal, agricultural and
scientific schools, and others toll In the
private establishments of Mr. Fukudawa
and Count Okuma, who have played a
great part In modernizing Japan.
If the son of Peter, by the grace of God
and of assassins' bullets king of Servla,
Is an Imbecile as the Russian specialist
has pronounced him It Is a pretty pros
pect that opens before the people who
took the dispensation of Providence into
their own bloody hands and Invoked
wholesale and brutal murder to effect a
change of dynasties. Before he took up
the dripping crown, Peter talked of hand
ing It over to this son. and It Is known
that he cherishes for him that peculiar
OUR WINDOWS
Will give you a brttcr idea of what we are doing
than we can tell you here.
There are reductions in prices that are as good
as a gift.
Wh'y? Because the linen are broken. The
season is passing for which they were made and
we are willing to sacrifice and not be obliged to
carry them over.
$25 sJts $20 Suits. S,3fa!d 5 0 $5, $6:6.50
$12.50 and $18 Suits, Suits Trousers
12'50 $15. $10 $5 $3.50
Koft Shirts, 75c, 11.15 and JJ1.75, that were
$1.00, $2.00, ?2.50, 3 00 and 3.50.
Men's Straw Hats that sold up to to 2, now 15c
' NO CLOTHING FITS LIKE OUUS. ,
i '
R. S. Wilcox,
blind and doting affection which parents
sometimes Indulge toward : mentally defi
cient children. It the king' possesses any
strength of character. It would probably
be used In securing the suocesslon trt this
Prince George, and SerVIa Will. hVe
butchered one degenerate only to put an
other on the throne. n
rERSOXAL ROTES.
ToMaa Eppsteln of Cincinnati, after
nearly four years In the rostofllce depart
ment of the Philippines, has been ap
pointed postmaster Of the city of Cebu.
Kubellk. the violinist, reached his 23d year
a few days ago. Hardly In any other art
but music can one be a world-wide celebrity
at 23, but Joachim played In London when
he was 12. . .,' , t,
A bronze tablet to the memory of General
Henry Knox has Jutt been unveiled near
Thomaston, Me., where once stood his his
toric mansion Montpelior. Oeneral Knox
was the first secretary of war under Pres
ident Washington.
Dr. Shea of the board of health of Bos
ton has gone to Europe to study the meth
ods of battling with contagious diseases,
and will read a paper before a German
medical society on the treatment of small
pox In the United States.
Rev. George Hanson, rector of the churct
of Marylibone, In London, who came to the
United States to fill the pulpit of Dr.
Lorlmer,- In New York, during the latter's
absence In Europe, preached his first
sermon Sunday, his subject being Leo XIII.
Frederic Mosson, who has Just been
elected a member of the French academy. Is
famed ns one of the greatest living au
thorities on Napoleon. His collection of
Napoleonic relics Is second to none except
that of Prince Roland Bonaparte. He tias
spent a lifetime In connoting the minutest
details of Napoleon's public and particu
larly private life.
Dr. John A. Trembly, the eccentric
scientist, has Just died at his home In
Hamilton, O. This homo fs unique, the
owner having designed the Various rooms
In geometrical figures, some ("tngonal.
others clrculnr, others elliptical, and
specimens of every known wood were
procured from all parts of the world and
used In the structure.
Queen Wllhelmlna has become an expert
photographer, seldom . going out without
her camera. The other day she saw a
peasant woman in '- picturesque ; eostume
holding a baby In ' her arms.' Shet asked
permission to take her picture, to the great
delight of the woman. Who received a
present after the snapshot had been taken,
while the baby got a kiss from the queen.
IX JESTIG MOOD.
"See here! Ain't It time for you to be
glttln' home?"
"Home? Home? Shert'nly not! I stilt
fot a dollar and twenty shents!" New
ork Journal.
Uncle Reuben says: "Dar" "hain't any'
spenhlnl call, us I knows on, fur a man to
muke a liar of hlnself to please a woman,
but at the same time he's little short of a
fule If he don't git around to observe dat
last week." Detroit Free Press.
"8o you're learning to play chess," said
Maud. . ... .
"Yes," answered Mamie. 1 i '
"The moves must be very difficult."
"Yes. But the worst part Isn't the mov
ing. It's the keeping still." Washington '
Star. ' '
Markley-Yes, I did lend him 110. t .
Newltt Well, I suppose- he'll pay you
back some day, but you can't make pirn
hurry.
Markley I don't know about that. The
mere sight of me walking along the street '
lllia I1UU llltii f-uiri-i uiK.il Nlill H.crai iimco
lately. Philadelphia Press. , i , '
The Judge--You are charged with taking
two laundered shirts.
tnld me I must take something starcny.
Yonlcers Statesman. . , . , . j
"I see," said the stranger, stirring some
thing In a glass, "that on the strength of
the names In the new city directory you
claim a population here of over 2.300.000."
"I guess thut's about right," observed the
man in the battered panama hat, who was
leaning against the bar and smoking a
cigar.
"What multiple do you use?"
"Well," replied the other, throwing away t
his clgftr and wiping his mouth with the
back of his hand. "I generally take It
straight If It's all the same., to you,"
Chicago Tribune.
Pit A V Ell OF THK PRKDACEOCS. ,
Life.
Now this Is the prayer of the Bull and Bear
At the shrine of the God of Gold,
Whero the shadow cast by a Christian spire
And the westring sun's effulgent fire
Down a narrow street unrolled: f '
"Oh IjirH nf the Merger, and Trust, and
Pool.
Of Gammon, and Greed, and Sham!
'Man cannot live by bread alone,'
So give us our dully lamb.
"We need his fleece to keep us warm.
His fAt when the nights are cool. . ,
And. after all. he's an only child
And twin brother to a fool.
"We won't do a thing to the fresh young
sheep ,
Tint teach him to gnmbol and play:
We'll feed him on only the best of 'shorts'
And beautiful -long' baled hay.
"He shall not suffer the pangs of thirst.
This woolly trny from the flock.
For Innocence we love and prize.
And always water our stock.
"The lion lies down with the lamb (Inside),
Po whv not the Bull nnd Bear?
Wn will show him 'cover.' we'll take him In,
We've plenty of room to spare.
"Ills mint sauce let him bring with him,
The 'lung green" that's nice with game.
And he shall Join our Browning Club
And learn what Is In a name.
"Then, 'let us return to our mutton.
With current funds (which Is Jam)
He shall havfe a plunge In our deepest pool.
And come out a steel spring lamb.
"Oh. Sllahtlv Alloyed, Auriferous God.
Henr thv humble beasts who prey! ,
The Knlglits nt the Golden Fleece are we,
And we worship thee night and day."
Msnagtr.