TOE OMAITA DAILY TtEEt PHIDAT, AUGUST 7, Xf03.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
6tate of Nebraska. Douglaa County, -:
George B. Tischuck aecretary of The Bee
publlsliing Company being duly worn,
say that the actual number of full and
complete coplea of The Dalr Morning.
Evening and Sunday Be printed during the
mr.nl h of Jlllv 193. WU a follOWS:
l ao.feto
17 SVIDW
J8 80.6SO
J9 27,800
JO 83.S10
21 2tt,09O
22 80,200
23 30,570
H 80,800
25 80.B20
M 37.140
27 80,170
28 80i0
29 80,810
80 20,720
31 80,010
I........ 80,620
I 81.140
4 ,.i,oao
t 87,845
30,700"
T 80.SSO
80,lMO
8O,S0
80,760
30,770
37,010
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I..
10..
11..
13 BO.HOO
14 30,040
is o,ao
10 30,2UO
Total
Lesa unaold and returned coplea...
.033,315
Net total sales 23,07
Net average sales j,TWl
GEORGIA B. TZ8CHUCK..
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
beiore mo tula Slat day of July, A. D. 1903.
M. B. HUNUATE,
(Seal) Notary Public.
riHIIBI LKAV1NQ FOB SUMMER.
Parties leavias the city (or
the itauatr may bay Tho Be
seat to then rearularly ay
aotlfylas Tie Baa Boslaeaa
afflea, la person or by aaalL
Tka addreaa will fee ebaagel
St. Louis has overtaken Chicago as a
Windy city.
In the meanwhile, tho fire laddies are
not letting the lack of new engine
house interfere with the efficiency of
their work.
Omaha will hare added very materi
ally to its flre-flghtlng equipment be
fore the end of the year, but no signs
as yet of any . Impending reduction in
fire Insurance rates.
If Chief of Police Donahue and his
detective force will put In all their spare
time to confiscating hip pocket shooting
irons they will render the community
an invaluable service. .
An Omaha builder gets the $338,000
contract for erecting the government
sanitarium at the South Dakota Hot
Springs. Omaha is not knowingly
passing up nny good things.
Tope Plus X starts out well In his ex
presslons of friendship for the American
.people. If he will Jive up to these pro
fessions Americans will have none but
friendly feelings for the new occupant
of the Vatican.
It looks as If a school might be made
profitable in Omaha for the instruction
of visitors from the country in all those
ancient games inherited from the Gar
den of Eden by which a fool and bis
money are too soon parted.
The threatened reduction of passon
ger rates on all the railroad lines east
of the Missouri river from 3 to 2 cents
per mile is a menace to ticket scalpers,
but the general traveling public will
not fert distressed if the 2-cent per mile
rate should materialize.
The FostQffice department announces
thitt it has remaining of Its special rural
delivery appropriation enough money to
establish 4,000 more free delivery routes
during the year. This announcement in
itself is sufficient guaranty that there
will be mpre than enough applications
to take up all of the additional routes.
Plans are suld to be under way for a
great endurance test of racing automo
biles to be pulled off between New York
and Pittsburg some time during Octolnr
next. This doubtless accounts for the
efforts that are making to reorganize the
Hed Cross society in time to take up the
field work and provide for the dead and
wounded.
Farmer John H. Mickey shows rare
discernment iu appointing by virtue of
the powers vested in him as governor
Parmer William J. Bryan as one of the
delegstes from Nebraska to the Farm
ers' national congress. With his barns
weli stocked and bis bins full, Farmer
Bryan should feel able to leave the
work in the fields for a little while and
give tho other farmers the benefit of
hl practical experience.
It turns out that the late King Alex
ander of Servla at the time of his death
was in debt only to the extent of some
1 80.000. If It is a disgrace, as Andrew
Carnegie declares, for a man to die rich,
It is certainly a disgrace for a royal
personage like the Servian king to die
With such a bagatelle of debts, and more
than that, with an estate large enough
to pay them off and leave a surplus.
Nothing proves so conclusively that
KJug Alexander was cut off without
preparation aa the fact that he had
managed 1 borrow only 1 30. 000.
RiU MTReST CVHDITIOXS.
An uneasy feeling is reported to still
prevsll in Wall street, but conditions
yesterday Indicated a somewhat im
proved tendency. There was a better
disposition to buy, though this was by
no means strongly manifested, and
bile some stocks suffered a further
decline, yet on the whole there was ft
steadier situation than for some time.
The uneasiness noted Is readily . to be
accounted for by fear of further fail
ures, for no one can feel very confident
under existing circumstances even ns
to the financial concerns that have been
regarded as the strongest and Barest.
With stocks tumbling and credits cur
tailed and a general feeling of doubt
and distrust prevailing, It is easy to
understand how difficult it is to re
establish confidence, which is a plant
of slow growth.
An improvement of conditions in Wall
street would undoubtedly be' generally
welcomed. It Is not desirable Unit
there shall be a revival of speculation
leading to an inflation of stock values,
but a settling down to a sound and
substantial basis which would remove
all apprehension of panic. ' While as
yet the general business of the country
has not been seriously affected by
event la WaJl street; or more properly
on the Stock exchange, there is some
fear that If existing conditions there
continue they will produce effects in
jurious to general business. It Is said
that already there is repression of new
enterprises . and that this' must neces
sarily become more marked if there
is not a cho.ngo In the Wall street situ
ation, with the possibility of established
enterprises being unfavorably affected.
Any tendency toward improvement in
the sock market, therefore, is a source
of encouragement to all interests.
A GREAT RAiLfTAY PROJECT.
The proposed construction of the new
Grand Trunk Pacific railway, terms for
which have Just "been submitted to the
Dominion Parliament, is a most com
prehensive project, providing not only
for a railroad which shall extend from
ocean to ocean, but also for fleets of
first-class steamships on both the At
lantic and Pacific. As contemplated the
government Is to be the backer of the
enterprise and the road would be prac
tically under government control. In
presenting the project to Parliament
Premier Laurier pointed out that such
a transcontinental line would render
Canada independent of the bonding
privilege, the withdrawal of which the
United States had, he said, held sus
pended over the head of Canada.
Every foot of the new line would be
in Canadian territory and the premier
drew a bright picture of the part it
would play In enabling the Dominion
to successfully compete for the trade
of the Orient He urged that the re
sources of the country through which
the rood would pass are such as to
Justify its construction.
The sentiment in Canada favorable
to a vigorous policy for the develop-r-ent
of the country is strong and un
doubtedly growing aod it is not im
probable that Sir Wilfred Laurier will
be able to carry through this ral'wny
project, though there is much opposition
t It. It would be a great enterprise,
but undoubtedly the Dominion govern
ment would have little difficulty in ob
taining the money necessary to con
struct the line.
THE LOCHREN DECISION.
Comment upon tho decision of Judge
Lqchren in the case of Minnesota
against the Northern Securities Company
Is almost without exception adverse.
The consensus of opinion Is that the
position taken by Judge Lochren is not
only contrary to that of the Judges of
the circuit court In the federal case
against the Securities company, but
finds no warrant in the decisions of the
supreme court of the United States ap
plicable to the case.
It is pointed out that the view of
Judge Lochren that the Securities com
pany had done no act and made no con
tract in restraint of trade or commerce,
and could not properly be regarded as
Intending to so offend against the law, Is
absolutely opposed to the position of the
circuit court in the federal case. In
that decision it was held that the North
ern Securities scheme "destroyed every
motive for competition . between two
roads engaged in interstate traffic,
which were natural competitors for
business, by pooling the earnings of the
two roads for the common benefit of
the stockholders of both companies, and,
according to the familiar rule that every
one Is presumed' to intend what Is the
necessary consequence of his own acts,
when done wilfully and deliberately,
we must conclude that those who con
ceived and executed the plan aforesaid
lutendcd. among other things, to ac
complish those objects." It is further
pointed out that the Lochren decision
is optosed to that of the supreme court
itself, in the esse of the Transmlssouri
Freight association. As to the plea that
there was lack of proved violation of the
Sherman act or of proved intent to
violate it, the court of last resort raid:
"The suit of the government can be
maintained without proof of the alle
gation that the agreement was entered
into for the purpose of restraining trade
,and commerce, or for maintaining rates
above what was reasonable. The neces
sary effect of the agreement is to re
strain trade or commerce, no matter
what the intent was on the part of
those who signed It"
The application of this to the North
em Securities case is perfectly obvious
and would see in to make certain the
overturning of the Lochren decision by
the higher courts. Referring to the con
tention that there is no difference in law
between the rights and obligations of n
"person" and a corporation as a share
holder, or in their relation to' combina
tions in restraint of trade, one commen
tator aaya that the fallacy of this post
tiun waa exposed In the decision of the
circuit court fcf appeals and add; "'o
person in the ordinary sense of the
term is created for the mere purpose of
representing, a number of other persons
as a holder of their stock In several
corporations. No person can be a com
bination In the sense that a corporation
may be, and there is a distinction here
so broad that one would suppose that
any court would have to recognize it"
So far as public opinion Is concerned, as
reflected in the press, the Lochren de
cision has practically no support
THE TRADlAU STAMP BUNCO OAME.
The recent decision of the Nebraska
courts that the trading stamp scheme is
not in conflict with any law on our
statute books has acted as a signal for
the trading stamp promoters to renew
their invasion. Just now the main point
of ettack seems to be at Lincoln, but
the wide-awake merchunts of that thriv
ing city evince a decided disinclination
to bite at the batted hook. Iu letters In
the public prints, the protests are show
ering fast, a pertinent and pointed sam
ple being found in' the following from
one of the managers of the principal re
tail establishment at the capital:
To tho Editor of the Btar: The city of
Peoria, 111., where the Flu Gerald Dry
Goods company used to own a large branch,
but which the firm has recently sold, be
came Involved In a premium ticket fight,
whereby almost every store In that otty Is
compelled to give premium stamps. The re
sult la a demoralizing effect upon the busi
ness of the town, while It does not add any
Increase of sales or profit to any establish
ment. It is costing the merchants of that
city, at. the least, 6,4 per rent of their sales
and which money Is simply going to enrich
the trading stamp syndicate. Theso same
merchants are now trying to devise some
plan whereby they ran dispense with the
whole trading stamp outfits. They aro thor
oughly disgusted ana which would In
evitably follow In the same of this city
should the merchants think they can't in
crease their patronage and sales without
them. Did but one store in a line of busi
ness control a premium offer It would be of
particular worth to that store, but with one
premium company started in a city you will
And that city flooded with every trading
stamp concern now doing business, with the
result that every merchant In town must
give stamps. The only outcome can be a
direct Increase of from B to 10 per cent In
the cost of doing business and If any mer
chant can think for. a moment that he can
increase his sales and profits to overcome
this Increase, with every liko concern giv
ing a premium of some kind, he must be
surely very shortsighted. We have tried it
and we know whereof we speak. Mr. Fits
Gerald was offered recently by a large trad
ing stamp syndicate all the stamps he could
give away with purchases, absolutely free;
was offered control of the premium store
and many other unheard-of conceaslons, If
he would only give his name to start the
ball rolling. He absolutely refused to have
anything to do with It, knowing the disas
trous results Peoria has experienced, and
the same condition should be followed by
every business man In this city.
Keep the trading stamps out of Lincoln
If you would have peace and harmony
among the merchants and If you wouldn't
wish to increase your cost of doing busi
ness by 10 per cent.
GEORGE J. BROWN,
Advertising Manager, Fltz Gerald Dry
Goods Co.
It is certainly remarkable that an at
tempt should bo .made to reviver tho
trading stamp game in Nebraska, which
outranks all the other states in popular
intelligence, after it has been played
out' everywhere else.
Looking through the big end of a
long distance telescope, John N. Bald
win has discovered that the Union Pa
cific bridge was chartered in 1S02 ex
clusively to connect the Union Taciflc
with the Iowa railroads at Council
Bluffs and not to connect the Iowa rail
roads with the Union Taclflc and other
railroads that converge at Omaha. Mr.
Baldwin hnB also discovered that the
re-organlzed Union Pacific Railway
company acquired the bridge by pur
chase and not by foreclosure nni, there
fore, is under no legal obligation to af
ford to any particular railroad, and
more especially the Chicago Grent
Western, access over the bridge to its
Omaha terminals on any conditions.
Most people who have lived, in these
parts have labored under the delusion
that the Union Pacific bridge was given
a special charter with the privilege to
exact passenger and freight tolls, inde
pendent of the Union Pacific main line,
in order that it might serve as a link
between the lines terminating in Iowa
and those terminating In Nebraska.
There has also been a prevailing im
pression, dating back more than a quar
ter of a century, that a change of own.
ershlp in the bridge would not in any
way change the obligations imposed
upon the Union Pacific to give access
to all railroads to its terminals on equal
and reasonable terms.
In explanation and Justification of the
creation of the new position of super
visor of the public schools, we are told
that so many inexperienced Omaha
girls have during recent yeors been em
ployed as teachers that it now requires
a specialist in supervision to guide,
oversee and train them. Why a gradu
ate of the Omaha public schools, who
Is employed at from $10 to $."0 per
mouth ahould require special guidance,
while a school teacher who worked in
Kansas City for $45 a month can be
Jumped up into the high school at $80
n month without special guidance or
supervision has not been explained
And there are several other slugulnr
things In connection with the public
school management that might require
explaining.
One by one the escaped convicts from
the California state prison are being
picked up and re-lucarcerated. The
fugitive from Justice, who has incurred
the penalties of outlawry has a bard
time to avoid the officers of the law in
these days of quick communication.
The old days when the escaped convict
could keep ahead of the news, or find
a retreat not reached by Information of
his exploits, are gone forever.
The railroads have asked for an ex
tension of time for the equipment of
their rolling stock with safety appli
ances, the limit under the law making
the penalties run from September 1 un-
less modified by. the Interstate Coucu&trjrt
merce commission. Tho operation of
this law has been repeatedly postponed
for the last four or five years at the
solicitation of the railroads until they
seem to think they can Ignore it alto
gether. Instead of putting safety ap
pliances upon their old cars and locomo
tives they have been simply Installing
them upon new orders with the Idea that
they can wait, ao far as the rolling stock
Is concerned, until it is worn out and
discarded. If the law is to accomplish
any good it will have to be enforced.
The American Federation of Catholic
Societies has gone on record unreserv
edly against feuds, riots and mob law,
with particular emphasis in its condem
nation' of lynching1 and burning at the
stake. The influence of these Catholic
societies ought to be potent on the great
body of the people and the example
should be followed by other church so
cieties and religious organizations, which
lny stress upon morality and law ob
servance. The suppression of lawless
ness and mob violence must come
through the spread of intelligence and
morul training, and in this the various
church orghnlzotlons can ' accomplish
more than any other agency.
Mr. Bryan now declare that the
democrats In 1802 played a confidence
game on the people and put a bunco
stecrer at the head of the party. Mr.
Bryan was one of the democrats who
helped confidence tBe people in 1802, but
he In apparently ready to admit that he
was himself confldenced as well. Ia It
any wonder the people object to being
confldenced again?
In recognition of the attentions paid
him during his tour of Ireland, King
Edward has raado the usual distribution
of honorary commissions and titles.
This is where the British king has de
cidedly tho better of an American presi
dent because his supply of high sound
ing honors is practically unlimited and
the lavish largess Involves no expense.
A Seasonable Tip.
Chicago Tribune.
Don't buy- stocks until you think they
have struck bottom. And then don't bay.
Some Prophecies Shattered.
Chicago Record-Herald,
The election of Cardinal Sarto as pope
seems to be contrary to all the ancient
prophecies and present superstitions. It is
evident that the cardinals did their own
voting as well as their own thinking.
Chan a-In Silver Into Gold.
New York Tribune. -Why
should that western alchemist who
says he has solved the secret of changing
silver into gold reveal to any one the pro
cesses of his marvelous discovery T Billions
upon billions of riches must inevitably fall
to his lot while he transmutes Colonel
Bryan's favorite metal Into the golden
wealth for which the populists always feel
so fiery a contempt while they never fail
to pocket It. Can't we And somewhere an
eastern alchemist who will make over cob
blestones Into diamonds?
Holding; t'p tlie Market,
Detro Fuee Press.. .
We like to talk about the benefits of com
petition, but competition Is .doing very little
for the consumer'of meats. ' The wholesale
Drlca of beef has . decreased more than 33
a hundred since Ihe trust was accused of
holding up the market but there has been
no corresponding- decrease In the retail
price. While the live stock market Is dull,
the retail butchers manage to keep up
prices, and the , oonsumer Is little better
off than he was when the Beef trust was
supposed to hold both the retailer and the
consumer In Its slimy tentacles.
Thurston and His Vocabulary.
Hartford Times.
Hon. John M. Thurston, an orator of vast
lung power, sometimes spoken of as the
Nebraska foghorn, has recently made a
speech In Detroit, He was In Russell A.
Alger's town, and how carefully he chose
his words the following passage from his
remarks will show:
Blind as bats In the serene sunshine of
his success, they have swarmed In the
darkness and flung their puny Ink-blots at
the shining splendor or his stainless snieia.
Hut the country knows and the world
knows, and Impartial history will declare,
that the war administration of Russell A.
Alger stands first in all the annals of re
corded time.
Et ta, Gorman t
Philadelphia Record (dem.).
Senator Gorman, freshly landed from his
European trip, declares that he has not
been thinking of himself as a candidate for
president. He says that tariff revision will
be a prominent Issue next year. His-record
as a tariff reviser does not commend him
to favorable consideration. No man had
more to do than he with the shipwreck of
tariff reform measures to which the dem
ocratic party stood pledged during the
years of the Cleveland? administration. Mr.
Gorman Is an adroit politician and a dex
trous straddler, but that la not the manner
of man who should lead the democracy In
1904.
Reproof from the Heathea.
Chicago Post. 1
lime. LI, the wife of the Chinese ambas
sador, thinks that we are a great people.
within certain restrictions. 8he has already
attended fashionable dinners enough to note
that "in China we are more modest.
though she is suffU-lently diplomatic to
make no Ill-natured comments on the state
of public opinion which justifies feminine
apparel on such occasions. After all Mma,
U i opinions prove nothing more than a
mere point of view, a question of custom.
We are sending missionaries to China to
bring the heathen to a realization of the
purity of our civilisation, and the heathen
look pityingly at our bare arms and ex
posed chests, and wonder why modesty be
gins at the waist line. This la a very In
teresting world, made up of all kinds of
missionaries.
The Overworked Rich.
New Tork World.
The discovery that fashionable life
Newport Is too oxacUng for matrons aa well
as for young girls can hardly be called
startling. The surprising thing would be to
And a physician who considered the atmos
phere of the summer capital of the dollar
ocracy wholesome for anybody. When I
race horse or a stock broker or a preacher
has been under long-suBtalned high pressure
he needs complete relaxation. Even a loco
motive has to be laid off from time to time,
and a raior will not shave every day for
ever. This Is the philosophy of the summer
vacation. But In fashionable "society" the
tension never relaxes. The summer's out
ing at Newport Is no outing at all. Jt Is
simply a move from one palace to another,
with the same round of dress parade "func
lions" attended by the same people, with
the same formality, the same merciless
rush. No wonder some of the leaders are
talking of retlrlxuf to estates In the real
BITS OP WASHINGTON LIFE.
Minor Scenes and Incidents Sketched
a the Spot.
Several army officers, fresh from West
Point are trying to quit the service, after
being trained and educated for that pur
pose by the government. Secretary Root
haa pigeon-holed the resignations. Insist
ing on a better excuse than a desire to en
gage In other occupations. The secretary
holds that as the government footed the
bills for their education It Is entitled to
their services, unless a good and sufficient
cause Is shown for their discharge. Dur
ing the last seven months twenty-nine
officers have resigned from the army. Of
thle number but six were West Pointers.
They ranged In rank from brigadier gen
eral to second lieutenant. Some resigned
to look after business interests, but some
withdrew because they found they were
not fitted for the service, and did not care
for the life. The resignations previous to
the Spanish war were comparatively few.
tn 1S97 only seven surrendered their com
missions, while In 1993 the voluntary with
drawals numbered fourteen.
The treasury officials have regarded with
anxiety for some time the disintegration
of the great columns on the Fifteenth
street front of the treasury. The columns
are of Inferior Dumfries sandstone and the
weather is causing a rapid deoay of the
columns, especially at their base. Several
schemes have been suggested for the
preservation of what Is considered tho best
specimen of Greek architecture In Wash
ington, perhaps tn the country, and the
Nlcollte company of Baltimore has ob
tained permission to try the effeot of Us
preservative preparation on one of the
columns.
This preparation consists of metals, sili
cates and rum, and, It is said, will render
sandstone Impervious to the action of the
weather.
No appropriation has yet been made by
congress for the preservation of the col
umns, so that It Is Impossible to award a
Contract for this work now. Experts say,
however, that at the present rate of dis
integration the columns will be destroyed
In ten or fifteen , years. Paraffin wax,
which has already been used on some of
the public buildings hero for a similar pur
pose, has also been suggested as a preserv
ative for the Treasury building.
Dr. L. O. Howard, the government's
chief expert on the mosquito question,
frankly admits that one variety of the
pestiferous insect has turned up In New
Jersey and on the islands around the har
bor of New Tork with which he and all
the government forces cannot cope. This
species has been named and classified as
the Aedes Smlthll. A member of Dr.
Howard's staff named Smith discovered
this most tormenting species of the entire
family, and that accounts for the latter
part of the terror's name.
The Aedes Smlthll la the smallest mos
quito known, as well as the most ravenous
and the hardest to kill. Every other
species of the tribe succumbs to kerosene
oil when that fluid Is poured on water In
which the young mosqultos are maturing.
But not so the Aedes Smlthll. This little
vixen thrives and grows fat on kerosene.
Dr. Howard's experts hint that they have
found a poison that will kill Smith's ter
ror, as it Is called among the scientists of
the Agricultural department, but until
they satisfy themselves by further tests
they will make no public announcement
Washington society looks forward esgerly
to the advent of the "gentleman from Ha
waii," Prince Kalanlanaole, and his dusky
wife. The only drawback seems to be the
difficulty of having to use this formidable
name In addressing him or writing about
him, and the question has arisen whether,
for social purpose?, at all events, he may
not be styled simply prince and have done
with It.
"Prince Cupid," the title given him by his
English tutor, In recognition of a figure he
cut when an Infant, racing about the royal
gardens of his ancestors In the scanty
habiliments we associate with the god of
love, will be the designation among society
paragraphers, though. If they carry out the
analogy, they must call the princess
Psyche, who Is lovely enough, 'tis said, 'to
wear It.
Correspondence from Honolulu portray
the prince as a strikingly handsome fellow,
with Ingratiating ways, rich and traveled,
fond of society and anxious to represent
Hawaii creditably. As the Hawaiian legis
lature has appropriated a snug sum for his
diversions In official entertainments, his
residence should be a popular center during
the winter.
If the Hawaiian press accounts may be
relied on, the princess Is a rare beauty tall,
languid, elegant, with golden-brown skin
and hair of unusual luxuriance. Her gowns
axe a combination of Parisian and Ha
waiian designs, the most effective being "a
black Bilk affair uniting the best points of
the ktmona, the Mother Hubbard and the
mulberry tapa petticoat." One of these
best points," the correspondent hastens to
explain. Is that the robe reaches to the feet
and has a long train.
The Marine band recentily celebrated the
105th anniversary of Its organization and
drank to the memory of President Adams,
who approved the original act "providing
for a drum corps for the marines." The
band Is the oldest In tho country, and has
always been attached to the headquarters
of the Marine corps In Washington. It has
taken no part In the wars of this country,
and, Indeed, has never left the capital ex
cept by official permission. Its mission being
to furnish music at all White House enter
tainments of Importance and at like affairs
of state. It was under the leadership of
Francis Scala, one of the Italian musicians
who enlisted In the band before the civil
war, that the concerts In the White House
were begun. At one of these concerts the
band played "The Mocking Bird," which
had been arranged and dedicated by Hcala
In honor ot Miss Harriet Lane, President
Buchanan's niece. The popularity of this
tune prompted congress to Increase the
membership and prestige of the organiza
tion. Scala remained at the head of the
band throughout the civil war, and died
only two months ago.
Another well known leader of the band
was John Philip Sousa, who resigned the
leadership to head the organization which
Is now traveling in Europe. The present
leader, Lieutenant William E. 8antelman,
was appointed In ISM. and a year later
President McKlnley signed the act which
gave the leader of the band the "rank and
emoluments of an officer . serving in the
field," in further recognition of the excel,
lence of the organization.
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Exceptional advantages In mualc, art and
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Mt Holyoke. Western Reserve University.
University of Nebraska and University of
Chicago, admit pupils without examination
on the certificates of the principal and
faculty. Thoroughness Insisted upon aa es
sential 'to character building. Physical
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Well equipped gymnasium, ample provi
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logue. Wis ilBcras, Principal, .
PATRIOTS FOR RKTENl H OJtLY.
Hore Dimensions at the Cnaaa Army
mm the rensloa Appears.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
When American troops went to Cuba to
avenge Maine, oareful search was made
for the "Cuban army." There was found
a variegated assortment of "generals" and
a few hundred privates.
Thw paitrlots showed no great appetite
for battle, but most of them proved expert
In the annexation of American personal
property. As long as the war lasted that
was practically all of the "Cuban army"
that any responsible American could find.
Yet Maximo Gomes now comes forward
and affirms that there were (0,000 men In
the Cuban army; that they served an av
erage of two and one-half years, and are
entitled to pay ranging from tt a day for
privates to a lump sum of 120,000 for Gomes
himself.
The rate of pay for privates In Cuba Is
thus figured to be Just twice that received
by the American soldiers who actually took
Santiago. Cuban patrotlsm certainly came
high. In fact, It apparently Is to cost some
$00,000,000.
That claims so monstrous should be al
lowed, and Cuba burdened with an enor
mous debt, If It can get anybody to lend
It the money, and that publlo opinion In
Cuba should apparently accept the per
formance as a matter of course, ufflclently
discloses the blunder of the United States
tn foregoing the Just reward of our ex
penditure of blood and treasure in the war
against Spain.
The gift of liberty which wa made to
Cuba has been oops trued Into a privilege
to plunder its people.
That Cuba cannot endure the weight of
so huge a mortgage, that sooner or later
the United States will have to Intervene
and stand sponsor for the debt which) Cuban
"patriotism" Is creating for personal profit,
is perfectly clear.
That is what we are retting' for freelnr
Cuba In a sentimental style Instead of ac
cording to the dictates of common sens,
The process is profitable for the Cuban
"patriots," but will be ratherv expensive
for American taxpayers, who ultimately
will foot the bills.
PLAIN WORDS FROM THE) BKPtCH.
New Jersey Conrt Condemns n Hew
Jersey Industry. v
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Speaking upon an application for the ap
pointment of a receiver for one of the in
dustrial combinations Vice Chancellor Pit
ney of New Jersey said yesterday: "I want
to express my Judicial disgust for this sort
of thing. Jt Is fraud on the people who put
their money into schemes of this kind and
thievery on the part of the people who do
this kind of business." The business al
luded to was the promotion of consolida
tions by the method of putting In constitu
ent companies at excessive valuations as a
basis for a huge Inflation of capital out of
all proportion to the real value of the' prop
erty. It can be readily understood that
people who are deluded into Investing In
such overcapitalized corporations should
consider themselves defrauded, and It Is
equally clear to persons of average honesty
that the operation Is undiluted thievery
upon the part of the operators.
Many remedies have been suggested, In
numerable legislative panaceas have been
presented, but the difficulty of delaylnr In
definitely the parting of the fool and his
money seems to be as great as that of
former times In keeping the agricultural
population from buying gold bricks. If
anything should hasten the end of this con
dition, predicted by the vice chancellor. It
should be the recent experience on Wall
street. Between the discovery of the pro
mdters that the market for Indigestible se
curities is overcrowded and the discovery
by the Investing publlo that It requires
something more than a promoter's flat to
sustain the market the lesgon ahould be
deeply Impressed all around. The shrink
age In the number of new Incorporations In
New Jersey noted recently Is a hopeful
sign that the era of wild-cat promoting Is
about ended.
PERSONAL NOTES.
Carrie Nation will smash no more sa
loons. To that extent she has burled the
hatchet.
The authorities In the vicinity of Saga
more Hill have posted a notice warning
Mother Jones to keep off the grass.
A firm In Northfleld, Vt., has Just com
pleted a monument of light granite for the
grave of the late Rear Admiral Sampson In
the National cemetery at Washington.
The statistician who finds that during the
last year thirty-eight drunken men killed
forty-one sober men In Indian Territory
knows how to preach a temperance sermon.
J. Hamilton Lewis, the former representa
tive from the state of Washington, has
sailed for Europe to promote the Trsns-alaskan-Slberlan
railroad, which will be run
under Bering strait and unite Paris and
New York by rail.
Only three of the famous electoral com
mission of 1877 survive ex-Senator Ed
munds, Senator Hoar and General Eppa
Hunton of Virginia. Of the five supreme
court Justices on the board, all are dead,
Justice Strong having been the last sur
vivor. Dr. John P. Frlxell has arrived In Port
land, Ore., from Chlmak Island, one of the
Aleutian chain, bringing with htm fine sam
ples ot carbonate of Iron, and says that
there are thousands of tons In the Aleutian
deposits. The only other deposits are In
Bavaria, which supply all the oarbonate
now In use.
Perhaps the good effect of not having
kissed the Blarney . stone Is to be seen In
King Edward's farewell to his loysl Irish
subjects. The monarch's words sound like
a genuine, whole-souled way of saying, In
kingly phrase, "I've had a perfectly de
lightful time, Mrs. McCarthy."
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As the proof of the pudding
is in the eating of It, so is
the proof of the coffee in the
drinking of it
DOS RIOS
COFFEE
Proves best no matter what
the test
you it is
drank.
HILL DID, BUT III Mi DID VT.
How tka Lochren Merger Decision
Looks on the) Paolflo Conat.
Portland Oregonlan.
Under what color Of right does Mr. J. j
Hill felicitate himself upon the decision
rendered at St. Paul Saturday by Jurl(n
Lochren of the United States circuit court '
If the court Is to be believed, Mr, Hill and
his railroad, the Great Northern, had noth
ing to do with the acquisition of the North
ern Paclflo. The Job was done. If we admit
that It was done at all. by Northern Securi
ties. Therefore, Mr. Hill had no part In It.
Therefore there Is no acquisition of one
road by Its competitor. Therefore nothing
has been done In restraint of trade.
Ordinarily, when the court announces the
law, It Is the province of all good cltlirn
to acquiesce, without trying to go behind
the returns. But when Judges Caldwell,
Banborn, Thayer and Vandeventer, sttUntr
In the United States court of appeals on
April . say one thing, and Judge Loohren.
sitting In the United States circuit court on
August 1. says aa entirely opposite thine,
then reason declines to abdicate; then tl.e
question Is pertinent. Which will stand?
We understand Judge Lochren to affirm
that It would have been In restraint of
trade and In suppression of competition if
J. J. Hill, through the Great Northern, had
aoqulred the Northern Paolflo, but that In
asmuch as Mr. Hill accomplished this end
through the device of Northern Securities,
the law Is effectually evaded and the act
Is legal. This Is a very fine point, obviously,
and while It may be law, It is most trans
parently not fact. The law of Mlnne'cita
forbids the consolidation of parallel or com
peting lines of railways. It Is a rather
far-fetched theory that this act Is forbidden
to the competing road, but not to a com
mon ownership of both roads, 'and that
what would be unlawful for President Hill
of the Great Northern Is lawful for Presi
dent Hill of the Northern Securities.
This is the first occasion we can recall
when a court of such standing has formu
lated an avowed defense and Justification of
sharp practice, confessedly aimed to Mo
late the spirit of the law by getting an utid
the letter. Judge Lochren's reasoning Is
precisely that advanced by Mr. Hill's law
yers at the time Northern Securities was
formed. Let us not say that Judge Lochren
had port In the Hill councils. Let us simply
say that Mr. Hill Is a person of great In
fluence In Minnesota, In the press and In the
legal profession of gTeater Influence, per
haps, than he has tn some other places
In the old senate chamber at Washington,
for example, where nine modest men, on a
day of the October term, will Impart to Mr.
Hill some Information that It Is desirable
for blm to knew.
FLASHES OF FIN. '
What's the use of buying a lawn mower
when your next-door neighbor has one?
Bomervllle Journal.
She What! American beauties, desrl
Could you afford them?
He (candidly) No, I couldn't.
She How lovely of you! Smart Sot.
"When a man Is JuBt aching to do some
thing mighty mean, and is afraid to do It,"
said Uncle Allen Sparks, "he always says
he'd 'do It for 2 cents.' "Chicago Tribune.
"How much longer Is this play going to
last?"
"They're about half through. The cur
tain has Just descended on the fourth frock
and there are eight frocks and a nightgown
altogether." Brooklyn Life.
"Well, the airs of you!" sneered the mon
key. "You must think you're swell."
"My dear sir," quietly replied the ele
phant, "we have always hewn fashionable,
why, when everybody had to move out of
the Garden of Eden we were the only ones
who had trunks." Philadelphia Press.
Bill I see in American quick-lunch
counter has Just been opened tn the Strand,
London; ...(. ,,.,..., .: ....
Jill Yes; the blooming Englishmen have
been accusing us of trying to gobble up
everything: now we'll give them a chance
to do a little gobbling on their own ac
count. Yonkers Statesman.
"You are lucky, Miss Bessie, In having
nothing to worry about in this hot
weather."
"Haven't I, though? You have no Idea
what a lot of trouble It la to keep looking
cool and comfortable." Denver Times.
"Well," she said, "the Browns have ac
cepted our invitation and are coming- to
spend a week with us."
"Hang it all, Maria," he complained, "you
must have made that Invitation too cor
dial." Chicago Post.
"Yes, she fell out of the boat, and he
sprang In and rescued her."
"How lovelv! And of course he's going
to marry her?"
"Marrv her! Gracious, no. Why, she's
his maiden aunt!" Cleveland Plain Dealer
CONCERNING CORRECT SPEECH.
William J. Lamp ton In the Reader,
Oh why should the spirit
of Grammar be proud
With such a wide margin '
Of language allowed?
Of course there's a limit
"I knowed" and "I've saw,"
1 seen" and "I done It,"
Are rather too raw;
But then there are others
No better than they
One hears to the talking'
He hears every day.
"Where at?" asks one person,
Quite thoughtless. And; "Who,'
Asks another, "did Mary
Give that bonnet to?"
Hear a maid ns she twitters:
"Oh, yes. I went out
With she and her fellow
In his runabout."
And hear a man ssyiner:
"Between you and I, ' '
That block of Paclflo
Would make a good buy.".
And this from a mother.
Too kind, to her boy: . .
"I had rather you shouldn't
Do things to annoy."
And this from a student.
Concerning a Show,
Who says to the maiden:
"Let's you and I go." ' ' J
There's lots of good people, .
That's talking like that. '.
Who should learn from we erifcles '
To know where they're at.
A trial will convince
the bat you ever
At all leading grocers.
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