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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1903)
TTIK O if ATI A DAILY REE: THURSDAY. BErTEMnER 3, 1003. The Omaha Daily Peel k. noflEWATF.n, kditor. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OK BUBSCRIPTION. pally B;a (without S'mdnj-i. O VfM.JJ M I'ally Hee nid Htinday. One Year .uu I Illustrated uno year Punday Bee. One Yenr Saturday lire, One Year Twantlnth Ont'.iry Farmer. Ope Year 2 of i.iio of I-Mi, DELIVERED BY CARRIER. fallT Bee (without Runriay), per copy.... ?e ally lice (without SunIay. per week. . .l'Je allv Box (Including Sunday), per week. .17c fliindny Bee, per copy "e Kvenlna Bee (without Hunday). per week be Kvenlna- Rrm (Including Sunday). Per week lo huid b. adreaaed to city Circulation De- OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. Bouth Omaha City Hall Building, Twen ty-nfth and M Street. Council Blurts 10 fearl Street, . Chicago 1640 Unity Building-. Now York irs Bark Row Building. . Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE rnr.,.miHnn. .,.ii,iin in nw ami edi- torial tr.atter should be addressed: Omaha hsUtnrtm 1 hinnrtmAnl I REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or post"' orAtit nayeble to The Bee Bubllshlng Company. only z-cent stiunt arcepted in payment ot K"hJ?a.rnT""hHn the bee BLBUBHiNo LUMr ajmi. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County as.: Publishing company, being duly sworn, says I to mat tne actual Diet cobles of T SoUfTh""SSr Mor'ninEve'Sns' r Bee printed durins tha month and Sunday Bee printed during the month ft August, l!XM, was as toiiows. . . I , i , z,uiu ii i u. .80.010 .a,T3 "!;;;.2,3fM 20 n : 22 23...... 24 2S a 27. 28 29 30 11 ..ao,7uo ..a,7o . ,HO,IH ..w,io ..S,4VM ..SIKH MO !!a)!aso .. ...),8o .. M.l U.. 14.. IS.. "S'ho ..w,3ao art. nao I ..20 4TO .8t,oa U auao ouu 'rrr !5 ilf!.!?.;" :o7 ,fIfc ' w ' 1 OEORoa B. Tschuck.. Subscribed in my preHence and sworn to Dei ore roe wis list aay 01 auiuii, a. u. iuo. M. B. il UNGATE, (Seal.) Notary Bublla PARTIBS LIS ATI!f O THB CITY. Parties leavlac the city ants' lime may have The Be eat to them rearalarly r ' aotlfyloc The Be Baslaeaa ofltce. In person or by mall. Tha avddresa will be change ava often as dealred. There has been altogether too much ntAal In thoap atepl bridirea. When Manager Nnsh gets bis council- manic flush he will not' hesitate to call the game and show his hand. Those 2,200 arc light poles will have to rest on their stumps, in the Michigan forest for a few months longer. .It took 111 ballots to break the nor mal school' deadlock. The figure 111 j ought to be the talisman for the new SBStittitlOB i t ' t ' i' ' Without a flourish of trumpets, or V'i -.. y v6v, ure" ,,CTlrru BUf of the metropolis. We have the assurnnce of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson that telegraph, telephone and electric light poles can be planted at any time in the year In the temperate zone. One thing at a time is a safe rule. Would -it not be a good thing to get the Auditorium, completed before launching : new projects that depend upon public subscriptions for success? e-L 1 j All the enticing signs of flzs-water In- toxicants are said to have disappeared from the drug store bars. The book ellers. however; still Lave a few copies left of that rare old volume, "Every One His Own Booz Fabricator Mix Yoar Fancy Drinks at Home." , Mr. Nash and bis right hand bower, Mr. rowers, are tne omy persons on earth who know the contents of the en- velope that was to have enlightened the council and citizens of Omaha about the proposed extension of the electric I light contract, but it is to be hoped that I the secret will not die with them. JU" "rl,u" im-ouwo i auoneu ms passes given to stockmen accompanying lite iw-a suuiuiems, ou uc pretext tuat tne return portions or tne tickets are too often scalped.. It Is to be noticed, however, that the proposition is to abol- lsh not only the return portion, but the outgoing trip pass as well. .1 rresldent Keller of the National Let-1 ter Carriers' association recommends iu his report to the letter carriers that they remove their omces from Washington, In order to avoid the intrusion of profes- sional lobbyists. The letter carriers will do well to act on this suggestion, Professional lobbyists have done them more harm thau good In the past, and cannot help them in the future. Fourth Assistant PoHtmuster Gen- erai niow 1. prryarmg uis report ou the postoftlce fraudu unearthed by his Investigation. The fact that the crooked postal employes have all been dislodged win oepnve ueuerui urisiow s report of much of the popularity it would other- wise have had with democrats anxious to nse u to make poiiucul capital against old normal school at Peru, the anlma- are no higher than those before its con the administration. tine motive belua to locate the new in- tract waa cancelled. On this score Tbo According to the Turkish minister at Wsshington, the attempt upon the life tion whether the right solution was of the American consul at Beyroot was reached after all, this would hardly be simply sort of a Fourth of July oele- a pntrlotic Inspiration. The purpose of bration, with 110 Intention whatever to the legislature In creating an additional injurft anyone, the perpetrator of the normal school was to provide for the deed being uuusually euthused by at- growing needs of our people in the best tendance upon a marriage fete. If this possible end most economical . manner, la the natural and ordinary result of and not to protect the claims ot the old surh. demonstrations, it might pay the school to a monopoly of the largest pos Turklsh authorities to put an embargo aible -district. The officers charged a marriage fetes. ' . with the administration of our educa- ATt ryPuPCLAH PROPOSAU I Mr. Chamberlain is getting little en-1 eouragpinent for bis preferential tariff I proposal, so far as English sentiment is concerned, though he may find reason I to be atlll hopeful of colonial support. Wb t , regarded as A noteworthy test sentiment In England was the result the election last weeK ot a meniDer or I ttAii.A nf fn nmia frnm m riintrlt I which three years ago returned a union- a Ist by a large majority and has now chosen a liberal. , The voters in this district are composed chiefly of work-1 Inirmen and small farmers and the CLainberlaln policy was the Issue In the campaign. The candidate opposed to this policy won by a very decisive ma- Jorlty and as this Is the first election thnt hns taken place since the colonial secretary announced his preferential tariff program it is naturally regarded no vorv aierniflmnt ,, ,,, nmmliM in ' v.imiuiimuuv L . . . . " I niuke stronc v aealnst 'the cronosea K , n-.f nritnin'. flar.nl vatom v...... - ., jH tne opposition to it of a number of the professors and teachers of political ,.,. thA TTnifi Kinednm. in- . ... ... I j eluding those Of the great Universities. These men, who are earnestly devoted the free trade policy, oppose the Chamberlain - proposal , mainly on tbe ground that any system of preferential rround that any system of preferential . t.u. ... ...i.. mini s wuum mum iruiauiy irou iu iuo reintroduction of protection Into the flu- cal system, which they think would be .sw,270 detrimental to the material prosperity postnaste to tne manager or tne eiec 'f?:? of the country. These political econ- hting company, who made hia omists. who undoubtedly exert a large influence, express apprehension that the ngKested arrangement, far from pro- motlng amity, may engender Irritating 1 controversies between the different I members of the empire. They strongly onnose the levying of duties on food- .tnr .nn. !,.. i. 1. imn..n,u n I devise a tariff that shall at once expand I the wheat-itrowlnir areas of the colonies. 1 encourage agriculture In the United Klnjfdom and at the same time not in- Jure the British consumer. It is pointed out that while it is possible that a tax on imnorted food wnnld result in en equivalent rise in wages, as contended bv Mr. Chamberlain, such a resnlt Is under existing conditions very improb - ltlp 1 The colonies are generally favorable to the nrefprentlnl tariff r.rorv.l Mr Chamberlain has received strong as surances of support from Australian chambers of commerce and sentiment in Cnnllda seeras to iaTG wlth hlm. a.w.uuHu i ...i ugrr at Mon treal or ennmoers or commerce or tne British empire went only so far as to adopt a compromise declaration that can hardly be regarded ' as, helpful to the cause of the colonial secretary. It made no substantial concession on- the part of the opponents of his policy. ' However, Mr. Chamberlain is showing no discouragement at- the manifesta tions of the unpopularity in England of his scheme of fiscal reform and It is safe to say that there will be no1 abate ment in the vigor of his campaign," for bo .undoubtedly believes snnnt" nrn. f tha t . .. . . AmltM ,g lnvolvpd the future .purity and wel fare of the Rrltlah mnlr OBJECT TO A MEXICAN ACTIO. The ordering of the American squad ron to Turkish waters appears to have aroused dissatisfaction in Germany, ac- ceptlng as a reflection of public send- ment tne utterances or some or tne newspapers of that country. A leading Berlin paper referred to the action of our government as complicating the sit- nation,' remarking that "if the United States really sets itself to make polit- lcnl capital of tuls incident (the attack n ne American consul), men nasi een created by the unscrupulous power or ' invention, - tne powers would prob- aDly "oon ry hands off. -inere nas reen no inaication or any intention on the part of the Washing- ton authorities to Interfere In even the remotest degree In the Balkan situation. isotning win do done, u is sare to say, that Is not imperatively necessary for me protection or our consular represent- atlves and our Interests In Turkish ter- ntory wnen tnese may re in danger. A Washington dispatch says there has I been no decision by the administration regarding the disposition to be made by the American warships which are OH the way tO BeyrOOt,- and Whether or nor tuey will remain , in Turklsn waters will depend upon the character or tne report rrom the minister of th United States at Constantinople. H has already represented that our con- sular officials in a part of the disturbed territory were in peril and if he shall report to this effect it will be the duty of the government to do whatever is practicable to secure their safety. The ordering of the European squadron to Turkish waters seemed to be fully Jus- tided by the circumstances as presented when the order was made. If it shall be shown that there is no real danger to American interests it would nndoubt- edly be well to withdraw the squadron. though' its remaining there would not necessarily imply any intention to inter- fere in the affairs of Turkey. The con- dlti0n8 lu the Balkans are denlornble. out thl.v dft not coneem our --Tern- meat except as American Interests may be affected. It Is asserted that the decision In the coutest for the normal school location was determined In the Interest of the stltutlon as far away from the old one as possible. Irrespective of the ques- Honal Institutions nbouhl lay aside their personal and political preferences when questions affecting the interest of the whole state, with its generations yet to come, are concerned. A BURLtSQCl lit TITO ACTS. In funny, funny Omaha there are some runny aoings. tour weens ago tl)A elartrlf llirhtlncr ivimnnnv rtrolootfMl resolution through the city council in- vltlng itself to submit proposals for the extension of Its arc light system over the entire city to the exclusion of the gas and gasoline lights. At the same time It was given out by the electric lighting company that It was about to make the city a most liberal offer as a consideration of procuring the monopoly of the entire city lighting. The resolu tion inviting proposals for electric lighting also called for bids from the gas company for the territory now cov- ered bv eras lanirm. - 'J me council nxea epiemoer i as uie date when the bids of both of these cor- . poratlons were to be opened, but when the hour arrived the president of the gas company informed the council that . -i. ,t. a - v. .1 "ul i" major uu rou.nn uu enjoinea from considering or pass- '"ft ny ordinance for the renewal of the contract for gas lighting, which will expire December 81, 1903, the submis- lion of new nronoaala would he ro- -- 8rded as a contempt of court That communication was transmitted bw to the council and politely informed tnat 7 the electric lighting pro- Posals could not be submitted until uguui-uuu, ",u,"u""' cured t "le instance or tne electric i 1( , "Knuug company, was aissoivea oy tne Lurl - 11 is cenainiv a very runny proceeu- InS for tRo electric light company, wh,ch ants to monopollite the city ti.i. a.1 a. 1 ij am 111 11 ". i "m vu. uum Kn wm- v&W maKes a ma ror gas lamps in pan of the and " ,8 Btnl 'nnnler to try 10 mnKe lne PP"5 Delleve lnftt tne C01 Hon with the courts will prevent that iupany rrom pinnung poles in tl,e sidewalks and pavements of Omaha Ttr tho ground is frozen. In some I'll ics, nriuviutr, j. r ii ii... iur eAuuiyif, telegraph, telephone and electric light u'eB re 1"UU!U U,.B"" uniieu iu iuo solid : rock, which is certainly a more difficult task than boring boles in the frozen earth.' But this is a funny, funny town, Some Incredulous people actually ex press the opinion that the refusal of the electric light company to make disclo sures of its scheme of beneficence is because up to date the manager has failed to annex the necessary five conn cllmcn, and, as it is rather lnte In the season for another councilmanlc outing to Okobojl at the expense of 'the -Mil waukee road, the responsibility' for the voluntary postponement . of the electric lighting " proposals will have to rest upon Judge Dickinson, Ernest Btuht and the man In the Iron mask wbo induced btra to Invoke the injuncting power of the court. joansuirs hknatoriai, CAyDWATC The democratic candidate in Ohio for the United States senate to succeed Senator Ilanna is John II. . Clarke, n lawyer of Cleveland, who was named by the state convention at the Instance 0f Tom I Johnson. Clarke Is a gold standard man and a rallroud attorney it wm bo remembered that the conven tion adopted a resolution inviting Mr, Bryan to speak in the campaign and ne WM announced to make several 6peeches this week, so as to give the democratic campaign in the Buckeye state a good send-off. , wut the Nebraska statesman is not there aud the reason, it appears, is his unwillingness to campaign In the inter e(it 0f the Johnson senatorial candidate wno did not support Mr. Bryan in 18JW nn(j joined the Palmer and Buckner democrats. Although it is not stated I tuat Mr. Bryan has absolutely refused to participate in the campaign and the Ohio democratic leader is still hopeful 0( being able to Induce him to make wms speeches later on, the probability N8 tnat unie8s Clarke renounces hi financial views the sliver champion I wm not be heard in Ohio this fall I Whether or not the democrats of that state will lose anything should Mr. Hrvan kon out of the ramnalo-n 1. fl onpsfon that can never he determined, Lin tt, . ra irimw1 rt Hnfanf in onv e-feut. During the first week of January The Bee was awarded the contract for the official advertising for the city of Omaha for the year 1903 at lews than 50 per cent of its commercial rate. On April 2 this contract was summarily abrogated hy an amendment to the city charter, ostensibly as a measure of economy, in reality as a measure of vlndictlveuess 1 Having cancelled Its contract, the city is now asked to pay for its advertising at regular legal rates until it maken J another contract The World-Herald, I which during the years succeeding the enactment of the charter of 1807 drew over $800 out of the city treasury above the amount charged by The Bee for identically the same advertising, chargeable at the same rate, because it" rolumus are narrower thau those of The Bee, stigmatizes The Bee's effort to collect lecal rates as an attempt to gouge the city, and points to the fact that its bills for advertising since April Bee has no quarrel with the World Herald. According to the showing made by the World-Herald in the recent contest pending before the council. It was conclusively proven that The Bee delivers to bona fide subscribers ly car rier within the city of Omaha fully 50 per cent more papers than does the World-Herald, hence advertising space in The Bee ought to be worth more proportionately than in that sheet. For that matter the World-Herald baa a right to give IU advertising away to the city Just as it does a large propor tion of its want advertising space in order to make a big showing. On gen eral principles give-away newspapers nd give-away advertising are a dead give away. Btate Treasurer Mortensen, In his financial exhibit, shows that all the pub lic moneys In bis ' custody are being kept In approved state depositories, without distinction as to the funds to . . . .. .... . . I which they are credited on the books. When the present treasurer's predeces- sor was urged to follow this course the objection behind which he hid was that if he did so he would be liable to prose- cutlon for misappropriation or trust funds. . It will be observed that no one Is prosecuting Treasurer Mortensen for telling where the money is or turning all the interest In to the state. No treasurer will ever go wrong by follow- Ing the straight path, and Mr. Morten- sen will provoke no criticism by his , . . , . Straightforward methods. To the indignant surprise experienced by a South Omaha police commissioner at moln . nolr f .norlo atnxblmra 1l. , " " , " . l" "cariet womaa t b ascnoea tno move on tne part or me police board of that city to wall the vicious element up In a proscribed dls- trict. It is beyond conjecture what dire penalties might hare been Imposed by the board had the scarlet woman been exhibited without the scarlet stockings. For the first time In many years there is an aching void in the state perma nent school fund, which In the palmy I days of Bartley and Meserve afforded a source of speculative revenue to state a source or speculative revenue to srare treasurers. According ro Treasurer Aiortensen s Da in nee sneer, mere was only $02.00 in the permanent school ..-. . . .,.. fund on the last day of August. tr""B'"""'u u,;u,ut"1" ,u- ll"wuu prearranged slate for their state campaign. Singularly enough, the I Krvan wlnnr of the nartr. although en- tlrely ignored in the slate making, seems to have as yet made no holler. A Snararestlve Lesson. Brooklyn Eagle. Pound Turkey and get your bill paid. Thanks to Russia for this lesson. The Party Rail Call. Washington Post The populist state convention In Iowa was attended by - eight delegates. The other member of the party In the state waa de tained by sickness. Drawing Consolation Prises. Cleveland Leader. British golfers and tennis players have I been making a pretty clean sweep in matches with the best American amateurs. But when It comes to yachting Britannia does not rule the waves, by a long shot. i ' 1 . An Empire la Itself. Baltimore American.' Borne day when" the railroads of the west are runnlna- transversely, as well aa later ally, through thb, country, so little known and understood, toy the easterners who have - i , . . d ... ... - . . never v ib ilea ii, , uih-wbti wjii n n wurm I to' itself, while Vene the less connected with the great east, commercially or through finer ties. Novel pien for Hela. Chicago Post. In asking the United States to help Cuba fight the new plague that has developed there one of the reasons given la that "mil. lions of dollars of American capital is In vested ou the Island, and should the plague continue much of this will be Imperiled." Is it so soon forgotten that we wrested Cuba from Spain from purely humanitarian motives? Or did we? Machinery on the Farm, Philadelphia Record. One effect of the Introduction of labor- savina- machinery for dolna farm work haa been to bring about a thinning out of the population In strictly agricultural areas. The census returns show a declining popu- lation In many prosperous farming courttlen both In the eastern and western states. where lands are dear and highly tilled. There Is a tendency towards larger hold- lngs of farm land, more machinery, fewer families and a falling off In the number of unskilled laborers. WHO GETS THE TIIf Employers Foster Practice Profita ble for Themselves, New York Tribune. The tip evil has grown with alarming rapidity In this country In the last few years. It has become a fixture In those places where It first made its appearance, anf la rMf-htnv nn t onntlnuallv tnr new I flelria In i-nnniiAT. Tli. hnlnl n rMl.unnl employes, by their "no tip. no service- t methods, have set other people on whom the publlo depends for service an example which la being followed to the cost and dis comfort of the public and the degradation of the tin takers. We have not yet Reached the condition which exists In some of the countries whence the tip, with Its pernicious .con sequences, came to us; we do not feel called upon to give the street car conductor or the letter carrier "something for his trouble," but we are on the high road to that point, and may soon reach It. There are many men and women who work in a sphere where the tip haa become a permanent Institution to whom "trlnk- geld" and "pourbolre" will always remain .... , . . . ' receive does not compensate them for the loss of self-respect, but they are bound to the system, not only by their less sensitive fellows, but by their employers. who pay their people poorly and rely upon the publlo to contribute Its share. Some employers make a show of disapproval by atiklng their patrons to abstain from tip ping servants. "We pay our people well, and our patrons are entitled to good ser vice," one concern advertises, "and when they do not receive It we want to knew It, and we shall see that they do." There Is an American business ring to this an nouncement, and one feels that the man who makes It treats his employes fairly, and that he "does the right thing" towards hta patrons. The announcement Is bom of a spirit which can do much towards checking the strides of an Imported Insti tution which will always remain un-Amer ican. The no tip notice becomes more consplc- uous by comparison with the recent utter. ances of another employer, who Indorses the tip system, discusses It learnedly and figures a benefit to the publlo by Its opera tion under certain regulations. In his ar gument In favor of the tip system the em ployer failed to mention how much he saved In wages by permitting his people to levy an extra tax on his guests. When he makes the calculation he will find that be, not the public, is She Up beneficiary, ROt HD ABOtT SKW YORK. Ripples the Current of Life In the Metropolis. Yacht racing Is truly tha sport of moneyed princes. Careful estimates show that the Irish knight In quest of the mug has spent t2,(H)0.0Q0 on his three Shamrocks, each time Retting farther away from the precious rello of ISf.l. His last venture Is estimated to have cost $700.00. including the return ticket. The cost of defending; the thl! r'r rr"lmt" ". ronii oy icn memoera 01 ma rrw iorii Tacnt c c . comtied by the New York Sun make an interesting study of the expensive sport. For Instance. tne ' of Reliance as it left the Herreshoit Mpen8lv, flefender bulu Slx ,ults of 8all8 M put down at tl2o,ooo. a mainsail for one or these big boats coats $3,000. It Is mad8 ot cotton duck specially woven. The JJTt. Jll flftMn yard, a ,,a tnat tner6 about 8,000 yards of duck twenty Inches 'd one of these pieces of canvas, an can be obtained of the amount of work required to turn out such a big sail. A .Dnnaker for a cun defender costs $1,000. and a light spinnaker about $1,700. Balloon Jib topsails cost as much as the spinnakers and are about the same size. lUDtopsallS COSt about $500 OT $600 each and Jibs cost from $(100 to $750 each. Fore- ,taygalls cost as much as Jibs, and Jibtop sails vary in price from $200 for tb "babies" to $750 for the larger sizes. To handle Reliance there baa been a CaptaIa Barr. The ,k,Pper. when he un- dertook to sail the yacht, was to receive $2,600 for his season's work. He waa to get 11,600 more if Reliance won in the trial races, and $1,000 more If the yacht successfully defended the cupv There are two mates on board and they ret $2,600 for their work, with extra money ror winnina races. The other fifty-three men et 135 a month' Prll money,, good conduct money and thdr board. A few or them, such as masthead men and quar- termasters, get a uttie more tnan thie, tnat the monthly payroll for the sailors unounn io auout inn men nave . M fl." ,h. -tm. du- tlisn t rtt & 1 imniint -a A In nt a 1 n InoliifY. Ing the officers, $16,000. Then each man gets $10 a month for good conduct money. This Is paid when the yacht goes out of commls ,lon- Tha conduct money will amount to $2,660. The prize money also Is quite a big item, When a yacht goes Into a race each sailor knows he will get $5 If the yacht wins and $2.50 If the yacht loses. Reliance started' In twenty-one races, of which It lost three. This is exclusive of the races for America's cup. Taking those races Into consideration each man this season receives $111.60, and the whole crew $5,902. Feeding the men Is another big item. They have to do lots of hard work and the sailors are all well taken care of In the matter of food. It Is estimated that 76 cents a day will about cover the cost of the food of each man. The total cost of this Item for the season of five months Is therefore $6,250. iuacn aauor nas to ne lurnlshed with a blue uniform and with two white-duck uniforms. Then there are extra hats to be bought,- because many are lost over board, and rubber shoes have a habit of wearing out quickly. The cost of the uniforms for a crew of flfty-flve men Is about $2,000, and the extras will add an other $1,000. There are other Items which cannot be toured on with any degree of accuracy, such.aa the expenses of the yacht's owner lor IIUnUH. whlnh vara atrrrrJ I rr A th. . ' amount of entertaining he does. Then there are lots of other Incidentals. Summarized. the cost of running Reliance for the sea son may be put down as follows: Bulletins yacht and dealarner'a foaa imi fwi Sails (six suits) 120.WW Rigging 2,5(10 Kxtra spars.. &0,mw Blocks lo.imo Wages ; jfi.ono Prize money 6.1M0 Good conduct money 2 B50 Boarding the crew e'kSO Uniforms 3.010 Tender 15.000 Tugs 2.000 Dry docking and cleaning 6,0o0 Total $437,360 This is only the cost of sailing and build ing Reliance. Constitution was in commis sion this year also. It had a crew of flfty nve men. They were employed for four months and their cost, with prize money. board and good conduct money, was about 22.0OO. Then this yacht had two new suits ot Bal, which cost $40,000. It had a tender. tra spars, was dry-docked and had lots 01 money spent on It in many other ways Jt l probable that it cost this year about I '8.0(K), I Columbia was put In commission and I raced, too. Its expenses were probably about $50,000 for the four months It was In commission. So it has cost $600,000 at least to run the three yachts which have been used this summer to ensure that the Amer ica's cup la kept in this country. A New Tork dispatch to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat says that some of the guests entertained by Sir Thomas Upton on board Erin, made away with many articles as souvenirs of the occasion. The ship's steward reports a Startling shortage In the supply of table silver, and linen. Sir Thomas Is unwilling to admit his guests have taken these missing articles as souvenirs, but his close friends say it was no sinecure for Upton to play host to so many folk with assorted ideas of souvenir hunting. The story of the disappearance of silver spoons and forks and of china was told on the announcement of the plan of Sir Thomas' American friends to start a fund to buy a complete silver service for Erin. It was said the gift would be useful as well as expressive of friendship, for the stock of silverware aboard the yacht was In aeed of replenishing. Every piece of silver aboard Erin Is solid and embossed with the flag of the Royal Ulster Yacht ciud. Tnat is wny Erin spoons were a resistless temptation to the Upton guests. I How many of the thousand women guests !,, j . . . who ate Ices and game pies at the expense of the baronet could resist whisking away a "dear little spoon" In a convenient sleeve or wrist bag? It Is even reported that not only women made oft with a "cunning little cup," but that men secreted forks In hip pockets, "just for a lark, ye know." The same thing happened when Meteor was launched end the $.000 guests on that occasion could not restrain their yearning for the tableware and forced Into bank ruptcy a worthy caterer. But Sir Thomas oould stand the loss, the hunters argued. Had not his wealth been extolled as to amount to $35,000,000? What, then, would be a "dear little spoon" or an after-dlnntr cup? ' Nothing at all. Exit spoon, exeunt cup and saucer. The napery aboard Erin was a delight to the feminine eye. Interlaced Shamrocks embroidered on the snowy stuff produced admiring "Ohs" and "Ahs" and this en thusiasm reached such a degree that half I the napery has vanished. A Joe-Handled Affair. Kansas City Star. Fusion was a Jug-handled affair In Ne braska, for the populists got two of the three nominations and then reaffirmed the Kansas City platform. The republicans would be delighted to have Mr. Bryan do as well In the other states. . PKRSOSAt. KOTF.9. Salem, M (!., has honored Becretary Moody by naming one of Us public squares after him, In spite of the fact that the name of General Miles wss first, proposed for the new square. Joseph 11. Sycamore, the oldest resident of St. Bridget's pariah, St. Louis, waa a central figure In the celebration of the golden Jubilee of the parish. It was also his golden jubilee as a member of the parish. Charles F. Oosser of Coshocton, O., I just In receipt of three sets of handsome Bengal tiger claws from his hlghneaa the Maharajah Coach Beham of Calcutta, India, whom the American met in Rome two years ago. A New Tork paper gravely states that a "Mrs. Knowlton Is rejoicing over her third pair of twins." Mr. Knowlton Is not men tion In the report of the Jollification. In such a crisis It behooves "the man" to go way back, sit down, and meditate. Brigadier General Samuel S. Sumner, who becomes a major general this week, was on the staff of his father. General B. V. Sumner, during the campaign in Vir ginia In the '60's and was conspicuous for his bravery at the battle of Antletam. Carter II. Harrison says he Is going to retire from politics when hia present term as mayor of Chicago expire But he adds that he will always take an interest in the success of his party. That ie to say he will be acUve enough to meet the right nomination half way. It is not a desire to make money that brings Adaltna Pattl to the United States this year, if the diva herself Is to be be lieved. She says she wishes her latest husband. Baron Cedarstrom. to have an opportunity to see this delightful country "dear America," aa she calls it. In the list of delegates whom Governor Penny-packer of Pennsylvania appointed to represent Pennsylvania at the farmers' national congress, to be held at Niagara Falls on September 22f appears the name of William P. Coryell. He haa been dead for over two years, "and consequently," naively comments a Philadelphia paper, "will not be able to take a seat In toe congress." The deadly work of toy pistols, blank cartridges and fireworks on last Fourth of July waa the subject of an extended In quiry by the Journal of the American Medical association, the result of which Is printed In the current issue of that publi cation. Returns were received from med ical sources In every state and territory. and the footing presents an appalling death roll. There -are 466 deaths traceable dl rectly to the celebration of the nation's anniversary. Of this number 406 deaths were due to tetanus produced by wounds from pistols or other explosives. Ten per sons were made blind, seventy-flve persons lost one eye, besides 8,898 other cases of Injury more or less serious. The record further shows that almost every wound made by toy pistols and blank cartridges resulted in death. Pennsylvania stands at the head with eighty-two victims, Ohio second with .sixty-seven. There were four deaths In Nebraska, fourteen In Iowa, eleven In Kansas, and four In Colorado. IMPORTED BEET SUGAR. Home-Prodsted Article Drlvlngr It Oat of the Market. Cleveland Leader. The latest statistics of the foreign com merce of the United States show that one naturally absurd part of the Import trade is oclng cut down so fast that it may soon stop entirely. That is the bringing of beet sugar fiom Europe. The quantity Imported In the last fiscal year waa less than one-tenth aa great as the largest receipts of beet augar In an equal period. As compared with the Im ports of the preceding fiscal year, there was a decrease of about 66 per cent. Yet the whole Import trade In sugar was the great est on record and the consumption exceeded that of any other year In the history of this sweet-loving and sugar-eating nation. Cane sugar, mostly from the West Indies, is driving out beet sugar, except that which Is produced In the United States. The latter gains ground at a good rate. This Is ail it ought to be. There may be sound reasons why the farmers of America should need more time to compete with the sugar of the tropics, but there Is no natural fitness In any dependence of such an agri cultural country as the United States upon sugar grown In colder lands, with lees fertile soil and much smaller area. In pro portion to their population. As long as sugar must be Imported let It come from countries .very different from our own. But It ought not to be many years before every pound needed here can be grown on Ameri can farms. GIVES THE CASH AWAY. Canada Seeking; a Salt Water Graft In Alaskan Territory. Chicago Inter Ocean. The members of the Alaskan boundary tribunal are now In London and will hold their first meeting on Thursday. The tribunal, or commission, is to pass upon the phrasing of the treaty of 1826 between Russia and Great Britain. It Is not to fix a boundary, but officially to declare the meaning of a treaty which established a boundary accepted by Great Braltaln In 1S2S and again In 1867, when Alaska was transferred to the United States. . The whole controversy centers," the dis patches from London say, "upon Canada's effort to acquire an outlet to the sea." This Is a f ramie and fair statement of the case. Canada wants an Interpretation of the treaty that will give It an outlet to tha sea, without regard , to the rights of the Next Week School That Means a New Suit. We now have all the fall goods In our Boys' and Chil dren's Department' ready for your selection Underwear, Shirts, Hosiery, Hats, Caps, etc. Special for Boys Two-piece double-breasted, cheriot and mixed tweeds ages 8 to 16 (6.00, $5.00 T Long Pants Suits ages 15 to down to No Boys Clothing groWning- R. S. Wilcox, Managsr. This hM Irfyr;" n ee the Ba 3 5 How do you pronounce - Y-LSE-A? - It's pronounced the best mantle in the world. The price is 35 cent. All Dealers. Yf Milium I United States. On this contention Canada has no case. Great Britain, In 1S24, endeavored to se cure a treaty with Russia that would give Its subjects of the Hudson Hay company an outlet to the Pacific. Russia, however. Insisted on a boundary that would cut off the Hudson Bay company frdm access to the ocean. All the British propositions as to control or use of Inlets or arms of the sea were rejected, and the treaty aa signed In 1828 specifically provided that Great Brit ain should not have access to the ocean across the Alaskan panhandle. .' In signing that treaty Great Britain ac cepted a boundary marked by Russia to prevent British approach to or control of the Alaskan coast. There was no doubt on this point In 1826. There Is no doubt on It now. The treaty was framed to settle forever the question raised by Great Brit ain as to the Inlets. Having been settled then, the question cannot be reopened now except by a new treaty between the United States and Great Britain ceding American territory to Canada. On the contention as to Inlets Canada has -no case. The argument that simply because Can ada wants an outlet to the sea It ought to have it Is no argument at all. It Is simply an assertion of the British princi ple of taking possession of whatever may contribute to the extension of British In fluence. LAt'GHIKO REMARKS. She Which do you prefer, a blonde or a brunette? He Both; a blonde girl and a brunette veranda. Indianapolis Sun. O'Toole Muldoon sthruck his wolfo yls- thldy. McKJck Is he m Jall7 O'Toole Naw; he's In th' harseplttle! Baltimore American. "Wasn't Blmrsley arowllnsr again about being overworked?" "Yes. W hen he went down to draw his pay they made him sign the payroll. Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Is there anything In politics?" asked the 1 student. "Certainly not," answered the statesman. "Do you suppose we would leave any thing?" Indianapolis Journal. First Farmer You oughter took a trip to New York years ago. Second Farmer Oh. I dunno. The longer you wait the more there Is to see. Judge. "There are always two sides to a ques tion," said the broad-minded man. "That's true." answered Senator Sor ghum; "and the question most always ba carefully studied to ascertain which sld Is going to puy the Dest. wauningion Star. 1 "All bare?" asked the host. "I believe so,' replied his wife. "Very well." he said. Then, turning to the entertainer ho had engaged for the evening: "Hurry up and be funny now. We're waiting to laugh." Chicago Post. "Fine, wasn't It?" exclaimed Cltlman, after the trombone soloist had flnlxbed his star performance. "That waa really clever, eh?" "O, shucks," replied Cltlman s country cousin. "He didn't fool mo a little bit. That's one o' them trick burns. Ho didn't really swaller It." rhlladulplila Press. THB YACHTING ENTHUSIAST. I 8. W. GUlilsn In Baltimore American. He'd never had a dollar bill to bet in all his life; He knew not if a binnacle waa some new kind of knife Or recent brand of breakfast food; he knew not any whit About the make-up of a keel, a yardarm or a sprit. He knew not If the centerboard waa some new kind of game. He knew not why Sir Thomas bold with Shamrock three-eyea came; Just one cold fact before his eyes loomed constantly In view He knew which horo the British flag and which red, white and blue. He knew not anything about the running of a yacht; And even if he'd been supplied with forty weeks for thought He would have failed in toto In a treatise aa to why . . Reliance ought to win the cup and keep It; but O my! He stood and watched tho bulletins from 10 a. m. till night And howled for Joy whene'er he saw the thing was going "riKh." One only fact lie wished no more this Ignoramus knew; Which yacht displayed the English flag and which red, white and blue. Yon laugh at blm ah, have a care. He knows not ships and satis. And any news but "won" or "lost" can tell him wondrous tales. Tho ocean and Its briny waste hold mys teries for hlm. And e'en bis grnp of sporting lore may misty be, and dim. But while he cart-s who wins because bis flag Is borne by her. And while the thoiiRht that she might lose would make his eyesight blur. We know he's good and loyal and we know his heart Is true He cares how fares his country s flag, the old red, white and blue. 18 at $15.00, (f O EJ f pO.OU Fits Like Ours. King - $3.50 t