THE OMAira DAILY REE: FIUDAY, NOVEMBEK 6, 1903.
Tjie Omaiia Daily Bee.
E. ROSEWATER, editor.
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before me this 4th day of October, A. D.,
JWS. H. B. HUNUATB.
Judge Sullivan nerer really expected
to be re-elected anyway.
The Iowa Sullivan did not do no well
on the home stretch of the political race
track even as the Nebraska SulUran.
Aa a nominating conrentlon the round
table at which a few wire-pulling law
yers eat their lunch dally Is not a
shilling success.
The repnbilcons of this county can
doubtless now see the.'r mistake in not
following The Bee's advice to give South
Omaha one of the principal places on
the county ticket
Don't forget that Omaha Is actively
engaged In a campaign for the establish
ment of a grain market. Every enter
prising cjtlzen should take, hold at once
and push It along, r,
John. H. Clarke; the democratic noml
nee for United StatC3 senator in Ohio.
Is trying to explain his eclipse In tho
recent election. Why not cut It short
and call it a case of "too much John
son."
It would be too bad If Omaha cannot
scare, up a few aspirants for R, E. Leo
Ilerdman's shoes as clerk of the supreme
court. We ought to have repub.r.ns
enough here to absorb all the salaries
In the state bouse.
General Warflcld'a plurality as the
democratic candidate for governor of
Maryland is expected to reach 8.0tX).
That is not so much as to take Mary
land out of the debatable territory for
the presidential contest next year.
If Mr.. Schwab ahould take another
extended trip through Europe for the
benefit of his health, we fear that the
popular solicitude for information aa
to his condition will' not be so Intense
aa to demand dally bulletins by cable.
The annual expenditure for transport
ing mail in the United States is offi
cially stated to be f!U.5IM,R42, 6f which
the greater part is absorbed by the
railroad companies. If it ever comes
to postal retrenchment this item will
offer an Inviting point of attack.
The relief of the sausage makers'
threatened strike should be hailed with
satisfaction throughout the country as
the saving clause for the free lunch
counter. The averting of thle calamity
wlil give double cause for wholesou'.ed
participation in the coming Tbanksglv
lhg holiday, ,
Colonel Bryau evidently knew what
he was doing when lie gave the cold
shoulder to his home state and we'nt
east to lead a hand to his friend Tom
Johnson. They iicjhUhI him . worse in
Ohio than they did In Nebraska, al
though both were lost to the democracy
beyond recovery.
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Before Uncle Sam recognizes a new
government In Panama he trill have tol
have some; good evidence that a sub-!
atantial government really exists. There
h.. hn altothr t m.nv luinrr
revolutions Jo South aud Central Amer
ica 'to Justify action on a mere tele
graphic dcniHiid. -
The Real Kutste exchange has chosen
a new president who will guide Its work
for the coming year, The Real Estate
exchange hai uiuilc a record which has
given It a reputation to live up to, but
we uuty bo sum that under the ad
ministration of President Wallace It will
take no steps backward.
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Mrs. Robert J.'Burdette has come to
the am-Unmce of t'olonel Henry1 Wat
terson in his hitabantlng of Ihe society
snoboerats of New York aud its sub
urbs. Convinced as. we are that the
colonel is equal to the tank all by bini
s0f, we do not believe he will find It
necessary to call for more volunteers.
THE PAH AM A RMTVLT.
The revolutionary movement In
Panama does not come as a surprise.
It had been predicted in the event of
Ihe rejection by the Colombian congress
of the canal treaty and it Is now made
evident that preparations for it had
IxH-n made as soon as It became ap
parent that the treaty would not be rati
fied The people of the Isthmus of
Pannnia have most naturally leen In
tensely Interested In the canal Ques
tion. They realise Its great Importance
and they understand that If the canal Is
ever to be constructed It must lie done
by the United States. All the Influence
they could bring to bear at Bogota In
behalf of the ratification of the treaty
was employed, but neither persuasion
nor threat was effective. The greed of
a coterleof senators prevailed and the
Colombian congress adjourned without
having ratified the Hay-Herran treaty.
The people of Fanning are now show
ing that they were In earnest In their
threat to revolt. A declaration oftlnde
pendence has been proclaimed, and a
provisional government set tip, which is
said to have the practically unanimous
support of the people.
It is a most interesting situation and
the course of the government of the
United States in regard to it will com
mand world-wide attention. This coun
try has a treaty obligation in respect
to the isthmus, entered into nearly sixty
years ago, which requires that it elm II
keep open transit across the isthmus
and of course is authorized to employ
force, if necessary, for tals purpose.
On two or three occasions our govern
ment has acted In pursunnce of this
treaty and now it Is sending naval vesr
sets to Panama and Colon for the pur
pose of protecting American Interests
and fu.lfllllng.lhe treaty obligation. This
does not require that it shall interfere
beyond keeping open the line of rail
road. As between the revolutionists and
the Colombian government it has hith
erto observed strict neutrality and
should continue to do so. But in the
event of the people of Panama main
taining the revolution and demonstra
ting their ability to make It successful,
what should be the answer of the United
States to an appeal from them 'to recog
nise their independence? This is a ques
tion which may have to be seriously
considered in the not remote future and
whenever it shall be presented it will un
doubtedly cause a good deal of discus
sion among ourselves. At present there
is probably a majority of our people
who would not object to a recognition
of the independence of Panama. They
feel that the course of the Colombian
congress, in not accepting the fair and
liberal terms of the United States and
attempting extortion, has forfeited claim
to friendly consideration. On the other
hand are those who believe that we
should still treat Colombia, so far as any
internal, troubles . of .that country are
concerned, as if there was no canal
question and simply perform. In a per
fectly falf and Impartial way, the ob
ligation imposed upon wr government
by the treaty of lSlfl. We are Inclined
to think that the latter Is the view of
the . Washington . authorities and that
consequently, nothing will ' be done by
our government that might give encour
agement to the revolutionary movement
In Panama. AH proper effort will be
made to protect . American Interests
there, but the revolutionists, t Is safe
io say. will receive no aid or counte
nance from this government.
APPEAL Foil AMtHtCAS AID.
Tt-.u Chlneso minister at Washington,
acting under Instructions from his gov
ernment, has been earnestly endeavor
ing to interest our government in
China's behalf in her Manchurlan trou
bles. According to Washington reports,
while this government Is by no means
Indifferent to the Manchurlan situation,
but on the contrary feels no little con
cern regarding it, yet the secretary of
state Is unable to see any way in which
be could properly aid China in the mat
ter under present conditions. It is
pointed out that the events reported as
bavlnhnppened at Mukden, where Rus
sia appears to be acting in a most arbi
trary manner, are not looked upon with
friendly eyes by our officials, hot so long
as the United States has secured and re
tains trade In Manchuria it will not be
drawn Into the political complications
of the present situation.
In the early part of last month
treaty liecween China and the United
States was signed providing for the
opening to the trade of the world of two
ports tu Manchuria, one of which has
since been occupied by Russia on the
plea thnt the Chinese were uot preserv
Ing order there. Until this treaty sbnll
hitvs been ratified by the senate of the
United States this government will not
bo- In a position to insist upon a strict
regard for its treaty rights throughout
China. It Is stated that the Peking gov
ernment has been tokl that infringement
by Russia of American treaty rights in
Manchuria will furnish, the Washington
government the opportunity for at least
a reiteration of Its desire for the preser-
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lt U Vty obvious that under ev
Mo r Rovernment can
take no action for the purpose of aiding
i.iuua ill rvJsuii(, ur ivyrw hi uu:si.-i
In Manchuria, however strong American
sympathy with the Chinese government
may he. As yet there has been no In
terference on the part of Russia with
American trade In Manchuria and al
though there is reason for believing that
eventually there will be Jnterferenco
this could not Justify the United States
In at present taking, a position hostile to
Rrssla. Ovr government can properly
act only when there has taken place au
actr.al infringement of Its rights, or the
manifestation of an unmistakable pur
pose to do so.' Rut assuming that the
treaty letween this country and China,
providing for the opening of jwrts in
Msnchrla,v will be ratified by the son
ate, what then will the United States
do in the event that Rassia undertakes
to control the ports and defeat the pur-
pose of the treaty, which is by no means
Improbable? This is a question which
it Is conceivable may cause some trou
ble. In the meantime China must do
the best she can, without American aid,
to resist Russian encroachment, which
seems to be steadily advancing.
TP KLKCTWlt IJV VVUQLAS COCA TT.
The outcome of the election in Douglas
county, while not all that republicans
had wished, is still to be regarded as a
signal republican victory because the
entire republican ticket, with three ex
ceptions only, was successful by hand
some majorities. There will doubtless
be crimination and recrimination .with
respect to the loss of the three places
that have gone to the democrats, but it
will be nearer the truth of the matter
to ascribe it to the personality of the
opposing candidates.
None of the three successful demo
cratic nominees could have won out ex
cept for a personal popularity, which
brought hliu votes from outside of his
own party ranks. The personal strength
of Broadwell, Power and Drexel was
realized and recognized by the campaign
managers on both sides from the start.
The democrats centered all their efforts
on pushing these three men ahead, while
in the case of two of them the repub
licans found themselves handicapped by
the personal weakness of their candi
dates. Each succeeding campaign rings a new
change in the political kaleidoscope and
the campaign Just closed in Douglas
county had peculiarities not found in
those that had gone before. Whether
the result would have been different if
it had been waged along different lines
or whether the whole ticket would have
been pulled through had there been a
fuller registration and a fuller vote on
election day are subjects on which peo
ple can speculate, but can arrive at no
satisfactory conclusion. '
The election shows, however, that with
a united party vote Douglas county is
safely republican by from 1.600 to 2,000
majority, except where the opposing
candidate has some extraordinary per
sonal strength. If the republicans can
be kept together in a compact and bar
monlous body they ' can have things
about as they want them in this county,
because it is plain thnt the opposition
finds no solace or comfort except In re
publican discord and dissension.
It will devolve upon the republicans
who have ben invested with official
honors to discharge the duties of their
respective offices ' with credit to them
selves and to the party and to redeem
the platform pledges made for them.
By showing its ability to give the people
the kind of local government they want
and they are entitled to the party will
establish its right to remain In the as
cendancy In this city and county. '
The Bee has been asking right along
through the campulgn where the demo
crats would come In in the nonpartisan
Judiciary bunco game even it it panned
out. The election .-returns give the
answer. ' Had the two republican can
didates against whom the special fight
was made been beaten none of the
democrats would have landed, but the
two places would have gone to the two
republican Judges who failed of nomina
tion in the republican convention and
were then given nominations, on the
democratic ticket. The democrats were
playing to lose no matter which card
was turned for trump.
Omaha Is to be congratulated on the
orderly character of Its election Tues
day, which did not give the police occa
sion to make eveu a single arrest. When
a great political contest like that can be
brought to a focus without auy serious
disturbance of any kind it , shows a
pretty good regard on the part of the
public for the observance of the law.
The fact that the saloons are closed
during the hours when the polls mo
open is no doubt a contributing factor,
but the good record indicates that the
liquor dealers have complied scrupu
lously with the closing order.
The announcement that there will be
no competition between the Southern
racitte and the consolidated " electric
lines of California will be no surprise In
view . of the fact that the owners of
both are closely associated. Serious com
petition between the steam' roads and
the electric trolley lines bus not ma
terialized in any part of the country! the
development of the suburban roads serv
ing simply to stimulate business for th'i
regular transportation companies. It
will lie no different on the Pacific coast
than it is on the Atlantic seaboard.
Douglas county republicans have this
year regained the office of county treas
urer and taken possession of the new
office of county assessor. Next year
they will re-establish themselves in the
office of county attorney and resume
control of the Board of County Com
missioners. A good beginning has been
made and at this rate of progress the
whole county court house will again be
In republican hands before very long.
While the river improvement conven
tions are laylug plans for the ex
penditure of prospective congressional
appropriations they might Include the
embel'lshment of our river front, which
Park Commissioner Cornish has pictured
as the culmination of (Omaha's park
system. Such a promise would make
the river Improvement program de
cidedly popular here.
Tho courts might simplify matters In
view of their rapidly accumulating in
junctions by making the first assessment
under the new revenue law themselves
and thus relieve the city tax commis
sioner from the confusion of dubious
court orders. The construction of an
assessment roll is a difficult enough task
as It Is.
Ire an 441a Collar.
. New York Mall and Express.
No trouble need be apprehended by
reason of Admiral Evans' command la the
far east. 1 tie la quite aware that there are
other wars of keeping a door open than
shooting It off the hinges.
It Pays ta Do It.
Saturday Evening Poet.
Onoa upon a tlms opportunity failed to
knock at a wise man s door. But he ad
vertised for her and she cam and stayed.
Partis ef Oettlast Gay.
Indianapolis Journal.
Nine Crow Indians killed and ten cap
tured In a battle with a Wyoming sheriff a
posse cornea nearer the proportions of an
Indian war than anything that has oc
curred for some time. Wke the colored
man In race conflicts, the Indian generally
gets the worat of It.
Hot Air for RtKlop'i Kin.
- . ,San Francisco Call.
The American consul weighted with the
massive mission of Uncle Sam's good fel
lowship and good will to King Mertellk has
carried with him as tokens of our friend
ship to the Ethiopian stacks of modern
firearms and Implements of agriculture.
May the untutored mind of the great Mene
11k have wisdom to know which we use
for ornament and which for service.
Fair Play Business.
McCIure'a Magatine.
It Is of vast Importance to the future
manhood of this country that scorn of un
fairness should be universal Above all, let
It be applied strenuously to unfairness In
business. We are a commercial people. Our
boys must go Into commerce. Our profes
sions are so mingled with com mere that
It Is often hard to distinguish if they be
professions. If we are to wink at unsorupu
lousness In commerce, then we are doomed
to become a race of tricksters and manhood
Is dead Within us.
Tax Troubles la Caba.
Philadelphia Press.
The $25,000,000 which the Cuban congress
authorised to be raised to pay the old sol-
u.. ,n.....M. , ..vo - " 1
trouble to the Cuban government It Is
an excessive amount to pay, aa oniy a iew
men merited any remuneration. The
money has not yet been obtained and the
people object to the taxes levied to meet
the Interest and to provide for a sinking
fund for the loan. These taxes are gener
ally stamp taxes Imposed on retailers.
Those In Havana have agreed not to sell
at retail any of the articles on which these
taxes have been Imposed. They Include
beer, spirits, sparkling wines, elder, mineral
waters, cigarettes, matches, etc But this
"resolve" will hardly hold out. - The de
mand for beer, wine and such things is too
strong to be overcome because of taxes.
A half a cent a box on matches, while
only B cents is charged on twenty-four bot
tles of beer, shows the gross Inequality 'and
Injustice of the tax.
Escaping; the I'nlted States.
' Atlanta Constitution.
The red thread of warning that runs
throughout our consular reports from for
eign countries is that the majority of them
are trying to escape paying tribute to the
United States. The growing wealth and
power, political and commercial, of this
country la oppressive to them and they are
eagerly seeking ways to withdraw their
contributions to" our Increasing and over
shadowing Importance In world action. All
foreign countries-are helping to develop
whatever wheat growing territories In Aisa,
or Africa, or South America that will
emancipate, them' from dependence on
American wheatsTo do that for England
is one of the starred points of Chamberlain's
protection campaign. The same thing can
be said of th cptton needs of European
people and their1 Vianufactorles. They are
lending every,- aid .possible to create new
and cheaper cotton fields in India, Egypt
and 8outh Africa, snd announce fairly that
they mean. i if nature and cash can work
to that end, to come to the point where they
can make a declaration of Independence
against American' Cotton fields.
SHAKIKQ IP THE POOL.
President Stlckney's Effort I'proet
Discrimination AsTalast Omaha.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Mr. A. B. Stickney of the Chicago Great
Western railroad has made what Is de
jcrlbed as another "coup" that shocks the
great communlty-of-lnterest arrangements,
Mr. Stickney pas been a thorn In the side
of the railroad combinations In many re
spects, and generally by his pernicious
practice of sctlng for the Interest of his
corporation and the public.
The nature of. the last bunch of trouble
which he has preaented to the other lines
illustrates the artificial nature of combine
tion rates. 41 consists or establishing a
through rate on (grain originating west of
Omaha, consisting of the local rates to
Omaha added to the through rate from
Omaha east. This is not only a natural
rate, free from the suspicion of favor to
any locality, but It has a legitimate pur
pose. Under such a rate grain can be ware
housed, sold in the Omaha market and re-
shipped eastJust as H Is in Kansas City
What interest other railroads have In re
fusing Omaha an opportunity to develop
a grain market and reserving that privilege
to Kansas City Is one. of the things not
explained. . Tet Mr. Stlckney's stroke Is
raising a row, from which we gather that
the foundations, of the great railroad sys
tem are In danger of upheaval and the
gates of anarchy are threatening to swing
wide open.
A CHEAT ANKCAL. IHOWMC.
Prrrloaa Metals Extracted from L'ncle
I ' arm's Inferior.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
. The latest annual exhibit of gold and
silver mined In the United States covers
tho calendar year 1902. In the figures of
the director of the mint theNtotal of gold
mined In this cointry last year Is estimate
at $S0.00O.OC. Colorado still holds the lead,
with an ag-gregate of S,000,000. California
is second, with $l,O00.0U0. Alaska Is In
third place, with $t.000.000. South Dakota
Is not far behind, its total almost touch
ing $7,000,000. Then follow In order Mon
tana, with $4,300,000. and Aflsona, $4,100,000.
Next in line stand Utah, $3,500,000; Nevada,
$2.SO0.CO0; Oregon. $1,800,000. and Idaho, $1,400,-
000. Eight states produced gold below
$1.000.0ce. New Mexico makes a gooH show-
Ing. with $&31.10w. AU the states and ter
ritories, with the exception of Maryland,
which mined a little gold, also produced
silver last year.. The total coinage value
of this fresh American silver was $71,000,000.
Thus the gold and silver mined In the
United States in 1903 had a total coinage
value of $161,000,000. or 2$ per cent of the
world's production of the two metals. Cal
culated on tha basis of a century, this out
put of gold and sliver Is colossal, and the
tendency is to increase. Australia last
year produced a little more gold than this
country, but only one-seventh as much
silver. Africa's gold yield for 1902 was
$3,0u0.0oe and Canada's $3.000,00e. Rus
sia mined gold and silver to the extent of
nearly $23,000.01)0. When it comes to the
accumulation of gold in tha form of money,
the United States standa at the head of all
nations. The gold coin and gold certlfl
catea In circulation in this country Septem
ber I last was $1,014,000,000. a gain In fold
money In five years of $341,000,000. .When
all the other mineral production of the
United States la added to Its yield of tha
precious metals, the steady accretion of
national wealth Is aa impressive study.
AHTHTTO SWIXDLES.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Perhaps the time
will come when ail sorts of swindlers, com
mon, picturesque or srtlstlos, will be
treated alike, and when there will be law
to reach every class.
New Tork Times: All of which gives
point and force to that now claaslo ob
servation of ex-Attorney General Griggs
thit It was not the public at large, but the
Inv istors In their securities that stood In
sorest need of protection against the
trusts.
Washington Star: It is somewhat sad
dening In the face of the shipbuilding
charges to remember that a few years
ago Charles M. Schwab was held up to the
youth of the country as an example of
what a young man could accomplish by
honesty, industry and patient economy.
Philadelphia Ledger: This particular
swindle failed because It was undertaken
too late, when the credulity of Investors
had already been overstrained and the
market for Indigestible securities was ex
hausted. A year or two earlier, the pro
moters would probably have unloaded their
"wholesale plunder" and added more mil
lions to the many already secured by
similar means. The temporary suoress of
such fraudulent promotions is much more
disastrous than their failure, and for the
injury they do to sound financial enterprise
the great financiers who father them or
who tolerate them' ought to realise their
high responsibility.
Brooklyn Eagle: Where are the laws that
are to protect the community against swin
dles of this sort? Obtaining money under
false pretenses Is an offense punishable by
statute. There are. various forms of this
crime, such aa the confidence game 'and
the selling of "gold bricks," with which
the public is more familiar, but none of
them at their worst can compare with an
enterprise which sets out to get the pub
lic's money first by selling them worthless
securities and then planning to get it a
second time by buying In at low figures
the properties which they have sold and
wrecked. Tet the law has nothing
on the ,ubJelt ,0 fM M (t-
to say
aspect
Is concerned. The trust promoter can es
cape with public odium merely; his proto
type la the humbler walks must go to jail.
PERSOXAl, NOTES.
Texas cattle, Missouri mules and Oregon
railroad ties are doing the best they can
to rehabilitate South Africa.
Uncle Sara's debt Increased more than
I2.S00.0O0 last month, but he has nearly
1400,000,000 right In his pocket In cash.
If Mr. Rockefeller lives ten years longer
and Increases his holdings at the present
rate he will be worth two billion dollars.
Mrs. Roland B. Mollneux has been mar
ried to the lawyer who secured a divorce
for her. Some people would do almost
anything to get out of paying a lawyer his
fee, 7
A huge accession to the number of office
seekers must be looked for in Washington
else the Pennsylvania railroad would never
be Incurring Indebtedness of $14,000,000 to
build the new station in the Capital City.
Slgnor Baucio, an Italian musician, has
concluded his task of playing on the
piano for fifty consecutive hours. His ex
traordinary performance was given In
Baltimore theater and 2,000 persons cheered
him when the time expired.
One thousand employes of the United
States Express company In Chicago held a
Jubilee on Saturday night In honor of the
recent marriage of Senator Thomas C.
Piatt, president of the company, who fur
nlshed the entertainment, which cost more
than $2,000.
George Garrett,- a large manufacturer of
Iron and steel at Glasgow,' Boot land, Is
visiting Washington. ' In speaking of the
progress In this country, he says: "At
no distant day the American Union will
be at the head of all the great govern'
mcnts of the world."
In administering the pure food law the
the secretary of agriculture causes samples
to be taken from all importations of food
products.' These samples are paid for by
the government, and are used in the an
aVysIs to determine purity. Uncle Sam has
decided to establish a grocery store In
Washington to dispose of the pure samples
that remain after the experiments. Au
thority has been granted by the .Treasury
department to the Agricultural department
to engage In the retail trade, and with
out license the government will sell choice
Imported food products at cost price.
IMPORT FREIGHT RATES.
Transportation Companies Asrre on
Rates to the Mlssonrl River.
Chicago Record-Herald.
At a. recent meeting held in New York
and attended by traffic officials of ail rail
roads eat of the Missouri river regular and
stable tariffs of rates were established on
all Imports through Atlantic and Gulf ports
to the middle west, taking the port of Bal
tlmore as a basis or 100 per cent point. Tho
steamship lines are parties to the agree'
ment, so that in the future both the home
and foreign producer will know exactly the
relative rates they will have to pay and
order and certainty will succeed tha chaos
and uncertainty which have existed In the
Import trade for many years. Ths most
vital part of the scheme for the rearrange
ment of the Import schedules is that which
provides that the inland proportion of the
through Import rate shall not be less than
the local rate on the home manufactured
product. 1 '
This will have the effect of giving the domestic-made
goods a big advantage In the
home markets over the Imported commodi
ties. Heretofore many Import rates have
eradicated the protective tariff and domes
tic manufacturers were suffering accord
ingly. In short the railroads had In many
cases reversed the protective policy of the
American government, whereas they have
now placed themselves In sympathy and
co-operation with It. It was through a re
cent investigation .by the Interstate Com
merce commission pursuant to a resolution
by congress that the hitherto peculiar con
dition with reference to import rates was
made public. The disclosure was made
during the investigation that many articles
could be shipped from London, for exam
ple, to Missouri river points at a less rate
than the same class of goods could be
shipped from the manufacturing centers
of the east to the same points.
It Is a self-evident fact that the raising
or lowering of freight rates on Imports has
a similar effect to Increasing or decreasing
the protective tariff, making It possible for
the former to nullify the Utter. The rail
roads at last recognised the Injuntlce of the
Import conditions which they had created,
as well as the foolishness of suffering a big
lose In revenue which was without excuse.
Under the new arrangements the railroads
will not only conserve the Interests of
home Industries, but will also Increase
their Import receipts materially. In com
menting upon the revision The Globe of
Toronto, Canada, says: "The foreign trade
of Interior points Is more materially af
fected by railway than by tariff rates, so
that the trade legislation of the Trunk
Una managers la of greater moment than
that of congress. It Is really more Impor
tant than tariff revision."
Llarht Breaking! In.
Kansas City Star.
' The New York bankers have die covered
that the west can exist without Wsll street,
a fact that the west has suspected for sev
eral years.
ROTftD ABOCT HEW TORK.
Ripples on the Porrent of Ufa la
the Metropolis.
In a single hour's walk through the
tower quarters of New Tork one will en
counter as great a variety of races as In
a tour around the world. "To Illustrate,"
says a Pittsburg Dispatch Mtter, "one may
begin In the Turkish quarter below the
Stock exchange, jump Into Syria by cross
ing two streets, dash northward Into
Greece, then on Into Russia, making a
three-minute circuit of Italy and land
finally In Jspsn by way ef China. The
lamp of Aladdin could not bring about a
more miraculous thing snd slrshlps of ths
future will fall far short of this feat in
point of time. And yet this girding of
Ihe earth Is not altogether figurative. It
Is the only spot on the great globe where
you may mount a housetop and look down
Into ten countries ten concrete and con
servative nations whloh, were there a
stone wall separating each from the other,
could not live more Isolated and to them
selves and in themselves only.
"Some Idea of the cosmopolitan character
of the great cast side ef the city may be
had by the statement that eighty-two dia
lects are spoken there. In this district
there are $4,000 families, the average sise
of which Is Ave members, with two board
ers in addition for there are always at
least two boarders in every family on the
east side. The most crowded spot la
any city in the world is In the northern
part of this district. In the blocks bounded
by Broome and Stanton and JSldrldge and
Suffolk streets. Under the roof of the
house at 171 Rlvlngton street there are
thirty-seven families, with ISO children,
eighty of whom are babies. "Race suU
clde" la not encouraged on the east aide.
hleh Is a world apart from most New
Yorkers. They know of its situation and
catch fugitive glimpses of Its life through
visit to a bohemlan restaurant at nlsrht
or by tours through the shops where Rus
sian brasses are sold any day."
'I have come," said the young woman.
when the mistress of the house came Into
the sitting room wondering why a stranger
had called, "to show you these photographs
of your little boy taken In a donkey cart
on the Mall In Central park. 1 posed him
and your nurse kindly gave me your ad
dress. The charge for the six pictures Is
$1."
The proud mother was delighted. "Take
themT" she said. "Indeed I will, and yen
may send me six more at the same price.
It Is the best photograph of my little Ar
thur I ever saw." Then, as she paid for
the pictures, the mother asked:
"And do you make a living at this?"
"Tea," replied the girl, "and a very good
one. I am going to one of the Vanderbllt
houses from here with photographs that
are a sure sale. I make It a practice only
to take interesting children who will make
pretty pictures, and children with nurses,
so that I know they belong to parents who
will pay me for my work. It Is very rare
indeed that I meet with failure. I ran
across one rich man who said that none of
his children had ever been photographed,
and that he intended they never should be.
He gave me $6, though, to bring him the
negative, and he smashed it on his door
step before my face.
"Sometimes I find difficulty to learn who
the children are.- Most nurses will tell me
when I promise them two or three pictures
of themselves. I have three here now for
your nurse, and since you are so pleased
with the boy's picture I am sure you will
forgive her. May I ask you to send thera
to her? Thank you. I will bring the other
photographs tomorrow.
Placards and sign boards In New Tork
disclose some strsnge ways of making a .
living.
In East Thirty-fourth street a sign In the
window of a house Informs the publio that
"Birds are boarded there by the day, week
or month." A little further downtown a
sign in a basement window announces that
"Dogs' ears and tails are cut In the latest
fashion," and a sign In the same locality
reads: "I educate cross cats and dogs to
be gentle and well behaved."
"Young women are Invited to come In
and learn the name and calling ef their fu
ture husbands." In West Twenty-third
street, near Eighth avenue. "Round
shouldered people made straight" Is an an
nouncement on East Nineteenth street, and
near Nineteenth street, on Fourth avenue,
"Perfect grace is (aught In twelve lessons"
snd "satisfaction guaranteed." "Beauty
pads for thin ladles" may be obtained on
the Bowery, near Houston street: and not
far away, "Ladles deficient In wardrobe are
fashionably dressed On easy monthly In
stallments." "Sore eyes In poodles effectually cured
here" Is a piece of valuable information
given In East Broadway. In Catherine
street "Babies are hired or exchanged,"
and In Division street "Old sets of artlflola!
teeth are bourht and sold." In Hester
street "Black eyes are artfully painted
over." and "False noses as good aa new
and warranted to fit" are advertised near
Chatham square, conveying the Impression
that mayhem is not an uncommon crime
In some quarters.
In Chatham street the wayfarer Is told:
"Dine hero and you will never dine any
where else," and In Mulberry street an
undertaker makes a bid for business with
a sign In his window which reads: "Why
walk about In misery when I can bury you
decently for $1$T" .
fn another month the biggest power
house In the -world that to be used for
generating, electricity for the New Tork
subway will be completed. Some Idea of
the Immensity of this building snd Its ma
chinery can be appreciated when It Is
known that to keep its engines running a
year will require $00,000 tons ef coal. This
Waltham Watches :
The busy man's friend.
"The Perfected Americui Witch," an ittustnled hook
of interesting information ahovtt watches, will he sent
free upon request,
American Waltham Watch Company, '
Waltham, llass.
Quality and Style First Prico Afterwards
In all the Ane leathers the ingenuity of the tanner can produce. The De
catur Shoe for men has the distinction of being oue shoo In Omaha direct from
Maker to wearr,
.Tarnam
$3.50 ntid $5
In greater than the capacity f many efi
Ufa country's laree coal mines, The carry- '
Ing capacity of the care which will convey
mo coat rrom ui ooca in 10 ui
10$ tons per hour. All the cars are run
and dumped by eleetrtolty. The coal runs
from the elevated bunkers down Immense
chutes to the fire rooms, where nearly 10ft
men will be employed day and night shovel.
Ing It Into the furnaces. The engine equip
ment of the house will consist cf eight
$.000 horse power, four-cylinder eompouml
engines; three IS. 000 horse power, four-;
cylinder triple engines, and four $.000 horse j
power tubo-generators, representing a nor
mal capacity of 108,000 horse power. When
required this capacity can be Increased to
180.000 horse power, which Is dTOble ths
normal capacity of the power house which
Is now used to run the entire Manhattan
elevated system.
"In the studio of one of the younger ar- j
tlsts ef this city," relates the Evening 1 j
Post, "there Is an odd conceit In the matter ) j
of decoration which catches ths eye ef . (
every one entering the piece. Upon the.
studio floor near the surbaae on one side
of the room Is a series of footprints ap
parently made by a person with very
muddy shoes. These footprints Indicate
that two steps ware taken on the floor and .J
that then the person making them walked 'j
up the wall, as the footprints ascend that j
vertical surface with the same certainty
aa that whloh marked them unon tha floor. 1 '.
The footprints also show clearly against, f
uio wnue ox ine oeiiing. bui aaiiwayt
across ths celling the pedestrian baa eastj
a shoe, the shoe Itself being left in the'
track It made; that its, the shoe Is fastened! ,
with Its sole against the celling, and the;
footprints continue beyond It. The only
difference now Is that one of the prints
Is that of a shoe, the other that ef a bare
foot- A few feet further on the walker's
other shoe Is east and. like Its fellow, In
fastened to the celling. And" from this
point to the upper ledge of the window,'
out of which the ghostly visitor passes, the
footprints are those of two bsre feet. The;j
Illusion Is very striking and the artist haw
been asked times Innumerable how he did
It, After saying that tha shoe prints were
easy enough, he adds: "I made the bare 1
footprints by lying on my back on top of ,
a ladder and pressing my feet against the ,'
celling.",
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Many attractive advertising novelties (
have been seen on Broadway, but a com
mercial concern In the upper part has hit
upon a scheme which never falls to attract' .
. T h. .It. . eiill.hlnnriaiH '
Indian, weighing 300 pounds. In front of'
whom Is a typewriter on which he thumpsl I
now and then. As a background a quantity!
of typewriters of other makes are piled In!
a heap, and the onlooker Is told that this, i
Is Dart of "Chief" White Bear's "scalps",
among the rival concerns.
POINTED REMARKS.
"Hurston, how far out In the suburbs do
you live?" 1
Two pipeiuis or ronacco ana a game 01
cinch." Chicago Tribune.
: "He says he's too busy to do anything." '
"I guess that's right. '
"But whst Is It be's so busy shout?"
"Doing nothing." Detroit Free Press. .
Soph Do you think kleptomania Is catch-1
"Fresh No. It's taking. Yale Record.
"I will be very busy preparing speeches," , '
said the man who had Just been elected to
congress.
"My friend." answered Senator Sorghum, ,.
"It Isn't preparing speeches that keeps a
man in your position busy. It is hustling :
for a chance to deliver them." Washington
Star. 1
. "Do you drink?" Inquired . Ihe young
The young man hesitated."
1 "Do you drink?" the woman repeated.
"If you Insist." replied the modest young ,
man. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Boy My mother says there was a pound
of sand in the last box of prunes you
sent up.
Grocer Well, you tell your mother thnt
was the best scrubbing sand. She la a
good customer and I threw it in. Phlladel- .
phla Record. - .
"So you think," said the (rood-nntured
monarch, "that lt Is absolutely necessary
to humbug the people with ostentatious
display and false promlnes."
"I do." answered the cold-blooded ad
viser; "if there la anything that men seem
to resent it Is taxation without mlarepre- ;
sentatlon." Washington Star. 1
" Custom Made Pants,' " soliloquised the
professor, observing a sign in a clothlr
window. "Did It? WellT custom was In I
mighty small business when It cut panta- '
loons down to pants." Chicago Tribune. ,
"Howie Is wasting bis talents." . .
"How so?" i
"With his weslth of expletives Just think
what a golf player be would make." t
Cleveland Plato Dealer.
A LITTLB MAJf.
W. F. Kirk In Milwaukee Sentinel. ;
A little man dwelt in a little town .
JL little over twenty years ago:
He gained a little portion of renown
Within tho little crowd he used to knot
He wed a little maid when twenty-one.
And later on they had a little son.
This little man had little to regret.
He had but little patience with the weak.
When others fell hfa eyes were never wet.
With sinners he had Utile time to speak.
Instead, he went to church a little late
And dropped a little nickel In the plate
He drank a little coffee now and then,
But little stronger liquid passed bis lips;
He mingled little with Woheaiian men;
Life's wine he drank in stliisy little sips.
When stragglers came to him for food or
With IJttle pain he shook his little head.
He made a little fortune rapidly
By grinding labor out of little arms,
And by roreciosing a yinnj
Of little mortamtes on little farms.
He died and, "iieath the weeping willow
bough, ;
A little worm Is working on him now.
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