TITE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, DECEMHEU 19, 1905.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Bt.t. TCohraalra nnnrlal HnunrV. . 8
Geora-e B. Tiachuck. secretary of Th Be
luhlihln Cnmnanv. hetna? duly SWOrn, ay9
that tha actual number of full and complete
ooplna of Tha Daily. Morning-, Evening and
Bunday Be printed during tha month of
Nmusber, 1003, waa a follows!
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With strikers threatening violence to
funeral car drivers, a Chlcagoan cannot
(eel secure even when dead. x
With 127,500 premium on Its refund
ing bonds the city ought to liquidate
tome of the overlap left by last year's
levy.
Toe new minister to 1'anama was
originally an Iowan but the public has
ceased to be surprised by such sews
as that '
The senators have stopped talking
long enough to ratify the Chinese treaty
which Is something of a surprise to
the people:
The Congress of Mother also has
taken up arms , against Reed 8moot,
but tt Is observed that the unmarried
Women ara keeping mighty mum.
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The persistency of his allusions to
tha treaty of 1843 forces the conviction
that General Eeyes hag overlooked the
many, many things that have happened
since.
ice projected gram . market and a
greater demand for grain for homo con
sumption In mills and factories should
go hand la hand. Push, them all to
gether. . .
Another puzzling question that Is up
to the County board It where to find
room In the court house for an office for
the county assessor and hit corps of
Assistants.
The Louisiana Purchase hat been un
der the Start and Stripes Just ft hun
dred years. What better object lesson
could be had of what a land of liberty
can accomplish T
Omaha retail merchants have a light
to be proud of their holiday displays.
It's a fastidious chopper who can not
be suited by them in variety, quality,
quantity and price.,
Clncinnatus left hU plow In the field,
Mrs. Manning, with womanly instinct,
lets the great St Louis fair wait while
ahe covert the furniture and carries the
cat to a neighbor's.
The Burtley bond case has once more
'tabbed up in the supreme court but
the Bartley cigar box end Its historic
contents is still In the possession of the
man of the iron mask.
The secretary of war has decided to
drop the matter of General MacArtbur's
reference to probable hostilities with
Germany, so it .will not really matter
Whether the public does or does not
Now that the federal grand jury has
adjourned Tho Bee Is in position to
torn the searchlight upon District At
torney Summers and his methods with
out subjectlug its editors and reporters
to an Indictment for an aueged attempt
to Impede Justice.
The Nebraska supreme court has
promulgated a few new rules for the
guidance of attorneys conducting litiga
tion before that tribunal. The court re
serves the right however, to modify the
rules without waiting for anyone to
move for a rehearing.
It Is true that the supreme court has
upheld the validity of the new revenue
law, but it has not yet expressed Its
opinion of the 60 per cent penalty clause.
It would be a good thing for the authori
ties to go slow with the penalty busi
ness while the law is new.
After all the hitch in the sale of the
per nt rvfuiuilng bonds has not
been a great calamity. The disposal of
the bonds at a premium of $.7.rco above
par would iK-em to Jimtify the racket
raised about the peculiar course pur
sued ly eastern bund slHH'Ulatvrs lu
tt-utitr. Itoii v illi thi nVuL
JVs.IT tFFVRTS FOR STATKHVOD.
Not dlroriragml by their failure at
the Inst session of conpreaa, the repre
nontatlves of the ' territories Booking
ntntobood are preparing to vigorously
puah their claim before the present con
Kress, reinforced by new and, recently
accumulated fact in support of their
claim. It 1 stated that with the some-
what changed circumstances the state
hood people are very hopeful of victory
md are providing themselves with all
available ammunition so as to make the
strongest possible fight when the time
come for doing so,' which will probably
be very soon after-the holidays.
In regard to the proposition to Join
New Mexico and Arizona as one state,
the representatives of those territories
declare that they wlir fight It persist
ently. Ppeaklng of the matter, the dele
gate from Arizona Is quoted as saying
that such a course would be contrary to
the history and policy of the country
from the beginning. "From the time
congress made two states of Mississippi
and Alabama," he remarked, "down to
the time when it did the same thing for
the two Dakota, it has been American
policy to create two states out of large
territory If possible, . Instead of putting
two territories Info one state." Gov
ernor Otero of New Mexico holds the
same views, his opinion being that joint
statehood would be unfair to both ter
ritories. '
Nothing ha been disclosed regarding
the feeling In congress on the question
of admitting the territories to statehood,
but the confidence said to be felt by
their representatives Indicates a more
favorable prospect. Fopular sentiment.
at least In the west, is undoubtedly
strongly for their admission and there
seems to be no good reason why the
necessary legislation should not be
passed at the present session.
DCMUCRAT3 MAT MEET FIRST.
The democratic national committee
will meet In Washington, January 12, to
decide upon the time and place for hold
lng the national convention of 1004. It
Is said that it wilt be proposed by the
more aggressive men in the committee
that the precedent of allowing the party
In power to hold its convention first be
broken and that the democrats take the
offensive, holding their convention early
111 Junft
Every democratic national convention
In the last thirty-five years, or from
1808, has been held later than the repub
lican conventions, so that, as remarked
by the New ,York Sun, practically the
republicans fix the date of both conven
on, their own actually and the demo-
prntta ennvAntlnn nnnrATlmatolv. Tt la
ihnntrht ni.na tllof . . Aavnnmt
mlttee wi ChlcaKOf thougb,a
strong effort will be made to induce
it to choose . an eastern city for
the convention and it would not be sur
prising it the selection should fall to
New York. The naming of a time and
place for the convention, however, Is not
the most important question confronting
the democracy. To find a man who oan
unite, and harmonize the party Is the
vital matter and at present auch a leader
Is not In sight Whether one can be
found within the next six months Is
problematical.
QRMAT BAITAIN'S DCMAHD.
The notice served on the State de
partment by the British government
that it expects, nnder the so-called fa
vored nation clause, that sugar from
the British West Indies shall be ad
mitted into the United States on equal
terms with the Cuban product was ex
pected. It is said that the sugar pro
ducing countries of Europe win make
a like representation to our government
When the question of reciprocity with
Cuba first came up intimations were re
ceived from some of the Europekn couu
tries that they would expect to be ac
corded the same consideration that
should be given, to Cuba and this was
not lost eight of in the discussion of the
treaty in the senate. ;
Senator teller pointed out that we
have some forty treaties containing tho
favored nation clause, by which we had
solemnly promised to deal with each na-
Ua we J?1 wth every other, and
he regarded the arrangement with Cuba
at a deliberate declaration to the world
that we withdraw that promise. He
djd' not .think that any adequate or sat
isfactory reason could be given for
doing this. On the other hand. Senator
Depew argued that the treaty was fufly
Justified by our peculiar relations with
and obligations to Cuba. lie called at
tention to the requirements Imposed
upon Cuba by the Tlatt amendment
which Is a part of the constitution of
that republic, and Insisted that this
created ' obligations, both moral and
legal, toward Cuba. "Who can say,1
said tne rtew xors senator, -mat we
violate the contract for equal treatment
la treaties with foreign governments If
we make reciprocal' concessions to that
republic? Let the nations which make
such a claim come forward and say
I We wept the Tlatt amendment and
uien mere win oe an equality upon
which they may assert that reciprocal
concessions to the republic of Cuba vio
late the treaties we have with them."
The large majority for the treaty In
the senate showed that there was little
concern resfecting the favored nation
clause and yet It must be admitted that
the question raised Is interesting and
by no means unimportant It Is quite
1 possible that it may exert an Influence
In behalf of tariff discrimination abroad
sgalnst the United States, strengthening
the sentiment in Europe favorable to
tariff retaliation. .There Is pending
reciprocity treaty with France, in which
that country mukes liberal concessions.
If that convention should not be ratified
It Is more than likely that the French
government would abe disposed to uiake
its tariff more dlMcrlmtnatlvo against
our products than It now la. Another
couNiJer&tion Is in regard to the possible
effect when the time shall come fur re
newing the treatW contaluing the fa
vuisJ Mitiun' cl"ij.5 Will there L tUe
same confidence In the pledges of this
government as It has hitherto enjoyed?
lies and other considerations make
highly interesting the question raised
by the British demand, which undoubt
edly will be energetically pressed.
WORST Or THs ORAHD JCHT.
After a session of nearly six weeks
the federal grand Jury has completed
Its labors and taken final adjournment
From the beginning to the close this
body bhs attracted more than local at
tention and in some respects has fur
nished more material for the sensational
press than any other similar Inquisition
ever held in this state.
The indictment of Senator Charles 11.
Dietrich was an event of national magni
tude by reason of bis position and the
nature 'Of the' charges brought agnlnst
him. The Indictments of the heads of
several big cattle syndicates for Illegal
fencing1 of the public domain were the
sequence of investigations Instituted by
the Department of the Interior more
than fifteen months ago, which previous
grand Juries had been persuaded to
ignore. The minor bills, excepting those
growing out of the rumors of corrupt
deals In postoffice appointments, were
the usual grist of bootlegging and other
petty offenses that usually take up the
time of the federal courts while more
serious law violations are being side
tracked. The action of the grand Jury
In . the Dietrich cases was doubtless
based upon an ex parte showing ingen
iously handled by the 'prosecuting at
torney, whose only hope of keeping him
self In office lay in destroying the influ
ence of Senator Dietrich and placing the
Department of Justice in a position
where It could not dismiss htm without
creating the Impression that It was try
ing to shield a member of the senate
charged with bribery.
The failure of the grand Jury to indict
any of the Indian land lease ring that
had for several years systematically
despoiled the Winnebago and Omaha
Indians, or the Indian agency officers
who connived at these gigantic frauds,
can be ascribed "only to the hypnotic
power of the prosecuting attorney, who
has notoriously been using his office to
protect these crooked speculators and
their abettors and allies, in and out of
office. There was enough material be
fore the grand Jury to sustain the
charges had there been any disposition
on the part of the attorney to use It
as a foundation for prosecution. The
fact that the entire management of the
agency and the whole land leasing sys
tem has been recently reorganized by
the Interior department as a result of,
the exposures made by the editor of
The Bee clearly proves that the bad
conditions and lawlessness, that pre
vailed on the reservation during the
Mathewson regime bad become intoler
able. It is to be regretted that the
grand Jury did not severely rebuke the
attempt of the prosecuting attorney to
smirch parties who were honestly en
deavoring to rlgh these wrongs in the
interest of better government
Last but not least it is a, lamentable
fact that the proceedings of the grand
Jury were regularly given out In garbled
form to manufacture public sentiment
that would sustain the course of the
prosecuting attorney at a meant of
counteracting the bad repute into which
ne nat zaiien inrougn nis inornate re
lations with Bartley, the great embez
zler, and his active part in procuring
the Bartley pardon. These leaks from
the grand Jury room, whose inmates
were tworn to secrecy, reflected seri
ously upon that body, which should have
vindicated Itself before adjournment by
placing the responsibility where it be
longed. .
According to the statement given to
the press by the chief promoter of the
Fremont power canal, the John F. Kelly
Company of New York has been awarded
contract . for the construction and
equipment of the canal, with authority
to dispose of one-half of the issue of
bonds for the canal enterprise. We are
told, furthermore, that the project con
templates the issuance of bonds to the
extent of the full capitalization, or
something over 13,250,000. Klght here
is the rub. The original estimate of the
cost of constructing and equipping the
Fremont canal was 12,500,000. If the
company proposes to exceed that amount
by three-quarters of a million in the
shape of bonds, the only inference to be
drawn is that the construction company
is to have a margin of 750,000 for
negotiating 50 per cent of the bonds
and assuming the risk of the undertak
lng. Possibly tue excessive bond issue
would represent the SO per cent discount
at which the bonds are to be sold as an
inducement to buyers. In any case,
however, the proposed issue of several
hundred thousand dollars of stock Justi
fies the fear that the promoters of the
enterprise will be seriously hampered In
furnishing cheaper power by over
capitalization.
The county commissioners are much
vexed over the discovery that so many
people in this county bear the same
came and consequently create confusion
and embarrassment in the drawing of
the Jary panel for the coming leap year.
The proper way out of the dilemma
would be to designate by number every
man bearing the name of Smith, Jones,
Brown, - Johnson, ; Hansen, Peterson,
Olson, etc, so that they will be known
hereafter in the Jury lists as Smith L
xsrown o, jonnson iu, etc. sucn aesigna
tlons would also materially lighten the
task of the Jury fixers in visiting the
right Brown, Jones or Peterson at home
after business hours.
It Is an ill wind that blows nobody
good. The great flood' that, did so much
damage in Kansas City last spring
proving of substantial benefit to the offl
cutis under investigation for boodllng
as municipal officers of Kansas City,
Kan., where the proof of the receipt of
bribe moneyby reference to their ac
counts in the bank, has been averted
under &rvtrxt UuU the bank books rvei
destroyed by the flood. An outsider
has the privilege of believing, however,
that If the property of the bank were
at stake through peculations of some 'of
lis employes the books would be" un
earthed somewhere and afford tufflclent
data 'to show how much was stolen.
This is plainly another case depending
on whose ox is gored.
According to agreement the report on
the nomination of General Wood will
be made up on the reconvening of the
senae after the holidays, when the fight
will be transferred from the committee
rooSn rto the floor. If the nomination
were only subject to discussion In open
session we might expect a protracted
debate with spectacular appeals to the
gallery, but Inasmuch as it will come up
behind closed doors and the public will
get only what percolates through the
cracks, there Is reason to hope that the
controversy will then be settled one
way or the other without much further
delay.
One thing the federal, grand Jury did
not appear anxious to Investigate and
that is the fairly established charge
that the United States district attorney
had procured railroad passes for the
members of the grand Jur that was In
session in Omaha twelve months ago
when' they adjourned for a Christmas
vacation to return after Christmas to
do nothing and were allowed to draw
their pay for mileage with the con
nivance of this same district attorney.
It was too tender a spot to investigate.
, American exports to British South
Africa are increasing year by year, but
there is still room for considerable ex
pansion without crowding the Britons
out At the same time it would not be
bad idea for us to see that we get
what belongs to us in the way of trade
in the Philippines without letting the
British and the Germans in too far.
The appropriation . for an exhibit of
French labor societies at St Louis
passed the French' senate with only one
vote recorded against it After the lib
eral participation of the United States In
the successive French expositions it is
only reasonable that the French gov
ernment will reciprocate with equal lib
erality. -The Santa Fe railroad will now try to
take the kinks out of its tracks so as
to shorten its line to the coast Tho
Union Pacific has set the pace for the
Improvement of railroad construction
and all the' other transcontinental rail
roads will have to follow suit to keep In
the runnnlng.
Patriotism with Fee Attached.
Chicago Tribune.
While the number of applications on file
for pensions for survivors of the Spanish
war I only a little over 800,000, tt will not
be the fault cf the patrlotlo pension attor
ney If the half million mark 1 not passed
soon.
Promoting; Trouble.
SC. Louis Republic
A man ha Invented, a devioe for making
a permanent record of telephone conversa
tions. If that thing come Into general use
it mean mora work for the divorce court
and .many other ambarraaalng comDllca-
Uons,
- Hint to th Aagrast Senate."
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The difference In length between open and
secret session of the senate suggests that.
if the senate would consent to do its talking
in executive session, the business of the
country would be very considerably expe
cted.
Perish tha Thought I
Minneapolis Journal.
Attorney General Knox still persists In
holding that there Is more or less water in
Northern Securities stock, what a skeptl-
oal person ha 1st Long ago Mr. Hill ex
plained that there was no water lu tha
stock.
Is There a Second t
St. Louis Republic
Nobody among the salary slave will sec
ond the motion of Mr. Carroll D. Wright to
abolish the wage system. If tha trusts
handle the business and keep all the books,
tha fellow who gives up tha wage system
will bavs little left.
Home Comforts on tha Rail.
Indianapolis Journal.
a greax western raiiroaa system an
nounces that Its new cars are equipped with
all the conveniences of a modern flat. It
must not be gathered from this, however,
that they are flatcars; or that there will be
a family above with a piano and a family
below with a phonograph.
Too Mora War Talk.
Springfield Republican.
Mr. Root' explanation that he did not
predict a war "soon" between tha United !
State and some foreign power, .but merely
In the future at some Indefinite time, re
Ueves him of the responsibility of Indulging
In wild talk. It may be asked, however.
why It is necessary for him to predict war
at all? He goes to various publlo dinners
and meetings, and In his speeches assumes
that sooner or later this country will surely
get Into a great war. Doubtless Mr. Root's
motive is to emphasise tha necessity of
preparation for emergencies. Cut to those
possibly too Ideallstlo people who hop that
war will cease without many mora mili
tary cataclyams, the kind of talk that Mr.
Root Indulge In Is disagreeable. The
fatalism of his talk about future war 1
Injurious In It effect upon tha publio mind,
because the publlo Is thua educated to tha
false notion that war 1 a normal and
neeessary crisis of society at frequent In
tervals, and can never be outgrown.
American Goods Abroad.
Philadelphia Record.
The exports for November are a trlfl
above those of October, and are decidedly
In excess of tha export In any previous
month except October three year ago.
The export of the last two months, very
nearly 3il,000,COO. are much larger than the
export of any previous two months.. Tha
Import last month were less' than thosa
of any previous month since June, 1902.
The exports for twelve month ended No
vember SO have been exceeded but once. In
the twelve month ended November, lm.
Th excess of exports In the last twelve
months, and In the eleven months of tha
calendar year, have been several time ex
ceeded, because imports have been Increas
ing In ths last two or three years. The
excess of exports over Import in tha last
eleven months," however. Is more than SM.
0U0.C0O greater than the excess li the cor.
responding portion of last year. Imports
In th last eleven months Increased nearly
i3,U(4.0uO, but the axpvrts UiorvajicJ mure
than llfuAWU, . .v
Good
At this season the children are eating
dainties, and the housekeeper mustJook
specially to their food.
As good cake can be made only with
good eggs, so .also a cake that is healthful
as well as dainty must be raised with a
pure and perfect baking powder.
Royal Baking Powder is indispensable
in the preparation of the highest quality
of food. It imparts that peculiar light
ness, sweetness and flavor noticed in the
finest cake, biscuit, doughnuts, crusts, etc.,
and what is more important renders the
food wholesome and agreeable to young
and old.
OTHER LANDS THAN Ol'RS.
i -
The diplomatic importance of Oreat Brit
aln move In the direction of Thibet lie
In It significance as a counter check upon
tha Russian policy in Manchuria and" a
possible effective diversion calculated to
turn the Muscovitlo eye away from the
prey In the north. The delicate game of
cheas which Russian and Britain have been
playing with Persia, Afghanistan and the
khanates of southern Turkestan as the
board Is given a new aspect by this sud
den move of the British castle. Were Rus
sia to gain ascendency over Thibet Instead
of It antagonist It would have China In
a vise, the two jaw of which would be
Thibet and Manchuria. Moreover it wovld
then stretch its length along the entire
northeastern boundary of the coveted In
dian enplre.
That Russia floe not take this little side
play by England In all kindness 1 Indicated
by the ton of the Novoe Vremya of St.
Petersburg, which threaten that If the
Thibetan are too weak to stem the tide of
the English over the Himalaya "It 1
quite possible '.for other to do ao by cre
ating a alight diversion In some direction
disagreeable to th British politician." The
safety cf India Is of course Jiere hinted at
a the tender spot in the British flank.
With it hand pretty well filled by the
Manchurian bundle It Is not very probab'.e
that Russia will undertake retaliation for
th present,' however Injured It feeling
may be. It look a if Britain had it on
the hip for the nounce.
It la a little remarkable that Russia
should have set the example to Europe of
organising a regular motor car service for
freight and passenger over a considerable
distance. The car are to run on a regular
time table along the Circassian coast be
tween Novoroealsk. and Sukbum-Kaleh, a
distance of about 1770 miles. It was an
nounced some three month ago that Prlnoe'
Khilkoff, the Russian minister of ways of
communication, had proceeded In a motor
car down the Circassian coast between the
two point mentioned. From that minis
terlal tour of Inspection sprang the Idea
of starting a motor car aervlce on a com
mercial basis, and a company ha now bten
formed at St. Petersburg, wlth a capital of
8.000,000 rubles, for putting th project Into
practical operation forthwith. It 1 doubt
ful wheather a railway ever the same route
would repay the cost of construction and
maintenance, but a motor car service will
probably be lucrative. If It I organised and
managed upon economical principle whloh
are not apt to prevail in Ruassia. The con
cession I for twenty year, with pi war te
the concessionaire of extending their flo'.d
of operations.
The gradual growth of tha Importance of
Algiers a a coaling station la enoouraging
the French to make special effort to make
a great commercial harbor of Biserta. Th
French consul at Gibraltar report that
there 1 a growing tendency among vessel
plying in the Mediterranean to take In coal
at Algiers instead of at the British port.
Whereas, the quantity of coal furnished at
Gibraltar shows a steady decline, from 460,
000 ton In 1S90 to 167,000 last year, th
amount of coal disposed of at Algiers dur.
lng th same period increased from 61,000
to 87,000 ton. Regarding the project of a
railway from the Ouensa mine to Blzerta,
the Chamber of Commerce of the latter
port has Juat addressed a communication to
M. Combes, contending that th sacrifices
made by Franc in th protectorate 'will
prove fruitless unless a railway be con
structed which will place th port of Bi
serta in a position to furnish return
freight. A long ago a last March a reso
lution waa passed by th Soclete des Etudes
Conollales et Maritime, advocating th
construction of a railway for the transport
of th mineral from Jebel Ouensa to Bi
serta. In the opinion of th association
such a railway would attract to that port
th coal boats that now proceed to Malta,
while the French naval station would In re
turn receive the coal necessary for th
navy, for commerce and for the metallur
gy work which It I proposed to found
there. Th existence of an Important coal
depot. It Is thought, would create at Bl
serta a genuine commercial port, of great
value, for th victualling of war vessels
th supply of labor and other purposea. It
Is thought thst Cardiff boats would bring
eon.1 at very low rate In return for full
cargoes.
Th latest overflow of th Neva Is but
another warning to th Inhabitants of St.
Petersburg of what may happen to them
In h event of a long serls of westerly
files In the gulf of Finland. This flood
(9 feet Inches) Is th most serious that
has occurred since 1877, when th Nev
ros 10 feet T Inch- bov It ordinary
level. Th great Inundation of 1S24 was the
moat i'l'astrou on record. On that oc
casion th river ros II feet t Inche above
It normal level and Inundate th whole
urb-n area of St. Pete'emirr. The Katha.
Hn. Ugovskt and Obvotnl canals all have
basins for th r-cplon'of surplus' waters,
but they are of little practical value, as la
shown, In th present Instance. There ere
two (It -t'4zc4 eluiWa. tint Mulki
Health to the
hildrem,
otm. aajema ramnuM co mrw voaa.
and the Fontanka, but these ire not fur
nished, with overflow basins. - All th
Islands, which are of alluvial origin,' are
very low. Their highest point do not rise
more than 10 feet 6 Inches above the aver
age level of the Neva,, and th mainland
I very little higher than the Islands. It
Is a common occurrence for the street In
port of the Vaslll Ostroff to be flooded
during the winter.
. .
The greater the truth' the greater the
libel, seems to be the rule in Germany.
Having disposed of the eat of Lieutenant
Bllse, German paper are turning their at
tention to the case of Dr. Ries, head master
of tha gymnasium in Oldenburg. Rles, It
seems, wrote a series of 'articles for a local
paper In which he denounced the high play
that was going on in the capital of the
duchy, and particularly denounced the
minister of Justice. The latter was accused
of gambling In publlo plaoea In contraven
tion of the law, and, more serious, was
accused of enticing young men and young
officer to tha gambling table. To hi
account Rlea laid several suicides which
have occurred lately among the youth of
the city. Rle was sentenced to six month'
Imprisonment and the publisher to ten. A
In the case of "Life In a Small Garrison,"
there I no. truth about the varlou charge
and a formal Investigation I likely to be
the result.
MATRIMONIAL SIDE OF PENSIONS.
nrprlslnar Longevity of the Widows
f War Veteran.
New York Time. .
One of th curious facta in connection
with the pension roll 1 the variation in
what may be called the matrimonial habit
of tha warrior In the several wars. Thus,
of the Revolutionary frar, which closed
120 year ago, there are no survivors, but
ther ara drawing pension two widows.
It seems a little extraordinary that th
lives of on couple should cover one cen
tury and a fifth of another, but If the hus
band wa 18 at the close of tt. war In
1783, if at 78 he married a girl of 18-a by
no mean imposslbl occurrence hi widow
would be but 78 now. Ther are also three
daughter of pensioner on the roll, and
they might be the offspring of th wlddws.
Of the war of 1813 there is one survivor.
Supposing him to hav been 18 at the close
uf the war, he would now b 106, and at
least must be a centenarian. The army
to which he belonged appear to hav been
particularly prons to marriage, a there
are 1,116 widow on the roll. Of the Mexi
can war there are S,t64 survivor and 7,110
widow, or lr. the ratio of four widow
to three survivors. The Interval between
the close of the earlier and that of th
later war wa but thlrty-thre years, and
It I pretty safe to conclude that the marry
ing habit was not o strong after th later
a after the former.
When w come down to the war for the
union, we find, of course, that the ratio
of widow 1 much lower, but it is still
conspicuously large. Of tha army there
are 691,660 survivor on th pension roll,
and ther ara 242,11a widows, th latter
being a little less than 35 per cent of th
former. Of th navy there are 20,152 ur-
vivors on the pension list and 8.213 widows,
or 46 per cent, which would indicate that
a larger proportion of sailor married, or
..The Store of the Town..
Browning, King & Co.
WELL BE OPEN EVENINGS FROM NOW UNTIL
CHRISTMAS
And now Is the time to do your trading and early la
the day.
Even with our extra help we are taxed now, to gi?e
the attention we would like to. , . . ; . (
Everything for men and boys. ' -
I If in doubt look at our windows.
(They will show you how.) '
No Clothing Fits Like Ours
R. S. WILCOX, Manager
of the married
SECURITIES AND INSECURITIES.
Far-Beaching Harm Done by Bale
f Bossi Stock.
New York World. .
Did Justice Peter S. Qrosscup of the
United States circuit court, than whom a
higher authority upon corporate law could
hardly be cited, exaggerate the faot when
he said to the Chicago Merchant clubf
"In my opinion the men who have passed
off bogus securities on th publlo hav
done more harm to American institutions,
to American spirit, unity, good feeling and
prosperity than If they had deliberate,
spread over this land pestilence and fever."
Examples of such "bogus securities" a
Justice Grosscup refer to are fresh in tha
publlo mind. There 1 tha $67,000,000 of
water In the $79,000,000 Shipbuilding com
pany which Mr. Morgan and Mr. Schwab
arranged with Harris, Gate A Co. to sell
at $68 and $2S a share, and which Is now
worth nothing; ther I the $300.00,000 or
more of "flat value" attempted trth such
disastrous results In the Steel trust; there
are tha share of tha Northern Securities
company... which sought to add" the capital
of two great competing railroads, making
five out of two plus two, and whose valid
ity the supreme court I even now consid
ering; ther are Sugar and Copper and
Chewing Gum; Ice trust. Asphalt trust
and Candy trust. And th total nominal
capitalisation of the "industrials" alone,
leaving out th vast railroad mergers,
equals about $100 for every man,, woman
and child In the United State. Truly a
mas of "bogus securities" that may well
Justify Justice Grosscup' emphasis.
Whether the existence of the trust
would still be contrary to publio polloy and
Interest if honestly capitalised Is a ques
tion upon which men may differ. But
there can ba no question that th evil of
monopolistic merger would be greatly les
sened if Justice Grosscup' suggestion of
government supervision as rigorous as that
of the national bank were enforced te
prevent manifest robbery.
Tne NAME 5 eVEKYTMNG."
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