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' It will be a race between Cruzen and
ti.e dark horse.
It Is not freedom but release from
:fleial responsibility that is desired by
;.:e mayor of Chicago.
From present appearances It will be
f interest only to the student of his
tory whether it Is Corea or Korea.
Twenty-two counties, including Pong
l.is, bare made their annual settlements
vlth the state treasurer. The other
Ixty -eight counties are yet to be heard
irom. '
Shades of Quantrell and Jennlson!
Wont there be a chance to renew the
i.ulmoalty of half a century ago when
n Missouri jury gets hold of a Kansaa
tenator. . .
Accidents by fire, flood and collision
;:n la cycles. The accldept on the Bur
:;:igton near Ashland was followed in
1 few hours by a more fatal explosion
cn the same road near St Louis.
It was a Washington man with the
s.'lf-descrlptlve name of Ryan who said
liiat by the vote of the United States
tnate In the Smoot case the number and
umes of the henpecked senators could
to discovered.
Although the advice of the Advisory
iioard Is given to the council without
rice or hope of reward, the council
I :urns the advice of the Advisory board
II ud declare that advice from that quar
ter Is not wanted.
The lion of Norway that Emperor
William received yesterduy will not be
u marker to those lions which President
Roosevelt will have when the presents
f rom King Menellk arrive. Neither will
U cost so much to maintain.
Now wa understand why the repub
lican state committee has requested the
republicans of Nebraska to Instruct
ilielr delegates to the state convention
is to their choice for United States sen
ator. Cruzen is coming home from Porto
i'.Ico.
The next time an enterprising corre-
:ondent desires to send out a report of
t prospective uprising of Indians In the
Indian Territory be should be careful
not to get his tribes mixed. The fake
ivas even patent to the officials of the
Indian bureau.
ice city electrician is to be re
inforced by a stenographer, but the
proposition to protect life and property
t.lthln the city by the Inspection and
npervlHlon of storehouses, warvhouHes,
d:111 and factory buildings . seems to
i.ave fallen upon deaf ears.
Chairman Overstreet of the committee
v.n postofflces and post roads must have
v aught the Brlstow fever. lie wants to
know all about the number and condi
tion of the postal cars and the amount
; aid to the railroads for carrying the
Mails. If he digs deep enough he may
strike It rich.
Now tha( the council has awarded the
contract for gasoline lighting In that
.lortlon of the city that cannot be sup
..lied with gas lamps, the conflict he
.ween the various llghjlng companies
vlll cease for at least a year and a half.
'Hit the public lighting qucatlou will not
ja disposed of until the city shall own
and operate its own electric light plant.
Among the delegates apiolnted by
President Rooaevett to the universal
congress of lawyers and Jurists, to be
.ieia at bu louis 111 tteptemner, are
Hon. James M. Wool worth and General
Charles r. Manderson. When it is
'oorne In mind that the Mthertng will
Include many of the most eminent Jur
!sts of every dvULu-4 nation, this is In
JaMsl bih konoi.
bbarit a a ronaiBiLirr.
It Is not Improbable that In the In
terval before the meeting of the demo
cratic national convention the movement
In behalf of W. It. Hearst aa a candi
date, for the presidency will assume such
proiortlon8 as to command serious con
sideration. Thus far the disposition has
been to ridicule and belittle it, but the
dilemma In which the democracy is re
garding a candidate Is causing some
democrats to look with favor upon the
ambition of Hearst Thus the chairman
of the Ohio democratic state central
committee snys that as matters stand
he is for Hearst whom he lauds as a
democrat that has always stood up for
the party. The Cincinnati Enquirer. In
the course of an article deprecating a
newspaper attack on Hearst speaks
of him In the warmest terms, saying
that he Is "unquestionably a man of
mark and many sober-minded men write
him In their book of estimation as a man
of destiny." It declares that "no one
of his years has had a more remarkable
career in this special period of grand
development." .The Enquirer devotes
nearly a column to pointing out the mer
its of Mr. Hearst remarking among
other things that "he is a high-born
gentleman in the better and truly Amer
ican sense of that phrase, with ante
cedents Indelibly associated with the
moral and material development of the
country." That paper expresses the
opinion that he is growing stronger ev
ery day "and his strength Is so widely
distributed and touches so many vari
ous Interests that he Is formidable."
It is well understood that Hearst Is
losing no opportunity to advance the
movement In his bchnlf. He has an
abundance of money with which to do
this and his friends are of the aggres
sive sort. It is not doubted that he
would be entirely acceptable as a can-
didtite to the Bryan element though its
on dor has given no intimation that he
prefers him. There is a warm friend
ship between them, however, and what
can safely be affirmed is that Mr. Bryan
will not be found opposing Mr. Hearst
If his name should be presented to the
democratic convention. ,
At the inception of the Hearst boom
nearly everybody regarded it aa absurd.
Few believed that It was seriously in
tended. When the democratic national
committee selected St. Louis for the na
tional convention and it was explained
that this was done because members of
the committee feared that if the con
vention was held In Chicago it might be
captured by the Hearst Influence there
exerted through his newspaper, the boom
was given a substantial recognition and
character. It is probably a fart, as the
Cincinnati Enquirer says, that it has
been steadily growing since and its con
tinued growth is quite likely. Mr. Hearst
Is in the political arena. He is a mem
ber of congress and thus in the party
councils, ne has ambition- and abund
ant financial resources, which be is un
doubtedly willing to disburse lavishly
and the democracy will need ouch re
sources In this year's campaign. From
present indications, William Randolph
Hearst as a possible candidate for the
presidency is not to be laughed at
MORE TROUBLE FUR COLOMBIA.
Little authentic information in regard
to conditions in Colombia reaches this
country, owing to the strict censorship
enforced there, but advices come
through mall correspondence which If
somewhat belated can be relied upon as
trustworthy. The latest of these,
though relating to conditions several
weeks ago, are to the effect that Colom
bia was facing a new crisis In the dis
affection of the people In the depart
ments of Cauca, Antloquia and Bolivar,
where it is said the existence of seces
sion sentiment and the unmistakable
fact that it is' growing - was causing
more concern to the Colombian govern
ment than the loss of Panama Itself. It
is declared to be the darkest cloud in
the already blackened sky of the re
public. This can readily, be understood when
the Importance of these departments
are known. Cauca Is the only Colom
bian state on the Pacific and is the larg
est In the country in both population'
and area. It is from that department
that Colombia recruits Its best material
for the army. It includes the ports of
Tama eo and Buena Ventura, the outlets
from Bogota to the sea. The depart
ment of Antloquia, adjacent to Cauca,
Is one of the richest states In the re
public. It is the center of the gold dls
trict. This department has probably
produced more men prominent in the
history of the republic than any other.
Bolivar contains the ports of Cartagena
and Barranqullla on the Caribbean sea
and the only port of that coast of com
merctal. Importance- The disaffection of
the people in these departments is the
same that actuated Panama to revolt
that is, too few benefits for the large
contributions which they make to Bo
gota. Besides, the people of these states
are also ardent supporters of the canal
project, the consummation of which
would give a great impetus to their In
dustries.
Without these departments ' Colombia
would be reduced to abject insig
nificance and helplessness and yet what
would be left Is that which has con
trolled the travesty of government at
Bogota. It would be separated from
Ecuador by a wide but undeveloped ex
pause of Cauca in the south, but would
be in dangerous contiguity with Venex
uela and Brazil. Its survival as a sep
arate nation would be very doubtful,
but on the other band It la still more
doubtful whether it is desirable for
either Panama or the United States to
haye the northern and western seacoast
departments attached again to the Isth
uius, vas undoubtedly in the event of
their secession they would seek to have
done. It win be better for Panama to
hold its unique position as the connect
ing link of the continents, containing
tlie clasp of the oceans. Independent of
all other powers and safe under the
broad shield dt the United States. -
When the Uwty with Panama shall
have been ratified, dispelling the last
hope of the Colombians now kept alive
by democratic opposition to the treaty
it Is most probable that the people In
the disaffected departments will sock to
become a part of the Panama republic
and should they meet with favor from
that republic they would have little dif
ficulty In ending their allegiance to the
Bogota government which lias lcen
nearly as Indifferent to their Interests
as It was to those of Panama. The
outlook for Colombia is certainly gloomy
and Its unhappy sltuntlon Is due entirely
to the greed and rapacity of a few un
scrupulous politicians.
METER HtSPECTIOX.
More than half a million dollars a year
is paid by Omaha consumers of gas
for lighting and heating purposes and
for electric light and electric motor
power delivered at meter rates, and the
larger consumers of water also pay their
water bills on the basis of meter meas
urement. It goes without saying that
the meters used for measuring the gas,
water and electricity are not always in
perfect order and no more likely to be
exact than weights and measures in
common use.
In almost every other large city ex
cept Omaha meter tests are periodically
made for the protection of consumers
Just as tests of weights and measures
are made in Omaha and all other cities
of scales used for weighing bay, coal
and other commodities, but up to this
time all gas, water and electric meters
have been allowed to run at large and
regulate themselves. Why the business
men of Omaha and consumers of gas,
water and electricity generally who pay
their bills at meter rates have remained
indifferent as to the correctness of the
measurement while they repeatedly have
remonstrated against light weight and
overweight in coal, grain and hay is
inexplicable.
Without imputing dishonesty to the
public utility corporations in dealing
with their patrons, it strikes us that tho
failure of the city to provide for meter
Inspection is almost inexcusable. The
people of Omaha tax themselves for a
gas inspector, and there Is no good rea
son why he should not be required to
inspect and test gas meters in private
use as well as to inspect the gas lamps
and test the gas used for lighting our
thoroughfares. The city pays for a city
electrician and an assistant electrician,
and there is no good reason why these
officers should not be required to make
periodic tests of the electric light or
electric motor meters In use In the city.
While the inspection of water Is not en
trusted to any particular department of
the city government there is no good
reason why the duty of testing water
meters should not be imposed upon the
Board of Public Works or some of its
subordinates.
It may bo argued that the testing of
meters will involve the employment of
several more men than are now on the
city pay roll and consequently an in
crease in munlclpnl expenses, but .the
amount of additional expense would be
trifling compared with the benefits to
be derived by the patrons of the cor
porations that supply Omaha with gas,
electricity and water, always providing
that competent men are employed to
make the tests and are made rigidly
accountable for the honest performance
of duty.
The lone democrat who represents an
Iowa congressional district in the bouse
has introduced a bill to stop the practice
pursued by concerns which eliminate
competition In the retail business by
selling goods at less than a fair market
price Manifestly this blow Is aimed
at the department stores and , inci
dentally at the "cat" houses. This
Iowa idea has the merit of novelty. It
is exceedingly doubtful, however,
whether a law that would prohibit mer
chants from offering and selling their
wares below the retail market price
would be popular with women who do-
vote their talents and time to patroni
zing the bargain counter.
The water works board, created by
the Howell-Gllbert compulsory water
purchase bill, has asked the council for
$25,000 to defray the expenses Incident
to the appraisement of the works, and
the council In compliance with this re
quest has decided to add one-quarter of
a mill to the tax levy for the coming
year. How the city is to profit to the
tune of $2.1,000 from the water works
appraisement Is a mystery that the god
fathers of the bill should explain to the
taxpayers of Omaha.
Postmaster General Payne has been
requested to report to congress as to the
number of horses, carriages and auto
mobiles maintained at the government
expense for the officers, of that depart
ment Postmaster General Payne
should add to this list also the number
of two and four-wheeled vehicles pro
pelled by horse and mule power in the
rural delivery and the amount the gov
rnment pays the carriers for their
maintenance.
Cabinet officers and chiefs of divisions
of the various departments of govern
ment at Washington who have been
riding In cabs or carriages at the gov
ernnient expense will have to explain
to congress, but congressmen who travel
thousands of miles on railroad passes
nnd collect mileage from the govern.
i.tent will not be called upon to explain.
It makes all the difference in the world
whose ox is gored.
Recognizing the rights of the labor
union and the Industrial combination as
belligerents from what can be gathered
Judge Grosscup would have those high
and mighty powers recognise that as a
neutral power the consuming public has
seatie rights which should be respected
St. Louis Is not to be outshown by
Chicago this World's fair year, evi
dently. Immediately after the arrest of
Manager Davis of the Iroquois t better
tbs buiidlng Inspector of the Missouri
century plant had warrants issued for
the managers of seven of the leading
theaters, alleging nonobservance of the
fire escape laws.
You have to go a good ways from home
to hear the news. The announcement
that A Ion no Cruzen, formerly collector
of customs, Torto Rico, will return di
rect to Nebraska to open a campaign
with the object of succeeding Senator
Millard in the United States senate will
mske several Nebraska horses smile
audibly.
?Should Hearst and Miles really contest
for the democratic nomination for presi
dent an often misquoted passage from
the works of a famous dramatist may
come In for proof, for the pen and the
sword, In the hands of men, grest or
otherwise, would come Into conflict
sharply.
Fellow Feellnaj.
Waahlngton Post.
Joseph Chamberlain will soon be In po
sition to fully sympathise with Mr. Bryan.
He Is Rotting- all the applause while the
other fellows get the votea.
Dn't Know Wheal They're Dead.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
It is all too evident that General TTrlbe-
TJrlba and the Mad Mullah do not read the
papers. If they did. they wouia team now
often they have been dead, and at least
strive to conduct themselves accordingly.
Improved rivlllsera.
St Louis Oloba Democrat
The United States minister reports that
there Is a feeling of bitter prejudice
against Americans existing In Corea. It
mle-ht be, wiae for President Roosevelt to
withdraw the missionaries and send over
a few mora marines.
Gnat Eronnsite ensnares.
St Louts Globe Democrat
To Illustrate the great economic change
that has recently taken place. It Is only
necessary to point to the fact that Colonel
Bryan Is not receiving any share of the
gate receipts this year, and that he Is
paying his own traveling expenses from
banquet to banquet.
The American Notion.
Baltimore American.
Tha a-nvernor of Porto Rico Intends to
battle, scientifically with tropical diseases.
This Is an entirely new Idea, co-Incident
with the Invasion of American Institutions.
Hitherto tropical diseases in the tropics
hv been regarded as Inevitable, but tne
world la learning fast that American enter
prise recognises only two evils as Inevitable
death and taxes.
PARKER, HILL COMPANY.
Taking? the Ltd Oil nomocracy's Pot In
New York.
Philadelphia Presa.
T,v flHinchfleld. who ran in vain for
.nunnr nf New York, by favor of David
B. Hilt should be good authority on any
thing concerning that democratic jeaaer.
nn th.r. will be little doubt of the
truth of Mr. Btanchfleld's statement that
In case Judge Parker of New Tor snouia
v.- n TtMuridnnt. Mr. Hill would be
come a cabinet officer, probably secretary
of state.
Parker was nominated for Judge through
the Influence of H11, and was elected as
the result of a republican division In New
York over the mayoralty, which led to
the omission of. ths name of any candi
date for Judge from one or tns ucm.
that Judge Parker
011. u' oi" V -
would not resign his present office If nom
inated for president until he had been
elected. Judge Parker Is sufficiently wide
awake enough to know that a bird In hand
Is worth two In the bush, ana ne wouiu
. ik. ohnnce of an election on ths
democratic ticket for president If it re
quired of htm the resignation 01 nis
clal office.
Mr. Parker never took any prominent
part In national affairs and would be with
hnft Questions, further
oui n. . -
than the fact that he has always followed
David B. Hill, who always stooa oy ni
Darty. no matter who was the leader.
Tweed or Bryan. Hill stood by Tweed
when nearly every every otner aem.-
out of New York City had repudiated
him. If the democrats name a candidate
from New York it begins to iook aa uiousu
it w.iiri ha Parker, because there Is no
one else la that state available.
The talk of McClellan la not 01 mucn
.nM Ttiit a candidate may be found
In some other state, though he Is not now
In sight. Gorman would not pou ouwr man
h atrlct Darty vote, wnicn wouia ieavt
him even behind Bryan. But the outlook
Is practically hopeless for any democrat.
DATE MARK, IN HISTORY.
a.ml-Centennlal of Hebraaka's
Or.
gaalaatloa aa a Territory.
St. Louts Globe-Democrat
M.i.nii ta arranrtna to have a cele
bration on May , im ths fiftieth anni
versary of the day on wnicn t-reaiaeni
t)i., ni.Mrf hl drnttuM to the act which
organised the territories of Nebraska and
Kansas. That day In is& was a btbsi amo-
1, i h btatnrv of the country. The
act which organised those two territories.
and which at the sams time repeaiea tne
Miaaourl antl-alavery compromise of 1820.
was responsible for a good many very im
portant things that came aiierwa.ru. n
1,111 th wblir nartv. created ths repub
lican party, precipitated civil war In Kan
sas, split the democratic party in
n..,i..tnn mnvRntlon of 1880, made Lin
coln's elecUon certain in that year, and
this sent eleven atates into seceasion ana
war against the government, all of which
brought emancipation and several other
things of consequence to ths country.
Manifestly, Nebraska Is right In getting
up an observance of this ssml-centennlal.
It Is true Nebraska was not affected by
the act of May SO, , 1864, to anything like
the degres that its southern neighbor was.
According to Atchison, ths Strlngfellowa
and some of the other, leaders of ths pro
slavery aide, ths division of tha proposed
territory of Nebraska into Nebraska and
Kansas In ths act which Douglas pressed
and which Pierce signed was with the tacit
understanding that the north was to bavs
the upper territory and ths south ths lower.
When the free etate men began to send
settlers Into Kansas, the southern leaders
called their conduct a breach of faith, and
henos ths raids across ths border from
Missouri.
Nebraska suffered very little In a direct
wav from thla disturbance. No serious at
tempt was made by the slavery side to
get a foothold In the mors northern terri
tory. That was seen to be out of ths
south s reach, and no struggle waa mads
for It. ComDared with Kansas' cyclonic
career, Nebraska's annals In ths early days
wers blank In tb history books. Nebraska
had no ballot bos stuffings or stealings;
no Jim Lanes, John Browns or Mont
gomery : no Btrlngfellows, Atchlsons or
Sheriff Joneses; no Wakaruaa wars. Black
Tr.ir hattiM m Pnttawatomla miiucru.
Tha tnimn of fama never noticed It. More
over, It was much slower In being peopled
and la getting aamittea 10 siaienooa.
Nnhtlu Nebraska, la a STeat commu
nity. Its name Is connected with an epochal
event, and . it ought to grv uai srent s
semt-centen&L&l an approprlata obssrvanos.
ItOrND AIHUT HEW TORJC
Ripples ea Ike Cnrreat at Ufa ta
the Metropolis.
One of the veteran Jurists of New York
City, speaking of the late Oeorga Francis
Train's experiences In England, tells how
the famous boomer obtained and lost a
fortune In that country. When Train went
to England he took with him a working
model of the first horse car, or tram car.
It la called In England, of which It
was said he was the Inventor, and suc
ceeded In getting from Parliament the
right to build tramways all over England.
The British Parliament, however, did not
realise what a very valuable privilege It
had given away for nothing until too late.
Train built one tramway, and he was
everywhere regarded as a wonderful man.
In an evil moment (for him), however, he
visited Ireland, and that was his undoing.
He espoused the Fenian cause, made vio
lent harangues In behalf of the "poor
Irish" and was promptly Incarcerated In
Cork Jail. After he had languished In Jail
for a time he was Induced, for the sake
of liberty and some other substantial con
sideration, to surrender his tramway char
ter and privileges. Then he was put on a
steamer at Queenstown for this country.
and told that if he ever returned he would
be tried for treason and sent to a penal
colony. He did, of course, return to Eng
land many years afterward, but was, of
course, not molested by ths authorities.
If there are 100,009 millionaires In the
United States, aa Senator Depew said at
the dinner given by John D. Rockefeller,
jr., to his Bible class, an official of a great
commercial agency and ths president of one
of New York's richest banks are decidodly
In error. Both placed the number of mil
lionaires In the entlrs world at 10,000. There
are 7,000 In the United States and 1,000 of
these live In New York City, whether they
pay taxes here or not. The financial Red
Book, a most carefully compiled publica
tion, gives the names of practically all ths
persons In the United States who are sup
posed to be worth more than $300,000. And
there are only 15,000 names on the list. No
claim is mads that the name of every per
son worth that amount or more Is given,
but the proportion of those left out Is ex
tremely small, for a most exhaustive Inves
tigation has been made.
'But In the last few years there has been
a marked tendency among men of wealth to
conceal the amount of their worldly posses
sions. The first -Incentive In this respect Is
the vulgar prominence given to the man
that has lots of money.
"There may be a few more than 7,000 mil
lionaires In the . United States," said the
official of the mercantile agency quoted by
the New York Press. "I doubt it, however.
I also doubt If there are more than 1,000
millionaires In New York. It is absolutely
Impossible to tell accurately. It may seem
strange that we should not be able to tell,
especially when we are engaged In finding
out how much a man Is worth and giving
such information to our subscribers.
"There are other reasons men have for
suppressing knowledge of the amount of
their wealth. Some wish to avoid heavy
taxation and give false returns. Another
man may have, made his money In a busi
ness not commonly supposed to be espe
cially lucrative and he. does not cars to
have his affluence blaxoned forth to arouse
competition. There are also some rich pol
iticians, but it might arouse suspicion If
they stated the exact amount of their
wealth. And there Is another class the
men that have their piles In callings that
might be frowned upon In ths circles they
wish to enter proprietors of gambling
houses, saloon keepers, owners of dives
and other resorts. They don't cars to
hava others know how much they haMn
accumulated.
'80 while It Is Impossible for us to tell
exactly how many millionaires there are,
wa would not take the number of those
who are known to possess a thousand
thousand at least, and then multiply the
number by ten. For that Is what Senator
Depew seems to have done In his anxiety
to urge Mr. Rockefeller's young men to
get rich."
'Rack renting" In Ireland Is a national
issue, but In New York, where It is prac
ticed with finer refinements of cruelty,
It la hardly noticed. In the year Just
closed there were 60,463 heads of families
unable to pay rent and consequently
evicted. The total of 60,463 evictions Is
larger by far than that of last year or
any other year In tho history of the local
courts. During the eviction period In Ire
land, when the whole world rang with
stories of the poor turned out of their
homes by landlords, there ' was no one
year In which the number of evictions
was one-twentieth of those In Manhattan
during 1903. It Is not generally known that
such good paying properties aa the Im
perial hotel, the Waldorf and hundreds of
good rent-yielding buildings in Broadway
send their earnings to England. Yet this
Is a fact. Many a stately manor house
abroad would give up Its big entertain
ments the moment Its New York rentals
were cut off. The Astors. the Goelets, the
Martins all of whom have expatriated
themselves llvs in magnificent style in
England on their New York rentals. They
never Inquire Into the equities of the situ
ation, but Instruct their agents to collect
"all the trafflo will bear." It la "rack
renting" all over again, but not subject
to the odium of a political issue.
In order to give Brooklyn people the only
adequate relief from the present conges
tion on the Brooklyn bridge, a record will
have to be mads In the erection of the
new Manhattan bridge. It Is the desire
of Bridge Commissioner Best and Chief
Engineer Nichols to establish this record;
but the task Is a big one.
It took thirteen years to open the Brook
lyn bridge for trafflo from the time the
first work began. The Wllllamaburg
bridge has been seven years In building, and,
while It is partly open to the public, it
will be nearly two years before It can be
used to Its full capacity.
The Manhattan bridge, with anchorages
In Pike street, Manhattan, and Washing
ton street, Brooklyn, which will take about
60 per ctnt of the crush from the Brook
lyn bridge, was started In May, 1901. by
the beginning of the work on the masonry
foundation of the Brooklyn tower.
This foundation was completed In De
cember, 19. C. Work on the Manhattan
tower foundation was begun last July, and
Is now about three-fourths dons. The con
tract for the tower was let to J. C. Rod
gers, who also baa ths only other con
tract in connection with the structure that
has been let up to date. This Is for ths
ornamental masonry pedestals on ths
tower foundations.
Befbre any of the actual bridge build
ing work can be started ths anchorages
on each side of the river roust be built.
Basing ths calculation on the rats of prog
ress on the other bridges It will take at
least two years to build these anchorages.
Tbs new Manhattan bridge Is to coat,
Including the land to be acquired, $16,833,000.
Daniel J. Sully, king of the cotton brok
ers, has become a member of the New
York Stock exchange and made his first
appearance on ths floor last week. He
ha4 been doing things to ths cotton bears
for soma months, so be knew he was la
for a lively initiation. Ths moment ha
appeared the doorkeeper yelled "Tennes
see," which is a cum tor "roughouse"
work. Ths brokers, expecting him, bad
armed themselves with wads of cotton la
every oonceivaUe shape. They moved on
BuUy In a body, raising the battle cry,
THERE IS no SUBSTITUTE FOR
Absolutely Pure
IT IS A MATTER OF HEALTH
"Use no hooks," and when they got
through with him he was a fair Imitation
of the Dusty Rhodes one sees in the comlo
papers. The victim took it all good
naturedly. As soon as possible he made
his escape, donned another suit of cloth
ing which he had provided against what
was coming to him and returned to ths
floor, where he received quite a different
reception.
Few If any of the members of the New
York legislature are so versatile as Robert
Wlnfhrop Chanler, assemblyman from
Dutchess county. He Is a millionaire, a
bane ball magnate and an artist of more
than local note. For years he studied art
in Paris under French masters and was
rewarded by mural painting in the salon.
Last summer ho spent $800 a month to
make the Red Hook base .ball team the
best between New York and Buffalo, sup
ported a brass band, lifted debts from four
churches, put two volunteer fire companies
on their feet,, made his brother super
visor of the town of Red Hook, made
himself assemblyman In the face nf a
normal republican majority of 1,600, estab
lished the finest stock farm In the state
and paved his way to be state committee
man In place of James W. Hlnkley, politi
cal consort and companion of David B.
Hill
PERSONAL ROTES.
Charles Francis, a son of the pres
ident of the St. Louis World's fair, works
dally at the exposition grounds as a
freight clerk.
Minister Allen warned the officers com
manding the American marines at Seoul
that "Corea is not the Philippines." Now,
what In the world did he mean by that?
If Russia and Japan do not Jump on each
other as planned by the Mole St. Nicholas
artists sojourning in Corea, the world's
markets will be overwhelmed with idle war
clouds.
In Corea there are riots when an elec
tric street car runs over a native and kills
him. Those poor Careens are not olvfi
Ised like we- are. We never riot over a
little thing of that kind.
Boston Is the head center and the hub
of the altruistic thought, and In practice
Boston's altruism takes the form of set
tling the tramp problem by .making the
hoboes move on to neighboring states.
Although the Cramps have been forced
out of the great Philadelphia shipbuilding
concern, he senior member of the old com
pany, Charles H. Cramp, will remain with
the new company as an adviser to the
president, receiving a salary of $20,000 a
year.
Senator Gorman has been the first of the
d em oc ratio presidential aspirants to engage
rooms for headquarters In St, Louts. Ha
has secured twenty rooms at the Southern
hotel for the use of the Maryland dele
gation and Incidentally to foster bis own
boom.
Luis Munos Rivera, the federal leader
of Porto Rico, has arrived at San Juan
from New York, after an absence of three
years, and was greeted by a large crowd.
He says ha means to unite the political
parties of Porto Rloo and his presence
is sure to make a political stir.
Prof. K. J. Davenport, professor of po
litical economy of the Chicago university,
says: "The extinction of the Caucasian
race is a practical certainty; the Chinese
will dominate the world; the pending
Russo-Japanese war Is a positive menace
to tha life of the Caucasian people."
William Helnbold, a noted duelist half
a century ago, and at that time regarded
as ons of ths most expert swordsmen of
France and Germany, has Just died In
Salt Lake City of old age. Helnbold par
ticipated in the German revolution In
1848 with General Frana Slgel and Carl
Bchurs.
Nothing so elegant In the way of creden
tials ever appeared in the senate as those
of Senator Hanna, which Mr, Foraker
handed up to the clerk's desk ons
day last week. That Is what the
veteran employes of the clerk's office
say. Written on the finest parchment,
these credentials are bound between full
Morocco covers, labeled In gilt letters,
"Credentials of Senator Marcus A. Han
na," and tied with dainty bows of red
ribbon, nice enough for any boudoir.
Conflicting statements having been pub
lished as to the plans for the future of
Carroll D. Wright, the commissioner of
labor. Mr. Wright has authorised the
statement that he intends to resign his
present office by the end of 1904 and then
to remove to Worcester. Mr. Wright was
elected to the presidency of Clark college
at that place some time ago and he ex
pects to live there permanently. He will
remain at the head of the department of
economics and sociology of ths Carnegie
Institute, however.
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Philadelphia Press.
President IL O. Havemeysr made a grave
blunder In policy and one worse In prac
tice when, at the meeting of the American
Sugar Refining company last Week, he
claimed for the trust secrecy In its opera
tion unless the "stockholders as a body"
ask for Information. There are now 13,000
of thess stockholders, and as that sound,
wise and conservative organ of banking
and finance, the New York ' Financial
Chronicle, says:
"It is well known that Mr. Havemeyer
and his friends, either through actual own
ership or through proxies obtained by
them, absolutely control the affairs of the
corporation. 80, when Mr. Havemeyer
says that the stockholders can have what
they as a body ask for he is really saying
that they can have what he, acting as
their representative, is willing to give
them."
This is an untenable position untenable
in law. In public policy and In public
morals. A body of 13,000 shareholders are
like sheep for the shearing unless protected
by publicity. A company which melts half
to two-thirds of the sugar used in this
country Is no longer a private, but a public
corporation. If in the eye of the law it
Is a mere manufacturing corporation, as In
the letter of the law It stllll remains, tho
law Is wrong. It should bo changed.
Such a corporation, controlling a necessity
of life, should be required to make full,
clear annual reports. Its stockholders
should be known. Its profits should be as
publlo as those of a railroad company.
If Mr. Havemeyer is expecting .to prevent
this he Is a mistaken man. Ilia opposi
tion and utterance but Increase the cer
tainty of publicity.
FLASHES OF FIN.
Winterbloora Well, my children have
now all been through college they can
P 7 Poher' mo' cigarettes, got Into flobt
Vnn Hltimjkr W h
are they girls 6r
boys? Town Topics.
Inquisitive Stranger You use the union
label, do you?
Chicago Undertaker Yes.
Inquisitive Stranger No! On the dead?
Chicago Undertaker That's right where I
have to use It or I wouldn't get 'em
burled. Baltimore American.
Clergyman Your dear husband had a long
Illness.
Mrs. Chic Oh, yes. Indeed. We were
right up against It for six months In
dianapolis Journal.
"Pa Is very unhappy."
"What's the matter?"
"The doctor cured his rheumatism and
now he can't tell when It's going to rain."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Doctor What you need Is to give your
stomach continuous and vigorous exercise.
Patient But I have, doctor; I've been
living on predlgested health foods
Detroit Free Presa.
Mrs. Cobwlgger What a beautiful col
lection of antiques you have, my dear.
Mrs. Parvenue It should be. My husband
knows all about such things and had them
made to order. Judge.
"Here on my knees I ask you to be my
wife," he pleaded. "What do you say?"
lcally, 'hat there Isn't one mart in a thou
sand wno nas tne anaca- 01 geiung on
knna without belna- awkward and rldi
lous. You ought to practice." Chicago
Post.
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Resplendent flowers ami verdure fair, .
Abroad on fluid and dune.
To right and left, with pencil deft.
He tinted wood and wold.
And painted all the autumn leaves
With scarlet, brown and gold;
And then, this wonder-working sprite.
By quaint, fantastic weaves.
Deep carpeted the fading sward
With warp and woof of leaves.
On stream and pond, he stretched his wand
And over their bosoms spread
A tilaln of crystal adamant,
Where circling skaters sped:
He flung the storm blaat forth afar;
Snow-draped the hills and plains;
Etched forests all unsought out in pearl.
Upon the window panes.
In rollicking rout he whirled about.
The snow in eddying track;
Heaped hillocks cut In sculpture rare,
Bv hedgerow, fence and stack;
And then he strung each leafless bough.
With garniture sublime.
While highways ran to beating hoof
And throbbing slelghbells' chime.
While summer slept, he revel kept;
No buds threw off their wraps;
No leavea unrolled their emerald blades.
No blonsoms swung their caps.
His mischief done, he sped away
To Arcilcland. and thn
Betook him to his snow-down bed ,
And went to sleep strain.
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