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TITE'CnrATTA DAILY HEE: WEDNESDAY, FEDRUAKY 3. 1004. .The -Omaha Daily Bee E. nOSBWATKn. KDITOn. PVBU8HED CTERI MOJtNINO. TKRM3 OF lri;fCniPTI()M. Psfly itee (without S:n.: .; ). One Yealino Dally U-ff nml SiimHv. One Year Illustrated On Vesr " K"ndr One Venr Faturday H-e, One Year J Twentieth Century Farmer. On Year.. 110 DEL1VEHKU BT CARRIER, fully Bee (without Sunday), re' cnry,,.?c Dally Bee (without flunriay), per week... 12c Iafly Re Mncludina pnday), per week..l7i! Rundny Br, per copy je Kvenlns: Bee (without Sunday), per week 6c Evening Bra (Including Sunday), per week .10c Complaints of lrrrmilnrity In delivery should be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. outh Omnh-Cltv Hall Building. Twenty-fifth and M street. Council Bluffs 10 I'enrl Ftreet. Chicago liwn 1'nltv Bulldlnir. New York-2Sr Park Row Building. Washington Mil Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to newa and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order payable to The Pee Publishing Company, Only I-cent stamps received In payment ot mall accounts. Personal cherka. except on Omaha or eastern exrbanaen, not nccentea. THE BEE PUBLI8HINQ COM PANT. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, etata of Nebraska. Douglas County, Oeorae B. Tssehurk, aerreiary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, aye that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally. Morning, Evening and Bunday Bee printed during the month of December, 1908, was as fol- lowa: l....- , IT 80.5M 1.... fJOenO U 80.8T0 t 80.670 , It SLOW SO,HlS 10 2T.030 l. 80.80O n S1.2TO 8O.610 ' 8O.TT0 t S0.840 a , 30.9S0 I 8o,9o M '. ai.aoo 31,110 75 SI, tWO to bojoo w ziao u o,4oo ao.o II S0.4O0 8O.T0O It 37,010 a 30.580 14 80,800 W 33.O10 U SO.TWO tl 88,400 U 81,160 . Total 47.3B5 Leas unsold and returned copies.... o,42t Ne total sales., .3l,t8 Nat average aalea 80,2X0 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this 31st day of December, A. D. U0. if. B. mTNQATB, (Seal.) Notary Public. Monumental pant demogogy is still rau- For the present the headquarter of General Manager Bancroft will remain on wheels. In the impending South Omnba mir nicipal campaign the voters will appre ciate more light and less heat. Judge Klnkaid's positive declination of a nomination for United States sena tor leaves the track clear for Alonzo Cruzen. Elghteen-cent cotton and 90-cent wheat make the octopl of Wall street looi like purring kittens to the planters and farmers. ' Iowa democrats have the satisfaction of knowing that the fate of the nation does not depend upon the result of their factional fights. With all of its graft Philadelphia is ' Improving. A hundred years ago churches advertised lotteries in the town f William Fenn.' Russia evidently object to the British Hon playing feline tricks on the roof of the world, and therefore will put a stop to the expedition to Thibet if possible. If the talk .does not result In war there will be grounds for suspecting that the czar and mikado are subsidized by the telegraph and cable companies. Mr. Olney says that if the democrats nominate Grover Cleveland they can elect him. The Massachusetts prophet evidently has a desire to be safe In hit predictions. Doubt the negro's patriotism now, if you may. Dr. Cruni is" holding the office of collector of the port of Charleston, K. C, although there has been no salary attached to the position for months. Governor Wright will be showing that he is a .worthy follower of Governor Taft while the former governor is prov lng bis ability to hold down a higher place. Both have high marks set for them. ' Many eastern democrats are pleased to think that Bryan will conduct a dally newspaper during the democratic con ventlou at St. Louis, evidently thinking that he will not be able to give his un divided attention toy the national gather ing. . The most important mcaaure passed by the lower house of congress after an exciting debate Monday was the bill to prevent the docking of homes' tails in the District of Columbia. There will be no ties ou the Washington trotter here after. Before the commissioners of Douglas county undertake to do any rip-rapping around East Ouiuba they should en deavor to secure co-operation on the part of the suirvlnor8 of Pottawattamie County, Iowa. If the assessors' returns are any index Iowa has much the best of It In Eat Omaha. Europo having dlax-overed radium, it ixwiuuus for the I nitcd Ftates to nake it a commercial commodity. The electric light was long a laboratory ex perl men t acrocs the water, but Awer lean genius found the dollars and cents In the proposition and scut it back Lome as a llvjng power. - The Omaha Woman's club bat been Screstllng with the awfully perplexing problem whether the .Board of Educa tton shall prescribe a suitable unlforui dress for the girls who attend the high school. Thla brings up the question Abet her the Board of Education cau bar any high schooi girl from school t b parents or guardians aee fit to provide ter with, a dress that la not patterned after a theatrical or military wardrobe. WHAT MADM TBK OVMRtAP MAST. Section 1, of article xlv, of the, state constitution, rends as follows: The state may, to meet casual deficits or failures In the revenues, contract debts nevet to exceed In the aggregate fKXMTO, and no greater Indebtedness shall be In curred except for the purpose of repelling Invasion, suppressing Insurrection or de fending the atate In war; and provision shall be made for the payment of the In terest annually as It shall accrue, by a tax levied for the purpose, or from other sources of revenue, which law, providing for the payment of such Interest by such act, shall be Irrepealable until such debt Is paid. In the face of this specific provision engrafted upon Its organic law, Ne braska's state debt now exceeds $2,200, 000, and ho far as we are aware, thero has never been any law passed provid ing for the levying of a tax for the pur pose of paying the Interest upon this debt nor has any source of revenue ever been designated and reserved for the payment of such interest The creation of this colossal overlap was made possi ble only by the continuous drain of the permanent school fund, in spit of the limitation of tie constitution for its In vestment. Section 9, article viil, entitled Education, reads as follows: All funds belonging to the state for edu cational purposes, the Interest and Income whereof only are to be used, shall be deemed trust funds held by the state, and the state shall rupply all losses thereof that may In any manner accrue, so that the same shall remain forever Inviolate and undiminished; and shall not be In vested or ' loaned except en United States or state securities, or registered county bonds of this state; and such funds, with the Interest and Income thereof, are hereby solmemnly pledged for the purposes for which they are granted and set apart, and shall not be transferred to any other fund for other uses. , The framers of the constitution, doubt less, had In their mind's eye the loaning out of the, school funds under the first state administration that scandalized Nebraska by the loaning of school funds to state officers and their favorites on farm and town lot mortgages, some of which turned out to be worth less than 50 cents on the dollar. The Ironclad restrictions upon the in vestment andXloanlng of school , money have, however, been recklessly disre garded. The original Intent of the con stitution was to limit the Investment or loan, of school funds to United States bonds and state and county bondo, but by a stretch of the constitution the pol icy was adopted to invest the permanent school fund Instate warrants, under pretense that they constituted state securities when. In fact, they are noth ing but state due bills. Instead of being an asset, they are simply an I. O. U. As a result of this extraordinary In terpretation of the constitution, the bulk of the excessive debt created by suc ceeding legislatures has been converted first into I. O. TJ. warrants and then turned into the state treasury in ex change for moneys on deposit to the credit of the state school fund. The plea on which this financial policy has been justified Is that it gives the state the benefit of the higher rate of Interest which warrants draw, as compared with the interest that the permanent school fund could get from United States, state or county bonds. It Is also argued that the redemption' of state warrants with money out of the permanent school fund enables the state to keep Its warrants at par, whereas they would be at a dis count if their redemption depended upon the tax levy and the payment of the taxes by the various counties, This plea is as plausible as it is per nicious. The policy of exchanging the money presumed to be Invested lrt bonded securities for I. O. Us. has made overlaps asy. If pursued for any great length of time It is certain to result In the almost complete drainage of the per manent school fund. It is tantamount to a transfer of the permanent school fund to the general fund, which cer tainly would constitute an arbitrary vio lation of the constitution and statutes that prohibit such transfers. The knowledge that the school fund can be drawn upon at any time to take up O. Us. is an incentive to reckless and excessive appropriations that swell the aggregate of the debt from year to year and will continue to absorb the bulk of the funds dedicated to perpetuate Ne braska's educational Institutions. By lights the state should have levied special tax for every dollar of overlap created by the various legislatures. This, however, is no longer possible without trebling the state tax, which is suffi ciently burdensome already. The only conceivable remedy is a . constitutional amendment that wilk provide for the refunding of the entire state debt, pro hlblt future investments of school fluids In state warrants and enlarge the scope of Investment so as to Include school til strict bonds and municipal bonds of metropolitan cities of the first and sec ond class, whose debts do not exceed 10 per cent of their assessed real estate valuation. AOAISST CDRRKUCT LMQlSLATloy. According to Washington advices it has been determined that no financial legislation will be enacted at the present session of congress. Peveral measures have' been Introduced and It is said that at least one has strength enough behind It to insure Its passage by one branch of congress, but It ia unlikely that both the senate and , the house could be brought In line for It A recent dispatch says that Speaker Cannon had an Inter view with the president and that they agreed that it Is Inadvisable at this time to enter upon the revision of even the amendment of the present financial laws and so far as the speaker of the house Is concerned It appears to be well understood that his Influence will be thrown against any proposition for new currency legislation. He has very cienny expressed me opinion that no radical action of a financial character should be taken during the present sea- awn. ', . tlnquestlonably this is in accord with the practically unanimous sentiment of the huaudal and business Interests ef the country. Here and there, It la true, are to be found advocates of wfint they are pleased to call' "currency, reform," but the number of such Is very small and when called upon for reasons for their demand these are found to be wholly Inadequate and unsatisfactory. They are unable to show that the cur rency system is not working well and that under its operations there is not ample provision for the requirements of the legitimate business of the coun try We have passed through a period of financial stress that severely tested our monetary system and it was found equal to the emergency At no time during that period of trial, when the prices of securities were tumbling and there wos apprehension of panic,,dld the legitimate commercial Interests of the country experience any serious diffi culty In obtaining what money they needed. The enterprises of whatever nature that were on a sound basis were able to get whatever assistance in the money market that they required and without any material advance in the Interest rate. It was feared that there would be a lack of money to move the crops, but this also has proved to be groundless and today there is more money available for this purpose, as shown by t!he financial reports, than ever before.. Not only Is there an abun dance of currency In the eastern finan cial centers, but In nearly every portion of the west the supply Is In excess of the demand. In view of this there Is manifestly no necessity for new currency legislation, so far as the substantial business in terests of the country are concerned. The call for legislation to increase the supply of bank note currency comes not from the solid commercial inter ests, but from speculators and the pro moters of speculative enterprises and these should receive no consideration from congress and there is good reason to believe will not AIT IMIK'RTAUT PARLIAMENT. The reassembling of the British' Par liament means a great deal not only for Great Britain but for the entire world with which that great empire Is indis solubly associated. At the present time British Influence in the world Is perhaps greater than it has been at any previous time for half a century. The empire is stronger today than ever before in. the extent of its territory and therefore In its material power and it has been also strengthened in the loyalty of Its people. It Is not to be doubted that the success of British arms In the Boer wnr has been powerfully effective in stimulating the patriotism of the people and con firming their devotion to the govern ment. That great ronflict nfforded a test of British persistence and endur ance, and also of British resources, which has naturally contributed to In crease the pride of the people of that country in their government and in their own prowess. They realize now that the world recognizes more completely than before the real relation which the British empire bears to the rest of the great powers. Now a new problem confronts the Brit ish people an economic problem which Involves a radical change from a policy that has been followed by the nation for "nearly three-quarters of a century. There is in this a matter of even greater concern thnn that of war, for contemplates a fiscal revolution of the most far-reaching effect. It means departure that would effect such a change in the financial and commercial relations of Great Britain with the rest of the world that the wisest man Is unable Jo foresee what the result would be. The advocates of the change ear nestly insist that it is necessary In order to protect British Interest n gainst a competition from which they are, now suffering. They contend that Great Britain has been steadily losing ground under existing conditions and that its only hope for the future is to clmnge these conditions. On the other hand it is contended that no greater mistake could be made than to abandon the policy that has prevailed for the last sixty years and under which Great Britain has attained its commanding position among the Industrial and com mercial nations of the world. The campaign started by Mr. Chamber lain will be transferred from the hust ings to the floor of the House of Com mons and there is every promise thnt there will be a most interesting contest In that arena. This will be the great Issue before Parliament and the one which will give to the present session Its chief importance. The address of the king at the opening of Parliament is of little consequence In comparison with what will come when the govern ment Is called upon to state Its posi tion in regard to the question of fiscal reform, which undoubtedly will " be pre sented very early In the session. In the consideration of this question not only the British people but those of every other country, and none more than the United States, will take a most lively Interest. The periodic outburst of sympathy for Mrs. Florence Maybrick Is on a par with the emotlonul insunlty that prompts women to shower bouquets upon homicide who are under sentence to be banged. Mrs. Maybrick, was charged and convicted of poisoning her husband and saved from the gallows only because of her sex. Had the case been reversed and bad Mr. Maybrick been serving a life sentence for poison lng his wife nobody In America or Great Britain would have manifested any interest in him or anxiety for his liberation. According to advices from the state capital. It la now conceded that William J. Bryan will be allowed to bead the Nebraska delegation to the democratic national convention without opposition even 'though a majority of the party does not agree with him on reaffirming the Kansas City platform. Bryan' prospective unanimous endorsement by the state convention 1 not to be in the ndture of a concession, but a matter of precaution. The anti-Bryan wing of the Nebraska democracy feels confident that he has, not a ghost of a show to win out on his platform Ideas, but if he be a part of the convention he is less liable to Imlt the ticket. This is sound logic, but we doubt whether any bond com pany would be willing to assume the risk of a bolt It is to be hoped that the council will see its way clear toward providing ,each member of the fire department with an accident llfo lnsurancepollcy, and it would not be unieasonable for the Board of Fire and Tollce Commissioners to require every memler of the depart ment to contribute 75 cents per month out of his own salary to pay for a dupli cate thousand-dollar policy. Whorl a fireman carries $2,000 of accident poli cies the (tppcals for popular relief sub scriptions for the benefit of his family would become unnecessary. The Board of Education Is to be com mended for declining to appropriate f500 for an exhibit of the Omaha schools at the St Louis exposition. In view of the fact that the state educational exhibit will include the Omaha schools, there is no good reason why Omaha should borrow $500 to make a special exhibit which would be In evidence like a needle In a haystack. Attacking: the War Pever. Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat. Japan has doubled some of the taxes and It . will be Interesting to note whether the public temperature goes up or down. Taxa tion has been known to break up a war fever. Put on the Drakes. Boston Transcript. Eleven defalcations within a year, amounting to more than $1,000,000, all In New England, Indicates that good men are going wrong at altogether too rapid a rate.' It is time to look over again our "tenden cies" and their teachings. Pure Pood Legislation. Chicago Tribune. . "Nothing sold for food shall be harm ful. Nothing sold for food shall seem to be that wblch It Is not."' These are the two fundamental principles of pure food legislation. The conscientious manufac turer need not feel apprehensive. Greatest of War Clonds. Baltimore American. The war cloud which thinks nothing of hovering over two great nations and of embroiling continents has just had a bad scare In New York. Notice has been served on It to go to New York and attend a differ ence of opinion between the Daughters of the American Revolution and, the Colonial Dames over the Jumel mansion. There Is no fun In this for the war cloud. It means real work. , Bound to Come Down. New Tor Tribune. -Giants of speculation In cotton and In wheat are so adventurous and resolute that they conduct their big dealings as if they thought reactions on a huge scale ab solutely Inconceivable. Yet the best laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley, and eveiy balloon In the history of ) the world 'which soared fur up In the elbuds came down, sooner. ot later. False Prophets of War. San Francisco Chronicle. The sensational calamity prophets who. during the past year or more, have been predicting the early declaration of war In the Orient, which has stubbornly refused to materialize, are now telling the world that it la only a question of a day or two when it will surely occur. Their . past prophecies have been so uniformly false that we can well afford to discredit this one. Both Japan and Russia will avoid war as long as there Is a chance for a peaceful settlement of their contention, and while negotiations for peace are pending that chance continues to exist. COMPETITION IX KHEICHT RATES. Kb Effect fa the Transportation World Striking Shown. Chicago Record-Herald. In the struggle which Is now going on among western railroads for the grain traf fic the country Is receiving an' Instructive lesson on the results of the ' operation of competition In the transportation world The value of the lesson Is not diminished by the fact that traffic officials disguise the situation by calling It a "war of rates" In stead of a competition In rates. That the Immense grain tonnage of the territory west of the Missouri river and east of the Rockies Is being competed for Instead of being carried on rates which are the re sult of general agreement Is due largely to President A. B. Stlckney of the Chicago Great Western railroad. Recently Mr. Btlckney completed a line into Omaha, through which the grain rates had been so' adjusted that the grain was rarely if ever stopped In that city, but was carried through by roads having lines both east and west of the Mlesourl river. In order to enjoy some of this business Mr. Stlcknty put In proportional rates through Omaha, which enabled grain to 'be warehoused there and dealt In. In other words, his rates threw all the grain Into Omaha, there to be competed for by the roads eaatbound. Competition was there by created, and the next move In the game was a reduction of ! cents frdm Nebraska points to Chicago made by the Northwest ern to prevent the stoppage of grain In Omaha and thereby continue in the enjoy ment of the through haul from the terri tory beyond the Missouri river. The law of competition again forced President Btlckney to further reduce his propor tional rates, which he did by 5 cents per 100 pounds. In order to protect his Interests and maintain the grain market which he had made It possible to establish at Omaha This reduction has been met by reduc tlons on grain through Kansas City, caused by the competition between local I tics and cities, which In turn has affected the roads from tho Missouri river territory to the gulf. Forced byhe competition of the lines extending east from the river, and unwilling to haul grain Into Kansas City, there to be competed for at low rates, the Santa Fe haa reduced the rate on grain from Interior Kansas points direct to the gulf S cents per 100 pounds In order to enjoy a long .haul of over 900 miles. The Irony of the situation Is further dis closed by the fct that very recently the railroads successfully defended before the Interstate Commerce commission the rea sonableness of a 28-cent rate on grain from the Wichita territory to the gulf and then raised the rate cents. Having done so they now voluntarily, but owing to competition, reduce the rate I cents below the figure held by the commission to be a reasonable one. Traffio men declare that competition such as now exist with re spect to western grain Is rulnouawar. aa It results In rates which leave noTrofir, are this the railroad commission has always r plled that when a rate on a commodity approaches the snargla between profit and loxa competition Is bound to eease at about the point of equitable and Just rates. ARMY GOSSIP in WASHINGTON. Cnrrent Events Gleaned from the Army and Ilavy Register. An Interesting and' attractive report prevaila to the effect that the president may withdraw the nomination of Captain A. I.. Mills, United States Army, to be a brigadier general. It appears that con siderable opposition exists In the senate to the cc.nflrmation of Captain Mills' ap pointment and the Injustice of the selection is quite apparent to those who must now establish Its permanent validity. It Is ex pected that the new secretary of war will approve of the withdrawal and that the president may be Induced to take this action In view of the growing opposition to tke appointment and In recognition of the sentiment in the army which will bo anything but friendly should Captain Mills be promoted finally. It Is known 'that a proposition of this kind has been ' or will be made to the president. Army regulations will be amended so as to make It possible for company com manders to regulate the allotment of an extra month's pay to enlisted men who are en route to the Philippines. It has been found necessary to regulate this matter to a greater degree than is now the case so that soldiers may be protected from those who are anxious to take advantage of the willingness of some of the enlisted men to raise money on the strength of this provision, which was made originally to the end that soldiers might not be embarrassed by an assignment to the Philippines and that their extra needs might be met by the advance of a month's pay. The recom mendation for the provision of the new paragraph whloh will give this protection to the soldier comes from the Judge advo cate general of the army. Among the other interesting information contained In the new army register will be the Increased list of retired officers. The number of officers on the unlimited and limited retired lists Is 54, more than ever before In the history of the army. The one important novelty of the new volume is the date which now appears as a part of the record of each officer of the active Hat. Secretary Root was desirous of having the date of statutory retirement In each case, but that would have necessi tated an additional column on each page, whereas the date of birth could be put In the column which Is now devoted to the name of the native state and of course It Is easy enough to figure out when an officer retires for age. Much Interest attaches to the result of the examination, . now Just concluding at various places, of the thirty-one candidates for appointment as second lieutenant In the army. Each of these candidates has signed a paper to the effect that he understands that should he be of the fifteen who stand at the head of the list of competitors no appointment ts to be made until after the commissioning of all the"" graduates of the Military academy next June. None of the civilian candidates was permitted to take the examination until they thoroughly un derstood thlE incident of appointment and the signed acknowledgment of and agree ment to that provision was exacted to the end that none of the candidates might later on raise tho question that Inasmuch as the fifteen vacancies to which they are to be appointed really existed on July .1, 1903, they should be commissioned following the members of the enlisted men's class who were examined at Fort Leavenworth last September. " The fifteen who are to be appointed next June succeed the West Point class of 1904 on the army register and after these fifteen will come the candi dates from the army of this year. There will" be some vacancies for the latter after the West Pointers are commissioned. It Is probable that the four civilian candidates designated last week for examination in February will come in for the fifteen va cancies of last Jply, and in this case there will be thirty-five candidates for less than half as many vacancies. Several of the civilian candidates happen to be enlisted men of the army, but did not come before the examining board in that capacity. They were permitted to obtain their discharge by way of favor in order to assume the status of civilians. . General Alexander Mackenzie, U. S. A., this week assumed his duties as chief of engineers of the army, succeeding General O. I Gillespie, who becomes principal as sistant to the chief of staff. One of the subjects under consideration by General Mackensle is that of increasing the com missioned personnel of his corps, a sub ject In which both he and his predecessor take a keen interest In full appreciation of the necessity of obtaining more officers to discharge 'the responsible duties devolving upon the engineers of the army. Of course the matter will go to the general staff and there Is some doubt If anything in the di rection desired can be obtained In the way of legislation during, the present session of congress. Those best qualified to know the needs of the corps believe that the increase should comprise at least twenty-five 1 offi cers, distributed in the different grades. This would bring the number of commis sioned officers up to 185, and while this In crease does not supply all the officers that might profitably be used, it will at least meet the present demands upon the corps. There are now seven vacancies in the grade of second lieutenant of engineers and It is expected that these will be filled from among the graduates of West Point In June. Within the next fourteen or six teen months, however, there will be, by virtue of anticipated casualties, at least that many vacancies still In existence. Army officers and enlisted men who ap pear before state and territorial courts and congressional committees as witnesses must look to the courts or to congress for reimbursement of expenses Incurred. A statement to this effect has been' prepared by the general staff of the army and will be Incorporated In due time In army regu lations. BIO PAY FOR PRESIDENTS. Heads of Ten Railroads Get Nearly Half a Million In Salaries. ' New York Commercial Advertiser. Ten railroad presidents In the United States draw salaries aggregating 1185,000 a year, an average of $48,fiO0 for each In dividual. Few of these men are capitalists, but each one wields a laboring oar In rail way management and takes great responsi bilities off the shoulders of the capitalists who employ him. The list is as follows: A, J. Cassatt. Pennsylvania R. R.... 175.000 George V. llaer. Rewdtng Co.... So.fiiO L. F. Loree, Rock Ishind '. 60O) James J. Hill. Great Northern 6u,00) William H. Newman, New York Cen tral system 50.000 Samuel rSpenrer, Southern Ry 60.001 V. D. t'nderwood, Krle system i,'i0 E. B. Thomas. Lehigh Valley 40.OM Marvin HuKhltt of the Cirlcago and Northwestern 4'.wn E. P. Ripley. Atchison system 40.UM Total t In most cases these Urge salaries Include oompensLtion for services rendered as the executive head of several different com paniea, aU, however, belonging to ons system. Where the Tronhle Bestaa. Detroit Free Pre s. Mr. Bryan says the Kansas CUy platform was "a model of clearness and concise ness." It was; everybody understood the platform so well that Mr. McKinley's ma jority was unprecedented, Don't try cheap cough medi cines. Get the best Ayer's Cherry Pectoralpay the price. Your doctor uses it for coughs7colds,bronchitis. fade by t. C. Ayer Co.. Ijowell, Mass. AIM Knunutturra of 4I?5'5 "AIR YTOOn-yor the lr. ATKR'S prttS-Vo, cesstljattoa. ATBR'S SAR8APAR1IXA For the bleed. ATBR'8 AGUB CURB-For malaria and agtie. Cherry E STOP LAJVD STEALING. Laws that Permit Theft .May at Least lie Repealed. Brooklyn Eagle. . There may be action on the bill to repeal the timber and stone act, the desert land act and the commutation clause In the homestead act In tho present session of congress. Such action will be strenuously opposed by those who have their own and not the people's Interest at heart, since It Involves the forfeiture of thousands of miles of lands wrongfully acquired, wrong fully used and wrongfully withheld from general settlement. The railroad kings, to whom the country owes much, and the cat tle kings, and the timber kings, and sundry other monarchs of our happy democracy, have obtained, and are still obtaining, con trol over western properties that should be for the use of farmers and settlers. The present holders are mere exploiters and speculators, selling cheap and holding for a rise that they know Is bound to come If other schemes for Irrigation, railroad e tension, development of water power and destruction of the woods prosper, aa they believe they will. It Is not alleged that the people of this country are pinched for room, as yet. The whole population could be moved to this city of New York. If it was content to live as most New Yorkers are content to live, which, pray heaven, may never be. But It Is a fact that In the west the little farmer, who has not gone there so much with the expectation of making a fortune as of securing a comfortable home, often finds himself In conflict with larger land owners, who will Injure him by obtaining railroad discriminations, or diverting the water supply, or refusing to make good road connections with his district. In the hope that they may acquire his homestead, after he hes labored to develop It and res cue his acres from a wilderness condition. The menace from the sales of timber land to rich corporations is larger, 'how ever, than that against the farmer, for It affects whole states Instead of Individuals. The secret hand 4s at work In congress, re straining action and Juggling with desti nies, and because of the delays the cor porations are rapidly acquiring the forests that are needed If irrigation is to become effective. In the past two years they have taken up more than 40,000,000 acres of the public domain, which Is given to them at a nominal figure of $2.50 an acre. There has been a steady Increase In this grabbing from 1S9S, when lesa than 8.500,000 acres were taken from the public lands, - to last year, when the figure was nearly 23,000,000 acres. Recent reports have been submitted to the authorities showing that some of the acquisitions were simple thefts and were obtained by means of perjury and forgery, but most of the authorities draw their salaries and are political and silent. The stolen properties are believed by the thlejres to be beyond our recovery, but the laws that permit theft may at least be re pealed. PERSONAL HOTES. I I 1 Former Governor George K. Nash has Just made his appearance as an attorney in the Columbus courts, for the first time In four years. Jules Verne, the venerable author, says It Is untrue that he has been stricken with blindness nor Is he spending his old age In poverty, but Is still In receipt of a comfortable Income from the sale of his books. Judge George W. PeCamp, at one time the most celebrated criminal lawyer In Pennsylvania, his home being at Pittsburg, Is still living at Emporia, Kan., and Is one of the wealthiest men in that state. He acted aa "best man" at the wedding of James G. Blaine. The crowning blow has been struck at the American Janitor. William Feather, president of the Chicago Janitors union, says feelingly on the occasion of retiring from the presidency of the union: "I could get along with 1,000 women better than half that number of Janitors." Some members of congreas were dis cussing Senator Gorman's presidential boom ' when one of them recalled the fact that the Maryland man In his youth had been a crack base ball player. "Yes, and his Jellvery Is still good," said another, "and his curves keep most of them guessing H. C Corbln doea not often trouble his chef on Oovrnor's Island. New, York bay, to provide him with a dinner. "The officer Is one of the most popular publlo men In New York and In great de mand for banquets, military reviews, so ciety reunions and other affairs of a pub lic nature. He accepts when he can, which is usually at least once each day. A convention of American press humor ists will be held in St. Louis the week be ginning May 29. They will attend a ban quet June S, on which occasion there will be a good deal of oratory. The program, which already haa been practically ar ranged, says that among the speakers will be Eugene F. Ware, "one of the things that are the matter with Kansas;" Rev. Robert J. Burdette. "perpetual parson and pastor emeritus of the American humor ists," and Ell Perkins, "celebrated as two of the biggest liars in America." A pil grimage will be made to Hannibal, the early home of Mark Twain. Coata W -rvrad iV worlh IV A perfect jaW IHle Lrd coal inymixhAStimraar, Exttfleii r cooking Victor While 603 FaxriiOk.iTiJt.TcL 127 9 yer s SBs.. SOo.. 01.00. Bold A SO years. Pectoral FLASHES OK FI X. Ask a woman If she wouldn't rnthor be a man, and she will say "no" rlRht away Woman, you see, can keep a secret, afivr all. Somervllle Journal. "Some men," said Uncle Ebon, "talks so much 'bout whut dey's gwlne to do lnt dey gits discouraged over de 'mount of work dey's piled up ahead of 'em an' don' do nuffln'." Washington Star. The Maid Just think. Norah. it took the hairdresser an hour and a half to put mv hair In this style. The Cook Indade! An" did vez call for It or did she Slnd It home? Puck. Judge (sternly) Didn't I tell you h wf-n i never wnjiiea 10 see you h again? Prisoner Oh, yer honor, I hates th rWifi' r you wumer'n you hates th" sight o" nfl?. i-'cirou ree Jfress. "So he brought back a fortune from the gold fields? He must have staked out n good claim." "You bet he did. Why, he staked out tho best saloon location In the district the very first thing. Chicago Post. "Yes," said the letter B, "I'm greatly in favor of this movement for phonotlc spell ing. I'd like to see It generally adopted." ' Why?" queried the Interrogation point. "I'd have some chance then of gcttln?' out of debt." Philadelphia Ledger. Good old-fnshloned winter: Good old-fashioned freeze; Good old-fashioned shiver; Good old-fashioned sneeze; Good old-fashioned hoarseness; Good old-fashioned chill; Good old-fashioned doctor; Good old-fashioned bill. Washington Star. BALLADE TO SHAKESPEARE. W. F. Kirk in Milwaukee Sentinel. Master of all the bards that be Or were, or will be. answer, pray. This question fully, faithfully; (True, you have long been laid away, But from your eepuicher you may Give me the tip. 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