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6 TF1E OMAHA DAILY T.EE: SATURDAY, FERRUARY C, 1004. Tim Omaha Daily "Bee. B. nOSKWATEft, KD1TOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Pally Bee (without Hunday), One Yar4 0 !!ly He nl HundiW'. una iw..... j Illustrated B-e One Year ,.( I Sunday Be. One Year. Saturday llw, One Year Twentieth- Century Fwwwt, One Tear. TfXIVElED BY CARRIER. 1 M 1.00 Illy Bee without Sunday), per copy to Imlly Hee (without Suntny. per ... :c Ially B tinriumrig Biinniiyi, ww..iit F'lndav Hee, rr copy Jc Kvenltig He (without Sunday), per week 6c fcvenlng Hee (Including Bunday).. per 1r?i)l ... 10c Complaint of Irregularity In delivery should be addrersed to City Circulation De portment. . OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha-City Hall Building, Twen tynfth and M street. Council Mluffa-10 Pearl Street. Chicago 1M0 Unity Building. ' New York : Park Row Building. Washington WI Fourteenth street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to news and edi torial matter should he aridreaaed: Omaha tie. Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, expre or postal order payable to Tho Bee Publishing Company. Only t-rent stamp received In payment or mall account. Personal check, except on Omaha or eastern exchange, not aceptea. THE BEE PfBU8HIJl COMPANY. . STATEMENT Or CIRCULATION. State of Nenraaka, Douglas County, .: Oeorge B. Txachuck. secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, being duly worn, ay that tho actual numlr of full ana complete eople of The Dully. Morning, Evening and Sunday Be printed during the month of January, IS, waa aa louuw. X. 2JI.200 3 80,320 J7.v W.4O0 lg... .....2,TOO li 4 6 ;. (.' T I 9 10. n, 12 It ...8T.140 1 ...ao.tio . a,4oo ...sa.Too a ai,Tao ...HMIIO 23 S,TTO ...St,T0 .. ........... .2,OfM) ...U,-4aO 24 B6,2St5 ...811.420 , '28..I. goV370 ...JNI.70R 26 SrU.OeW ...H,TO SHMSO ...2M.9UO 28 , SO, 170 ...20,450 29 2H.TO0 14. 2H.90O 15 HO.810 SO , ,oio 81 20.2O5 M. ,.., 70) - ' , -. Total .twa.isd . ,MT Leas unsold and returned copies... Nat total sale.. .. 883,aOH Net average rale.. t.l 2,4a GEO. B. TZBCHUCK. Subscribed m my presence and aworn to tx-fora me this Id day of February, A. D. 104. M. B.'HUISUAlEi. (Seal.) Notary Public. Lee Herdman 1b making back gome of that money recklessly expended In trying to elect Judge Sullivan. Another outbreak la due from the Russian press. Jewish rabbi opened the United States senate with prayer. If war fiually does open up between Russia and Japan the American mer chant marl no will be in active demand. The tariff fight haa not really opened in' England or Joseph ' Chamberlain could pot be taking a two months' va cation. .That United . States district attorney plum will bang on the White House conservatory peach tree a little' while longer. ' - Can the 17,000,000 paid, for the friars I land be considered alimony in the dl-J Voreement of church and state in te w n Philippines! . uxnjt - " ' . . , . . . ' ; Tennessee democrats ,1 mlght 'bav Jj . A ? , . " tiun Kentucky before declaring against the Kansas City platform. Senator Tattersor, having admitted the death of the silver Issue, the corpse may now be interred, and, a, coroner's in quest will not be deniandcd.- Just as soon as the traffic managers discovered that they would be cited Into court to explain the shortage of . "1 cars for hauling grain the car famine ITHBIU, . T ' . . ' I If Commissioner Yerkes is successful in his work before the federal grand I Juries, express agents in rural Jiansas will not have to be qualified as bar- tenders. . .. I Th advice of the Advisory board does or .aom tn. tw. taVon arlnnl- h tha " . ' ' - i City council anu bouib we oiuuai mony or an ex-conreaerate colonel, and treasury, it is perfectly natural ,to un- have not a single doubt thftt there Is room cerned. Id 1842 the national compulsory in the city ball who have a mind of hypnotized the grand. Jury to adjourn flerstand that without the care and for moral Improvement 'in campaign meth-1 uw of ducation' wa introduced. Modi their own.- ? ' ' without any action. It Is also a matter financial vlitllance which are essential .d'. on. both . lde?! feel .c.onfldent tying act. have appeared since, but.th Caa anybody explain why- the Union Pacific, the. most prosperous and valua ble piece of railroad property la the west, should be allowed to scale Its county taxes 1 JUSt as the telephone company is In- aiaHlne- it mammoth switchboard, a rival puts in ' its appearance with a promise, of better facilities and lower rates lO leiepnone patrons. . TCItn a wnuhllran atlHnv Ita mnrnlnn -a,.,- a - j. j... euiura uu (ueui-iwV muu ui eveu- lng edition, tne Lincoln journal is .... . . . . equipped to Uscuss the political -issues from oppoalng point of -view. The senate committeo on privileges .n. a!wlna Mn t.a.i . .. ..v.v.wuv w.a uu1.11 trouble by disposing of the 6 moot case weiur jaay. ilo lAingreB oi oxoiners is xo meoi in v ssiungion uai monin. . . ...... south object to being socially ostracized. The thing has prevailed since the early aay oi vasuu ai.. uiay, dui ue oiooa of the martyrs Is the seed of the church. Omaha S new federal building; fifteen years youhg, will be completed by thelirr ..... ar. iiat.emin . end of thl. month. In the language ot ..... .. ...... - a loruirr cmei jubu i iu iriM Supreme court. "AU things nave tblr end." ' It (a now nn to thA llaaonrt rnllmad It is now up to the Missouri rroad. u .iiVw uuw u.mu u.u. t..u.u.v are than the asaessor. have been able ii . a. i a a 1. 1 . to discover. The railroad comni Union ha. Just ordered a reduction in freight gates. When Senators Gorman and Lodge Lave settled the status of the last Cleve - laud administration to mutual satisfac - tlon some senator may take up . the equally important subject of the species of the fish that swallowed Jonah. A TliftUB or FALBMnvoVB. Two fake Interview, concocted In the lntcnit of IMstrlct Attorney Souinioni, I hare been given publicity In the World- j Herald inantlelpatlon.of. tho dr,op of the axe. A "well knows" republican I frotp: Lincoln, whoae name is . not cloned hecanm the lnterlew Is a pure fabrication, it credited with saying: I Trie sword tnat hang ever Summer' head la suspended by lut a single thread thai threRtna td drop at any moment President Roosevelt has signed a treaty of peace with the railroad managers, who have promised to support him for the nom- inatlon at Chicago. Mr. Holdrege I and General Manderson are now In Wash """" ington. They are in "W-.!"""' dui lor ousinesa reason, una 01 inw cuu- cessions the pre.ldent ha made ha to do with Bummerr succession. Th Burlington l not the only railroad that demand Bum- mers' removal. But the Burlington, in especial. Is fearful that If Bummers Is al lowed to hold his place until the next grand Jury convene there will be some Indictment returned for violations of the Klklna lair. ' ' ' I am reliably Informed that the president I ha told'Benator Millard and Dietrich that J he will appoint neither Bummers nor Llnd- 1 say. and haa Invited them td get together I on a third man. And I atn also Informed that the senators have gotten together not only with themselves, bt with Mr. Rose- I water, Mr. Holdrege and' General Man-1 derOT, and have consented to tha appoint-I ment of Judge Baxter. With tho alnrl Mcentlon that "The sword that hang over Summers' head SL J Burt W suspended by but a single 1," this la a tissue tt falsehoods. is" now thread tk. .-t,ie t,notot no trout v I ... I or peace wun me rauroau roanuKr,, and no concessions to, them have been made, or, will be made Jn recognition Af thole anrmnrf Tha railroad have not asked for Summers' removal. He uv' -"- " 1 has been their subservient tool , ever since he held office. Ho-trained wun I . . - ... I the .corporation gang when he lived in Beatrice and Lincoln and was a "trusty" for the railroads when he was deputy attorney general. "The threat, that hj fwonld procure' In dictments against the railroad managers for violations of the Elklns law is an 1UT V I'm UUU9 Ul WIO JL.ia.lua inn in . indictment or mmseir. n me rauruau managers are Indictable by the next grand Jury for violating the.Elklns law they were indictable for violating that law bv successive crand Juries since the Dassace of the law. It was the m - 7 - I manifest duty of Summers to have them indlcted, and Ms failure to do his sworn duty only proves him to be utterly unfit to fill tho. position of prosecuting ottor ney. ' It Is not true that the president has told the senators that he will appoint neither Summers nor Lindsay. The president never intended to reappoint Summers, and so Informed the senators more than a year ago. The president has not ruled Lindsay out of tlie race. .... . ... .11 neither has he ruled mm Jin. it is not true that the senators have got together h any candidate either by themselves or with Mr. Rosewater. Mr. Holdrego ifui nunnni iiinitimnn .Thniu ponrio. i auv. wvu.w.. . . B . v. . men have never held a conference on nat anhlect. ' ' ' I A,t m: Aiiuiuci iuiciiicn v x cr.iin- iw aui 0maha man. who is ; said to be oa friendly terms with both , District At- j torncy Summers and Senator Millard, L ... . ..... , . trumps the card of the bogus Lincoln reveiaror ana pin wiarn to any iuat ''?.ot only have the railroads bargained I with the., president .for the summary ftamissal of Summersvbut the cattle ln terests are active in supporting the de- mand of Summers' . removal, as the fencing cases are to,. Come , up at the special term of the federal court this month." This Is decidedly rich. It is a matter of notoriety that Summers manipulated jm . ..... ... ... ... lue "Jal Omaha In December, 1902, so as to pre- . . . ... ' . . . . ..... I veni tire lncncuneni or xne came Darons, i charged with fencing the public do- main, It will be remembered that Lionel juosoy, ageni or tne interior department, and other inspectors ap- peared before that grand . jury witn abundant toroof to indict a score or more f th- ftu vinmi hnt H,,mn,r. i. t...i n a, i .v.. u,m,ru" "- catUeillcI1 Dy the iast grand Jury was oi iucs inai vue inuiciuieni 01 a lew an Involuntary act on the part of Sum- mers, forced upon him by the Depart- ment of Justice. Tha Knfrl.a rimntia fVlnn tyf Unm. - "l , ulcrB """l m ui- I guiKe, uwmrtwi I do not believe that Senator Millard has hanilnn Riimm.rt flllmmara V, a . h.m Muiard s good . friend and . I hav every I reattt to beUev that Millard will con tinue to be a stanch friend of Summer. I Tf I ajn correctly Informed, tha nraaM.nt arrd with Senator Millard aome tlm. acr J." . 7.. I I llaVK. BUIIIHinrxi WtXafJ UUI IU XftS mimiVMi until - lh ..... ronv.n,1nB.Tu, : " for th political effect thl action might have. ... . . . Thls statement also ls a draft upon I the imagination. We are. In position to I i. v v. a 1 a uiai, wo imiurui uam iiiiuo uu sgreement with Senator Millard about l uie reieuuon oi Bummers, dui on tne i icontrary Miiiara-nas given assurance to the "resident that he ls done with 1" Summers and ready to consider the ap- I polntment ef Ms saiwessor Just as soon as the presldept deems It proper to die- i pense witn nim." .The coolest thing of all Is the asser- tlon ol Mr. Hummers ln dismiss- that lt I. certain ' that the railroad and I " wan - Whatever cost. Bummer, shall not be allowed to get hold of another grand I jury." The Bee Is not ln the confidence Lf tha railroads andr-annor ihorefnra Lpeak for them, but we do know that I w auuw mail Ur BoMwatar do, cra a rap about the next grand Jury or the fraud Jury i - after the next, although he does know that the district attorney ls a desperado wis will resort to anything to be avenged. . . 1 On of the contributors to the World- 1 Herald symposium on "the Itpckefeller 1 monument" vehemently denounces the I proposition of Chancellor Andrews to I accept a donation from,' what he- calls 1 "that . giant train . financier,' and clinches his argument with this declara tlon: "The man who woold thus have his memory, perpetuntcd has spent Ms life in acts In violation of both ngural land statute book lnws, defying both in holding up the laboring people's children dls-land crippling their common school op- I poyunltlcs." Coming from a man who Is on record as one of six members f the legislature of lo71 that voted against the impeachment of a governor who had anr,ropr)nted 10881JM 0f Bch0ol money - . ... , . to build a mansion for himself and held up the contractor forthe first university building of Nebraska for fo.OOO as a "-""-iDonus ror awaroing ana approving me mnhnff inxli renW anlldtnda for ,...... ... . . ,, .. "people's children" is Unique, to call It by a very mild name. It forcibly recalls the man who swallowed a camel and choked at a gnat. A.fiVVUMUOLU QUMSTWZ. 'There hi no question that appeals more strongly, to the American people than that of the price of the chief ar tide of their diet beef. " That has been matter' ofCbhCCrn'tO them for' Tears-I . . . , A1 . I "uu lUB Pwns fu- bly none Other Which is engaging the attention of the average Cltlsen more I fully than this one. It need not be 1 .... ... . voT-rl I lu"' """"Bi"""" W uw;hu iub ru- menf ls Impressed upon all households everyday. The price of the chief staple fer ue priLB oi iue iuiei Biayie every home is inordinately high. A beefsteak or an ordinary beef roast is today a luxury which only the well-to-1 , . li. I - v. " C"J"' . l" ' VI coming more and more aggravated, " JS " rcuieuj iw l I That is a difficult question. It in- i ...ii, t i ,.i .i " ""- " K m a rn nh ih la o rarliiral havnnd ti-ia I j '" Pwer or legislation, let it is proposed to deal with it by act of congress. Rep resentative Martin of South Dakota has Introduced a resolution in the house which provides for an . investigation of the conditions relating to the price of beef cattle and the selling nriee of fresh I I Ihpnf. with vIpdt to nscertatnlnir "v--- . --. whether existing conditions have re- sultc1 'ron ny contract or combination m restraint of commerce." There can be no doubt as to thfi wis- aora "na uesirnDiiiry or Bucn an in- a m, m a . I vestigatlon. In an interview a few days "SO xne secretary or agncuirure as- Sertea tnat tlie Consumers Ol Deei Were Davinir too much for that commodity pitying too mucn xor tnai commoany. He said thnt the margin between the j price paid by the packer and that of th retailer was such as to warrant a ,ow Price to the consumer and he lnld the chief, blame for the high price or ,eer upon tne retailer. 14 is . Impossible to say where the strict rule of Justice would apply, but 4 V, nll. V,....I .l I l" 1,, tnl tne farmers or cattle growers are not getting their fair. Share or the high Prices that prevail for beef cattle and lut? reiiBuiiuuiu nsBuuiuuuu jb mat lue i , "uik or tne pront.goes to tne packers nn(l the retailers. I T-tlipr a wiiimIt for ihU? Tliof 1 r ' - I question of more than commonplace lm- portance. There is not a famUy in this eenntrv that is -not Interestfd In thA I oijcstlon and It Is safe to say that the I )7 . I wuwu .u.uuv. win meer. witn very general approval, i It proposes an Inquiry In which every I American family is concerned and which ought' to be made. 4 BOHTILM TARirr PVL1CT. It Is not the general understanding, bnt none the less' it ls a fact, that the United States In Its commercial rela- Up"" wh Cuba has not everything to Mln hv tho roolnrolHr .rrano.man -a- ""f ' centljr, entered into. On the contrary, . ! .1 1 .1... . . . I uuuvu ia mui uur vuuiury is, u i fatt please, a little worse off than it waa before the reciprocity went into ef- v . How that ls will perhaps appear from tne siaiemem or ine uuDan government, In 'which it ls asserted that certain eon-1 ditlon nr hrtliitAl in a t .... ,..v - yw.r,, 'Uluu" uuuu w ine ouuoing up or any, greai enter- prise, it is utterly useless to branch out lit any direction and that conseauently Ull efforts ln that direction are futile. In view, of this what .hope la there for ,ii, sv a nlana si nmruultlAa. M.h -"j v j--- v. ' irum nuio 10 uiu are puaneu 10 ineimr. oryaa w ine ioKic canaiaaie xor front ln the f expectation of winning gome public regard? Ordinarily, ' we L..., . aaV.a.lt 4VtA.aa fa a. IUI 114 M euuuiu y, mtrio u uu iiuvMuiiiiy oi tuch appeals to the public Winning the Slightest attention. Why ' slibuld theyT ITn not Mnerimci. smnlv dpmnntrntw1 n , .i i T"" vi .-.unu umi at .a . . . a a nnT not Pfna mem ine most suDstan- VaI a88urance8 of tile,r "olldity? WO Sliouia think that the American people had enough experience to con- j vinoe them that there ls nothing to belwoul1 h I .i i i. i.i j, .v... .i. , jmura uj D)n.-vunuuu miu uai me mi substantial benefits of the country were to ue aenvea irora xne nonesi anu . ..... ... straightforward Dumness or the coun- try. The arbiters of the national wel - - - w - g fare are not the gamblers in corn and wheat and cotton, but the men who con- trol in their bumble way those products. In other words. It ls the great agrieul-1 tural community which Is in fact the I controlling power ln the nation and Is luatlv entitled to the first consideration. l . When each state ha. received a f era I appropriation ior an exposition it I mT nat ''hat every legislator ad- mltS to be 'an illegal expenditure Of funds will cease, but so long as there " ome which have not been cared for the practice may ne expected to con- i tlnue. neutrality that pay. ' Chicago New. A become a neutral power. Unci 8am continue to shin, carload of tinned beef to both- Russians and Japanese with Qobl I imparUalUy. "Wko'r Yam Alladla At!" Oinelnnatl Tnnulrer Idem.) On ot th difficult thing In politic I to rnnvlnra tha a vr.riiia democrat that ha should ba content to go down to defeat again, ahoutlng lustily for a "gur-reat prin cipal' that ha knows la a "Jonah" from the start frightened ky the Reeor. Washington Star. The congreemen who declined to go on recorj Jn fvor or tn. extra mileage fcl lowance Illustrates what a difference there I The Increase of population from the cen may be between a man's public sentiments I sua of 1886 to that of 1900 was over 1. 00.000. and his personal preference. Score Fall to Work, Chicago New. Tf the scientist who disseminated the theory that money was full of microbes had any Idea that It would lead people to com around and unload their tinner dol- Mars upon him he knows better by this time. Bnala of m Revival. Pittsburg Dispatch. The announcement that Spain's new navy will cost 150,000.000 permits the United States to reflect that It knows whence one- third of that sum came. In a lump of good. hard money, paid in exchange for. a much bigger bunch of trouble. But perhaps there Is some consolation In the further thought that If Spain should get bumptious again we may conclude to take the money back tne form of the property, - PeOB, b.,,,.. , Citom Hou.e, Philadelphia Press. The new custom order, which haa Just Kor into effect, make quite a change in the admission of baggage brought to thl" country from abroad by returning tourist. Heretofore a rron was allowed to enter free of duty tioo worth of articles purchased abroad for such person's own r .mount o r anything wTduUabie. uer th8 new ordeP .j.., wpnt .-, VM. terdav tioo worth ran h hromrht in free Of dutr for n Mirnnx aveentlnr for ante .,. 1 "V..:. e". " a man can M.r.yTn7lwrtKa. According to hi plan the away, or a woman a man's suit of clothes, without payment of dutv. . That wa not the Intention of congress when It passed the act. But it I. m .e,rH.nea with . ai.- ..... v. .v. I rule. " " i Pinching Home Consumers. . Philadelphia Press. A Canadian railroad has Just made a IaTCTA contract fne .l.al valla wltK an American firm at 2l. a ton. but the price to an American railroad Is 128 a ton. Light rails, which require a good deal more work fhan Ik. V,. .... nA than tne heavy ones, are Selling at f23 to I $24 a ton. but th heavy and les expensive .,.., at t2g. . Not ,ong'ago steel rails were sold for considerably less than th billets from which they were rT th . . ... . f0nw .,1Ph an ien. IvSB llinil IjllfJ 1 BIIB. 11 UUCB IIUL 1IH.V I sistent course. Prices should be governed in some other way than by mere agree- 1 iwren in ine mem 01 the c' The Bal8 of talIs to a cno'an . . nt,,. , . .v I 8 charged at home ! unjust, and win. In I the end. hurt the steel mills. Sncces of Legislative Lobbying;. . Th World Today. A great reason for th success of lobby ing Ilea In the fact that the men we send to the legislature, although Intelligent and able Jn ordinary affairs, know nothing akniil 4ft r nlrln. . 1 n ma n ...... n.ln 1 " . " V' -ii.w unjeriying principle of economics or poll ticai science. This cannot be entirely -rem eaiea. -ine great business interests have t:"' hir. ta. mat . ., , a i irlB, hiiu ycrimpa btu irum one sxaie 10 an- i other. These expcrta.have trained clerks and experts behind them to furnish them I stattatlcal facU Bfed legal points. When " ' ' " . - ; ... I rff goo'A farmerg and manufaPtUre and bringg-up an array y of facts and flgM ures. the- commit We iNs helpless- In his han(5"- They have net a word to say for I t Y aial r&a rTKna VI aw a. I aa am I jests often win by the Irresistible power of logio alone. If the opponent of corpora-1 tlnn ere as dilligeht as the corporations I in getting such men or were as careful In preparing their case,' their efforts would be far more successful. BR YAM'S "DOLLARS AND CEJtTS." How Peerlea Preacblna; Tallies with Perapnal Practice. Washington Post. twice. Mr. Bryan, while persisting in his twice. defeated and generally detested scheme for debasement ef the currency, is appealing . . . . . io oemocnm o rise aoove -me low grouna P dollar and cents." We do not know ' " " 7 ' ""TJ. m"eT V"J. " ss a.- -. wa, iim am(sva va fy t caiiftigji Dollar and th cents that make dolar are good things to have. They are Juat essemiai to gooa a to evu worxs. nom OI ln" " political parties uxe a wen- n"eo campaign win get contrms- . wiinout an excess or scrupulousness. We .SBa.v W 141 CU wcnilVU g XT (11, indeed, tlm haa already done much In that direction. Electi are far less cor- I uPt than they.wer a generation ago, " " wer' irue ,nai ino emcrai "I??? 1 "?'M.lhf 'Lhff . ...... . . ... . rrom moiairy or - tne money aevii. would tnat mllonJ If Mr. Bryan, sine the hour I hJ" ? ., 1m' hS b'n. hu"t"n' hunter for dollars and cents, w know of no 1 ' I man who has been thus employed. And his I success has been very considerable. He is the first man to whom a defeat as a presi Untiai canaiaate na ever openea tne way 10 aniuence. 110 is one 01 me mosi lonu te of the thousand who have 1 - been enriched by the verdict of the people, sentencing his candidacy and his political w oa."". ner!a ao"a" cem" ,n "n" cities, town and villages, not qne of which I . . . . .. " lava cumi 10 ill 111 iiau wis cuumrr i oeen tioicua Dy nis election ana me re- suiting calamity of currency debasement I - i him. rtvsnui!sj. Ann sn if Tit tih ran mb n ..,, , ,lWI k,. w,,, kl: 1 o ,i ki.. ..in VVIIIHIUIICI axilJU III y vril al 1J V swell that tide, other source than thosa have augmented Mr. Bryan's wealth. He has given testimony touching a gift of 13,000 In three equal Installments, and he Is now In litigation relating to another gift of $50,000 from . the same generous donor. I W do not say that, in all this, or even nr t it. there has been personal dls- I honor. Mr. Bryan had an undoubted right I ,.,,. ahara In lh. .nut nrnn,rll thil EroT ciUsens of all parties are glad of the happy change ln hi worldly affair- A he e about the country gathering ln filthy u,cr; the good-natured American peopi. I f p,rtie, UK, comfort III thinking of hl, new ad beautiful home and that flnei, appointed, palatial ubi, wher hi blooded horse champ their oata and his t&9 heifer, now almost grown to full cow- hood, ehew ber cud the proudest rural nant In Nebraska. Thanks to the Intelli gence ot th voting masses, Mr. Bryan ceased long ago to be a menace to tb na tion. No on cherishes malic toward him or grudge him th golden usufruct ot hi I two wall-deserved trimming. All th same. and for excellent reason, he ls not the man to b ahoutlng to th democrat to rU abov "toe low ground ef dollars and J cant.-' . . OTHER LANDS THAN OtRJ, The Dutch and the leading natives In Java are of tha opinion that the population la Increasing too rapidly for the good of the Island. The census, taken every five year, has long shown an Increase of ever 1,(100,000 for each census period, and the rate of growth haa constantly accelerated. Java Is only a little larger than New Tork state and the central regions are too mountainous for a very dense population. The fact that tha last census showed a total population of ' ts,"45,98 Indicate a frightful congestion of humanity over all fhe coastal and Interior plains and valley. The density of population la 568 person for every square mile of surface, which 1 greater than In any province of Chin, ex cepting In Shantung. If Prance had the same density of population its Inhabitants would number 120,000,000; the United States at the same rate would have ,6w,0u0,0r0 In habitants, which Is about lOO.oqo.OM more than the estimated population of the world. Such packing of humanity as this at least Illustrates the fact that when every acre of tillable land Is stimulated to Its highest, productivity It will give sus tenance to several time the number of per sons who are now supplied with food from an acre of land in most countries. The Javanese are still able to raise all their raw food and to export the products of thir plantations and forests to the amount of millions of .dollar a year. But they are already talking about a time to come when they will no longer he able to produce on their Island all the food they require. heated controversy li rrusslan press over the the A heated controversy Is in progress in the s.ivlngs bank lot Prussian ministry has now had under consideration for some niontha The author of the Idea I Herr Dulmi prupneior 01 mo Benin 1 Bcherl. the proprietor of tho Berlin Loka- new a.v-1 '"""tutlon would collect from weekly lnB" of th working classes ranging in mou,t from M pfennig (12 cents) to 4 marks These savings would be en trusted to such existing vinn ink may be willing to adopt the new system and to pay for fifty-two weeks' deposits of 4 marks that Is to say, for 208 mark an . i Interest of 1.80 marks at the close of the year, with fixed rates of Interest for smaller I depokHs. This Interest, however, would not go to the depositors, but would be paid Into a lottery fund, the administration of which would hand to the depositors lottery IILIIe,B VL cirrivrajiunuin; value, inrn nun-I dred thousand of these tickets divisible Into quarters and eighths, according to the amounts of the deposits, would form a lot- tery series from which 12,500 prises would be drawn, with a total value of 640,0 0 marks. The value of the first prixe would ' - - - w be 100,000 mark, of the second prise 30.0M ""-rk. of the third prixe 10,00O marks and ""' "i yr,eH, gn 01 , i . Tha nnrnrtnnata uriti.h w.. m- ... I 'ld Itself open to attack from yet another direction. Some time ago a special com mittee -of some kind recommended that measures should be adopted to attract uni versity men into the army. It was thought that Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin and the Scottish universities cught to be able to provide at least 300 men. If not more, every year, who would Improve the average In tellectual quality of officers very materi ally. The War office authorities acqui esced and offered to give a certain num ber of commissions to men who had taken 1 a degree and qualified In an examination on military subject. They even agreed to .j . unr uticumi niuuconienis, in .no way 01 seniority, to men who carried off first. class honors. But It wa eoon discovered that even In the roost favorable clrcum- 4 . n between three and four years tor his de- gree, would necessarily suffer greatly. In respect of seniority compared with the less highly educated officer who pass through 4ka Kne4AB AnaaiH. H a Onmlnii Kat wtijbam are now In progress to Induce the War office to do something to Temov this dls crepancy and put the two classes of men upon a more nearly equal footing. If they do not make some substantial "Concession it Is not likely that they will get many university men, at all events, not many of th best kind. Sweden seldom attracts the attention of the average American teacher, although In matters educational it has many lessons for educators throughout tha world. The standard of popular education in Sweden has been steadily rising from the time of the reformation; and the Indications point to even greater efficiency ahead. It should be noted that a large preponderance of the population of .the kingdom has re mained of a rural character and public I.,...... . , I to aarricultural need. The first beginnings ot the national school system were made ln 1894, i that year a law wa enacted to ,.ure for aU children a sound religious education, so iar as reaoing ana Knowi- 1 eage 0f the Luthern catechism were con- present system come from that date. A a result of it excellence, practically every one ln tha country can read and write. The army of Mexico' Is a peculiar, not to say malignant, organisation and yet it la stronger tenfold than the forces which I M Sir .,, . in te. vnr vaara it ha. Kn thai pollcy of Prealdent Dial to recruit the xmy from any and all classes, more espe- dally the law-breaking .element His fa- mou. Rurale. Ouarda-Dictureaoua In their mou Rurale Guards picturesque In their big hats and yellow buckskin suits are to a considerable extent composed of men who were at aora time outlawed by the government. Ten year ago the Bolson del Maplmt was Infested with robber and highwaymen. President Dlas had most of them caught and shot, and the rest were In duced to surrender, and by way of punish- mCnt condemned to the ranks of the Ru- rae.. Nowadays Impressment into the companies of the regular army goes merrily 1 - . . lonriro, na 11 ii n opto quwuon wmmn 1 yjj. may not be punishment of an effective char,cter. obviously it cannot tend to raise l tha morale or the army. ' I Englishmen, at least the mor progressiva I Jill L raon tnem- aro nn8jly awakening to the absurdity of an old law which establishes what ar known aa "anotent light." Under this law windows which have been In ex- Is twice for nineteen years or more cannot be deprived pf light by the construction of neighboring buildings without due com pensation having been made to the owner. In other words, an owner of land cannot erect a building which- wllj shut In any df I vidlng th latter hav been In existence foe nineteen or mor years, without making himself liable to extensive damage. More over, th damaged owner can prevent th erection of any such building which will take away hi light If he wishes to do so. Th light, by virtu of th time h ha en joyed It. ha become a part of hi property. Effort ar now hlng mad to hav this relic of past ages repealed. It Is this -mor than anything els that baa prevented the I erection high buildings ln London. " A Oeaerea Giver. Philadelphia Pre. Bom of our democratic contemporaries are disturbed because Bryan will not take advice. But be ha no room for It. and It I his mission on earth to glv advlc. not 1 lb THERE IS tlO SUBSTITUTE F02 Absolutely Pure IT IS A MATTER OF HEALTH WILLIAM C. WHITNEY. Cincinnati Enquirer: In the death of William C. Whitney, an exceptionally able, generous, all-round American has closed too soon a brilliant, successful and useful career. n Chicago Record-Herald: He typified In his daring and aggressive personality and In the singular breadth of his achieve ment the wide possibilities of American cituenship. His career a lawyer, re- rrmer. cabinet minister, business mtm, ,over ' the turf n1 society leader reveals a wide range of interest and successful endeavor Detroit Journal: His career haa been one of the dignity that attaches to success, and. while his title of father of the new navy has been disputed by the friends of his predecessor In the naval office, he will In a iibuuiiim wujt va remeiuuvi m bb viiv niiu had an Important part In events that made possible the battle of Manila bay and the battle of July 3, 1898, off Santiago. New Tork World: Mr. Whitney served hi country well. The Navy department, in which he laid the foundation of our ti w U1V. 1 jn ID1U IIIVJ 1UUIIUO.IIUIIO VI UUI efficient and beautiful -new naw." never had at its head a mor capable and far- gighted administrator., He served well the cuy 01 nis love, mini in respuntiiDie uniuca, as the creator of 1U great surface transit . a - i.-m. patron of the arts. ' But it was for hi winning personal qualities his genius for friendship, his habit of finding his greatest enjoyment In bestowing happiness upon others, his generosity and geniality that Mr. Whitney will be the most sincerely mourned and the longest remembered. Kansas City Star: It Is appropriate that the flags on the United States ships be kept at half mast oh the day of Mr. Whitney's funeral. Although th "new navy" was projected under the Arthur administration. It' wss left to Secretary Whitney to give It the Impetus which carried It to success. Up to his time the country had lieen de. pendent on England for Its armor plat and for Its smaller naval guns. Through his effort the manufacture of armor wa begun at the Bethlehem steel works, and tne iiotcnKiss company esiaDiisnea a iao tory In the United States for the making of ordnance. Bo great was - hfa efficiency in the conduct of the department that It Is said that General Tracy hesitated to be. com hi successor on the ground that no man could creditably "follow Whitney." Minneapolis Journal: W. C. Whitney, th father" of the new navy, is no more. H ha left a splendid and enduring monu ment behind him. Wherever In th seven seas th Star and Stripes float over ail American war vessel there will be cause for dally thought of Mr. Whitney. Nine teen years ago he laid the foundations of the' new navy, now become third or fourth in th world and destined to surpass all except the British, and possibly even that, Chicago Tribune: In his public as in his private life Mr. Whitney left a record free ol taint or scandal., In his political career he secured the esteem and confidence of men of all parties, and was regarded a high-minded, public-spirited and patriotic. and as never stooping to the tricks of the demagogue. In the business world, varied and Important aa his Interests were, he escaped th criticism which has been so freely passed upon many of his associates, I He wa a man of clean, happy and success nil lire. POLITICAL DRIFT. The great trouble with the Hearst boom Is that It is too easily converted Into a hears boom. Governor Bailey of Kansas Is now In position to appreciate the folly of sending out hearslne- appeals for aid for flood I sufferer In a state financially able to take I car of Its own people. Ed Hoch, editor .v. ir,v I. ha mminr man for governor. an,. ,tatute of Congressman ,"Sunset" Cox- erected ln New York by admirers, la I '........ tine fmm I , without a habitation. Removed from I itB oriKinal location because of the subway, ha municipal art commission cannot find another site for the effigy. The Metropoll tan museum will not hav It on account of Its hldeousnes. Sometimes foreigners show a keen In sight Into things which they are supposed to know nothing about. One was being examined for naturalisation at Kennebec, Me., last week, and In answer to the ques tion, "Are you a member of or affiliated with any organisation entertaining or I . - - teCh'L dl wernmentT' said at once: I v vm- I belonca to the democratic I party. wnita in New York recently General I Kmhugh'le told about his acquaintance with Colonel Bryan when the latter ar rived at Jacksonville,' Fla.. as colonel ot th Third Nebraska regiment, when Gen eral Lea wa commanding the Seven Ui army corp. Said General Le: "He ad dressed me a very courteous note, an nouncing his arrival, and subsequently two or three times a week would ride up to mv tent. On one or two occasions he Go4? 3 lnl mww Hi A perfecljublihiicfor hard coal in lUenfforcooliliaJ in 4. i rA ipap i4-- r.nr viaor wnireioai a j being under arms,, that was a subject oa which w might properly be silent, and In connection with this I asked him if he understood what wa meant In military parlance by 'marking time." He said he . aid, and correctly denned it as the act or lifting on foot and then the other, and each time setting It down In th place It had originally occupied. . "Well, Colonel Bryan," said I, "while you are advocating free silver I am marking time." . Governor Pennypacker of Pennsylvania comes ln for sever criticism from the newspapers of Ms own party on account of his efforts to jump from the governorship to th supreme bench of the' state. De tails of the political deal have been pub lished by tha Pres of Philadelphia, and they show that political dickering In high quarters la a bra sen and odorous a th deals of a ward heeler. The Press -say:. To make-a. sat on the supreme "bench a matter of hArarntn. to throw In tha attorned generalship of the state as an additional ' ' Inducement, and to undertake this tralflck lng in th Interest Of the official who had tha appointment to make I ' a scandal which needs no characterisation. Simply' to describe it is to characterise It. ..There , is no variation In the note of reprobation. The only alternative was An expression ot ' incredulity. Could It be possible that such ' a disclosure was true? Was there not some mistake about It T Unfortunately for Oovernor Pennypacker no such refuge la open to him. Th Press did not speak till ' It wa sure. It hold In It hand th in I dubitable evidence. It haa' ao need to ask as to the verity. It knows. PLASHES Or Fl'M. "Does your excellency intend paying all outstanding claims T" Inquired th chancel lor of the exchequer. "Certainly not' replied the South Ameri can dictator. "Only those that stand ln," . Puck. -- . . .. Plnckney had made his famous declara tion, "Millions for defense, but not a cent for tribute!" "Excuse me, sir," Insinuated the waiter, "but haven't you forgotten something'" With a wall of anguish, he had to climb down from his high liore.New York Sun. "That young man was very popular at the summer resort, but nobody seem to notloe him during the social season." "Yea.7-answered ' Miss Cayenne: "ln th summer be l in the swim, and in winter he is ln the freese." Washington Star. Teacher I am a thorough believer in reincarnation. Willie (ankle) If she ever come back here aa a chicken, I'm going to chop her head off. Detroit Free Press., , Tom Did you feel desperate When' she re jected youT Jerry Indeed. I did. I lit my gas stove snd let it run nine houra Indlanapolk Journal-. . . ,., "As to the movement for a cleaner cur. rency," counseled the philosophical boarder, "get a clean currency If you can, , you fellow, but get the currency." Chicago Tribune. Sappho was explaining her success. "You see," she said, "I was the first sweet young thing who didn't tie her manu script with blue ribbon." , Excusing herself, she turned to give the Athens Yeller an Interview on "How ' It Peels to Be a Poetess." New York Sun. 10 mills mak a combine, . 10 combine mak a trust, 10 trusts make a merger, 10 mergers make a msgnate- And .he makea all the money! Springfield Hepubllcaa, SCIEXCeToF JtST WHHX TO ftl'IT. 8. W. Oillllan In Baltimore American He'd dabbled In lor of the wis gone be fore, He'd, read all tbe book that had 00 m In his way; He'd studied th aage of long burled age, A well a the erudite mind of today. He'd name 'In a minute each book (and what In It) That e'er had attracted attention a bit; But one sort of knowledge ('tla taught tn no college) .'.'.':'. He knew not th science of Justwhento qult. ' He'd talk you distracted on plays that wer acted In days of old Shakespeare or earlier still; He'd talk you to slumber en Pempeilan lumber, , -He'd talk off you arm on the Panama bill: He'd tell to th letter which system wa better, Joe Chamberlain's schema or free- trade, where they split; , But yet you are aad that In chasing each fad that He's mastered, he' lacking on Justwhento quit. If men of his temper (we have them slo Werem5m?dr of houses, each dwelling would fall; , . Thev'd keen rlrht on stacking new stories, though lacking . , . , . - The anlld foundation to hold them at ail. In every profession "re men In poaaesslon Of wldom galore, though they haven t a Of that prim eentlal of men Influential-. A grasp f the cience of Jutwhentoqult. Take then, for example, those duffers' who trample M . . , - The lowermost rung from th ladder, of Wa'tHh'those who in trying keep bitterly Thatru"i snd not skill glv th victor his Leanrn will In beginning th secret ef wta- I not'the vagary called luck-not a Mt; But just the assumption of commonplace rtimptlon ... . . . A gi-nsp of th science called Justwhento- quit. and it worth ii mMmamw