Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA PAHA" PEE: FKIKAY. FEBRUARY 2fi, 1004.
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The Omaha Daily Bee.
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Buhaciibed In my presence and aworn to
More me Uile 3d day of February, A.
(seal.) Notary i-uoua
Despite tlio Russian alliance the
French soein to bo "cuddlln doon" close
to the British lion.
Our local yellow Journal fakerles may
Uonst about leading with the news, but
.vhenever it conies to a show down The
(See leads and the others follow,
If Alnlmuiu possessed a shipbuilding
yard Commander Hobson's campaign for
congress on the platform of a big navy
would assume brighter prospects.
To iudce bv the action of tlio Jana-
:,ese forces ln Corea which seized former
Mlnlster Yi Yong Ik. adverse states-
.nen of a neutral power are contraband
of war on this occasion.
The demand for moderate sized rent-
able bouses, with modern conveniences,
contlnues to exceed the supply ln
Omaha. Capitalists who wont good-
paying investments should not overlook
this.
Despite the obligations Imposed by the
proclamation of neutrality, tho average
American citizen will look with less dls-
pleasure upon the seizure of moat by
upan than he does upon the capture of
ti by Russia.
There ls evidently something doing ln
'.'nlon Pacific circles to require so many
otrlclals of the road to report to Mr.
ilarriman at New York. It ls to be
l.oped a new headquarters building for
Omaha may be shaken out of It event
ually.
Actions speak louder than words;
therefore the determination of Great
lirltain to hold Russian sailors on Rrlt.
Uli soil until the close of the hosHiitie.
tliows that the Anglo-Japanese treaty
lias not been seriously disturbed by tho
existing war,
A bill to compel rullrouds to be re-
t-iiousiblo for the loss of coal ln transit the American people the most .interest
i.nd to prevent short weight by parties Ing feature of these reports is the state-
; lading the coal at the mines has been
Introduced In the Iowa legislature,
Whether the bill will ever reach the
! overnor is decidedly doubtful. The
lallroad lobby at Des Moines Is well
organized.
The decision of a court affirming theL. -..,, for thla )pllpf. ,,t lt mnv
title of a railroad to land deeded by the
government to settlers threatens to de-
j.mti many u.ousanu people of their
.:oine in the state of Washington. It
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..--.uH .u.i uiiuit u.ese circumstances
me Lnitert Mates, who issued the pat-
. ma iu me seiners, snoui.l at least re-
nuburse them.
The postmaster at Lincoln Is in dis
tress because he cannot tind the owners
if a number of letters sent out in his
:tro by the Treasury department relat
ing to the settlement of the old defunct
apltol National bank affairs. If the
. .iters only contained the money Instead
nf notices to prove. up for lt, there would
! e no difficulty in uncovering claimants
lor them.
A $2r0,Otio embankment to protect
Florence lake from the Missouri river
would be a gixxl thing, but where Is
she money to come from? The commls
cioners of Douglas county do not have
:iny money to burn just now. It would
lake a good deal of nerve for the com
missioners to favor any scheme that
.vould so enormously increase the float
ing debt, which already exceeds Srai.iKK).
The Lincoln Ktar comments upon the
;ood feeling pervading the discussion In
the republican state pipers of the vital
'liientlons confronting the tinning state
onventlon. But why should there be
anything but good reeling manifested?
The points of difference turn solely uikui
divergent opinions n to what is most
tonduclve to party micivss. which ought
10 be the pa ru mount consideration with
all. Prospects are promising for Ne
braska republicans, but they must avoid
mistakes that would redound to the ben
efit of the political eucmj
rtw.vFT nonK vit thk isthmvu.
Then will Ik? no svoM.iMp tlHny In
tipitlnnlng work on tho Isthmian cnnnl.
Tli Im I lixllriitoil liy tho fact tlint plan"
hihI sp.-eitioHtions liave already hoon
nmdc for various works not-tied for tlio
sanitation of tho Isthmus. It is stated
tliiit ho wHl along lntvp such prermrn
tioim boon pushed tliat the rnnnl com
puny wrts nred last fall to liepin sev
eral projects along that lino which would
ndvHiiop the penernl progress of 1 lit
I t.nsn. V. T - ! ..,1 Clntaa ahmllil
I'ilNn. IM'lni- nil- I lllii-w ""
take possession. It la also said that
tli- plana for eonstruetlon work hove
w tul, determined by Admiral
Walker and hla associates on the com
mission that there should be no dolay
In Kettinii to work on the ten-mile atrip
which constitutes the rnnal zone.
It hna boon thought that a serious
problem In the canal work would be la
bor. but thla will probably not be found
bp rune. It lfl expected that for
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II'THMl Ol HPVt'IUl veil I n tw,ini. u) iu-
iM lt rs will be lieressHry Hnd 11 lunlorlty
of ,,,,. (.lln bo obtained from the Weat
utiles, prlnclpnlly from Jamaica. There
av t,p aome opposition in una couniry
to employing this foreign labor, but
nose mmiiinr wun connuions on me
inthmuR sny that American labor cannot
live there. The construction of the Pan-
ama railroad was attended with great
. m . ,, tVl ,K
mortality, although the labor employed
waS native or coolie, and the work on
the canal will be much more arduous.
Workers from the temperate zone, and
especially from the United States, can-
not resist the fatal Influences of the
I'linnniu climate. The climate of Ha-
w"" ,r ni,,,'u rnore favorable than that
0f the Isthmus, but Americans cannot
work In the cune fields nor elsewhere In
. territory. So many experiments
g Wn
scheme until recent times, that no one
1 n f i" .-a
illtlous under which the Canal must be
A,. Ti . TO Ki i
American labor could be Induced to go
there to complete the enterprise.
TBS 8AHTU DOMINGO CAS a
Our government Is taking active
and Droner measures to Drotect Amer-
. nnd othp .ntcrt,gt8 ln Sant0
Vomafto nnd thpre ls n.aBon t0
expect that It will be success
ful in restoring order there, but how
long the revolutionary elements can be
kept quiet ls a question. It is stated
that President Hoosevelt has received
many suggestions from persons Inter
ested ln the state of affairs on the
rome ul"' ,um",,BU " luv
UllItod StateB t0 tho extent of e8tebuh-
ln on tne ,8lana a Btat)le government.
0lnprs B"n proiecwnuB aim
BU" "lu, ,B "urou"
The situation Is receiving careful at-
tentlon at Washington and It is said
the president has ln contemplation send-
1"K some proper man to Santo Domingo
to look the ground over and advise the
administration of the precise conditions
there and forecast the chances of suc
cess, of such a policy as is proposed the
establishment of a stable government-
were the United States to undertake it.
it can be very safely predicted that the
administration will give no serious con-
sideration to the protectorate proposi
tlon and of course annexation of so tur
bulent a people as the Dominicans is
wholly out of the question. American
and foreign interests there for which
this country is ln any measure respon
sible must be protected, but our govern
ment should undertake no more than
this.
TBS IXTKRXATIOKaL vctlook.
Disquieting reports continue to come
from Europe, particularly from St.
Petersburg, of a belief that international
plications growing out or me rar
CHBieru conuici are i-ciimu iu aiinn. jx
Russian paper is quoted as saying that
everywhere there Is the conviction that
a period of war Is before Europe. For
ment that there is a growing aggrava-
tlon against the United States In Russia.
apparently due to a belief that there la
some sort of co-operation between this
country and Great Rrltaln for befriend
ing Japan ln the war. It is needless to
uiv that there Iu not the ftllL'htPRt reason
not ,w an niattPr t0 romove ,t our
L, .m.i.rvt.nii honevpr that
tnn declaration of neutrality made by
th,fi government will be strictly ob-
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w.rvwi and that nothing will be done
hPyon(, the exercise of a proper and
wm.ihle vlmlnnce and enre resnectlnir
American Interests in the far east.
There are hardly any conceivable cir
cumstances that would cause the United
States to become involved ln the war.
As to the European nations, there Is
undoubtedly danger of complications.
but It is perhaps exaggerated. It is said
that the possibility of war with Russia
Is discussed without reserve ln British
military circles and the opinion is every'
where expressed that Great Britain will
probably be dragged Into the conflict
sooner or later. It is quite certain, how
ever, that there is no sucn feeling in
official quarters and the industrial and
commercial interests of Great Britain
must le strongly opposed to war. While
there have been recently some inanl
festations of Russian antipathy to Eng
land, it seems most Improbable that the
czar's government will now do anything
that might provoke serious trouble. Tha
government has on Its hands quit
enough to fully test Its power and re
sources. France Is ln sympathy with
Russia, but there Is no good reason to
ttclteve that she has any desire to be
come a party to the Asiatic conflict, from
which she could gain nothing and lose
much. The Interest of France is in pre
serving F.uroX'an peace and no doubt
her In'st efforts and Influence will lie ex
erted to this end. As to Germany, her
intt rests also are ln the maintenance o
peace and lt Is not apparent that sli
could obtain any advantage from takin
either bide la the Ui eastern war, hll
the cost to her of doing so would cer
tainly be great.
Wtint tiurse Hiissln may yet takp cal
culntetl to create Ititeriintloniil compli
cations it Is InipoHsiMe to foresee, but
there Is not apparent at present In the
situation anything tlutt threatens a de
parture tn the part of any Kuropean
nation from Its. declaration of neutrality
and the unqualifiedly expressed desire
for the localization of the far eastern
conflict.
UPKX A XL) c los en srssioxs.
The Investigation within closed doors
of the charge that the paving specifica
tions recommended by a majority of the
Board of Public Works have been pre
pared nt the instance of contractors ls
denounced ln certain quarters as a hlnh
handed proceeding. The refusal of the
Investigating committee to allow the
members of the Board of Public Works
or the contractors to be represented by
attorneys is also stigmatized ns arbi
trary and unprecedented. Popular senti
ment against star chamber methods
would ordinarily sustain this view, but
on second sober thought it would prove
fallacious.
The basic idea of popular self-government
is that public business should be
transacted ln the open. For that reason
the sessions of legislative liodles, in
cluding the sessions of city councils,
school boards and boards of county com
missioners, should be open to the pub
lic and all business transacted by these
bodies is presumed to be ln the open
The mode of conducting preliminary
Inquiries into alleged conspiracies, cor
ruption or misfeasance In office have of
necessity and ns a matter of precaution
to be conducted within closed doors.
These Investigations are in the nature
of a grand Jury Inquisition. In order to
get at the truth a great deal of hearsay
testimony must be taken, and the only
way to make it available is to bring in
the witnesses who can testify of their
own knowledge. The publicity given to
damaging rumors Is liable to smirch tho
reputations of good men unless founded
on fact On the other hand, a public
inquiry would ln nine cases out of ten
thwart the ends of Justice where frnud
and corruption really exist by enabling
the parties incriminated to spirit away
witnesses or to fabricate contradictory
and confusing testimony through con
federates whom they would coach to
testify in their Interest.
No grand Jury ever sits with open
doors, nor is the defendant ln a grand
Jury Indictment nllowed an attorney to
cross-examine witnesses or to nrgue in
defense of the party charged with crim
inal conduct. Vhe opportunity for mak
ing a defense is afforded to parties in
dicted by grand Juries when they . re
1 placed 011 trial. Then they have The
privilege of employing attorneys, ns well
as of facing their accusers and produc
ing testimony to confradict that of pros
ecuting witnesses.
Preliminary investigations conducted
by congressional committees or munici
pal committees within closed doors more
frequently result ln a whitewash than
they do in the preferment of specific
charges of criminal action or misde
meanor in office. When they result In
an Impeachment a public trial Is given
to the officer accused of misconduct and
he ls then privileged to employ lawyers
and cite witnesses to clear himself of
the charge.
If the pending Investigation now un
der way had been conducted in the open
there would have been precious little
prospect of producing any tangible proof
of collusion or conspiracy between con
tractors and members of the Board of
Fubllo Works. Every witness who would
have testified in support of the charges
would have been contradicted by half a
dozen witnesses, and witnesses most
likely to possess proofs or personal
knowledge essential to the substantia
tion of the charges might have disap
peared, as they have often done when
ever legislative investigations have been
carried on with open doors.
A man who travels the straight road
can never be lost, and public officers
whose conduct is straight will not be
Injured by an investigation within
losed doors any more than by one with
open doors. At the very worst, they
may be compelled to combat false or
malicious accusations in the open when
charges are preferred against them, and
ln that case they will be sure of vindi
cation.
Speculation ns to who will succeed
the late Senator Hanna as chairman of
the republican national committee Is
argely based on the erroneous presump
tion that the selection is made by a ma
jority of the national committee after
considering the claims of the various
aspirants to the position. As a matter
of fact, the national committee has no
more to do with the choice of its chair
man than congress has ln the choice of
a private secretary to the president.
It is the unwritten law of the national
committee to permit the candidate for
president to name the presidential cam
paign managers. This Includes not only
the chairman, but also the members of
the executive committee of the national
committee, who are not necessarily
members of the national committee.
Whether Senator Scott, Senator Pen
rose, future Senator Dick, or some other
man shall he the chairman of the na
tional committee will depend entirely
upon whom President Roosevelt, whose
nomination is foreordained, shall name
ns manager of the next presidential
campaign. The late President McKluley
named Marcus A. Hanna, although Mr.
Hanna had never served on a national
committee and bad no experience what
ever as a campaign manager. And yet
he proved himself the greatest political
organizer who ever handled a national
campaign for any party.
In support of its anti-Andrews crusade
the World-Herald produces tivo columns
of reprint to impress upon Nebraska ns
the fact that "Rockefeller has an Income
of 2 avery second, which, U stacked In
$Lt gold pieces, would make a pile
seventy four feet tall In every twenty
four hours." If this be correct Rocke
feller would only have to mark time for
nine hours and ten minutes to pay for
his proposed share of the cost of erect
lug th" university religions and social
temple. That would not be a great
hardship, would It Y
It is tinturnl to expect the lone demo
cratic member of the city council to do
everything he can to make trouble
among the republican membership, but
why any republican councilman should
follow such leadership pusses compre
hension. The responsibility for the
council organization and work rests on
the republican majority and they will
never be able to controvert any charge
against them by claiming to have been
ln the company of their democratic col
league. 1 "
Tho Union Pad He headquarters build
ing is by all odds the most dangerous
11 ret rap in the city of Oniahn and it Is
doubtful wbii her one-half of the people
who occupy that structure could make
their escape out of lt in case of tire, even
If every one was as well drilled as are
the members of the fire department. But
no barm can come from drilling the
clerks in the Union Pacific headquarters
Just to give them some exercise and
fresh air.
Dwelling too much upon the economic
advantages of cheap lalutr may cause
one to forget that there Is compara
tively no economic advantage In cheap
labor where the main part of the prod
uct Is to be consumed by the wage
earners. The home market of America
would not be the best In the world were
It not that the wage earners receive the
highest wages paid anywhere for their
class of work.
South Dakota republicans have pur
sued a more sagacious course than those
of Nebraska by calling two separate
state conventions one to nominate dele
gates to the national convention thirty
days hence nnd the other to nominate
a state ticket In July thus forcing a
short, sharp and decisive campaign.
French litigation threatens to delay
payment of the purchase price of Pun
ania canal right and the United States
may be required to show that while pos
session is nine points of the law, the
other tenth does not make much differ
ence when an Interoceunlc canal is to
be constructed.
Pattlntt Ilerf Above Hrnlna.
Washington Port.
Mr. Bryan's Interest in democratic har
mony may be Judged from the fact that
he offers J1(K for u satisfactory party plat
form, $400 le:;s than he paid for a blooded
heifer.
International Hill Collecting;.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The I'ni'eil States has been appointed by
The H:.gi:e as collection agent to collect the
dtlils owed Uimuny, England nnd Italy
by YiMK'iiuulu. Nice, pleasant business we
are getting Int6.
stood the Teat Well.
New York Tribune.
Faith ln the stability and prudent man
agement of lire Insurance companies has
been much strengthened by the sequels of
the great fire ln Baltimore. Nearly all of
these corporations have acquitted them
selves in such a way as to earn hearty ap
proval on both sides of the Atlantic.
Pathetic Wail of Turkey.
Portland Oregonlan.
Turkey pathetically complains that a
number of Macedonian soldiers have been
provided with the fez, which will be worn
when an unusually atrocious deed ls done
by the revolutionary forces. The sight of
a fez will convince any person happening
to be in the precarious position of "in
nocent bystanders" that the crime they
witness Is the work of Turks, and more
repoKts derogatory to Turkish kindliness
will be circulated. It is, indeed, a terrible
thing that the reputation for tenderness so
laboriously built up by Turkey should
Ue at the mercy of any ruffian that may
be able to steal a Turkish fez.
Friendship and Fellowship.
Kansas City Star.
The publication of the letters that passed
between President Roosevelt and the late
Senator Hanna at the time of the latter's
Illness should convince the country that no
ascerblty existed between these two men
as a result of political differences that In
some measure divided them. Both letters
ura characteristic. They are instinct with
good fellowship and personal sympathy.
They are wholly devoid of formality. Each
evinces a tino appreciation of the man to
whom it Is addressed. These two letters
leave nothing to be said by factlontsts on
either side. They should help to harmonize
tho republican party to some extent, for
they should remove those disagreeable
personalities, that so often arise through
strong, individual leadership, opposed to
its kind.
I.KA1)IU THE SIOIX BACK.
What ronsrrras Does to a Man Who
Rendered Good Sen Ice.
New York Mail.
A curious echo of the disastrous Sioux
campaign of 1S76, which covered the de
feat and slaughter of Custer and his com
mand and the flight of the Indians to
Canada, was heard ln a bill before the
sennto recently. It was for an appro
priation to meet the claims of the man
who In 1KM-2 contributed most largely
toward bringing the Sioux back to this
country. The senate scaled down this
claim from S1:!.500 to s,000 and passed the
bill. The economy seems to be misplaced.
Jean Louis !gare, a Canadian trader,
is the claimant. After many attempts to
persuade the Indians to return to this
sM rf the line, tho American and Ca
nadian officers gave up In despair. At
last Major Hrotberton, I. 8. A., asked Le
g.ire to use his Influence, and the trader
did so. For a year he let his business go
aril gave his attention to the Indians. He
made presents to their chiefs, he feasted
the entire band; little by little he per
suaded them to follow him. until he
brought the whole 301) across the border to
Fort Buford. On the way he transported
them bag and baggage, fed them, car
ried fuel and water and supported them
for more than two months. Ills business
disappeared and he spent most of his pos
sessions, and twenty-one years ago he put
ln his bill.
Not a dollar has ever been paid. With
Interest. It amounts to about liaUKO. This
In the bill wl'li h the senate, having heard
the report of lt;i committee on claims that
it is meritorious, cuts down to VtMD
Economy ought not to flourish at Las ax-
feujo of tioniKty,
UtiHTIXJ THE PAPKR Tilt T.
fCffnrta nf rantlithera to I. none n the
Grip of Cireed.
Kansas City PUT.
It was apparent as early as four years
Bgr. one year after th organization of the
Paper trust, that the time woul.1 conic
when the newspaper publisher of the coun
try would be forced to make war on this
monopoly. At prejient there are really
two separate combinations en gaged In
either the manufacture or the handling of
white paper one eastern nii.l one western.
Hut these big concerns havo nn agreement
respecting territory, nnd this amounts, in
effect, to one gigantic trust. This trust
lias gradually secured control of practically
h11 the mills and most of the spruce for
ests, from which wood pulp Is made. Hav
ing become Independent of competition It
has exacted the highest prices that may
be mode tinder the protective; tariff. It
has arbitrarily limited the output when
ever It has seemed expedient to strengthen
the demand. It has endeavore,d to prevent
the accumulation of supplies on the port
of Its customers. In every way It has
sought to make the consumers of white
paper slavishly dependent upon It. At tho
same time It has done nothing to Improve
or enlaigo Its facilities to meet the In
creasing needs of Its customers, but lias
pursued the policy of making the largest
possible profits under these extraordinary
conditions, rerhaps on the presumption that
such conditions could not last indefinitely.
In consequence of these methods and the
conditions they have brought about, the
leading newspapers of the country have
begun a vigorous movement In self-defense.
They propose to establish Independent mills,
and because the Paper trust has control of
the native raw material, them newspapers
will ask congress to removo the tariff on
wood pulp, the principal ingredient of white
paper, so that it may be brought into this
country from Canada and other sources
on a basis that will enable the new mills
to make paper In large quantities, and at
lower rates than are now charged by the
trust. This is a direct recognition of the
prlnclplo that the trusts may be fought
by the manipulation of the tariff.
It has seemed strange that such a fight
against the Paper trust was not Inaugu
rated long ago, but one obstacle has doubt
less been the reluctance of the protective
tariff organs to work for a specific object
In violation of their general doctrine. But
ine i.me nas come, as lt must come to
every Interest menaced by a tariff-fostered
trust, when the law of self-preservation
shall assert Itself. The paper situation ls
not different from many others created by
the protective tariff. Yet It Is the hardest
thing In the world to get American con
sumers to understand that they are robbed
not protected, by high tariffs. American
labor has been especially gullible. The
duty on wood pulp Is a larger item of ex
pense to the consumer of paper than the
cost of the labor required to make the
pulp.
Canada Is able and desirous to furnish
all the pulp needed for many years In the
making of white paper. With the tariff
removed the forests of the United States
now being ruthlessly depleted of spruce
timber, would be conserved.
WHY RUSSIA'S FLF.ET CAME.
What Some Americana Do Jtot Know
Abont American History.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Henry Clews. In a letter to Marquis Ito,
says Russia gave the United States no
help ln the civil war, and that the Rus
sian fleet came to New York harbor In the
spring of 1863, not under orders from the
czar, but at the request of Mr. Seward.
Thla Is contrary to the statements of
Mr. Seward himself. It ls contrary to the
statements of Bayard Taylor, Casslug M.
Clay and several members of President
Lincoln's cabinet. It Is at variance with
the resolution of congress adopted In April,
1S66, and presented to the czar In August
of the same year by Assistant Secretary of
the Navy Fox, acting under the Instruc
tions of congress.
It is In flat contradiction of the speech
made by Gortchakoff at St. Petersburg on
September 13, IS66. and of his official utter
ances In ISta. It Is contrary to the spirit
of the czar's letter of August 17, 1866, to
President Johnson. It is in contradiction
of the history of our diplomacy In 1863 as
given by Frederick W. Seward, John W.
Foster and John Hay. Here In brief Is the
true story:
In January, 1863, Louis Napoleon made
an offer of mediation which the Comte de
Paris (vol. vl, p. 68, "History of the Civil
War") says "was a threat which might
be carried into action at any time." Mr.
Seward received the offensive dispatch qn
February 3, and answered lt on February
6 in what is described (Nlcolay and Hay's
"Abraham Lincoln," vol. vl, p. 7U as "one
of the most Important state papers writ
ten during the war." As soon as the con
tents of the French note were known In
Europe, a Russian fleet was ordered to
American waters, and It came to New
York harbor. Another Russian fleet came
to San Francisco.
President Lincoln and Secretary Seward
and the other members of the cabinet, and
the members of the foreign committees in
the two houses of congress, knew why it
came. The army and navy knew why, and
the people knew why. Mr. Clews also
must know why, or be a far less lutein
gent man than the average New York
banker.
PREACHER WHU ADVERTISES.
Value of Printers' Ink la Spreading;
Salvation.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Rev. Dr. W. H. Garth, rector of St. Bar
tholomew's Episcopal church, Naugatuck
Conn., haa not been pleased of lata with
the size of hi congregation. But, instead
of scolding the delinquents over the heads
of the faithful, be has adopted modern
methods for remedying the evil.
Luring last week he "billed the town'
and inserted half-page advertisements ln
the newspapers. These were not sensa
tional. They simply unnounced that there
would be services at St. Bartholomew's on
Sunday, and, in a perfectly businesslike
way announced what the attractions re
ligious, intellectual and musical would lie.
Much has been written on ull sides of tho
question. Does it pay to advertise? And
perhaps the best answer recently made
ls to be found in the following paragraph
from a dispatch referring to tho innovation
at Naugatuck:
"The result was more startling than Mr
Garth could have Imagined, for practically
the whole town turned out, and tin If an
hour before the service liegan people were
being turned away from the dmirs. Most
of the congregation brought their news
papers for programs, and the rustling
nearly drowned out portions of the sr.v
Ices."
As usual, the conservative rhurch mem
ber finds fault. He Is shocked, It Is said
by what he calls the rector's sacrilegious
conduct. But tie cannot deny he does not
dare to deny that the bills and the half
page advertisements brought the crowd
And aa a crowd was what H'V. Dr. Garth
wanted, and as the crowd was apparently
pleased with the services snd will come
again, and as there were doubtless scores
of sinners In the crowd who would no
have come had not the advertisements ln
fluenced them to come, and as Rev. Pr
Garth pays the advertising bills nut of hi
own porket. the complaint of the conferva
ttv member will not count for much, eve
though the question of propriety U still
. wide open.
ROtSD ABOtT KKW YORK.
fllpplea on the t'arrent of l ife la the
Metropolis.
Tables prepared by the New Tork Tax
Reform association, and based tip. in this
year's assessed valuations of real estate,
contain some Inti resting figures, lt bus
been possible this year to arrive St these
results for the first time owing to the sep
arate assessment of bind and bu'ldlngs.
Tho average value of land per acre In Man
hattan ls $lSR.ft; In the Pronx, tr,,19fi; In
Brooklyn. $fi.17; in Queens, $S'4, and In
Richmond, Sl'.t. The average value nf Im
provements per acre Is $X4.vH in Manhattan.
The population per acre, based upon tho
most recent health department estimate, la
137.4 ln Manhattan. The present population
shows an average of eighteen people to the
acre throughout the entire city.
The future tenant of sky scrapers In New
Tork will always see to It that his store or
office Is not ln the wind belt. The cold
winds have been so strong of late that
many big storekeepers on Uie ground floor
of the sky scrapers were simply put out
of business. Only the hardiest kind of n
man could even approach the Flntlmn
building, and tho cigar store on the angle
formed by Broidway and Fifth avenue did
a very small business. If this place hap
pened to be occupied by a concern dealing
In women's apparel there would have been
no businesn at all. The knowing- New Tork
woman shuns the Flatlron building; on
windy days as she would a plague.
Although there Is no particular stress of
hard times Just now, there wni never a
time in the recent history of New Tork
when the lines In front of the free grub
distributions were longer. It would be a
revelation to the New Torker who goes to
bed at 11 o'clock at night to stroll down
Broadway between that hour and midnight.
At Klghth street a big bskery has been
giving out over 3,f00 loaves of bread nightly
to thoso who nre willing to stand ln line
and receive the charity. Further tip In
Broadway, at t'nlon square, there Is
another long line, ranged toward a wagon
which Hearst, the everywhere sdltor, has
mercifully supplied to those homeless
wanderers who need a cup of cofTee and a
bun. At Madison square there Is another
line, and over this wretched crowd a
minister presides. He asks the people ln
tho crowd which surges by to give some
thing that will enable him to lodge the
homeless who have mutely gathered around
him to confess they have no place to sleep.
A Brooklyn magistrate rode high above
the law the other day when he refused to
Issue dispossess notice on the ground that
It was too cold to put any person In the
street. A lawyer had all the legal proof
that the landlord was within bis rights,
but the judge said he did not propose to
become a party to any such Inhumane
transaction. The thermoneter was hovering
around zero. "Come around with your
papers when the weather moderates," said
tho magistrate, "and I may find time to
look over them." The lawyer went away
saying that he had never heard such talk.
but when he emerged from the building
and was hit by an Icy blast from the north
east he said after all the Judge might have
been right.
Senator Aldrich of Rhode Island, while
In New York on business a short time ago
was stopped near his hotel one evening
by an elderly woman who Inquired the way
to Harlem. "It's over two miles, my good
woman," said the senator. "You better
take a cab." "Two miles," exclaimed the
woman despairingly, "and I must walk."
8he was turning away when Aldrich said:
Here, my poor woman, are a couple of
dollars. That will take you home," and he
walked on, followed by fervent blessings.
Two nights later, not far from the same
place, the same woman plaintively naked
him the way to Harlem. "Good Lord,
woman," he said, "haven't you got to
Harlem yet?" and passed on.
A measure has been Introduced ln the
New Jersey legislature to tax out of ex
istence the miles and miles of billboards
that disfigure the landscape on both sides
of the railroad lines between New York
and Philadelphia.
While this is being done In rural snd
long abused Jersey, the Tammany pnrk
commissioner ls endeavoring to sell for
advertising uses the Immense fence sur
rounding the new public library building,
n the very heart of the city of New
York.
Now that the subway of Manhattan
Island Is nearlng completion and Interest
ln its marvelous engineering feats Is abat
ing, the public Is turning Its attention
toward the progress of the tunnel under the
North river which Is being constructed by
the New York & New Jersey Railroad
company. Work on this great tunnel has
been going on for years, but there has
been little fuss made about It In the news
papers, and as It ls wholly out of sight,
and the subway very much In evidence,
quite naturally the latter received greater
attenlon.
Work has reached a point on the river
tunnel where It has become Interesting to
the traveling public. Recently It has been
announced thut in about a year It will lie
ready for use, and that Inside of a month
the first tube of the span will be entirely
across the river and officials will have the
novel experience of making their first Jour
ney under the river bottom.
This North river tunnel, which must not
be confounded with the 'Pennsylvania rail
road tunnel, which is also under construc
tion at the present time, will connect Man
hattan Island at a point below Christo
pher street with Jersey City, and means
a whole lot for the relief of congested Man
hattan. Being a railroad tunnel, It will
bring hundreds of thousands of persons
directly Into the city who are now obliged
to cross by the slower going and more un
comfortable ferries. It will also solve tne
question for living for a good many, as
the suburbs In Jersey will be more ac
cessible than now, thus enabling many
New York families to live there In far more
comfort than in cooped-up flats and apart
ments of the city.
Police Captain Chapman of New York,
the man who acquired a reminiscent tarne
by raiding the Beeley dinner at Sherry s.
wants to have his name taken off the re
tired list. What be desires is an active
job with full pay on the police force.
Chapman was quite a person about four
years ago, but lately he has dropped out of
sight. It Is claimed for him that no man
In New York has a finer or more luxuriant
or better kept set of whlsKera. men mere
is the nerve of raiding Sherry's on his side.
Public tyinpathy is with Mm in tne tnori
to get back on the active list.
'Living costs more these days, but it's worth
more to live."
SHERIDAN COAL
Makes Life Worth Living.
Nut $6, Splendid for Cooking. Lump $6.5()'.
Victor White Coal Co. XMT??iT
rEBSOK!, KOTOS.
A New Tork woman willed her entire
estate to her lawyer. There Is apparently
no limit to the Introduction ef time-saving
Ideas.
Over patents have been Issued r.t
Washington the lnt few years on a-M
flcial fuels, and yet the coal man has us fit
his grip!
Don't know why It Is called "Neve"
Chwang, as If the Chinese had a few of
our adjectives In their language. Where
Is tHd Chwang?
John J. Doran of the t'nlted States rruiscv
Montgomery, who was wounded while cut
ting the cable at C'tenfuegog, has just died
at Fnll River, Mas.
Prof. Tilggs has been dropped from Chi
cago university for comparing Shakes
peare with Rockefeller. It may be that
Mr. Rockefeller feels Insulted.
The citizens of Aiken, 8. C, will build
and set aside a city park to be named
Whitney park, In honor of their esteemed
fellow citizen, the late W. C Whitney.
Who says the world Is not growing belter
wheu a district municipal court In New
lork In 11 Tammany administration orders
a gas company to refund money for 1. bill
achieved by an energetic gas meter?
Seven commanding officers of the J ipaiu se
navy are graduates from Annapolis nnd
among tho number Is Admiral t'riu, the
commander of the Japanese squadron that
lately attacked tho Russian fleet oft l'ort
Arthur. ,
Ona of the most talked-ot men at Har
vard Is Otohlko Matsukata, a Japanese
student. This Is his second year ln the
university, where he is well known and
exceedingly popular. Ills father was min
ister of finance ln Japan for some time
and is very wealthy. The young man goes
ln for athletics, being a member of tho base
ball squad, which has Just started practice.
TRIFLES LIGHT AS AIR.
"Never tell Mlggs anything that you don't
want generally known."
"Why not? Can't he keep a secret?"
"I should say not. Why, he talks in his
sleep." Chicago Post.
Tess She always laughs at him so, and
yet be Isn't at all humorous.
Jess No, but 1 lielleve she heard that
he had remarked once that lio admired her
teeth. Philadelphia Press.
Maybelle Kit McFranklln ls alway
s say-
Aon'4
iplo U,f
Ing spiteful ti.lnus about tne. but 1
mind her. It takes all kinds of peoplt
in m ne a worm.
The Young Man (In an ardent wh.lsp.i-)
No, lt doesn't! It takes only one person!
Chicago Tribune.
"I understand you're a walking delegate
ln your union."
"Oh, dear, no. Why, I work." Indian
apolis Journal.
"No, thank you," said Miss De Mure,
"1 don't care to meet any new young
men."
"My!" exclaimed Miss Gaddle, "you'ru
select ail of a sudden!"
"No," replied Miss De Mure, glancing
dreamily at er new ring. "I've merely
been selected all of a sudden." rhihuiel
phla Press.
"Some of my family have been very long
lived," said the woman ln the cerise panuo
hat. "My father died at 4, but one of my
grandfathers llvfd to be 8."
"Which grandfather was that?" asked
the white beaver.
"Oh," nald the lady in cerise, "that was
my grandfather by my first husband."
Washington Post
"I thought that pretty notress friend of
yours said she would never marry."
"Oh, well, she was out of work." New
York Times.
"You say they move ln tho very highest
circles?"
"I should sny so! Why, their names
never appear ln the. society columns of the
daily papers." Judge.
The head of the family glowered at his
prettv daughter.
"See here," he said, "that young Staylate
was on hand again last night! Does he
think I'm made of coal?"
"Why, pa." exclaimed the pretty one,
"bow can you be so unreasonable. You
have no Idea how much gas we are saving
you." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Why don't you make more speeehes?"
"I'm afraid to," answered Senator Sor
ghum. "I've seen too many Instances of a
mail's allowing all his attention to be ab
sorbed ln the preparation of a speech,
thereby allowing the opposition to get In a
lot of practl.-al and effective work."
Washington Star.
"What's In a name?" tho punster cried
He must have been a lusnln'
"What's In a name?" again he sighed.
"When ev ry Jap's s-rushln'?"
-Indianapolis Journal
WOMAN'S VERSION OF 'VAMPIRE."
Felicia Blake (after Kipling). .
A fool there was, and she lowered her
pride
(Even as you and I)
To a hunch of conceit ln a masculine hide
(We saw the faults that could not ba
denied)
But the fool saw only his manly stsW
(Even aa you and I).
Oh, the love we laid on our own heart's
grave
With the care of our head and hand.
Belongs to the man who did not know
(And now we know that he never conl.l
know)
And did not understand.
A fool there was, and her best she gave
(Even as you and 1)
Of noble thoughts, of gay and grave
(And all were accepted as due to tho
knavel,
But a fool would never her folly save
(Even as you and 1).
Oh, the stabs she hid, which the Lord for
bid Had ever been really planned,
We took from the man who didn't know
why
(And now we know he never knew why)
And did not understand.
1
The fool was loved while, the game was
new
(Kven ns yon and L.
And when when lt was played she took he
cua (TMnddlng along as most ef us do)
Trying to keen his faults from vl' w
(Even as you and I).
And It Isn't the nche of the heart or Its
break
That stlnirs like a whltn-hnt brand
It ls the learning to know that she raised
And ben flier head to kl-is the rod
For one who could tint undi ratuml.
Rimless Eye
Glasses $1.00
IIUTES0N OPTICAL CO.,
213 South 16th St. I'axton Block.
Fictorj ci the Premises.
Kodaks and Supplies.
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