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    TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: BUND AY, MARCH 27, ' 1004.
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before mo this 1st day of March, A. D.,
1904. M. B. H UNGATE.
(Seal) Notary Public.
If Bona tor Burton be ncquitted by a
Missouri Jury his vindication will bo
complete. lie comes from Kansas.
Russia claims tbe first victory on land,
but It will find that the supply of men
Is more easily replenished than war-
f ulilns
Italy's decision o preserve the castle
of Canossa Is not one of the evidences
of the cordial feeling between Rome
and Berlin.
A change In the prize ring champion
ship attracts a good deal less popular
excitement In these days than a first
class horse race.
In spite of neutrality proclamations
the United States will sympathize with
Russia, as both bare 'a canal problem
to solve at the same time.
The Iowa state senate has turned a
deaf ear to the appeals of rival locations
to secure the removal of the School for
the Deaf from Council Bluffs. -
How lucky for the anarchists of Italy
that the accident to the steamship Koe
nlg Albert happened after the emperor
of Germany had disembarked.
John Mitchell's advice to the Colo
rado miners Is to refrain from work
and from dlttorder. Good advlco from
the union standpoint, but bard to fol
low. Deposed"klngs" on the board of trade
can teach champion prize fighters one
lesson. They art not wont to set up a
cry of fraud or favoritism when they
are deposed.
If the public bad been aware that
Colonel Arthur Lynch Intended to per
petrate an historical novel, Its Interest
In' his release from prison , would not
have been so 4aep.
It will not hurt tbe party for South
Dakota democrats to endorse Ilearst,
but " such endorsement from states
which send democratic votes to the elec
toral college are as yet quite few.
Omaha Is over on the increase aide of
the weekly bank clearings ledger, while
tbe average for the country is down in
decrease figures. Omaha as a business
body corporate la enjoying excellent
health.
Are you planning for a visit to too St
Louis exposition this summer! If so,
save your traveling expenses by captur
ing one of The Beo's World's fair trips.
Sixty people will go to St Louis at Too
Bee's cost why not yout
Russian diplomacy has at last come
to an end and the czar now Informs
the public that tbe present war must
result in Russian pre-eminence on the
raciflc coast of Asia. The threat is
not so surprising as the admission.
No danger for the present that the
new guns which tbe British government
is installing at EsquinjaJt, an which
are said to be powerful enough to send
nhot to the shores of the United
States, will be turned in this direction
It was to have been expected that the
county commissioners would be sur
prised when officially informed that the
plumbing at the county hospital is de
fective, although they had been indi
vidually aud collectively told so many
times.
Systematic co-ordination of all our
local charities would soon smoke out the
fake Institutions that absorb money col
lected under , false pretenses from phil
anthroplc people who Imagine they are
helping along a worthy causa. A co
operative charity organisation would
put the staap of legitimacy upon all
sfterltortous Institutions and societies
and brand tiio fake -and frauds with
nuiUtaaabla lubeU, '
PUBLICITY ADD XUPtHYlStOS.
The decision of the united States su
preme court in the Northern raciflc
merger case emphasized In broad terms
the right and duly of, the national gov
ernment to exercise supervisory author
ity over corporations engaged in Inter
state commerce. Now that this broad
principle is fully established no corpora
tion, however powerfully Intrenched,
can refuse to make the reports required
by the Department of Commerce con
cerning its capitalization and financial
condition.
The Imperative necessity of periodic
publicity of corporate operations Is now
admitted even by the trust magnjrrrs,
who feel the need of protection against
each other as much as they do the res
tcrutioa of public confidence In their
securities. It has taken two months for
the United States Steel corporation to
prepare a report showing why It did not
pay the dividend ou the common stock
which was earned Inst year, and It will
take a good deal longer for Its man
agers to explain away the awful slump
In the market value of Its stocks since
the searchlight of publicity was thrown
upon the operations of the shipbuilding
trust.
According to the best Information ob
tainable, the net earnings of the fruited
States SteVl corporation for the three
years of operating amount to $01,000,
000, exclusive of the cash surplus of
$2.-.,000.000 with which the companv
started business. It Is conceded that
If the holders of common stock had been
paid dividends to the value of 4 per
?nt for 11)03 there stlil would have -been
left over $.",000,000 surplus for the yeir
aud p. most $(50,000,000 for the three
years, which would certainly have been
Mitlsfni-tory to the holders tf common
stock. 1 he failure to pay dividends Is
n scribed to an unexpected demand for
ensn to pay bills, and the curtailment of
'redlt unions bankers, who are the chief
benellc'aries of the corporation, as well
as the chief owners of the preferred
sleek. It Is not disclosed, however, why
these benevolent bankers changed part
of the preferred stock Into 5 per cent
bonds. $20,000,000 of which were sold
to a syndicate of the same hanking com
bine, while the $30,000,000 were un
loaded upon the confiding public.
Of course, It would be ungenerous to
suggest that Mr. Morgan, who controls
the company and was at the head of the
syndicate to raise the cash, mixed bp
his interests and got the concession be-
ause the bonds were worth far less
than the price agreed upon. It tran
spires, also, that $0,000,000 is still dne
to the company from Mr. Morgan and
his friends and If that had been paid
there still would have been sufficient
surplus to have redeemed promises made
to the common stockholders.
All this juggling with Steel trust funds
could, however have been prevented
had the Department of 'Commerce been
in position to make a searching Inquiry
and exercise such supervision as would
protect stockholders and the public at
large from the. rapacity of the Inside
ring that manipulates the Steel trust
What .-is applicable, to the Steel trust
would be equally applicable to1 all the
other trusts and corporations engaged
In interstate commerce. While publicity
alone could not prevent the destruction
of competition or restraint of trade, It
would effectively block confidence
schemes by which worthless securities
have been floated and our entire com
mercial fabric has been menaced with
panic and ruin. -
1JV THiC riXAL HBTTLBMB11T.
In tbe great conflict that Is going on
in the far east all the powers of the
world are interested. It follows that
In tbe final settlement of that warfare
the nations which are now incidentally
concerned In the conflict will require
the belligerents to consider more or
less the obligations they owe the re
spective powers of Europe. What that
will involve Is a question of the ut
most moment to the civilized world.
The time has certainly gone by when
at the close of a war two Important
belligerent nations can be permitted to
make a treaty of peace upon terms sat
isfactory and convenient to themselves
in disregard of tbe interests of other
nations. The powers Intervened to
shape the terms of peace between Ja
pan and China; they controlled the set
tlement between Turkey and Greece.
When Russia was at the gates of Con
stantinople and in the treaty of San
Stefano dictated terms altogether un
acceptable to the powers, the concert
of Europe Interposed and established
very - different conditions of peace In
the treaty of Berlin. Less than a dec
ade earlier Europe had made a great
blunder, la permitting Prussia to ex
tort harsh and savage terms from con
quered France and the ruthless policy
of Bismarck was responsible for condi
tions which have ever since kept alive
the sentiment and the policy of revenge
as a perpetual menace to the peace of
Europe.
What relation the United States will
have in the final settlement of tbe con
flict with tbe powers In Asia is a mat
ter of future determination, but one of
the utmost Interest and importance.
Our government has already placed
Itself In a very strong, positive position
la respect to Us rights and privileges In
China. It has established certain treaty
claims there of which there can be no
doubt or dispute. China has conceded
them and they have been acknowledged
by the Russian government Bat for
the moment the latter declines to per
mit such rights to be exercised and our
government Is not enforcing them for
the obvious reason that to do so might
cause an issue which might lead to
troublesome consequence. It does not
follow, however, that this position Is
unchangeable.
The great proposition is as to what the
attitude of the United State will be
when the final settlement of the eastern
war will come. In a speech made in tbe
United States senate a short time ago
Mr. LVpew Mid that pur policy must
be to maintain as far as possible the
integrity of China and her autonomy
and that "we. are going to be consulted
when that time comes and this Russian
Japanese war ! over, no matter which
side Is the - victor. We are to be con
sulted because the adjustment la not to
be made, nor to be permitted by the
rest of Europe to be made, by those
two powers, but t by a European con
gress, the, same as It has always been."
The probability Is that the New York
senator did not make this declaration
without knowing something of the feel
ing In administration circles in Wash
ington, but In any event It Is' certain
that whatever may-be the outcome of
the far eastern war the United States
will have something to say In the final
adjustment, so far as its Interests are
concerned.
THS IMMIGRATION PHOBLBM.
Enthusiasts for further restriction of
Immigration, who feel that unless the
doors are completely shut against the
inflow of Immigrants entering from
Europe the nation will be swamped with
an onasslmilablo population, should read
and study'the dispassionate analysis of
the Immigration problem by Roland P.
Falkner In the current Political Science
Quarterly. Dr. Falkner, who ranks
high as an expert statistician and eco
nomist, deals with the cold, hard fig
ures of our Immigration statistics and
refuses to be stampeded by sentimental
Ideas of natlvlstlc superiority. He calls
attention to the fact that popular Inter
est In the Immigration question rises and
wanes with every rise and ebb of Its
tide, and that the volume of immigra
tion, subject as it is to marked fluctu
ations, is irregular in its rise and fall,
being now In an' upward movement,
culminating in the record-breaking fig
ures of the past year, approximating
close to the 1,000,000 mark.
Thoso who advocate greater restric
tion than is already imposed. Justify
their contention by arguing that Immi
gration Is not only Increasing in -quantity
but deteriorating in quality. These
two propositions, namely, that we are
adding not only an Increased number
of foreigners to our population year by
year and that these additions are on
the whole less desirable than those of
former years, are taken up separately
and subjected to critical Investigation.
Dr. Falkner tries to arrive at a rea
sonable estimate of the net figures of
population resulting from immigration
by deducting the loss by death of their
own number and those who return to
their old homes after a comparatively
short sojourn In this country. He also
tries to eliminate those who are counted
two or three times because of immigra
tion to the United States followed by
a revisiting of their native countries
and checks up the statistics of tbe immi
gration bureau against the returns of
foreign-born population in the 1900 cen
sus. ..lie insists that to. estimate the
force of the immigration movement we
must take the gvoss figures with con
siderable allowance, particularly since
general conditions, such as greater ease
and cheapness of transportation, make
It highly probable that temporary so
journers and those counted twice were
much less numerous in former years, so
that the effective immigration repre
sented by the figures was relatively
larger then than now. Grouping the
statistics by decades and reducing them
to a percentage ratio tbe conclusion is
forced "that the Increase of foreign
born population was a less percentage
of tho recorded immigration at the last
census interval than at any preceding,
and from the standpoint of population
the immigration problem is not now a
greater problem in its quantitative as
pects than It was fifty years ago."
Considering the second premise that
recent. Immigration Is less desirable
than formerly with reference to the
character of the new-comers, Dr Falkner
affirms tbe commonly accepted state
ment that the centers of Immigration
are shifting from northern and western
Europe to tbe southern and eastern
areas. Ha expresses the opinion fur
ther that the Increase in the purely tem
porary immigration, indicated by the
low percentage of women and children,
has gone hand In hand with the shift
lng of immlgratl6n centers and while
deplorable In Introducing Into the body
politic a class of people not only alien
In fact but determined . to remain so,
this undesirable temporary immigration
mnst he considered separate from tbe
problem of permanent Immigration,
which turns on the probability of as
slmllatlon to the conditions, standards
and ideals of American life. The ob
jectionable feature presented by the
herding together of the foreign-born in
cities, he Insists, cannot be taken as an
evidence of unwillingness of the Immi
grants to adapt themselves to new con
ditions, and he even doubts whether It
is a serious obstacle to adaptation and
assimilation for the promotion of which
the great agency Is the public school
system, operating as It does constantly
upon the children of the Immigrants.
As to the capacity for adaptation to
new conditions, tbe statistics show that
the illiteracy of Immigrants over 14
years of age Is no greater now than for
the average of the last ten year and
has not perceptlby affected tbe per
cent of illiteracy in the total popu
latlon of the country. The aame
Is true with reference to the ca
pacity to earn a livelihood, the
percentage of Immigrants having no oc
cupation varying but little. Dr. Falk
ner, therefore, feels justified In ventur
ing the assertion "that there has been
no appreciable deterioration in th anal
lty of Immigration, Judged from the
standpoint of occupation, and that what
it Is today tt ha always been." And
he conclude hi entire study by ssklng
this question: "Should the matter rest
where It now stands; may we not hope
that th doubts now expressed, whether
th cation can successfully . absorb the
Immigrants of today will prove quite as
unfounded as those which found re
pression some fifty year ago when the
first great influx of Immigration c
cured?" All rational and unprejudiced cltl
sens who realize how much the country
owes to the Immigration of the past
and are Interested In a continuance of
Its progress and prosperity will certainly
echo this hope.
GAMBLING IV HUJH LlFH.
It is not always politic for a public
man to call a spade a spade, but District
Attorney Jerome of New York, who is
carrying on a campaign against public
gambling In Greater New York, does
not appear to be a respecter of persons
or classes. In a recent address before a
committee of the New York state senate
he bluntly declared that the men and
women in upper tendom are more ad
dicted to gambling than the men and
women in the lowest social scale. To
be more specific, Mr. Jerome asserted
that men In the two leading social clubs
In New York today the University
club and the Union club were in close
touch with professional gambling re
sorts, and that playing for money has
come to be so frequent among women of
the smart set that it attracts no atten
tion.
This is positively shocking, but it is
lamentably true. It Is an open secret
that while open public gambling has de
creased in our larger cities, the disap
pearance of semi-public gambling has
been accompanied by a strange increaso
In gambling among people who move
In gilt-edged society. It is also a mat
ter of notoriety that even the young
ladles' fitting schools have to keep a
constant sharp eye on their students to
prevent gambling. Members of college
faculties ore 'well aware of the fact that
vicarious athletics in which a man
watches another man play has stimu
lated gambling on a colossal scale, but
they show no disposition to suppress It
In the national capital gambling in cer
tain-public places has much decreased,
but stock gambling, and so-called in
vestments In get-rlch-qulck enterprises
of a hit or miss character have multi
plied enormously.
As a matter of fact the gambling
spirit permeates all society and the
temptation to play for stakes, large and
small, appears to be irresistible, especi
ally among the Idle classes. In spite of
the suppression of various forms of gam
bling in our cities, the gambling vice
Is increasing rnthef than decreasing.
The lottery, the public gambling halls
and policy shop are being gradually
stamped out, but gambling In high life
has become one of the accomplishments
of exclusive society and whenever the
search light of publicity is turned upon
the gilt-edged, there is an outcry rnUed
that it is positively shocking. , , -
The money-making - presses of the
Philadelphia mint are running night and
day under high pressure and turning
out $1,000,000 in gold coin every twenty-
four hours, and all the machinery . of
the mint will be' kept in-motion. for at
least 100 days, until $100,000,000 In half
eagles, eagles and double eagles shall
bye been delivered to 1 the national
treasury. Nothing else Is doing; not a
sliver coin is being bandied. Whether
this fact will Impress itself sufficiently
on the mind of W. J. Bryan to convince
him that there is another conspiracy
against silver that Justifies a popular up
rising Is, however, problematic.
Senator Hansbrough declares that the
movement to secure the repeal of the
desert land law, tbe timber and stone
law and the commutation of the home
act is due to the efforts of tbe lobby
composed mainly of holders of large
tract 8 bought from railroad companies.
This is a serious charge, but the senator
from North Dakota must also be aware
of the fact that land grant railroads
maintain a lobby that looks after their
interests on the floor of the senate. Of
the two sets of lobbyists those on the
floor are more dangerous than those
who frequent the cloak rooms.
Chicago ministers have decided to re
frain from Joining in the pulpit attack
npon Senator Reed Smoot as planned
by the .National League of Woman's
Organisations of America. Tbe Chicago
preachers declare that in their Judgment
It Is inadvisable and that they believe
congress can deal with the Smoot case
without them. In this conclusion their
Judgment is eminently sound. Th
Smoot case is not to be disposed of by
a hysterical appeal to popular sentiment
but upon constitutional law and estab
lished precedent.
The bill granting tbe states police
power over original packages of bottled
malt and spirituous liquids has been re
ported favorably by the Judiciary com
mittee of the lower house of congress,
and Iowa breweries and distilleries will
presently enjoy the monopoly of supply
lng the constantly increasing demand in
that state for bracing stimulants. There
Is nothing in the bill, however, that will
prevent importations from Milwaukee
by pipe line
Judge Swayne's chief .defense to th
impeachment . charges formulated
against blni consists of tbe production
of numerous letters of attorneys prac
ticing before him endorsing him for
promotion at various times when the
president had vacancies on a superior
bench to fill. It would be a poor Judge
Indeed who could not get a collection of
fulsome testimonials from sycophantic
lawyers practicing In his court
Commissioner Ware' explanation of
the reasons for his order on disability
pensions is not designed to make him
popular with the physicians, who, he
says, have cost tbe government more
for examinations of applicants than the
pensions would have amounted to.
The trial of Senator Burton has
focused popular attention upon the fact
that lawyers who occupy seats in the
national legislature do not scruple to
accept retainers from corporations and
Individuals who bav Job to log roll
through congress, or through any of thef
departments, when it Is as plain as day
light that the retainer Is nothing more
nor less than a smooth way of placing
a bribe where it will do the most good.
Those hair-cutting hazers at Michigan
university must have a stand-In with
the barbers for a share of the profit
when the sheep-shea red victims come In
to have their locks touched up to make
them once more presentable. At all
events the hair-cutting frenisy of the
hazers on the campus is only a step
further advanced than the hair-splitting
mania of the professors in many of their
class rooms. f
Having proved to his own satisfaction
before a board of Inquiry that Iondon
cannot by Itself successfully, operate n
line of street cars, Mr. Yerkes has
reached the point where he can send out
a prospectus showing how much there is
In the business for a private company.
The Postofflce department is alwut to
Issue its commemorative series of
Louisiana Purchase exposition postage
stamps. This Is one of the few places
in which the government's Investment
In exposition stock brings in direct re
turns, The success of the Omaha High school
debaters at Lincoln would Indicate that
the center of oratory In Nebraska Is
gradually shifting. Tretty soon instead
of the "Boy Orator of the Platte" we
will be regaled by the "Boy Orator of
Cut-Off Lake."
They Can't Mtaa It.
Detroit Free Press.
There Is no use worrying over the
Whereabouts of the Vladivostok fleet. If
the Jap fall to find It, It will be the first
thing belonging to Russia they have over
looked.
Tbe Retort Courteous.
Washington Post.
Prof. E. Benjamin Andrews expresses
a regret that Uncoln was not more cul
tured and refined. It Is also a matter
of regret that some college professors do
not have less culture and refinement and
more horse sense of the Lincoln brand.
Improving; Pohllo Morals.
Baltimore American.
The action of the Pennsylvania authori
ties In putting on trial a woman just out
of prison, charging her with conduct
prejudicial to the morality of the com
munity in attempting to coin her notoriety
on the stage, will meet with the approba
tion of all good and law-abiding citizens,
and the heartfelt thanks of the friends of
the drama. The Idea of regarding the
stage as tfie natural resort of notoriety
arising from offenses against social order
or the law has been carried to extremes,
which justify such Interference and which
degrade 'the theater by such abuse of its
purposes and ends.
Foreign Born Americans broaa.
Philadelphia. Press.
Secretary Hay is doing a good work In
negotiating treaties which provide that a
naturalized citizen who returns to his na
tive land and remains there for two years
shall cease to be a citizen of the United
States, There has been great trouble and
expense Incurred by tho United States In
attempting to protect foreigners who came
hero only ' for tho purpose of retting
naturalized, and then going back homo to
live, claiming tho protection of the United
States. , Under this new arrangement they
could have that protection for two years
after their return home, but no longer.
That Is right.
SERMONS BOILED DOWN.
Selfishness Is the heart of sin.
Tho fussy are never effective.
' Character la orystallzed, conduct.
Obedience Is better than oblation.
Mercies multiply as wo measure them.
Only manufactured doubts are advertised.
Nothing spoils the Ufa like living for the
spoils.
Giving happiness Is tho only secret of get
ting It.
Our victories depend on how w take our
defeats.
An unbridled tongue goes with an unbur
dened brain.
Sins of the Imagination are mora than Im
aginary sins.
There Is no delight for thoso who turn
back from duty.
A men's love for Ood may bo measured
by his life for men.
Tou can hardly expect to get fire out of a
cold storage religion.
A principle hung up on tho wall may be
worse than none at all.
Tho man who can smllo at a small trouble
'Will subduo a great one.
Tho man who Is looking for a chanee to
be grateful la never without one.
With an uneducated heart there can never
bo mora than a half educated head.
It Is one thing to work up your sentiments
and another to work out your salvation.
Chicago Tribune.
PERMNAI. AND OTHERWISE.
It 1s reported In Boston that John L. Sul
livan Is going blind. Well, the only Johnell
has seen about everything.
Signs ot spring havo appeared In Chicago.
Suburban districts are overflowed and tbs
Chicago river Is running both ways.
The old Panama Canal commission man
aged to disburse tho regular appropriation
without tho bother of keeping books.
Having secured a monopoly of the violet
orop, tho Standard Oil peopla are enabled
to toas a bouquet to everyone rushing the
can.
Tho government Is now building a run
that wfll shoot thirty miles. ThU Is Just
what Boston needs to disperse phantom
fleets In ttmo of trouble.
A Chicago student of social phenomena
has reached tho conclusion that policemen
need more exerolse In arid beats to keep
their Imposing fronts within " respectable
dimensions.
Tbe anthracite barons are rental philan
thropists. Just as the weather eases up a
bit they chop off (0 cents a ton In tho prleo
of coal, not on accoilnt of the consumer,
but to give the Ico man a show.
Tho managers of tho St. Louis fair on
January 10 bad spent IH.7 Jo. and had
contracts outstanding to raise tho total to
tl4.683.53. These huge sums cover expendi
tures on tho main buildings and grounds.
The Missouri mule has been annexed to
Imperial bouse of Morocco. Hitherto tbe
kicking baa been monopolised by pugna
cious opponents of tho royal machine. Re
taliation by experts will vary the
monotony.
' A New Tork City club composed of moth
ers gSve reform a' great boost by electing
as president a woman who Is tho mother
of several children. Heretofore theoretical
mothers gobbled up the offices and did all
the talking
A New York family possessed of scant
faltb In banks and $1.0(0 In cash deposited
the roll between tbe carpet and tho floor
of tho home. Both homo aiul niuiiey were
burned up. If tho coin had been thrown
to tho birds there would remain at least
a pleasant memory.
SKCVLAH SHOTS AT TUB TlXPIT.
. 14. ' k. Brooklyn
tmcagr, beating
preacher h '" J prnicMy re-
Chicago ROcorn-tiern.n.
wi mltm Fill tirwMj . .
rtralnlS ""If. Tber. 1. no talk of lynch-
' Mlnnoapoll Jou.nal: rco hundred
"'"VmsewTtoTr orTno 'S
S-TtJSSS Tor rTl ems
applicants are properly Identified It seems
strange that such action .hould be re
garded as sufficiently unusual to create
remark. The wonder Is that ministers
have ever failed to follow this rule.
Philadelphia Record: Bishop
afraid that the young men In tho Phila
delphia Methodist Episcopal conference
will crowd some of the veterans out of
the more desirable assignments, and tney
probably will. The world was a very com
fortable one for the old men 3,000 " 4.000
years ago-say, about the period of Jod
and still Is In Chin. But In the pro
gressive part of the world length of days
Is uot a strong claim upon consideration,
or for preferment, and the churches can
not afford to be loS kind and generous.
They have their work p do. and they
must get the beat men to do It, even
though a senior Is occasionally displaced
by a Junior.
New York Tribune: "Wo shall not."
said Bismarck, "go to Canossa." The
strong boast was no doubt meant at tho
time, and tho strong man who made It
thought surely he would bo able to keep
It. it was In .1872 that tho Jesuits were
driven out of Germany, and It was In 1873
that the Falk laws were made. The next
yeur saw six Prussian blshopa cast Into
prison and 1.30 parish churches cloaed.
But In 1879 'Falk resigned, Puttkammer
succeeded him and Bismarck turned his
face Canossaward. By 186 tho kullur-
kampf was practically ended. In his own
time and at the heltjht of his power Bis
marck had reached Canossa. it has been
reserved until now for the work to be
completely done or undone. Tho stop
that was first to bo taken Is tho last to
be retraced. But it Is retraced at last,
and tho Jesuits are free to return to Ger
many. Portland Oregonlan: In a letter to Rev.
George F. Bragg, a negro minister of Bal
timore, Cardlnul Gibbons expresses him
self as strongly opposed to th Jim Crow
bills considered by tho Maryland legisla
ture. His eminence says that peace und
harmony cannot prevail where such un
just discrlmlatlon prevails. He says that
It is Injudicious to make a whole race
suffer for the delinquencies of a few.
The cardinal further says that it Is
equally the duty of every member of a
community to avoid any action which Is
calculated to make 111 feelings and em
bitter the lot of a less fortunate race.
Cardinal Gibbons in this letter Is but
true to the best traditions and practice
of his church. African Hps may Join In
the chants of the church under the proud
dome of St. lVter's. A colored man In
the dress of priest and student may pass
beneath the portals of the College of the
Propaganda at Rome, secure from sneers
at his complexion or contempt for his
society.
"No Friends Like the Old Friends."
They are our allies, our coadjutors, our best agents
they help build us up. There would not be room in
The Bee to publish one-half of the letters that King our
praises. Listen, now, what one of our good friends for
20 years or more has to say:
S. A. McWhorter
Grain Commission
21$ Chamber of Commerce
Omaha. - Neb.
OMAIIA, NEB., March 19, 1904.
Mr. II. D. Xeely, Manager,
Equitable Life Assurance Society, 4
Omaha, Nebraska.
Dear S'r:
I have received your options of the settlement of
my 20-Payment Life $5,000 Policy, No. 273,905, and the
result is most satisfactory.
I elect to retain the policy now fully paid up for
$5,000 and draw surplus in cash, and also take an
additional new policy with you for $5,000.
This goes to prove, it seems to me, that I like the
Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States.
Youra truly,
S. A. McWHOBTER,
"THE STRONGEST IN THE WORLD"
THE EQUITABLE LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OP TUB UNITED STATES
HENRY B. HYDE. Founder.
120 BROADWAY. NEW YORK.
JAMES W. ALEXANDER, Pres. JAMES H. HYDE Vice-Pros.
H. D. NEELY, Mr. for Nebraska.
Hsrehants Nitlonal Bank Builllnz,
Wa HENRY BROWN. Cashier.
S. R. ELSDN sal E. S. STRE8fE3. aas.-al Aits., Omaha.
H. H. LOUQHR1DQE, Qnrl Art.. Lincoln.
JOB KLEIN, Osnersl Agt, PUttsnoutb. Neb.
ED B. JONES, Qsosral Aft., Hastings. Nsb.
J. R. HOOVE, Qsnersl Aft. Wsyno, Neb.
"The luxury of travel increases every day, bat it can nev er
equal the luxury of staying at home"-and using
nnr?fo)n
JlJLblMl
111! 1
Nut, fG.OO, dandy for cooking. Lump, $6.50, for heaters.
VICTOR WHITE COAL CO., 1605 Farnara. Tel. 127.
DOMESTIC PMCASAHTIIIES.
Miss Ol.lglrl-Wlil I marry tho man of
mv choice?
Fortune Teller Yes! Rut make no mla
take; the rnrdg say you will havo but on
choice. Puck.
"It's only a flirtation, I suppfise."
"Oh, d-ar. no. She's been looking up bit
commercial rating." Chicago Tost.
The chronic bachelor Anally turned to tho
aulet man who bad taken no rart In tho
Iscusslon. "Would you, sir.' he said,
"marrv the best woman In the world.
"I did," was tho reply. Ram s Horn.
Pollv I'm tired of work. I believe I'll
answer one of these millionaire husband
1 iill v Goodness; s'pose you got one with
a long, straggly beard or red sldewhlak
crs Indianapolis Journal.
Mndffe Whv don't you accept him If bo
offered to have his life Insured In your
favor? . , , .
linllv Because If he was a good risk for
the company he vas a baa one for mo.
Town Topics.
"We agreed to treat oaoh other with
perfect frankness."
"How did It work?" , . .
"Oh. I could stand her frankness; but
she wouldn't stand mine." Detroit Free
Tress.
"Did young Mr. Rltchun refer to the sub
ject of love and marriage?" asked her con
fidential friend.
"No." snld the Vassar girl. "H ho ha
referred to it I should not havo lot him,
ret away. He only allused to It. "-Chicago
Tribune.
A PRAYER.
Though Jan and Russ shall meet In waV,
And sheo their richest blood;
Though greeil and seinsn passions nmi
Their common brotherhood;
Great God, by whose controlling hand
Tho worlds thelr course run,
Let peace shine o'er this smiling land,
Kffulgent as tho sun.
Though FVanco and Knglnnd, long at
peace.
Tlielr friendliness forego;
Though hurniony between them cease.
And blood like water flow;
Aimlghtv God, be Thou our guide.
Our eviry set control;
Let trface and happiness betide.
While war clouds onward roll.
Though German legions take tho field.
Bedecked In war's nrray;
Though peace to blood and carnage yield.
And crimson fields portray;
Infinite Mind, who knows our thought.
Who reads our Inmost heart.
Bring warring elements to naught
A love of pence Impart
Though Chinese, like the yellow blight.
Shall devastate and slay;
And, breaking every rule of right.
No neutral laws obey;
Great God. mav we possess tho power
To keep thy righteous laws.
And on.lv In oppression's hour
Mako war for freedom's cause.
Though Armenians suffer wrong,
And Hebrews bl"ed and die;
F.-otm T'srln's cruel arm, and stror.g,
Poland for succor crvn
T t-nai God, led bv Thine arm
TH land shall ever be
A helter from pprer.slon's harm
Home of tho brave and free.
Thouch cannon's ronr. snd clash of arms.
And msrtl-1 trend resound:
T"M'fh battle's din. snd wsr's alarms,
ThroiiKhout the world Is fovnd;
Hf Thou a 'mp to light our feet,
Till that blest day annears,
"Whn men their swords to plowshares
pruning bonks, fhelr spears. 0
North Platte, Neb. R. H. LANGFORD.
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