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Notary Pubjjo.
Nebraska's semi-centennial celebration
May 31 next Mark It down.
As the month of showers April Is right
tip to the scratch In delivering the goods.
Nebraska still has 8,000,000 acres of
grazing lands to offer to the pastoral
homeseeker.
All roads will lead to Bt Louis for six
months, beginning with the formal open
ing of the Louisiana Purchase exposition
next Saturday.
Wnat a pity those census bureau
mathematicians did not discover that
colossal discrepancy In tbe Omaha cen
sus of 1800 fourteen years ago.
, Admiral Skrydloff has expressed an
Intention of going to Vladivostok rather
than to Port Arthur. He evidently wants
o command ships that can sail.
A New York correspondent says Judge
Parker Is a great barmonlzer. He is
certainly In a position now to demon
strate his harmonising qualities.
Colonel Joe Parker, the bead of the
populist national organization, ia out for
Hearst But will the Nebraska populist
contingent follow the bell-wether?
Heber Grant must be a candidate for
t Carnegie hero benefit He Insists that
be hat two wives and is sorry the law
will not permit him to have more.
In refusing to accept tbe resignation
of Admiral Alexieff the czar may have
taken a suggestion from the mikado and
la making the punishment fit the crime.
"The world do move," but not quickly
enough to prevent the arrest of base ball
players for plying their vocation on Sun
day In Brooklyn, tbe City of Churches.
The boll weevil is said to have al
ready made Its appearance in Texas.
It will have to secure a new partner this
season, as Sully has not recovered from
the last engagement
The statement that the majority of
southern delegates will follow tbe lead
of New York In the national convention
will have to be verified before the Bry-
nltes will believe it.
Judge Towers declares that the Utnh
schools are exceptionally good, but
they seem to be the source of education
to which a great number of people In
this country are objecting.
The Vladivostok squadron has success
fully departed from that port and sunk
a Japanese merchant vessel at Gensan,
which Is evidence conclusive of the fact
that Russia set no mines at Vladivostok.
It Is to be noted that Washington
county republicans In their convention
proceeded to select delegates to the con
gressional convention without first send
ing a conference committee to wait upon
Tom Blackburn.
With the conventions of last week
Hearst had captured 200 of S73 dele
gates to the Iowa democratic state con
ventlon, but as Iowa democrats will
have little to say as to the election, they
can afford to be. foolibh.
It is given out that at the recent meet
ing of the congressional committee for
the Second Nebraska district nearly all
the members were present, but it is jiot
stated how many times tbe chairman
voted himself on paper proxies in bis
Inside pocket.
St. Petersburg 'has no knowledge of
the fight on the Yalu, which, according
to correspondents, cost the Japanese
many men. Perhaps tbe Russian bureau
of Information at the front could not
find the code words to tell of victory
mllaU while the signals telling of dis
aster were being overworked.
THB RtAVtX-OHDAIXBD RATIO
WUJiam Jennlnga Brvsn still cling
with bulldog, tenacity to tbe "heaven
ordained ratio." In his scathing denjin-
rlatlon of the platform of the New York
state democracy be lays great atreaa
upon tbe fact that no refrenee la made
In It to the measure now before congress
to melt up nearly $trwooo,0TO of legal
tender sliver dollara into subsidiary coin
that la only a limited legal tender. Bryan
aeems to regard thle propoeltlop as an
other crime of '73, when In fact It la a
measure dealgned o do away witn a
maintenance of a
uniform honest money standard that
enables the government to maintain the
parity of paper, silver and gold coin and
currency.
An honest dollar la a dollar that will
come out of the melting pot worth as
much as when It went Into the melting
pot and the 600,000.000 silver dollars
emitted by the national treasury are not
honest dollars when measured by tEat
standard. To make them honest dollars
they should be worth 100 cents In metal,
while, In fact, they are only salable at
from 45 to 50 cents In the metal market
More than WK),000,000 of these dollars
s re now on deposit In the national treas
ury as collateral security for the re
demption of sliver certificates which cir
culate in their place.
Innsmnch as It costs 2 cents to coin a
silver dollar, the coinage of these dollars
was a waste of $10,000,000, and for all
practical uses they might Just as well
have never been coined. What congress
should have done long ago is to have re-
coined all the dishonest silver coin at a
ratio that would come nearer to making
a dollar worth 100 cents. The coinage
of 45 and 50-cent dollars offers a big
premium to counterfeiting, and it is an
open secret that millions upon millions
of counterfeit silver coin is In circulation
and cannot be detected by the bankers
or even by the mint officers excepting
after It is assayed.
The recolnage of the silver dollars
lying dead In the treasury Into half dol
la rs, quarters and dimes of less intrinsic
value would not, of course, remove the
Incentive .to counterfeiting, but It will
go far toward preventing an endless
chain run on the treasury In case of an
extraordinary demand for the export of
gold. But Mr. Bryan will continue to
insist upon maintaining the "heaven'
ordained ratio," although it is at vart
a nee with 'the original principle of bl
metallsm that contemplated the coinage
of gold and silver Into coins of equlva
lent metal value.
HBTUSKa MamATtoa.
There is nothing surprising in,, the re
port from St Petersburg that tbe czar
has refused the proposals of mediation
or Intervention said to have been pre
sented to him from the rulers ot Great
Britain and Denmark. The kings of
those countries are very closely allied I
to Nicholas II by family ties. None of
the royal peoples of . Europe are more
Intimately associated. We have already
noted how close this association Is. But
it Is not so. near or dear as to Interfere
with tbe determined purpose of Russia
to carry out her policy in the far east,
at least until it becomes an undoubted
fact that she cannot win against Japan.
In that event there is no doubt that
Russia would be very willing to accept
the mediation of Great Britain and the
other powers, but at present notwith
standing the disasters she has suffered
in a naval way in the far east Russia
will not humiliate herself by accepting.
or evenly seriously considering, any pro
posals for a settlement of the conflict
with Japan. There must be battles, and
great battles, before either of the com
batants will seriously consider any sug
gestion of intervention, and at this time
Russia would suffer a complete loss of
prestige most dangerous to her domestic
power, if she did so. There is an im
perative demand npon her to continue
the contest, not less than there Is upon
Japan, and all talk of mediation r Inter
vention is wholly Idle.
Alt ISOPPORTVUa MUVKMKHT.
Petitions are In circulation, which
have received the signatures of a consid
erable number of more or less prominent
men, that will be presented to the na
tional conventions of the two political
parties asking them to declare In their
platforms in favor of giving to the peo
ple ot the Philippines Independence upon
terms similar to those under which
Cuban Independence was established. It
Is altogther probable that the demo
cratic national convention will give beed
to this petition, expecting to thereby
catch the so-called antl-imperlallstic
vote,, but it is not likely that the repub
lican convention will go on record, in
favor of what these petitioners suggest
for the reason that their recommend
tlon is both Impracticable and dan
gerous.
The republican natlonat convention of
1000 clearly stated the position of the
party in regard to the Philippines. It
declared that the course taken respect'
ing the islands "created our responsl
blllty before the world and with the
unorganized population whom our in
terventlon had freed from Spain to pro
vide for the maintenance of law and
order, and for the establishment of good
government and for the performance of
International obligations." It was
further declared that our authority could
not be less than our responsibility "and
wherever sovereign rights were ex
tended it became the high duty of the
government to maintain its authority,
to put down armed Insurrection and to
confer the bleaslozs of liberty and civili
sation upon all the rescued peoples.
The largest measure of self government
consistent with their welfsre and our
duties rhall be secured to them by law."
This Is the position of the republican
party today and it will be so declared,
there can bt no doubt, by the coming
national convention of tbe party.
The highest authority in regsrd to the
Filipinos is unquestionably Secretary
Taft and no one Is luore deeply Inter
ested In the welfare of those people. In
an address a short time ago be sstd it
would be a mistake to put in the plat
form of any political party a declaration
In regard to the Philippines which goes
further thaa to declare that It Is the
nation's duty to do everything which
csn possiniy oe done to increase me
prosperity and happiness of the Islands.
He declared that "we owe some sup
port and encouragement to the con
servative element on which a conserva
tive government will be based when it
comes." In an address a few days ago
before the New York Chamber of Com
merce Secretary Taft went fully Into a
discussion of conditions in tbe Philip
pines, pointing out the benefits which
have already come from American rule
in the islands and repeating his previous
warning as to the danger involved in
acceding to the anti-imperialist demand
that we should promise Independence to
the Filipinos. He urged thst it would
be at least a generation and very likely
a much longer period before those people
are fitted for self-government and that
the inevitable effect of now holding out
to them the promise of independence
would be to bring about renewed trouble
and necessarily retard the progress of
the Filipinos toward the attainment of
capacity for governing themselves.
We think that the great majority of
the American people will be disposed
to accept the opinion of the man who
has had opportunity to carefully study
conditions in the Philippines, who is
very thoroughly acquainted with the
character of the natives of the islands
and who has shown the most earnest in
terest in their welfare.
MAKt WAT FOROBKATKROMABA.
It was eminently proper for South
Omaha to erect a substantial and com
modious High school building, not only
because the demand for such a structure
was Imperative, but because it would
continue to serve the purpose for which
It was designed when . South Omaha
becomes an Integral part of Greater
Omaha.. It is altogether different with
the proposed erection of a city ball
building for South Omaha, because the
annexation of South Omaha to Omaha
Is foreordained and cannot be deferred
many years more.
The trend of municipal expansion Is
toward consolidation. Greater New York
has annexed Brooklyn, with more than
800,000 population, and. the city build
ings of Brooklyn have been vacated as
no longer of any use for city offices.
Chicago has annexed fifteen or twenty
suburban towns and villages which now
enjoy all the advantages of a great
municipal central government Tbe
same is true of St Louis, Cleveland,
San Francisco, and, for that matter,
every city with more than 100,000 popu
lation. The process of concentration has
not stopped with the annexation of small
towns to large ones, but has extended
to tbe consolidation of county and mu
nicipal governments. Thus the city and
county of St Louis have become one
government and so has the city and
county of San Francisco. And more re
cently the city of Denver has followed
the example of San Francisco and St.
Louis by consolidating Its city and
county governments.
These consolidations not only lessen
expenses of local government and conse
quently reduce the burden of the tax
payer, but they are beneficial to the
general public by centralizing respon
sibility and reducing friction between
contending political agents, besides
simplifying the system of accounting
and facilitating Intercourse between the
taxpayer and the taxgatherer. There
ia no more reason why one tax commts
sloner should not supervise and regulate
the aasessment of property in Omaha,
South Omaha and Douglas county than
there Is excuse for maintaining three
separate treasurers to collect the city
and county taxes and disburse the city
and county funds.
There is no good reason why Omaha
and South Omaha, which to all intents
and purposes are one city, supplied with
water from the same water works, en-
Joying street railway service, telephone
and public lighting from the same cor
porations, should maintain two separate
mayors, two city clerks, two sets of fire
and police commissioners, two sets of
city councils and separate street clean
Ing, street repairing and public worka
departments. Tbe time Is not distant
when the public-spirited citizens of both
towus will Join hands for the consollda
tlon of the government of the two cities
and finally for the organization of the
county and city of Omaha under one gov
ernment within a radius of say ten
miles from the court house, leaving the
remainder of Douglas county to estab
lish a new county seat and maintain a
government for Itself unless that part of
Douglas county can be consolidated with
Sarpy county, with Papilllon as the
county seat of both.
This is tbe Inevitable sequence of the
Irrepressible growth of Omaha. Tbe
popular demand for the most efficient
and most economic government will as
sert Itself and It will be pure folly to
seek to stem the tide.
It Is said unofficially that Pope Plus
purposes protesting against the visit of
President Iubet of France to Rome on
the ground that it would be the first
visit paid to the king of Italy by the
ruler of a Catholic country. From re
cent events In France it Is difficult to
see how France can be considered
Catholic country.
Now that Governor Mickey has Issued
his proclamation for the appropriate ob
servance of the semi-centennial of Ne
braska It devolves upon tbe metropolis
ot Nebraska to display its public spirit
snd patriotism so as to mske the cele
bration creditable aa well aa memorable.
not only to Itself, but to the state.
The Lincoln Journal and its evening
tender are revamping tbe points raised
by The Bee two years ago in support
of tbe demand for an Increase in the
assessment of railroads and Its exposure
of the deceptive so-called distribution of
the terminal mines to the counties along
the whole line of enrh railroad. The
Bee Is pleased to have made some con
verts among the old railroad organs and
It Is to be hoped they will not backslide
on themselves before the state board of
assessment adjourns.
It was hoped that Omaha might get
through the building season this year
without any serious differences between
the employers and their workmen. It
is to be hoped, therefore, that the con
tracting painters and their employes will
be able to get together quickly before
any bad blood la engendered to spread
through the whole body of organized
labor.
Utah should understand that Colorado
has all rights reserved on sensational
mining strike troubles. Utah Is attract
ing enough attention at Washington and
should not try to bring off two shows
under separate canvasses at the same
time.
Senator Cullom has served notice on
tbe senate that he will deliver an ad
dress on the foreign relations ' of the
United States today with the evident
intention of giving the democratic mem
bers a chance to prepare impromptu in
terruptions. Work Aplenty at" Home.
Philadelphia, Record.
Colonel Bryan Is going to do what he
can to save the country; but tha latest
advices from the west Indicate that he will
have all he can do to save Nebraska.
One Inalienable Bight Left.
Chicago Post.
Notwithstanding the frightful feminine
onslaught on the privileges of man, one
Inalienable right Is left to us. We may
snore within the bounds of decorum at
night. An Omaha court has decreed that
snoring Is not sufficient ground for dl
vorce. Thus a kindly and beneficial law
protects us in our dreams.
America for Americans.
Chicago Tribune.
The hold of Europe on this hemisphere
relaxes slowly, but It relaxes. 81 x years
ago Spain, which once held most of it, lost
the last remnant of territory. Tbe grip
which It appeared once the Frenchmen
would have on the 'Panama canal has been
unloosed. Europe will have no lot or share
In that great work, which will be exclu
sively American, though it will be open
to the commerce of the world.
War and Civilisation.
Kansas City Journal.
A few months ago there was some ques
tion as to whether Japan had a standing
among me more enugntenea nations of the
earth. But now there are only a very few
who do not accord to the little brown men
a high position in the civilised world. This
change of opinion has been brought about
on account of the terrible destruction which
Japan has wrought upon Russia's navy.
Europeans and Americans cannot see how
any but highly civilised beings could sink
six vessels and wreck and cripple eleven
others In seven quick attacks. A proved
capacity to kill and destroy has made tha
Jap a brother and an equal.
Ludacape, Advertising.
Atlantic Monthly. '
The associated HtfMsters of the United
States and Canada. jqw officially condemn
the practice of printing signs upon rocks
and other natural objects in picturesque
landscapes, although they seem to offer no
objection to putting a boarding for posters
and paintings In front of the natural ob
ject. The dtrtlnctlon is a fine one, but it
maans some gain. . Several railroads have
prohibited the erection of billboards on
their property, and although this scarcely
disturbs the advertiser, who can still use
the private property on either side of the
right-of-way. It shuts out one possible ex
tension of the abuse that has tremendous
possibilities. In at least one case, also, a
great railroad company has taken to plant
ing quickly growing trees at such places
to hide the boardings erected on adjacent
land. The Boston A Albany road has
gained a like end in the suburbs of Boston
by planting screens of shrubs or a hedge
at the top of a cut; and it has become no
unusual thing for a railroad company, con
scious ot the popular feeling, to exert Its
Influence, as far as It ran, upon the ad
jacent property owners to Induce fhem to
reiuse to lease advertising rights. But a
public opinion that very unanimously con
siders the extension of hospitality to ad
vertisements by a barn or other outbuild
ing, or even by a field, as a badge of
the farmer's poverty, Is perhaps doing more
than la anything else to remedy this
abuse.
PERSONAL NOTES.
F. D. Coburn, chief of live stock for the
St. Louis World's fair, has. resigned and
will go south for his health.
Alexel Maxmovitch Plechov Is the real
name of Maxim Gorki. Ha began life as
an errand boy and later was a ship's cook.
On St. Petersburg authority it is said
that tha war la costing Russia about IS a
second. From here that seems to be a
pretty still price to pay for a licking.
There Is a bill before congress for the
appointment of dental surgeons for the
navy with the rank of assistant surgeons.
The dentists with the strongest pull will
doubtless get the Jobs.
Major George W. Evans, disbursing of
ficer and chief of the division of finance
In the Interior department, has just reached
the fortieth year of his service In the de
partment, during which time hr has
bandied more than 11,000,000,000 without an
error.
Six members of the Missouri house of
representatives and one state senator have
applied for positions as bookmakers' clerks
at the St. Vuls fair grounds. The picking
in tbe legislature must have taken a sud
den slump since Joe Folk has got after
the grafters.
Chin Tung Ten has won a fellowship In
Columbia, tbe first ever conferred by that
university upon a Chinese student. Hs won
the award over a number of competitors.
showing exceptional brilliancy In the scboil
of political science. Though now nily ii
years old, ha waa a graduate of the Im
perial Tlcn-Tsln university before' his en
rollment In Columbia.
Justice Crane of New Tork city, when
automobillsta were first brought before him
for violating speed ordinances, fined them
IS each. He soon found that this was not
enough and haa gradually raised his fig
ure to I2&. The other day he sharply la.
formed an offender that blowing a horn
doea not give a chauffeur the right to run
over a pedestrian who fails to jump out of
the way on hearing the toot-toot.
Tbe death of Verestchagtn. the Rtuslag
painter, at Port Arthur, recaila the story
told of tha late Count. von Moltke. who
waa so struck with the force of the preeen.
tatlun of tbe unattractive side of war by
Vereatchagln that be forbade the men ta
his command Ttsltitg tbe artist's exMbl
tlon. The kalsr, who, with the empress.
Inspected the exhibition, said: "Tbe paint
ers of picture like these are eur beet
guaranty against war."
SRXATOK UrFTTlICH.
Pender RepubUc: The Lyons Mirror Is
still frothing at the mouth because Presi
dent Roosevelt discharged District Attor
ney Summers as a result of the IMetrlch
Investigation. The Mirror might profit by
reflecting that the senatorial committee
which conducted the Investigation was
composed nf three republicans and two
democrats, and that the report was unan
imous that Dietrich had done no wrong.
Kearney Hub: It Is to be presumed that
number of anxious souls In Nebraska
will now possess themselves In peace since
Senator Dietrich has made a public state
ment declaring that he la not a candidate
for re-election. The fight against Dietrich
hlch ended In his complete exoneration
by a committee of distinguished members
of the senate, was begun and waged re
lentlessly for the purpose of getting him
out of the way as a possible candidate,
and that purpose having succeeded not
withstanding the senator's exoneration
It Is supposed that everything will be lovely
from this time henceforth.
Hastings Tribune: We do not believe
there are any considerable number of Ne
braakans who are willing to charge the
Vnlted States senate with incompetency
or a desire to shut Its eyes to crime, least
of all to bring such charges against the
honorable members of the distinguished
committee which performed the labor of
investigating the Dietrich affair. Can any
one Imagine Senator Hoar, whose hair has
grown gray In the honored council ot his
country, a candidate not for ephemeral
homage, but for lasting fame in his coun
try's history, stooping to the miserable
game of "whitewashing?" Scarcely.
Ashland Gasette: Of course there will be
much babble about "whitewash," eto. It
will not be accepted as final by many
people. There la reason for this. The man
who reaches a position of eminence in an
arena of contest In which there are neces
sarily animosities engendered needs only to
be accused of wrongdoing to have the mere
accusation accepted by his enemies with
as much celerity as would be the most
positive proof of guilt. But It would have
made no difference If the same conclusion
had been reached through an investigation
in the courts. They would have condemned
judge and Jury Just aa vociferously as they
now condemn the republican and demo
cratic members of, the senate who con
ducted the Investigation.
Weeping Water Herald: The committee
to investigate the charges made against
United States Senator Dietrich, consisting
of Senators Hoar, Piatt, Bpooner, Cockrcll
and Pettus three republicans and two
democrats finds that Senator Dietrich Is
not guilty of any corrupt or unworthy con
duct relating either to the appointment of
Jacob Fisher as postmaster at Hastings
or the leasing of the building In that city
to the Vnlted States for a postofflce. The
report is unanimous and they admit of
hearing much evidence of hearsay in order
to arrive at the facts. This vindication
should set the senator light before the
people and place the stamp of disapproval
on such methods as have been practiced by
Summers.
Osceola Record: The Record repeats now
what It has said nil the time, that it Is
better to wait until your fellowman Is act
ually convicted of wrongdoing before you
Jump out and lend your assistance to crush
him Into the ground. The Dietrich case
haa terminated exactly as we thought It
would, and while we are not particularly
a Dietrich admirer we are glad that we
Insisted for that fair play In the matter
whlcVi all honest men Irrespective of party
admire. Will those newspapers ' that ma
ligned Dietrich now have the common
honesty to set themselves right and vindi
cate the state, or will they join hands with
a few renegades and cowards and assert
that such sterling senators as Cockrell ot
Missouri.' Pettus ot Alabama, Hoar of
Massachusetts and Bpooner of Wisconsin
"whitewashed" the Nebraska senator?
Walt and see.
Gothenburg Independent: The committee
appointed by the senate to Investigate
Senator Dietrich's charges consisted of
Senators Hoar of Massachusetts, Piatt ot
Connecticut and Spooner of Wisconsin, re
publicans, and Cockrell ot Missouri and
Pettus of Alabama, democrats, made a
thorough investigation ot all charges filed
against Senator Dietrich, and, being eml
nent attorneys and well versed In technical
law, they unanimously exonerated the sens
tor from being guilty of any violation ot
the law or of acoeptlng any bribes, either
in making the appointment of the Hastings
postmaster or any other government offi
cial appointments. The committee on in'
vestlgatlon '.earned Just what the best peo
ple of Hastings say 'at the home of the
senator, that it waa an uncalled for pro
secution to tarnish the record and good
name of Senator Dietrich and the commit
tee In their report only substantiate what
the majority of tha people expected who
have weighed the evidence and the source
from which It came.
Pawnee Republican: The full text of the
J report of the special committee of the
United States senate that Investigated the
charges against Senator Dietrich has been
made public and the ' senator absolutely
cleared of mny suspicion of wrongdoing.
Tha committee examined all the witnesses
whose names were furnished by District
Attorney Summers, and by request of Sen
ator Dietrich admitted a great deal of hear
say testimony in order that no possible fact
bearing on the charges might be overlooked.
The committee conclude tbat upon a full
consideration of all the evidence Senator
Dietrich has not been guilty of any viola
tion of tha statutes of the United States,
or of any corrupt or unworthy conduct re
lating either to the appointment of a post
master at Hastings, or the leasing of a
building to the United States for postofflce
purposes. The dastardly attempt, there
fore, to disgrace Senator Dietrich because
hs dared to stand up nd say that he'd be
damned If he'd pardon Joe Bartley, the
notorious Nebraska thief, has recoiled on
the heads of hla Infamous traducers.
Nellgh litader: Following almost Im
mediately the report of acquittal of the
charge brought against him. Senator Diet
rich in an open lettter announces that be
will not be a candidate for re-election to
the United States senate. He also warns
tbe republicans of Nebraska against the
dangers ot the proposed plan of nominat
ing senators by the state convention, and
pays graceful compliments to all the prom
inent aspirants for tha position. It can
safely be stated that In view of the de
velopments of the past few weeks. Senator
Dietrich stands higher in the estimation of
the republicans of Nebraska thaa at any
previous time, and in the event of a con
tinued oonUst over tha ejection or sanator
he may be selected for the place regardunss
of bis protest. Public sentiment U fickle
and has done the senator aa injustice.
which it mar condnda ahould be rigbtad.
Rushrtlla Rrardcr: Tbe senatorial In
vestigation . eomplatcly exoneratea Men
ator Dietrich, even after admitting- bear.
say evidence as pot forth by the enemies
of the senator. While tbe senator Is n rur
al I r gratified at tha result, be is not a
candidate for re-election. The Recorder
congratulates Dietrich on his vindication.
and only regrets that It could not have been
brought out In the trial at Omaha.
Pwrlsk te Thekti
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Suppose that, aa k result of this unfor
tunate controversy, Mr. Hill and Mr. Har-
rlman should bota decide to abandon the
north west, the north went would thaa hare
nobody ta dpena upon bat tiseif,
THERE IS t!0 SUBSTITUTE FOR
Absolutely Puro
IT IS A NATTER OF HEALTH
ARMY GOSSIP IX WASHINGTON.
Matters of Interest Gleaned from the
Array and Nary Register.
The only Increase in the personnel of the
army made by the army appropriation bill.
which waa approved by the president last
week, was nn addition of 400 enlisted men
to the signal corps. The new grade of
master signal electrician was created, of
whom thirty-six were provided for, this
grade to correspond to that ot master
electrician ot the artillery corps. About
one-fourth ot these thirty-six master signal
electricians will be appointed by selection
from among the first-class sergeants of the
signal corps on the records ot past service,
and the remainder will be appointed after
competitive examination of candidates from
among first-class sergeants and sergeants
of the signal corps.
The War department continues to re
ceive urgent requests from commanding
officers of the military departments for the
detail to (their headquarters of Inspectors
general. At present officers of that corps
are not assigned to duty in the depart
ments, one being assigned to each division
headquarters. In the communication sent
to the department it Is pointed out that
Inspectors general would be of great vnlue
In the work of Investigation which Is con
stantly presenting Itself In the military.
department. It Is represented that there
should be ss many Inspectors general at
division and department headquarters as
there are adjutants general. This, of
course, would require an increase in the
Inspector general's department and It
would not be surprising if a recommenda
tion to this effect Is mads to the next con
gress and possibly contained In the gen
eral service bill which will be formulated
this summer and submitted for congres
slonal consideration In December.
The judge advocate general of the army
has rendered an opinion respecting the
status of assistant surgeons of the army
who have been suspended for failure to
pass the examination preliminary to pro
motion from the grade of first lieutenant
to that ot captain. It Is the opinion of
General Davis that such officers retain
their places as first lieutenant for a period
of one year, regardless of the number of
officers promoted over them In that time,
notwithstanding the fact that such promo
tlnns sre not controlled by vacancies In
the grade of captain, but are groverned by
the Incident of five years' service In the
case of a first lieutenant. It Is held In
other quarters that the number of files
which the suspended medical officer should
lose should be governed by the number of
promotions from the grade of captain to
that of major during the period of suspen
slon. The question Is before the secretary
of war with the comment of the acting
adjutant general.
It Is Interesting to know that several
captains of the line of the srmy have sent
In their applications to the War depart
ment for appointment as brigadier general
on the occasion of the next vacancy In
that grade by reason of the retirement on
May 10 of General Peter C. Ha Ins on July
t.' Time was when application from such
junior officers for appointment would have
been regarded as something of a sensation
within the service. Were the military sit
uatlon normal today the spectacle of an
effort from such a quarter would excite
comment. The Incident onty goes to show
how far down the lineal list extends the
ambition for special promotion. Of course.
there la precedent to v arrant the applica
tion of the captains and the department
Is In no position to dlscoursge appeals of
this sort
The bill relating to army chaplains passed
both houses of congress on ono day under
some unusual and unexpected circum
stances. There were a few changes desired
In the text of the bill and It waa con
sidered that they were of minor Im
portance and any necessary amendment
could be easily effected by legislation at
another session. One of the changes which
will be made undoubtedly Is in the clause
of the approved measure which provides
thst all persons hreafter appointed as
chaplains shall have the grade, pay and
allowances of first lieutenant mounted until
they shall have completed seven years of
service. Probably tha general service bill
which Is to go to congress from the War
department nsxt December will restore to
these new appointees the pay of captains.
Of course. It Is a matter of more or less
conjecture who of the chaplains will be
promoted to majorities by virtue of the
new legislation. There is an excellent
rhanca, however, that the senior fourteen
will be promoted. This would have tha
effect of advancing tha following named
chaplains: George Robinson, First Infan
try; Orville J. Nave, Third Infantry;
If you feel run down, are easily tired, if your
nerves are weak and your blood is thin, then
begin at once to take the good old standard
family medicine Aycr's Sarsaparilla. It in
vigorates, strengthens, refreshes. Ask your
doctor all about this. He knows. Trust him
IdragSlsta.
Joseph A. Potter, Seventh infsntry; Allen
AUensworth, Twenty-fourth Infantryi
Henry Swift, Thirteenth Infantry; Charlei
C. Pierce, artillery corps; Edward J. Vatt-
matin, Eleventh cavalry; Cephas C. Bste-
man, Twenty-eighth Infantry; Walter Mar-
vine, Twelfth Infantry; T. O. Steward,
Twenty-fifth infantry; Charles W. Free-
land. Sixth cavalry; Tatrlck J. Hart, ar
tillery corps; James W. Htllman. Sixteenth
infantry; Ruter W. Springer, artillery corps.
Of these officers Chaplains Robinson, Nave
nd Potter have civil war service, and
under the clause of the army appropriation
bill these officers on retirement will become
lieutenant colonels.
The War department has decided not to
Insert In the new regulations anything
which deprives the chsplalns of the army
of the duties which they now discharge
In addition to those strictly clerical. A
few weeks sgo Secretary Taft slgnedl sn
order which would have had the effect of
limiting the work of the chaplains to
purely religious duties and would hsvs
prevented the , detail of those officers to
certain board duties or as members of
councils of administration, as post treas
urers, etc. Lieutenant General Chaffee
urged that no such order be Issued and
his view was sustained by other advisors
of the secretary, who haa now decided
not to have the order go out to the service.
POINTED PLEASANTRIES.
I'rjsrardaon Did vou ever Itch at a cer
tain place In your back that you couldn't
reach with either hand?
Atom (squirming)! never did till now.
contound you. Chicago Tribune.
"Tou may not remember ma, Miss Sum
mers," ha said, "Dut x waa engagea to you
once." i
'indeed T" ens repuwi coiaiy, you nave
quite a memory for faces."
no, ne repuso, iiuimni ur imt
hand, "but I have for toe tings 1 buy."
CuicAgo Tribune.
Junior Partner I suppose we had better
say in our "ad" that we want a man of
experience.
Ben lor partner No; advertise for a man
without experience; then we can teach htm
something. Puck.
"She's a lovely girl and so simple in her
tastes. I told her that 1 hadn't much of an
income yet, but that I hoped I could pro
vide for her every want."
And what did aha Bay?"
"She said that would be all she could
ask. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Ugh I" exclaimed the exchange ticket,
withdrawing as far aa possible into the
corner ot the pocket; "you're from a pawn
shop."
"suppose I am," retorted tbe pawn
ticket; "1 am the pawn shop's one reaeem
Ing feature." Philadelphia Ledger.
He sailed around tbe room In a gals ot
" He has taken another tack," said his
wife to hereoU.
For she knew how prone bare feet were
to lift them during housecleanlng time.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
"I tell you what," remarked the plain
cltlsen, "It's wonderful how wide-awake
the Japanese have become In recent years."
"Not so wonderful," replied the observant
man, "when you consider that they have
an earthquake every night or so In their
country." rnuaoeipnis. rr
The maid was In the garden hanging out
the clothes; along came a blackbird and
peeked off her nose.
"Howly murtherl" she yelled to the royal
family, "thot alttles it. Tee'll niver git
any more cooks to live In the counthry at
all."
Herein we see the origin of one of our
great social problems. New Tork Bun.
IP DOBSON HAD HI! WAT.
New Tork Bun.
If Dobson only had hla way I know what
1 should do
I wouldn't bs a lyric out with lariat for
you.
I wouldn't even get a show to have a word
to say
If poor old Dobson only had a chance to
bava hla way
Now, Dobson la a sour chap who loves to
hold a keg
Down solid at The Corners where dear
Perkins works a peg;
And also Dobson rules the roost or would
If he could play
High mlnkey monk above us all and havs
his blessed way,
Hs says tha ry that women gad at pres
ent Is a thing
He'd never stand na hasn't one. and io ws
I 1st him sins'.
Ha says he'd never spare the rod and spoil
the child but say,
If Dobson only had my eon, perhaps he'd
have hla way.
He says that Adam la a myth, tha Scrip
ture but a toy
For undeveloped minds to grasp and other
wise employ.
Hs tears to lattars all eur dreams with
badinage and gay
I wouldn't like to be the Lord It Dobnnn
had his way.
He Uvea alone and hugs himself with !
dom that la great:
He carries on his shoulder all the unlverH)
weight.
He runs the gamut of our woes, phllr'r-
pher and gray,
I wouldn't care to live at all If Dobtou
had his way.
- JSarsaparilla
M a71 Tf 4T ... JT
believe Avar's SartaparUla will curs
case of rheumatlam. It cared me,
have asea U care many others dur
ing the past twenty-Aye years." G. A.
DcBavm, loo afield, Mo.
. O. Aw LoweU, Mm..