Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, April 26, 1904, Page 4, Image 4
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T BO, HMO 81, ISO t 80, TOO 10 so,rao 11 so.noo 12 8O.N20 is.: 2uno 14 2,noo 15 8O.40O It .80.380 jj SA.N30 U a.M0 J8 Bo,m ft BO.SOO 17 M.eSOO ts k a,Tio 2t 80,210 tO SO.OUO ii ao,tso Total 00.310 Less unsold and returned copies... . 10,823 Net total sales Ol.8T Net average aaJes JW.OT3 .GEO. B. TZBCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to cetore me true isi aay or April, a. l., isu. (Seal) M. B. HUNQATE. 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..