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before so this Id day of May. A. D. 1901
(Seal) M. B. HUNGATE,
Notarjr PubUo.
After this year Omaha will be the
political convention city of Nebraska.
"Scratch a Russian and you find a
Tartar.' Shoot at him and too find a
sprinter. ,'A. , 1 ', .
A deadlocked convention Is . bad
enough, bat Wisconsin goes Illinois one
wore by having a bolt
Who will make the vice presidential
nominating speech for John It. Webster
In the national convention?
General Kouropatkln displays a retir
ing disposition surprising In one who
talked so loudly while enroute to the
front
Denver also Is to have an auditorium,
but the Dearer auditorium Is to be built
cut of the- proceeds of $400,000 of city
bonds, , . . .
Presbyterians may proceed to combine
as soon as a plan is devised whereby
no one win lose bis Job through the
combination. -
Colonel Watterson has told of the
Ideal editorial page. The colonel, like
many another editor, finds It easier to
preach than to practice.
Russia cannot be greatly depressed
over the eastern situation a a long as Bt
Petersburg can turn from the contem
plation of the war to celebrate the birth
day of the czar.
The work of Commodore Decatur
must be completed. After a lapse of
eighty years bandits of the Barbary
states are again carrying American cit
izens Into captivity.
It is up to St Louis to get even with
those European tourists for the uncon
scionable charges which have been ex
acted .'from Americans in Switzerland,
Paris and other European resorts.
Mines in the Yellow sea are rivaling
those of Pennsylvania as causes of sud
den death. While the eastern ones make
the most bolse those of the Keystone
state work with greater regularity.
Now that the mask bas dropped the
Fontanel! club stands revealed as the
club used by John N. Baldwin in ham
mering down the Burlington. But. the
whirligig of time brings its revenges.
It will now be In order for John N.
Baldwin to take charge of the Nebraska
.democratic factions and harmonise them
for a state ticket that will enable him
to catch 'em com In' and catch 'em goln'.
Russia has served notice upon Turkey
that all of the Japanese In Asia cannot
stop It from seeing that the reforms In
Macedonia are carried out. A wolf In
the pasture is more dangerous than a
lion In the wilderness.
The Omaha fakery that sheds red ink
8i5 days in the year predicted that the
Fontanelle Indians . would return with
the scalp of John II. Mickey and sev
eral other offensive partisans. But that
program seems to have ralsrued woe
fully, ; '
In the future as In the past The Bee
Will advocate republican' principles snd
support republican polities, snd It will
continue lit the future as in the past to
battle for (he equitable taxation of rail
roads and other franehlsed corporations,
whatever the consequences may be.
Roroebow there la a feeling when Sec
retary Wilson talks of country roads
that he knows more about his subject
than .General Miles, who talks on the
same subject, but it Is possible that the
gwieral has had more practical expert
ent-e with roads than the effective head
of the AgrlctUtural department.- -
rrvHK or tub coyrtsTion.
The republicans of Nebraska have,
through their state convention, nomi
nated the standard bearers who are to
head their hosts In Nebraska In the
Impending campaign. - The ticket nomi
nated, taken altogether, will arerase up
well with the tickets of former years,
and in some respects rank above the
average.
The renomlnatlon of Governor Mickey
wss a foregone conclusion. There was
nothing to Justify a refusal by the
delegates to endorse hlra for a second
term. The same applies to Lieutenant
Governor McGilton and Treasurer Mor
tenseu, both of whom have filled their
positions with credit during the past
two years. Treasurer Mortensen has In
stituted reforms In the management of
the state's finances and the custody of
Its funds that entitle him to special
consideration on the part of the voters.
Three of the other nominations are pro
motions of capable deputies in recogni
tion of efficient service. As deputy at
torney general, Norrls Brown has man
ifested abilities and energy which assure
his greater usefulness to the public as
attorney general. In the land commis
sioner's office, H. M. Eaton has shared
the credit attaching to the excellent ad
ministration of the outgoing land com
missioner and may be expected to con
tinue the good work after he secures
first place. In like manner J. L. Mo
Brien has been serving faithfully as
deputy superintendent of public Instruc
tion and has demonstrated his Qualifica
tions for the position of state superin
tendent The other places on the ticket
are supplied with the names of men
new to the state horizon. E. M. Searle
Is a young man, Nebraska born, -well
schooled for the duties of auditor of pub
lic accounts. The local positions of trust
he has held have all been creditably
filled.' The nominee for secretary of
state, A. Galushs, also brings new blood
Into the body politic. Mr. Galuaha is
highly recommended by those who know
him.
The convention, for the first time In
the history of the party In this state,
nominated a candidate for United States
senator, and for this honor selected by
a practically unanimous vote Hon. E. J.
Burkett now representing the First dis
trict in the lower house - of congress.
Even among those who doubt the wis
dom or the advisability of the nomina
tion of the candidate for senator In
convention there were none who ques
tioned the claims and qualifications of
Mr. Burkett in whom Nebraska would
certainly take pride as its representa
tive In the senate. The Bee and a ma
jority of the republicans of this state
believe firmly in the election of United
States senators by direct vote of the
people and It is claimed by the advo
cates of the nomination plan that It re
sponds to this demand. It remains now
for the results to tell by the effect upon
the elections in; the various legislative
districts. '
The platform la a fair statement of
republican principles and endorsement
of republican policies. . On the national
issues it Is eminently, sound and will
command the approval of all Intelligent
republicans. Its reference to the new
revenue law and the question of equal
taxation Is a demand for just and equi
table assessments. After all, however,
It Is up to the members of the State
Board of Equalization, now at work on
the assessment of railroad property in
this state, to win popular confidence In
the sincerity of this declaration by per
forming their duty in a satisfactory man
ner,. 'The action of the board will have
much to do with the success or failure
of the party at the polls In November.
StMAVTAMT VH PBUTMCTiUll.
The republicans of Iowa have re
affirmed their devotion to the principle
of protection. There Is no ambiguity
or equivocation In the platform utter
ance on this question. It. recognizes the
fact that under protection the small in
dustries as well as the large ones are
benefited, to the advantage , alike of
lubor and capital. , It points' out the
value of the home marker, which has
been built up uuder the protective
policy, to the farm and the factory. It
properly refers to the unusual prosperity
which the country has enjoyed since
the present tariff law went Into effect
a prosperity that was started imme
diately after the victory of the repub
lican party' In 18!)fl. It points out that
the republican tariff policy has advanced
the credit of the nation to the first post;
tion and "converted ' our ' people into
lenders instead of borrowers." "
In no state platform has the position
of republicans generally in regard to
the tariff been more plainly and force
fully defined' than In that of Iowa and
the party In that state Is thoroughly
united upon It The republican position
on the tariff in the coming national cam
paign is already well understood. The
party will stand firmly and unquali
fiedly for protection. That will be the
declaration of the Chicago convention.
It will say that this republican policy
must be maintained, and that while the
party does not hold that all schedules
of the tariff are sacred and unchange
able, but that conditions and circum
stances will require changes In sched
ules from time to time, It does hold that
any revision of the tariff. In whole or
in pari, should be made by the party
that is friendly to the principle of pro
tection. I'pon this line the republican party
will meet the democratic challenge on
the tariff question, pointing confidently
to the splendid results under protection
for Its Justification. What these are
all men are familiar with who have
knowledge of our Industrial and com
mercial growth. That policy has mada
the United States foremost among the
manufacturing nations. It has created
S home market for our agricultural pro
ducers that Is by fur the greatest cf the
world's markets. .It has elevated Amer
ican labor above the labor of any other
country and generously rewarded the
Industry of the masse of our people.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE:
f Remembering the disastrous conse
quences to all Interests of threatened
free trade, or so-called tariff for revenue,
only a few years ago, when Industries
were paralysed and millions of people
valn!y sought for employment, when the
products of the farm went to waste
because there was no market for them
and charity was taxed to the utmost In
providing for those In want remember
ing these things, the republican party
has faith that the American people will
not vote to abandon protection nnd In
vite a repetition of the bard and bitter
experience that came upon the country
at the beginning of the last democratic
administration and prevailed throughout
Its term.
SOUS Gl.ARinO DlSLHtPASCICS.
Before the State Board of Railroad As
sessment completes its work it should
endeavor to adjust some discrepancies
between the returns made to the board
by the railroads and the reports made
by the directors to the stockholders of
their respective' corporations. Take for
example the Union Pacific railway.
According to the statement filed with
the board the total gross earnings of
the Union Pacific during the year 1903
was 131.423,684.73. The total operating
expenses and Improvements for the same
period were $23,561,516.83, of which f 19,-
376,572.84 represented operating ex
penses and $4,184,943.99 represented Im
provements or betterments. The total
net .earnings for the year as reported
to the board were. $12,052,110.91.
If these figures represent the gross
earnings, operating expenses and better
ments In Nebraska they are misleading
and in conflict with the reports of the
directors of the Union Pacific to their
stockholders. If they represent the
gross and net earnings of the whole
Cnion ractflc system for the year 1903
they are palpably out of Joint with the
annual official report for the year ending
June 30, 1903, which shows the cross
earnings of the Union Pacific system to
have been $51,075,188.86, operating ex
penses and taxes as $28,747,215.99, re
ceipts over operating expenses and taxes
$22,327,972.87, snd a total Income avail
able for fixed charges and dividends of
$26,975,816.24.
Manifestly if the $31,428,084.75 re
ported to the board as gross earnings for
the year stands for the mileage in Ne
braska alone, which represents only one-
third of the mileage, the excess of $19,
000,000 over the earnings for the whole
system would represent two-thirds of
the mileage, and therefore show that
061 miles reported for Nebraska have
earned nearly $12,000,000 more than
2,000 miles of Union Pacific In the other
states.
On the other band, if $23,561,516.83
represents the cost of maintenance, op
eration and Improvement of the road in
Nebraska alone the cost of operating
and maintenance of two-thirds of the
whole system lying west of the Ne
braska line would only be $5,185,699,
which certainly cannot be correct. In
computing the net earnings of the Union
Pacific the $4,000,000 expended for bet
terments certainly should not be cred
ited to the cost of operation and mainte
nance, but should by rights be added to
the total net earnings.
Computing the gross earnings of the
whole system, Including the Oreaon
Short Line and Oregon Railroad &
Navigation company, which represents
5,762 miles, and crediting Nebraska as
one-sixth of the total mileage, the gross
receipts for Nebraska would be $8,512,-
531, and deducting therefrom one-sixth
of the operating expenses and taxes of
the whole system, aggregating $28,748,-
215, the net earnings for Nebraska would
be $3,721,165, but to this should be added
one-slxtb of the expenditure for better
ments, which would be $4,385,322 or
$4,563 per mile, equivalent to 44 per
cent on a capitalization of $100,000 per
mile. i
As a matter of fact the ea mines of
the Union Pacific in Nebraska are much
greater proportionately per mile than
they are on the Oregon 'Short Line or
the Oregon Railroad Sc Navigation
lines, and the actual net earnings of the
Union Pacific railroad mileage main lino
and branches In Nebraska exceed $5,000
per mile. While it is true that the re
port of the Union Pacific directors only
covers the period of the fiscal year end
ing June 30, 1903, there can be no very
material difference between the aggre
gate for that year and the aggregate for
the year ending December 31, 1903.
There are still other discrepancies.
According to the report filed with the
board the mileage of the Union Pacific
and Its branches in Nebraska Is placed
at 961.42 miles, the same as it has been
for seven or eight years past. The re
port of th board of directors under date
of New York, November 12, 1903, shows
that the Union Pacific had extended one
of Its lines In Nebraska from Cedar
Rapids to Spalding, 13.86 miles, and
opened the same for business in Decern
ber, 1902. That would make the cor
rect mileage of the Union Pacific 073.28
miles.
XATIOHAb CVUMlTTtM IBAlHiiAK.
Trustworthy reports from Washington
state that the president has expressed
his desire that the successor of the late
M. A. Ilanna as chairman of the re
publican national committee shall be
Mr. George B. Cortelyou, secretary of
the Department of Commerce and La
bor. If such is the wish of the presi
dent of course Mr. Cortelyou will be
chosen by the national committee and It
Is perhaps needless to say that his se
lection will be entirely satisfactory to
the party. Although without experi
ence lu political management the sec
retary of commerce and labor Is cred
ited with a high order of ability for or
ganization and this will be the chief
thing required In the national campaign.
It la stattd that In tha last five years
Sir. Corte!you has become thoroughly
famll'.sr with the political situation In
every state of the union. As secretary
to President McKlnley he had unusual
opportunities to familiarise' himself
MAY
with Weal conditions throughout the
country and he was careful to make
himself conversant with these condl
tions.
The progress made by Mr. Cortelyou
since he. entered public life shows him
to be a man of far more than ordinary
ability and be has amply attested bis
qualifications for work of an executive
character. The organization of the de
partment of which be is the bead has
been effected with marked success, un
dcr circumstances not altogether favor
able. He Is zealous In whatever he un
dertakes, yet careful and conservative
That he would prove a Judicious cam
paign manager Is not doubted. It ap
pears probable that the selection for
vice chairman of the committee, to suc
ceed Postmaster General Tayne, will be
Mr. It. S. New of Indiana, who served
on the executive committee In the last
presidential campaign, Is a personal
friend of President Roosevelt and Is re
garded as one of the best politicians In
the country. Others are talked of, but
there are very strong reasons fovorable
to the selection of the Indiana man.
"Curses, like chickens, come home to
roost" When the primary election
spotter bill was before the last legis
lature The Bee denounced it as an un-
American and unrepublican scheme to
destroy the secrecy of the ballot calcu
lated to disfranchise voters who were
unwilling to perjure themselves or to
disclose the way they voted at the previ
ous election. But the Douglas county
Adullamltes, headed by the water-logged
statesman, R. B. Howell, and tailed by
Tan Dusen of South Omaha, strenuously
insisted that the test oath measure was
essential to the enforcement of party
loyalty. When the first election after
the bill had gone Into effect was held In
Omaha last fall the Adullamltes, who
had bolted the republican city ticket
in a body, found themselves In a
sad plight. They could have been
barred out by their own device to
disfranchise their opponents, but gen
eral amnesty was proclaimed by the
"regulars" and the bolters were per
mitted to vote at the primary without let
or hindrance. The attempt to enforce
the spotter provision of the law In South
Omaha last week forcibly brought home
to purifier Van Dusen, who had bolted
the entire legislative ticket In 1900, when
there were two United States senators
to elect, and who had again bolted the
head of the ticket in the South Omaha
city election last month, the old biblical
adage that he who digs a pit for his
enemy sometimes drops into It himself.
Last year the grand assessment roll
of Nebraska, exclusive of railroads,
telegraph and telephone property, was
$153,000,000, while the railroads, tele
graph and telephone 'corporation prop
erty was assessed at $27,000,000. It is
almost a foregone conclusion that the as
sessment of alt the real and personal
property In the state will be returned
for $300,000,000. this year.. It follows
that unless tlMt-qssessment of the rail
roads, telegraph and telephone corpora
tions is also doubled these corporations
will pay less taxes for 1904-6 than) they
have paid for 1902-3. In other words,
they will contribute less toward the ex
penses of government than when their
property was scandalously undervalued.
While the wing of the party that con
trolled the republican state convention
of Iowa was radically opposed to the
Iowa Idea as promulgated by Governor
Cummins, they were sagacious enough
and generous enough to accord Governor
Cummins a place as delegate-at-large,
together with Senators Allison and Dol
liver and Joseph V. Blytbe, 'on the dele
gation that will represent Iowa in the
national convention. And this Is' why
Iowa counts for something, not only at
Washington, but In the national quad
rennial councils of the republican party,
while Nebraska does not rank much
higher than Alaska.
In 1896 Nebraska's big four at the
republican national convention were
John M. Thurston, John C. Cowln, John
L. Webster and Peter Jansen. In 1900
the big four from Nebraska were Ed
ward Rosewater, John M. Thurston,
John H. McClay and John A. Ehrhardt
How do Nebraska's big four of this
year compare with those of eight and
four years ago? Comparison is Just a
little superfluous.
Rooted to the Pay Roll.
Chicago Record-Herald.
- The emperor o Cores has lost all Inter
eat In the war since Japan has assured him
that he Is to be kept on the pay roll even
It no further fighting Is done In his terri
tory. '..
Let tke Dead Rest.
Chicago Tribune.
We protest that Uncle Adlal Stevenson I
too fine , an old gentleman to be dragged
Into the political arena again. Let htm be
left to the peaceful contemplation of the
near future lu which It la believed he has
quit seeing things that alarm.
"I Will Be Tree to Poll."
Philadelphia Record.
The promise of Mr. William Randolph
Hearst not to bolt the Bt. Louis convention
will, not occasion vociferous rejoicing.
There are thousands of sound democrats in
all parts of the country who would have
preferred the opposition to the support of
the Hearst following. But the course Uken
by Mr. Hearst Is discreet. A bolt would
have exposed the character and tha extent
of bis following, snd nothing Is quite so
dreadful to a political fakir aa to be made
to appear ridiculous.
do aria a the Maaaelal Wheel.
New York World.
It Is little wonder that Great Britain la
losing her commercial supremacy when the
authorities, at the Instance of the treasury,
swoop down upon a captain of Industry
like Ernest Terah Hooley snd lug blm off
to Bow etreet. Mr. Hooley was arrested
en complaint cf a certain Alfred J. Wine,
who. Inalsts that the defendant Induced
him by false pretenses to Invest money In
worthless undertakings. Following tha
conviction and spectacular suicide of Whit
aker Wright, the arrest of Mr. Hooley Is
likely to exercise a stilt further depressing
Influence upon British high finance. We
order these things better In the United
Btatea, where high finance la held la more
general eetcem.
jvRIDAY,
20. 1904.
GOSSIP ABOCT TUB WAR.
Sidelights oa Matters Caaaected with
tha Fight.
Tlspat-hes from New Chwang report
much alarm In that community owing to
the departure of the Rusaian garrison and
the possibility of a raid of Chinese brigands
before Japanese troops arrive. Tha un
fortunate residents havs good reaaon to be
alarmel. Chinese brigands In that locality
are said to be tha most brutal gang of
ruffians that ever looted a city. At home
they are known aa Chun-chua.
Count Eugene Zlchy, the famous Hun
garian explorer, known particularly for his
researches In Asia, says the origin of the
Chun-chua only dates back to the middle
of the nineteenth century. Al that time
th4 Peking government began to turn Its
attention toward tha rich gold fields of
northern Manchuria. This Icy region was
still almost unknown even to the Celestials
themselves when Manchuria trader
brought nuggeta worth as much as 13.000
apiece to China. Thta aroused the govern
ment whereupon travelers were questioned
and compelled to indicate the spot where
gold was to be found In such quantities
The Chinese became acquainted in this
manner with the existence of three gold
regions In Manchuria, one In the 8ungarl
basin, near the Russian frontier; the sec
ond on the heights of Tchenbo Chan, and
the third on the shores of the Chetonga, a
tributary of the Amur.
The Chinese government determined to
monopolise the output from these gold
fields and threatened the natives with the
severest punishments If they continued to
gather gold for their own use. Chinese
miners were then recruited In great num
bers by the Peking government' and forci
bly sent to Manchuria. The working of
the mines was very soon organised in a re
markable manner by the mandarins to
whom the government had entrusted this
duty.
They set up. In the midst of the gold
fields, provision houses and shops, built
spacious barracks, of which the ruins still
remain, made new roads over the moun
tains and across forests, to facilitate the
conveying of ' provisions, but were unable,
notwithstanding their efforts, to Insure a
regular service for the transport of victuals,
The laborers were decimated by famines
and by the arctlo cold of this region, where
the temperature often falls to 40 degrees
below cero centigrade. Poorly paid and 111
red, many of the wretches committed sul
clde. Others fled to the neighboring for
ests regardless of the fate capital punish
ment-tneted out to the deserters If they
were caught or if hunger drove them back
to the camp. These deserters were the
first Chun-chus.
The Chun-chus soon formed themselves
Into a well organised association. They
had among their number men belonging
to the highest classes of Chinese society.
For years previous the Chinese government
had deported to Tsltslhar, In northern
Manchuria, the mandarins who bad been
disgraced for political reasons and those
affiliated with secret societies which the
court considered as dangerous to the state.
Many of these mandarins had fled from
Tsltslhar and taken refuge with the Chun
chus, who aware of the mandarins' Intel
lectual superiority, placed them at their
head and made them draw up the rules of
the association necessary to every China
man's existence.
Gradually this federation of outlaws be
came more and more powerful as new re
cruits Joined the ranks. In time the bold
ness of the Chun-chus Increased; they
established posts on every highway In Man
churla, frcm which they waylaid caravans
and pillaged government convoys. They
robbed the Inhabitants of the small villages
and levied taxes on the moat Important
towns of the province. They ruled over
the country- by the terror they Inspired In
the Inhabitants. The merchant vessels
which ply on the Sungart were not even
safe from their attacks. These boats,
many of large dimensions, were stopped
dally and ransacked. .
The daring of the Chun-chus was such
that they openly showed themselves In the
streets of Mukden. The entire population
knew them, but no one dared denounce
them to the police, so great was the terror
they Inspired. Their increasing audacity
finally resulted in their discomfiture. They
kidnaped Chinese generals who refused
to come to terms with them. The Peking
government then resolved to make a great
effort to rid Manchuria of the Chun-chu
hordes. An army was sent to exterminate
the brigands, but most of them managed
to escape by dividing themselves into small
groups, and seeking refuge In the inacces
sible Tchan-bo-chan mountains.
"Does intelligence In a soldier oountT
Are brains worth anything in an armyT
Certainly between the reading habits of
the Russian and the Japanese soldiers
there Is a startling contrast," writes La
Salle Maynard In Leslie's Weekly. "The
little country a veritable Lllllput against
a Brobdlngnag has more schools and mora
postofflcee In Its 163,000 square miles of ter
ritory than there are In 'all the Russia'
of Europe and Asia. Japan has SI per cent
of its children under Instruction. Over
1.500 men who have taken the full course
in the high schools are found in the rank
and file of the mikado's army, and over
MO graduates of the Imperial university
are enrolled among the officers. Every sol
dier and sailor can read and write. With
the history and geography of Cores snd
China, each soldier under the banner of
the Rising Sun has a good general knowl
edge, which began In childhood. With Man
churia he baa a critical acquaintance. No
better maps of thse regions now In debate
have ever been made than those by the
War department In Toklo. Tens of thou
sands of these easily folded maps sre now
in Japanese knapsacks."
Admiral Urtu, who Is winning distinction
In the Japanese navy, received his nautical
education at Annapolis, where he took high
standing and was popular with his class
mates. He was noted for studying herd
and for great conscientiousness in tha per
formance of the thousand and one duties
of the naval cadet. Not long after enter
ing, and while our language was still
largely a mystery to him, he was one day
confined to his room by a slight Illness. Ha
was looked after by the aurgeon and his
condition became a matter of record, never
theless he felt moved to send explanations
to a favorite Instructor, and dljl so as fol
lows! .
"My Teacher: Tou have seen that I do
not stand before you. I am Inclosed In the
room by the much sickness. - I do not feel
like making the stir. I regret to miss your
most beautiful Instruction of the mathe
matlc Tomorrow I hope greatly to find It
easy to make the stir."
Until a year or two ago the emperor of
Japan Was an enthusiastic wrestler. He
threw out challenge after challenge to the
members of the court and his council and
advisers and defeated fairly and completely
everyone who tried conclusions with him
until he met Count Teteu, who proved one
too many for him. Since that encounter,
although he encourages the sport In every
possible way, he has kept out of the
arena. '"Count Tetau Is now champion," he
would Say; "J have failed to throw Mm.
Someone else must try."
Where tha Treahle Drews.
Washington Post
The position of commissioner of pensions
would not be so difficult to fill If the deal
ings were with the veterans. The rouble
all comes with the pension a gent a. most of
whom were born after the
Fifty Years
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RAILROADS AND FELLOW SERVANTS.
Five-to-Fear Declsloa by the Court of
Last Resort.
Chicago Post.
Laymen find It difficult to account for the
inability of the members of ths highest
Judicial body In the United 8tates to reach
substantially unanimous Judgments in cases
which merely require the application of
established principles to new questions or
situations. Decisions by a bare majority
of the supreme court are law until re
versed or modified, the same as unanimous
decision, but they seldom satisfy the in
tellect and never produce a sense of cer
tainty and fixity.
It seems strange that at this late day
the supreme court should divide on the
question whether a telegraph operator of
a railroad company is, in the legal sense
of the phrase, a "fellow servant" of a fire
man on one of the company's locomotives.
In a case decided the other day the court
held that the negligence of a telegraph
operator In the employ of a railroad oom-
pany does not render the latter liable for
damages where It results In the death of
fireman or any other fellow servant,
such negligence being one of tho risks as
sumed by the firemen and other employes
of the company.
This la undoubtedly an extreme applica
tion of the fellow servant doctrine, but
hard as the case Is no ons would criticise
the decision If there were no doubt as to
its "Inevltsbleness." Four of the Justices,
however, deny that the majority has duly
and strictly followed the snclent law In
regard to nonliability of employers for ac
cidents, caused to employes by fellow serv
ants. ' In a dissenting opinion they say
that the telegraph operator was the agent
of the. railroad company, not the fellow'
servant of the fireman, and that liability
attaches In the case. They add that the
contrary view, the law for the time being,
cannot fail to create much confusion,
which, In deed. Is quite obvious.
The average cltisen will be disposed to
Indorse the minority's view, for the opera
tors and the firemen or engineers of a rail
road work under very different conditions
and do not come Into such relations or
contact as the fellow servant doctrine
originally contemplated. Rut this Is not the
point that needs emphasis. Legislation ,
can curs whatever injustice any law Is
found to Involve. The remarkable fact
Is the divergence between the majority and
minority of the supreme court on a ques
tion apparently so simple and In a general
way so familiar. ,
PERSONAL NOTES.
Those dreadful lamas are "inflaming" the
Tibetans against the British. It's getting
so now- nobody Is encouraged to further
the cause of civilisation.
Prof. W. T. Kin, chief astronomer for
the Dominion government is making ar
rangements for the survey of the Alaska
boundary according to the tribunal award.
Don Jose Domingo Obaldia, the new
minister from Panama to the United
States, will arrive early in June. He owns
one of the largest cattle ranches on the
Isthmus and is 60 years of age.
Colonel J. E. Thayer of Lancaster, Mass.,
is building a museum, in his town to con
tain his magnificent collection of birds of
North America, a collection which even
the government at Washington cannot aur
pasa. What la thla new thrilling tale from
France of an American girl abduoted by
automobile; her heroic flights the foiling of
the villain? Is there to be a new plsy with
a new star In the autumn? or Is the In
satiate press agent Just keeping his hand
in?
President Loubet has given the Breton
women, Rora Here, a decoration for her
bravery in rescuing fourteen sailors' whose
ship went down In a storm on the coast
of Brltuny last November. Wading Into
the breakers, chest deep, she threw the
exhausted men a rope and dragged their
lifeboat to the shore.
For half an hour last Thursday morning
fire raged In a email manufacturing build
ing close behind the famous old house In
Arch street, Philadelphia, where Betsy
Ross made the first American flag 180 years
ago. Happily, the firemen were able te
prevent any harm being done to the his-
Spaulding & Co.
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the Standard
torio structure, though the members cf
the family now occupying it were driven
Into the street by the invading smoke.
Friends and pupils of ' ths late Prof.
Mommsen, the historian, have decided to
erect a monument to his memory in front
of the university in Berlin, beside the mon
uments of Alexander and William von
Humboldt and Herman von ' Helmholts.
Half of the necessary 430,000 has already
been subscribed.
It Is said that Henry C. Moore of Cor
inth, Mass., hunter, traveler, miner, finan
cier and natural history enthusiast, pos
sesses the finest private collection of zo
ological specimens In the world. It Is said
that 1,000 or more elephants have been
made to bite the dust by Mr. Moore and
that over 100 lions have succumbed to his
deadly aim.
POINTED REMARKS.
"It 'pears." said Uncle Eben. 'Mat some
office holders is kep'- so busy 'lectloneerin'
dat dey ain't got time to learn to do de
work delrse'fs. an' hsa to have people hired
foil dat purpoae." Washington Star.
"Were you In United States Steel, Pinker
ton?" "Tea."
"How much did you have?"
"About thirty gallons." Brooklyn Life.
"What are you doing out here?" asked
the alley cat.
"I am helulna to keeo the citv clean."
responded the -oat, continuing to forage
in the garbage pile. Chicago Tribune.
Perkins Tour garden will be late.
Hopkins I'm afraid ao, but, you see, tha
Johnsons are still using Simpson's spade
and hoe. Indianapolis Journal.
Reporter Have you ever held any publlo
Office?
Cltisen (being Interviewed) Well, t wss
a pallbearer at a funeral once. flomervllle
Journal. - . , . ;
"The climate here la salubrious, isn't It?"
Inquired the tourist. '-
"Say, mister," repl'd the native, "Jest
write that there word down fur me, will
yer? I git tired o' swearin' at this climate
In the same ole way all the time, an' any
thing new In that line tickles me. "-(-Philadelphia
Catholio Standard.
"His wife must be ths worst housekeeper
in the world."
"Why so?"
"Why her husband atated publicly that
there wasn't s day in the yesr when he
wasn't perfectly comfortable at home!"
New Orleana Times-Democrat.
"The Japanese are a wonderful nation,"
said the thoughtful woman.
"res," answered the woman who thinks
of nothing but dress. "It seems such pe
culiar tssle for people Jo have their eyes
cut blus." Washington Star.
Tess Do vou know anything of the lan
guage of precious stones?
Jess No. Why?
Teas Mr. . Hardup gave me a ring with
three rubles on my birthday. I wonder
what that's a sign of.
Jess 1 think it's a pretty sure sign that
he's been visiting the sign of three balls
Philadelphia Press.
-
Rankin But when -the Japs have bor
rowed all the money they can, and have
reached the nd of their cash resources,
how are they to carry on the war then,
I'd like to know?
Fyle Same way we did forty years sgo.
They can Issue gr I mean yellowbacks.
Chicago Tribune.
PLANT! TIME. '
Somerville Journal.
Now Gladys take her flower seeds
And puts them In the ground.
Most lovingly she tucks them in
And pats the earth around.
She almost smells the fragrant bloom.
And she can hardly wait
For sun and rain to do their work
And make them ger-mi-nate.
It doesn't matter In the least
How lame it makes her back.
Or Whether, when she straightens up.
She hears her knee Joints crack,'
For Oladys loves all things that grow.
She lovea the little seeds,
And even has, I think, a shy
Affection for the weeds.
Kow watch her shoo the neighbors' hens
Who come across 'to scratch !
And see her oust the dogs and cats
With vigor sod dispatch!
Behold her try to educate
Her own vivacious pup.
And hear her Joyous comments when
The seeds at last eome up!
Well, here's success to Oladys, and
May luck her toll attend!
May sunshine warm her planners, an
May gentle rains descend
To help them to perfection and
To bring them Into bloom,
And may they fill her summer With
A wealth of rilch perfume!