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"NT TOE OMAHA DAILY I3EE: FRIDAY. MAY 27, 1904. A n TlIE OMAHA DAILY Dee. E. ROIIISWATER. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERMS Or grlH'RHTION. Dally Peo (without Runday), f TMr. l4.fO Pally Bee and Sunday, One Year W Illustrated Hff, tne Year 2x) gunday Itee, On Tear l Haturday He. One Year... 1 60 Twentieth I'entury Parmer, Ona Year.. 1.00 DELIVERED BT CARRIER. Daily Pea (without Sunday), per fpr ic Ially Bee (without Hundsyl. per week....l2e Ially Bee (Including Sunday), per week. ,17c Sunday Bee, per ropy 6c Evening Be (without Sunday), per week c Evening Bee (Including Sunday), per week 10c Complaint of Irregularity In delivery hould he addressed to City Circulation lie part men t. OFFICE". Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha City Hall Building, Twenty-fifth and M Street Council Bluffs 10. Pearl Street. ChlrwfoIH) I'nlty Building. New Vork 23 Park Row Building. Washington tol Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to nawa and edi torial matter ahould he addreaaed: Omaha Be, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, esprese or pout a I order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company, only S-rnt stamp received In payment of mall aooounta. Personal checks, except on Omaha, or eaatern earhangea, not accented. TUB BEE Pl'BLISHINO COMPANY. STATEMENT' OF CIRCULATION, tat of Nebraska. Douglas County, aa. : George B. Taaohuck, aecratary or The Bee Publishing Company, being duly sworn, aaya that the actual number of full and complete copies of Tha Dally, Morning. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of April, waa aa follow a: 1 ;., X.U 1 0,M t 90,100 II IHMWO I M,aso M so,ioo S0.180 ITO.IMI0 I WOJUm ...,. 21MUM . . 84MITO U 8(MBO f CAMO) n SOtM wutoo n 80,000 80.1M M JMM 10 BT.lOU tt 80,040 , 11 SO.0MO M a,4J 11 WMKS9 17 tMUMU U. Ue40 ,0 U B0.1M 2t HO,lStU U SO370 M aijtoo Total suu.oeo Leas unsold and rerurssd ooptee. ... Nat total aalaa b,1bv Mot average aalaa itwJatt OEO. B. TZSCIItlCK. ' Suhacrihed In my preaenra and aworn to before ma this 2d day of May, A. D. 1904. (Baal) M. B. Hl'NOATK, Notary Public. The "Frank E. Moores" Are steamer bad better luck than tha Success democ racy. Its baptism took place uuder a clear iky. There la no more trouble In planting additional flro hydrants In Omaha and South Omaha all the year round than there Is In planting trees on Arbor day. Tha Japanese are said to be within sight of Port Arthur. The sight would be much more thoroughly enjoyed by tbetn from the Inside of the defenses than from the outside. Bob Cousins of low. , will make the principal seconding speech for Presi dent Roosevelt at Chicago. It would not', bo surprising if the seconding speech should outrank the nominating speech William Allan White is either hard v.p for a Job when he offers to serve the state of Kansas as state accountant without salarjr or be is only hard up to keep the other fellow from getting the Job.- ..).. The war correspondents in the far east are still enjoying hospitality in the rear. Their only consolation Is thst they may possibly And themselves In the 'front' when the line are reversed and the armlet face about. The proposed establishment of a mu nicipal paving , plant will meet with universal favor from all classes of dtl iiena. It is the proper solution of the problem how to keep our asphalt paved treets In constant repair. That horrible downpour submerged the ttomocrgtio Success league. The Bryan ites half pop, half democrat like the native Ftortdan half horse and half Alligator moves on land and swims In the water with equal agility. Tom Johnson baa managed to resur rect himself long enough to get a 2-cent fare plank engrafted on the democratic atate platform In Ohio. He has thought It the part of wladom, however, to keep off the ticket himself and to give his automobile a rest In locating headquarters for the Im pending campaign at Omaha the repub lican board of Strategy boa exhibited good tactics. Omaha la to be the storm center in, the campaign and political army headquarters ahould be aa near aa possible to the battle ground. When the General Federation of Woman' Cluba administered a subtle rebuke to Its former president because he was recently married to a man who bad been divorced but two weeka It uu conaciovaly administered a rebuke to a great many of its members and some of lta new officers. The right-of-way agent of the Omaha, Lincoln tt Beatrice Interurban Electric railway' reports that the work is pro gressing a a rapidly a a could be expected, but that grading will not ife commenced until the right-of-way baa been secured for the entire line. That means ,"ln the weet bye and bye." The S'tw York Stock exchange ha a uspended one of lta members for live years for violating lta rules. Members of the Ftork exchange will take due notice for the future to look for vic tims who are not protected by the rules, and to be on their good behavior when they do business with one another. Two former membere of President Cleveland's cabinet have the detega tlons as the favored sons of their re spective states for the presidency at 6t. Louis Olney In Massachusetts and Harmon in Ohio. Ex-Preeident Cleve land will evidently bave a voice rn the ceaveatlea by proxy if not la person. TIMf HAPPT MtDlCtt. On the first day of the present session of tbe State Board of Railroad Aeeemv nient tbe tax agent of the Missouri Pa ri tic made an elaborate argument In favor of assessing the tangible property and the franchises of the railroads at their fair market value. It was the first admission on the part of a railroad tax agent that franchisee constitute a valu able anaet of all railroads. Including the Missouri radflc Now that the board has shown a disposition to make its assessment on these lines It is Informed by Missouri Pacific officials that tho Nebraska section of this system could esslly be reproduced for 110,000 a mile end should be assessed at $2,000 a mile, but as a concession they are willing that the board "shall arrive at a happy medium somewhere In the neighborhood of $21,000 or $25,OtiO a mile." That "happy medium" means that the Missouri Pacific will cheerfully submit to a lower assessment than that of last year or the year before. If It is tme that the Mlsaourl Pacific could be re produced for $10,000 a mile, an enormone amount of water must have been In jected into the concern on which fixed charge and dividends are being paid. The difference between 4 and 5 per cent Inlerent on $10,000 a mile and th amounts actually paid In fixed charges to meet interest on bonds and amount paid as dividends represents the value of tbe franchise. As a matter of fact tbe Missouri Pa cific road could not be duplicated and equipped for twice or even for three times $10,000 a mile at present cost of right-of-way, roadbed and rolling atock. In any event the board cannot con sistently make an exception In favor of the Missouri Pacific, If the value of stocks and bonds and earning capacity of the entire system distributed on a mileage basis Is to be the standard by which the assessment of all other rail roads is to gauged. It will be noted that the Missouri Pacific estimate of the value of lines In Nebraska Ignores the value of Its ter minals in St. Joseph, Kansas City and flt. Louis that is presumed to be dis tributed over its entire system under the decision of Justice Brewer In the Pittsburg & St. Louis case. What la true of the Missouri Pacific Is also equnlly true of the Rock Island, which credita Nebraska with lta local traffic and credita the entire through traffic to Its lines eaat of the Missouri river, when by rights Nebraska's pro rata should be on the basis of tbe capitalisa tion and earnings of the whole system. Inasmuch as Nebraska lines will be in cluded In Its mileage pro rata when as sessments are made in Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Colorado and Texas. A HCSSUfl DBiflAL. It waa to be expected that the Rus sian government would deny responsi bility for the floating mines discovered In the open sea, many miles from the waters within the none of military op erations. According to a statement mii, to the correspondent at St Peters burg of the Associated Press by an admiralty official, floating mines are not known in the RussUn naval ser vice,' but the Japanese, it was asserted by the " official, ueed them constantly ofT Port Arthur, setting numbers afloat near the entrance. Tbere Is in this the obvious intimation that If there, are floating mines in the : open sea,, where they endanger neutral ships, tho world must hold the Japanese responsible tor such an unprecedented and unwar ranted method of warfare. It is quite Inconceivable, however, that Japan would distribute In the open sea where her fleet Is operating mine which might destroy ' her own warships and the presence of which has compelled the commander of the Japanese fleet to forego contemplated operations. This consideration makes it plain that the floating mines are Rusalan, but there la a bare possibility, as suggested In the dispatch, that they may bave beeu dragged from their anchorage by the Japanese In the efforts to destroy them and not set afloat by the Rus sians, in that rase the latter could not. of course, be held responsible. In spite of the Russian denial, however, It will be very generally believed that the naval authorities at Port Arthur set the mines afloat. Of course it would b difficult to establish this, both of the belligerents having planted mines within the sone of operations,' but every rational consideration seems to fix the responsibility upon the Russians, who having abandoned hope of escaping from Port Arthur bave taken desperate means of accomplishing the destruction of the enemy's ships. If It Is a fact a reported, that a wide area of open sea surrounding Port Arthur Is thickly sown with floating mines tbere ought to be a united and vigorous protest from neutrsl natlona, whose shipping is thus Imperilled. HOT TO KKSTyMC OCH STRttTB. The movement for the acquisition of an asphalt paving plant ia a new de parture In the right direction, but some thing more must be done to keep tbe streets of Omaha in proper condition. The paved streets and alleys of Omaha are presumed to be under tbe direct surrelllauce and care of the Board of Public Works and the police department, but there la not even a pretense of sur veillance. Pavements on streets and alleys are torn up by the street railway, company, trenchea are dug by the water, gas, electric light and telephone com panies and tbe refilling of earth and re placement of pavements are left to these corporations. As a consequence our pavements bave been mutilated and disfigured for life and the damages Inflicted bave never been compensated for. In many in stances granite paving blocks bave been carted away and appropriated by the franchlsed corporations and sandstone or brick substituted. In other instsncea the filling of trenches has been loose and gaahee and scars have beeo left upon the asphalt pavement that gradually be came ere rices and eventually ditches la the middle of em streets. This untllatloa of our streets has be come Intolerable, Something mnst bo done, and that speedily, to put an end to tbe abuse. As a condition precedent to any change on the surface of our streets, whether In the relaying of street railway tracks or the laying of water mains, gas ptpee and electric conduits. every application for a permit to do tbe work should describe the chsracter of the change proposed, the streets to be affected and the distance within which work should be limited from dsy to day. Every application for a permit to tear up streets and alleys should either be accompanied by special bond or a gen eral bond should be required from each corporation for all the work to be dons In the course of a year as a guarantee of the repayment of the cost of replac ing tho pavement In case tbe city la compelled to do so by reason of neglect on the psrt of a contractor or franchlsed corporation to comply with the require ments. A record of each permit granted should be kept by the Board of Public Works and the city engineer should be required to Inspect the work when done and held responsible for the proper replacing tf the pavement. Every permit granted to take up or cut up pavement should have a time limit and If tbe atreet Is not replaced lit flrst-clasa condition within the period specified the city engineer should cause the work to be done at tbe dty's ex pense and charge the cost back to the contractor or corporation to whom the permit was granted, and the law de partment of the city should enforce the collection of the penalty in" case the parties refuse to reimburse the city for the amount expended. Under such regu lations tho streets of Omaha oould be kept In condition for travel and traffic year in and year out. It Is up to tho mayor, the council and Board of Public Works to take the necessary steps to inaugurate tbe reform. viTiciniao rum puKawmnr. Democratic newspapera and politi cians are criticising President Roose velt for the interest be is manifesting in the preparations for the national campaign, aa if this waa unprecedented. An eastern organ of democracy asserts that the president "has entered upon party management with a recklessness whlcb baa never been paralleled by the presidents whose partisan conduct be haa so furiously assailed," that "he al ready supervises every detail of the campaign and dictates not only who shull make the speech nominating him at Chicago, but who shall succeed Senator Hanna as chairman of the re publican national committee." Other democratic organs Indulge In a similar rein of criticism. Everyone familiar with our political history knows that it has been tbe rule with presidents having the legitimate desire to succeed themselves to offer suggestions to the party and to make known their wishes In certain respects. Andrew Jackson carefully planned for his renomlnatlon and no president was ever more active in this regard than G rover Cleveland In 1887-8 when be permitted the beads of departments to freely disregard the civil service law in replacing republicans with demo crats. It Is well remembered that In this tway the postal service was almost utterly demoralized. Moreover Mr. Cleveland had a good deal to say In connection with the platform and the selection of the managers of the cam paign m 18S8. It la not forgotten that some of tbe democratic leaders at that time were greatly displeased with what they regarded as the arbitrary .course of the president Mr. Roosevelt has selected former Governor Black of New York - to make the speech nominating him at Chicago. It la proper that . tbe president should be placed In nom ination by a delegate from his own state and no one is better qualified to do this than Mr. Black. Tbere baa been no dictation In the matter on the part of tbe president, whose preference for Mr. Black Is due to both personal friendship and the fact that he is a fine orator. As to the expressed desire of Mr. Roosevelt that Secretary Cortelyou shall be the chairman of the national committee, be la simply following a precedent set by candidates for the presidency for the laat half a century and It Is a perfectly proper and legiti mate custom. The chairman of the na tional committee must of ; necessity come Into frequent personal intercourse with the candidate and he should be a man who haa alike the esteem and the confidence of the candidate. Mr. Roose velt does not dictate the election of Mr. Cortelyou by the national committee, but the committee will very properly respect the president's wish in the mat ter In compliance with a long-observed practice. - Democratic efforts to discredit Mr. Roosevelt are for the most part exceed ingly tenuous and feeble and none more so than the ktnd of criticism above noted. The president has committed no Impropriety In the Interest msnlfested In preparations for tbe coming cam paign and Is entirely In line with well establlsbed precedents. Electric trsmwaya are rapidly becom ing feeders for the standard railroads and In due time are destined to be the most potential factor In making tbe farming property valuable. The farm era of McIIenry county, Illinois, and Walworth county, Wisconsin, for ex ample, are ahlpplng farm products and live stock from tbelr own fsrms direct to tbe Chicago markets by the Harvard at Lake Geneva electric line. A car is set on tbe aide track for a farmer, who loada It with stock billed for Its destina tion, and the car is run to Harvard and switched to the tracks of the Chicago & Northwestern system, that delivers it to the Chicago stock' yards. It goea with out saying that farms possessing such f frransportstlon faculties are very much enhanced In value. The annual report of the Missouri Pacific showa that the Omaha Belt Line figures among its sssets on a valuation of $300,000, or $.V).0Oi per mile, but the State Board of Assessment is asked to arrive at a "happy medium somewhere by appraising the Missouri Pacific at from $21,000 te $25,000 a mile," which at oneflfth would be $4,200 to $5,000 per mile. For a happy medium thla would be a little the unklndest cut of all. The local organ of sham reformers and dlffusers of Ill-defined rumors is very much perturbed by Chief Dons hue's appearance before the grand Jury with out waiting to be summoned. This Is decidedly refreshing. Does a chief of police have to be coaxed, wheedled or summoned before a grand Jury If he has any Information that would Justify prosecution of law violators? Cuba's new loan has been over-subscribed on the first Invltstlon to In vestors. Cuba is cashing In some of the favors conferred on It by Tncle Sam. The money lenders would never go In so heavily for Cuban securities If they were not convinced the Influence of the United States would work for the maintenance of Cuban credit The State Board Of Railroad Assess ment hss the power to command al the information necessary to enable the members to arrive at a fair valua tion of railroad property in Nebraska Whatever they do they will not have any excuse thst they wore compelled to act haatlly without full facts before them. The Interstate Commerce Commission la Investigating the methods of the coal carrying roads In the anthracite region. We supposed that the methods of the coal barons were well understood. They hare never been known to pay their miners more than they have to or to sell the product for less than they can get Manly awd Aaerleaa. New Tork World. Sverv intelligent. unDreiudlced person knows that the president's attitude toward tbe race question ' is thoroughly maniy. commendable and American. It requires neither apologies nor Justification. Good Look a at Hantlcaw. Indianapolis Journal. Judga Parker and Judge Gray, possibil ities for tha democratic nomination at St. Louis, are both dasorlbed aa temarkably hanrianm men. The democrata have not been succsaaful of late with handnorae men. Mr. Cleveland had a rood deal or beauty, but It waa all In his wlfe'a name. Spain Geta m Move On. Baltimore ' American. NntMna- could ao Illustrate the advanca of Spain aa the assertion of the Spanish minister that the loss of Us colonies has iiv heen dletlnrt train to 'the croaress of the country. If tho war opened Spain's ayes and led It not only to recognise, out also to acknowlelgef1 the handicap of its antlnuated colonial I system. " it was ' that drastic but useful 'medicine a blessing In disguise. ' And that Spain does acknowledge the fact Is a sign of progress In Itself. Mr. Csurwesrle'a Hero Contest. Philadelphia, Bulletin. t. t. ona thlner In Aonate m. hero fund and name a commission to choose between p- pllcanta for its benefits and quite anotner ,A .ini.t.r it , without atlmulatlnsT tha crop of fake "heroes." This Is what tbe Carnegie hero fund .commission la getting ready to And out. it win noia lis nrai meeting at PltUburg on Friday for organ isation and tho adoption of rulea. When these have been approved and made public, . mimhep f neon! a who are willing to be taeroio for a price will probably increase very rapidly. ' Vae of Money la Polltlea. Kenry Loomle Nelson In Boaton Herald. The ohlef exit In our practical politics, or In our politics as practiced, ia the uao of money In campalgna in campaigns for nominations as wall aa in campaigns for elections. Men buy caucuses and thay buy elections. Anyone at all familiar with prao tlcal politics knows this to be true, even If he ha seen no money used. Thomas B. Reed told ma not long before his death that tha corruption at tha St. Louia convention of 1S9S. of which he actually knew, drove him out of polltlca. There may have been reaaona that were more Immediate at tha time of hla retirement, but tha corruption practiced in the republican national con vention of 189 nrat led Mr. eea to consider the propriety of retiring from the shame less shamblea. PERSONAL NOTK8. England's drink bill for 19nJ amounted to tm,0O9.O0O, sccordlng to Dr. Dawson Burns. It eeema there la other liquid than BiitlHh blood In uae over there. . Pr. Edward Everett Hale, after a aeaaon of cloae obaervatlon while chaplain of the United States eenate. saye that mambera of eonareM are a hard-working-, public spirited lot of men. Tennessee's stats pension Hat la now full, the total number on tha rolla being 1301. and tha board csn add new namea only In place ef those who may dla. Tha amount paid by the atate In penaiona isn year -was J30O.SO. To mark his eoth birthday, John D. Crim- mlna has sent to tha treasurer of Bt. John's guild. New Tork City, a check to defray the coat of a trip of the r mating nospitai this summer. Between I.8 and l.sOO chil dren and mothera will be cared for on the trip. Captain Paul Bchabert of tha German ertny. who la at present in St. Louis at tending the fair, waa ona of the European offlcera who Instructed the Japanese in tha art of modern warfare. Among his pupils were auch notable Japanese generals OS Tatauma, Kodama and Kataura. Prof. Melville Thurston Cook of the de partment of biology of DePauw university, Greencastle, Ind.. haa accepted at poaltlon with the Cuban government as chief plant pathologist, and It carrlea with It the super. vision of all experimental wore on plant die sees which are Injurloua to agriculture. -ha manaaters of Mount Vernon have re ceived a number of historical artlclea for the collection now on eihlbltion at General Waahlngton's old home. Ona of them, a present by Vernon H. Woodwlck of Phlla delphla, la a medallion of tha Biitlah sailor, Admiral Vernon, In whose honor w ash- IcgtoD named the Potomio river eatate. Hunt M. Butler of Pittsburg la TS years old and haa served continuously with the Pennsylvania railroad forty-three yeare and aevon months. Me waa "depot master" In Pittsburg more than thirty-seven years and la now Inspector of statlona of the Plttaburg division, from which position h will be retired to tbe penal o a roll May H ROrSD ABOCT REV YORK. Metropolis, New Tork papers occselonally drop a hint of the depression prevailing In trades The Sun saye the city Is passing a period of unusual tnaetfvMy. Restaurants report buslnesa dull, barber shopa complain that nothing la doing, and the purveyors ef luxuries sre the most dissatisfied ef all. Tet New Tork eata and shaves at sll times. "There Is money to be spent now en such Important matters as summer clothes. and summer vacations are to be thought of," eald one of the financial authorities, "and those things take too much money for the other expenditures to go right on. People are cutting out the little axpensee te pay for the more important ones that si- ways coma at this season ef the year. They are even carrying that , Into euek small matters as sating at boms and shav ing tbemeelves." Oscar Hammerstetn waa enthroned oa a bootblack's stand in front of the Broad way theater smoking a cigar the other afternoon, when a huge automobile ap proached. He saw It to be one of those vehicles that haul out-of-town sightseers all over New Tork. Tha gride raised bis megaphone. "Now you see, ladlea and gentleman," be bellowed through the Instrument, "tha large and commodious Broadway theater, This seemed to exhaust the trumpeter's Information about the playhouae, but sud denly he caught sight of ths man on the bootblack's stand. "And. ladlea and gentlemen," he went on. mors loudly than before, "perched en the high chair, having bis shoes blacked. Is Mr. Oscar Hammsrstsln, the onty man in New Tork who can compose an opera In a night, build three theaters In a see and Invent clgarmaklng machines In his sleep. Now we'll pass on to the next curiosity." And northward rolled ths coach. I earing Mr. Hammereteln tha observed of all ob servers. Borne one noticed that when be got down from his seat and walked away bia left shoe was still unshtned. "I'm not bashful," he commented an hour later, "but I don't fancy being pro claimed as a freak." " Bridges and tunnels of magnitude are being constructed so rapidly in New Tork City that, wonderful as they are ae en glneering schemes, they have ceased to create very much Interest among the won der-sated inhabitants of this wonderland. Any new prelect of the kind Is accepted ae a matter of course. When, therefore. ths Board of Estimate recently authorised the expenditure of 110,000,000 to be applied toward the building of the new Manhattan bridge across the Eaat river, there was little more than a ripple of intereat throughout the city. Aa Borough President Caddlsy of Queens remarked. "What'a tbe use of stopping to think about a trifle like tie. 000,0007" Tha Manhattan bridge when com pleted five or six yeara from now will be the largeat bridge In the world la the mat ter of oarrylng capacity. - It will have eight railway tracka and more promenade and driving space than either the Williamsburg or the Brooklyn bridge. It Is beyond the prophesy of the present generation to say how many bridges will be built before the dawning of another century or bow msny millions of dollars will be Invested In such structures, but engineers are sanguine about the tunnel taking the place of bridges hereabouts. The greatest advantage In favor of the underground means of travel Is the saving of land. Such large areas of land muat necessarily be acquired . for bridge ter minals and approaches and at such tre mendous . cost that tbe cheaper method of the tunnel aystem has found favor. In fact,, the tunnel system le already re garded more favorably than bridges. Tun nels have been and are developing so rap Idly In New Tork that they are replacing the bridge. A few years ago a project was started to construct a bridge across the North river from the vicinity of Sev enty-second street over Into Jersey. Noth Ing Is heard of It new. Two tunnels are In course of construction under that body of water, a part of one already connecting Manhattan with Jereey. Another tunnnel la working Its Way under the lower part of the East river, and within four or five years the Pennsylvania Railroad company will be extending lta great tunnel under the same river at Thirty-fourth street. Not more than eight or ten years ago people ware speculating upon the possi bility of the tunnel plan. Now the tunnel is here and It looks as though tt were going to atay and grow and Increase In popu larity to the detriment of the bridge plan. Tunnela do not consume land that Is needed for residential and business purposes, and though they may be ever so unsightly and noisy, they are out ef sight and hearing. Do girls seek the wind? Tbe sophisti cated copper who Is stationed .near the Flatlron building is suspicious of some young woman whe walk there en windy days. "Looka to me sometimes," he said. a a if they got ready for It, They come down bare in patent leather slippers, opera silk stockings and lota of fluffy white stuff over that. Then they march around the block looking for the wind. Sometimes it doea not coma and they're a disappointed looking lot. When It does blow bard enough to gather a crowd of rubber neeke they seem to be having the time ef their Uvea." New Tork City has on Its payroll one ef the most remarkable old men In the world. He Is Charles Hsynes Haewell. Hie birth day occurred recently and he was then K yeara old. What la more remarkable still, he retains the spirit of a young man the aplrlt of work. Every day finds him punctually at his desk In the city hall be tween the houra ef and o'clock, and this despite tbe fact that hla heart, as be ad mits. Is growing weak. Professionally Mr. Haswall Is a civil, matins and meohaaloal engineer; Incidentally he la the author of several well known books, and. all In all, be la a man with a remarkable record of publlo usefulness snd private Integrity. Te him belongs the unique distinction of being the oldest active engineer In the world. As far back aa six years ago this degree was figuratively conferred upon blm at the con vention of the naval architects In London, where professional representatives from every civilised country met and where he was present, representing the marine un derwriters of New Tork. Governor Odell has signed a bill designed to curtail tbe rapidly growing trading stamp bualneas In Nsw Tork, but It Is doubt ful that It will accompllah the desired re sult. The bill requires every trading stamp except tboee Issued by individual mer chants or manufacturers, to near a staiso facs value In terms of sooner, snd te be redeemable rn cash or merchandise at the option of the holder. Officials of the trad Ina stamo companies say that they will comply with tbe law by making the faoa value of eacb stamp about 1-ieth of a eenC They do not expect say decrease In their buslnesa, as their customers, especially the women, are more anstous te redeem the stamps In the artlclea that are offered than ia money, even when tha face value is printed oa the stamp. Under present ar rangements every trading stamp haa upon lta facs ths umber tan. Ths law was sug gested by those whe betleVed that the gen eral pubUo thought that every eUmp wae worth M cents. The trading etaaa erase Is growing at a prodlgteue rate, with ao sign ef abataeaeat. Fifty Yoaro , . I mm MM (oprQY03 ibo flavor and adds to tho hoa.ihfu.nQS3 of tho food. PRICg BARiNQ POWQEfl CO CHIOAOO. NEW AMBASSADOR IN RUSSIA Sir Charlti Hardin it Btosivsd with Bignifi- ' eaat Cordiality. MORE FRIENDLY ANGLO-RUSSIAN ERA Encash Representative Highly Pleased with Reception Aecorded hy Baaneror and Empreaa at St. Petsvsbnrg, BT. PETERSBURG, May 21-7:65 p. m.- Ths beginning of a nsw and more friendly era In Anglo-Russian relations Is believed to have been Inaugurated by the cordial manner in which the emperor this after noon at. the Tearskoe-Balo palace received Sir Charles Hardinge, tbe new British am bassador te Russia. Sir Charles presented his credentials In private audience, the empress aharlng with the emperor .the cordial greetings extended to the new ambassador, who handed a per sonal letter from King Edward to his 1m pert el nephew, alee conveying the British king's personal good wlshee and sincere de sire that the relations between the two countries shall become mora and more friendly. While what passed naturally Is a secret. Sir Charles afterward expressed the greatest sstlafactlon at the spirit of his reception. While It le a mistake to suppose that ne gotiations looking to an understanding or an adjustment of the lcns atandlne differ ences between Great Britain .and Russia have t begun er can -begin While Great Britain's ally Is at war with Ruaala. It is sn open seoret that the reel end and Sim of Sir Charles' mission is to so Improve the relations between Great Britain snd Rus sia during the war aa to render possible at Its conclusion such an understanding. which Is known to be close to the heart of King Edward- It la understood that one of the possible causes of misunderstanding between tha twe countries already has been removed by the acceptance by Russia of Great Britain's assurances regarding the purpose of the British mission to Thibet. SBRIOrS RATTLE in gA DOMIXGO Revolnttonlete Vletorleas and Maay Are Killed and Weassel. CAPS HATTTEN. May M.-A serious bat tle was fonght today between ths domlnl ean troops and the revolutionists at Eaper ansa, on the road from Monte Crlstl to Santiago, near Mao. The revolutionists were victorious. Many were killed or wounded en both aides. General Raeul Cabrera, minister of war. who commanded the government troops, was killed and hie body was taken to Navarctte. The revolutlonlsta are before Navarette. where another battle will be fought. The government troops are waiting for reinforcements. The I'nlted States cruiser Detroit and the gunboat Newport are off Monte Crlstl. BRITISH BXrKDITIOir CTT OFF Rslnfnrceaeents Are Ordered Forward Carry Relief. SnaXA. British India. May .-Ths Brit ish Thibetan expedition at Oyang-Tse is Isolated. No communication from It baa been received for three daya Further re inforcements have beta ordered to the front. Jape Invade Red tea. rmmftaA Mar M. According to renorta made by captains of steamers which have -The hamna ferns ta ladeod divine 1 ' where properly nantled." Bean poor QUniBn limitations rwan.el tewUTlet. COUldaJlOW. All of our broken lines of solid and fancy boaierr, "im ported and domestic," that sold up to f 1.50, will be on tale FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FOR 45c a pair, ail sizes You can see them In our Uh street window. Aa exoatlent ehaeee for hosiery levers and low shoe wearers. groWning- Ki m ( R. a WILCOX, Ma oncer. tho Standard - a arrived here from the Red see, a Japanese torpedo boat has been seen there. MYSTERY, tOMA'tCH AMD SCICTDB Toons; Man After Short Hsneysnoen Fonnd Iend at Parte. PARIS, May JS. The youngeet sen e( Dr. John Kvana, a leading American den tist, haa been found ehet. Bvans. whe wae 12 yeara old, had Just returned, from Nice, to whlcb place he had eloped with a South American woman, married and the mother of two children. A number of mysterious featurea are connected with the case, but the police, after an examination, are satis fied that death resulted from suicide. POINTED REMARKS. ' "I never was ao surprised In my life," said the old resident of the south side, who waa narrating a unique experience. "Ten could have knocked me down with a whiff from the stock yards.' .-Chlcago Tribune. "What made Nero fiddle while Rome burned?" asked the Inquisitive small boy. "I don't know," ana wared bla father. "Maybe he waa reckleaa and wanted to show he didn't care for anything; not even the musicians' union." Waahington Star. Pedestrian Tou act as If you wanted tha earth. V , . AutomoblUat Oh, no,' you keep the side walks and we'll take tbe roada.r-Indlan-apolis Journal. Teas I saw Mia Vane on the avanaa yes terday with a lovely new hat, but she had It cocked so far over to one side It was almost falling off her head. Jeaa Yea, she told me aha pushed It over that way Juat aa you came along so you'd be sure to noUce It. Philadelphia Frees. She had been hammering tbe plane for half an hour. . 'And you call that nlavitu'f'- as re. marked. - . v ' j res," she returned Indignantly. "Why not T" "It looke Post. to me like work." Chicago Gunner Bo you drank Scotch whlaky st the banquet unltl you saw triple. DM you hear bells ringing In your eareT Guytr Worae than . that I heard bag pipes. Philadelphia Record. 'Stand pat!" : elled the player who was Coaching. "What does he mean by thatf" asked the Inevitable girt In the grand stand. .limn inv vorreci lorm now ror lOld your base ' " replied the indispensable young Customer I think thla la what my daugh ter told me to get. You guarantee It to be one of the popular eonga of ths dayf Muaic Dealor Yea. air; but. of course. I can't guarantee Its popularity among your neighbors after your dauchter has learned to alng lt.-Phlladelphla Frees. WHAT'S THE I'SBf Denver Times ' What'a the uae of making trouble when If a wiin jrou every aay W h t ' the ii-- What'a the use of doing things In the moat inconvenient way What's the use? What'a ths uss of hunting: worry? What's the uso to fret and etew. W han there's not a ghost of reason To believe It eases you? What'a the uae? Whate the uae of lamentation when a good luinn wre py What'a the inuit Whafe the use, when you may laugh and nuuL, 10 lurn it 10 a cry What'a tha uae? What's ths use of breeding frensy And Indulging In a howl When ths world Is not disposed to Listen to your peevish growl? What's the uss? What'a the use of blaming others for the rault tnat is ynur own West's tha uae? What's ths uae of shifting burdens you anouia carry an aione What'a tha use? Will It snake your eurden lighter If the world refuses to Weep about the home mads tremble That have made their home with you? W bat a the uae? Your Feet incased in a pair of tbe fancy hosiery we have on salo "FRIDAY and SAT URDAY," will be prop erly habited, "and barring the sire," would aa nearly annmarh divinitv n nnr J
