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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ps.:
George B. Ttschuck. secretary of The Bee
Publishing Company, being duly sworn,
says that the actual number ot full and
complete copies of The Dally, Morning.
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
month of Hoy, 1904, was na follows:
1 80,000 17 2,03O
I m.ouo u so.oeo
S 28,740 1 29,910
29,730 2f,30
1 80,070 21 OOJUM
2D.840 22 26,180
1 80,680 tS...'. 29,970
20,700 24 20,790
1 3),lNO 26 29,840
10 SO.IBO X 20,800
11 29,800 27 20,710
U 20,780 - 28 20,940
U 2000 28 27,100
14...... 29,940 20 29,830
14 241,020 ' U 29,730
IS 80,010
Total 911.8S0
Lies unsold and returned copies. ... 10,020
Net total Bales , 901,821
Net average sales 29,091
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ISeai) , M. B. HCNGATE.
Notary Public.
It begins to look as If Morocco needs
the man who carried the message ,to
Garcia. 1 '
It Is now up to the school, board mem
bers who happen to have places on the
' teachers' committee.
There never was any excuse fdr the
bridge arbitrary so there can be no ex
cuse for restoring it.
War correspondents are now telling
how they reached the front. After the
war la over they may be permitted to
tell what they saw after they arrived.
The city authorities are going to spend
$l,00a at weed cutting. What's the
. matter with letting the inmates of the
county jail earn their board?
The New York steamship accident re
calls the Iroquois theater horror and
one then wonders what has become of
all the official investigations started, at
that time.
If Dowle is convinced that he Is the
prophet Elijah he is apparently equally
certain that the people of Loudon are not
ravens, since they -refuse to contribute
to his support
The British government may be court
ing the Russians, as proclaimed by St.
Petersburg papers, but the chances are
It Is only a harmless flirtation fo cover
a real courtship in Thibet
City employes are to have their Sat
urday half holiday to begin hereafter
at 12 o'clock Instead of 1 o'clock. There
la no Imminent danger, however, that
they will complain of underwork.
The chairman of the recent democratic
convention at Springfield could give
Uncle Joe Cannon pointers on bow to
expedite business but then, he wasn't
fcwuy dodging a vice presidential nomina
tion. i i
The organisation growing out of the
Nebraska semi-centennial celebration Is
to be known as an Early Settlers' asso
ciation and not as an Old Settlers' asso
ciation. The early settlers never become
sold settlers.
-A
Russian scientist has discovered that
there are no "ritual murders." If this
enlightenment continues the Russians
will sometime discover that all the
. witches were burned at Salem and left
.no descendants.
The assessment of railroad property
by the state board for state taxation has
nothing whatever to do with the assess
ment of railroad property for local or
municipal taxation. That fight Is still
to be waged to Its finish.
Ralsoull must hold a high opinion of
the glories of American' sovereign citi
aensblp when be places so high a ran
som on one American. Four provinces
are more than was ever before exacted
for the ransom of a regal sovereign.
If the conference of charities and cor
rections now in session In Maine will
And some corrective for the boy who
reads yellow backed novels and the man
who reads the yellow Journals it will
be balled as oue of America's greatest
organizations.
Some of the councilmen profess to be
Willing to go to Jail to have the question
settled whether or not the courts have
a right to Interfere with rounellmanlc
legislation by writs of Injunction. If
the court should undertake to accomiuo
flate them they might not be so eager.
Captain Palmer has been talking at
Lincoln to the postmasters In state con
vention assembled on "First Class Pot-
nice What About Them." When he
talks up here he will get a mure inter
ested audleuee If he will make his sub
ject "First Class I'ostomces Uow to
Get Tbeu."
TAUCVW HMTALlATlOS.
A duty on American lumber la being
asked by the lumbermen and shingle
manufacturers of British Columbia and
It appears probable that it will be
granted by the Dominion government
The Canadians claim that the millmen
nt th TTnltMt States are driving; them
from the markets of the northwest and
Manitoba and they are bringing pressure
to bear upon the government for relief.
It is stated that the lumber industry of
Canada is suffering from the same de
pression that exists in this country. The
Canadians believe that an increase of
the duty on American lumber and shin
gles will give British Columbia mills
the advantage and secure them control
of that market
It is stated that lumbermen and shin
gle manufacturers on this side are not
worrying much about the matter, for
they believe that if Canada imposes a
tax the United States will retaliate and
British Columbia will lose more than
she will gain. A large portion of the
shingles and sidings made in the prov
ince find a market In this country,
which would be lost in that event It
is highly improbable, however, that the
American duty on lumber and Its prod
ucts would be Increased, whatever the
Canadian government may do. This
feature of our tariff law has probably
stronger opposition than any other. As
to Canada there is at present so general
a feeling In favor of better protection
against American competition that the
request of the lumbermen is quite likely
to be complied with. It is quite possible
that If this should be done there might
grow out of it negotiations looking to
closer trade relations between the two
countries.
TCRK1SB DMCHIUINATIOX
It Is stated, apparently upon official
authority, that notwithstanding the pro
test of the Russian ambassador at Wash
ington an American fleet will, go to Tur
key. No statement Is made as to just
what the program of the administration
is, but it is the understanding that the
cruise in the Mediterranean of some of
our war vessels will be extended east
ward and they may touch at some Turk
ish port.
It is explained that the United States
is aiming to secure for certain American
Institutions and missions in Turkey the
same privileges that the government of
that country grants to the missionary
anil educational institutions of other
countries. France, Germany, Great
Britain and Russia have obtained the
right .to , maintain missionaries and
schools in Turkey, the protection for
them of the Turkish government exemp
tion from taxation, recognition of their
diplomas and other Important conces
sions. These privileges are. denied to
American missionaries and American in
stitutions of learning in Turkey and they
are discriminated against without rea
son. It is further pointed out that In
other ways the sultan has shown an un
willingness to comply wl.th the Just de
mands of this country. .. 'i' -'
Wl'ther or not this furnishes a Justi
fication for sending a squadron Into
Turkish waters is of course a question
for the determination of the Washington
authorities, but it Is well known that
some demonstration of this kind is usu
ally necessary to secure attention ( from
the Turkish ruler to demands, however
Just they may be. The sultan is proof
against diplomatic methods, being him
self one of the wiliest and most inge
nious of diplomatists. At the same time
the Russian protest suggests that our
government should be very careful not
to do anything which might Involve It
In complications with European powers.
It would be easy to go too far In a mat
ter of this kind.
TBK ILLIXOIB DtUOCRATH.
The action of the democrats of Illi
nois, pledging the delegates to. Hearst
as long as his name Is before the
St Louis convention, was not un
expected. The Hearst managers have
been carrying on a very active and
aggressive campaign In that state and
so well had they organized their
forces that they were able before
the convention to state within a few
votes what their strength would be.
What effect this accession to the list of
Hearst supporters will have upon the
democratic situation remains to be seen,
but It Is certainly very plain notice to
the conservative wing of the party that
it has nothing to expect from the Illi
nois democracy. The probable tendency
of this will be to somewhat damage the
chances of Parker, though his support
ers will perhaps argue that minors being
certainly republican this year the posi
tion of the democratic party In that
state Is of no great consequence. As
to Hearst lie has now pledged to him
only about one-sixth of the delegates
chosen and the number Is not likely to
be very much Increased, if at all, by the
conventions yet to be held. It seems to
be absolutely assured that he will not
control one-third of the national con
vention, but while he has no chance
whatever of getting the nomination he
may exert a considerable influence In
determining who shall receive It
The Illinois democratic platform Is In
about the usual vein, with rather mors
of socialistic doctrine than is to be found
In the democratic platforms of other
states. This is easily explainable by
the fact that socialism has many ad
hereuts in Chicago and is as strong In
Illinois as In any other state, relatively
to population, if not Indeed actually.
One of the demands of the platform is
"that the government be taken out of
the hands of the friends of monopoly
sud restored to the uutrammeled repre
sentatives of the people." This Is
amusing in view of the failure of the
democratic party to do anything hostile
to monopoly when It had the oppor
tunity. The so-called "untrammeled
representatives of the people" carried
the country In 1802. The democrats had
the presidency and both houses of con
gress. But they did nothing- to check,
regulate or repress monopolistic com-
btnatlona. The Cleveland administration
held the anti-trust law of 1S90, a repub
lican measure, to be defective and inade
quate, yet the democratic congress made
no effort to remedy the defects and
strengthen the law and only a perfunc
tory attempt was made to enforce it
Its value has since been successfully
tested by a republican administration
Furthermore, a republican congress has
enacted legislation for the supervision
of the combinations by the government,
to the extent of requiring them to fur
nish Information in regard to their or
ganlsatlon, financial condition and busi
ness methods. Publicity is provided for
In the case of a corporation found to be
conducting its affairs in a way inimical
or Injurious to the public interests.
Every Intelligent man knows that this
legislation has been repressive and bene
ficial. It has been largely Instrumental
In putting a stop to the promotion of
trusts and overcapitalized combinations.
What assurance can the democratic
party give that if restored to power it
would even carry out this republican
legislation, to say nothing of adding to
It? That party did not make any serious
or sincere effort to enforce the anti
trust law when it had the opportunity
and there is no reason to believe that
given another opportunity it would make
an honest effort to enforce any of the
laws dealing with trusts and combina
tions enacted by the republican party.
A nVBSTAKTlAL VICTORY.
The official announcement that the
assessment of Nebraska railroads, as
agreed on by the state board, will ag
gregate $40,000,000 will be hailed by the
advocates of equitable railroad taxation
as a substantial victory. The campaign
for tax reform and equitable taxation
has been protracted and arduous and the
battle under most adverse conditions
would have been lost but for an over
whelming public sentiment that has
made itself felt In the state capital.
While the valuation of $46,000,000 falls
considerably short of one-fifth of the
actual value of the railroads operated
in Nebraska, an Increase of nearly $10,
000,000, or about 65 per cent, over last
year's assessment Is a long step toward
an approximately correct valuation of
the railroads. An advance of $10,000,000
last year would have been considered
an unexampled achievement. Computed
at a ratio of one-eighth of their true
value, the aggregate valuation of rail
roads last year would have been only
$216,000,000, whereas this year's assess
ment at one-fifth places them at' $230,-
000,000.
Computed at a ratio of one-sixth and
adding $10,000,000 to last year's assess
ment their valuation would have been
only $222,000,000, or $8,000,000 less than
they were assessed for this year. Con
ceding that $46,000,000 is fully 80 per
cent less than the actual market value
of the railroads of Nebraska, the raise
of $10,000,000 Is a tremendous stride
forward. What the constitution con
templates Is that the railroads shall
bear their just proportion of the total
amount of taxes levied for state, county
and municipal purposes. Should It
transpire that the valuation of rail
roads Is materially out of proportion
with the valuation of all other classes
of property, the campaign for equitable
taxation will have to be renewed and
kept up until the railroads are made
to contribute their " fair and Just pro
portion toward, the expenses of state,
county and municipal government
T. J. Mahoney has addressed a second
letter to the editor of The Bee through
the columns of the World-Herald, al
though he knew that the editor of The
Bee would not deny him a hearing In
this paper. 'As a man who prides him
self upon his high standing at the bar,
he must have known it was unprofes
sional for him to address -the court of
public opinion through a medium In
which only one side of a controversy
could be heard.' The editor of The Bee
has never yet run away from a fight and
he can assure Mr. Mahoney that every
allegation In his philippic, reflecting
upon him or the paper, will be met
squarely and without wincing, but the
editor of The Bee cannot be diverted
from the performance of duties and
functions devolving upon him, nor can
the editorial or news features of The
Bee be made secondary to a controversy
with a man whose argument In chief Is
to call bis betters liars.
The mothers and fathers of children
in the Omaha public schools are grad
ually waking up to the Importance of the
duties devolving upon the school board,
which is vested with the entire man
agement of the whole public school sys
tem, and when their Interest Is once fully
aroused they may be depended upon
to see that the men elected to the school
board each year are not only able to
comprehend the scope of public school
education, but also honest and broad
minded enough not to be swayed by
personal prejudice, or subsidized' by
petty patronage ladled out to near rela
tives. The Sunday summer excursions to
Oinaba inaugurated by some of the rail
roads centering here are duly appreci
ated, but they would be mora appreci
ated by our merchants If they came say
once a month on Monday, which could
then be set aside as special bargain day
for the benefit of out-of-town shoppers.
Here Is a chance for the Commercial
club to do something for the retailers.
perinea Conditions.
Ban Francisco Call.
Turkey has agreed, it is reported, to
permit the Black sea fleet of Russia to
pass the Dardanelles on tha single condi
tion that It never come back. The condi
tion appears to be altogether unnecessary
If we accept recent events In the Oriental
war as precedents. '
Ms Meney MSaaltr.
Chicago Chronicle.
It appears that the efforts of Colonel
Fabyan and the Chicago Amusement as
sociation to provide a "sans" calibration
of the Fourth of July for the people of
Chicago have not been successful. Out of
ths t,000 necessary to carry, out the pro-
J
gram of the association not $5,000 has been
paid in and even the underwriters have be
come Indifferent. The prospect la that the
day will be celebrated as "Insanely" as
ever.
"Sotnlne; la it for Me."
Boston Transcript.
Russell Sage's announcement that vaca
tlons are sll wrong appears to be regarded
by the country as an announcement that
Is true without being Important. Still there
are people In Wall street who find It Inter
sting, as before It was made they had no
Idea that there was anything Sage wo&ld
not take.
To (he Boya la the Trenches!
Louisville Courier-Journal.
eOntlemen of God's Country Fellow
Kentucklans and Fellow Democrats In
the name of the Vnterrlfled and the Un
dented, we greet you: come you In peacs
here, or come you in war, the open-door
and the outstretched hand to each and
every one of ysu!
I'pholdlna: American Cltlseaahip.
New York Tribune.
The democratic paper which objects to
"gunning for sparrows" In Morocco with
twelve-inch guns seems to have a -poor Idea
of the value and dignity of American cltl
senshlp. There Is no gun too big to be em
ployed In making an American citizen safe
and respected, whether In Morocco or any
where else on the planet.
Kickers by Profession.
Philadelphia Press.
Of course the democratic newspapers are
not pleased with the selection of Attorney
General Knox for senator. But this will not
Interfere with anybody's happiness. Noth
ing that could have been done would have
pleased the democratic newspapers, and It
It had been possible to please them nobody
else would have been satisfied.
Calm Before the Storm.
New York Tribune. r
As the days draw nigh when democracy's
conservative and radical factions are to
meet and measure their strength at St
Louis there Is a noticeable attempt at mod
erating the language In which they speak
of each other. The situation recalls Lord
Palmcrston's anti-climax: "The language
of the honorable gentleman is unusual, un
parliamentary, violent, discreditable and
ahem! to be deprecated."
Am Idea In Billboards.
Pilgrim Magazine.
An American or Englishman looks in vain
on the streets of Freiburg for any of the
huge advertising billboards that disfigure
to such a great extent his home cities.
Flashing electric signs that blaze over
half the heaven by night and demand In
green and red and blue letters that one
use "Brown's pure rye," or somebody
else's "little liver pills," are also absent.
In place of these necessities of nineteenth
century commercialism, Freiburg has es
tablished a system of municipal bulletin
boards and columns. There are fifty of
these display places In the city, situated
where they will attract the most attention
without Injuring In any way the appear
ance of the street as a whole. A person
having something to announce goes to the
city hall with his bills, pays his fee, which
is 25 cents per square foot for the first
day and 10 cents for each succeeding day,
with liberal reductions for long periods,
and goes out. Qn his way home he will
see the poster already sticking up his
notice. y
THE WEST IS HIS STRONG HOLD.
i
ndoolc Generally Presages "Foar
More Years ot Roosevelt."
Washington Letter , to Boston Transcript.
Wtut of the Allegheny mountains, north
of the Ohio river khd east of the Missouri,
the country will probably be surprised ths
morning after election by the firmness of
the republican majorities. Aside from
Missouri, which Is counted with the south,
the only states that are ever doubtful there
are Indiana and Illinois, with a conseva
tivs democratic candidate of the Parker
type, and without a strong affirmative Is
sue, there Is no great danger that the re
publicans will lose either of these. The
real reason for this prediction Is that tha
west Is In the habit of voting the repub
lican ticket; there are no signs of a reac
tion. Oreat overturns In national politics
do not come unheralded. The democrats
have never carried the country In a presi
dential election at a time when they were
not In control of the national house of
representatives and by a heavy majority.
This year ths republican party Is in con
trol; It has the governor and the legisla
ture of all these valley states. It is in
possession of the field, when possession Is
nine points of the law. The republican
complications in Illinois and Wisconsin,
while vexatious, are not likely to disturb
majorities on the electoral ticket. Indiana
seems to have left the democratic party.
"Reorganization" within that state does
not do the party much good. It would
bs a reasonable prediction that the next
democratic president to go Into the White
House will get there because he receives
the electoral vote of Illinois, due to some
movement of opinion In the great popula
tion of Chicago, but that such a storm Is
rising In that quarter this year there is no
sign. Kansas and Nebraska and ths
Dakotas will, from all accounts, remain
steadfast in their republican allegiance.
One of the democratic senators from Colo
rado acknowledged to the Transcript cor
respondent not long ago that he had no
expectation of seeing that stats taken from
Roosevelt. The three states on the Pacific
coast like ths republican policies of ex
pansion, with the market for army supplies
which ths Philippines give them, and they
like the canal. They like to see things
moving. They like the Roosevelt type. A
conservative, old-fashioned democrat of the
Parker (sort will arouse no enthusiasm
about the Oolden Oate.
There Is an occasionally weak spot in
the west. Ths republicans may get tan
gled up with the Mormon question In
such a way as to cost them two or three
small states, but of this It is too early
to make a prediction. Senator Dubois of
Idaho, as a democrat, is playing the game
for all that it Is worth, but he must meet
In doing It some very shrewd and re
sourceful republicans, who will advise the
Mormons to suspend Judgment as to what
the party In power purposes to do until
after election, and this advice will prob
ably bo accepted. Nevada will doubtless
be democratic. In Montana the chances
are' In the other direction. These states
are small and will not greatly affect re
sults. Nevada Is the one northern state
which tha democrats seem most certain
to carry, and they may possibly pick up
two or three more small states In ths
Rocky mountain region, . should ths cam
paign so develop, but there Is no present
evidence of any widespread defection . In
that section.
To win a presidential contest the re
publicans must have an almost solid north
against an absolutely solid south. This
year, according to sll appearance, they
will have that nearly solid north, but they
may lose New York and New Jersey, and
still carry tha country. Unless there Is
some weakening in the west, of which
there Is now . no evidence, ths republican
citadel la secure. It will not be over
thrown until the large urban population
of New York and Chicago throw their
states Into the democratic column, and
these, with the south and the miscella
neous support which an opposition party
always gathers, would carry ths country.
That Is ths combination of tha future
which ths republicans bars 'most to fear.
But today there are no signs thai It can
OS elTataed far ths pending campaign. It
will b "Four years aiur of Roosevelt"
LAW THHOIGH LA WLESSSEM.
Methods Pursued by the Military
Aatborltles of Colorado.
Springfield (Msss.) Republican.
Governor James H. Feabody of Colorado
sends the following to ths New York
Times:
"Law and order are being rapidly estab
lished In the disturbed district, and will bs
absolutely maintained. There Is no occa
sion for asking aid of the federal govern
ment, as the state authorities are fully
able to deal with the present situation, and
within a few days at the furthest law will
reign supreme. The federal courts a few
months sgo and the stats supreme court
this week have sustained ma In my efforts
at restoring law and order, which will aid
me very materially In establishing, order."
There Is a familiar and somewhat para
doxical expression to the effect that "we
are going to have peace Jf we have to
fight for It." 8o It may r said of ths
forces around Governor Peabody that they
are going to establish law and order
through lawlessness and disorder.
It Is certainly not to be said thst law
is the power now at work for order in the
disturbed districts of Colorado. There
never was a more complete dethronement
of law than we see In this case. It can
make no substantial difference that a cer
tain fraction of ths duly constituted au
thority of the state and the affected lo
calities Is In charge of the proceeding.
When this suthorlty sets aside all estab
lished guards for the protection of Indi
vidual rights and appeals simply to an in
discriminating power of force and arms,
closing the doors of th tribunals of Jus
tice, compelling unsympathetic officers of
the law to resign at the muzzle of a gun,
arresting and imprisoning Individuals not
merely on suspicion of being connected
with the horrible dynamite outrages and
not merely on suspicion of being In sym
pathy with the strikers, some few of whom
doubtless committed these cowardly mur
ders, but for the fact of belonging to a
labor union which the law allows: and,
more than this, forcibly driving citizens
from their homes and deporting them,
breaking up their co-operative stores and
newspaper offices and other business Inter
ests and even closing down a mine be
cause It employs union labor when this
is done even In the name and by virtue
of duly established authority, we none tha
less have a condition of anarchy rather
than law, and of mob rule rather than any
thing better than that. And It is as much
a state of anarchy and mob rule as it
would be If the union miners, instead of
the militia and citizens' alliance, were
the stronger and proceeded to run out of
the region those not In sympathy with
them and for that reason.
It may be that the situation bad become
so de-tperate that no other course of action
was left than to cast aside all law and all
the; restraints of law and revert to the
tests by which a primitive state of so
ciety settles its difficulties. But this may
be doubted. It can be regarded as true
only on the supposition that a very large
element; In a community may become dl
vested of those attributes or properties of
the human being whose common possession
alone makes an orderly society possible
a reason and a conscience.
In any case, however, the trouble is that
a law and order obtained through methods
of lawlessness and disorder affords no fun
damental assurances of stability after
being established. As no peace was ever
wrought through a trial of brute strength,
regardless of consideration- of light and
Justice, which was not sown thick with
the seeds of future conflict, so a law
and order brought about by similarly re
verse processes is likely to contain a meas
ure of bitter and revengeful feelings very
threatening to its genuine and easy main
tenance. We are not lightly In this coun
try to appeal to the power, of arbitrary
force, and the enduring efficacy of such an
appeal , is to be doubted in any case.
But meantime we would call the atten
tion of the labor unions to one feature of
this affair, which Is poesessed of deep and
warning significance to them. The great
majority of the people of the United States
are probably as little disposed as ever to
glvs themselves over to arbitrary power
and surrender oven for a moment those
safeguards to Individual rights and liber
ties which have been established In the
constitutions and laws and judicial proc
esses of our Anglo-Saxon civilisation.
Nevertheless we find the high-handed
course of the Colorado executive authority
being viewed widely with quiet com
placency, if not with open ' and emphatlo
approval. And if there is any other rea
son for this than that the people of all
classes outside of the labor unions have
become thoroughly wrought up over the
vexatious, Intolerable, Inconsiderate and
equally high-handed course of the unions
In the past few years If there is any other
reason for the fact, we do not know of it.
the rest of the people and they constitute
a vast majority simply will not long en
dure the conditions which the unions of
late have been forcing upon them.
BRIGHTEMXG LIVES OP THE SICK.
Modern. Invention as a Means of Car
rying; Joy to the Suffering.
Philadelphia Press.
A great deal of interest has been awak
ened by the announcement of the use of
the telephone of one of our city churches
recently, In order to enable ths inmates of
a certain hospital to share in the services.
This utilization of a modern invention for
tha brightening of the lives of suffering
ones snd for their spiritual uplift appeals
to the popular Imagination. It is a con
secration of the achievements of science.
Doubtless, it has suggested to many fer
tile minds other philanthropic uses for the
telephone and phonograph. Report has
erred in stating that this occasion Is the
first in which the telephone had been
similarly used in a church in this country.
Six or seven years ago visitors to the pul
pit of- ths First Presbyterian church of
Chester were surprised to find in one of
ths pews a big horn, and to be told that
It was simply a large telephone receiver,
connected with the sick room of a con
firmed invalid who was a member of the
church and who, by this means, attended
all of Its regular Sunday and mid-week
services. The Christian Endeavor society,
of which the young woman was a member,
had Installed a telephone In her home and
In ths church. Thus she was kept in
closest touch with ths life and work of
the congregation. More than that, by
means of ths telephone at her bedside, she
was "visited" many times during tha day
by her young friends, who were clerks in
stores and offices, snd her lonely life thus
varied and brightened to a wonderful de
gree. There are thousands of such invalids who
could bo brought Into touch with a wlds
circle of life by tha installation of a tele
phone at their bedside. The sick room
would be robbed of much of its gloom and
loneliness by such a means. In this day,
when the use of ths telephops has become
so general, the Invalid's visiting list would
bs the telephone directory. Ths sugges
tion Is one that should appeal to all fami
lies with Invalid members, and to religious
and fraternal organizations with msmbers
who, by disability, have been abut apart
from personal touch with their kind.
As to ths use of telephones In hospitals,
it Is to bs hoped that the experiment which
was found so practicable and so successful
In ths case of one may bs extended almost
Indefinitely, so that every large church may
count among Its congregation tha patlDUU
In at loaat one hospital. This is ths twen
tieth century ' snd fur twentieth century
service twentiuta century methods should
be. adopted.
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PERSONAL NOTES.
All Chicago Is Interested In the attempt
of an applicant for a fireman's billet to
Increase his weight to the required 140
pounds.
R. P. Serrano, who has Just been nom
inated for vice president of the Mexican
republic, will no doubt succeed Diaz upon
his retirement.
The new Thomas A. Hendricks library.
raised to the memory of her distinguished
husband by Mrs. Hendricks at Hanover,
Ind., was dedicated last Wednesday.
Senator Cockreli was run down and
painfully hurt by a bicyclist on Saturday.
The senator should regard this as a special
warning. The St. Louis convention will be
full of men with wheels.
Miss Sophonlsha Breckinridge, daughter of
ex-Congressman Breckinridge of Kentucky,
will receive the degree Ot doctor of Juris
prudence from the law department of the
University of Chicago this week. She will
be the first woman In the United States to
earn the degree.
Captain Matthew E. Hanna, former mili
tary attache at the United States legation
at Havana, has been ordered to rejoin the
Second cavalry at Fort Asslniboine, Mont.,
after more than five years' service In Cuba.
Captain Hanna had charge of the first
reconstruction schools in Cuba.
Citizens of Scarsboro, Poweshiek county.
Iowa, gave a banquet the other evening
to a gang of sixty Italians who have been
working on ths Iowa Central improvement
and construction work near that town.
The banquet was In recognition of the
services of the men in putting out a fire
that threatened to destroy the town a few
nights ago.
A monument to James Reynolds, called
"Catalpa Jim," will be unveiled in St Law
rence cemetery. New Haven, Conn., Sun
day, July I. Reynolds was the man who
principally engineered the expedition In the
sailing vessel Catalpa, which released from
an Australian penitentiary some thirty and
odd years ago a number of Irish political
prisoners. The monument will be In. the
form of a Celtic cross of Bar re granite.
On Its face will be carved a likeness of
ths Catalpa and a bust of Reynolds, and
shamrocks will fill in the design. The or
ator will be ex-Congressman Plggott, and
Recorder Go ft and John Devoy of New
York City will be present, besides Captain
Anthony of New Bedford, who was captain
of the Catalpa.
FLASHES OP KI N.
"It must bs hard." said the friend, "to
have your wife chasing off to women's
rights meetings and all tnat sort oi thing
every night."
Hard 7" exclaimed Henpecu, "Why. it's
great. I can sit comfortably at home and
not have to listen to ner. I'liiiaaeipnla
Press.
Willie Pa. what is a philanthropist, any
way?
Pa A nhllanthrnnlst. my son. Is merely a
man who has more money than he can
possibly use himself. Philadelphia Ledger.
It is hinted." said the close adviser.
"that there Is no excuse for your having
so much money."
"My mend," answerea Henator sorghum,
those people don't understand our social
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years."
system. Nowsdsys It's a waste of time to
expect a man to stand up and apologise fe
having money." Washington Star.
"You say you saw him after he met me?
We were engaged, yoa know, years ago.
Did he seem agitated?"
"Yes, he did."
"What did he say?"
"He said he never dreamed you'd grow
so fat." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Why does he call his auto a runabout? V I
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it oreaKS aown. iicveiuna i-iain ueaier.
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ator Sorghum.
'Tn what way?"
"If they had presented the Fourth of
Ju'.y possibilities In the proper light they
could have gotten almost anything they
wanted from the fireworks manufacturers."
Washington Star.
"I may be wrong," ssld Miss Bella Kose,
with fire In her eye, "but it looked to me
as If you meant to pass me Just now with
out speaking."
"Well," began Miss Snobley. "I er
really"
"Oh, If you want to cut- me, you can do
It, for you've the hstrhet fnoe to do it
with, sure enough." Philadelphia Press,
JOHN BULL I THIBET.
London Globe.
How dense those dull Thibetans are!
They won't confound them 1 make ad
mission That that well meaning force of ours
Is but a peaceful expedition.
How stubborn, too, the inmas a re I
They, from the very first, decried It;
"Peaceful?" said they; and even when
We shot them down they still denied .'ti
What can we do with such a horde
Of prejudiced and stiff-necked savages?
In fact .they, by their stubbornness,
Compel us to make further ravages.
"Peace!" they exclaim; "then why those
guns.
Before whose Are our folk are falling?
If this Is peace, what Is war?" In truth.
Their Ignorance is quite appalling.
One warrior, ere he breathed his last.
Riddled by British bullets badly.
Asked for our general, and gasped
These odd interrogations sadly:
"If you are come in peace," he moaned,
"Why are you lethal weapons wearing?
Where are the olive branches pray.
That yojr escort should be wearing?"
Poor stupid savage! It was In vain
With such a dunderhead to reason.
And his Inquiries clearly prove
What silly points such men will seise on.
And so he died, dense to the last.
Died with no symptoms of contrition.
Still grumbled In a muddled way
About our peaceful expedition!
Peaceful? Of course It Is! We took
Good care that fact to widely mention.
Nothing could more sneclfla be
Than KnKland'a good Intention
To do thne poor Thibetans good
Hy soiling her home made chattels;
This wns Its altruistio aim.
She had no thought of fighting battiest
It only shows, though, once again
How, as we often have lsmented.
Our country's Mgh and noble alms
Get woefully misrepresented.
For Instance, though, In Africa,
Our pfuceful purpose was notorious,
Those Boers refused to have It so
They were so plagully censorious!
Now, the Thibetans, like those BoerS,
Our peaceful policy mistrusting,
Show a suspicion of our ends
Which Is sufficiently disgusting
In fact, to prove how peaceful still
Are our designs to these rapscallions.
We've ordered two more batteries up
And several fully armed battalions!
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