Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1904)
THE OMAHA DAILY SATURDAY, JUKE 25, 190.' i TlIE OMAHA DAILY BEE, H ROfiK WATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Pally Bee without Sunday). One Ter..M 00 Ially Bn and Sunday, Oni Tear J Illustrated Bn. One Year J - SundRv Bm, One Year 'J? Saturday Bee, One Year Twentieth Century Farmer, One Tear.. l.W DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Pally Bee (without Sunday), tr copy..... Jo Hally Bee (without Sunday), per week....ISo Dally Bee (including Sunday), per week.. .Do Sunday B". per ropy Evening- Bee (without Sunday)' per week. 7C Kvonlrig Bee Unclud.n Sunday). prr week f IZC Complaints of Irregularity In delivery should be addressed to City Cuoulatton Departinaat. , OFFICE. Omaha Th. Bee Bulldln. South Omaha City Hall Building. Tw.n-ty-nftn and M Street. Council Bluff 10 Petri Street Chicago 14 UnJty Building. . New York 8M Park Row Building. Washington 601 Fourteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating to news and edi torial mutter should be addreaaed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Depart nent. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps received In payment of mall accounts. Personal check, .xc.pt en Omaha or eeetern eschanrea, not nocepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Stata of Nebraska. Douglas Count se.: George B. Tssehuck, secretary of The BM Publishing Company, belr.if duly iwoni, aya that the actual number ot full and complete copies of The Dally. Mornlnir. Evening and Sunday Bee printed during too month of May, wot, was aa follows: IT aw.uav U 80,000 U 89,010 .. ao,so n. aojmo a... a,ie j ;....JW,0T0 M SO, TOO B UJ40 u oo.soo 17 ,T10 ,040 J8 87,100 as 3,30 U.. t,730 a iSllt" Stl.liamsesWtWw 8 - O O T4Jv i.e.... a .o-s. .STsT I. a .BGvtrTO teeeeoeeee-e aslottO 7 autMO I M.700 I aa,uo 10 30.150 II JBWO U.V..... ae.rae U i.JB,SOe H. jtajHQ 14. JM .... ,010 Total." LrMJ ungld u4 ffvCurnetl copl .... 10,oa .04 Net total Mt a vera an tea.. ao,oi GEO. a TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this Hat day of Ma: tHeell M. R. it uax aa? ot may. a. k, JWfc M, B, HUNOATE, Notary Puulio. -Crop conditions In . Nebraska wero never better at tills stage of tbo season. Nebraska. oufibt to be topaotcher this year. South Omaha republicans hare scored with the first Roosevelt and Fairbanks club. Soutii Omaha republicans were never slow. France and German should remem ber that Ilaytl has offered an apology, while Balsoull is still making faces at Undo Sam. Did yon compare The Bee's reports of the Chicago convention with those of other papers of these parts? For the best yon must read The Boe. We have It from reliable sources that the Jacksonlans will be there "kitty and all," even If they have to travel on bob tall flashes all the way1 to St. Louis. , It begins to look as if Secretary Hay would have to prescribe for the "Sick flan of Europe" again, as he shows re newed signs of becoming bilious when missionary claims are mentioned. With Gray , as understudy for Pafker nd McClellan ready to catch the fall - ing mantle of Hearst, the fight at St 1 Louis promises to continue long after ' the principals drop by the wayside. General Kouropatkln Is reported as being at the head of the Russian ed- .. vance near New Ohwang, but as this la accompanied . by. the usual . report of - Russian retreat It Is probable the gen- eral la not hungry. Who says there Is nothing In a name? The conduct of the governor of Arkan sas would have caused . his retirement to private life long ago were Arkansas democrats not wedded to the habit of shouting for Jeff Davis. ' , The action of the federal Inspector, - who has refused to answer Questions In , the coroner's ""inquest over the victims ; of the General Slocum, will not bo used . as an argument by ' those who favor an 'extension of the present civil servlco ... laws. ' Sarpy county wants to reach out across : th Missouri and annex Lake Manawa . to Nebraska for taxation purpose. That 7 would only' be getting even for what , , Iowa haa don in coming over to this aide to assort Jurisdiction over Court laud beach. , - - This argumont between the packing houses and the retail dealers as to which ; advanced tho coat of moat may be ruled 0ut as totally Incompetent Irrelevant ' and Immaterial so far as the house- . . holder la concerned. What he wnnts to know Is when Will the price be reduced. ' It ought not to require a few fatalities to put a stop to reckless auto driving In crowded streets. Amend the ordinance to provide for cancelling the licenses issued to speedy drivers who refuse or neglect to slow down to reasonable rates and a few examples under the rule will then do the business, , . To Judge from the tone of the Iowa press the Chicago platform proved to be an efficient parachute fur vthe "Iowa idea." Both the stand-patters snd ro Ylxers are satlsned, but one Iowa editor is already courting further trouble by suygeHting that tho timo has already arrived for a change In some of tha tariff acbedulea. Tho rtnladtrfphla Record la now prob ably willing to admit tts mistake In say . Ing that "I'aol liortou Joined tho repub- ikun party either toe earty or too Late," v and tha tntirnattog that ho ahonld hare Njnouncd his Intentions during tho tpf'n four years ago or remained Vl affipr tho Bt Loul coavoo- Vo s a F CABlStt VBAMOK. It Is authoritatively announced that Attorney General Knox will be. suc ceeded by Secretary of the Navy Moody and that the successor of the latter will be Mr. Taul Morton. Secretary Cor telyou of the Department of Commerce and Labor, elected chairman of the re publican national committee, will be succeeded by Representative Metcalf of the Third California district The changes will go into effect July L The transfer of Secretary Moody to the Depsrtinent of Justice will be re garded with very general public 'ap proval. He has held s promiuent posi tion in the bar of Massachusetts and it is perhaps needless to say Is In full ac cord with the president respecting the enforcement of the laws s gainst com binations that are found to be violating the statutes. Us is a man of energy aod force, who can be relied upon to see that the laws are faithfully exe cuted. Mr. Morton, who will become secret tary of the navy, has for some years been conspicuous In railroad manage ment and in that connection enjoys a high reputation for administrative abil ity. His appointment is understood to be largely due to the personal friendship of the president but those who are familiar with the career of Mr. Morton will have no doubt that he will make a creditable record as tne neaa orpine Navy department. He la a native of Nebraska, but Is appointed from Illinois, of which state be haa for many years been a resident Representative Victor H. Metcalf of California Is said to be admirably fitted for the secretaryship of the Department of Commerce and Labor. He Is a man of scholarly , attainments and a lawyer by profession. Mr. Metcalf has rep resented his district In congress for three terms and has made an excellent legislative record. It may be taken for granted that he Is In full accord with the president In regard to the work of the department respecting corporations. With these changes In the cabinet only four of the heads of departments that served under the-preceding admin istration will remarn. These are Secre tary of. State Hay, Secretary of tho Treasury Shaw, Secretary Hitchcock of the Interior department dnd Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agricul ture. It Is to be remarked that there has been no friction between President Roosevelt and his official advisers and that in no case has the retirement of a member of the cabinet been due to any misunderstanding with the chief execu tive. COJVPilRrjFa IMMlORATlOlf riovnKS. The Philadelphia Record gives the fig ures of total immigration for the years 1890, 1881, 18S2 and 1883 and for the last four years to show that exagger ated and false assertions are made con cerning the great flood of Immigration. In the former period the number of aliens who came to the United States was 2,619,202, while during the last four years the total number of Immigrant ar rivals was 2,442,279. The Record re marks that twenty years ago the popu lation of the United States amounted toJ 60,000,000 and Is now about 80,000,000, so that relatively the Immigration' la not nearly so great now as It was In the former period. Moreover, twenty , years ago comparatively few Immigrants re turned to their native land, because ot the time and cost of the voyage, whereas now they are swiftly carried back In great numbers by every European steamer, some to stay and some for a longer or shorter visit When the bal ance comes to be struck the annual In crease of Immigrant population As small compared with that' of former years. This la a fact which the antl-lmmigra-tlonlsts find It convenient to ignore. The Record observes that "there la no human right more dear than the right of locomotion and there Is no attribute of human government that should be more cautiously exercised than the abridgement of this ' God-given right" The founders of the republic recognised this and left wide open the gates for the entrance of the. worthy people of other lands. That wise policy has been most amply Justified by results and the time Is not yet come, If It ever shall, for de parting from It TBS MiQMT-UOUB LAW. ' ' It la to be expected that an effort will be made at the St ,Louls convention to secure the Incorporation of a plank In the platform favoring a national eight hour law and probably It will be suc cessful. But It la said that there will be vigorous opposition to It on the part of southern delegates. The sentiment among manufacturers generally la tho south Is represented to be strongly against the proposed legislation and this cannot fall to have a great deal of Influence with the J delegates from that section. When the eight-hour bill was before congress the manufacturers of Georgia sent delega tions to Washington to oppose It and Representative Maddox of that stata, a mejnber of the bouse committee on labor, succetded in having the measure referred to the Department of Com merce 'and Labor. It la not likely, however, that the in dustrial and commercial Interests of the south, which urge that a national eight hour law would bo disastrous to them and believe that there should bo ao Interference by the government In the business and with the rights of private individuals, will have sufficient Influence at St Loula to prevent a platform dec laration In, favor of an eight-hour law. Tho electoral vote of tho south Is cer tain to be given to tho democrat! tlckel In any event and a majority of tho na tional convention will undoubtedly eel that a bid must be made for the support of tho labor vote In the north. Thus the southern 6V legation will be told that purely as a matter of political ex pediency tho promiae must be held out to northern worktngmen that If the democracy is given power it will enact an eight-hour law. - The democratic party had an oppor- tunlty ten years sgo, yhen It was la control of the executive and legislative branches of the government to enact such a law, for which the demand on the part' of organised labor was quite as' strong as It Is at present It paid .no atfentle& to the demand then and there Is no reason to believe it would do"o if again given power. But it will promise and it Is possible that It may, thus gain a few votes from the ranks of labor. . aaniWD raa acawaa.. Such, In brief, Is tha story of tha flqal on of the reoubllcan national conven tion of 1904. The slgnlncant feature of th breaking up Is the anxiety with which Mm republican leadera look forward tv the domocratlo convection at St. Loula. They are fearful of a united and enthusiasts democracy; hopoful of discord and dis union. They feel that with a candidate and platform that ail democrats can sup port tha democracy can suocassfully ap peal to tha country against tha acta of the oorporation-cootrolled oonvendoa that adjourned today, and they look longingly forward to the traditional "denmoratlo mlataka" which they quietly admit alona can aava Roosevelt and Fairbanks la No rem bar. IC E. N. In tha World-Herald. Only the Innate modesty of the World Herald scribe prevents him from- de scribing in detail exactly what hap pened when the convention program was concluded. No sooner had Chairman Cannon rapped the. final adjournment with bis gavel than there was a mad scramble toward the chlckenooop In which this valiant quill acratcber was nesting. The scramble threatened to become a stam pede, chairs were overturned and ban ners laid low as all the greatest and most widely known republican leaders hastened to get his ear first Senators and governors, congressmen and cab inet officers Jostled with one another to claim his attention. I dont mind telling you," whispered ChaunceyvDepew, who as usual got In ahead, "that the ticket suljts me to a T, and that the platform Is Just as I wanted ft" . . "That confirms my diagnosis," - re torted the IL E. N. "That proves that the ticket la a corooratlon ticket and the platform 'a corporation platform." "Let me get In a word," gasped Gov ernor' Herrick. "I wouldn't tell It to anyone else but to you. I don't miad admitting that all the enthusiasm that made the magnificent scene you have Just witnessed and roused the delegates to awe-inspiring frensjF -was manufac tured to order Just to make a . show." "I knew Itl I knew It!" was the cackx ling response. "Enthusiasm In repub lican conventions Is always, machine made and enthusiasm In democratic con ventions Is always spontaneous." Just at this moment Senator Fair banks by reason of bis height managed to lean over the other dignitaries, who were surging around, and-In a low tone saldi " "I am anxious and fearful. ' I will tell you Just how. J feel even though you would not Judge it from my looks. My f only hope is In the discord and disunion of " the- democrats. .'; I depend . upon you, jmy friend, to make trouble at St Louis. The' democrats have saved uS'In' the past b7 making- mistakes.- Please see to It for, the that'tbey make another mistake tbis year i y r; V; That was all .he wanted., ' v "I have heard enough,' he cried. Waving back the Other statesmen still elamorlng to speak , to him, he picked up bis paper pad and pencil and marched straightway from the conven tion hall to the telegraph office. : - " ' According, to our correspondent's re port the GasS county teachers' Institute at Plattsmouth was addressed by State Superintendent Fowler, who told the teachers In attendance that they are underpaid, that Cass county' can afford to pay better salaries and that Its school levy Is too low. If Mr. Fowler Is cor rectly quoted the question Is quite perti nent Why should a state officer who is employed to supervise the school Inter ests of the state, go Into any county and Incite the teachers there to demand more pay? Why should such an officer seek to stir np a movement to Increase the taxes Imposed on the property owners In any part of the state? The salaries paid to teachers In Cass county consti tute a matter peculiarly local to the people of Cass county and so long as they enforce the accepted standards of teaching qualifications, It Is not tho business of the ttate, superintendent to find fault much less to breed dissension and dissatisfaction by this sort of talk. If Mayor Moo res decides to remain in the east for six or eight weeks to rest and recreate, . the vacation will be one that haa been well earned. The mayor has been on continuous and uninter rupted duty now for' nearly two years despite periods of Impaired health, and be has devoted more time and attention tothe affairs of the city than any of his predecessors In the office. 'This may be because with the growth of the city the public business constitutes a growing tax upon the executive head, but it la none the less truethat Jf strict attention to business entitles a person to an occa- I atonal layoff Mayor Moores has the best kind of a right to stay away for a few weeks. - Down in Lincoln they, are beginning to complain of a prospective school levy of 20 mills, which by Us very terms looks big and burdensome. The 20 mills, how over. Is on a one-fifth valuation and la equivalent therefore to a 4-mlIl levy on a full Valuation such as Is used as the basis in Omaha, where the school levy of 34 nulls would bo 17V4 mills figured on the- other plan. - In Omaha, too, the Independent sources of revenue for the school fund are proportionately larger. If the brakes are not held down, the school taxes will run away with us for they have been growing more rap Idly tfhaa the taxes for city, county and state purposes. Tho report that Russian found brandy In the flasks of dead Japanese soldiers mawt bo a Muscovite concoction to make the soldiers more determined la their attack upon the enemy. patttaa; It.Pratty StralT. ' Chicago Tribune. Tha ma who makes toy pistols is potea tlally a murderer, and tha man who sells them IS accessory before tha tact. ProvofctagJ Ne41eas 'Worry, : Chicago. Record-Herald. It would have been Just as' easy tor MrV ralrbanka to have coma out three moatha ago aod thus make It possible for several other gentlemen to quit worrying. ' "Fly lag Datehaaaa" Oatdoma. i . ; ; Chleago Inter Ocean. Not slnoa Cervera's squadron was sighted from Newfoundland In the morning and from the Florida coast In tha evening has as that w'hloh has just emerged from Vlad ivostok. - - Who's What Cincinnati Enquirer (dent.). Tha fact that Jerry Simpson served as foreman of a jury tn New Mexico tha other day should be taken as encouragement by other statesmen out Of a Job. Tha lesson might run aa far north as Nebraska. Not that anybody In particular up there Is out of occupation Just now. On the contrary, there seems to be uncommon activity. There la, however, tha prospect of a dull saaaon soon. AsklmaT Too Mack. Louisville Courier-Journal. Mr. Bryan, In his Cooper Union speech opposing tha nomination of Judge Parker, said that the Judge's friends .had "openly bought men and conventions, and any man Who countenances that work does not de serve, the offlo of president." This is a new charge to be brought against Parker. But while Mr. Bryan was denouncing those who buy men and conventions, how was It that though 'mentioning the name of Hearst in another connection, he had no Word of condemnation for that candidate T Faaatlcal BraVery In Battle. Springfield Republican. The cheerful readiness of the Japanese soldiers to die on tho captured army trans ports rather than to surrender was nothing but a form of suicide. It Illustrates, how ever, their fanatical bravery In battle and adds further evidence to support the the ory, which some now hold, that the Japa nese soldiers can be depended upon for des perate work on the battle field which no European or American soldiers could equal. This theory, on the other hand, has not yet been thoroughly1 tested -in a battle in which the Japanese ' have mat fully an equal number of Russians with artillery not inferior to their own. POLITICAL DRIFT. " ' - .. Ceavmtlon reporta leave the impression that Chairman Cannon Is a big gun. vw"hy doesn't Dave Hill speak outt Tha country Is Weary of New Tork's dumb show. ' . ' Later reporta front1 Missouri explain how the supreme court happened to affirm the conviction of two' out of eighteen bobdlers. They were tha only,,, republicans in the bunch. , There were thirty-two United States sen ators in the Chicago convention. Hence the proceedings moved along In dignified grandeur.. Not a flat wheel In the ma chine. S i ri -i. .. 'v The Indianapolis News protests against calling Senaior Fairbanks' "the Tall Byca more of the Wabash. Tha title was con ferred on tha latS'Benator Voorhees-and wa.,burted With Wn ; r, , John Q. Carlisle s idea ia irai rwiw will have to-win- aiiffco outsat of tha bal loting, -or be thrown quickly aside. '. '.The republican. nominee for governor of Indiana has organWdVa. eampalgn glee club In which he will himself sing bass. , . Soma Phnadelphmns -who have , been grumbling about 'the poor work In con structing .a city reservoir, coupled with tha overeharare and payment of $165,000, have had .. their eyes opened. The con tractor hired a speelal train and tooa ail City officials to Chicago as his guests, Now It takes good money and lots of It to enter tain Philadelphia .offlclala, and tha en tertainers do not entertain solely for tha Joy of official company. . '.This is how a Kansas candidate opened his speech whan addressing tha free and Independent last wkt "When tha pit mordla, atomic, chtmpanseefisd, up-country ' globules begin the agitation of tha fl Ugreed aod bedizened ornamentation of their bedlamltld imaginations. In tha belief that they are working out tha substratum of opld facta vln connection with state politics, they but iriphaalaa the declaration that great men are not always wlsa, neither do the aged understand wisdom. M Senator Beverldgs uses neither railway passes nor telegram franks, in which respect ha differs frVat most men In publlo Ufe. On one occasion ha had been speak ing at an old settlers' picnic land In mak ing bis way-vthrough the crowd was re lieved of all his money. Ha did not dis cover his loss until- be attempted to pay for a hasty lunch at the railway station. He explained to tha restaurant keeper, who said in suspicions tones: "Show your railroad passes if you ara a senator." "I don't use them." replied Mr. BavcrMga, "Then you alnt no senator," said tha landlord with oonvlotlon. Just then a friend happened along and tha senator waa relieved from an embarrassing situation. . CONVENTION POINTERS. , Chicago Chronicle (dem.)i Former Secre tary Root Is one of tha few orators tn this country who combine sense with sound. Chicago Post (rep.)t We r.peat, tha plat form, to tha thoughtful, la significant alike In Its omissions and Its declarations. It Is a platform for all republicans, and It spells harmony and oo-yj nation. Chicago Tribune (rep.): But tha read justment of tariff rates "cannot aafely bs committed to any other hands than those of tha republican party, "i Tea, that la what tha pouple seem to think. Kansas City Journal (rep.): There ara two reasons why tha republican party never overlooks an opportunity to point out that It Is the party that does v things. It Is a pleasant performance, and tha statement cannot be contradicted. Chicago Record-Herald (rep.): This con vention Is to have tha honor of upsetting tha superstition that a man who haa been elected vice president can never be nomi nated for the presidency. Otherwise there really wasn't much for It to do. Bt Louts Globe-Democrat (jrep.)t One democratic name for the harmony at Chic ago Is "apathy." Republicans ara entirely willing that tho democrats should reservs all their sort of eruptive excitement for tha St Louis convention of weak after next. Indianapolis N.ws Ond.): Tbs proposi tion to reduce tha convention representa tion of the southern states gats plenty of applause, but tt Is very stay of . votes; which again shows that there is a whole lot of dlfferenre la politics between lending a movement 'moral support and going on record la tts favor. Fialtlmore News Ond.): The great funda mental political fact stares on In tha face that tha republic an party, with eight yean of svwer behind It, can point to a rreord whlrfe, on tts face. Is calculated te make a powerful hnprstoa en tha arrerage Ameri can. This Is a fact to bo reckoned with; a fact that is bond te be recognised as of greater and greater political potency as the campaign progress' . ( OTRKB UMTDS THAI OtBJ. - Armenia has again bee turned Into a slaughter pen. Tha European consuls who went to Investigate the truth of the many rumors of massacres ara said to have re ported that 1,000 Armenians have been killed by the Turks tn the Saseun district, many Armenian villages having been com pletely wiped out. The "Purple East," as the poet Watson called it In his scathing sonnets, will bo purple with the Mood of victims so long aa tha western powers shall content themselves with making pro tests. The "Grand Assassin" at Constant!, nople will reform his murderous habits only under compulsion. Too long has the treaty of Berlin been permitted to remain a dead letter. Armenia is far away, and Its mountains are high and rugged; but Great Britain can send an army to scale the Himalayas merely to compel the Dalai Lama to respect a commercial ' treaty. Would It be more difficult for France and Great Britain combined to compel respect by the sultan for a treaty In which he bound himse'f to give security of life and Ian endurable system of government to his Armenian, Bulgarian and other Christian subjects? Concerning the actual commercial condi tion of Russia, authentic information Is scarce. A prominent but unnamed merchant of St, Petersburg, talklDg on the subject with a representative of the Paris Journal, says that certain branches of Industry, for instance, warm clothing, surgical appli ances, and bootmaking, have been bene fited by the war. There has never' been greater activity In them, but smaller tradespeople are pinched as their business Is based on credit, which has been suspended. Dealers In luxuries are doing badly, such as Jewelers, keepers of fashionable restau rants, and confectioners. All the rich officers have left, and social gaieties have ceased. Reports reaching Paris from private sources are much more gloomy. They are to the effect that the strain of the war Is already felt very severely In all parts of Russia and that symptoms of an Impend ing economic crisis are manifesting them selves in every direction: An English cor respondent In Paris says that French op timism in relation to its Russian ally Is disappearing rapidly, and that there la a growing conviction that Russia, even If it should succeed in crushing Japan In the long run, will be so exhausted and crlpp'.ed that it will be a very long time before It will be able to retrieve its position in any appreciable degree. mi The disposition which M. de Plehve haa manifested recently, to treat the Jews In Russia with greater liberality to allow them to live outside their allotted areas without molestation and even to ; dwell within the forbidden distance of the west ern frontier la supposed to have sprung from his financial necessities. He had to make concessions of this kind before he could persuade any of the Jewish bankers In Russia to come to his assistance. From the Berlin bankers he Is said to have re ceived greater encouragement, but - even they asked for better treatment of the Jews and a modification of Russian pol icy In Finland. According to a letter In one of the London newspapers, the dis contents In Russia do not regard bargains of this sort with much favor. Considering, aa they do, M. de Plehve to be at the root of most of the present evil tn Rus sia, they are not anxious to relieve him from the precarious position which he has brought upon himself. Besides, their' pre vious experience does not lead them to put much faith in any of his prornlses. They say that he would, .probably evade fulfillment under the . . pretext, perhaps, that the terms were exacted from b'rn un der the pressure of . circumstances. , They would rather run. .the risk ot. .losing, .an, uncertain advantage than do anything' to help him in strengthening his position' .-... General . de Oiorgis, the Italian general who is supposed to have, begun the task of reorganising .the .Macedonian, gen darmerie, must occupy one . of the most unenviable public . positions in the world. Judging from current reports of the re strictions by which he is surrounded. ' In the first place, he has scarcely a vestige of real authority. He cannot even send commands to the Turkish or other ofBoera who are supposed to be his subordinate. His Instructions must be sent through the diplomatic agent of the country to which the officer happens to belong;. . Theoret ically, tha latter is expected to obey them, so long as they do net conflict with Turk ish laws and regulations. There appears to be nothing to prevent the Turks from blocking any proceedings of which they do not approve. Moreover, the general Is said to be hampered at every turn by the suspicions and Jealousies of the Austrian and Russian representatives. . To Increase his difficulties the foreign officers, on whom he must rely, ara said to be entirely Igno rant of the languages and .conditions of the country. Even his pay is not assured. It Is true that the Ottoman bank has guar anteed to find the money, but the actual distribution Is to be made by Turkish pay masters who certainly will And soma means "of exacting toll. Altogether the general's prospect of reaping either gain or glory Is exceedingly faint .In the course of a report submitted to a commission of Inquiry Into the adminis tration of the French navy, M. Bertln, chief of the. technical department for na val construction, draws a comparison be tween France and Bncland. Aftar rmrm ing that the British estimates for build ing purposes ara larger man the Svenh M. Bertln says that the English ore supe rior in rapidity of construction, being able to complete two ships while the French are finishing one. But French vessels of the type of the Montcalm ad Hull bear comparison, he says, with the nntisu armored orojsers SutleJ and Cressy, specially constructed for service at dis tant stations. The French first ii.. k. tleships Bouvet and Car not are equiva lents, ne aeciares. of tha British Reputes and Ramtlltes. Franca. M. out, ha a considerable advantage over an other powers in submersible, and subma rines. Franco has already a flotilla of submarines and submerslblea, capable of renaenng signal service In case of war More will be launched soon. New Ship la Consamlssloa. CRON8TADT. June Ja TVia n.i.. v.. tleshlp Blssol Vellky of the Baltlo fleet has been commissioned. Young Ha fr That means rich hair, heavy hair, no gray hair. Is yours thin, short,-gray? Just re member, Ayer's Hair Vigor always restores color to gray hair, all the dark, rich color it had years ago. It stops falling of the hair, also. Has been tested for 50 years. "About a yaar ara mv hair nearly all cam ant, I thoaght I would try Ayer's Hair Vigor. I mt4 oary ono bonis of la, and now my hair feaa coma la real thick and a little curly." Mr. Lixzlo M. Smith, Saratora, N. T. DR. PRICE'S CREAM BAKING POWDER makes home baking easy. Nothing can be substituted for it in making, quickly and perfectly, delicate . hot biscuit, hot-breads, muffins, cake and pastry. , Priok bakinq powder Co Onioaoo, BRTAK 8EI.F-COFIVICTED. ' J Aaother Democratic Blast AgaJaat "the fearless Leader." Chicago Chronicle. The Chronicle submits the speech of Wil liam J. Bryan at Cooper Union, New Tork, as complete proof of all that it has at any time alleged against him. Twenty years ago the leading aspirants for the democratic .presidential nomination were Orover Cleveland, Thomas F. Bayard, Allen O. Thurman, Samuel J. Randall and Joseph E, McDonald. Governor Tllden, a former democratic candidate, was still liv ing. - Can anyone Imagine Samuel J. Tllden going to Delaware, to Pennsylvania, to Ohio or to Indiana and making ' ante convention speeches against Bayard, Ran dall, Thurman and McDonald, dsnounclng them as dishonest,' treacherous, cowardly, straddling, weak, fraudulent, negative and subservient to 'Wall street? Can anyone Imagine Bayard going to New fork In advanoe of the oonventlon for the purpose of assailing Cleveland, or Cleve land going- to Ohio "and 'Indiana for tha purpose of making . apeeohes against' the candidacies. of Thurman and McDonald? -The reason why Bryan assumes this at titude toward Judge Parker la to be found in the fact thai he is not and never has been a democrat. He ia at liberty to slan der. Judge Parker Just as ha has always slandered - Mr. . Cleveland and oher 'con spicuous democrats, because he is a popu list The case again William J. Bryan appears ts bo closed. He has convicted himself. PASaiRO PLEASANTRIES. told nne he was a multimillionaire. xJf k 1'Tt,Jwys understood." baa tho stomach of an ostrich, and he gives Mn. vuuwflQ x nouns. w. tW uvui w-Ain i 11 aisguBung ae way deee foreigners 1 crowding In every where? Next House Noonan Fierce; de last time I wus lit Jail day put roe In a cell wid a ' imau no. fvr nut o aaiT Puok. "What's tha matter with Mra. Pmri thla evening? I never saw her look ao dis consolate," , 'Fseka scandalised. She left her babv with that bachelor brother of hers, and In . clothing his body ons must us lets head. Beau Brummel to His Valet. . Did You Ever Stop to Think This la one of tha times it pays ytu. Trioy aay clothe don't moko tho man. x Cut thoy'll Improve him. Have you aeon the man Improver we v are aolling at $10.00 All broken and slow selling line of $10, $18, $20, $20 and $28 'autts bulnea and frock. A Genuine Pre-Inventory Clearing Sale. "No Clothing Fits Like Ours." Look in Our Douglas Street Windows. WLbs . R..S. Wijcox, whon aha came back the VOUnaster sitting in the front yard playing with .a deck of cards and a quart of poker chips." Detroit Free Press. Mra Newllwed I wonder what are proper calling cards? ' Mr. Newllwed (absent mlndedly It de pends altogether on whether you think the other fellow haa a good hand or 1 merely bluffing. Philadelphia Ledger. Gutenberg had Invented tho printing """You can now read," he explained, "that Mr. Bud Turnlpseed of Painted Post is visiting his cousin, Mr. Sy Corncob of Squasn Hollow." ' Perceiving the merit of the process, tho pedple eagerly welcomed the Innovation New Tork Bun. A, , "We Willi sing 'Awake, Te Saints;' Im mediately before the sermon tomorrow, announced the minister at choir practice on Saturday afternoon Don't you think," Inquired the ob servant tenor, "that It would be more ap propriate to sing It Immediately after tne sormon?" New Orleans Picayune. WHAT JUDGE PARKER, SATS. New Tork Town Tonics. , Say, Judge, will you be kind enoug . . , Tp ell us where you stand - Upon the questions tha-dlstur1TvK xa The people of this land? . . . And the Judge said!. . '?????????'' About the tariff, what of it? : ' Are you for mere reform, Or do you want the other kind That's strenuous and warm? And the Judge saldi 7 T 7 T 7 T T. T r And what about the money potsf In your Judicial mlnd - ' Are they to be of gold within? . .., ' Or merely silver lined? And tne juore saia ????? ITT ?" Likewise the far off Philippine. And other stars that gem Our Occidental and Orient crown-" What do you think of them? And the Judge said: "????? f T ? r And what of capital's demands, , And what of labor's plaoe. In their direct relation to The Presldental raoe? . And the Judge said: "? ? ? r t r? ? ? : Say, what of these, and all the rest? Now come out good and flat And let the country know for sure ' Exactly where you're at, -And the Judge said: ????? f? ? r Manager. ' s 1 Sv c