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Till: OMAHA DAILY J1F.E: WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 2X 100. The Omaha Daily Bee. K. ROSEW'ATER. EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNIKQ. TERMS OF St.'BRCRIPTION: Dally Bee (without Sunday). on year Dally Hw and Sondsy. one year Illustrated Bee, one ear Sunday Be, one year Seturday Bee. ens year Twentieth Centtiry Farmer, ons year.. 14 00 no Z I M 1 ft 1.U0 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally Re w!thnut Sundav). per copy.... Jo Dsl'y He (Without Hitndiy). per ek..l2c Dally Bee (Including; Sunday), per week. .17c Hundujr Hee. prr ropy 6c i.'venlng Pee (without Fundat). rr w"k. 0 Evening He Including Sunday, pet week 12e Complaints of I rreari) I ri t j In delivery ahould be addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFFICES: "maha The Ree building. South Omnha City Hall building;. Twenty fifth end M streets. Conn. II feliiffs-10 I'earl stre't. 'hlcao-0W t'nltv btilMIr,. New York -23: Pnrk Row bulldl". aahlngton Fourteenth street. CORRESPONDENCE. Cmmnulcaflon relating" to nena and edi torial matter rhould he addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorlfl Department. REMITTANCES. Remit b.1 draft, express or poet a I order, plyshlo to The Pee PMbiiahlna; company, only s-cent stamps received in payment of moll account. Personal checks, except on Omaha, or eastern exchange, not accepted. THE DEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebrni. Dougiaa County, .: T't.orP Txcnurk, secretary of The Bee Publishing companr, being duly eworn, ssys that th actual number of full end complete copies of The Dallv. Morning. Evening and Punday Bee printed during the month of October, JD04 was as follow: i xo.ftiiu IT. it. 20. n. ..SH.040 ..zM.iro ..n,;tno ,.2t,400 . .att.non ..2.BB I no. Hon I i...2n,ati 4 .HW I AO.HOO 6 KO.fl.TO 1 9,iMO I 80.1SA S3 SO.SOO 14 81I.S80 I 10 11 1! ) ,, 14 II '.., ,84).il .20.4T0 .8tt,44M an .a on 20.24O .2 .."! ..IHI.UBO ..Stw.VOO ..29.040 ..3t,000 ..2W.6UO ... M... ... ... a... ... ... . .30,100 ,.M.00 1 Total. ao.nsu .a,,., .,. Less unsold copies.,. . 10,0TB Net total sals noft.ettlS Dally average 99,221 OBO. B. TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn te oerore me inig xa day or octoDer, lxn (Seal) It. B. HUNOATE, 9. nunuAi u. Notary Public . The Indian rt nervation grafters' coup la bavins Father Scbell a treated threat ens to prove liooiuerang. ' Tom Lawsou la either after "the sys tem" in real earnest or after a little free advertlalnif the present lawsuit In New York will determine. It is certainly a reflection upon the traditions of New Bedford that the so ciety to rehabilitate American shipping should have to be organized la Ohio. The buildings for the Lewis and Clark exposition are said to be nearly complete, but th exposition will not be the real thing until the Midway is In full swing. 'After today It may be possible for our kchoola and colleges to compile their rec ords of average attendance as the foot ball season will have ended and the class contests are over. ... 8tates which have to pay for the re tooval of their buildings from the World's fair grounds' are entitled to sympathy. 'A kindly Art fiend might have relieved them of the burden. The socialist beat the prohibitionists out la Nebraska. at the last election. If there Is to be any more throe-cornered fusion In this state the socialists will want to be reckoned with. The Inhabitants of Panama are having a hard time to break themselves of the revolutionary habit, although If the pen sion money holds out that form of retir ing from office may become popular. The Nebraska exhibit at St Louis will shortly be wending its way home. W hy couldn't it be made the nucleus of a first class Industrial show at the Auditorium some time this winter or next spring? Winter Is almost here, but not yet tha signal corps, which was to have been Installed at Fort Omaha. If the wig. waggers do not hurry up they will miss the privilege of raising the cold wave flag for us. Two hundred Chinese have Just been deported from San Francisco. The Chi nese resident who wants to return home free of cost has only to mislay bis Identi fication certificate and travel at govern ment expense. Andrew D. White says that Russia lacks statesmen, which is not surprising, but Russia Is progressing and some day may surprise even Its friends by produc ing not only statesmen, but a military genius aa well. From his letter to Tibbies it is to be Inferred that Tom Watson has changed his opinion on the subject of fusion since be headed the popullstic phalanx under Bryana leadership a little more than eight years ago. It will be noted that the democrats re not .involved in any difficulties in distributing the appointive patronage awarded at the last election, if only a few crumbs bad fallen to them bow fierce the competition would be. The federal grand Jury has nearly concluded Its work in connection with the offences committed on the Indian reservations and tha federal building may be expected soon to doff the ap pearance of a wild west sjom-. Almost as many votes seem to have been poll led In Nebraska for governor as for president. It was a foregone con clusion thatl Nebraska's electoral vote would go to Ilooaevelt, but on governor the result was not so assured aud few overlooked the doubtful fight. America la protecting a gain at the light piiulrthmetit administered In Mexico to a Judge who a .tainted' at the murder of Amer.r.u, but thlVrotest la mild com pared to what (treat liiitatu will Uue when Admiral RoJcKtrenxky Ik decorated for bis alertness ou the Igger banks. THE TKEASmr rAt.L: It is not apprehended thnt the csll of the secretary of the treasury for $2.".Ni. n of tli irovermncnt funds held by lift tlonal Imnks will materially 'affect the money markPt. The total deposits In tli bank to the credit of the treasury amount to a littlo over lM.ts,x. so that the withdrawal of only altont one fonrth of thin rannot bp seriously fplf. Indeed It la remarked that such effect as la produced may Is salutary rathpr than otherwise. A New Vork iaipr points out that tbprp lias Ions; lsen a plpthora of funds In that. city, which even thp crop-moving; drain did not Rroatly re IIpvp, and now tho current Is arain from the Interior to the financial center. "Th whole ctirrency volume is In an Inflated condition," fays that Journal, "bavin continued to Increase while the country's requirements for thp last ypar and n half Iirvp cen dlminlshetl on account of the lessened activity In business." Knstern hHiikers appear to be entirely satisfied with the method of the Treasury depart ment in drawins a part of the govern ment's deposits and doubtless this Is also the feeling In western financial centers. The first withdrawal la not to take plnce until the middle of January and the sec ond two montha later. Ielnr tlma timed for a period when the business demand for money Is not at Its height. Hence there Is apparently no reason to fenr that the withdrawal of these funds from the dejiosltory banks will cause any ptrlngency in the money market or ad vance Interest, ratea. the coivsrxAR stance. There Is promise thnt the subject of reform In the consular service will re ceive attention at the coming scsHion of congress, though It cannot be confidently predicted that any of the measure pro posed for putting the service on a differ ent batils and thereby assuring n con tinuance of Its present efficiency will be enacted Into law. The matter had some coiiHlderatiou at the last session, but without 'result. At that time Senator Lodge, who has a reform bill pending in the senate, remarked that the defects In our consular system are not in the actual personnel at any given time, but In the lack of permanency of tenure and In the failure to advance the best trained men in the service to the more Important poBts as they grow In experience and therefore In value. He urged that the value of a consul to the business Inter ests of the United States, other things being equal. Is almost in exact propor tion to his term of service. Consuls being distinctively commercial agents, having as their most important duty the promotion of trade, there Is every reason why the service should be regulated on business principles and this requirement was never so strong as now. While It Is true that the consular service of the United States is neither had nor Inefficient, It Is not beyond improvement. It has been very much improved in re cent years and the majority of our con sular officials are at present doing excel lent work. This Is recognized by otner countries. Naturally the best men in the service are those who have had the long est experience, thus proving the conten tlon of those who favor permanency of tenure, with prospect of promotion for faithful and efficient performance of duty. President Roosevelt and Secretary Hay are heartily in favor of legislation that will effect permanent reform in the consular service, so that the high stand ard which has been reached shall be maintained and If possible Improved, so that it may be reasonably expected that the influence of the administration will be exerted In behalf of the needed legis lation. One thing is assured and that is that there will be no deterioration of the consular service while Mr. Roosevelt Is president JfORJB POWKR FOR THE COMMISSION. The governors of Iowa and Minnesota, together with representatives of the interstate commerce law convention and others, have had a conference with Presi dent Roosevelt in regard to proposed leg islation giving the Interstate Commerce Commission power to fix railroad freight rates in Interstate commerce. The dele gation urged the enactment of a law con ferring upon the commission authority to adjust rates when they were found to be discriminative in their operation or In violation of the interstate commerce act It also suggested to the president the de sirability of discussing the subject in his annual message. The matter of giving the commlsNion the proposed power Is commanding the very earnest attention of the business In terests of the country and there is a very general expectation that it will not be overlooked by Mr. Roosevelt in the prep aration of his message. AVe have here tofore referred to the action of certain business bodies on the subject, all urging the necessity of further legislation to ex tend -the authority of the commission over freight rates, and it would seem to be safe to assume that the suggestions and recommendations from these respon sible and Influential sources will not be disregarded by the president. It must be apparent to him, aa it Is to all who have given the subject intelligent consid eration, that unless the commission la given the power asked for the law nuder which It acts must necesaarlly continue to be to a large extent ineffective for the prevention of discrimination In freight charges. It may be true that violations of the law In this respect are not so com mou or general as formerly, hut It Is an admitted fact, conclusively shown by In vestigations of the commission, that there is still discrimination, and It Is equally well established that under ex isting conditions the commission is pow erless to prevent or remedy this. There Is not a doubt that lu this par ticular the law Is being 'dally violated and the question Is whether this shall he allowed to go on unchecked. If not, the only practicable course Is to confer UMn the Interstate Commerce commission the authority to adjuat freight rates found to be discriminative in their operation or In violation of the law. If the railroads are' to Ik permitted to go on violating or evading the Interstate commerce by a course of discrimination the law might ai well be repealed, for it in of no wultftantlal iH-netlt to the large niti Jorlty of shipjiers. It" intention in thin resiM'ct U'lllg defeated. The question is one of such fsir-reacli- Ing Importance as to merit the en rent I consideration of the president anil It will l very dinapttointlng to the buslncMS (li ferents of the country save those In whose behalf there Is discrlmlnatlon-lf It does not receive Mr. Roosevelt's at tention In his forthcoming message, with an earnest recommendation of the pro posed legislation. .4 tlKKt) WITHOL'Tk PA LL I A Tl .V. The dastardly attempt to wreck the house of Attorney Thomas by the ex plosion of a bomb calls for universal denunciation and admits of no pallia tion. , Those whoare not In sympathy with the purification plans of the attorney and the Civic Federation, or with the methods he is pursuing to accomplish them, equally' with those 'Who approve Ms course, condemn such an outrage. Every effort should be put forth to ferret out the perpetrators of the crime and locate the reHpoiiHllillity. If the Immediate culprit should prove to be only the ageuta of others, no community can afford to deal leniently with the offenders guilty of a deliberate and premeditated attack, endangerlug the lives of Innocent oople, no matter what the provocation. It liehoores the police and all law- abiding citizens to be unremitting in running down the culprits. At the same time it will not do to Jump at con clusions implicating any one without In disputable evidence. ItOOM FOR THE PRVXtKO KSIFE If our legislative delegation wants to respond to a popular demand it will In stitute a systematic examination of all the various departments of our local gov ernment county, city and school district to see where the pruning knife can be applied without detriment to the public service. There ore some departments which need expansion because they have been put Into strait-Jackets by re peated charter amendments, but there are others which have gradually branched out almost unnoticed, or sprung Into existence in answer to par ticular emergencies thnt. have since passed away, that require cutting down and lopping off. "It Is not so much the taxes we pay," as a heavy properly owner expresses It, "as the suspicion that we are not getting full return for our money, that creates the spirit of discontent and dissatisfac tion." Wherever the law allows money to be spent for salaries, or otherwise, which does not. come back to the tax payers In the form of value received there Is something wrong, that needs a remedy. The excessive cost of our Ju dicial and prosecuting machinery ls'per haps the most striking example, but there are other topheavy spots as well calling for attention. Now is the tlmo to get out the pruning knife to prepare for action. As was to have been expected the Lin coln Journal takes advantage of the pres ent agitation in Omaha over the loosen ing or tightening of the liquor traffic to black wash the city and boost the knock ers. That paper has always operated on the principle that the only way to build Lincoln up is to pull Omaha down, but, fortunately, it no longer voices the senti ment of the majority of the people of the state capital who have learned that the prosperity of one depends on the pros perity of all. One of the men who contributed a fund to bribe members of the Missouri legislature has secured an order of court for the money on the ground that he did not know to what use the cash would be put. It is a strangely constituted mind which will put up a large sum of money without knowing why, but those Missouri capitalists have always been peculiar ever since bribe-giving became a regular occupation in that state. 1 General Humphrey's recommendation for old-age revision for employes of the War department amounts to little less than a request for civil service pensions. One wonders why a man employed by the government which, it, must be ad mitted, generally pays fair wages, has any greater need for a pension after his working days are over than the man who works for a private concern. Late Candidate Berge has filed his bill of expenses incurred in seeking election to be governor, which gives a total of 1542, of which only $317 was paid out for traveling. At 8 cents a mile this would indicate that the luckless leader had traveled more than 10,000 miles and then did not reach the executive mansion, when he might have walked over from bis home in fifteen minutes. The exhibit of school board expenses since the beginning of the present fiscal year as compared with the same period of last year shows that the money Is going out faster now than it did a year ago. The financial problem will be the most serious problem the new school board, which takes charge in January, will have to solve. It would take a constitutional amend ment to merge completely the city gov ernment of Omaha aud that of Douglas county, but no - constitutional amend ment is needed to consolidate certain offices In which work Is duplicated. To cut g."aJ,()oo or more a year out of the expense account Is worth whllo trying for. shortage of Men In N. Army and Navy Journal. F-stimates recently prepared In the Hureau of Navigation ahow that when all the ships now building have been commis sioned the navy will peed for the manning of all ita vessels about 2.17 officers and 61.36 men. This la muie than twice aa many men as tbs law provides for today. It Is an IIIUKtrnllim of the uneven way In which coneress hns been hulldine; up the nnvv In the pnat. VYnrk Wltboat Wtrfc Cl.Uaso Record-Herald. J'ulire Parker has already secured two J.ihs thrt will pay him about HZ.nno, and both of them together wonit Involve half as much labor and trouble sa the appoint ment of one postmaster. TarVey Strikes the Parr. Waahlnston Post. Turkey Is showing symptoms of settir.s In line with modern thought. The sultan has Just closed 10.onfl,ono worth of new artillery and decided to send a delegate to the International peace conference. He Wnat Incorporated. Washington Post. Jami-i Carley has been arrested at Conn ell Bluffs, la., charged with stealing the rails and tlea from several miles of rail road As he could not show that he was Incorporated under the laws of New Jersey he was thrown into Jail. Let It Be Doae Qalckly. New York Tribune. e are by no means satisfied that In general the Dlngley tariff Is so far out grown as to make wholesale revision, with Its risk and disturbed confidence, wise, but certainly In a few particulars there Is need of readjustment, and the quicker It cornea with the least debate, the better. An Old Troth Afflrme. Philadelphia Record. Judge Parker's epertence n his new law office affords new evidence of the old truth of the old saying that it pays to advertise. Before his shingle had been out two hours he was appointed by Justice O'Oorman of the supreme court to two commlaalona of appraisal and condemnation for the acquisi tion of wharfage rights, which will pay him about tynoo each. ' Jlatlre (ttliena In the avy. Philadelphia Preas. Secretary Morton's statement that SR per cent of the men In the ravy are American rltlsens, moat of them native born, is gratifying. Not many jears ago a consid erable percentage of the men were foreign ers. Native rltliens make the beat kind of sallora and gunners, snd It la very satis factory to know that our navy Is made tip of that class of men, "the beet fed." as Secretary Morton says, "the beet sheltered, the most Intelligent of any seamen In the world." ' SOME MEMORABLE SIEGES. The Defense of Port Arthar Approaching- the Record of History. Harper's Weekly. The siege of Port Arthur may be said to have begun on June 7 of the current year, and up to the present hour has lasted over five months. The siege of Vickaburg was considerably more protracted, tf we count from the beginning of the earlier and unsuccessful operations; while Peters burg, to which Grant laid siege on June 9, 1864, was not evacuated until April 2, 1865. The defense of Sebaatopo was main tained for eleven montha, and the defend ers did not capitulate, but withdrew by a way which had been kept open. The famous and successful defense of Gibraltar by the English garrison against the com. blned fleets and armies of France. and Spain lasted about three years. The cas ual tlea suffered by the Japanese before Port Arthur have not been made known officially, but they almost certainly fall short of the losses Incurred by the French and Kngllnh before Sehaatopol, which were computed at 60,000, General Stotaael haa declared that his eoMlcrs will fight to the laat man. Kvetr itjlijld, 4he, vaunt be Ful filled, they will do no better than the Greeks did at Tljejjmopylae, or than the Texana at the Alamo. PERSONAL XOTE9. The Dallas News says of Texas: "We can boart that we lead In cotton, bees, honey, democratic majorities. Jackasses and billy goats." Zenos J. Rives, who was elected to con gress from the Twenty-first Illinois district, la only 23 years-old, and la Just beginning the study of law. Judge Barratt of Philadelphia has de cided that persons who are unable to keep sober for more than three or four days at n time have no business to become Jurors. Apparently there are others besides the Japs who haven't lost confidence in the Japanese. For the $30,000,000 of the mika do's new loan offered In Ixmdon the bids aggregated 1300,000,000. The divorce case of Hugg against Hugg haa just been settled by the court of Cow- ler, Kan., In the plulntlff's favor. On the whole. It seems to have been a tight squeeze for the defendant. Charles F. Dowd of Saratoga, N. Y., who died recently, deserves to be remembered as the author of the "standard time" sys tern. Scarcely two raUroada uaed the same time thirty-five years ago. Dowd was a humble school teacher, but became through his system a great public benefactor and he did it all without profit. His calcula tions were based on the earth's circumfer ence of 360 degrees, which he divided Into belts of IS degrees each. So many hunters In Wisconsin have been shot, some killed and others serloualy wounded alnce the open season for deer this full that many, aa a means of precau tion, have gone into the wooda arrayed In bright red Jerseys. ' Wearing anything like a khaki uniform they are liable to be mis taken for deer by some other Nimrod and shot without further Investigation. An apology subsequent to one's funeral la not altogether satisfactory In such a case. ADVICE TO THE LEGISLATURE. Arcadia Champion: W are now In fa vor of a short, sharp, business session of the legislature this winter. In which the constitutional business can juat as well be left out. Kearney Hub: The Nebraska newapaper that wants the legislature to remove all causes of complaint from the new revenue law would do better to aak for a law re moving the spirit of cuaaedneas from hu man nature. It would be the same thing. Blair Courier: Governor Mickey says it was no bluff when he said he would ap prove of an antl-pasa bill If the legisla ture presented one to him. It now be comes the duty of the legislature to rive him the opportunity and thus prevent that Issue from coming up again in stste poli tics. Falls City Journal: Much time la occu pied every sesalon of the legislature with long bills called "Omaha charter" or some such special legislation for our largeat snd moat Important city. Inasmuch aa the aenatorahlp Is settled and the revenue law has been endorsed by the people, why not devote the entire - aeaalon to framing an Omaha charter that will be good enough to run over one session without sn amendment or substitute. - Beatrice Express: This sesalon should be short and a business aeaalon from the be ginning. Every unnecessary expense ahould be lopped off. Every superfluous office should be abolished, and no more people placed on the pay roll than nereaslty de mands. The republican administration of the state's business was one Issue In the late campaign. The sovertlgn people have given the republican party a vote of con fldeiicr, and that confidence must be re spected. A short, businesslike, economical session of the legislature Is what li needed and every member of that body should resolve to do his share to bring it about. APJMT GOSSIP T W.tJHITO. Items of Interest Gleaae4 front the Army and y Reglater. The War dcpxrtnient Is promptly making arrangements for the inauguration of Trest dnt Roosevelt. There will be the attend ance of an unusually large force of mllltla ftom all parts of the country aa a feature of the Inaugural parade. It Is expected that the entire Pennsylvania National Guard mill le present and large bodice ol troops will come from many other states, it la too early jet to ascertain Just how large a body of the cltlxen soldiery will cr-me to Washington, t.ut It Is known that the demand for quartera and accommoda tions will be greater than ever before. The Pennaylvanla guard will be quartered In the corridors of the Btate, War and Navy dfpartment building, and probably other public buildings and poe-lhly some of the public schools mill be employed for the same purpose. The quartermaster's depart ment of the army hns been advised of a probable draft upon its resources to a con siderable extent for cota, mattressea and tentage. It is possible that some of the troops will be able to bring their camping equipment. In which event It will not be a difficult matter to provide space for their accommodation. The recent action of the national board for the promotion of rifle practice In throw. Ing open certain matches heretofore con fined strictly to "military" rlflea, to the use of rifles of private manufacture when "viewed and stamped" by the National Rifle association, cannot fall to give thle Intereatlng, healthful and patriotic diver sion a marked Impetus. Many would-be riflemen have found it impossible to pro cure the government rifle for practice, and have thus been prevented from preparing for the matches. This Inhibition having been overcome, the next step Is to procure government ranges, and rlfle-ehootlng will again resume Its position as a leading sport. The rules adopted by the Navy depart ment confining recruiting to those of Amerl ran citizenship are already having a airable effect In the enlisted force. The last reports show that the proportion of native born Americans among the enlleted men Is no less than 79 per cent, while that ot American citizenship Is nearly 30 per cent. This is a remarkably good showing when It Is considered that 10 per cent of alien en listments Include the men who have de clared their Intention of citizenship and tha servants of the enlisted force who are specially excepted from the rule of citizen ship and those enlisted In the Insular force- some sixty men In the Samoan Islands and others In the Philippines. For the present It will be necessary to accept mess attend ants who are not native born or of Ameri can citizenship, but In time probably this exception will not be necessary. Official evidence accumulates, on the aide of shortening the military and naval totir of duty In the Philippines. Commanding officers who are In a position to know of the general effect, and army and navy sur geons who look at the matter from a path ological point of view agree that the cli matic Influences In the Inlands, whether the duty Is on shore or afloat, exact a lim ited period during which army and navy officers may be stationed In the Philippines. We have heard eminent naval medical opinion In favor of not only limiting the service on the Philippine station to two years, but In behalf of decreasing that period, aay, to one year. In the army there are equally urgent recommendations In the way of decreasing the period of duty so that staff officers as well as line officers may not serve in tho Islands beyend two years. The maneuvers of the army and militia appear to be doomed. It la probable that congress will make no provision during tho coming session of congress for such work. It Is understood that the secretary of war has omitted from the estimates the item for maneuvers, believing that the amount Involved does not produce the results ex pected of euch an expenditure. For this reason the third division of the general staff, which haa been considering plana for future maneuvers, has postponed Its report upon the needs of the government In that direction. If there are to be no maneuvers, there Is, of course, no necessity for pro grams and no use In getting up a policy. There will bo general regret at the fact that the War department has taken this position against the maneuvers, although It waa realized that the whole thing was overdone laat September In Virginia. It Is believed by most army officers that there should be aome provision by the general government for an association of militia and regulars and It is appreciated that this mutual work Is best accomplished by means ot encampments. It seems likely that . the operations of militia and regulars wilt, for the next year at least, be confined to the state mobilizations, to which the regulars will be detailed as a sort of object leeson to the volunteer body. There does not ap pear to be any prejudice on the part of the secretary against maneuvers, although there Is a very well defined doubt even among some of the military authorities that the maneuvers as conducted In Vir ginia were really "worth while." So far as the civilian power In the government of the army is concerned It Is evidently a question o,f finance. It Is very well known that there must be a substantial reduction of the expenses of the military and naval establishments. One of the most effective means of economy In the army budget Is In the maneuver project and naturally the sacrifice Is there, to say nothing of more important features. niacoaraglns; Increment. Minneapolis Journal. By the action of the directors of Stand ard Oil, who have just announced s divi dend of 7 per cent, payable December IS, the dividends on Standard Oil stock for the current year were fixed at 88 per cent, as compared with 44 per cent last year, 45 per cent In 1902, and 48 per cent In the two preceding years. Only $7,000,000 will be dls. trlbuted at this time. This Is, Indeed, dis couraging. Now laa't This Meant Baltimore American. A woman conatable In Colorado says thst she expects to get men to Jail by persuad ing them there. Other women In other states have done the same thing success fully, if not officially, as it la admitted to be a special feminine privilege to get the sterner sex into trouble. V V rota TVUf ' and WANTS INVALIDST seat inn as 0 i Mellin's Food and Milk is an ideal combination and will nourish and strengthen your baby and make him grow. We aheuld Use te teas a sample af Mtllia's tuod ue to your babj. vsLUM-a ooo to, aotTorj, um GOsp OF THE WAR. Eteata aa They Appear In the Calaa Following the Battle Storni. The battle of Mho Yang Is a back numbet MS event go In war time, still It 1 a fruit ful theme for correspondent at the front. It Is worth while recalling the events, how ever. In order to show how the earlier ac counts of the slaughter tally with the estimates of correspondents who have had time to go over the field and gather In formation at flrat hand. In the earlier ac counts of the battle reports of looses on both sides ranged from 40,000 to 0.000, the latter figure being accepted aa nearly correct. William Dinwiddle, correspondent of I,eslle s Weekly. In hla laat letter from the front, says the Japanese admit a loas of r.000 men, "which may safely be In creased by ,O0O or 7.000." The Russian loss he says was about 11.090. This estimate, based on observations after the battle, make tha total losses about V00 men. Some of the awful sights witnessed dur Ing and following the carnage the corre spondent details as follows: "Never will the few foreigners who saw the battle fleld of IJao Tang on the morning ot Sep tember 4 be able to dismiss from thelt memories the fearful sights they witnessed. Already, in the mists of early morning, hundreds and hundreds of crematory firee dotted the plain. Just a layer of firewood, then a layer of dead bodies, snd above them another covering of fuel. As the flames crackled, the dead shrank and shriv eled and rose up, tortured, to sink back In ashes, while hideous skulls, with empty sockets, grinned through the quivering heat. The air reeked with the fumes of burning flesh, and the smoke bleWaealdlng Into one's eyea. Fuel was scarce and the dead numbered thousands, so as many more of the stiffened corpees were thrown thudding Into the hollow trenches. In rowi a hundred yards long, and covered from sight with a blanket ol earth. The living, gaunt and tired, shuffled etumbllngly as they wearily dragged In the dead to pyre and pit, or piled np the rifles and ammuni tion belts of comrades who naa servea their country for the last tlmo Into huge stacks. Poor chaps! Eleven days of a carnival of war, and, after all, they had failed to accomplish their great purpose the forcing of Kouropatkln Into a decisive battle. "The man who says the Japanese have lost their power of attack, after this ex hibition on the part of the Fourth army, wants to add a qualification to that state mentthat the failure in attack is from no lack of dash, bravery and willingness to give up life for country on the part of the Japanese, but that the Russian trenches before Lino Tang were so strong that human flesh and blood could not take them so long as defenders remained to shoot. One readily forgives the official statement that at 1 o'clock the next morning the men of the Fourth army were sble, on their final charge, to repulse the enemy and take the trenches. It Is true that they did take the trenohes at 1 a. m., but at sun set the Russians had made a counter-attack and hastily withdrawn to their main line In front of IJao Yang. Not only did they withdraw from this position, but along the entire lines of their advance positions. A movement certainly demanded on Kouro. patkln's part In view of the menacing activities of the enemy well around both of his flanks." Financing the war Is a problem with which the statesmen of Japan are grappling bravely. The amount of the last loan offered In England waa subscribed several times over. Regarding the American end of the deal the New Tork Evening Post of Saturday says: "This week's sale to American Investors of half of Japan's new $60,000,000 loan, with the assurances given American bankers that the proceeds of the local allotment would be left on deposit In New York banks, gives Interest to the trade movement between the I'nlted States and Japan as modified by the war pur chases. The government figures ahow that there still exists a heavy trade balance In Japan's fuvor, our exports during the nine months ending with September amounting to $H.70iy55, as compared with Importa of W4.277.11S. In other words, Japan's pur chases of war material In this country have swelled our exports only $4, 4(3,744 above the same nine months of last year. Importa In the meantime Increasing $317,207. This shows there Is llttl? apparent bapls for the assertion that Japan has made abnormally heavy purchases of war ma terial In the United 8tates. "As regards Japan's promise to leave the $30,000,000 on deposit here, the point was made this week by one of the syndicate bankers that the funds would remain here only so long us t was convenient for the borrower to let them stay. Most of the fund Is not likely to be drawn against for several weeks yet, as there will probably not be occasion to do so. But whenever there Is, the remittances will be made In gold or otherwise. No definite promise has been given by Japan In the matter, and those familiar with the financing of for eign loana assert that It would be foolish for a borrowing nation to bind Itself not to take funds that belong to It and upon which It la paying an abnormally high rate of Interest." The statement so often repeated that a Jap will fight for twenty-four hours on a ration of two or three beuns and a sip of tea, has been at last explained. The Japanese bean Is not the common hortl cultural bean with which our gardens ara acquainted, but a vegetable often a yard In length, and large enough to fill a quart measure. A single bean makes a meal for a hungry ploughman. MXES TO A I.AIGH. "Why, how could you break your en gagement with Jack?" ' Wt were seasick together." New York Life. Considering the odor that alwavs per meates the Inveterate smoker's favorite pipe, his wife can never get over her as- J J Table wines, champagnes, cooking sherry, our own brands of high grade whiskies, full quarts 80c, $1.00 and $1.2?. If it come.lr HILLER'S It must be iood. 1309 FARNAM STREET. CHEA5I Improves the flavor and adds to the health fulness of the food tonlshment that he should have such it strong sftectlon for It. Somervllle Juiirn.iL Fweddy Don't you get tired, deph b'-r. of seeing the same old fares ovah nui ovsh again at comic opera? Cholly Oh. no: I take all that as a ni;u. ter of chorus. ChlcSKO Tribune. "What a rascally paper It Is to tell ma. Ilclous lies about you that way," km id Councilman Crooklt's sympathetic f rlei d "Oh," replied the councilman, "It Isn t as bad as some of the other papers that tell the same malicious truths." Phila delphia ledger. "I haven't seen you at our morning serv Ice for several Sundays, Hrother Har desty," said Rev. Ir. Fourthly "I know It. doctor." snld Hrother Har dest)1, with an apologetic rousti; "but tha fact Is that when I go to sleep 1 snore a loud that It distracts the attention of ths congiegatlon. Chicago Tribune . Rodrlck So you are going to touch your uncle for $20. Do you think you will be successful ? Van Albert Couldn't any. Vnrle Henry Is like they thought the stale of Indian was. Kodrlck How's that? Van Albert Close and doubtful t'hlcag News. THASKSfJIVHa PERSPECTIVE. W. D. Ncsblt in Chicago Trtbur. WHEN you go to buy your turkey, then the dealer, smooth and perky, tells you that the fowls are cornered by the grasping Turkey trust, AND that though he hates to charge you prices that will seem too large, you will agree he's only doing what li actually must. THEN he murmurs, "Thank you, kindly." when you pay the price resignedly, and take up the storage turkey who good points have been discussed. NEXT you think of oysier dressing, and go gavly on, not guessing that the oytr haa been cornered by a conwlencelesal combine. AND the dealer Is regretful when he hears) your speech grow fretful; he explulnsi "The rise in prices Is the corner's work, not mine." THEN he tells you: "Thank you. greatly," when you pay the price sedately, and go further down the market looking for a grocer's sign. THERK you tlnd that higher prices hav hit conditions and spices, that the cider ami the mincemeat and the sugar and the bread HAVE been rendered more expensive by the dealers apprehensive, who are feorful lest the public be extravagantly fed- . SAYS the grocer: "Thank you, truly," when you meet his prices coolly, er hinting at the notions that are throb blng through your head. WHEN yon go to get a pumpkin you ar treated aa a bumpkin, for the deale.' eloquently shows the merits of a squash. AND apologlxes deeply when he cannot sell It cheaply., for, he says, the trust ha grabbed them all from' here to Alle gosh. THEN he chuckles: "Thank you, mlater," though In wolds ueslsned to blister you declare that talk of pumpkin trtists Is pure and simple bosh. SO, although you feel ungrateful, and you view with brnodlngs hateful all this lot of boosted prices that destroy your , appetite, TET the fact Is that your buying stops lot of gloomy sighing, for It make the dealers' prospects look extremely fair and bright. IF of money you'd a bankful you might make all of them thankful ere you ate Thanksgiving dinner at some 50 cents per bite. An Important Correction There still seems to be a mixta ken ' ltlcn among sonic of our ninny' frit'iula and lmtroiiH that we hnvo, moved. We wish to say to Ihcni , Hint we are still In the same jilnca nixl same building that we hava occupied for the past eighteen .rears, and have absolutely nothing to lo with the studio on the opposite side of the street. To assure yourself of the high grade work Hint ha made the mime of HKVN so well known to you during the past twenty-live years, ui;ike no mistake as to our lorn tlon. As has heeu our custom for yearn past we arc giving as a free Christmas Souvenir until iJecembor lilth either n flue enlarge inent or u Water Color with each new dozen photos. HEYN, The Photographer - Gil A TI E ni.OC K. ft 1 3-1 8-1 T SOI Til FIFTEENTH ST. E8TAHLI3HKU ltmL PRESENT LOCATION 8INCH) Uat, msm THANKSGIVING Liquors , to io with the Turkey.
