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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.
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baby and make him grow.
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tuod ue to your babj.
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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.