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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE:' FRIDAY. NOVEMREK 25. 1904.
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OKO. B. TZSCHUCK.
"Jubscrloed in my presence and awora to
tetor in thia Zn day of October, 1901
.(Seal) M. B. HUNOATE,
Notary Public
The Civic Federation started out to got
tli scalp of the chief of police. Now It
want tua acalpa of the whole police
ton nl. -
We thought I'at Crowe would get Into
the game before the last card wan dealt,
hut be was not expected to take a band
mi soon.
The reception accorded (lie Zemtsvo
propoMAla submitted to the cxar may
give occasion to the Rnnslnns to borrow
n Thanksgiving day from Uncle Snin.
Tile half back and the left tackle M il)
liow take) a much needed rest and waste
valuable time on dry tomes until the
time comes for thoni to shine on the dia
mond. While General Btoosaol may pro
nounce the deserters at Port Arthur lit
tle better thnn rats, be has not reached
the point-- admitting "the 'sinking
hip."
. Wnxblngtoil expects lively times after
congress resumes business, with three
!n restitutions on at once, Involving two
Vnltetl states senators and one federal
Judge. .
' The official call for the meeting of the
National Live ; Stock; association Indi
cates that the officers desire to raise
"more animals and lesti trouble than In
the pant '.
J '
Now that J.'. Plerpont Morgan's borne
h been found In jhe possesion of n
Vanderbllt, the real test of the relative
abilities of these two financial families
may be bad.
Prohibitionists , in New York held a
banquet in honor Of the Increased vote
of the party In the ;last .campaign
proving how little It takes to attract a
man to the dinner table.
If the Hiisslnn and japuncHe go into
winter quarters within rifle shot of each
other they may not require the uaunl
amount of fuel to keep warm during the
cold days in Manchuria. v
' ." i . r
Prince Bvlatopolk-Mlrsky seem to be
iu a position to become a martyr to his
principles which seem to bo neither
radical enough nor conHcrvntlve enough
to tind 'ardent supporters.
If neither rod luk nor big head lines
brings the fiend who threw the Imiiud, we
may have to fall back upon some of the
old-fashioned Sherlock Holmes' metbodn
of tracking the criminals.
Prisoners In Idaho's penitentiary
should set a better example to their
keepers. "' The present fight, to retain
possession fif that Institution reflects dis
gracefully on the men behind the bar.
The public schools, of Omaha have had
n unusual numlM-r of Interruptions since
tbay were reopened this fall. It is to
b hoped that they will now buckle
down to business and make up for loot
time.'
l"oot ball by telephone Is the latest
Innovation, to enlarge the circle of grid
iron enthusiasts. If the player could
ouly be Induced to have their louts by
telephone, too, the casualty Hat might le
reduced lercepUbly.
" One or two railroads will pay actually
lea taxes under the new Nebraska rev
enue law than they did before. It Is
needless to say that these road will not
Join in the effort to discredit the law by
n fulug to pay their taxes.
Hecretary Hitchcock seem to be car
rying out hi declared purose to refuse
to give a beating to Father Schell, but
President Itoosevelt docs not find him
self above listening to any one who
voice the grievance of tha deHpoiled In
dian t
THE rRC5DEr. TRIP TO ST. iOCI
I'd sldent Itoosevelt Is now en route
to ft. Inls to visit the grest Worlds
fair, which- has lieeh In progress there
since last May In commemoration of
the Ixmislana purchase. To timid
minds It will le a matter of wonder
that the president should nndertake to
attend a big exposition so soon after
the unfortunate outcome of the visit of
his Immediate predecessor, the lamented
McKlnley, to the Pan-American expo
sition st Buffalo. At the time of the
Buffalo tragedy It was freely predicted
that we had seen an end of the free
Intercourse of a president with promis
cuous crowds such as attend expositions
of this kind and that lu the future, not
only would the nation's chief executive
find It necessary to keep at a greater
distance from the populace, but that
he would have to give up altogether
personal participation In great Indis
criminate gatherings of people.
Put here we havr President Roose
velt apparently Ignoring the warning
of the past and refusing to admit the
existence of any good reason -why he
should not trust fully in the law-re-sio-tiiig
and law-abiding purposes of
his fellow citizens. That there is some
danger In traveling across the country
and In exposure to the great crowds
sure to flock to the exposition on Presi
dent's day he would probably concede,
hut he would go further by saying that
tills ever-present danger fs met In al
most the same degree wherever he may
le. It Is characteristic of Mr. Roose
velt, as a man, that he himself Is never
alarmed for his personal safety and In
sists on regarding the general public as
his natural protector rather than as an
enemy against whom he needs protec
tion. Aside from this feature there is every
argument why the president should in
spect and enjoy the beauties of the St
IxmiIs World's fair before they vanish
into' thin air. The exoHltion Is a na
tional affair in commemoration of an
historic event of huge national impor
tance. The part played by the national
government In inviting other govern
ments to participate and In Its own par
ticipation, to say nothing of the finan
cial aid extended out of the national
trensury, place the stamp of the fed
eral government upon It. President
Roosevelt himself delivered the principal
speech at the dedication exercises and
he pressed the electric button that sig
naled the opening of the gates and
set the machinery In motion. If he
were a private cltl7.cn he would doubt
less be a World's fair visitor, and the
mere occupancy of the White House
should not deprive him of the rights
and privileges he would enjoy In his
private capacity.
With all this, however, there cannot
fall to be a lurking feeling of appre
hension among the people throughout
the country with the recollection of
Buffalo, they will heave an Inward sigh
of relief when President Roosevelt
shall have once more arrived, safely
back iu Washington.
AMEMCAy CAPITAL IS CAXADA.
According to Mr. Foss, the most promi
nent advocate in Massachusetts of reci
procity with Canada, the amount of
American capital at present Invested In
manufacturing enterprises in the Do
minion Is at least $100,000,000. It Is
poKltle that this may be somewhat of
au exaggeration, yet there Is no doubt
that a very large amount of capital from
this country has already been invested
in manufacturing enterprises In Canada
and It Is altogether probable that In the
future a still larger drift of money from
this country to the Dominion will take
place.
It Is a most natural thing under any
circumstances, hut especially so In view
of the fact that the Canadian govern
ment contemplates a change In Its tariff
that will place American manufacturers
at. a disadvantage In competition with
those of Kngland. That is the policy
which the present Dominion government
has In view and which there Is every
reason to expect will be carried out. In
that event more American capital will
undoubtedly go to the Dominion for in
vestment In Industrial enterprises. The
advocates of a reciprocity arrangement
with our northern nelghlsnr urge that
this Is the only wny in which we can
head off an attack n. on. uw er.ports of
manufactures to that country and re
tain the trade we now have there. It
is manifestly a very Important question
and at this time its determination seems
to rest rather with us than with Can
ada. That is to say, the Dominion ap
pears to bo quite independent, if not en
tirely Indifferent, In the matter.
, SHOULD DR A TERBlTORV,
The question of making Alaska a ter
ritory will undoubtedly bo urged upon
the attention of congress at the coming
session. What the chances are of the
proposition being adopted cannot 1m con
fidently predicted, but very good reasons
will Ik" advanced In favor of the pro
posed legislation. The Seattle Post-In-telllgencer,
which has always mani
fested a most careful and Intelligent so
licitude for the welfare of Alaska, urge
that the people of that part of the
United Htatea should be given a terri
torial status and have a delegate to rep
resent thent iu the national congress.
In regard to this the Seattle paper
says that a delegate selected by the
people of AJaska and responsible to them
could advise the president as to future
appointment and lie held responsible
both by the administration and by the
people whom he represent for the char
acter and action of the appointee. A
It I now, say that paper, there are
unofficial delegation from Alaska visit
ing Washington every session of con
gress, each claiming to represent the real
wishes and desire of the eople of
Alaska, and each, almost uniformly, with
some private axe to grind. "Between
the conflicting views of such delegations,
ami they generally do conflict, how Is
the average uiemlier of congress, who
know nothUijf about, the BUbJct't, to de
cide a to what legislation Is most de-
ilred by the people of Alaska and what
s mot neertcu to advance tn'tr inter-
sts?"
That Is a statement of the situation
hich ought to have weight at Washlng
n and doubtless will have. There does
t appear to be any sound reason why
aska should not be given a territorial
vemment and thus brought Into com-
te affiliation with the nnlom That
:lon of onr domain Is no longer In-
t-esslble and Its development in the
few years, with the demonstrated
t that It has great resources, would
tin to abundantly Justify giving It a
Itorlal government.
CE THE PK SALTY FIT THE CRIME,
he receut bomb outrage that Is stir-
this community to It depth should
ollowed promptly by legislation that
make the penalty for such offenses
he crime.
the law now stands, the charge
wl h would be filed against the perpe-
troi
tod
r of this deed when taken Into cus
ls that of "felonious assault with
it to commit murder." and the pen
would be Imprisonment In the penl
.try for not more than fifteen years
less than two years. If the of-
could bo brought Into the category
shooting with Intent to kill,'' the
Int.
alt;
ten
nor
feu
of
maximum penalty might Ik? raised to
tweity years, while. If it were Impossi
ble lo prove that the Intent waa mur
derotia, but merely to commit bodily in
jury, the punishment would be only a
penitentiary term of not more than five
years or less than one.
In view of the opinion ventured hy
the representative of the Plnkerton
agency, that It would be difficult to
make out a case of Intent to kill from
the circumstances surrounding this
bomb explosion, it Is plainly apparent
that the penalties prescribed by our
criminal code are entirely Inadequate.
As the law now stand In this state, a
train robber would call down upon him
self a greater punishment than the man
who tires a bomb against a peaceful
citizen's house, taking chances on kill
ing or maiming an entire household of
Innocent people.
The commission of a dastardly deed
such as has Just been perpetrated In this
city ought to entail a maximum penalty
no less than life Imprisonment. It con
tains every element of deliberation and
premeditation with either the intentional
design to take human life or a reckless
disregard of fatal consequences upon
men, women and children. The liberty
enjoyed by the perpertrator of such a
deed Is a constant menace to society and
commensurate punishment becomes a
nei-esslty for social self-preservation. A
life Imprisonment maximum penalty
would not mean that that sentence
would be Imposed In each instance, but
It would give an opportunity to deal ade
quately with cases without mitigating
circumstances, while less flagrant of
fences would be entitled to more len
iency at the hands of Juriges'and Juries.
Making the law more se-vero now may
appear, so far ns- this crime Is con
cerned, like shutting the barn door after
thehorse Is stolen, but no one knows
when such an attempted outrage may
be repeated, and a little common sense
precaution will not be out of order. We
commend this subject to our lawmakers
elect, with a suggestion of speedy action
as soon as the legislature convenes.
Now that the policemen's ball Is over
we venture to express the hope that no
more such enterprise will be tolerated by
the police board. The Impression pre
vailed that an end had been put to this
sort of thing some time ago. The selling
of tickets by policemen for benefit per
formances is pernicious to police disci
pline from every point of view. It
savors either of forced contribution
from people who hesitate to incur police
displeasure, or it put the police under
obligations to people from whom they
should accept no favors. It cannot help
but tend toward partiality and discrimi
nation In the performance of police duty,
to say nothing of the Inroads It makes
uihmi the time of the police officer who
are supposed to be earning public sal
all es while soliciting the purchase of
tickets and the consequent Interference
with the performance of their official du
ties. The police board should establish
a rule prohibiting absolutely the solicit
ing of contribution by any employe of
the police or fire departments and It
should stick to that rule without devia
tion. Since Cheyenne Is assured of retaining
the state capital of Wyoming, Its people
are saying all manner of good thing
about the residents of the town which
failed to get the prixe. But some way
or other the friendly expressions seem
to fall on deaf ears. A much more
friendly sentiment prevails In South
Dakota, where loser and winner are
Joining In celebrating the result.
The newspaper that started out to
solve the Cudahy case by suggesting
that young Mr. Cudaby kidnaped him
self, now reads a lecture to certain peo
ple who have been unwary enough to
express the opinion that neither the
gambler nor the liquor dealers are
responsible for the recent bomb outrage.
'Twa ever thus.
.The outgoing state officers are ready
to Bhow the legislature wbere the ap
propriation bills can be cut down. It
would be a great stroke for the legisla
ture to show these friendly adviser
that they overlooked a few place them
selves where the cloth could be cut
closer.
Too Mack Alive to Bther.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
General Kurokl declines to aittier con
firm or contradict th report of his death.
But it la confidently believed that when he
watta hla obituary written he will not auu
aidlse a Ruealun correspondent to do It.
Travellaar Wltaoat a Permit.
Waahlngton Post.
Governor Cummins of Iowa, holder of li
patentee a title to tb "Iowa idea," is In
WaUogtuu to urge hi tariff revision
news upon the president. There Is a sus
picion that the governor left the state
without first securing Ltt oint permission.
Hard Task Rellnaiwlshed.
Chlrago Record-Herald.
Governor Pennyparker cf Pennsylvania
I reported to have finally given up the
idea of putting the cartoonists out of busi
ness. This reminds us of the man who.
having accidentally dropped a Kf r"ll piece
over the railing of a ship In mid-ocean,
said, "Oh, well, let It go."
President rtwoaevelt "h.
Baltimore American.
President Roosevelt a statement regard
ing his feelings toward the south will prove
arother stone In the structure of the gen
eral public's respect and sdmlratlon for the
president. Now that he l shorn of what
ever lingering suspicions of political ambi
tion that his enemies attributed to him,
auch statements are accepted unequivocally
by all. even as they would have been ac
cepted at any time by those who knew
him best. President Roosevelt Is a man
In every senso of the word.
The Gospel f Simplicity.
New York Tilbuno.
Mr. Wagner define simplicity as a tate
of mind. "It dwells." he says, "In the main
Intention that animates us. A man Is
simple when his highest desire consists In
wishing to b that which ha should be
that I to say. a true, honest man." The
new gospel of almpllclty Is. In Its last
analysis, a gospel of manhood, and for li
elements It goes back -to the foundation of
our modern civilization, the trar.stendant
moral energy that had its realisation in tha
on perfect example of the simple life. To
attain to thla simplicity In our modern,
complex life la difficult, but not Impossi
ble. Monarehlal Congratulations.
Springfield Republican.
Tha habit of European rulers In congrat
ulating an American president upon hi re
election waa really begun four years ago
by Lord Salisbury, then the British pre
mier. In a speech Just after our election
he expressed his emphatic approval of the
victory of Mr. McKlnley at the polls. It
waa but a small step from that, to tha
congratulatory cablegram of two emperor
and tha pope four years later. But acme
time tha practice may be sadly overdone.
Our foreign friend with crowns on should
be cautious how they monkey with Ameri
can home politics.
The New Indian Commissioner.
Springfield Republican.
President Roosevelt has appointed Francis
Ellington Deupp. Washington correspond
ent of the New York Evening Post, to b
commissioner of Indian affairs to succeed
William A. Jones, who has resigned. Since
the death of Rev. Mr. Painter, some years
ago, Mr. Leupp ha been the Washington
representative of the Indian Rights asso
ciation. This Is only one evidence of an
intelligent and helpful Interest long shown
In the relations of the government to Its
wards, the Indians, and in the promotion
of justice and progress therein. Mr. Iyeupp
has been looked to by tha president In this
field, and should malts an exceptionally
good commissioner. He will begin hla offi
cial labors January 1..
AGK OF KMPI.OVES.
Misconception of the Pacts Concern-In-
Recent Ordera.
Philadelphia Press.
A good deal of ' newspaper discussion
about the order of some railroad manager
not to employ men above a certain age Is
founded on a misconception of the facts.
One of these railroad corporation recently
adopted a rule to-employ no new men who
were over 36 year, old, but that did not
call for the dtsnharg of men above that
age already in Its employ. On the con
trary, the company haa a good many men
well advanced In years. . But It deemed It
best to take on at the start only men com
paratively young, who could be well trained
In the work required of them before being
promoted to higher places
That railroad company means by Its new
rule not to take on men who have to be
trained and who by the time they are
thoroughly efficient may drop out of yhe
harness. Then there are some places bn
railroads as well as; In other employments
where comparatively young men are more
active and attractive to patrons. But there
are many responsible places where older
men are prtferred. i These places will be
filled by the promotion of the younger men
when they grow older.
There Is some prejudice againat the em
ployment of old men. But there are few
employers who would discriminate against
an efficient man simply because of hla age.
In many coses the older and experienced
man Is preferred. The man of efficiency
seldom suffer because of his age.
FAR SIGHTED WISDOM.
Prompt Returns from Money Ei
paaded In Railroad BnlldlnaT.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Th annual report of the I'nlon Pacific
railroad recently made public would seem
to be an anawer to the criticism made in
soma quarter that the rebuilding of Amer
ican railway ayatems la being carried or.
upon reckless and extravagant basis.
Mora than a year ago it was officially an
nounced by the management of the Union
Pacific that the extraordinary expenditures
for Improvements had practically been con
cluded, and a tha' result of th use of be
tween $30,000,000 and $40,000,000 the company
would be able to materially reduce oper
ating expenses, and consequently reap bene
fit In the way of Increased net earnings.
Th report for tha year ending last June
shows an Increase In gross earnings of over
$4,200,000 and an advance In the net earn
ing of mora than $2,500,000. The Increase
In gross earnings I not remarkable by com
parison, but th Increase In net(ia. Thla
occurred during a year In which th ma
jority of railway system showed a material
decrease which in instances reached Into
mllllona. Reaping the harvet of It extraor
dinary expenditures, however, the V'nlon
Pacific was able to keep the Increase' In
operating expenses down to about $1,87,723,
a figure which left a generou margin be
tween It and tha Increaae In gram earnings.
The secret of tha whole matter is shown
In th statement that the company, by
mean of the best of physical condition
and ample provision for equipment, waa
able to reduce th ratio of operating ex
penses to gross earning from 62.53 to 61. S3,
and by Increasing th average tralnload to
move a greatly Inoreaaed traffic with a de
crease of 71,38 "locomotive mile." Nearly
all th big railway systems of th country
will soon b In position to reap the harvest
which th Union Patifle la reaping. Th
Pennsylvania Is rebuilding at a cost of
mora than $100,000,000, th Baltimore & Ohio
at a coat of mora than $80,000,000, th Grand
Trunk la expending over $60,000,000, and
many other are being rebuilt upoq a sim
ilar scale.
Tha Union Pacific' nnual report appar
ently Indicates that thee expenditure
were dictated by .a wise foresight Into
traffic conditions and were backed by a
well-grounded faith In tha future. It may
be also true that the reault In the case of
thla western road may be taken to prove
th wisdom of the new Idea of centralisa
tion of power and -ensnagement. The Har
rltnan lines were the first to try the plan
of. centralising the traffic and operating
department under single heads with su
preme power, which has undoubtedly con
duced to economy of administration.
FKRSOVtl, SOTF.
A New York Judae said that a polltll
club was better for women than the old
sewing circle.
William M. O. Dawson, the republican
governor-elect of West Virginia. Is 60 years
old and begnn life a a printer, then be
came an editor and Is now a lawyer.
After a g'KHl deal of hesitation and some
refusals, a poverty-stricken Italian count
has agreed to marry one of those Pittsburg
heiresses for $3t,non down and IIO.iYio a year.
The late Val Prinsep. the English artist,
had the mistfurtune to shoot his father
while hunting, and was given the nickname
Bagdad. When th English start In to Joke
they are savage enough.
The weJcome given the Liberty Bell by
Phlladelphlans on Its return was very en
thusiastic. Phlladelphlans have a great
admiration for liberty In the abstract or
for some other place or time.
Lather Conant, Jr., for years financial
editor of the New York Journal of Com
merce, haa been apoplnt.'d a special exam
iner In the Bureau of Corporations, Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor.
Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks, wife of the
vice president and present general of the
Nations) society. Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution, has requested all chapters
to hold a colonial tea, on January (S, the an
niversary of the wedding of George and
Martha Washington. '
Don Carlos, king of Portugal, has life
Insurance amounting to about 13.000,0(0 in
America nmoney. His majesty la con
tinually at war with his weight, which, by
dltit of vigorous outdoor life, he has re
duced from over 300 pounds to about 228.
Oeneral Andre, who has been forced out
of the position of minister of war In the
French government, la a man of ungainly
appearance. Tall, thin, with a long nose
and lean face, he cut a poor figure beside
the smart offlrers under his command.
A feature of special Interest to this coun
try In connection with the Csnadian elec
tions was the defeat In Colchester county.
Nova Scotia, of Seymour O. Gourley, a
conservative, who during his two terms In
Parliament earned considerable notoriety
by violent attacka on the United States.
A beautifully engrossed and bound copy
of the resolutions In memory of the late
Postmuster General Henry C. Payne,
adopted by the National Association of
First Clans Postmasters, was presented to
President Roosevelt by Third Assistant
Postmaster General Madden. A similar
copy was presented to Mrs. Payne.
Archer M. Huntington has had the His
panic Society of America Incorporated and
ha made to the trustees a gift of $1,000,000.
The gift consists of a building to be erected
In Audubon park, New York, which will
cover about eight city lots, a suitable en
dowment and an extremely valuable col
lection of Spanish books, paintings, manu
script and objects of archaeological Inter
est now in the Huntington library at the
Pleasancc, Bay Chester.
Young Mr. Rockefeller told his Bible class
In New York Sunday that "some men think
they can buy their way Into heaven If
they have but the price." but that such
hopeful folk were mistaken. He did not
claim any originality for the remark, but
it was Interesting to hear him repeat It,
even though he had. nothing to say when
one of the members of his class quoted:
"What does it profit a man to gain the
whole world and lose his own soul?"
POWER TO FIX RAILROAD HATES.
Authority Should Be Conferred on
Interstate Commerce Commission.
Chicago Tribune.
The governors of Iowa and Minnesota
and a representative of Governor La Fol-le-tte
of Wisconsin have been In consulta
tion with Prerldent Roosevtlt In the hops
of securing his aid In forcing a revl Im
of freight rates In the west and of extend
ing the powers of the Interstate Commerce
commission. This seem to Indicate that
strong pressure will be brought to bear
upon the next congress to pass the
Quarles-Cooper bill or some legislation
with similar Intent I. e. : to give th com
merce commission power to fix a reason
able freight rate when It haa found the
on In force unreasonable.
Up- to 1899 the tendency of freight ra'e
was downward and the Impression was
that they would not and could not be ad
vanced. Railway traffic managera often
affirmed thla in testimony. But since the
fall of 1896 there has been a general ad
vance In the chargea of transporting such
merchandise as coal, Iron, grain, lumber,
live stock, and many other claasea of
commodities, while at th same time "many
advances have been brought about by
changes In classification. Further ad
vances are contemplated by railroad offi
cials and freely acknowledged.
Why are the rates Increasing? The rail
roads answer that material and wages have
advanced and that therefore they must
charge more for a service which costs j
mem more. i mm expianauui overiooas
the fact that freight traffic has Increased
enormously in recent years. It la a well
established principle that increased busi
ness doe not mean a corresponding ex
pense In handling It. The benefits of In
creased traffic should go far towards
equalising increased coat of material and
operatives, If, indeed. It does not overtop
them. If It were not so well known that
railroads are being constantly watered by
new bond and stock Issue?, the explanation
might be taken with more seriousness.
In a recent Inquiry of the Interstate Com
merce commission the traffic manager of a
large railroad system testified that he msde
an advance on rates to the southwest be
cause the financial manager of th com
pany In New York Instructed him to do ao.
This seems to contradict the theory often
advanced by railroads that freight rates
are the result of a delicate adjustment to
conditions which can only be understood
by men long experienced In traffic manage
ment. In the caae mentioned the advance
In rates waa the arbitrary flat of the finan
cier of tli road, the aame Individual who
determines how much new stock the prop
erty can float In Wall street without Injur
ing Its reputation a a dividend earner.
The public remember too well how the
Northern Securities company Inflated the
capitalisation of the three roads embraced
In the Intended merger. This is an ex
planation of why freight rate have to be
Increased from time to time. It Is cer
tainly worth as much as th statement
that material and wagea hav dvnced.
The power to levy freight rates la In
reality the power to levy a tax upon, nearly
everything that enter into th life nd
commerce of the country. By It quasi
public character the railroad la poasenaed
of a power which Is almost equivalent to
a governmental function. Nobody, ques
tions th right of the railroad to Impoaa
a charge for traneportatlon. But th
chargea should bear soma relation to th
Interests of th public. The right of con
gress to regulate ratea is unquestioned; th
need of It Is evident. Why then should th
public not be safeguarded againat th cu
pidity which is a recognised trait of human
nature?
The original Intention waa to give the
commerce commmlaslon th power to fix
reasonable transportation rates. Th need
of thl power is even mora Imperative now
then in 1W. for now the tendency of
rate is upward. Th next cnngrctia should
restore to th commission Ita originally In
tended authority. Give It the power to fix
a Nlr rate and to put that rata Into im
mediate operation when It la satisfied th
on In force la unfair. Then let the rail
roads show tha courts that th ooinmla
iuii has made a nilstak.
ROt n ARnlT !F.W lORK.
Rlpnle the t arreat f l ife 1st the
Metropolis.
The msn who thinks the world owes
Mm a living without work closed a strong
engagement with a hot finish In Ttew Tork
City the other day. He answered to th
name ef Joe May when called In court to
explain how he dared blow Into th Waldorf-Astoria
dining room and put Inside
his frayed garments $ii worth of choice
solids and liquids, topped with s $4 cigar,
without a coin to settle the bill. The hotel
detertlv told how May entered the hotel
unobserved and disposed of steak, cock
tails and cigars. "He ordered thing like
a man with lots of money," said the de
tective, "and told the waiters to charge It
to his account. When I went to put him
out he showed fight, used vile snd Indecent
language and disturbed the peace of th
hotel."
"What have you to say to that?" asked
the magistrate.
"Last night." began May. "I drirted tnt
the Waldorf-Astoria and I looked for the
best seat in th house. The best seat was
occupied and I occupied the next best one.
I ordered a Manhattan cocktail. I ordered
the best steak.on the bill. While malting
for the steak I duplicated the order for
cocktails and finally got four. Then, when
the ateak and the other good tilings came,
I enjoyed them very muchr I ordered th
best cigar In the house and smoked part
of It. It was a foot long."
Here May waved the stump of hie clgiir
in the air.
The magistrate then read the rhnrg-e
against May. The priaoner simply re
marked that New York owed him a livina.
He merely made a concession as to lodg
ings, which he paid for himself at the Mill
Hotel No. 1.
"The Waldorf-Astoria has given me much
trouble and caused me a good deal of worry
over little things of this sort," declared
May. "I am not guilty of the charge."
The court gave him six months on the
Island.
Because departments stores In New York
and In Brooklyn have lost through shop
lifters between $400,000 and $500,000 yearly,
aa Is estimated by their mansgers, they
have formed an alilanc which will en
deavor to hav all who take to thl kind
of crime punished more severely than has
been the cuatom In th past.
This announcement was made In special
sessions court when woman who hod
offended wss sent to Jail for fifteen days.
The three Judges expressed themselves
willing to do sll they could to put s stop
to this evil, saying that all who are con
victed In future will be sent to prison for
on month at least.
At last the rich gamblers of New York
have made up their minds that large
places cannot safely be conducted In this
city while Jerome Is th district attorney.
To those not familiar with the sltautlon
here this might not seem to be a great
loss to th gamblers, except In a specula
tive way. As a matter of fact, there will bo
an Immense direct loss. There are a dozen
houses here which hold gambling para
phernalia of the costliest kind, an- It will
be useless while Jerome has the power to
land the keepers In the penlteltiary. The
fittings of Canfleld s place are worth about
$100,000. and not half of them can be used
for ordinary furniture. It is said .the gam
blers are casting about for some good city
in the west where they can resume opera
tions under protection and where they will
be sure of a good play.
Work began this week on what is to he
one of the largest amusement parks In the
world. Its nam will be Wonderland, and
It will be situated on the south bank of
the Harlem river, at Two Hundred and
Eighteenth street. Wonderland will fur
nlsh the sort of recreation which New
Yorkers and suburbanites have1 been un
able to enjoy without going to Cone
Island or Rockaway Beach. The total cost
Involved will be nearly $2,000,000 Wonder
land will occupy thirty-one acres. An
"esplanade walk" a kind of midway will
run through the middle of It. There are
to be a German village, a Japanese vil
lage, a sixteenth century German castle
and gaily colored pagoda. The people of
the Bronx and suburban towns, . such as
Yonkers and New Rochelle, who would
take over two hours to get to Coney Island,
will be able to reach Wonderland In fifteen
minutes.
Another of those strange disappearances
which from time to tome baffle every source
of Inquiry Is now engaging the attention of
the police of New York City and the whole
country.
On September 6. 16-year-old Leo Flelsch
mann, son of well-to-do parents snd a stu
dent of the City college, left his home to
take a lesson with his private tutor nearby.
From the time he bad his mother goodby
no word of the Isd has been received. He
disappeared without leaving a trace, and
while every resource known to the police,
detective agenclea and newspaper energies
have been utilized, the mystery la un
cleared. Leo Is about five feet five Inchea In height,
of fir complexion and weighs about 160
pounds. His psrents have given up their
handsome home and now live In a hotel
devoting their enegles and means to the
search for their missing son.
The negro porter with th megaphone
who stands st the stairhead in the Brook
lyn bridge subway station makes much of
his calling. He is there to tell the on
rushing patrons on which track they will
find the express train and on which th
locals, and he performs th function of
his office to his own evident delight. He
There are no less than four-
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thorn bark, senna leaves,
cifuga root, cinchona bark, Phytolacca root.
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deepens his voire and with the ulmoM pre
cision calls out his Information. Instead of
r.iying things simply, he makes each
nounocment with studied ilrtnil. There is
no possibility of misunderstanding hltn.
with his long drawn. "Express trains ii.mi
the center track, the center track; locals
to the right. The express tiiilns stop m!
Fourteenth, Forty-second Grand Cent: .1,
Seventy-second snd Ninety-sixth streets"
Eighty miles of bookshelves nre to In
supported by the stack work to be erected
In th main building of the New York
public library In Bryant park, fronting on
Fifth avenue, and covering the around be
tweeen Fortieth and Forty-second streets.
The total cost of this shelf work will he
$:'16.7CJ. The contract has been under dis
cussion for more thsn a year.
CHEERY CHAFF.
Knlcker There's one strange fact I'v
noted.
Hocker What's that?
Knlcker A boy is christened with water
and afterward takes boose, while a ship is
christened with boo re and afterward txkes
water. -New York Press.
"Wat's all dl talk about revlsin' de t.ullT,
Weary?"
"Why. de fellers dat's Interested in prr
tectin' certain lines o' goods is goln' to cut
down do perfection on lc goods of de odder
fellers, an" wlcy wersy." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"Wealth ha Its penalties." said the
philosopher.
"Yes. answered Mr. Cumrnx. "It's
pretty hard for a man to have to go guesx
Ing through a French menu when ne vvooM
rather huve pork and beans. Washington
Star.
Cluhberly What did your wife say when
you got In this morning?
Lelghtman She said she wouldn't waste
any words on me.
Clubberly Ah. you were lucky.
Ieightman Not murh. She didn't wnst
any, for 1 believe she used every one she
could think uf. Philadelphia Ledger.
Good morning." sild the old gentleman.
"I'd like to look over some of your spec
tacles." "Yea, sir," absent-mindedly replied the
clerk, "that's what most of our customers
do. It's JiiMt as good as looking tlirousii
them." Philadelphia Ledger.
"What broke up the Ladles' Debating so
ciety?" "The leading T.ember was told to prepare
an essay on the yellow peril. She did so
and the opening sentence read: 'Yellow
apparel Is very trying to most complex
ions." "Washington Btar.
"My experience with signs," says Fanner
Singletree, "Is that In gen'rnl they're either
mlsieadin' er su peril us. When I was to
the exposition I ee signs readln', 'Look
out fer pickpockets. ' After a few days'
truck with 'em I came to the conclusion
that they was fully able to look out fer
themselves." Philadelphia I"ress.
"Pangborn Is always making those class
ical allusions What did he mean by say
ins that even Homer nods?"
"Eh? Oh, yes. You see. Homer was
blind snd so they never could tell when he
was asleep until he nodded. All those
classical things are simple enough when
you understand 'cm." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
EPITOMIZED.
Cleveland Leader.
(For the benefit of th busy reader w
here give a digest of th annual foot ball
story which la now pprlng in all th
bast ma guinea.)
V He waa a sub
And a perfect dub.
And he weighed une-twenty-two;
The bleachers laughed
And the rooters cnaffed.
When our hero cam to view.
Of our eleven
They'd Injured seven,
. Whli their line was Immense;
' And they made a book
That they'd make us look
Like leas than 3 cent a.
Our hero dashed
At the line, and smashed
Both legs, but he didn't tell
His heart was stout
Tho' one eye waa out.
For above the rooters' yell
He heard the scnach
Of a little peach
Whom he loved the best of all;
So he breathed a prayer.
And he hustled for fair
. To got hi mitt on the ball.
He broke th line
Like a niece of twins.
And he crippled the center rush;
And he killed both guards,
Ran ninety yards.
Then fell in tho bloody slosh!
At the eno of th week
He manas-ed to Kak.
Though his head was still s whirl.
i ney loin pim ne a won.
The ram by his run,
And so lie married th girl.
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