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    TllE OMAHA DAILY HE hi: WED-NKSDA V. -MIVKMlllhl 30. 1904.
Tin? Omaiia Daily Bee.
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(Seal) M. B. HUNOATE.
Notary Public.
The latest riddle: What is the differ
rmf between glue and clue? Clue
sticks.
Holt county Is trying Its best to live
up to Its previous record as a stamping
ground of frenzied finance.
CemiuonwealtU" Coxey la a bank
rupt, but it Js safe to say tbat be will
not try" to file "a petition iu boots" In
the federal court. (
Japan U thinking of adopting the
Itoman alphabet. If it does It is to be
hoped tbat it will find some real one
for the letter "Q.M
Council Bluffs ia grappling with an in
dependent telephone proposition, which
may be expected to move across to this
side of the river In due time.
If every lawyer retired from a case
whenever his, opponents advanced a dif
ferent copstructjlon jiMe law from bis
not many cases would be tried.
Tom Lawaon may provoke the Stand
ard OU company' until it sends some of.
tbat low-teat oil which was barred from
South Dakota to Massachusetts.
The Itusslana have decided to throw
physic to the dogs, and the result Is
that these - animals are beginning to
flfure In the. list of Japanese casualties.
Tri!
If the. cxar is really an unwilling sub
ject of the bureaucrats, the preaent
movement of the semstvos gives blm an
excellent opportunity to throw off the
yoke.
General Kurokl says he. la not dead.
In the face of Richard Harding Paris'
assurance to the coutrary, thin is enough
to rain Kurokl's chances aa a bero of
an historical novel.
Xow that the exposition has ended,
the harvest will begin for court officials
and lawyers in St Louis, aa most of
the corcesalonalrea are ready for the
appointment of receivers.
Admiral Dewey has sidestepped serv
ice on the North. Sea commission, show
ing that, despite tbe opinion of some
people, tbe admiral ! not looking for
trouble when It can be avoided.
While the river and uarbor bill Is be
ing prepared it should be distinctly re
membered that a pl?aurUat made
the trip from Nebraska City to St. Louts
tills year and that at low stag of
water.
Alva Adams, democratic governor
elect of Colorado, whoHe right to the
office la questioned. Insists that Gov
ernor Pea body will retire gracefully, but
be la making uo predictions as to how
Sherman Bell will go out of office.
Tb Sit Louis exposition will I kept
open for straggling admission fees after
the regular exposition period shall have
expired. Those St Louhi people cannot
afford to let anything get past them
that might help them out of tbe bole. '
- Tbe Miaaouri supreme court has held
that the St Louia terminal companies
violated no state law when tbey con
solidated. . This is the same court. that
held that an information charging a
man with accepting a bribe waa de
fective,, when one lu ideutlual form,
upon which a man bad ben sentenced
to be hanged, was declared valid.
it as Interesting to know that the
forthcoming report of the secretary ef
the State Board of Charities and Cor
vctlena will Indicate a decrease In the
number of dependent paupers In Ne
braska during the last two years. The
total number of dependents coming
within Ibis class la glveu out at a trifle
over 1.000. which means that the ratio
to the population la leas than 1 to l.uou
We doubt if auy other state in the
unloa ran show a better reward- -
BtQVLATlp.l or RAILROAD RATES'
The movement for an amendment of
the Interstate commerce act, conferring
upon tbe roromlaainn the power to pre
scribe rea amiable and equitable trans
lortatkn rates when those charged by
a railroad are found to le unreasonable.
Is commanding attention and there Is al
ready aaeurance of a vigorous opposition
when the matter comes before congress.
The Waahitigton Poet refers to it as "a
hnge propoaltion" and makes the pre
diction that It will fall, "no matter how
much spirit may be displayed In Its ex
ploitation." That paper admits that
there are valid groumla of complaint
In the matter of freight rates, but thinks
that this, grave as it Is, "does not fur
nish justification or excuae for such an
amating expansion of power in the
bands of the commission as this agita
tion contemplates." On the other hand
the Wall street Journal expresses the
opinion tbat there Is justice in the de
mand that the powers of the officials of
Uie government having supervision over
the railroads "should be increased so as
to prevent those inequalities In rates
as srve to favor one section, at the
expense of another; to eurlcb one Indi
vidual at the expense of many, and to
confer powers scarcely less than those
of the government Itself npon Individ
uals who. however capable and con
scientious they may be, have no direct
responsibility to the people." That
paper remarks that the making of rail
road rates ia so Important that it should
be tbe joint work of railroad officials
who are responsible ouly to atockhold
ers and of government officials who are
responsible to the people. The former
! ahould make the rates, but the latter
should have tbe power to regulate tbem.
Something more than mere Investiga
tion is needed."
As a matter of fact tbe Interstate
Commerce commission long exercised
the power which it Is now asked shall
be specifically conferred upon It by
amendment of the law. In his address
to the Interstate Commerce Law conven
Hon held In St. Louis last month. Mr.
John t. Kernan of New York, formerly
chairman of the railway commission of
that state and author of tbe original in
terstate commerce act, stated that dur
ing the ten years following the enact
ment of the law there was universal
acquiescence in the idea that the coui
mlsHlon could not only determine the
right and wrong of rates, regulations
and classifications specifically com
plained of, but could fix tbe rates, reg
ulations and classifications to be sub
stituted therefor. In some instances the
railroads themselves asked that all of
this power be exercised by the commis
sion In contentions between themselves.
He said that In over 4i0 cases before
the commission prior to 181'" no denial
of the existence of the power of the
commission to thus fix rates uion spe
cific complaint appears In the records of
the commission. "This belief In the
power of the commission not only gave
relief where It was justified, bnt oper
ated, widely as a wholes3ine restraint
npon carriers ft! then dealing wltti the
public. No suggestion came from any
source during those years that such
power In the commission was dangerous
to property rights, either as the law
then was, or ap it .might be adminis
tered." It was In 1807 that the supreme
court of the United States decided, by
a divided court, that congress bad not
conferred npon the commission the legis
lative power of .fixing rntes. either max
imum, minimum, or absolute.
There Is no doubt that congress can,
confer npon the commission the power
proposed and which Is unquestionably
necessary to protect the public against
unreasonable rates and unlawful dis
crimination. police board powkrs
Tbe letter accompanying the resigna
tion of Judge Mcilugh as a member of
the Omaha Board of Fire and Police
Commissioners explains bis retirement
upon a disputed Interpretation of the
powers vested lu the board. Judge
McIIugb, himself a lawyer of training
and experience, regards the police board
aa an administrative and disciplinary
body exclusively, without any responsi
bility fur the enforcement of tbe state
laws' or city ordinances. Under this
view the executive power of the
city is lodged with the mayor and
the prosecuting powers with the
prosecuting officers of both county
and city. Tbe duties devolving upon
the police board as such relate only to
the maintenance and equipment of police
aud fire departments and the appoint
ment and removal of officers. In lu ca
pacity as excise board it has additional
functions of. Issuing liquor licenses and
druggists' permits, and. Incidentally,
a supervision over the liquor traffic, so
far as revocation of a license or refusal
to reissue a license can control.
' With thle view ef police authority
tbe lower courts have concurred, al
though the matter has not yet beeu
passed on finally by the supreme court.
It follow from these limitation upon
the police board that the responsibility
for the execution of the laws rests upon
the chief executive of the city, and be
in , turn is responsible directly to the
people, by whoae votes he Is elected.
If the people want a Sunday school
town tbey will elect a Sunday school
mayor.. If tbey want a liberal adminis
tration they will elect a man of liberal
Ideas. If tbey are dissatisfied with the
administration they are getting they will
refuse to re-elect when the laaue Is pre
sented to them.
On this aspect ef the law there seems
to be but little divergence among law
yers whose opinions are worth having,
but there Is a collateral question which
Is still open as to bow far the dUcretlon
of the executive officers exteada. If
there Is no discretionary power, then the
principle of local responsibility la nega
tived It will make no difference whether
the people elect a Sunday school mayor
or a liberal mayor, for the courts will
step lu by judicial, writ to compel tbe
strict enforcement of laws aud ordi
nances as censtrned by tbe bench. . Tbe
determining authority would thus be
transferred from tbe municipal officers
to the judicial officer", who are responsi
ble each to a different electorate. Tbe
policy of the city government of Omaha
would then be controlled not by the
wishes of tbe people of Omaha, bnt by
the wishes of those of the entire judicial
district made up of four counties, and
In last Instance, when appealed to
the supreme court, by the wlsbee of the
people of the entire state. An analy
sis of the points Involved, therefore, re
solves into the old question of municipal
home rule at against government Im
posed from the outside. Whenever pre
sented In this form the people will surely
subscribe to tbe doctrine of borne rule.
RUSSLA S FAVURABLK RESPOXSK
The acceptance by tbe Russian gov
ernment of the Invitation of the United
States to enter into an arbitration treaty
appears to be regarded at St Peters
burg aa likely to bare a good effect upon
tbe relations between tbe two coun
tries, this being the first time that Rus
sia has shown a willingness to nego
tiate such a treaty. It Is to be re
marked, however, tbat the relations be
tween the United Statee and Russia are
now entirely friendly, so far aa the
governments are concerned, nor Is there
among the American people any gen
eral sentlmet of unfriendliness toward
the Russian people. The popular sym
pathy that has been manifested In this
country for Japan la largely due to the
belief that American Interesta In the far
east wonld tie more secure If Japan
should win the war than if Russia
should be successful. The latter power
has Itself to blame for tbe distrust of it
which has been created here and In
other countries. Had It pursued a
straightforward course and kept It
promises there would have been no
war and Russia would be strong today
In the good will and confidence of all
nations.
There is no issue or misunderstanding
between that power and tbe United
States and It Is sincerely to be hoped
that none will arise. Commercial rela
tions are perhaps not quite what could
be wished, but this does not threaten
any trouble and possibly in the not re
mote future the trade relations between
the two countries will be Improved. At
all events, the American people will (
cordially welcome tbe friendly spirit
sljown In Russia's acceptance of tbe In
vitation to conclude an arbitration
trentv.
THE OIL TRUST INVESTIGATION.
An investigation of the method of
the Standard Oil company, understood
to be at tbe direction of President Roose
velt, has been begun by the bureau of
corporations and It is presumed will be
diligently prosecuted, tbe orders to the
agents of the bureau who have been
designated for tbe work being to get
every fact that digging will uncover.
This colossal trust, which bestrides tbe
wprld, Is the embodiment of monopo
listic greed and power, and. to get at the
bottom of ita methods will be no easy
task. If Indeed it be not impossible. It
has already been subjected to Investi
gations, but has been able In every ca -e
to conceal such method as Its astute
officials were not willing should be made
public. Whether It will be able to do
this with the government Investigation
remains to be seen, but it can be confi
dently assumed that the great trust will
employ every resource at Its command
to defeat the efforts of tbe bureau of
corporations to ascertain its methods. It
attempted to prevent the creation of
this bureau and undoubtedly It will now
do all that Is possible to obstruct Its
work.
It Is therefore probable that the In
vestigation, which Is the first that has
been undertaken by the new bureau of
Its own volition, will be prolonged, so
tbat the public need not expect any
early Information, beyond what It al
ready possesses, In regard to Standard
Oil business methods. It Is stated that
the Investigation, as to which tbe spe
cial agents were given secret Instruc
tions, is to be far-reaching and if it de
velops facta which it la thought it may
develop, the trust officials will be called
t appear before the commissioner of
the bureau of corporations.
The complaint filed with the Board of
Review alleging gross nnder-assessment
of personal property belonging to cer
tain individual and corporations and
asking for their increase la, as might
have been expected, snatched up by the
hostile press at the state capital aa evi
dence conclusive of a great conspiracy
on tbe part of Omaha to evade It share
of state taxation by systematic under
valuations. These ever-ready critics do
not wait to see what the evidence or
luck of evidence Is in support of these,
charges, but they go at It wildly, as If
assertion were proof. When the hearing
comes on the complaint the chances are
that it will be only partially sustained.
If at . all. but the advertisement cf
Omaha as a willful tax shirker will not
le corre-ted.
Down In Missouri they nave It all fig
ured out that the stay-at-homes are re
sponsible for tbe transfer of the electoral
vote of tbat state from tbe democratic to
the republican column, because the dif
ference In tbe total vote of 1904 and
loo, if cast solidly, would be enough to
change tbe result This la Interesting but
frultlesa guesswork. The limt kind of
political mathematics will probably show
tbat bslf the people elected owe their cer
tificate to tbe stay -at hemes, but If tbe
stay-at-home bad voted tbey wonld hare
recorded themselves ou different sides of
the fence in about the same proportion
ss those who marched up to the polls and
deposited their ballot.
The must odious trust of all Is now
threatened In the shape of a circus com
bine to do away with window lithograph
aud free pa sues. If the free circus tickets
are abut off half tbe fun of living iu the
good old aummer time will be destroyed.
People who have bad circus paaeea
knew that after using tbem once they
never afterward really enjoy a circus
performance to which they are required
to pay admission. If there Is any way
In which the law can be revised to reach
. these "hesrtleM rdrms managers and
J bring npon tbem tbe pnolshment they de
! serve the effort should by all means be
made.
The democratic World-Herald Is now
engaged In the harmless pastime of
choosing a speaker for tbe republican
legislature. Its advice to the repub
licans will probably go as far as It
would bare gone to the democrats bad
the legislature been democratic.
rieaaaateat rath Hawaward.
Philadelphia Record.
Prosperity haa ruined many a map. but
If a fellow la going to ba ruined at all that
ia the plaaaanteat way.
Chicago News.
Commissioner Garfield ia going to try to
make the Standard Oil company tell Ita
secrets. Some young men are so full of
confidence that they think they can do sl
moat anything.
A KeaTlected Oppartaalty.
Chicago Tribune.
Nebraska democrats elected nine out of a
ponalnle U3 members of the leglalature. It
la Idle to suggest It now, but why didn't
Editor Bryan aend out l.noo.000 postal cards
to the voters of Netoraoka Juat before the
election?
Aa Aeearate Critic.
Kansas City Journal.
Have you noticed 'Gene Ware's charac
teristic reply to the newspaper man who
wrote him that "there never waa and never
will be a popular pension commissioner?"
"Your head Is o accurately level," re
sponded Ware, "that alongside of It a bil
liard table la a aterp and perilous de
clivity." Soaaa ProSt la "Kaaehlaa."
Baltimore American. '
Sir Edward Clarke will probably not suc
ceed In depriving the people of the United
Statei of the name of "American," but he
haa succeeded In making his own name
known to lots of people who had never
beard of him before, so he has gained
something after all.
The Real Thlnaj la Slaaghler.
New Tork Tribune.
A patient German statistician has em
ployed many of Ills moments in jotting
down from day to day the casualties In the
Rusao-Japanese war, according to Russian
and Japanese accounts, and, on adding
them up, find that there have been 5,778,1100
soldiers killed or wounded on the Japaneso
aide, while the Ruaaiana have lost 4.307.70-
men. This makes Judge Parker's recent
slaughter In the Philippines look small In
comparison.
' Popalarltr of the President.
Kansas City Star.
President Roosevelt carried his own
county by nearly 3.000 votes, representing
a gain of several hundred over the vote
secured In tho same county by McKlnley
In 18M. when the oast was overwhelmingly
republican. It la not unusual for even the
strongest candidates to "lose out" near
home. This la generally, set down to the
fact that public men rarely look so great
at close range aa through the enchantment
of distance. But with Mr. Roosevelt It is
different. He Inspires confidence and ad
miration among those who are close to him
as w.ll as among hose who are moat re
mote. - His personality and his official
methods are thoroughly uplifting and con
vincing. Hla popularity la not confined to
class or section. Ho Is of the people and
for the people, and has been elected presl.
dent by the people.
RISE IS IMOSi PACIFIC.
eeealatloa aa to tha Caaae of the
Receat Advance la Stack.
New Tork Evening Post.
The market s particular Interest In Union
Pacific stock, at tha present moment, haa
two causes the fact that In this atock dis
tinctly began the year's general upward
movement, and tha fact that the Circuit
Court's decision on the Injunction against
tha Northern Securities liquidation plan,
with which I'nlon Pacific Is closely con
cerned, may be announced at any time.
Union Pacific's low price of the year was
71; It was touched on the very day of the
Supreme Court'a verdict against the North
ern merger. Since then the stock has
risen to 117.
The Union Pacific based Ita injunc
tion suit on the claim that It will get less,
both In principal and Income, by accepting
the pro rata distribution of Northern
Securities assets for Its $82,491,000 holding
of that stock, than It would get if it
received only the Northern Pacific shares
which It depositees. Ignoring the question,
which liquidation plan la just in law, the
contention la reasonable. Northern Pa
cific, stock waa exchanged for securities
shares In- 1901, at a valuation of lis.
Great Northern at 180. On thla basis, the
company would clearly get mora under
lying aharas If It received on liquidation
Northern Pacific alona, than if it had to
take part in Great Northern. . But as both
underlying companies now pay 7 per cent
dividends, Ita Income would be larger If It
got Northern Pacific only.
Aa for the principle. Northern Pacific
stock has for soma time been quoted at 146,
Oreat Northern at 100. The one had risen
points, aa compared with tha - merger
valuation, tha other 30. Yesterday, Great
Northern stock rose to MO, which cancelled
tha difference, though still leaving tha per
centage gain on Northern Pacific larger.
This difference haa fluctuated, with the
fluctuations of the underlying stocks.
At one time. It waa $10,000,000; now it la
considerably less, and In any rasa It Is
largely fictitious, first because tha valua
tions of the two- atocks are pretty much
nominal, and aecond, because It ia not aup
poeed that in any case Union Pacific will
try to liquidate Its holdings when released.
It is. however, highly doubtful If expec
tatlon of aucctts in tha pending litigation
haa had more than a sentimental Influence.
Tha factors which have a more legitimate
Place are the actual earnings of tha prop
erty, and Its financial relations with the
Southern Pacific. Earnings, largely be
cause of fortunate crop and weather Influ
ences In Its district increased 12,000,000 In
the laat flecai year, waen moat other rail
ways gained little or nothing. In the three
months fallowing June 30, Its net earnings
ran I6T5.0UO beyond lfctt. where the St. Paul,
for Instance, gained only fSS.OUO and the
Atchison lost ITS. 000. Through the 140. Ouu.
ow Issue of 7- per cent Southern Pacific
stock, the Union Pacific received such Income-producing
aharas In return for notes
of the Southern Pacific which It held
against money borrowed by Itself for the
purpose, and which were, therefore, un
remunerative. In the meantime, howerer,
Southern Pacific earnings are not such ss
to encourage hope of a dividend on Itt
common stork, of which I'nlon Pacific
holds IM.0in.00O.
How far the good points above iWlted
have bean "discounted" In the course of
tbe 44-polnt Use fn price, Is another ques
tion. It must ba remembered that, unlike
most ethtr stocks, Union PaclHc sells to.
day at a higher price than In either ltd
or 1J. Only In eleven dtys of wild spec
ulation, during April and May, 101. did It
vr pass the preeeat week's record.
ROtAD ABOUT SEW TORK,
Ripples a the Carreat ef Life la the
Metraaella.
Seventy million dollars a year is paid by
Greater New Tork for fuel with which to
cook Its food, to keep warm, to make light
and operate its various mechanical plants.
"The coal supply of New Tork," says the
editor of the Black Diamond, organ of
the trade, "runs into auch huge flguies
It ia hard to make very close estimate,
but In a general way I can give you the
revolt. Ve figure that Greater Nw Tork
uses 15.ono.000 tons of coal annually out of
the 30.000.nno tons which Is shipped here
The difference Is reshlpped to various
other ports," about 1.260.mo tone going to
Boston.
"In New Tork and the Brona there Is
used 1X000,000 tons, of which I should think
7.000.000 Is anthracite and $.090,000 bitumi
nous. A great increase haa come In the
use of bituminous coal In New Tork, as
well aa other eastern cities, since the long
strike In the anthracite region. It Is bought
more freely for steam making whe e amo..o
consumers are Installed and takes the place
of small sites of hard coal. The figures
for Brooklyn are $.000,000 ton. The aver
age price per ton la $4.70."
John D. Crlmmlns is endeavoring to sr
ranre for the exhibition In New Tork
City of the Irish exhibit at the St. Louis
fair and has called a meeting of gentlemen
Interested in the matter. So confident la
Mr. Crlmmlns that he will succeed In the
project that an option on a building for
the housing Of the exhibit has been ob
tained for the latter part of Dei-ember,
running through January and February.
The exhibit Is of the greiteat Interest to
all Irishmen and friends of Ire'and be
cause It Illustrates the progressive spirit
which the country has displayed in spite
of the disadvantages under which It has
labored. The exhibit, moreover, brings Into
view the possibility of developing a mar
ket In the United States for those products
In which Ireland excels.
A heroine of the stormy time of the
draft rlota. In 1883, Llxzle Gallagher, wns
about to be dispossessed of her tenement
heme the other day. when policemen of th
Twenty-second street station, which wa
burned by the rioters forty-one year ago,
made up a puree and paid the old woman's
rent for six months. During the war Liszle
Gallagher lived near the Twenty-second
street police station.
Lixxle said: "Sure an' It was a small
thins; I did.
'I never did like rows, and whin thlm
draft rioter come toarln' down this street,
way forty years bark, howlln' for the
blood av th' p'llce, I just slipped down tc
the station.
'Most av th' boys bad been sent down-
town, where the trouble was worst, an'
only a few young fellows was over there.
Boys,' ses I, I s, 'there's goln' to be
murther done.' I ses. "Now you slip
through the side door and tipstalr.i to my
plnce on the second floor next door.. Tou'll
find my clothes there, an' some av me
brother's. Dress yerselves anyway ye llk,
but fir yer own sake git lid o' them bras
buttons. That crowd Is just hungry f'r
brass buttons.'
"An', sure. It was a simple thing I did.
Whin the hoys were well through the side
door Into the hall, I goes out to the stoop
of the station an' handed out a line ol
talk. I told the crowd tluit they should
lave the p'llce alone. It wasn't their fault
that they waa p'llcemcn, and most likely
the boys waa mighty sorry they was p'llce.
men Just then.
"The crowd got ructlous. though they lis
tened to me fir a while, an' then they eel
fire to the station. Ses I to meself, 'LlsxJe
Gallagher, this ia no place fir you,' an' so
I stopped tall, n" on' come off the stoop.
By this time the p'llce had got rid av their
braaa atads So' got away themselves. .
"Sure, an' It was a small thing I did."
The Herald gives the following facts
about the new Croton water supply for New
Tork City:
Pinna for the new system began In 1R87.
Work ot excavation and quarrying, 1W2.
Work to ba completed 18nfj.
Original estimate. M.OOt.Ow.
Additional expense to complete. $3,300,000.
Area of entire watershed, 3t square miles.
Capacity of old reservoir, 43,000,000,000 gal
lons. Capacity of enlarged reservoir. 76,000,000,000
gallons. '
Number of gallons dally for each person
In New York. 117 to 125.
Gallons wasted by each conaumer dally,
40 to ft).
Daily Intake of enlarged reservoir, 1.300,
OCO.OuO sallons
Length of reservoir. 1 miles.
Width of reservoir from 2 feet to two
miles.
Length of new aqueduct to Yonkers, $0
miles.
Length to Centra! Park reservoir. New
York. 32 miles.
Elevation of reservoir above tidewater of
Hudson, 300 feet.
Length of new Croton dam proper, 1,188
feet.
Length of spillway. 1.000 feet.
Total length of masonry. 2,18 feet.
Thickness at base of dam. an feet.
Width of roadway on summit, feet.
Height of dam from Croton bed. 166 feet.
Total hHght of masonry from bedrock to
summit. Kfi feet.
Number of men employed on work, 2.800
to S.3U0.
Average dally pay roll. $6,000.
Estimated cost to produce pure water In
New York City, Including maintenance of
system. Interest on water debt, etc., $23 per
1,000,000 gallons.
Brooklyn can boast of other things than
Its mase of Irblleys. It has s msse of
pavements that probably no city official
can name offhand, and new ones are being
added to the list. While many miles of its
streets are still covered with the round
cobblestones, of which even the oldest In
habitant forgets the origin, others are be
ing paved with asphalt, Belgian blocks,
Baltimore blocks, etc. At the Intersection
of one of the South Brooklyn cornere four
different styles are shown, something after
the manner of goods laid on the tables of
wholesale houses. At this place asphalt
ends st the north corner, Baltimore blocks
at the south, Belgian blocks at the east
and the redoubtable round cobblestones at
the west.
A movement Is under way en New York
to celebrate In a few weeks the centenary
of the birth of the famous "Father Prouf,"
who wrote the "Bells of ghandon" and wis
one of the moat noted literary men of tha
group who made "Eraser's" memorable In
the last century. His grand nephew is
Thomas F. Woodlork, so well known as
a financial expert and railroad statistician
la Wall street. He Is also one of the tallest
men in the street, standing feet 7 inches
when h lets out all his kinks.
Philadelphia Record.
If a woman accused of murdering the
married man with whom she wss Intimate
werato be tried by a Jury of women would
she get oft more easily than If tried before
a Jury of men, or leae so? The queatlon la
raised by the demand of a speaker before
the Women' Christian Temperance union
that women should be tried before women;
that If trlxd before men they are not tried
by a Jury of their peers. We do not raise
the constitutional question Involved here,
and still leaa would we raise the question
whether men are the peers uf women. But
It might nt unreasonably be conjectured
that women would ba less merciful than
men. It la notorious that men are some
what susceptible to tbe appeals of a woman
In distress and at their mercy.
tt-aaaale Aaalaat Aelalteratare.
CHICAGO. Nov. ?.-A rruaade agalnat
perrons who sell adulterated drugs Was t
fin Mr today by Colonel Stuart of the
Pontfifttre department. Five erresta were
made on rharsre of fraudulent use of the
mails. Fifteen thousand dollar worth of
alleged spurious Aruge were coanU4L -
THOSR TAt-SinriKI'SO RAItBOAOe
Lynch Journal: From the actions of the
railroad com pa n I. s. nt least the Burlington.
It Is evident thnt thf fight against rre
ent tat rate i not dosed by them, and
It will be well for the people of the state
to see that all officials sre backed In their
efforts to collect the present tax and lo
make th next tax plonty high In propor
tion to the valuation on other property.
Iowa Falls Republican: The Chicago.
Burlington aV Qulncy official ceme up
Wednesday last and went over to Gerlng,
where they made a tender of $S.ono to th
treasurer and gave notice that they were
going to test the revenue law In the
courts. If they win the county win have
to take the $5,000 and pay the costs. In
stead of $7,500 assessed by the state board
In the spring. It Is said that the railroad
ta expert will show the courts that the
tax Is too high. It would be well If the
tax expert also figure how many farmer
can also figure for they are going to figure
from now on, and If the railroads shirk
their duty a legislature will be elected two
years hence that will make It pretty hard
sledding for railroads.
Fremont Tribune: If the rallroida re
sist the payment of their ae-e-sment In
Dodge county, where it has been reduced
under the law, there Is Just bne thing to
be done with them. If the poor man who
haa little or nothing fails to pay his taxes
a distress warrant Is Issued. It la plared
In the hands of the sheriff and It Is the
duty of that official to proceed to the hum.
ble home of the delinquent and levy upon
his cookatove, cradle and bed. If need te,
to compel payment of Ms public, dues. Th
, railroads should have the same treatment.
At the proper time. If their taxea are not
paid, the county treasurer ahould put a
dlatreta warrant In the hands ot Sheriff
Bauman and It will be his duty to stop a
train and hold it until the tax obligation
Is discharged. The old MacCoIl methed.
employed a few years ago In Dawson
county. Is a pretty good method. Nowhrre
In the new revenue law IS It stated that
its provisions are to be enforced against
the dweller In poverty and not against the
rich railroads.
Hastings Tribune: The uniform proceed
ing of certain railroads In tendering taxes
to several counties According to their own
estimation Instead of according to the esti
mate of those authorised to do so Is a mat
ter that la being watched with Interest
by the people all over the state. The peo
ple do not believe that these transporta
tion companies are being overtaxtd and
expect that ultimately they will be made
to deliver the goods, sharing In the In
creased taxation with the others. Mean
while, by combating art equitable Increase,
the railroads lose more and more the moral
support of the majority of the people of
the state. It Is probably the most direct way
of finally lessening the Influence of rail
roads, for a disposition to cry for favorit
ism commanda anything save respect, the
loss of which when complete will be a
weapon that a railroad or any other com
bination will not be able to withstand.
While other property owners are submit
ting to what la deemed an Increase In tax
ation commensurate with the expenses of
the state, and by their vote have said that
they considered it an equitable Increiae,
they will expect the railroads to put their
shoulders to the wheel and help push, and
the disposition to crawfish will be given Its
quota of contempt In public feeling.
PERSONAL
OTE
9.
A man named Jobes wsnts the Job of
being United States senator from Missouri.
Andrew Csrnegle has so far limited his
social engagements for the winter that he
will be able to enjoy five nights a week at
his own fireside reading his favorite books.
Lieutenant Granville R. Fortescue, victim
of the punching power of the president, Is
a comparatively fortunate person. If he
doesn't think so, he should hold a consulta
tion with a former resident of Esopus.
Mme. Pattl will give a concert In St.
Petersburg In December for the benefit of
the Russian wounded. She has volunteered
her services out of gratitude for the fact
that her first great triumph occurred In
Russia.
Major Austin 8. Cushnian, who was pri
vate secretary to President Millard Fill
more, Is at present living in New Bedford,
Mass. He was the first phnnographer ever
employed to assist a chief executive of the
United States.
A euggeatlon that the electors of all
southern states vote for Roosevelt and
Fairbanks, and make their election unani
mous haa ben put forward by Julius Brown,
son of the late Joseph M. Brown. Georgia's
war governor and also United State sena
tor for years.
Captain C. A. Hoffnagle recently pre
sented the Daughters of the American
Revolution of Vergennes, Vt., with a frame
for Its charter, which was made from
wood taken from one of the boats of
Arnold's fleet which was sunk In Arnold's
bay, a few mile from Vergennes, October
11, 1776.
It Is an unusually calm day when Ohio's
political pond Is without a ripple. Alto
gether the nominating conventions are fully
six months away, candidates for the re
publican nomination for governor are
already hustling. Governor Herrick wants
a renominatlon, but is not waiting for the
office to find him.
Out In Colorado they still remember Gov.
ernor-elect Douglas of Maaaachusetts, who,
when a young man, conducted a cobbler
ahop In Golden. His shop was In a little
wooden shack' which stood about where
the Crawford house la now located, and hla
fellow townsmen little dreamed that "Will"
Douglas would one day be among the lead
ing shoe manufacturers of the world, to
say nothing of beoomlng chief executive of
the Qld Bay state.
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his trouble lies.
a sluggish mind.
when his blood is
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all vegetable, sugar-coated. Dose, just one pill
at bedtime. Sold for 60 years. Always Keep a
box of these pills in the house.
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Na Lark af Uaaartoaltr the HlaM
Klna af Hastier.
Buffil? Express.
If the American boy ever ge's discour
aged at what some p-imlst may Mi hl n
about lark of opportunity he should look
sround him a bit and take notice of things.
Once In every four years some Amcrl.-jo
boy becomes president ot the United
States. Every year a number of Ameruan
cltlsens become governors of their re
spectlve states, srd s lot of them go t
congress, arid some of them grt Into the
United Slates senate, and t-om uf them
become mayors of cities, and some of the.n
become aldermen. It is sir to say thtt
not all these American cltlxens shjuld
reach some of the positions of honor and
responsibility, but that Is a little to one
side of the question in point, which I
that there are atlll chances plenty of
them for the poor boy to make his way
In this world In the world of polities as
well as In other directions.
The recent elections hsve shewn some In
stances of this. While It cannot ba said
exactly that Frank Wayland Higglna, the
governor-elect of New York state, was a
poor boy, yet he has made his way In the
world himself. Minnesota elected for gov
ernor a man who was the son of a
Swedish Immigrant and whose youth was
apent In abject poverty. Ills father waa a
worthless creature, but the boy was hon
est. Industrious and thoroughly self-reliant
New Jersey's next governor Is another Loy
who has made hla way against obstacles
from teacher to governor. He almost suc
ceeded in being elected a t'nl.ed State
senator. Kansas chore for Its governor a
self-made man a country editor, who beat
out the controlling ring In hla state. Folk
will be governor of Missouri because he Is
honest, because he ia persistent, because he
Is Indefatigable.
Perhaps theie are others In the list
who deserve to be mentioned In this con
nection. But enough have bet n nam.d to
prove the contention that the American
boy still has a chance In hla country for
high honors if he Is made of the right
stuff. He need not be born rich, either.
But he must have ability and he t-h'iuld
have principles and honesty of purpose.
I.Al(iHIG LI.E.
"A man owes a great denl to his coun
try." "Yes." answered Senator Sorghum, "and
it la a lucky thing for some of us that
our country can't foreclose.' Washington
Star.
"Ah!" sighed tha melancholy vnung man,
"perhaps you don't know wbat It la to be
homesick."
Don't I though?" replied Henpeck. "I'm
sick of It all the time, and the worst of It
Is there's no relief in sight." Philadelphia
Ledger.
"Ha never seems to turn his attention to
anyining mat win bring him money."
"He has, this time."
"To what has he turned his atlenf on?'
A rich widow. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Mrs. Jenks I haven't heard you speak
of Florida this winter. But then your
lungs are not weak this year.
Mrs. Wise No. and they're not likelv to
be unleas my husband's bualnesa Improve.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
"liy experience with theae here gljt
edgfd Investment atocks," said Farmer
FoUdersliucks, "Is that they fully live up
ter their name. They're a good deal
gold bricks, the gilt beln' entirely con
fined to th' edges. Cleveland Lridcr.
Rev. Goodley Don't you know every time
you drink It'e a nail In your coffn?
Thirsty Tanker 1 wlsht I could believe
If. An ale In my coffin would come In
pretty handy. I II bet.-Phllad Iphla Prers.
"It looks as If the people were getting
onto us ut last," said the crooked poli
tician. "What will we do?"
"Time. I'm afraid." replied the other, de
spondently. Philadelphia Ledger.
THE ITAR IX TUB WEST.
Arthur Colton In The Atlantic.
The world has lost Its old content;
With girded loins and nervous hands
The age leads on; her sharp commanda
Ring over plains and table landa
Of this wide watered continent.
Who calls the poor In spirit blest?
The rich In spirit win their own.
Hsrk to the war's shrill bugles blowaj
Look to the rippling banner throw)
And streaming in the west!
Who says the meek inherit here?
The earth Is theirs whose hands are slron
Work, for the night comes; art Is long.
Onward the keen, stern faces throng.
Quick-eyed, Intent, sincere.
Our life has lost Its ancient rest.
The pale blue flower of peace that grows
By the cottage wall and garden cluse.
Star in the east, ah, whither goea
This star that leads west?
Always at
the foot of
the class
Do not blame
the boy for be-
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3$ey
a a uva . va w waa
A sluggish liver makes
A boy cannot study
full of bile 1
on the liver. They are
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ATIR S C HIRST rCTOALPoT eeart.
Alaal'S AOVS COkaWef aialaiia aal ages.
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