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(Seal) M. B. HUNOATE.
Notary Public.
It take twentieth century lennoelnsui
to sell mistletoe by the pound, as the
mercUftnU of today are doing.
The cxar evidently still believe he
can nrnnage Russia better than all of
the other Russians pat together.
The next Job staring the police board
In the face la the annual round-up of
liquor dealers applying for renewal of
licenses.
Unlis the charter revision commit
tees get together within the next ten
days they will have to adjourn from
Omaha to Lincoln. . '
The closing of the McCook land office
will no doubt be a great hardship on
the officeholders, whose Jobs will thus
be expunged from the federal pay roll.
That punch bowl of Jefferson's may
yet be the magnet whlcti" wfll draw the
remnants of dembcracytack to'reunlon
and harmony. ' , : i
Earthquake ehocks Itf Panama serve
as a reminder that plans for the Isthmian
canal are subject to change by nature
without notice. . , '
Those Japanese gunners should not
have expected Immediate results when
they trained their guns upon a vessel
named the Sevastopol.
Ought not a lease of land comprised
In the old county poor farm to bring the
county treasurer at least as much as
would be paid in taxes If the property
were conveyed outright?
The fog Is so thick In London that It
has become a subject of newspaper com
ment, which is sn intimation that a fog
can be so dense that a Londoner does
uot feel at borne in them.
The Iowa supervisor who resigned
office because of the work imposed upon
him under the new Iowa drainage law
should be consistent and move to a state
where there are no marshes.
If all of the recommendations of the
president's message are enacted into
laws he supreme court will have a
strenuous time when the lawyers get
busy to obstruct their enforcement
Young Gould created indignation
when he stopped a raid of fellow stu
dents with a revolver, but not half as
much excitement as his grandfather did
when he started some raids on his own
account.
City and rural mall carriers will be
forced to secure legal advice after the
example of the big corporations ss to
how to evade that executive order with
out rendering themselves liable to its
penalties.
As usual the Holt county hank wreck
ers, now that they are caught, are will
ing to disgorge to escape criminal prose
cution. They might even be willing to
tell how they fooled the bank examiners
if bard pressed.
If Santa Clans wsnts to do a good
deed that will go a-thnnderlng down the
ages he will drop something down the
Auditorium chimney that will pay all the
cost of completlug the structure accord
ing to the plans.
Since returning to the sctlve practice
of law Judge Parker has an excellent
opportunity to demonstrate the correct
ness ut a recent opinion by bringing suit
gainst some of the Illegal combinations
under the provisions of the common law.
Members of the county board who s re
opposed to granting a perpetual fran
chise in the county roads to a suburban
trolley company are on the right track.
There is no excuse for perpetual fran
chise In these days is either city streets
or county roads.
solttxo a rnontKM or rns ctxTvnr.
Tour ont of the six measures for mak
ing trusts harmless recommended by the
editor f The Bee at the national con
fewnow on trusts heki in Chicago In 19
have been either Already adopted by so
tkn of congress or hsve been endorsed
for sdoptlon by members of congress
snd members of President Roosevelt's
cabinet. These recommendations are:
Klrst The creation by act of congress
of s bnrean of supervision of corpora
tions engaged In interstste commerce.
Second Legislation to enforce such
publicity ss will effectuslly prevent dis
honest methods of sccountlng snd re
striding traffic competition wlthfn legltl
mate bounds.
Third the enactment by congress of
a law to compel every corporation en
gaged in interstate commerce to operate
under a national charter that shall be
abrogated whenever such corporation
violates Its provisions.
Fourth The creation of an Interstate
commerce court with exclusive Jurisdic
tion, all cases arising out of the viola
tion of Interstate commerce laws.
The first two measures are already en
grafted upon our statutes in the creation
of the Department of Commerce snd the
bureau of corporations, but the Depart
ment of Commerce will In a great
measure remain Impotent nntil congress
shall have enlarged the powers of the
Interstate Commerce commission and
made provision for the establishment of
an Interstate commerce court, which has
recently become a live subject of public
discussion.,
As supplementary to these measures
a national incorporation act Is forcefully
urged by .Commissioner Garfield In his
first report to congress. In support of
bis recommendation Commissioner Gar
field declares that no satisfactory reform
la to be expected under the state system
of Incorporation and that the federal
government has at its command suffi
cient power, to remedy existing condi
tions in its control of Interstate com
merce by authorising a law for the regu
lation of Interstate and foreign com
merce under a license or franchise and
the prohibition of all corporations and
corporate agencies from engaging In In
terstate and foreign commerce without
such federal franchise or license, with
powers granted to the Department of
Commerce to refuse or withdraw such
franchise -or license in case of violation
of law subject to a right of Judicial ap
peal to prevent abuse of power by the
administrative officers.
When all these measures shall have
been formulated and engrafted upon our
national statutes the sixth recommenda
tion, namely, the revision of the consti
tution of the United States, to conform
with the changed conditions wrought by
more than a century's Industrial evolu
tion, commercial growth and territorial
expansion, will place the people of the
United States In position to solve the
tnist problem and all Interstate com
merce problems mi rational lines.
BEEF TRUST JXQU1RI'.
It h stated thnt-the powers- given the
commissioner of corporations unnVrthe
publicity clause of the act establishing
the Department of Commerce and Labor
are to be put to the test first against the
Beef trust. The law confers upon the
commissioner power and authority to
make investigation Into the organization,
conduct snd management of the business
of sny corporation, Joint stock company
or sny corporate combination engaged in
Interstate commerce. It is said that
Commissioner Garfield, of the bureau of
corporations, will go In person to Chi
cago, Kansas City snd other points
where information can lie obtained di
rectly from members of the corporations
in the beef combine and will set up a
court of inquiry before which witnesses
will be summoned and questioned. The
commissioner Is not only empowered,
but commanded to exercise the powers
conferred upon blm for subpoenaing wit
nesses, compelling the attendance and
the testimony of witnesses and the pro
duction of books snd papers and all doc
umentary evidence.
It Is expected, according to a Washing
ton report that the inquiry will produce,
a commotion among those who are the
prime actors in the combine and the
fullest publicity will follow every state
ment they make. It I said to Ite the
belief in administration circles that If
the members of the trust should divulge
the secret compacts on which their mo
nopoly rests the publicity principle will
accomplish the downfall and complete
destruction of the trust system of con
trolling the meat trade. The public will
learn with satisfaction of the determina
tion of the bureau of corporations to In
stitute a vigorous and thorough investi
gation of what Is generally regarded as
one of the most rapacious of monopolies
snd will hope that its methods may be
fully disclosed. It Is understood that the
authorities have sufficient data to Justify
the Investigation. .
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PROTKCTISQ RAILWAT KMPLOttCS.
The decision handed down by the
supreme court of the United States s
few days ago, which practically held
that , all cars, Including locomotives,
should be equipped with uniform auto
matic couplers, even dining cars not be
ing exempt from the requirements of the
safety appliance law, when in use, will
certainly have a good effect. In its an
nual report the Interstate Commerce
commission states that the nunfher of
trainmen killed in coupling accidents
during the year covered by the report,
was 278 and the number Injured was
3,441. A large proportion of these deaths
snd injuries were due to defective equip
ment, compelling the men to go between
the cars to couple snd -uncouple. "When
the same attention that Is now devoted
to passenger equipment Is given to
freight equipment." says the report of
the commission, "the number of deaths
and Injuries will Isrgely decrease."
The decision of the supreme court
may be expected te lead the railroads
to give better sttentlon to freight equip
ment, otherwise they will be called upon
to pay heavy damages for casualties to
employes. The points decided by the
court, ss explained by the secretary of
the Interstate Commerce commission,
are that the couplers on railroad cars
must be of such a character that they
will couple automatically and so save
employes from going between cars.
though absolute uniformity Is not re
quired; that a car, though empty and on
a side track, may be engaged In Inter
state commerce, and that for the pur
poses of the safety appliance law loco
motives are cars and tbey are required
to be equipped with automatic couplers
The decision says: "The railroad com
panles should be compelled, respectively,
to adopt devices, whatever they were,
which would act so uniformly as to
eliminate the danger consequent on men
going between the cars." Undoubtedly
thla will now be done.
THAT COMMISSION EXPLAI.'SS.
The snnual report of the Interstate
Commerce commission, in its reference
to the question of rate regulation, says
that there has been persistent mlsrcp
resentation of Its recommendations by
those who are Interested In opposing
the legislation that has boon proposed
These have urged that the amendments
desired to the Interstate commerce law
would confer upon the commission the
power to arbitrarily Initiate or make
rates for the railways and that it would
be most dangerous to place this vsst su
thority in the hands of five men, espe
cially men who have had no experience
as railway traffic managers.
It Is declared that no such power has
been nuked by or is seriously sought to
be conferred upon the commission. The
report says: "Though the popular de
mand msy eventually take that form,
under the stress of continued delay In
remedying ascertained defects In the
present plan of regulation, the amend
ment recommended by the commission,
as to authority to prescribe the reason
able rate upon complaint and after hear
Ing, would confer in substance the same
power that was actually exercised by
the commission from the date of Its or
ganization, In 1887, up to May, 1807,
when the United States supreme court
held thst such power was not expressed
In the statute."
It is well In connection with the dls
cns8lon of this subject that it should be
understood that the power now asked
for the commission was exercised by it
for ten years following Its creation and
was scqulesced In by the railroads. Dur
ing that time there was practically uni
versal recognition and acceptance of the
authority of the commission not only to
determine the right and wrong of rates,
regulations and classifications specific
ally complained of, but to fix the rates.
regulations and classifications to be sub
stituted therefor. There were Instances
In which the railroads themselves asked
that all of . this power be exercised by
the commission In contentions between
themselves and In hundreds of cases
before the commission prior to 1807 no
denial of the existence of the power of
the commission to thus fix rates upon
"specific complaints' was . recorded. Xo
suggestion came from sny source during
those years thst such power In the com
mission was dangerous to property
rights, either as the law then was, or as
It might be administered. '
It la thus seen that ho new power Is
proposed to be conferred upon the com
mission, but simply that the law be
amended so as to restore to that body
the authority It exercised for ten years
with satisfactory results. The decision
of the supreme court that denied to the
commission this power left little of valuo
in the law and the demand now Is thst
the statute shull be given the meaning
which everybody supposed It had be
fore the Judicial decision; In view of
the fact that the power to fix rAtes and
regulations which was exercised by the
commission during more than half the
time since Its creation was found to
work well and satisfactorily, what sound
reason can there be for supposing that
It would not again be found so?
, The Lincoln Star comes buck with the
assertion tlwt no good purpose will be
subserved by taking the state census of
1005 required by the constitution of Ne
braska. The director of the national
census bureau plants himself firmly In
the opposite view. In his current an
nual report he says:
That th rapid social evolution and com
plex growth of th United State call for a
census of population more- frequently than
one In ten years la a proposition generally
admitted by economic and sociological ex
pert. Provision for five-year enumerations
ha already born mad by aome countries
of Europt, notably Franc and Germany,
and ther 1 a thoroughly organised move
ment to aecur a quinquennial census of
Great Britain. - - '
Attention Is also called to the fact that
in twenty-four ststes and territories of
our union there la a constitutional or
statutory requirement for a decennial
census between the federal census years
snd if his plans materialize It will be
only a short time until we have popula
tion enumerations every five years all
over the United States.
A bill to establish postal parcel dellv
ery on rural mall routes up to a limit of
200 pounds for each parcel has been In
troduced in the lower house of congress.
Inasmuch as the present congress must
sdjourn without day on March 4 next,
and all bills not passed by both houses
of congress before March 4 will die with
the present oongress, there Is uot the re
motest chance for the parcel post bill
even If the express company lobby, that
constantly vibrates In the corridors of
the nations! capitol and In members'
seats in both houses, were to take a va
cation for the next six months.
Despite Missouri's recent republicsn
victory, Nebraska successfully protested
sgsinst that state tarrying out a policy
of expansion through the aid of the
shifty Missouri river.
The example of Minnesota and Wis--nsin
la the enactment of direct pri
mary laws will be followed by the legis
latures of nearly all th western states
and some of the states east of the
Alleghenles during the coming winter.
The direct primary, like the Australian
ballot. Is a practical reform that has
come to stsy.
Russia announces that after the end
of the war it will undertake to survey
an Arctic route from St. Petersburg to
eastern Asia. If It does not have better
luck with its ships the survey may
have to be made by a land force along
the shore.
If every man who has attempted to
Influence legislation In his own personal
behalf were to be barred from govern
ment employment It Is highly probable
Washington would experience an exodus
of no mean proportions.
The Austro-Hungarlan admiral who
Is to serve on the North sea commission
will doubtless have his first opportunity
to learn how a deliberative body can
hold a session without calling out the
police force.
Perhaps In the mystic region of
Peking Minister Conger has discovered
s mesns of bringing pesce to the rsnks
of Iowa republicans and stilling the
cries of the "tarlff-rlpper"' and "stand
patter." Sheer Waste f Money.
Chicago Tribune.
Concerning f.ourke Cookran's assertion
that money spent In a political campaign Is
anted, there seems to be no room for
doubt thst whatever was paid for Bourke
Cookran's services In the late campaign
was a aheer of waste of money.
Ran War Weapon.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Hand grenndea, long disused, have been
revived In the eastern war. They work
such havoc at short range that sn Interna
tional ban will be sought against them.
Queer. Isn't it, that In a work of Slaughter
very instrument for killing which admira
bly serves its purpose should fall under dis
approval? Tho best thing Is to do swsy
with war.
Smaagllng that Failed.
Philadelphia Press.
Mrs. Phyllis Dodge, who tried to escape
payment of duty several years ago on a
$40,000 necklace by declaring that she hnd
nothing dutiable, has at last got to the
end of her atrlng. The president ' stopped
proceedings to hear the case recently, but
he has become convinced that Mrs. Dodge
was wrong, and the necklace will now be
sold by the government In order to collect
the duty and other expenses. That should
have been done years ago.
Steel Raler Partition! the World.
Minneapolis Journal.,
Several old Roman conqueror once sat
down together to divide up the world.
Now we are told In a dlspstch from Ion-
don of a steel "ngreement" which "prom
lees to be the most effective combine ever
brought Into existence In connection with
the steel or any other trade, and the first
time British, German, French, Relglnn and
American Interests have been arranged cn
common platform." It is superfluous to
sdd thst prices are to be raised at once.
Real Hero of Port Arthar.
Cleveland Leader.
When the time shall come for the dis
passionate pen of the historian to write
the record of the war between Rusrla
and Japaji on grimly gallant figure must
Stand forth lnftiidylief, from whatever
viewpoint me, writers ' may analyse tne
struggle. In all the stark story of blood
shed from t,. flrst battle of men there
has never been ' more pathetically he
roic chleftan thin Stoessel, th defender
of the torn fortress at Port Arthur. The
songs of the troubadours end the' stately
measure of the .poets of later day have
told no more - Inspiring story thsn his.
It is the story of sublime devotion and
magnificent courage and It must serve a
purpose In centuries to come In teaching
the lesaon that Curtlua and Horatlus and
the six hundred have taught.
PtRI.ISH Mt'NICIPAL PAY ROLLS.
Vlgorona Demand for Publicity la
Public Baalneaa. .
Message of Mayor Collins of Boston.
I herewith transmit a draft of a pro
posed ordinance providing for the publica
tion of an annual list of the officials and
employes of the city of Boston, so that the
public may know the name, residence and
designation of each person on the payroll,
together with the date, a near as may be,
of such person's election, appointment or
employment.
It was my Intention to have this done by
an executive order, and at an earlier date,
but upon reflection I think the power to
Incur th expense of publication by execu
tive order may be doubted; and It was
found Impracticable to collect the data for
the first year at a much earlier date than
now suggested.
Generally, by the flrst of May th largest
average number are employed, especially
on outdoor work, on regular public employ
ment, whll In midwinter som publlo work
must necessarily ' ha suspended and aome
employe "laid off" temporarily. Moreover,
the Inclusion In uch list of men employed
a day or two to assist In clearing the
atreeta during oi after a heavy snow
storm would inanlfealy mislead, would hav
no special value, would cumber th record.
and would not with entire clearnea an
swer the question who are on th city's
psy roll, what I the nature of their em
ployment, and what are they paid?
Thla' question will be answered by th
carrying out of the provision of th pro-
posed ordinance, for It will bare to publlo
scrutiny the entire executive force of the
city and Its cost to the people. If, In ad
dition to this, any person is curious to
know what extra cost the ctty has been
obliged to Incur In the removal of a heavy
fall of anow or In meeting a sudden cala
mity, and the names of the force employed
for a day or two at a time, th Inquiry will
b met courteously.
Municipal administration her is costing
too much chiefly becaua w have ven
tured too far and gon too faat for our
mean both In the city Itself and In the
metropolitan systems Imposed upon us by
the commonwealth. I have repeatedly
called a halt to both, sometimes by reason
ing, aometlmes by pleading and sometime
by vehemence, no doubt; but the load, fixed
by atatute or etf-impoaed, we must carry
as best we can.
Ah we can do at the legislature Is to pray
the membere to let Boaton alon for the
present, and until It can bear new burdens
of which It ought to b th judge. But
we can set our own house In order, If It
need It, and If there b a nook or cranny
where a aavlng can b made, let u hos
pitably admit th light of publicity Into It.
I am mor concerned than any cittscn to
discover the truth and make th way clear
to get 10U cent of value for every dollar
taken from ths taxpayers. Yielding to a
Is suggestion that publication or in list
of paid persons In th service of th city
should tak th form of an ordinance. In
stead of being left to th humor of a mayor
for th time bring. I conclude to recom
mend a mandate by th city authorities,
binding upon my lucuraaora. Tha men en
truated with other men' money must show
a clean balance sheet. - - ,
DID T4KCIRT HOLD THEM IP
la!a Hlatory t the Desaorrstle
t'aiaaalga Laid Bare.
New Tork Pun.
" 'I went 150,000 or my paper, the Indian
apolis Sentinel, will go Into bankruptcy."
aid Thomas Taggart St a meeting of the
executlv committee of th democratic na
tional committee held In this city a few
days after he had been elected chairman 'of
th latter body. Had th men who sst at
the lahle seen th locked door of the con
ference room In the Hoffmen house burst
from Its hinge and heard a masked man.
pistol in hand, hout 'Hands up' they could
not have lieen more astounded.
"The pels. Impassive fees of Wlllsm V.
Sheehan, chairman of th executive com
mtttee, grew almost ahen white, his eye
blssed with fury. August Belmont flushed
a deep red a he gasped In smasement. The
other members of th committee were
Jsmes Smith, Jr.. of New Jersey, James F.
Guffey of Pennsylvania, John R. McLean
of Ohio. Thomss 8. Martin of Vltglnia and
Timothy E. Ryan of Wisconsin.
"For more thsn a minute there wss dead
silence In th room. Taggart had screwed
his courage to the highest notch In order to
mske his demand. Having mads It. he sat
pat, drumming nervously on the table with
the forefinger of his right hsnd. his usually
ruddy fsce psle as chalk. None was swsre
better than he that If It became known that
th chairman of the democratic national
committee was In need of such a sum of
money the pending campaign of the demo
cratic party would become a farce.
"The Irony of the situation kept the men
who heard Taggart's announcament ullent
even after the flrst effect of the shock hsd
psaspd. They hsd heard much to Taggart'
disadvantage that he was uncouth of msn
ner. thst he wss the proprietor of a hotel
st French Lick Springs which had a gam
bling house attachment, that his methods as
politician were of the ward heeler variety,
that his success as a politician In Indiana
was flue to his deft handling of the colored
vote, bf never hsd they heard nor hsd they
dreamed that Taggart Wss finsnclslly a
broken man, that the money with which his
hotel bills were psld st the opening of th
campaign was furnlehed by sn Important
snd Infiuentlsl member of the national com
mlttee.
"When the true situation dawned upon
them the members of the executive com
mlttee were absolutely affrighted. They
had helped to mske Tsggsrt chairman, the
dominating power In the democratic party
for four years, sgalnst their Willi snd
their Judgment, and to find that he wns
worse than a man of straw gradually
transformed their smasement Into furv.
"The conference at which Taggart made
his demand will never be forgotten by any
of th participants. Perhsps Mr. Belmont
wss the worst sufferer, and In more than
one sense, for without his assistance Tug-
gart, In spite of his assumption of politics!
Influence and his veiled threats regarding
the votes of Indiana and other western
ststes, would have failed In his final effort
to stave off oblivion, politically and other
wise. '
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jam nr was innirmnn, ir only In name.
and In spite of rebuffs that only a smiling
Tom cculd wlthstsnd. he stuck to his
room in the Century building, saw all com
ers and talked and talked until the com
mlttee of which he waa the nominal henl
granted his demands In sheer desperation.
In order to close his mouth by Ailing his
pockets.
."Tsggsrt's demsnd for 150,000 was met
half way, so that In the campaign he re
ceived tw.000, exclusive of the money fur
nished to pay hia hotel bills; oxcluslve, slso,
of the money furnished to him for election
expenses In Indiana.
"If the democratic national committee
thought that Taggart would go back to In
diana as soon ss his 'stand and deliver
order was complied with it wss disap
pointed grievously. He refused to stir.
" 'I sm the chairman of th committee,'
he said, "and my place Is st democratic
national headquarters In New Tork.' "
PERSONAL KOTES.
At last we have an authoritative state
ment that General Kuroki Isn't dead, , and
hasn't been.
The man who has Just dramatized Mrs.
Chadwlck's doings must have had a hard
Job to give the play the note of probabil
ity. Frederic, MlFtral, the famous French poet
and philologist, has sent President Roose.
velt a beautifully bound copy of his poem,
"Mlrcllle."
The husband of Charlotte Bronte, Mr.
Nichols, Is still living In an Irlah village,
the object of much honor and respect
among a large circle of friends.
Police Commlasloner McAdoo of New
York, has decided that hereafter the mem
bers of the department are not to be al
lowed to aell tlckts of any sort to the pub
lic. The literary editor of the Bluff City
(Ksn.) Nws says "the world can never
pay the debt It owea to such fictitious writ
ers as Hawthorne, McKensie, lender. Hunt
and Marion Harland."
Chief Justice Rlchsrd H. Alvey of the
United States court of appeals of tha Dis
trict of Columbia, on of the most eminent
Marylanders In public life, will soon re
tire. He is Tt years old.
A peace conference is contemplated in
Copenhsgen In the spring. Kmperor Fran
cis Joseph, the Cssr and King Edward
have agreed to attend and it Is expected
Kmperor William alao will be there.
C. F. Larrabee, who la to be assistant
commissioner of Indian affairs, has had
a long experience In field work among th
Indians and his name ha never been
connected with failure In any of hia en
terprises. John A. Miller, professor of mathematics
and astronomy of Indiana university, will
be In charge of an expedition of th astron
omers of Indiana university who will b
sent to Span to observe the total eclipse
which occur on Augst so of next year.
Count Caaslnl, th Russian ambassador,
pn December S will celebrat th fiftieth
year of his service In the diplomatic corps.
He entered th service when a little ovr
17 years of a and ha sine then con
stantly served his country In some capacity
In that department of government.
Gossip In Mississippi is to the effect that
"Private" John Allen, the noted wit and
raconteur. Is to be given a substantial ap
pointment by President Rooaevelt. Mr.
Allen for two decades represented th first
Mississippi district In congress and waa
held in high esteem by President McKlnley,
by whom he waa appointed United Statea
commissioner to the Louisiana Purchase
exposition. The duties of this position ar
now narlng an end.
ProSt of Maalelpal Owaerahlp,
Springfield Republican.
On of th United Btatea consuls in Eng
land reports of Leicester that for th flrst
half of this calendar year the net profits
of the municipal gas works were tlio.ooi),
of the electric light works 12.600, and of
the, wster works $41.000 all of w hich sur
pluses go "to redur tsxes or to benefit th
publlo In other ways." Ha does not say
whst ths light nd water charges to con
aumera are, but evidently they are not so
high In comparison with th chsrges of
private monopolies In America a to call
for remark. Presumably they ar very
much lower, as In th case of most othar
English cities wher munlclpallsation pr.
valla.
AOVSD AROIT SEW TORK.
Ripple oa the ( aereat at Life la the
a ti.
- - - w I
that passe for a bllssard In th west, but
which Is common down esst, mske a gen
erous draft on the tressury of New York
City. One of them Mew Into town lst
Sunday morning and dropped nearly fiaht
Inches of the beautiful on saint and Hnner
alike. Then th street cleaning department
got busy and 1J.O00 men shoveled snow-dur-Ing
the day and a shift of .no men worked
during the night. Four thousand csrts
were employed. In twenty-four hours the
principal streets were cleared snd a hill of
Ktart.OOft was filed up against the city's strong
box. It was an Imposing Job, but then
Gotham is simply great on Jobs.
The folios Ing figure hav been glyen out
In reference to the labor and cost of build
ing New York's great rapid transit subway.
TJiere were 12,000 men employed in its con
struction, many of them continuously from
th beginning to the ending. The totsl cot
wss ;tS,000,000 snd the time consumed In
building was about live years. The length
of the track Is thirteen miles. There were 1
excavated 1,700.2 cubic yards of esrth.
Steel to the amount of TB.noo tons wss tised,
and csst Iron to the amount of lO.nno ton.
A half million cubic ysrds of concrete;
Sl.ono cubic ysrds of brick, 7ft),onn cubic
ysrds of waterproofing. T.onu vault lights,
each of many feet of area; a total length
of 350,010 feet of track; these are some of
the further figures given In connection with
this Immense work.
A big green psrrot wss a second-clitfw
passenger on the steamer St. Paul, which
arrived on Sunday. All the way over the
parrot smuscd the storm-tossed passengers
by crying, moit agreeably: "Hello, major;
how are you, major; glad to see you,
major." Sometimes the psrrot becsme
mors affectionate and exclaimed. Invitingly:
"Klas me, major."
The psrrot belongs to Miss Margaret Hnr
old, sn sttrsctlve young English woman.
So the second csbln whispered that MlfS
Harold wss crossing the ocean to keep her
promise to marry a certain msjor. formerly
In his majesty's army, but now engaged In
peaceful pursuits here. But what the
major's nsma Is neither Mis Harold nor
the green parrot will tell.
The major met Miss Harold at the pier.
"Hello, major," yelled the parrot Joyously.
But after a few minutes' talk with the
major Miss Harold did not wem a bit glad
to see him. Wlwn the parrot called gayly,
"Kiss me, major." Mies Harold looked
ready, to choke the bird.
In fact. Miss Harold and the major quar
reled so long and so violently that Hoard
ing Officer Jackson of the Immigration
bureau thought It best to take her back to
Kills Island.
The major viaited Mis Harold on Kills
Island and had two interviews with her.
Loud sobbing wns heard behind the closed
doors, and from each Interview Miss Har
old emerged with eyes red from weeping.
The major would only eay, "I can say noth
ing." It la reported that he Is eager to marry
Miss Harold, but he ha not so many
worldly goods ss she expected. Meantime
the parrot croaks sadly: "Why-y, major."
In New York recently a reporter made
seversl vain attempts to see J. Plerpont
Morgan, both at hi office and hia residence.
Flnslly hi opportunity csme. He wss In-.
tervlewlng snother financier and. Inciden
tally, came Into possession of the latter's
card. He kept, it, then, going to Morgan's
residence, sent In his own card In company
with that of the financier. The ruse was
successful snd he waa shown Into Morgan's
presence. When the'reporter had ftated his
reason for the call the financier said: "Do
you know, young man. that at leaat ten re?
porter have tried to see me today with
reference to this question? I have declined
to see all of them." The reporter smiled
and replied: "Yes, sir, I know that, for 1
waa the whole ten." He got his Interview.
Dlatrlct Attorney Jerome has taken up
and will attempt to solve the mystery of
the alleged dlssppearance of an alleged
150,000 fund which was said to have been
sent to the legislature by the Uquor Deal
ers' association . last winter to ninurm r
legislation legislation was not Influenced
and the alleged IS0.000 did not come back.
At about this time the district attorney
was in Albsny aavocaiing me paasn ui
his bill to allow th operation of saloons
during certain hours on Sundsy. The
liquor dealers were not so much interested
In Mr. Jerome's bill as they were in a
measure to reduce the license in r.ew iors
and bther cities. The district sttorney hesrd
about the alleged 150.000 fund In Albany,
but he was unable to discover who. If sny
body, had control of It. When the legis
lature adjourned and there had been no
bills whatever passed for the relief of the
liquor dealers many and virulent queries
were heard about the alleged 150,000 fund.
It was reported that saloon keepers who
had contributed wanted their money back
and were told that tne peraon to wnom
had been entrusted the Job of distributing
the boodle to certain members of the legls
lsture had allowed the money to leave his
hands before the goods he was buying
ware delivered.
The science of tax dodging now becoming
popular with corporations In th west has
reached th altitude of flue art In- New
York City. Comptroller Grout has a tax
bill of .128,000,000, exclusive of Interest, due
from local corporations under the fran
chise tax law, which leada the New York
Commercial to remark: "For more than
four years the great public service and
For Purity
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other corporations here have been fighting
the enforcement of this law on the plea
of Its unconstitutionality, but the New
York court of sppcals has upheld th
validity of the statute; and, although no
tice of an appeal to the supreme court of
the United States has been given, these
companies have as yet taken none of the
legal steps requisite in that direction.
Meantime not s dollar of the tsx hss been
paid, snd the comptroller now announces
his detcrmlnstlon to levy on snd sell
enough of these companies' real estate to
satisfy their unpaid tax hills for th year
J l!r. ns h Is permitted to do under the
law In the esse of three years' delin
quents." The Jokers of New York hsve. of course,
selied upon the subway ss a fruitful auh
Ject for there veiled Imbecility. The latest
Is this: One man spproadics another and
ss ye :
"Did you hear the newest song about the
subway?"
"I did not."
"Well, the words are good, hut tli 'Sir'
is bad."
MWV GEMS.
"Father, what Is a philosopher?"
iiy eon, ne is a reuow
who Is always
with the winners.
and always tells th
-New York Herald.
losers to cheer up.
"Now." said the voluble salesman, "her
a plec of goods that speaks for Itself."
All right." interrupted the weary
buyer, "suppose you keep quiet for a
couple of minutes and give It a chance."
Philadelphia Ledger.
Julius Caesar was revising the calendar.
"No," he shIiI. as he puffed a perfectus
snd examined his necktie, "you bet ther
will be only one December In It."
Herein we see the true reason whv
Christmas comes but once a year. New
Yoik 81111.
"Do you think that the trusts are going
to take possession of the entire rountrv?"
"Certainly not," answered Mr. Dustln
Ptax. "We don't, want to own the country.
If we owned It. we d he responsible for it
debts instead of selling it tilings at a
profit." Wunhlngton Star.
"Wliy do you stare at me.
so
ds-
manded the pert young maiden.
"I'm a reporter," replied the bold youth,
"and I'm simply looking at your nose,"
"Indeed: And Is that necessary?"
"OI yes. I have to keep my eye on
everything that turns up." Clevelsnd
Leader.
?Irs. Kindle (whose husband had told her
that the apartment, house was the proper
thing for her. on the principle of suites to
the sweet) Henry ssid an awfully nice
thing to me today.
Mrs. Handle-Yes?
Mis. Kindle Yes. He said this was Just
the place for me flats to the why, some
how that doesn't sound right, sfter all.
Boston Trsnscrlpt.
WORDS OF ONE SYLLABLE.
New York Mall.
Think not that strength lies In the big,
round word,
Or that the tnef snd plain must needs be
wea k.
To whom can this be true who ono ha
heard
The cry for help, the tongue that all mn
speak.
When want, or woe, or fear Is at th
throat.
Bo that each word gasped out Is Ilk a
shriek
Pressed rroni the sore heart, or atrange,
wild note.
Sung by some fay or fiend? Ther I .1
strength
Which dies If stretched too fsr or spun
too fine.
Which haa more height than breadth, mor
depth than length.
Let hut this lorce of thought and speech
be mine,
And he that will may take the sleek, fat
phrase,
Which glows snd burns not, though It
glesm snd shine;
Light, but not heat a flash without a
blaze.
Nor la It mere strength that the short
word boasts;
It serves of more than fight or storm to
tell
The roar of waves thst dash the rocky
bound coaats,
The crash of tall trees when the wild
wind swell.
The roar of guns, the groans of men that
die
On blood-stained-fields, n has a voice, as
well,
For them that far off on their sick beds lie,
For thetn that weep, for them thst mourn
the dead.
For them tout laugh and dsnce and clasp
the hand.
To Joy's quick step, an well ss grief's low
tread,
The sweet', plain words we learn at flrst
keep time.
And though the theme be sad or gay or
grand,
With each, with all, thes may be mad
to chime
In thought, or speech, or aong, or prose, or
rlyme.
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