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r? -The -Omaha Daily Bee E. R08EWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNING. TERM9 OF SUBSCRIPTION. tI!r B (without Sunday), on year. .W W laljjr Be and S'inday, on year J ' Illuntratod Bte. one year - Sundar B- on vear a.oQ Afllnrilfta Uua rrt . n a r 1 Vwentlfth Century Farmer, one yrar... tuO DELIVERED BT CARKIttt. bally Be (without Sunday). pr MPJ.",2 J'ally Be wtthrt Sunday), per week.. .13 I'aily Bea (Imludlnf- Sunday), per wetk-.lo runt-ay , pr copy ....... y Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week o Evening Bee Oncludlnc Sunday), per week Complaint of Irrpulnr1tl' In delivery hould be addressed to City Circulation ! faruneoL OFFICES. v Omaha The Bee Bullrtlnc. South Omaha City Hall building. Twenty ifth and M rtrert. j Council Hltir? 1) Pearl rtret. Chlao 140 t'nltv bulldln. New York 2SD Park Row biilldl" Washington M Fourteenth etreet. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to newa and edi torial matter ehould be addrenaed: OmaJa fcee. Editorial Department REMITTANCES. . Remit hy draft, exprew" or poetal order, rayahle to The Boe Publishing Company, 'fly -rent etamt.n reeMved in payment rl nail account Peraonal checks, excrpt on Cmh or nrn exchanaea, not acceded. THE BEE PUBL1SHINO COMPANT. BTATEMBNT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nehrnnka, DouRlaa County. '. : eore B. Taechuck. aecretary of The Bee PubllKhlnf Company, belna- duly sworn, aya that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Mornlnir, Evening and Sunday Pe printed during the month of December, 19W, was aatollowa: I 2H.300 17 82.T1.1 i 50.200 30.200 I A2.KRO It 2S.KHO 4 81.820 JO !i.l30 i ao.rtOO II 28.8IO 80.020 2.S.220 ' J 20.150 a jw.eso I XAINO U 81, BOO t ; sn.s.v) is 30,220 10 82,000 K "M.6O0 11 84.250 Z7 SH,.t50 12 SCO.IOO 28 2H.470 U 2M.7NO M 2M.220 14 2H.7KO . JO 2M,8'iO 16 2W.7MO U 81,470 H 81,780 Total 921.7N0 Lera unsold coplsa. 10.130 Net total sale 911.O40 Dally average 2W,40H GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me this Slat day of December, 1904. (Seal) M. B. H UNGATE, Notary Public The only political machine Repre sentative Dodge is willing to endorse is the voting machine. . Candidates who were snowed under last November doubtless appreciate this weather much better for that experi ence. Who will deny that lawlessness Is de creasing since a legal execution has been permitted to take place In Ken tucky. To Judge by the action of the Idaho legislature former Governor McConnell Is a better Judge of poker than of poker players. If Russia starts to punish China it will be only to show what it would like to do to a few other nations If it had the power. Perhaps the Duke affair was designed by a kind providence to permit Dr. Cbadwlck to see how much worse his case might have been. ' People may rejoice in the fact that that the highest winds never come upon the coldest days despite the profes sional "blizzard" writer. Since members of the' National Live Stock association are not all Colorado politicians It must be the air of Denver that makes men want to fight. The election in Ecuador being at an end, the real campaign there will prob ably begin as soon as the defeated can didate receives his supply of guns and ammunition. President Roosevelt had evidently de cided that the new pension commis sioner should be named Warner, and as Missouri would not provide the man he was compelled to draw upon Indiana. The capture of a British ship loaded with coul for Vladivostok may show Japan Just how much Great Itrltain feels bound by that alliance and the in formation may be of particular advan tage later. t L J JS Douplas county republicans tried di rect primaries with a convention buffer attachment and came quickly to the conclusion that the election of dummy delegates entailed only needless trouble and expense," with no compensating ad vantages. The stupendous task of regulating the republican party of Nebraska has been assumed by the Omaha World Herald, a political organ that prides It self on being Independent between cam paigns and orthodox democratic the bal ance of the year. Should the telephone come Into gen eral use on the railroads it will bo more 'difficult than at present to fix responsi bility for wrecks caused by failure to obey orders unless some means are de vised to record the orders 'at the same time as given verbally. While the charter revision committees are grinding away In Omaha, the Doug las delegation In the legislature has be gun the work of charter revision on its own hook. When the Omaha grist and the Lincoln grist are emptied into one sack we will find out Just what kind of chicken feed the new charter will con tain. The death of former Governor Gar ber is a reminder that the depletion of the ranks of the old-time chief execu tives of the state cannot be delayed much longer. Nebraska has been unique In having bad governors almost without exception living to a ripe old jr Governor Garber had the satis faction Id seeing the state whose affairs he bad been railed to administer double In population and wealth after his re tirement from public lift: ! IS I i REST ON PVBUC MONET. It the Hill currency bill should bo pawed at the ifresont m-sslon of con Kress, it will probably be vrltb a pro vision that banks taking deposits of Roverninent money nhalJ pay Interest on them. An amendment to this effect proposes to do away altogether with the requirement for the deposit of security In any form and to require the banks becoming depositories to pay the fixed rate of 2 per cent per annum on de posits, the government baring a . first lien on the asseta of a failed depository bank and the deposits In any one bank being limited to an amount not exceed ing 23 per cent of Ita paid up capital. It Is stated that the author of the bill will not oppose this amendment, so that its adoption by the house Is probable. Whether or not it would be accepted by the senate, where the national bank In terest is strongest. Is another question. There Is no doubt that so far as pub lic sentiment is concerned It is largely favorable to the proposition that banks having and using public funds should pay some interest on them. It is true, of course, that the public Is benefited by having government money deposited in banks, where it becomes available for the demands of businss, instead of lying idle !n the national treasury, but It Is quite generally felt that the banks should share with the government the profit they make from these deposits. At present the banks must plve security in government bonds for the deposits and if this requirement were removed it would seem that there could be no objection on the part of the banks to paying a nominal rate of interest, say the 2 per cent proposed. The Hill bill provides for the deposit of receipts from customs as well as from Internal taxe. which would permit the treasury to pluee a large amount of money with dposttory banks. The privilege of se curing government money has hitherto been tagerly sought, which of course means that It is profitable, and It Is safe to any that the banks would not decline deposits if required to pay a moderate interest on them. kevt rontra vasal problem. The question of canal enlargement which has engrossed much of the atten tion of the people of New York for sev eral years Is still unsettled. The legis lature some years ago passed an act to bond the state for $101,000,000 for the purpose of enlarging the Erie canal so as to permit of the passage of barges of 1,000 tons moved by steam or elec tricity. This was voted upon by the people and approved by a large major ity. It was commonly assumed that this disposed of the matter and a com mission was created to carry out the work, There has always been opposition, however, fomented and maintained largely by the railroads, and now the question of constitutionality has been raised to further obstruct the work. The opponents of the proposition for enlargement have secured from eminent lawyers opinions to the effect that the whole plan Is unconstitutional and therefore Invalid and they intend to take the matter into the courts, which will probably cause a delay of several years in the Important enterprise, even if the courts shall not sustain the claim of unconstitutionality. Should they de clare the plan, which had been carefully-matured and thoroughly discussed, unconstitutional, the effect would more than likely be to put an end to the project of canal enlargement for at least a generation. One of the most forceful arguments for the plan has been that It Is essential to enable the port of New York to main tain Its hold upon the commerce It has. For several years commerce has been slipping away from that to other eastern ports and there Is good reason to believe this will continue unless the cnnsls of the state are enlarged. The New York rallronds, however, are evidently deter mined this shall not be done and It Is quite possible they will succeed. West ern commercial Interests sre concerned in the matter, but that fact has no In fluence with the opponents of the canal enlargement proposition. Ttow fob a Covxty tHARirr board. The various charity organizations of Omaha have periodically organized themselves Into boards of associated charities, but the associated charities have so fur fallen short of the main ob ject for which they were organized, namely, the systematic and intelligent distribution of relief to the aged, infirm and Indigent. The greatest obstacle to systematic and well directed public charity is the promiscuous distribution of charity sup plies and the maintenance of the so called poor farm and county hospital Un der tho direction of the county board. With the very best Intentions our county boards have never been able to conduct the poor relief on busluess lines, nor havo they been able to make such a discriminating distribution of relief as wouhl exclude imposters and people who have already obtained relief through the private charities or the va rious benevolent and fraternal organiza tions. The county poor farm has been a perennial scandal, and from reports that reach. us from time to time, the In mates of the county hospital are sub jected to worse treatment than is ac corded to Inmates of reformatories and penal Institutions. Poverty Is not a crime, and men and women who are admitted to the county poor farm nd hospital are entitled to at least as much consideration as is be stowed by the society for. the preven tion of cruelty to- animals upon horses and dogs, instead of being made sub jects for experiments by medical stu dents or left to dry rot in filth and ver min. It Is a matter of notoriety that vast quantities of liquor have been pur chased by the county for consumption at the hospital, under the pretense of being needed for medicinal purposes, and in consequence drunkenness and debauchery have been the rule rather than the exception among employes. These abuses can and should be ob viated by the creation of a board of county charities, made tip of men and women of character and standing, who would have supervision and control over all public charity and correctional In stitutions within the county. In co-operation with the voluntary charity organiza tions of Omaha and South Omaha. If this can be brought about only by an act of the legislature, there should be no difficulty In securing such legislation. In conjunction with the proposed laws for merging certain functions and offices of county and city government. CAVADA BTASDIXO PAT. The Canadian government has re jected overtures from our government looking to the reassembling of the high Joint commission, with a View to the discussion of reciprocity and other mat ters of common interest between the two countries. While this may be re gretted, as meaning an Indefinite post ponement of the settlement of certain questions long in issue and of more or less importance, It can hardly be re garded as surprising, especially so far as reciprocity is concerned. It has for some time been apparent to those who were giving any attention to the matter that the Canadian government and peo ple were not concerning themselves about trade reciprocity with the United States. It was evident before the last; election in the Dominion that the sub ject had no prominence In popular inter est and since the election, In which the government of Premier Laurler was overwhelmingly sustained, it appears to have entirely dropped out of consid eration. Mr. Charlton and other per; slstent advocates of reciprocity a few years ago have become absolutely silent and former newspaper champions of closer trade relations between the Do minion and the United States ignore the question. Perhaps the most plausible explana tion of this Is to be found in the grow ing spirit of Independence among the Canadians. The negotiation of a reci procity treaty must be with the ap proval of the Imperial government and the premier and his adherents feel that they should not be under this restraint They would like to be entirely free In regard to trade agreements and since they cannot be they are not disposed to .negotiate. Canada can make its own tariff schedules without Interference, so long as some favor is shown to British manufacturers at present this is a preferential of 33 1-3 per cent but en tering Into reciprocity arrangements is a different matter. Another fact Is that the Dominion has been making In dustrial progress notwithstanding Amer ican competition and is not prepared to make any concessions from her existing policy, as would be necessary to the negotiation of a reciprocity treaty with this country. Her manufacturers Insist that the tariff must not be lowered, but If changed at all made more protective. Any equitable plan of reciprocity, would require the lowering of duties. The advocates of Canadian reciprocity in Massachusetts and the northwest will undoubtedly be greatly disap pointed at the present attitude of Can ada. While they have been agitating, our northern neighbors have ceased to give attention to the subject and ap pearo have finally put a quietus upon It by rejecting an Invitation for the re convening of the high Joint commission. If members qf the legislature would familiarize themselves with the consti tution Just a little more they might save themselves much waste of gray matter and energy In formulating bills that are flagrantly In collision with con stitutional provisions. For example, it is proposed In one of the bills Intro duced that the governor shall fill va cancies that may arise from time to time in the legislature and in congress by appointment. Section 5, article HI, of the constitution, entitled "Legislative," reads as follows: No person shall be eligible to the office of senator or member of the 'house of representatives who shall not be an elec tor and have resided within the district from which he Is elected for the term of one year next before His election. Manifestly an appointment by the governor would not be an election. On the other hand, section 2, article 1 of the United States constitution provides that: The house of representatives shall be composed of members chosen every two years by the people of the several states. And furthermore: No person shall be a. representative who shall not when elected be an Inhabitant of that state In which he was chosen. An appointment by the governor could not be construed Into an election In till ing vacancies for members of congress any more than tilling vacancies In the legislature. In slow poke territorial days at least one day's notice had to be given by members of the legislature of their in tention to introduce a bill, and when the bill was introduced it was entitled "A Bill for an Act." The introductory notices have been dropped by state leg islatures, but the territorial verbiage of "A Bill for an Act" still obtains, and so do the absurd variations of "House Rolls" and "Senate Files." Is It not aboyt time to drop "A Bill for an Act" prelude and the distinction of rolls and files when a simple number following house and senate would Indicate where the act originated? Better yet, let the house have the odd numbers and the senate the even numbers, and abolish all other distinctions. These are sug gestions that may be taken for what they are worth. The run made by the depositors in a New York bank In the heart of the busi ness section of the east end has dem onstrated the superior value of silver dollars as bank protectors. Instead of paying out paper currency, which is used W New York to the exclusion of silver, the bank officers paid depositors off with silver dollars as fast as the operation could be conducted, but when depositors who became satisfied that the bank was solvent brought their money bark for mleposlt, they were met with flat refusal. More Interesting than the silver dollar episode Is the statement of the bank officers that this was he sixth run to which the bank bad been subjected. Of the five previous ruus one was started by a fire, another by a fight, a third by a rumor In the Bryan campaign of ISM that silver " dollars were to be cut in half, a fourth by the Spanish-American war and the fifth by the failure of a bank in Nebraska. So Nebraska catches it coming and going. A member of the water board calls the attention of The Bee to the fact that only about $'5,000 of the $10,000,' or thereabouts, drawn out of the treasury by the water board was expended for salaries, while $3,000 was drawn to pay Mr. Cooley, the expert engineer, who was brought to Omaha to assist the apprais ers. From the taxpayers' point of view this explanation makes very little dif ference. There was absolutely no valid reason why the city should import a civil engineer at an expense of $3,000 for work which Its city engineer was competent to do and could have per formed without extra pay. The mere fact thai the board has drawn only $0,000 for salaries and expended $4,000 or thereabouts for service of an en gineer and incidentals does not Justify the demand of the board for another tax levy, of $10,000 to defray Its expenses during the present year, when there is still a surplus of $10,000 In the treasury from the $21,000 levy made In 1904 for the benefit of the water board. It Is, moreover, doubtful whether a single tax payer In Omaha, outside of the water board, favors the revision of the water works bill so os to perpetuate the sal aried water board before the city has ac quired the water works. The siege of the court house hill still continues, but the besieging army of place hunters has so far captured only the first landing on the outer stairway, so formidable are the natural defenses of the position. "All's Well that Ends Well." New York Tribune. Colorado is to be congratulated on settling Its governorship contest on a basis of equity and common sense. A Real Benefartor. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Governor Douglas of Massachusetts has a good memory. He sant an Invitation to his Inauguration ceremonies to the daughter of the man who taught, him to make shoes. It is to be hoped that he didn't overlook the man who taught him the benefits of per sistent and liberal advertising. Honor Medals of Plated Ware. San Francisco Chronicle. The army people are making a respectful but strong protest against the substitution of plated for the Mil gold medals formerly awarded for bravery or distinguished serv ices. They Justly say that If the govern ment cannot afford pold they will look with favor on bronze, but they do not care to be made objects f-r6Vrl8lon to foreigners by wearing "plated.. ware" on their manly bosoms. Hot-Ilenda Refrigerated. Springfield; Republican. Great credit is due the Wolcott repub licans In the Colorado legislature for re fusing to Join In the scheme to exclude from the governor's chair a man elected thereto on tho face of the returns and not proved to have obtained his majority through frauds. There Is no telling what might have happened In Colorado had the plans of the republican hot-heads been car ried out. Let the Dead Itret. Cincinnati Enquirer (dem.). It Is assumed that David 13. Hill has re tired from politics, but there is a great deal of notice of him In the papers for a man supposed to be politically dead. There Is nothing In democratlo politics for any body, dead or alive, to get excited about Just now, but if David really wants rest he should keep away from the track when there is another race. No More "Hallway Senators." Kansas City Star. Nebraska republicans have taken one ef fective way to Insure the state against an other "railway senator." The republican members of the legislature have called upon the preferred candidate to declare himself on the subject of freight rate reforms and have let It be known that they will not elect any man unless he pledges himself to support President Roosevelt in his efforts to regulate the railways. This Is particu larly significant In a state which has been literally dominated by the railway Inter ests through nearly all of the high offices. It Is a hopeful sign when the legislators de mand of a senatorial candidate in Nebraska that he shall stand for the people and not for the railroads. EXD OF TUB I,AI GRABS. rerslatent Efforta to Give Somebody the Jleat of It. Minneapolis Times. With the Introduction in the present con gress of two bills that are Intended to re place the old homestrad law, which allows each settler a 180-acre farm, with a meas ure Increasing the grant to WD-acre tracts In South Dakotu and Colorado, the govern ment is confronted with another attempt to rob It of ita lands and Impair Industrial development in the two states affected. It behooves congress to take this opportunity to put a stop to the pernicious activity of the land grabber. We are assured that the new measure Is proposed In the Interest of stockmen. They desire larger tracts for grating. The district which they covet Is reported to be fertile and capable of great agricultural development. It would be folly to give up such land for grating. The small farmer could accomplish much for himself and the country with this land. The ranchmen, on the other hand, are eager only to Increase their ranges. They would not settle the land. It. would re main idle and the development of the coun try as well as the states would be retarded. The present Instance la not new. Since the government has bad lands at Its dis posal great tracts bare fallen Into unde serving hands. Immense lumber grants have been made by congress and mining lands have drifted to influential persons not entitled to them. But the most careless and harmful disposition of public lands has been In 'regions adapUd to agriculture; and the nation has lost In wealth when ever an acre of land fit for agriculture has been grabbed by a ranching syndicate, and withdrawn from settlement. It should not be difficult for congress to sea the designing work of the stockmen la the bills and bead tbtua & OTHER LASDS THAI OIR9, The French of all peoples should naturally be the moat sympathetic with the move ment against autocracy In Rusrta, since It resembles In so many ways their own an ctstora' struggle agnlnut the autocracy of the Bourbons over a century ago. In Franca the traditions of the revolution are still a political gospel; the fall of the Bastlle Is still celebrated, and "the rights of man" are a part of the political literature of the republic. Yet only the socialist party Is outspoken In sympathy with the attacks upon the Russian czardom, and this Is the easier because the French socialists have always opposed the Franco-Russian mili tary alliance. Conservative and moderata Frenchmen remain quiet, for they would not wish to embarrass their government In Its foreign policy at so critical a time. And thus the Russian alliance, which never had the slightest ralson d'etre In the civilisa tions of the two peoples, turns aside from Its natural objective much of that body of French sentiment which would otherwise support with moral test the aspirations pf the Russian reformers. It Is a case of in ternational politics thmcxtlng International affinities In the higher realm of Ideas. Uneasy lies the head that wears a blood stained crown. When Peter of Servla was crowned king In September the murder of King Alexander was momentarily forgot ten in "the thunder of the saluting guns, but he has held his throne by a precarious tenure, and again threatens to abdicate. He Is In a strait betwixt two bitterly hosUle parties, the regicide military or "murder" party and the "opposition." King Peter never had any strong personal following within his realm, and he has been diplo matically ostracised and frowned upon by foreign governments. At present Austria and Russia are absorbed In their own dim cult affairs, and conditions seem to favor threatening unrest In 8ervla, perhaps an other revolution. During his short reign King Peter has been menaced by a series of court and army Intrigues and cabinet crises. Recently the Servian home minis ter openly declared in Parliament that the opposition press lived on subsidies from foreign powers desiring to foment discord. The declaration served only to spur the as sailed newspapers to unprecendented bit terness. The press assaults on King Peter have become so violent that laws restrict ing the freedom of the press are expected. This will add fuel to the name. The question of pauperism has a peculiar Interest Just now for all London taxpayers. According to the official figures, they are now providing for 127,623 paupers, or 13,150 more rtian the total recorded at the previ ous Christmas. This enormous total means that In every 1,000 of the population of ths British metropolis there are twenty-eight paupers, the ratio having risen from 24.6 in December, 190S. The mass of pauperism has not been so great since 1870; It has been exceeded by only four years since 1863, when the official table begins, and the ratio of paupers to population has not been so high since 1873. Today there are In London "more than 77,000 Indoor paupers, as against 73,573 last Christmas and 67.193 ten years ago. This large Increase Is at tributed to an alteration In the attitude of the aged poor and their friends toward the workhouse, and not to any change for the worse In their condition. The main body of the numbers seekirig Indoor relief Is made up of old persons, who can now obtain greater comforts under the poor law than In thetr own houses or those pf their relatives. The administration of the guard ians In providing these comforts In the workhouses has led directly to an Increase of this class of applicants, and the ques tion of cost Is becoming serious, for, un less the rush to the ".house" can be checked. It will be necessary to bull ex tensively. The yearly expenditure In this direction is already great. The French are continuing the construc tion and development of their submarine fleet with unflagging enthusiasm and en ergy. In a few weeks one of their latest battleships la to carry out some Important experiments at Cherbourg with the new submarines Aigrette and Z in order to test the relative capabilities of the two boats. Although the Aigrette has been putting out to sea nearly every day, It and the 55 will not be ready for the experiments until the end of the month. Meanwhile, work Is proceeding on three new submarines de signed by M. Maugaa. These boats will be the largest submarines yet constructed. The displacement will be 422 tons, length 146.5 feet, beam 23.8 feet. They will have two propellers, th motive power will be gas or vapor on the surface and electricity j from accumulators when submerged-; the engines will be 600 horse-power, and the speed twelve knots. They will each carry six torpedo tubes. These vessels wjll be more habitable than any of the earlier types and have a larger radius of action. Two smaller submarines have been ordered at Cherbourg, and an order for three more will follow. Plainly, the French govern ment has great confidence In the efficiency of the e craft, which nre rapidly apsumlng large dimensions. The dream of Jules Verne may yet be realized. Canadi Is to have a mint and possess its own goM currency. Canadians who are fortunate enough to handle gold coin aro now obliged to get along with British guineas und American gold pieces. Aside from sentimental and patriotic considera tions, the preat yield of gold in the Cana dian Klondike encourages the determina tion of the Canadians to establish a mint. It Is also announced that an attempt is to be made to exclude American currency. A Montreal member of Parliament, the rep resentative of banking and other business Interests, has a bill amending the criminal code, under wl lch anyono offering a copper or silver coin other than Canadian In pay ment shall becme liable to the penalty of double the noninal value of said coin. It is said that the bill cannot be panned, but that some legtp'.alion will be adopted to check the inflow of American currency. American money circulates at par In Can ada, but Canadian money is refused In the T'nlted States. An Ottawa dispatch to the Chicago Reoord-H Tuld says that the ex perience of Canadians who visited 'the St. Louts fair In great numbers and could not pass Canadian moi,ey there except at a heavy discount, has provoked much resent ment. The liberal victory !n Stalybrldge Is the fourteenth bye-electkt in England since Mr. Chamberlain unde took to revolutionise the fiscal policy of the country, turn back the haids of progress and restore protec tion. In not one of th have the voters sustained him. In six Instances the con servative candidate wai- elected, but by a reduced majority. In elrbt the liberal was elected one by an In Teased majority; seven where the prevloil member was a conservative. Ths report If his tariff com mission has had no more effect upon ths voters than his speeches nd thoss of his lieutenants. Stalybrldge hts been a con servative stronghold for twtjnty years. Ths contest for the seat was alnost wholly over the tariff, and the liberal itndldate got a majority of 861. i - Impaled an Both ioras. Washington Po4 "Railway rebates are a naiaral result of competition," says a railroad Magnate, ho Immediately prooeeds to show (hat rebates are not given any mors becaui, toe re Is no competition under the "commu Jty-of-lnter-est" plan now in general forct) The ship per may select bis own horn of tbs di lemma, I poLincAi, nmrT. A born Kngllshmsn Is to succeed a born Irishman as senator from ftah. ochone There Isn't enough pie In the state to take the edge oft tho arpctite of Missouri republicans. Boston sent to the state legislature a mn who was doing time In J.til and the legislature promptly tinsefited him. The public debt of Boston is taking on s robust bay window. T-ast year the debt was Increased hy $7,000,000, bringing the total up to ISlSnO.WO. The total vote for president In the late election was 1S.5PS.4W. This was 400.078 less than the vote of 1900, notwithstanding an I estimated Increase of nearly 7.000.000 In population and of 1.400,000 In eligible voters. Mayer Wells of St. Louis announces that he will not be a candidate for renomlna tion. The election of a democratic mayor this ear Is a mighty uncertain proposi tion, and Mr. Wells wisely dodges an ex pensive risk. Alton B. Parker tells his friends that the southern democrats have become altogether too prosperous, and the southern states too much the centers of substantial business concerns to consent sgaln to turning ths democratlo party over to William J. Bryan and the radicals. Cltlsens of New Brunswick. N. 3. .are looking forward with double Interest to the forthcoming trial of some election cases. Nine of the men drawn for the Jury are clergymen and the trials axe ex pected to show an Interesting combination of politics, theology and Justice. Nearly ten years ago members of the Pennsylvania legislature consumed $8,000 worth of food, liquor and cigars at a fa mous Junket. They didn't have the face to make the state float the bill and the courts havo Just held that the members are not liable Individually. Moral, C. O. D. It 1b stated that a bill Is to be Introduced at Albany providing for the taxation of dogs. One-half of tire revenue will go to the state and the other half to the locality where the dog Is owned. It is estimated that there are about 600.000 dogs In the state, and with a tax of about 12 each this will raise a million dollars. A belated effort to defeat Governor Bulk ley of Connecticut as a candidate for United States senator had the effect of Increasing his vote In the caucus. The opposition was largely due to the gover nor's declaration before an Investigating committee that "It is right for a candidate to secure a man's, vote. If he Is without principle and Ignorant, by any means you can usa." Grata Shipments Southward. Louisville Courier-Journal. The new year opens very favorably for New Orleans as the rival of New York In grain exports, the first week In January having broken all records In the receipts of export corn from such states as Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Illingls. Twelve miles of loaded cars, 1,642 In number, came In last week. The total com export for the same time amounted to 1,159,428 bush els. Yet at the close of tho week there re mained In three elevators 2,294,000 bushels awaiting shipment. The statement re cently published that tho Gould railroad system would make their grain shipments for export to New Orleans Instead of east- ward will have the effect of greatly Increas ing the foreign export of grain from that city, which bids fair to exceed those of New York for the current year. COAL WOOD COKE KINDLING We sell the best Ohio Cooking Coal-clean, hot, lasting. Rock Springs, Hanna. Sheridan, Walnut Block, Steam Coal. Best medium grade Is Illinois Nut $6; Egg and Lump S6.25. For heaters and furnaces-Cherokee Nut $5.25; Lump . $5.50. A hot burnerjMlssourlNut4 large size $4.50: Lump S4.75. Scranton-the best Pennsylvania Anthracite mined. Spadra-the hardest and cleanest Arkansas Anthracite. AH coal hand-screened and weighed over any city aoales desired. COUTANT & SQUIRES, uo W.5S4R ISS"r January Clearing SaJe January shows some extraordinary attrac tive prices in our winter suits and over coats and when we say we have re duced our clothing it is an assurance to you that the original price has not been tampered with and that any mark down you find at Browning, King & Co. is genuine. Genuine reductions all ovor our store in our men's, boys' and children's depart ments. Here are a few ot many chances Our Holiday selec tion of $1.00 Neckwear now 55c $5.00 Seal Skin Caps Boys Storm Collar Reefers 195 worth t5. $7, and $8, 3 to 8 Years. All Men's Qoth Caps from 50 25 to 50 J CO jrKJM Per Cent Discount P Clothing prices now show reductions of .25 33 50 and when you consider the superior qual ity and goodness of the clothes we manu facture, where else can you get so much for your money. No Clothing Fits like Ours. R. S. WILCOX, Mgr. PITHILY I'UIMKU. Tankley- My eye bother me a ijnnl deal, d'Mtur. ! you think I i.eed Mrnngi-r glHSSTS? lr. Kamlffr No. I think you nee, weiker glasses and fewer. rhiladelplim 1-edaer. Chnron was ferrying his paw.mbers over the P() x. "Yvs." he said. "I'm trying t.- ret n np proptitalon from tho river and harbor o m mlttee." With a shud.lor the weary taxpayers f. :t that tbeir earthy existence did nt end ;u New York Sun. "No. I have nothing tT you," s-ilj tie housekeeper, sternly, "ami don t Jou coma "A llUle nonsense now and then is rel ished by the best of men," said the man who quotes. "Yes," answered Senator Sorghum, with a yawn. "If you don't believe It read tbs Congressional Record. Washington Star. Motorman What's the matter with that feller In there? Conductor I told him he'd have to quit chewing tobacco or get out of the car. He's chewln' the rag. Chicago Tribune. "Yes, I used to be In the Insurance busi ness. I once got a man to take out a M),000 policy only about a week before he happened to be killed. He was a mighty hard chap to land. too. I had to talk to him for nearly six months before I gvt him." "ThAt was tough on the company. I sup pose you regretted, after It was ail over, that your persuasive powers were so good. "Um no, I never felt sorry about It. I married the widow." New York Herald. "I don't think I ever can forgive you for It," she pouted. "You pretended to be so busv with your newspaper when I entered a crowded street car this morning that you didn't see me, yet there I stood In the aisle, in plain sight." , "You In 'plsln sight.' Miss Orlngo?" he exclaimed. "Not on your platinum rrlntl If you were standing there you were a duszllngly beiiutlful sight!" Did she forgive him? Well! Chicago Tribune. Mrs. Blhman When my husband came home last evening I saw that he'd been drinking and I gave him a good scolding. Mrs. wyse Oh, dear! what did you do that for? When I discover that my hus band has been drinking I say nothing, but give him the baby to hold. It Is really pathetlo to see how devoted he Is to Hobby. My dear, you've got a good deal to learn about the management of husbands. Bos ton Transcript. THK EXD OF THE WEEK. ' Washington Star. It happens every Saturady, when all ths chores ia done An' the day Is restln' soms'eres an' tha stars Is havln' fun A-twlnklln' an' a-doncln' in the clear an' distant sky To the music of the sleigh bells as they go a-jlnglln' by We have tended to our labors; all the week we've done our best, An' we feel that we're entitled to a night of honest rest; ' An' maw haa washed the dishes, an' the hired man's fed the stock But the week's work ain't quite finished until gran'paw winds the clock. There's no one else da'st touch it, 'cause it tnkea a master hand. An' you'd very likely break It if you didn't understand; An' when tho weights go rlsin" with a whlrrln' an' a whits I alius hope that I'll grow up as smart as jrran'paw is. An' then the house gits quiet, 'cause the folks all go to bed. An' there ain't no noise except tha branches scraoin' overhead, We've finished up nnother week, an' tlms has learned the lock That shuts it out nn' starts us fresh when gran' paw winds the clock. Girl's Skating Tarns and Buys' small alze Winter Caps that sold from SJc to $1 bow 25c $18.00 Seal Skin Caps "Reg pardon, lady," replied Hungry Hlir glns, "but I didn't s pose you'd h.iv. dinner ovrr this early In de rlny. You ain't very stylish, are yer? Philadelphia (.'atholio ai.n.uM