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THE OMAHA DAILV HEE: TUESDAY. KEHRlTAft Y 7. 1905, .The Omaha Daily Dee. l;. ROhEWATER. EDITOR. ItBUJHED EVERY MORNINO. TKRliS O CUFCRIITION. D.iily (without flundsy), one yer..H l-isily Bee and Hunday, on year " Jlluntra'ed Bn, one year fl Sunday lie, one year rf .laturcay on year , ,1 'i wiitth century rarmer, onn year... i-v DEL1VKRID BY CARRIER. Daily Bee (without Pundavl. copy.. .J Dally Hee twlthoit H-jm ay, ;r e"--sl l'aily Dee (Including Sunday;, weeK..17o Sunday fcee, vcr copy .; ?; Kv.nlng lice (without Sunday). P ,c livening Uee (Including Sunday). pe W'fk .. N. inrluinVWTnVguTsVttl In oVHvery should h addressed to City Circulation De partment. OFICEP. Omaha Tha B-e Rnlldlnc. . , South Omaha Cltr Hall building. Twenty fifth and M strap. Council JrilurTn 10 Fnnrl street. Chicago I MO Inlty building. New Yorktm .ark Row building. Waa.-iliijtcn 601 Fourteenth street. rotREBPONnKNCK. 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Dally average . a,T72 28,470 GEO. B. TZ8CHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before ma this 31st day of January. 10. (Seal) M. B. HUNQATE. Notary Public. Local market note: "Eggs have reached the high point" Look out for the fall. It's a poor politician in the First Ne braska district who can't spring a boom on hiniHelf as a candidate for that con gressional vacancy. That New York burglar who con fesses that he steals for the fun of It will probably have a paroxysm of de light wbed he enters the doors of Sing King. Now that Lincoln Is having its char ter troubles, too. It will hardly be iu order for anyone 1 down there to cast Imputations upon Omaha's many char ter revisers. " The primary bill got into the legisla ture early enough to be known as House Roll No. 7, but it seems to have no ad vantage over House Roll No. 407. which Is yet to be Introduced. With both sides taking time to fortify . positions on the ghakhe river, there Is every reason to believe that Oyama and Kouropatkln each realizes that they are facing no mean enemy. lite suspension of oyster dredging and open-sea , fishing on account of the cold weather off the Atlantic coast gives reasou to rejoice that Lent comes later this year than usual. There should be some developments Interesting to railroad men when Gov ernor Cummins and former Governors Yun-Satit and La its bee hold their scheduled meeting at Dos Moines. When reading of tho effect 'of the storm In the south the average Ne- braskan feels some satisfaction In llv- Ing In a country where the water freezes in the clouds before It starts to fall The alleged Ill-feeling between Great Britain and Germany may result in trouble, but from this distance it looks like an effort of the party powers to frame up for the coming general elections. Judging by the number of claims filed atrnlnut the estate of Mrs. Chadwlck, there are either a number of "good losers" among her victims or the re ports of her operations were largely overdrawn. The latest Servian cabinet to resign did so because of court lutrlgues against the premier. As long as the premier Is alarmed the king may be safe, and it la a wise king who can direct the course of a court intrigue. From the explanation made by City Attorney Wright of the condition of the suit brought by the railroads to pre vent, the city from collecting municipal taxes ou the asaeNsmeut made la 1902. the lawyers for the city are hedging for defeat Why should Omaha tniDavers he com pclled to pay I1&.000 a year for salarkw and expenses of a water board before tho" city acquires a water works plant for the board to manage? That Is the -iifst)on champions of the Howell bill prefer to podge. 1'he General Taper company has filed answer to the suit bron.'bt by the Vnlted Htates uader th anti trust laws. As thli answer was not filed until after tho decision of the Beef trust case it Is safe to assume that inlstaRes made by the packers', lawyers have been avoided The Nebraska commission to the 8t Louis fair is to be congratulated on having managed to secure "luncheons" for Nebraska day guests at a trifle over $3 a plate, taking Into consideration the general scsle of prices enforced by ex position restaurants. But we are dis posed to wonder what the bill would have been had It beeu derided to give a "dinner" Instead of a "luncheon.' rnr. RAILROAD iXrLVtXCE. That the lnfl'HMice of the railroads Is being stren tously exerted to prevent legislation at the present session of con gress for the regulation of rates Is well nnderstood. It Is true that there are a few prominent railway oftVlals who con cur In part with proved legislation, but no one of them, so far as we know. Is In full accord with what the admin istration seeks to accomplish, so thst It can fairly be said that practically all of them are opposed to President Itoose relt's lotion and intend to do all that s in their power to prevent Its being endoreu by congress. So far as the house of representatives Is concerned. It appears probable that their efforts will fall. The result of the conference of the house republicans last Friday seems to warrant this conclu sion. The action of the conference was one of Instruction to the house com mittee on rules to make provision for the consideration of a rate bill beginning today and continuing until the after noon of Thursday when a vote shall be taken. There was some opposition to this, particularly on the part of the Tennsylvanla representatives," but' the vote in the conferem-e was overwhelm ingly In favor of early action, Speaker Cannon especlHlly urging this. It is a reasonable Inference from this that when the bill Is voted on In the house it .will be passed almost tinaulmnusly. It Is the understanding that no amend ments will be allowed to the measure, though the first vote will be taken on what is known as the Iavey bill, the democratic substitute for the bill agreed on by the majority party. The danger to the promised legisla tion Is In the senate. It is there that the railroads exert their greatest Influ ence and the senators who are In sym pathy with the corporations can easily block action at this session upon any measure for the regulation of railway rates. It Is already given out that the Swayne Impeachment case is likely to occupy so much of the time of the sen ate that no consideration can be given In the remaining period of the session to anything else except the appropria tion bills. In any event the "railroad senators" would have no difficulty in carrying discussion of n bill for regu lating railway rates up to the time of adjournment, less than four weeks off. It Is thus apparent that there is no probability of railway rate legislation by the present congress. Will the presi dent call an extra session of the Fifty ninth congress? This Is at present un certain, Mr. Roosevelt having given no indication of what his Intention Is In this regard should the legislation he desires not bo passed at this session. He has very properly not committed himself, since to have done so would be regarded as an attempt to force congressional action. It Is quite generally believed, however, that failure to puss at this ses sion a bill for the regulation of railway rates will result In the calling of an extraordinary session of the next, con gress, perhaps In the spring. The presi dent regards this matter of rate regula tion as of the highest Importance., and therefore Is uot likely to allow It to re main In abeyance for another year or possibly for a longer period. RKSTRAIST OF ISIMIORA TIUX. Representative Adams of Pennsylva nia has introduced a bill which provides that not more than 80,000 Immigrants from one country shall be permitted to land In the United States within one year and the measure has been reported fa vorably to the bouse. This novel prop osition for the restriction of immigra tion la obviously Intended to apply to Italy, Russia and Austria-Hungary, from which countries the larger number of immigrants have come during the last few years. How legislation of this kind would be regarded by those coun tries It is difficult to say. In referring to the measure the Phila delphia Record remarks that long ex perience haa shown that the tide of migration depends on economic consid erations, except in such cases as the escape of Russians and Poles from op pression and military conscription. "Im migration rises and falls with the de mand for labor in this country and with the bread supplies of Europe. Yet it Is proposed that when the arrivals from certain lands reach a limit, of 80,000 persons, no more shall be permitted to land within the year. Those who are thus excluded may constitute the very element that is most needed for per forming such labor as native Amer icans and other Immigrants cannot be induced to touch except under the. most dire necessity." Very likajy this extraordinary bill will have the sup port of the antl-immlgration league and those in sympathy with it, but It Is hardly possible that congress will enact It Into law. xo jiortumxT roR pejcs. A report from London a few days ago Stated that on the initiative of the Ger man government an interview had taken place between the German chancellor and the British ambassador at Berlin, at which It was proposed that efforts be made by Grt Britain and Germany to bring about peace between Russia and Japan. This proves to have beeu in correct, the German embassy at Wash ington having been officially Informed that there had not beeu even so much as an exchange of Ideas between the Berlin and London governments regard ing the ending of the war in the far cast. It is altogether probable that both Emperor William and King Edward would be very glad to do something to terminate the war between Ruhhi n,i j Japan, but neither can take any stop in view or tne declaration by the Russian government made some time ago, that it would regard as an unfriendly act a tenoer of good offices ou the part of any of tue powers with a view to ending the war. Russia appears to be as firm In this position now as when It was an nounced and so long as she holds to It no government will propose Interven tion. It is the understanding thai Japan would not object to mediation If Russia wore Willing to accept It, but will not take the Initiative. There Is consequently no movement at present - looklug to peace In the far east and there Is not likely to be any at least before a decisive battle Is fought. If even then. The Indications are that a general engagement between the armies of Kouropatkln and Oyama ! Imminent and the result of It may have a more or lesn decided Influence upon the question of jeace. It would seem that should Russia suffer a decisive de feat she would 1 Inclined to consider a proposition of Intervention to end the war, since defeat In Manchuria would doubtless Intensify the government's In ternnl difficulties. The outlook for Rus sia In the far east" Is certainly not at present bright and the government would be wise to accept Intervention and mnke an honorable peace, which would go far ti allay the revolutionary spirit among Its people, but the military ele ment is too strong to permit of this. Meanwhile the gravity of the situation In Russia continues, with some Indica tions that It, will become more serious. IIALF-BAKLD LKQISLA TWX. The charter committees and the Uouglas delegation In the legislature have agreed with practical unanimity upon certain radical changes in the eburter on the line of retrenchment by a merger of city and couuty office. Among the proposed changes Is the abolition of the offices of city tax com missioner and of city treasurer, whose functions ate to be performed, after the expiration of the tenns of the present Incumbents, by (he county assessor and county treasurer, respectively. Eventu ally the abolition of the comptroller's office is contemplated, as a natural se quence of the abolition of the treasur er's office, and such functions as do not directly connect with the city treasur er's office are to be performed by the city clerk. It goes without saying that the abolition of the office of city tax commissione:- and city treasurer of Onialiu will also carry with them the abolition of the same offices in South Omaha, both as measures of retrench ment and for facilitating the public business. Manifestly, these. proposed changes In volve also a revision of the laws relating to the couuty officers upon whom addi tional responsibilities will be Imposed. A revision of tho laws relating to county government and especially to the treas urer and county assessor, must neces sarily go hand in hand with the revl slou of the charter. It is also conceded on all hands that an elective county auditor, a long felt want, will now be come an Imperative necessity. With these contemplated changes In county government, a county board of chari ties will become not only desirable, but essential for the economic distribution of relief and efficient government of the county hospital and county reforma tories. From the broad gauge point of view. It seems to us that proposed charter amendments that do not Include legisla tion to stop leaks and provide safe guards in county government would be a very short-sighted policy. Omaha's Junior yellow is opposed ou principle to the multiplicity of boards that afford places for do-nothing ple blters on the municipal pay roll, but from principle also it favors the provi sions of the water bill that would keep on the pay roll six salaried members of a water board that has no water works to manage, and which, moreover, au thorizes the creation of various high salaried soft Jobs. This consistent In consistency, however, is in perfect ac cord with the course of the Junior yel low, and, for that matter, also the senior yellow, on the question of municipal ownership. Between elections these organs have been shouting for municipal ownership of public utilities, but when the proposition to establish a municipal electric lighting plant waa be fore the people they were persuaded by liberal contributions from the electric lighting monopoly to oppose municipal ownership, on the plea that it was not ripe. After indulging in ail sorts of ridicule of the Omaha Grain exchange at the time it wris inaugurated, our friends down at Lincoln have come to the con clusion, after viewing Its success, that It is a good thing and worthy of Imitation. As a result, a movement has been started at the capital city to organise the grain Interests there and to secure the construction of elevators and storage houses to accommodate a grain traffic. This Is a laudable ambition, In which Omaha wishes Lincoln well. Omaha has no patent on the grain market Idea, although It enjoys natural advantages that will enable it to maintain a posi tion of superiority over other points in this territory. But anything that will build up a home market will also strengthen Omaha as a grain center. Railroad legislation has the right-of-way in the lower house of congress this week, but that right-of-way does not extend beyond the capltol rotuqda. The right-of-way of railroad regulation through the seiiate chamber will have to be acquired by eminent domain pro ceedings, and that means Indefinite post ponement way beyond the life of the present congress. Senator Long says that 00,000 white children residing iu the Indian Terri tory are unable to attend school be cause so few schools exist in that ter ritory, and still educators are seut to the Philippine and I'orlo HKo to find a scene for the expenditure of govern ment money for education. hold them accountable. Yet we have ef forts nnder way at this very moment to have the legislature give Independent taxing powers to still more boards, but the property owners who always protest loudly against Increased taxes will wait till they are hurt before entering objections. Report from the rang country are to the effect that cattle are suffering from snow and cold. It Is not Important whether these reports are exaggerated or not, except so far as they foreshadow the next excuse that will be offered for keeping the prices of meats at top Aaetaer Kanek at Prlrllee. Indianapolis News. Decidedly that Is a righteous decision of the supreme court thst express com panies must deliver packages at the home of the consignee. et that Kla4 f Drafumaa. Chicago Tribune. , Tlie ciar's salary Is In the neighborhood of $7,500,000 a year. lie Is kept so busy drawing It that he has scarcely any time to spare for drawing up a constitution. Time ta forgrt It. Chicago Record-Herald. General Miles fortunately has documents to prove that he was not wantonly cruel to Jeff Davis. Let us hope, therefore, that peace between the north and south may continue. A Celebrated Cane. Washington Post. The president declares that the divorce problem Is more important than any political question. There are Indications that the president Is expecting to com mence divorce proceedings against the senate, naming the railroads as corespondents. Mlasoarl Annexed Again. New York Tribune. President Roosevelt has carried Missouri again. The democratic senate of that state has Juat passed unanimously the republican lower house's resolution requesting the Mis souri delegation In congress to support the president's railway rate regulation program. Ripe for Action. Philadelphia Pres.. The "flagrant, wBful and continuous violations" of the law charged against the Atchison, Topeka St Santa Fe Railroad company by the Interstate Commerce com mission do not appear in any way excus able, A clear caso of defying the law is charged by the commission and the at torney general will probably take action. If the law Is to be observed the roads that violate It must be held to account Fortu nately such charges as the Interstate Com merce commission make in this case are rare. Backnnmber Warships. Minneapolis Times. The rapid deterioration of vessels of the navy is shown by the fact that the Massa chusetts, Indiana. New York and Oregon, the mainstay of the fighting force In 1898, have to undergo a thorough remodeling In the matter of boilers and guns. One of the loading officials of the Brooklyn navy yard Is quoted as saying that "the Oregon Is now a back mmiber and will go out of commission before another year." While the officer may be right. It is safe to prom ise that with Captain Clark In command the good old Oregon would yet be able to "stand off the whole fleet" Boston, points the Way. ChJoago Chronicle. A bill la pending In the Massachusetts legislature which provides a penalty of "lashes on the bare back" for any male person who "beats, bruises, or mutilates his wife or any other female unless by accident or In self-defense." Boston Is supposed to be the home of refinement and culture, whether it is or not. and the bare fact that the whipping post Is seriously thought of thera should encourage the Illinois legislature to give us a similar law. Many crimes against women and every form of bestiality ahould ba punished by lashes on the bare back. Au 11.5-mlll tax rate for city purposes ts the result of divided authority and re sHnslhiilty iu the makeup of the levy. The only way to get the municipal tax rule down Is to center a!l tha taxing authority in the mayor and council and PERSONAL NOTES. Two weeks of experimenting with S-cent fares seems to have convinced Cleveland people that they want no change. The equestrian statue of General George B. McClellan at Washington will stand In Connecticut avenue. In front of the British embassy. The former home of the late Thomas A. Hendricks, once vice president, In Indian apolis, is being torn down to make way for a modern building. Miss Helen Gould offers a generous re ward to every man who stays In the navy flvs years without being tattooed. Where will the next generation find Its ideal man-of-warsman? People who are throwing rocks In the direction of Bait Lake should pause a minute or two and consider the case of Johann Hoch of Chicago and his record of twenty-nins wives. Ian t Johann a fright? A Russian sailor on the' New Jereey naval reserve training ship stsrted In to paint Hoboken red a couple of days since, and matters would have gone hard with hint had not the Jap cook of the vessel balled him out. It Is evident from the decision In the Beef trust case that the grave and rev erned Justice caught onto the lingo of the tribe. Listen: "We must steer between these opposite difficulties aa best we can." The court steered. Captain W. H. Thrift of Dubuque, re. cently appointed adjutant general of Iowa by Governor Cummins, Is the oldest living white person who was born In Polk county. His late sister was the first-born white child In Des Moines. , Now and then a lawyer gets exceedingly boisterous and husty. and knocks the in animate goddess. One of the profession in New York lours because Justice coddled a case of his for twenty-one years. Borne people are mighty hard to please. Two pilgrims from the southland who had arranged to exchange real money for New Jersey gold bricks were cruelly dis sppolnted. Pity promptsd the brlckmakers to keep the fresh ones out of the blissard bell by picking their pockets on the way. The Kngllsh syndicate which proposes to extract gold from sea water Is following an American example, A party by the name of Jurnegan dkt a handsome J(b In that line In Maine two years ago. That Is. he "did" tha fellows who played his game. Tha sale of tha Wasgaman art collec tion was concluded Injfew York City last Friday and realised SMl.U. At the time of tha Waggaman failure In Washington last summer the collection waa valued for asset purposes at from fMlt.OOo to $i,jO,oo, the latter figure being Mr. Waggainan's estimate. O Donovan Kosaa, the Irish patriot, is considering whether to leave this country and spend the rest of hi dsys In Ireland. Rdmund O'Neill, a wealthy resident of Klnsale. has offered to give hi in outright a houne, where he and his wife can live their remaining days. He can return i0 the British Islands In safely now, the sen tence against him of twenty yeara' ban ishment having expired last year. ARMY ;0IP Hi l HI1GTO. Matters of Interest cleaned from the Army and m) Helster. During the month of December 4.554 en listments were made for the srmy. l.iTJ of which were merte In cities and 2.5TS at military poets and in the field. The en listments made for the Infantry (white) were 1.S93; const artillery. 470; engineer battalions, 38; cavalry. (wlUte). SK; field artillery. 14; Vnlted States Mllltsry aca demy detachments. 11; Infantry (colored), 37; csvalry, (colored), 77; Porto Hlco regi ment of infantry, 7; Philippine evout, 1.171 The question recently came up In the general staff of the army ss to the Issue of cotton khaki uniform to the organised militia. It has been decided that the militia receive the cotton khaki clothing as long aa the regular army is supplied with it under the provisions of genersl order la, Wsr department. 1904. It has also been decided that the Issue price of cotton khaki In the United States be the same as in the Philippines. The War department will shortly award a contract for the Initial Installation of wireless telegraphy In the system of fire control at the artillery stations along the coast. The sets will be portable and will be used In communicating with the artil lery craft In the harbors and off shore. The first contract will be awarded with a view to the full snd practical test of tho Instruments and the method snd later there will be further orders placed for the use of the same system. Bids were received from the Marconi company, which offered to furnish fifteen sets, the number called for by the army signal office, for $12,75'), with a guaranty of communicating fifteen miles over water. The DeForest system was offered at the rate of 11.800 per set, 190 for the poles and $1 for the hand push cart. A third bid was that of the com pany In charge of the Fesseden system, offering to furnish the spparatus for $.',500 for each set. The lowest bid was that of the Clark Electrical Engineering company of Detroit, Mich., at the rate of $800 for each set. Boards of officers have been directed to meet at Fort Sheridan, III.; Fort Yellow stone. Wyo.; Presidio of San Francisco, Cnl.; Governors Island, N. Y.; Fort Mc Phcrson, Ga.; Fort Logan, Colo.; Fort Bam Houston, Tex.; Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; Vancouver Barracks, Wash., and Fort Reno, Okl., March 15, for the purpose of conducting the examination of such ap plicants for commissions In volunteer force as may be authorized to appear be fore them, under section 23 ofvthe act of congress, approved January 21, 1908, in order to determine their qualifications for the command of troops or for the per formance of staff duties with such volun teer forces. The law provides for the holding of these examinations for the pur pose of securing lists of persons specially qualified to hold commissions In any vol unteer force which may hereafter be. called for and organized under the author ity of congress other than a force com posed of organized mllltts. It haa been decided not to give out the names of the candidates who are to appear before the boards. The case of Fredle R. Stubbs, wherein was Involved the question aa to the right of a military court to try a soldier on charges growing out of the same Incident as that made the basis of charges of which he 'was acquitted by a civil court, haa been decided by Judge Hanford sitting In the I'nitcd States circuit court district of Wash ington, western division. While In ramp at American Lake last summer, at which several thousand soldiers of the regular army and militia were assembled, Stubbs. a soldier of the Nineteenth Infantry, killed a fellow soldier of that regiment. Pur suant to the fifty-ninth articles of war the officers of his regiment delivered him to the civil authorities and he was prose cuted under the laws of the state of Wash ington for the crime of murder and was acquitted. Afterwards he was again taken into military custody and was arraigned and tried before a general court martial under tho charge of "conduct to the preju dice of good order snd military discipline, in violation of the sixty-second articles of war," the aforementioned homicide being made the baxls of' the charge. He waa found guilty as charged and sentenced to be dishonorably discharged, to forfeit all pay and allowances and to be Imprisoned for a term of five years. The grounds upon which the petitioner, by writ of habeas corpus, has Invoked the Jurisdiction of the civil court to restore him to liberty are two: First, that by surrendering the prisoner to the civil authorities, pursuant to the fifty-ninth article of war, and the subsequent proceedings, complete and ex clusive jurisdiction attached to the super ior court, to finally determine the queation of guilt or Innocence of the crime of mur der and of each lesser offense necessarily Included within that charge as It was identified by the specifications of time, place and means of accomplishing ttm al leged murder, and his acquittal waa a complete vindication, ho that no other court or special tribunal can lawfully as sume Jurisdiction to try the petitioner again upon a criminal charge based upon the same' facts; and, second, that the charge and specification upon which the petitioner was arraigned before the court martial does not state facts constituting any offense, nor a violation of the sixty second article of war. In reviewing the grounds of the petition the court says that the record of the proceedings against the prisoner In the superior court Is con clusive in his favor In so far aa It shows an adjudication that he Is not guilty of any crime of which he might have been convicted under the Information filed against him, but that Is all. It does establish as a fact that he did not kill a man, nor that the homicide was not a con sequence of "conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline, In viola tion of the sixty-second artir.ln of war." Although the act described in the specifica tion of the charge upon which the peti tioner was brought to trial before the court-martial Is Identical with the act al leged l.i the Information for murder, the elements constituting the offense charged are radically different. In the opinion of the court the surrender of the petitioner to the civil authorities did not havs the effect to sbsolve him from his obligallona under the terms of his enlistment, nor to divest his superior military officers of their authority to proceed agulnat him for the military offense. It Is also the opinion of the court that the charge and specifica tion of that offense are not defective, and thai the court-martial did not exceed Its jurisdiction by sentencing him to Buffer punishment by imprisonment for a term extending beyond the term of military service for which he enlisted. fiRF.AT ISSIE or OtR TIMF.. Sapreme Imnortanee of Federal Con trcl af Corporations. Wall Street Journal. Whether there be a 10, a to or a per cent reduction In the tariff or not. Is a question which as concerns the well being of future generations la Infinitely little, be side this supreme Issue of the control of the corporation. No other Issue that has ever confronted, the people of this country, except thst of civil wsr, was as mo mentous In Its Immediate effect and ss far reaching In Ua ultimate results as thst which has been accepted by President Roosevelt as the one by which the success or failure of his administration shall be Judged. If he shall succeed In reaching a solution of the problem he will place his name In the history of the country beside that of Lincoln, the president whose por trait hangs on the wall of his office, aa a ronstsnt reminder of the noblest idenln In Amerlcsn statecraft, snd whose words he never wearies of quoting. Things are shaping themselves In scull a way that It Would seem as if his success or failure would be an Issue not long de layed. Much history has been made since, by the president's orders, the suit against the Northern Securities company was be gun. Men talk about thst suit not having really accomplished anything, and they point to the fact thnt the decl-lon against the company haa not changed existing Con ditions in the least. Not accomplished, anything? Why, It has actually marked a revolution. It la the expression. In a con crete form, of (he purpose of the people to make the power of the corporations aubject to the power of the government. The president and the courta are now on the side of the people. The president's recommendation that sime such body ss the Interstate Commerce commission Iw given tha power to regulate rallroatt rates, Commissioner Garfield's proposition to license Interstate companies, and the su preme court decision against the Beef trust, which defines a wide area for interstate commerce, are all steps toward on in evitable consummation. Vnlesa all signs fail, the principle of government regula tion Is to be effectively established. Tho men who control the great corporations by Intelligent co-operation have it In their power to make government control a con servative, a constructive force, one which will uphold and safeguard the rights of property. By short-sighted antagonism they have It also In their power to create a condition In which the people, enraged beyond measure, will turn to the socialists, and confiscation of property and govern ment ownership will take the place of reasonable government regulation. A HATTER OF HEALTH Mi POUiEEa Absolutely Puro HAS HO SUBSTITUTE r CONDITIONS IN ARGENTINA Leaders of Inanrrertlon Deal re Terms, Itat President Demands an I n. conditional Surrender. BL'ENOS AYRE8, Feb.' 6.-ColoneI Calnaa has started for Cordoba with 500 govern ment troops. It is stated that Colonel Delacrqz. commanding the artillery there, has been killed, and that the leaders of the Insurrection at Cordoba have offered to submit on the condition that their lives be spared. President Qulntaua has replied that their surrender must be unconditional and that the courts will decide the fate of the revo lutionists. The transport Santa Cruz has sailed for the outer harbor with political prisoners. Complete calm has been restored at Rosarlo. It transpires that the troops In the prov ince of Santa Fe were mlsleii oy officers, who Informed them that they were march ing against the rebels. When the troops realized the real facts they refueea to go Into action. The officers escaped. WASHINGTON. Feb. 6 Mr. Beaupre, the American' minister at Buenos Ayres, 1n a cablegram received at the State department today, says that tranquillity has been re stored there, that the government will be able to suppress the uprising without seri ous military operations and that martial law has been proclaimed In the republic for thirty days. The minister adds that public opinion apparently condemns the revolutionary movement and that business Is progressing everywhere In the city as usual. SOMKTimH SEW I WAR. kTankees of the Fast Overturn Mili tary Standards. St. Louis Olobe-Democrst. The official statement comes from IDs headquurters of the Japanese Genersl Oku that In his entire army, side May Isst, only forty deaths have occurred from dis ease. During that .time General Oku has been In command of more than 150,000 men, snt 24.642 have been at some time on the sick list. Thst only forty should have died Is ono of the most extraordinary facts In the history of military' operations. In the same period General Oku has lost 5.117 men killed and 21,080 wounded, yet only forty succumbed to disease. During the civil war the union forces lost 67,068 killed In action, while 19S.720 died of disease. Both American and European armies suffer heavier losses from disease than from actual fighting. In the civil war 43,012 union soldiers died from wounds, and here again comparison with Japanese armies shows sn Immense margin In their favor. The Japanese sur geons perform few field operations, and. after first aid to the wounded, send them to the rear, where the chief dependence Is on the reparative forces of nature. Na statement is given. of how General Oku's medical officers treated the 24,842 sick Japa nese, but the fact that the mortality wss less than two per 1,000 will astonish the most elaborately organized army medical departments. Either tha Japaneae soldiers have marvelous constitutions, or their med ical officers know some Important things not yet mastered elsewhere. Are tha Japa quietly and Indirectly revising tha world In general? LAIUHINU GAS. XO TRIP AROUND THK WOULD Admiralty Denies Story of Joarney by the Prince of Wales. LONDON, Feb. 6. No British cruiser squadron is leaving England at the end of February on a cruise around the world under the -command of the prince of Wales. The admiralty official, who gave this denial of the story added that no preparations were making at present for any crulso by the prince of AVales. As King Edward expects to go to the Mediterranean early In March and possibly extend hla trip to Egypt It is not at ull likely that the prince of Wales will tuko a long Journey at the aame time. The second cruisers squadron commanded by Rear Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg will be inspected by the king off Ports mouth at the end of the month and It will then start on a cruise of several months with the object of showing the British flag In distant waters. The squadron will visit American ports among others. MIXERS OF BEI.OI1M ARK OIT Twenty-One Mines Are Affected While Twelve Are Operating. CHARLKROI, Belgium feb. ti.-As a result of the decision of the Miners' con gress yesterday to declars a strike to begin today, work was completely suspended this morning at eight collieries and there was u partial strike at thirteen others. Work is proceeding as usual at twelve collieries. ' les." said the girl from' Omaha, "we have very sudden changes out home. 1'va often seen the thermometer fall more than twenty degrees in an hour." "But," replied the Boston spinster, "that Is not remarkable. I once saw a ther mometer fall thirty feet In lesa than three seconds." Chicago Record-Herald. The old man grumbled. "I don't like to knock," he said. "But what's a man to do when tbs door bell won't ring?" Cleveland Plain Dealer. "Do you favor the whipping post for wif beaWTa?" "Ooodnesa, gracious, no," answered the timid and unhappy woman. "My husband is cross enough now, without having any thing more to Irritate him." Washington Star. . "My hair Is falling out." "Not enough oil." "O'wan! Look at John D. Rockefeller!" Cleveland Leader. Physician Your bronchitis threatens t become tuberculosis. Have you any idea what brought on the original attack? Patient Yes, sir. Sitting in a strong draft near an onen door. Physician As t suspected. I shell pre-, scribe the open air cure. You must sleep on your roof. Chicago Tribune. "It's strange that a woman aa stout aa Mra. Fledgby should have such a hot tem per." "Perhaps that accounts for her stout ness." "In whst way?" "Don't they claim that heat expands?" Cleveland Plain Dealer. Irate Wife That's the fifty-second falee hood you've told me this week." I'nabashed Husband Well, now you can see what Is mesnt by the expression "a pack of Ilea." Pittsburg Post. SAY SOMETHING GOOD, Wealth af Nebraska'a Soil. American Investments. Much is heard of the mineral production from the various states, but few know that Nebravk produces from the soil annually four times the weulth that Is produced from the mines of uny one state. 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When some one "knocks" a brother, paM aroend the loving cup Say something good about him if you havs to make it up. It's safe to say that every man God made noiua i race or gooa That he would l'a.u exhibit to hla fellows if he could; Tha kindly needs In many a soul are hiber nating there, Awaltlna the encouragement of other souls thnt dare To show the best that's In them; and a uni versal move Would start the whole world running in a hopeful, heliiful groove. Bay something sweet to paralyse tha "knocker" on the spot Speak kindly of his victim if you know the man or not. The eyea that peek and peer to find tha worat a brother holds. The tongue that speoka In bitterness, that frets snd fumes snd scolds The hsnds thst bruise the fallen, though their strength waa made to raisa The weaklings who havs stumbled at tha parting of the ways All these should be forgiven, for thsy "know not what thsy do;" Their hindrance makes a greater work for wlver ones like you. So, when they scourge a wretched one who's drained Bin's bitter cup. Say something good about him If you have to make It up.