TITE OMATIA DAILY REE: TTEPDAY. FEnKtTARV 23. 1905,
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Xetv Orleans sliotild have held back
Its hot time for Ma nil' Urns.
There Is a Inrtco area for economic
reform In the court -house waitlnpr for
development by the county vonunlsnloii
crs. .
Judge Swayne' can be congratulated
upon getting a better verdict than Ad
miral ItoJeKtvennky, although the de
cision was not unanimous.'
Most of the bills signed during the
present session by Governor Mickey are
curative, but the Christian Science bill
has not yet reached the governor.
If Colorado la never to be certain
who was elected last November It will
probably know this week who Is to serve
ns governor for the next two years.
The Bee does not deny tnat the lobby
Is runnnlng the legislature, or trying
hitr4 to run It but The Bee Is not the
keeper of the legislative conscience.
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the Supreme Court commission has
again been Increased from three to six.
Dors not some eminent, jurist want a
$2,500 Job? Don't all speak at once.
The burning of 20,000 bales of cotton
nt the New Orleans wharf was not pre
arranged, but it will have the same ef
fect as if It had been burned on the
plantation.
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It must have made John Paul Jones
dctilre to turn over in his grave when
ho found the remains of a "bloomln'
Britisher" mistaken for his own In that
Paris cemetery.
Tom .Johnson and V. J. Bryan have
volunteered to speak for Judge Dunne
In Chicago. Both should be requested
to leave their "hoodoos" at home If their
offer la accepted.
It Is possible that the efforts of Gov
ernor Vardaman of Mississippi to stop
lynching In that state is due more to
his hatred of I'restdent Roosevelt than
his love for the negro.
ItusMla attributes the breaking of
parole .by its officers at San Francisco
to their youth, but must admit that they
followed the example set by Kusnlan
diplomats throughout the world.
If the Ice gorges get In their de
structive work on the railroad bridges
there Is serious danger that the legis
lature will be cut off from Its pass
privileges Just when they art most de-Hired.
From now on people who are born
and people who die in Nebraska will
lmve to report promptly to the state
registrar of vital statistics. The bill to
that effect has passed with an' emergency.
There must be something uncanny
about the Panama cunal tone. The com
mission Hud that it can move eurth 30
c;nt jer cubic yard cheaper than the
estimate, but theu the work Is not being
doue by contract.
The Are at Hot Springs, Ark., Is re
markable from the fact that no cue Is
willing to admit that the first estimate
of lots was overdrawn, but the town de
sires to have It known that Its ability
to do stranger was not Impaired In the
leabt.
While there Is at present little pros
pect of peace Itctwecn Hussla and Japan
It, Is probable that the neutral powers
are putting the last touches Ukii what
they desire to kiicgcst in the way of
national lines in order to preserve the
lwlance of power.
v The intenirhan electric railway 1 1
tween Milwaukee and Chicago Is tied up
by a tyuipathctlc strike. The Inter
urban railroad between Omaha and
Beatrice Is not yet untied, although Its
promoter, have the sympathy at every
body lulercaU'vl Ut the project
I
COMMODITY A r MAXIMVM RATE
.BILLS.
There Is serious ground for appre
(tension that all railroad legislation will
be defeated during the preseut session
of the legislature by a division among
the friends of railway regulation, The
failure of former Nebraska legislatures
that have undertaken the same task has
In almost every Instance been due to a
multiplicity of railroad regulation bills
that were in many instances pitted
against each other through adroit ma
nipulation by the railroad lobby.
The most feasible, If not the most
practical measure providing for a re
duction of local freight rates Is the com
modity rate bill, which contemplates a
reduction of 10 per cent of present
freight rates on the staples and products
of the farm and factory, including grain,
coal, lumber and live stock. While a
greater reduction of thoe commodities
may be just and reasonable, such an
act would be a measure of relief which
the people of Nebraska would gratefully
appreciate.
Instead of antagonizing the commo
dity rate bill, the frleuds of the maxi
mum rate bill should fall In with
it and harmonize the maximum rates
proposed to be established for the trans
portation of the articles named In the
commodity rate bill at the same or
nearly the same rate as would be charge
able under the commodity rate bill. In
other words, fix the maximum rates for
the twenty-seven commodities mentioned
In the commodity rate bill as near as
possible in the maximum rate bill, the
same as would make a difference of 10
per cent on present rates. Such an ad
justment would not necessarily conflict
with the maximum freight rates to be
established in all articles not mentioned
In the commodity rate bill.
If. as is now asserted by opponents
of tbe commodity rate bill, such a meas
ure would Iw declared unconstitutional
by the courts, no harm can come to the
maximum rate bill from its enactment.
The maximum rate bill would and
should stand on Its own bottom.
If the members who are supporting
the commodity rate bill and the mem
bet's who are supporting the maximum
rate bill earnestly favor reduction of
railroad tolls and constitute a majority
of the legislature both bills can pass.
If there are not a sufficient number of
members in the legislature to pass
a maximum rate law. there should be,
at least, a sufficient number to support
the commodity rate bill, which Is not so
complicated, and therefore less likely to
meet with serious legnl obstacles.
, It Is safe to assume, however, that
any measure reducing railroad tolls that
may be passed by the legislature will be
attacked In the courts by the attor
neys of the railroads, but the friends
of railway regulation will not be ex
cused for falling to support every meas
ure that tends to lessen the burdens of
the producers of this state on the plea
of fear that It would not stand the
ordeal of the courts.
Is an abundant supply of money for all
legitimate demands and the rates for
It are moderate. This would seem to
assure general trade activity and a full
restoration of prosperity.
JVDiiK SWATSK ACQUITTED.
The acquittal of Judge Swayne was
expected. It was stated In report from
Washington several days ago that the
managers on the part of the house
of representatives In the Impeach
ment trial had practically aban
doned all hope of having their charges
sustained by the senate. Rome of
them, it was said, felt that they bad
been treated with scant courtesy by the
senate, that the case bad been hurried
along with Indecent haste and that not
sufficient time was given the managers
for summing up. It Is a fact that the
senate manifested little interest In the
case, apparently from the outset regard
lng tbe charges as Insufficient to Justify
impeachment. It la admitted that the
specifications of violations of law on the
part of the accused judge were badly
riddled by his attorneys, while little has
been said commendatory of the house
managers, who made a by no means
strong presentation of tbe case.
Unquestionably some of the charges
were of a quite serious nature, but we
think intelligent public opinio will ap
prove the action of the senate, In Tlew
of the good record of Judge Swayne as
a Jurist. It Is noteworthy, though per
haps not especially significant, that the
democratic senators voted for conviction,
thus giving a somewhat partisan tinge to
the result. There have been eight im
peachment trials under the machinery
.'provided for that purpose by the con
stitution of the United States, three of
these having been political Impeach
ments' and five Judicial.
finds his peculiar business best advanced
when he deals with drunken Indians.
According to Chancellor Andrews, the
university's real estate needs are still
great. The chancellor Is eminently cor
rect. The university's real estate needs
always have leen great and will so con
tinue everlastingly, even should the unl
versity campus extend to -Ashland on
the east and to Crete on the west.
Xlhbtlac al the IMag.
St. ioula Republic.
Congress la contemplating an assault on
the Tobacco trust. We hope that con
gress won't bite oft mora than It can chew
CCRRKyct COSDJTIO'SS.
Just before the openiug of the spring
trade there Is naturally a good deal of
interest In financial and business
flrcles regarding currency conditions
and the matter Is receiving atten
tion from eastern fluanclal papers. One
of these remarks that the situation at
present is unusual, due to many excep
tional Influences, and It notes that the
unusual circumstances have been the
congestion of currency at New York
and the persistently low rate for money,
the high rate of foreign exchange and
the outflow of gold. It is observed as
almost unexampled In times of normal
business conditions for gold to go out
of the country In such volume In the late
autumn and early winter months, when
merchandise exports are at their height.
It appears that during tbe fiscal year up
to the beginning of the present month
there was a net loss of gold amounting
to over $30,000,000, compared to a gain
of nearly $40,000,000 In the same period
ending with January, 1904.
It Is argued that in this there Is noth
ing especially unfavorable to the finan
cial resources of the country, since our
production of gold more than made up
for what we supplied to other, uatlons.
The significant point Is that this move
ment waa facilitated by a general mone
tary excess, which filled the New York
banks with currency flowing In from
other parts of the country and kept down
the rates for money. "This unmanage
able plethora of currency was largely
due to the fact that the bank note ele
ment, which ought to be the elastic fac
tor to adjust the general volume to cur
rent requirements, persisted in expanding
all tbe time when it ought to have been
contracting." It Is remarked" by the
journal quoted that this Inelastic element
In the currency, based upon government
credit, Instead of bank credit, presents
the one Important weakness In our sys
tem and Is the only source of disturb
ance that Is strictly monetary. Bank
circulation, It la urged, could be made
to serve a useful purpose In our cur
rency, keeping It adjusted to varying
needs, but Its present effect Is a disturb
ing one and at a critical time It might ;
seriously aggravate the crisis.
Another financial paper expresses the
opinion that no better system than the
one we have could well be devised to
create obstacles to business, cause er
ratic fluctuations, sudden congestions of
money In centers with unwholesome re
sult and as sudden withdrawal with
equally Injurious consequences. It urges
that the system must be reformed,
otherwise we shall find the handi
cap so great that In the Industrial
race for the absolute Indispensable
markets for our product of manufacture
we shall be left behind. These are sug
gestion for the consideration Of the
Imnklng Interests of the country, which
can Institute the necessary reform If
disposed to do so and -which must be
presnmed to have the sagacity to see
what ought to be done. So far as the
business Interests of the country are
concerned the currency conditions ap
pear to be ou the whole favorable. There
OXE-SIDKD RECIPROCITY.
The statement made a few days ago
In the Cuban Congress, in regard to the
trade of ' the island, showed that while
the Cubans have, gained a very material
advantage from the reciprocity treaty
no great benefit to this country has re
sulted. The figures presented by a mem
ber of the Congress show that during
the last six months of 1904 Cuba sold In
the American market products amount
ing in value to $53,000,000 and bought
from this country goods to the value of
$15,000,000. In the same period Great
Britain sent to the Island $tf,000,000
worth of goods and bought of Its prod
ucts one-third of that amount, while In
the same six months Cuba sent to Spain
only $482,000 worth of her products. Y'et
she bought more than $0,000,000 worth
in Spanish markets.
The Cuban congressman who sub
mitted these figures. In the course of an
argument In favor of Increasing duties,
declared that It was undeniable that the
reciprocity arrangement Is not now fair
for the United States. He said that
Cuba could buy as much from this coun
try ns the United States buys from the
Island and would do so If Spanish com
mercial Interests should not prove effect
ive In ' preventing it. He urged that
Cuba should strive to perpetuate reci
procity with the United States and make
It so satisfactory that It never would be
abrogated; that the larger Cuba's rela
tions with the United States the stronger
would be the Island's Independence. It
Is perhaps not remarkable that Spain
should continue to sell so extensively to
Cuba, since Spaniards still form
a large proportion of the com
mercial class In the Island, but why
should she buy so liberally from Great
Britain, taking from that country three
tlnieR the amount sold to It? The United
States takes 88 per cent of the Cuban
exports and supplies less than 40 per
cent of the Island's total Imports.
This Is a one-sided arrangement which
the Cubans must correct if they wish
to have the reciprocity treaty perpet
uated and It Is well If they are really
awakening to a realization of this. The
promise that this agreement for closer
trade relations between the United
States and the republic It created would
be of great commercial benefit to us
has not been fulfilled, but on the con
trary the result Is distinctly disappoint
ing thus far. Whether or not It will
Improve depends upon the course of
Cuba and it Is a question of very great
Importance to that people.
If the frenzied anti-Standard Oil leg
islation in Kansas results In the selec
tion of Omaha as the distributing sta
tion for oil by one or more independent
refineries Omaha will welcome the op
portunity for competition. As a matter
of fact, however, Omaha looks to the
Wyoming fields rather than those of
Kansas, not only In the distribution of
oil. but the eventual establishment of
large oil refineries. The Wyoming oil
field, which has scarcely been tapped,
promises to be more extensive and more
permanent than the Texas field, and
possibly may become more extensive
even than the oil fields of Ohio and
Pennsylvania. The existence of large
deposits of petroleum In Wyoming was
known In Omaha more than forty years
ago and Omaha capital was Invested In
the very first development of the Wyom
ing petroleum field, the late Frank Mur
phy being one of the pioneers. Without
the remotest anticipation of tbe Kansas
oil war. a bill wa Introduced and
passed by the last legislature at the in
stance of the editor of The Bee, grant
lug the right of eminent domain to any
Individual or corporation that would ex
tend pipe lines across the state of Ne
braska for the transportation of oil, so
tltat Nebraska Is in condition, to take
advantage of the development of the
Wyoming oil field ou a large scale, that
Is now only a matter of months instead
of years.
Between Two lloldapa.
Shoe manufacturers are demanding the
repeal of the duty on 'hides, while the cat
tle men ar Insisting that the duty be re
tained or increased. In the meantime the
consumers atand the expense of the akin
game.
A World-Wide Pnll.
Baltimore American.
With the big atlok keeping peace In Bouth
America and Denmark adopting the idea
of the retributive lash from bis recent
mem&ga. President Roosevelt may be said
without fear of exaggeration, to be exert
ing a wideapread influence In the affaire of
the world.
Hldlealoas Practice Stopped.
Philadelphia Press.
The X nlted States senate did a com
mendable act in adopting a resolution to
prohibit flowera from being brought Into
the senate chamber. This will Stop the
ridiculous practice of ofllceseeker in load
lng senators' desks with flowers at the be
ginning of the session. Tha house ahould
adopt a similar resolution.
Mistake of the Railroad Lrftbhy.
Kansas City Star.
Members of the railroad lobby In Wash
ington are reported to be satisfied with
their success In smothering the railroad
rata bill in the aenate. They believe that
before another aesslon of congress the agi
tation In favor of government regulation
will have died out and that public opinion
will acquleace In a policy of non-action. In
taking this position these gentlemen show
less than their accustomed acumen. They
have misjudged the strength of the exist
ing feeling. Because sporadic outbursts
have occurred In other years and then have
died down, they imagine that the present
movement will follow the same course.
They are mistaken. The country has never
been thoroughly aroused before.
increasing the Presidents Salary.
Washington Post.
Republican institutions will not be
wrenched from their high pedestal by rea
son of an Increase of the president's sal
ary. The precedent exists In the case of
President Grant, who received $50,000 dur
ing hla second term through the wisdom of
congress in providing, on the last day of
hla first term, for the appropriation of
that amount. In course of time, however,
the Increase to $100,000 wll certainly he
made. Why not authorise it now? Other
wise, four years must elapse before It can
take effect. There is no generosity or fa
voritism to President Roosevelt in the sug
gestion. It Is simply a proposition to
atone for neglect which has been too long
endured.
PfSHlG THE "PORK BARREL"
Petition PaaaedJ.tp to the Speaker
of the Hour of Representatlvea.
, , Xw'ork Sun. , ,
Uncle Joe Caonwi has been assailed with
a petition signed by 800 representatives, re
questing him, as chairman of the committee
on rules and-as csar of the house, to allow
the large pork barrel known aa the public
building bill to be rolled through the legis
lative halls. Speaker Cannon la against the
bill because he foresees a deficit anyway,
and he doesn't want It to be larger than
can be avoided.
There are now 386 representatives In con
gress. It appears,, therefore, that an over
whelming majority of them are anxious to
get the barrel started. In spite of this de
mand, however, the speaker stands fast,
and grins cheerfully aa he refuses to take
the brake off.
Why? Because a large number of the pe
titioners have gone to him in private and
told him In person to disregard their sig
natures on the petition and count upon
their support In his policy of no public
buildings bill. They signed tho petition be
cause they did not wish to be uncivil or
Impolite or disobliging, but they meant
nothing by attaching their names to It.
The priceless right of petition has been
exercised ao often and abused ao frequently
that the force of a great or "monster" roll
of paper bearing the names of some scores
of thousands of cltisens has been pretty
thoroughly broken. The ordinary voter
rather likes to sign petition, and many
sign the same petition several times. Just
to awell the total and give their pen handa
pleasant exerclae. i
Congressman pay little attention to peti
tions from citizens. But they are not dif
ferent from other mortals. Their own pe
tition doesn't mean anything to the speaker.
in what a dignified position the petitioning
representatives stand before their constituents!
Htep by step the government is reach
ing for the men really responsible for
lawlessness on the Indian reservations.
First, the land grabbers; next, the boot
legger; next, the man who supplies the
bootleggers, and shortly the wun who
A XOTABI.K E VEXT.
Congregational Church Joins the
Episcopal Body,
Brooklyn Eagle.
By a unanimous vote the Congregational
church of Bast Brooktleld, Maas., haa
united with the Episcopal diocese of west
ern Massachusetts. The church is prosper
ous, owns a handsome edifice on which Is no
debt and haa not been hampered by division
or discoid among Ita members. The dis
patches announcing this remarkable and,
we believe, unique event do not state tha
reasons that Impelled the change, but that
they were amply aufflclent to the congrega
tion ia apparent from the fact that no dis
senting voice waa raised when the merger
was effected. The late Dean Richmond held
the Episcopal church In high esteem be
cause "it Interfered neither with politics or
religion. A more eminent authority de
clared that It waa the "roomiest church in
America." ,1-et this be as It may, the fact
remains that the retention of certain dog
mns by the Episcopal church haa not In
terfered with the development In It of a
theology that Is aa far removed from the
thenlogv of primitive Episcopalian lam as
the I'nlversallst theory of redemption la
from the discarded doctrine of Infant dam
nation. This movement toward a broader
outlook began In the Established church In
England under such men as Archbishop
Temple, Canon Farrar. Dean Stanley and
Charlea Klngaley. The beginning and
growth of It here were nearly contem
poraneous and quite even with the begin
ning and growth of 'it In England. Both
movementa were indicative merely of tha
general brenklng down of the lines of de
marcation between all Protratant sects, a
process of which the East Broofleld Incident
la a natural if extraordinary example. The
hold of dogmatic theology upon Protestant
churches Is growing less and less. "If there
weren't any dogmas there wouldn't be any
deans." said that master of epigram, Dla
raell, to the late Dean Stanley. But the
world hi coming more and more every day
to recognise that the maintenance of ec
cleslaatlcal forms In administration Is p.
sibl without retaining the narrowing and
exclusive beliefs under which those forms
wart first etbllb4
RETIRE I3 THE BATTLE n.AG
Time Heala Woaaai and Harmonises
the Sections.
New Tork Sun.
Congrrsn haa passed the Joint resolution
providing for the return to the proper state
authorities of the union and confederate
battle flags that have been In storage In one
of the attic rooms of the War department
building since the close of the civil war. In
opposition to this dlspoaal of these retire
not a protest haa been made. There are M4
of the flags, about 100 being union banner
which fell Into the hands of the confeder
ate during the war and were surrendered
to the federal government when the con
federacy fell.
immediately after the close of hostilities
Senator Sumner of Massachusetts offered a
resolution providing that the battle flags of
the federal army should not besr the names
of engagements In which they had been
home In the war. From time to time th
War department granted requests from
northern states for the return to them of
their battle flags which, after being cap
tured by the confederates, came Anally Into
the possession of the Washington authori
ties. Twenty-two union flags were thus re
turned by the department previous to 1SS7
In the same period an equal number of con
federate flags were disposed of by the sec
retarles of war. going mostly to the union
organizations that had captured them.
Nobody paid any attention to these gifts
by the War department until Adjutant
General R. C. Drum In the third year of
President Cleveland s flrst term recom
mended to Secretary Endlcott that all of
the flags In the possession of the depart
ment be returned to the statea whose names
they bore. Secretary Endlcott, himself a
Msssachusetts man, laid the proposition be
fore Prsldent Cleveland, who approved it.
On May 28. 1887, Secretary Endlcott ordered
Oenerai Drum to notify the governors of
the state represented In the collection of
flags that they would be returned, and on
June 7 Oenerai Drum sent out letters dis
charging "this pleasant duty." Subse
quently, however, the plan was abandoned,
on the ground that the legislative depart
ment and not the executive had power to
dispose of the trophies.
It is probable that If public attention had
not been called to the matter by the pro
posal to return all the flags at once the sec
retaries of war would have continued to
dispose of them after 1887 as had been done
before, and no one would have paid any at
tention to their action. But no flags have
been distributed since 1887. Now a congress
republican In both Its chambera has voted
to do what General Drum. Secretary Endl
cott and President Cleveland wanted to do
eighteen yeare ago, and a republican execu
tive will carry out the resolution.
oinre i leveiand a time veterans of the
confederate, service have led veterans of the
union armies in war against a foreign
power. The "rebel brigadiers" have cenaed
to be of value to the aspiring politician
The "bloody shirt" Is almost forgotten,
Johnny Reb fraternises with Tank In cele
bration of their battles. The war la over.
BALFOl R PI.AXS A BLOW.
Striking; Back at the Irishmen Who
Irritate Him.
St. Louts Globe Democrat.
If Premier Balfour carries out hi mn.
templated plan of eau&Ilzlna- the
tary districts of the fnlted Kingdom he will
reduce Ireland's vote In Parliament to a
comparatively small figure. England and
"ales have 495 members nf the Una
Commons, Ireland haa 103 and flcntlnnri ha.
72. These make up the 670 members of the
pupumr iMiimorr or me British Parliament.
As many years have naaned alnm thr ...
been a redlatrlbutlon of seats In that cham-
Dcr some Important Inequalities have re
sulted. England, Wales and Scotland are
trowljig. In population, while Ireland haa
been, shrinking for sixty years.
At present Scotland h
and casts more votes for members of Par
liament tnan does Ireland, but Ireland leads
It In representation In the nronnrtinn hih
10J members bear to 72. Naturally the grow
ing portions or the kingdom object to the
representation which alvea Ireland
In Parliament out of all proportion tn u.
inhabitant One of the planks In the Tory
mlnlatry's platform Is a redt
seats which will make an approach toward
rquBuiauon or tne voting power of the In
dividual electora in the virinm mtt
the kingdom. Premier BaJfour promises to
carry out tni demand In the present Par
liament If he can.
Manifestly when this nnutii,.
lng Ireland of twentytfve or thirty mem
bers of Parliament cornea up there will be
some exciting times In that body. This
menace haa been hanging over Ireland'a
neaa ror many veara. hut it
averted by one contingency and another.
Premier Balfour has a majority of S3 In the
House of Commons, aa Indicate k.. tk.
cent division involving a vote of confidence
in ino ministry. He can carry through hla
program without resrard tn the ot.u.,j-
the Irish members. But the Irish psrty
stick together on all Uane. ......
own country. They will vote aolldly against
,ruulll, " vo'e 'n parliament. If redue-
tion comes It will be a hard M, . t.i.i.
aspirations for home rule. A measure
w-hlrh reduces Ireland'a vote In the House
of Commons as sweeplngly as this will If
It ahould pass will seriously diminish that
locality's weight In the British political
scheme.
PKHSOVAL .VOTES.
I
Booker. Washington saya that alnce th.
civil waV our negroes have accumulated
$300,000,000.
The president and the kaleer can shake
handa over the twin distinction conferred
upon them by the University of Pennsylvania.
Hon. John L. Griffiths of Indianapolis.
who has been tendered the consulship of
Liverpool, England, Is one of Indiana's
prominent' oratora.
Abraham Rosenberg of New Tork has
been unanimously elected grand master of
the Sons of Benjamin, which order haa a
membership of 50,000 In the I'nited States.
While Americana are demanding that
their consular service be made better, the
Canadlana are declaring that the American
consular service Is the most comprehensive,
aggreaslve and excellent In' the world.
Darwin admitted that the pursuit of sci
ence destroyed his love of art, but Ernst
Haeckel, who la one of the greatest living
scientists, Is also an artist of marked
ability. Though Haeckel haa devoted a
long and Industrious life to biological re
searches, he has found leisure to do hun
dreda of palntlnga and many of his mono
graphs on biology, which are scientific
clnsslca, are Illustrated with hla own pic
tures In color.
An Ohio man who waa recently elected
to congress went to Washington to look
around and see what hla dutlea were. He
waa hospitably received -and waa wined
erxl dined a great many times by his col
leagues. Before he went home he aald to
his friends: "ty George, 1 have had a
good time! I have had dlnnera and break.
fasts and suppers galore given to me. In
fact, I haven't had my knlfs out of my
mouth since 1 struck town."
O. A. Baker of Marlon lnd., accused of
handing $ltM bills to legislators in return
ror their votes against the antl-clgarette
hill, la a pretty smooth promoter. Some
years back he waa trustee for an estate.
One of the heirs wss an Austrian coun
tess. Bsker hiked to Dakota, divorced his
wife and married the countess and the es
tate. Later on he turned a similar trick
on the count and remarried his Hist
wile. All this time he waa a "leading till
sen" of Mai Ion and "an txemplar member
of ivuet; '
ROl'SD ABOIT SEW YORK.
Ripples mm the t arreat of Life la the
Metropolis.
An unusual number of New Yorkers are
on the sick list fix m causes traceable to
severe winter weather. The winter Is at
counted the most disagreeable, stormy and
long drawn out In a quarter of a century
and Is entitled to a high rank In the trn
ditions of the oldest Inhabitant. Snow
storms succeeded anow storms, rendering
the street cleaning department helpless and
Ailing the hospitala beyond their caicity
Bellevue hospital haa Ml patients, and the
superintendent has been compelled to make
transfera to other hospitals. Ford ham and
the Bronx Institutions are overcrowded
too. The severe winter la Just now be
ginning to tell upon weak lungs, weak
hearts and not overs! rong constitutions
Private hospitals are being sought all over
the city and suburbs and many of the
public patients are In private hospitals.
Nearly all the hotels have sick patients.
some serious, many suffering from the grip
and bronchitis. All of the doctors of the
city are busy and not a few are worn out
from the incessant culls upon them night
and day.
The corporation of the city of New York
handles an Immense sum of money and a
long array of figures are Involved In Its
financial bookkeeping each year.
The gross funded debt of the city on
January 1, IK, wns $Sfi8,26B.517.ti0, but from
this Should be deducted $157,330,382.85 of the
sinking fund, leaving the city In debt to
the extent of $400,!W5,1G4.75. There wns an
Increaae in the funded debt In 1904 of $'
765.S7S.45. There were also Issued revenue
bonds during the year to the amount of
$1,832,000, In anticipation of the coming In
of the taxes.
In a report made by the city controller
on December 6, 1904, It was estimated that
the normal Increase per annum of the
etty'a borrowing capacity will be between
$30,000,000 and $35,000,000. Mayor McClellan
announces that' It will be his policy to
keep the issue of obligations for ordinary
requirements within this limit and to re
serve the present existing margin for such
large and Important public works as water
supply and rapid transit.
"Modish raiment" for dogs as revealed at
the dog show In Madison Square Garden
consisted of sweaters In some form or
other. It seems. According to a dog's
complexion Is the color of his sweater, and
the fit of It la aa perfect as any ever worn
by a sportsman or athlete. Dogs, such dogs
as win prizes In shows nowadays, wouldn't
wear garments that were not shapely and
becoming; they know, quite aa well as any
of their human friends, when they look
well and feel well In their togs. As a con
vincing proof of this theory there is the
ttitude of the "Duchesses" and "Prin
cesses In the show, who Insist that lace
frills and a furbelow here and there shall
contribute to the beauty of their wearing
apparel. Isn't that like the sex?
A MATTER OF HEALTH
One of the thirty pieces of silver which
Judas received as payment for betraying
the Savior was stolen from a collector
named Mark Fischer recently and he
caused the arrest of a woman named Mrs.
Wallmer, whom he accuses of knowing
something about the coin. The silver
piece which Is supposed to have crossed
the palm of Judas Is valued at $22,000 by the
owner, and its authenticity has been fairly
well established. "In addition to the sil
ver piece," says Fischer, "other coins were
stolen one of them one of the rsrrst
known and worth $3,000. There were also
Cupid and Venus coin 3.000 years old; a
Diana coin, S.700 years old: a coin 1,700 years
old, a coin of the sixteenth century, a St.
George gold piece, seven large coins of the
fifteenth century and some coins of the
twelfth and fourteenth centuries. AH of
them were valuable."
A favorite diversion Just now at Tam
many Hall. says a rnuaaeipnia ietiger
letter, "Is the making of estimates of tho
number of millions that will be made by
Charles F. Murphy, Alderman Oaffney,
Murphy's brother John and a few favored
ones In the wigwam through the operations
of the New York Contracting and Trucking
company. The attention of the general
public, aa well as that of envious Tam
many leaders, has been drawn to the Im
mense success of this corporation by the
announcement of the $6,000,000 contract
awarded by the New York A New Haven
road to Murphy's brother and his alder-
manlc partner. The Pennaylvanla railroad
tunnel was another plum with millions
In it for the trucking company. The profits
from the building of the gaa works tt
Astoria have been estimated In the hun
dreds of thousands; the company will get
rich contracts from the corporation that Is
to build the Sixth avenue tunnel, and
equally profitable contracts are in pros
pect from the undertakings of a quast-
pub'.lc character.
"The ostensible head of the New York
Contracting and Trucking company Is John
Murphy, a brother of the Tammany leader,
but the latter and Gaffney re the real
powers In this wonderfully successful cor
poration. Whatever they want from the
Board of Aldermen Is granted, even high
way holdups of the most flagrant charac
ter. The company has many docks, valu
able for Ita purpose, for which a most
reasonable rate Is paid to the city. No
other company can secure the concessions
that the Murphy concern can. The for-
Si
Absolutely Puro
HAS HQ SUBSTITUTE
tunate ones In this close corporation al
ready have grown enormously rich, anel
there tire millions more to lie had front
this mine of graft."
Every retail merohsnt In the country
will be Interested In the result of a suit
that has been instituted In the United
States district court in New York by a
company which Issues and redeems trading
stamps against tradli.g stamp brokers
ant merchants who buy and give out tho
stamps on their own account. It aaka
for a permanent Injunction against such
dealers. It Is alleged tluit the merchants
named as defendants, who are not sub
scribers to the trading stamp system, havo
gone Into the business on their own ao
count by buying up old or unredeemed
trading stamps issued by the regular sub
scribers and giving them out to their
customers. They are enabled to buy then
at a low rate and go the subscribers to the
system one better by issuing them mora
liberally. The company avers that Ita
customers are protesting against the com
petition to whlrh they are subjected, and
that the ruin of Its business ia threatened
If this practice is allowed to continue. It
the company is successful in Its suit it
will restore the trading stamp business to
Its once profitable basis. If the company
falls to carry its point and the defendant
are successful, the business Is doomed.
I1HKKZV LIE.
Vsreliam Iynna if vou had to rhnnna ha.
twoen hclir hung an' havln' to work fur a
livln'. wlch 'd ye do?
Tuffold Knutt Wouldn't An nnthln.
Makln' a choice 'd be tun much like workln'.
I'd let things take the'r course. Chicago
Tribune.
'Your Majesty." announced a trembllna-
grand duke, "the populace is intoxicated
with blood and the aristocracy Is drunk.
with terror!" I
"Never mind, old Head!" said the csar.
with h sad smile. "We Mill hnva the
zemsky subor!" t.'levelund Leader.
What do you think of your congress
man?"
"We don t think of him. answered Far.
mer Cnrntossel. "What we sent him away
from here for wns to get him off our
minds." Washington Star.
Mr. Hussell The doctor says if I don't
take a little rest and not work so hard
I'll be dead In a year.
Mrs. Hussell lea? What a consolation
it must be tn you to know that your life a
Insured. Philadelphia Press.
"Father, what Is mutuallzatlon?" "Mu-
tuallzatlon. my son, iu a plan by which
you give the little stockholders the right
to vote and then snare them this hard
ship by serving as their proxies." New
iork Heruld.
of
Try Agent Can't f sell yrtu some
these beautiful cosmetic articles?
Mrs. De Tone No, you cannot. I never
paint.
Lidy Agent Oh! one can easily aee that
but why on earth don't you? Cleveland
Leader.
Hicks t admit he's acquiring soma no
toriety, but not fame, as you say.
Wicks Well. I don't see the difference
between notoriety and fame.
Hicks You don't? Then you wouldn't
be able to distinguish between the odor
of a rose and limburger cheese. Philadel
phia Standard.
SONG OF THE PLAINS.
London Spectator.
No harp have I for the singing, nor fingers
fashioned for skill.
Nor ever shall words express It, the song
that Is In my heart.
A saga, swept from the distance, h or I sou
beyond the hill.
Singing of life and endurance and bidding
me bear my part.
For this song, as I sing it, the song that I
love the best,
The steady tramp in the furrow, the
grind of tbe gleaming steel, ,
An anthem sung to the noonday, & chant
of the open west.
Echoing deep. In my spirit, to gladden and
help and heal.
And this Is life, as I read It, and life in Its
fairest form,
To breathe the wind on the ranges, the
scent of the upturned sod.
To strive and strive and be thankful, to
weather the shine and storm.
Penciling over the prairies the destiny
planned by God.
And no reward do I ask for, save only to
work and wait,
Tn praise the d of my fathers, to labor
beneath His sky,
To dwell alone In His greatness, to strike
and to follow straight.
Silent and strong and . Contented the
limitless plains and I.
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