TI1E OMAITA DAILY DEE: MONDAY. MARCH 13. 1905.
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betore ru this la' day ot March. I'JOj.
(Seal) M B. HUNOAi'E,
Notary Public.
That wine old ground hot; knew what
ho wag doing when he took to his hole
last month.
The Lenten mention opens In Kussla
two weeks Inter than in the west. Suck
cloth and ashes for events in the far
east niuy not be out of place.
Trance is willing to ndiult thut Ilus
sla is defeated, but the cznr seems to be
anxious to prove thut it takes more than
one Sedan to iiiuke him think of peace.
There is one consolation to the Kus
elan soldiers In Manchurlu. The Trans
Siberian railroad can now come nearer
carrying full supplies to what is left of
the army.
Latest rumor is that ltojestvonsky Is
not bringing his second squadron home.
The world at largo may now have more
admiration for his bravery tluiu respect
for his Judgment.
The white Houth Carolinian sentenced
to be hanged oil tlio Brimo gallows with a
negro will probably not object so much
to the social equality Involved us to the
place of Its exhibition.
rionator Bate Is deud and ex-Senator
Mason la critically 111 as the result of
attending the luaugurul ceremonies.
Here is another chance for the advo
cates of safe and sane festivities to be
gin work.
The general public might not bo so in'
slbteut on government bank inspection
were it not for evidences of the lament
able failure of men in charge to perforin
their duties as shown again In the testi
mony of bank directors in the Chudwlck
case. , '
Governor Cummins promises to use
bis Influence with the next legislature
of Iowa' for the enactment of an anti
pass bill. We suggest that ISovvruor
Cummins come right over to Nebraska
and begin practice, ou the Nebraska leg
islature now In session.
A candidate bus been found willing
to tako the complimentary vote of the
lone democratic member of the council
for the vacancy in thut body. IIo must
be trying to establish a clului to some
thing substantial when the party has
more thau rainbow shadows to give
out
Whatever the new charter bill may
provide with reference to paving con
tracts it cannot leave us in worse shape
than the preseut charter, under which
the warring contractors have blocked
completely all efforts to get streets
paved or repaved and. kept public im
provements at an absolute standstill.
'Whether the bill denning property en
titled to tux exemption becomes a law
or not, Ouulhit aud iJouglus county
ought to have an oltlclal list of all un
taxed property within their jurisdiction.
As It -is now, nobody knows how much
property is escaping city and county
taxation, or whether It is property en
titled to exemption, or Is evading ou
uiero pretense.
Give the state senate a big credit
murk for putting Its foot down hard
upon the musty old claim of Tom Ken
tiartl for alleged services in collecting
money due from the federal govern
ment to tho state of Nebraska. Ills
claim was so old aud has been rejected
iq often that the wonder Is the house
x inpuld have Allowed itself to bo Im
posed upoii to tho extent of passing it
on (or the upper branch of the legisla
ture to kill.
The report of City Treasurer Hen
Dings shows that the city has plenty of
tnouey In Imuk, but It Is accredited to
funds that are not available for current
ixpenses, while the etirreut exitcnse
funds are running close to the limits,
ld uudor several headings warrants
lis outstanding la excess of tho money
to redeem them. The city's position
rery much resembles the heir to sa
Mtate which Is still lu the hands of the
kduilnlstiutor.
CRITICISM OF KOVROPA TK.V.
The commander of the Russian armies
in Manchuria Is having the inevitable
experience of the soldier who falls. The
military critics, and some not military,
have concluded that Koumpatklo Is In
competent, or at any rate not qualified
for the great task to which lie was as
signeda task, by the way, which has
developed into proportions vastly beyond
what was expected at the beginning of
the war. Among yesterday's foreign
dispatches was one from llerlln giving
the opinions of mlfitary men In (Jer
niany. One of these, a retired lieuten
ant general, Is reported as saying that
the task of directing 400.000 men on a
single stage with from eighty to 100
miles front, so that each unit may have
its proper weight against a thoughtful
and active enemy, "was too large for
Kouropatkln, whose training was ad-
Justed to the command 'of some 100,000
men. The brain In command failed on
the Russian side to perceive the develop
ments and meet them with prompt pre
cision." This, it appears, Is the view of
other German military critics.
An American writer remarks that
Kouropatkln naturally suggests com
parison with McClellan, ''"whose chief
concern was always the exact numerical
superiority of his foe." He says thnt
like him the Russian general Is a re
markable organlr.er, a man of talent and
Industry. "Hut the Russian has never
learned to stick to the offensive at all
costs, to forget the possibility of a de
fent, to get out of his incn their last
atom of strength." In the gift for di
vining his adversary's plans this critic
declares thnt Kouropatkln Is totally de
ficient. Much of this must be conceded
to have ample warrant in events. The
Russian commander has certnlnly shown
marked ability only la retreat. But may
It not bo that Kouropatkln is not alto
gether responsible for the failures thnt
have so seriously Impaired tile military
prestige of Russia and broken a hold in
the far post which she probably can
never recover? There Is a military fac
tion at St. Petersburg with' which Kouro
patkln Is. not in favor and there Is rea
son to believe that It has been instru
mental In having his operations directed
to a considerable extent by the military
officials at the Russian capital. It will
perhaps be found that he has not been
permitted that freedom of action which
a commander In the field should hnve.
Hut at all events it must be admitted
tnat Kouropatkln has proved unequal to
the great task devolved upon him; that
It has been conclusively demonstrated
that as a strategist he is no match for
the Japanese generals, who have shown
skill and rc-sourcef ulness ' of the very
highest order. ,
'a promise to be redeemed.
The platform promulgated by the last
republican state convention, upon which
Nebraska was carried for Roosevelt and
tho state ticket, and upon which the re
publicans were pluced In coutrol of the
present legislature by an overwhelming
majority, contained one plank bearing
distinctly upon stuto "Issues. It reads
as follows:
In response to a public necessity and the
party's pledge, the legislature has enacted a
new revenue law, It was framed to dis
tribute the public burden with exact and
even justice. We pledge the party to a
correction of such Inequalities as may be
disclosed, and to a Hating of all property
corporate and private at Its full market
value, so that all property shall bear Its
equal shore of taxation, raising only such
revenue as Is Intended to meet current ex
penses of the State government under the
most rigid economy, and for the extin
guishment of the publlo debt.
The execution of the promise to list
all property, public and private, so that
it shull bear Its equal share of taxation
will devolve upon the administrative
officers, but the execution of the promise
of most rigid ecenomy to keep the cur
rent expenses ot the state government
within the revenues and for an ex
tinguishment of the public debt de
volves upon the legislature, which is re-
siionslble for the appropriations. Unless
the appropriations are held down to rea
sonable limits the burden of taxation
cannot fall to be more oppressive, aud
the possibility of a surplus revenue to
be applied to debt extinguishment will
be completely barred.
For the redemption of this party
pledge each house of the legislature and
the governor, too, is collectively and in
dividually chargeable, because they
must all concur on every Item appropri
ating money out of the state treasury.
As the time for action is at hand, it is
well to remind all these officers of the
promise iui'1 cf what is expected of
them.
OMAHA'S FHOMISISQ PROSPECTS.
Everything goes to indicate that
Omaha has before It Just now a most
promising prospect of progress and im
provement. Ouiuha stands better today
in the business world than ever before
and it is more favorably known as an
industrial and commercial center than
at uny time lu its prevlous'hlstory.
Omaha has been making headway of
the substantial kind during the lust
few years and more particularly for the
lust twelve months. Tho perfection of
our railroad facilities, the establishment
of the grain market, the Inauguration of
an active building campaign, the success
of the auuuul Ak-Sar-Hen festivities,
the completion of tho Auditorium and
the reorganization of the Commercial
club have all called attention to Omaha
as a coming city. The general atmo
sphere was never so thoroughly charged
with public spirit and private enter
prise, uor the deposition of our busi
ness men to work together more pro
nouueed. What is even still more Important,
the condition of the working people lu
Omaha will compare more thau favor
ably with that ot those lu other cities of
similar magnitude throughout the coun
try. The wage workers here have been
steadily employed at good pay, with few
exceptions and fewer interruptions. The
number of small cottages and dwell
ings planned or id coiiifc of construc
tion shows thnt the desirable class of
inall hows owners U Increasing and
that the wage workers of Omaha are
not of the roving or migratory element,
but rather are Identified with the city
and equally interested with their em
ployers In Its upbuilding and growth.
Omaha ought to add 6,000 or 10.000
people to its permanent population dur
ing the coming year, and It will do so If
advantage Is taken by us of every fac
tor that can tie turned to good account
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THE TREASVRT SITVATIOS
Up to date the national treasury de
ficit amounts to about $23,000,000.
Whether at the close of the current
fiscal year this will be Increased or di
minished is a question which cannot
now be determined, though the chair
man of the house committee on appro
priations, Mr. Hemenway, In nla, state
ment regarding appropriations, ex
pressed the opinion that the deficit at
the end of the fiscal year will not ex
ceed $18,000,000. In order to reach Ibis
ronclusion, however, he made certain
deductions from the appropriations a
part of which at least may have to be
expended. It Is in this that tho uncer
tainty exists as to what the deficit will
be at the end of June. In regard to
the next fiscal year, beginning with July,
Mr. Hemenway predicted a surplus of
over $28,000,000. Ho thus showed that
for the two consecutive years there Is
a 'mnrgln In favor of the treasury of
more than $10,000,000.
On the other hand, the statement
made by the ranking democrat on the
appropriations committee, Mr. Living
ston, put a very different aspect upon
the situation. According to his figures
the deficit for the current fiscal year
will bo considerably above the amount
estimated by the chairman of the com
mittee, while Instead of a surplus at the
end of next year expenditures are likely
to exceed tho estimated receipts to the
amount of nearly $93,000,000, "a broad
enough expanse," he remarked, "be-
Sween the buckle of expenditures and
ho tongue of revenue to startle the
plain and common people, who bear the
burdens of taxation." Of course It was
natural for this democratic member of
the committee to give a partisan view of
the matter, but this does not necessarily
discredit his statement. Terhaps the
most trustworthy statement Is that of
Senator Allison, chairman of the senate
committee on appropriations. He ex
pressed the belief that during the next
fiscal year there will not be a deficit
any greater than the one for the current
year, which he hoped will not be as
great as appears at this time. "I think
we may fairly congratulate ourselves
upon the treasury situation," said Mr.
Allison, "although not as desirable as
most of us would like."
While the condition of the treasury is
entirely sound and the public credit un
impaired, yet the country does not like
to hear of deficits. The very general
popular sentiment is that the govern
ment expenditures should be kept
within 'the revenues and there Is no
question' that this could have been done
by the Fifty-eighth congress without in
the least impairing the efficiency of the
public service. The next congress will
be called upon to keep down expendi
tures, to curtail wherever It can expedi
ently be done, and if it should fall to
heed the demand the people may ad
minister a severe rebuke to the party
in power nt the next congressional elec
tions. It is not desirable that there
should be a great surplus In the treas
ury from year to year, but on the other
hand deficits should be avoided. They
must be If there is not to be Increased
taxation. The new congress will need
to give the subject earnest attention.
Now that the authorities have taken
to enforcing the anti-expectoration ordi
nance it might not be a bad idea to
resurrect some of the other ordinances
designed to keep our streets free from
filth. If we mistake not there are city
laws against using the streets as re
ceptacles for store sweepings, waste
paper or other refuse, which are being
lore honored In the breach than by
observance. There are ordinances also
against wagons dropping their contents
over the pavements, but the trail of
excavations for new buildings can be
followed over downtown pavements for
blocks. If the streets are to be kept
clean let us have no half-way measures.
In discussing railroad legislation,
James II. Ecklcs makes the mistake ot
assuming that the public should receive
no consideration for the privileges it
confers upon transportation companies'
and speaks of those corporations as
though they were private concerns hav
ing no more privilege than an ordinary
firm or individual. 'The fact is that
every court decision on the subject holds
that railway corporations In particular
hnve been granted iwwers beyond those
of private citizens and for this reason, if
for no other, they are In a greater or
less degree subject to governmental
supervision, and this rule is based upon
common law as well as common sense.
Factions und Spotla.
New York Tribune.
The conteat for the governorship In Col
orado aeems to be degenerating Into a fac
tional guessing match.
Penalty for a Fright.
Chisago Tribune.
' Russia paid that $325,000 to Great Britain
with commendable promptness. The finan
cial lieudache that follows overindulgence
In vodka Is sometimes severe.
Longr Walt for Peace.
llalUmore American.
When it comes to a general's being
forced to fight tor bis line of retreat, the
Idea of waiting for victory to make peace
seems In the nature of a step lium the
sublime to the ridlculoua.
Coat of Armed Peace.
Bun Francisco Chronicle.
The coat of armed peace In Europe Is
shown In the enormous amounts the thrue
prliictial muritinio tuitions are levying for
the support of their navies. Germany
wants tmoou.Cu); France, tiai.OuO.Ouo, and
inglund, fckU.UO.UuO.
Amy Old Tula la Possible.
Washington Poat.
It Is formally announced that the Stand
ard OU trust has no tuursat in the liot
trust We are about ready to believe that,
since Commlsnloner Garfield has asserted
that the Beef trust has a profit margin of
only about t per cent
laaaly Throwing a Prlek.
Ottawa (Kan ) Herald.
Even If the state oil refinery does not
"pay," the Herald doenn't care. The man
who lams a brick Into the dog who bit
him does not expect to make anything on
the brick. And In Kansas just now It Is
a question of hitting the dog.
Good Idea for fienerel fee.
Philadelphia Press.
Booker T. Washington, In his address last
Sunday, gave gnod advice to colored men,
and equally good for white men. In sub
stance it was for a person to live within
his means and save "for a rainy day."
With something accumulated a man gets
a new idea of life. But there ere millions
who take no thought for the morrow. Pro
portionately, they are more numerous
among the colored than among the white
men. '
Problem for The Haane Trlbaaal.
1 Louisville Courier Journal.
And now comes the report of another
slight to the diplomatic corps In Washing
ton. The foreign ambassadors feel that
the proper deference was not shown them
during the inauguration ceremonies, be
cause the Justices of the supreme court
were ahead of them In the procession to
the stand. It was not so long ago when
the justices felt hurt because the foreign
diplomats wore given precedence at a
White House reception. To humble pri
vate cltlsens such Incidents seem childish
and silly, but since the subject is re
garded by thone In official life as of so
much Importance, it is high time a com
mission or arbitration board or The Hague
tribunal, or something of that kind, should
be Invoked to establish rules and thereby
prevent any further suffering.
RAILROAD THREATS.
Manager Rlnajlngc In the Old Blnlf
In Wisconsin.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The railroads that have lines In Wiscon
sin are taking an awful vengeance on that
state because of the state legislature's pro
jected railway rate legislation. They have
ordered work stopped on all their exten
sions 'and improvements. They have threat
ened to make the state get along without
any Increased railroad facilities until the
proposed laws are abandoned.
Wisconsin, of course, ought to be horror
stricken. But it Isn't. It knows perfectly
well that the railroads will In the end make
all the improvements that business justifies
and that they will make them solely and
purely with a view to profits after, as be
fore, the passage of the laws. It is con
vinced that the laws will not do the rail
road Interests any damage, even though
they do deprive them of some of their
favorltlsms. Moreover, it has heard this
cry of "Wolf" too often In the past to be
scared by It now. .
In a recent magazine article Governor La
Follette recalled the fact that in the '70s,
the years of granger legislation, the rail
roads had the same harrowing tale to tell
of "construction at a standstill," "collapse
of railroad business" and "the checking of
all development in the granger states" that
they have now. He has analyzed railroad
statistics for those years to show how little
the facts corresponded with the howls.
Wisconsin's granger legislation lasted
from early In 1874 to 1876. Comparing the
figures of railroad extension In 1873 with
those In 187S he shows that for Wisconsin
there was an Increase of 9 per cent; for the
four granger states, Wisconsin, Illinois,
Iowa and Minnesota,' there was an Increase
of 6.1 per cent: for four adjoining non-
granger states, Michigan, Missouri, Indiana
and , Nebraska, lhee was an Increase of
tl per cent; for Jhe country at large, an
Increase of 6.S per cent.
All over the country there was a decline
of gross earnings of railroads In those
years. But for the three granger states for
which figure are available, Wisconsin, Il
linois and Iowa, the decline was only one
half of 1 per cent. For three adjoining
nongranger states the decline was 7.S per
cent; for the country at large, 4.4 per cent.
It would not be fan to argue from such
figures that the proposed Wisconsin laws
will Increase railroad profits. But that
kind of an argument would be fully as
rational as the bugaboo threats and proph
ecies which the railroads are making.
INTERRUPTED PlBLlC CAREERS.
Interesting and Instructive Cases of
Political Recuperation.
Washington Post.
Mr. Thomas H. Carter Is again a senator
in congress from the far-off state of Mon
tana. It is one of those cases of political
recuperation, not rare, but always Interest
ing. As this gentleman left the senate four
years ago he discharged a Parthian arrow
that found the vitals of a river and har
bor bill, and for some weeks he was the
fullest discussed and best abused man In
the country. Nobody supposed that he
would again take a scat in that chamber
and again help to Judge Israel.
The late Matthew H. Carpenter lost his
seat In the senate In 1&75. The country
was In a roar because of the "salary grab"
of the Forty-second congress, which Car
penter not only voted for, but took the
stump to defend. He was the ablest man
of the great west and one ot the most
brilliant men of our history. On the stump
he was irresistible and he knew so well
that he could do without the senate better
than the senate could do without him that
ho was simply reckless In his speeches.
In defending his vqte for the acceptance
of the back pay he one day made a speech
that shocked all the Puritanism of Wis
consin, and it cost him the senator-ship.
For some years he was known ayhe
"great defeated." But in 1379 he was again
a senator and died a member of that body
In 1841.
Ben Butler was another gentleman of
national proportions who lost a seat in
congress to regain it. In 1874 a tidal 'dem
ocratic year he was defeated by a man
of tha name of Thompson, but In 1876 he
was returned to the Forty-fifth congress.
Butler also took and defended the salary
grab, but that was not the Issue when ho
was defeated.
There is a hiatus In Senator Allison's
service. He left the house ot representa
tives In 1871 and did not enter the senate
until 1873. James B. Beck left the house In
187B. Beveral young fellows and some
old .ones had long cast covetous eyes oh
his seat, and In 1874 he declined to scram
ble for ths nomination, and Joe Black
burn succeeded him In the house. It was
not until 1877 that Beck became a senator.
And Senator Blackburn himself regained
a seat In the senate after he hsd lost it.
In 189S, In defiance of the state platform,
he Insisted on 16 to 1 and lost his seat,
but four years later. In the chaos of Goe
bellam, he regained It.
Senator Oorman Is another conspicuous
publlo man who was defeated for re-election
to the senate and after a time spent In
private life again triumphed In politics snd
returned to the senate. The same thing
happened to the late Senator Quay.
When Warner Miller got Thomas C.
IMatt's seat In the senate In 1881 few men
expected that Mr. Piatt would again have
a political existence, but he did. He nomi
nated Harrison In lHtiS. He came back
to the senate In 1897, and sums recent do
ings In the "amen corner" of the Fifth
Avenue hotel would Indicate that he Is a
remarkably spry man for his age; and
Governor Odel) can testify s to that.
TATE PRESS COMMENT.
Howells Journal: They still rmve a sens
torial deadlock In Missouri. The election
of United States senators by a direct vote
of the people would put an end to all such
foolishness and at the same time place bet
ter men In the senate.
Kearney Hub: Former Benator IUetrlch
has returned to Nebraska and Is again a
private cltisen. His work as a senator was
both capable and conscientious and neither
he nor the people of the state need apolo
gise for sny portion of It.
Bradshaw Republican: Governor Joseph
Folk and Rev. Joseph Schell there's two
Josephs for you, who as reformers are up
and doing something. Give us a few more
Josephs and there will be some signs that
the world Is growing better.
Albion News: The prevailing custom ot
calling Roosevelt a good democrat or pop
ulist has ceased to be a good Joke. All
the reforms that have ever had practical
application In this nation have come
through the republican party. There Is no
Indication that this rule will be changed
In the near future.
Grand Island Independent: We are In
cllned toward the conviction, after read
Ing Mr. Holdrege's statement concerning
the discouraglngly low railroad rates In
this state, that the legislature should lm
mediately pass a law Increasing the freight
rates and making everybody pay who
rides on a train, it Is also, now, the more
eaaily understood why the railroads did not
pay all their, taxes. They hadn't the
money.
Stanton Register: The evil of the railroad
pass seems to be considered In a negative
sense by the present legislature. If any of
them refused a pass It Is not known to
their constituents. It may be that mem
bers think they are not Influenced by the
pass. If one of the common herd would
go to Lincoln and give a member $300 It
would be considered a bribe and the of
fender would be arrested as a common
briber of the lawmaker.
Loup City Northwestern: The farmers'
combine In the legislature is, to our way
of thinking, a mistake. Put the shoe on
the other foot and see how it would pinch.
Let the lawyers, the bankers, the irre
pressible real estate men, or any other like
combination be formed and these same
farmer combiners would raise a howl that
would make old-time populism sound like
the wall of a lone coyote to a pack of
starving timber wolves. Isn't that true?
Let the farmer members stand out and
make their fight In the open and win or
lose on merit rather than by secret force
and compact.
Aurora Republican: The Republican is In
no mood to smother Its disappointment at
the action of the house in killing the direct
primary legislation. We had hopl our
legislative members were guided In some
large measure by the desires of their con
stituents, but this does not seem to be the
case. Especially had we hoped to see
Messrs. Anderson and Cunningham line up
In favor of a long stride toward political
purity. We do not know the motives which
prompted their opposition to the bill, but
we can assure them that they have not
voted the sentiments of their constituents
In this important matter. Their action oc
casions genuine regret if not displeasure.
Norfolk Press: How can a man with an
annual pass In his pocket consistently vote
to make It a misdemeanor for his successor
to do the same thing? It Is a condition,
not a theory, that confronts the members
of the legislature on the question of an
anti-pass law, and there Is little hose that
the measure introduced will be passed at
this session. The defeat of the measure
will, however, serve to emphasise the pur
pose of the railroads In giving these passes
to legislators, aa well as the false position
In which the recipient is placed by accept
ing such a favor. It may be that some day
the people will become sufficiently aroused
on this question to refuse to elect any man
who has ever ridden on a pass to any office
within their gift, and when that day comes
some untrammeled railway legislation may
be expected.
Albion News: The railroad lobby at Lin
coln Is trying to Impress upon the mem
bers of the legislature that there Is no de
mand on the part of the people for a re
duction of rates. We believe there is an
emphatic demand on the part of the people
for this very thing. It will be eminently
proper thnt the people give their represen
tatives emphatic evidence of this fact. Let
every one write a letter to our' representa
tive and senator Informing them of the
sentiment In their neighborhood. We have
as yet no right to believe that our repre
sentatives do not wish to reflect the' de
sires of their constituents, but if they do
not know or are In doubt what the people
want, then we will be partly to blame If
they do not vote In accordance with the
wishes of the people. If 100 men In Boone
county will write to our members that the
public sentiment Is In favor of a rate bill
It will give them no chance of misunder
standing what the people want, and we be
lieve they will conform to the wishes of
their constituents. There should be no de
lay in this matter. Write today.
WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF?
Edgar Howard Looks Backward Ten
Tears and Then Asks Question.
Columbus Telegram.
Ten years ago this winter the repub
licans had an overwhelming majority in
the Nebraska legislature. The majority
rode roughshod over the minority, and
failed in every instance to redeem the
pledges made by the party at the election.
That legislature elected Thurston to the
senate, enacted a sugar bounty law, passed
the Omaha fire and police bill, popularly
known as the American Protective associa
tion bill, and in tine, made a deplorable
record throughout the session. In the
closing days ot that legislative assembly
some of the strong republican newspapers
In the state appealed to the legislature to
make a better record, and warned the
members that the people would repudiate
the republican party at the polls unless
something was done to show that the mem
bers were legislating for the whole people,
rather than for a few. The warning was
unheeded, but the prophecy was fulfilled.
Two years later tha people of the state
elected a majority ot democrats and popu
lists to the legislature. At, the present time
the republican newspapers are appealing
to the legislature to make a better record.
The Lincoln Star sounds a wild note of
warning, declaring that the republican
party will be held responsible for the work
of the legislature, and Intimating that the
work up to date will not meet publlo ap
proval. The position of the Star is well
taken. Not a move has the legislature
made to redeem party pledges. The re
publican party promised to make such
amendments to the revenue law as JusUce
should demand. Nothing has been done.
The republican party promised to curb the
grain and elevator trusts. Nothing has
been done. The republican leaders prom
ised to enact a railroad regulation bill.
Two railroad bills have been- Introduced,
but It Is apparent that no bill to reulate
railroads will be passed, unless It Is In
such shspe that It will not stand the test
in the courts, and accordingly be ot no
value to the people. The republican ma
jority In the legislature Is so large that
it must bear all the blame for bad legis
lation. There are not enough democrats
In the house to Impede any program ot
the majority, and the senate la solidly
republican. If any good legislation shall
be accomplished the people must give all
the glory to the republican majority. And
that majority must sustain all blame for
failure to redeem republican (tied
ROVXP Allot T HEW TORK.
Rlnnles on the Current of Life In the
Metropolis.
What is said to be the first Instance of
Its kind In the history of medical science
was sucenssfuny performed In a New Tork
hospital the other tsy. A finger was taken
from the hand of a woman snd grafted
upon the hand of another woman. This
was the lsst step In sn operation bgan
nearly a month ago.
The second finger cf the 'one woman's
right hand was grafted to the stump of the
second finger of the left hand of the other.
The latter had lost all the fingers up to a
second Joint In a shooting accident several
years ago. She paid the first woman tjyo
for the digit that Is now on her hand.
The woman who surrendered her linger,
to all appearances, was the only one to
sniffer during the operation, but ahe bore
It with Spartan courage. The woman who
was getting the new finger did not seem to
feel the slightest pain.
The present alarming spread of spotted
fever Is a repetition of the epidemic of
the first three years of the "TOs. In which
there were many deaths, according to
Health Commissioner Darlington.
In January of this year there were 17
deaths from tht disease. LnM January
there were twenty-flve. In February there
were 149 deaths, an Increase of 1:3 over
February of last year. There were ?71
deaths from the disease In 1903, and In
19i4 there were l.tll, sn Increase of 940.
This year the 556 deaths of January and
February have been augmented by forty-
four last week and by twenty-nine the
week before. For the correnponding weeks
of 1304 the deaths were four and three, re
spectively.
According toothe records of the health
department, the epidemic of the '70s began
among street car horses and spread to
human beings. Dr. Darlington thinks that
the disease Is In some way brought on by
the severe winters, since the last epidemic
followed closely a succession of unusually
cold winters, as In the caae of the present
epidemic.
"Cerebro-menlngltla is due to a germ
which presumably enters the nose and
works its way to the brain," said Dr. Dar
lington. "It Is found In the flukt surround
ing the brain snd in the fluid of the spinal
cord after death. I think that It Is mildly
Infectious. Here Is a question that my
commission to Investigate spotted fever
must solve: Shall cases of this disease
be Isolated, and shall the houses where
they have developed be disinfected?"
Captain Steve Van Allen, who has been
shooting things out of other men's mouths
at the Madison Square Garden Sportsmen's
show, shot a few remarks out of his own
mouth In court. He hit the bullseye, too,
for Magistrate Flammer discharged him.
Roundsman Tom Gleason arrested Van
Allen as he was about to smash with a
rifle bullet a glass ball held between his
assistant's lips. Gleason said the stunt
was dangerous.
"It's a violation of the sanitary code,"
said the roundsman to Magistrate Flammer
In court.
"I should say it was, replied the magis
trate. "It would also tend to Injure the
health of the spectators by making them
unduly nervous. I shouldn't think It would
be amusing to watch a man risk his life
In that way."
"It Isn't an amusement to me," corrected
Van Alton. "It's my business. I've been at
It for years, all over the world. I have fired
hundreds of thousands of shots, and never
missed or hurt anybody."
"But suppose you should miss?" sug
gested Magistrate Flammer.
"I couldn't afford to," said Van Allen.
"What does anybsdy want to see such
things for, anyhow?" queried Magistrate
Flammer.
"What do folks shoot the chutes for?"
asked the ready captain.
"I'll out out the glass ball part," Anally
volunteered the rifle expert, "if you will
let me keep on splitting cards with my
rifle. That isn't dangerous. The man can
bold the card out at arm's length."
Magistrate Flammer agreed to allow this
on Van Allen's promise to omit all shooting
around the head.
A woman boarded a Madison avenue car
at Twenty-fourth street the other day. She
was prety and knew it. Some time after
she paid her fare she called the conductor,
who was at the far end of the car from
her, and In a soft, musical and well-modulated
voice salt so that all could hear:
"Conductor, will you please tell me
when this car reaches Forty-fourth
street?" and she smiled at him archly.
At Thirtieth street she asked him If
they were near the place. The car was not
and the conductor told her so. "It's four
teen blocks off," he answered, as he rang
up another fare. In ten minutes the car
was proceeding slowly because of a long
line of wagons the objective street was
reached and the conductor called it out
with more than .ordinary distinctness. But
the woman did not arise. The car stopped
and the conductor called the street again.
Still no sign of rusr rising. Then the bell
cord was pulled and the car rolled onward.
"I though you wanted to get ott at
Forty-fourth street," said the conductor as
the car was topping at Forty-fifth street.
'Oh, no," she answered pleasantly and
Innocently enough looking. "You see, it's
this way. Mrs. Brown lived in the second
flat of that building on Forty-fourth street,
and my sister asked me this morning to
look up and see If there waB a 'For Kent'
sign on the window. We had heard she has
moved, but my sister wanted to be sure
of It. And now will you please give me a
transfer?"
Half a dozen asphalt companies are after
the large paving contracts that are about
to be let in Brooklyn. Even cheaper pav
ing Is the prospect for the borough before
the fight Is over. The Barber Aiwruilt com
pany has invaded the field and, according
to a eeml-orncl! statement, "Intends to
make a deep cut In prices. This company
already has obtained a large contract to
lay asphalt' paverncht. with concrete foun
dation, at l.6 per square yard, which la
slightly lower than the average price for
1P04 and considerably below the average
price for 1. which was fcOrft per square,
ysrd.. In view of the effect caused by the
opening gun of tha Barber concern, there Is
considerable curiosity ss to what prlcea
will be on the seventeen contracts, bids
for which will be opened by President Lit
tleton. Fashionable New Yorkers who live On
the exclusive Forty-seventh street block be
tween Fifth and-Madison avenues are re
ported to be much disturbed over the pur
chase by a modiste of the house formerly
occupied by Richard Canfleld as a gambling
resort. It Is understood that the house Is
to be converted Into a tailoring establish
ment. Among the dwellers on the block ar
Perry Belmont, the Boardmana, the Alex
anders, the Ptevenses, the Glldersleeves.
the Baxters snd mnny more of New York's
ultrafashlonahle folk. They fear that this
pmpnsed commercial establishment Is the
erherlng weOge on their Mock for the In
vajtlon of trad thnt Is driving society ott
Fifth svenue. As a result of the fashion
able alartn some, curiosity Is expressed aa
to the school of murals prevailing In a dis
trict which protests against a dressmaker
but tolerate gamblers.
PERSONAL fcOTES.
There are to be fifty-three Sundays this
year snd according to the annalists this
has not happened before since 1828, and
will not happen again until SHIR.
Dr. Joseph B. Moore Is one of tho oldest
residents In Washington and weU remem
bers hunting quails In the woods which Is
now occupied as Lafayette square.
A Chicago university professor hoe found
a tropical weed which he says makes a
better smoke than tobacco because It has
no effect on the nerves. It won't do; the
smoker Is looking for that nerve effect.
John L. Dube, whose father was a Zulu
king. Is In Boston trying to raise money
with which to establish an Industrial school
In his native country. His father gave up
the throoe after he became a Christian.
Edwin W. Sims, whom President Roose
velt has'appolnted solicitor of the Depart
ment of Commerce and Labor, is a Chl
cagoan and for the last eighteen months
has been special attorney for tho Bureau
of corporations, a branch of the depart
ment of which he Is named solicitor.
Lieutenant Zebulon Montgomery Pike, an
officer in the United Btatea army, discov
ered tho famous peak that bears his namo
on November 13, 1806. The Chamber of
Commerce of Colorado Springs has started
a movement to honor the 100th anniversary
of this event In 1906 by a celebration to be
participated in by the entire state.
The Louisville Courier-Journal offered five
prizes for the best five suggestion for ad
vertising the city. The theory has lately
been advanced and with a measure of ac
ceptance, that a city needs to be adver
tised as much as a business does. The
Judges decided that the mott effective plan
proposed was the raising of a sufficient
amount of money to advertise the city's
advantages in the leading newspapers pub
lished In the territory from which the city
expects to draw trade and population, fol
lowed up by advertising In the loading
Journals of the country. All the proposals
had reference to some form of newspaper
advertising.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
The early robin sat on the bare limb of a
tree and looked gloomily at the ullw. ot
snow In the shadows of the buildings.
"I may look like a robin," said the bird,
shivering In the raw east wind, "but I foal
like a blooming Jay." Chicago Tribune.
"Pa, what's forbidden fruit?"
"Oh, any old kind that's good." Chicago
Record-41erald.
"I never knew before that he was a re
ligious crank."
"Nonsense! he Isn't."
"He certnlnly Is. He got me In a corner
tho other day and asked me If I was pre
pared to die."
"Of course. He Is an Insurance agent."
Philadelphia Ledger.
"Did you notice how that Pittsburg mil
lionaire removed a temptation from the
pathway of his susceptible son?"
"No. How did he do it?"
"The boy wanted to marry an actress and
the father objected. Then the father mar
ried hh actress himself." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
"Your daughter seema to be terribly de
pressed because she may not be able tt
graduate this spring."
"Yes, poor girl. Tt is going to be a tef
rlble blow to her If she fails. The lovely
dress we have had made for her will not,
of course, be In style another year." Chi
cago Record-Herald.
Mr. Borem May 1 have the pleasure of
this waltz, Miss Luvvey?
Miss Luvvey Excuse inc. please I don't
care to dance.
Mr. Borem Then I shall take great pleas
ure In sitting here and talking to you until
tho waltz Is ended.
Miss L. Oh! Let's dance! Cleveland
Leader,
THE NEWLY RICH.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Since Silas Sorreltop struck "lie"
Some year or two ago,
His folks put on a deal of style
As they would have you know;
They have no use for common stuff
Nor for the simple life
The best Is hardly good enough
For Silas and his wife.
Their food Is served on solid gold
And gotten up with care:
They breathe exclusively, I'm told,
A special brand of air.
No cheap or vulgar object mars
The household, It Is said
They even have no family Jars,
But Jardinieres Instead.
You walk with
her, you rock her,
you give her sugar,
you try all kinds
of things!
But she coughs
all through the long
night, just the same !
No need spending another
night this way. Just a dose
or two of Ayers Cherry
Pectoral will soothe the
throat, quiet the cough, insure a good night's rest.
Ask your doctor about the wisdom of your
keeping this remedy in the house, ready for these
night coughs of the children. Doctors have the
formula. They know all about this medicine.
Mass Vy h. J. O. imOt, Iw.U. Katt.
A.o ataaicturm ot
iTfi l mra YIGOft-Fsr t hair. ATKU H PILLS-For centtlDSttea.
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