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Notary Public.
Texas will not permit tlio nrpsitlent to
t-oncnr In the opinion of (.eneral Sheri
dan If it can prevent It.
Since Moslems have begun lynching
rhrlstisns in Turkey there is no room
to dlnpute the extension of American
Idea abroad;
Tin; Commercial club uml the real au
ra nt keepers tteem at last to Intra ar
rived at peace negotiations without eveu
calling in an arbitration board.
Now that an Independent sugar re
finery is to be opened at San Francisco
the "Sujrar trust",' may reach the dignity
of a governmental Investigation.
Spinal meningitis Is the latest disease
to attract the attention of the physi
cian, so the vermiform- appendix may
hope to b given a lunch needed rest.
In sending an experienced orientalist
as minister to Morocco, (icrmany Is evi
dently more anxious to understand just
what the sultan means rather than what
he says. .
With a democrat serving as mayor of
Lincoln It will ill befit the republicans of
the Capital Clty-tn cast aspersions on
the republicans of auy olher part of
Nebraska.
mgclatwx of ixsiitAXcr:.
That the development repe-tlng the
Equitable Life Assurance society, which
arc commanding general attention be
cause of the wide extent of the society's
business and its pronilneuee as a timui
fl.il institution. will operate to
strengthen sentiment in favor of federal
supervision and regulation of life in
mini hit couipanie is highly probable.
The Equitable Is reported to have
(mil policy bolder, distributed through
out the country and It Is alleged that
the affairs of the s-letv have Itecn nils-
12c i
id managed, to the serious detriment of
delivery I unlli v hnhlci-a The cliartrex are to
be Investigated by the New York Insur
ance authorities and meanwhile the
business of the company is suffering
more or less injury, which necessarily
affects unfavorably the Interests of those
who have policies in It. There is no (iue
tion as to the Equltable's solvency, but
the Inevitable effect of the developments
is to somewhat impair its standing ami
credit with the public. There are sugges
tions of manipulation which cannot be
otherwise than harmful to the business
so long as they are not disproved.
The Wall Street Journal expresses
the opinion that while what has taken
place in this corporation might have
taken place under federal regulation, yet
there can be little doubt that on the
whole supervision by the national gov
ernment would afford ltctter protection
for the policy holders. It remarks that
there is no other business in the coun
try, unless It be that of the savings
banks, which more surely comes under
the principle of governmental regula
tion than that of life Insurance. "There
Is no other business to which the princi
ple of publicity should be more rigidly
applied. Such publicity in the case of
the Insurance com panic, whose busi
ness covers the whole country, can best
1k established through federal control."
This neeords with the position of nearly
all the leading life insurance men In
the country who huve expressed them
selves on the subject. Among these
Is Tutted States Senator Dryden of New
Jersey, president of one of the princi
pal life Insurance companies, who In
troduced a bill iu the senate providing
for the federal supervision and regula
tion of corporations engaged jn the
business of life Insurance. That meas
ure recelred the very general approval
of the men prominently engaged In the
business and will undoubtedly be
pressed for consideration In the next
congress.
The Kqultahle developments may be
expected not only to strengthen senti
ment among the men at the head of
life Insurance compaules favorable to
federal regulation, but also to arouse In
terest in the question on the part of
the large army of policy holders, num
bering many millions. It would seem
that these people would unanimously
favor regulation by the federal govern
ment, since they must readily under
stand that it wonld assure greater se
curity for their Interests. The courts
having held that the business of life
great deal more than luO miles of tele
graph or telephone lines running 1m
tween Omaha and Lincoln.
There Is im more Justice or equity In
exempting this class of corporations
from bearing its Just share of the bur
dens fur maintaining municipal govern
ment than there Is for allowing the rail
roads to evade these burdens under pre
tense of mileage distribution of the
value of their terminal properties, when
in fact there never has been such dis
tribution and never will be so long as
these terminals are not oppraised sepa
rately and returned ut their true value.
carelessness wilh wild lire Is most prevalent.
The projHised location of the juvenile
court under the dome of the Capitol
avenue market house is a happy after
thought. The architect doubtless had an
Inspiration that the Imposing structure
would become a palace of Justice some
day.
While admitting that (ierniany stands
for "the open door" in Morocco. France
seems to fear that Its sentiment might
change should it once get beyond the
threshold.
tieneral Oyamn reports the repulse
of a band of Kusslaus. This must be
encouraging news to St. Petersburg,
where the power of the army to make an
attack has been seriously questioned.
If the biennial election law shall bo
held constitutional our first opportunity
for trying the new direct primary elec
tion law will be In the spring of 1006,
when we come to nominate candidates
for municipal offices...
Fewer deaths from railway accidents
are reported for the last quarter of 11)04
than! for the preceding three months,
but as the report of passengers carried
has not been made public congratula
tions may be premature.
t-KCHICTAItr TAFTS TASK.
The absence from Washington of
President Koosevelt and Secretary Hay
has iinimsod upon Secretary of War
Taft the task of looking after our for
eign affairs us well as those of his own
oflice. There is mi acting, secretary of
state, but it apM'urs that he is charged
only with the duty of seeing to the rou
tine business of the department, all
Important matters In connection with
foreign relations being attended to by
the secretary of war, with whom the
foreign ministers will transact their
business. It is noted that the diplomats
have not visited the War department
since !shi, when, In the absence of
President McKlnloy and Secretary Hay,
Secretary Itoot acted as head of the
State department, but without the title.
At present the fact that peace negotia
tions between Ittissiu and .lupnn may
be entered upon in the near future makes
It necessary that a cabinet orlicer shall
be at the head of the diplomatic depart
ment of the government.
So fur as Washington Is concerned
Secretary Taft is now at the head of the
government mid that he will be found
equal to every requirement can be con
fidently assumed, in every position lie
lios occupied he lias shown n high order
of ability and judgment and it is safe
to say that the duties now devolved
upon him will lie wisely and well per
formed. There is no place In the gov
ernment that Mr. Taft is not well quali
fied for and no one enjoys in greater
degree the popular respect and confidence.
Now that the Omaha Civic Improve
ment league has been duly organised
for the year, the Tlrst thing In order will
be an Inspection of unsightly bill boards
by the bill board committee, with ample
power to have theiu pulled down.
That street railway extension Is now
waiting on a determination which , of
four routes offers the greatest advantage
for const ruction. .This must Is- a case
where Fort Crook would be better off
If there were only one way to get there.
Louis Kossuth has a plan to be sub
mitted to the emperor for bringing the
present Austro-Huugarluii deadlock to
an end. but until a committee passe
upon It no one can tell whether It Is a
demand for abdication or an offer on
the part of the parliament to pass out
of existence.
, General Test has ransacked the Bible
for a text against Rockefeller's tainted
money. Inasmuch as John 1. Kocke
feller has lieen a lifo-long teacher of a
Bible class In Sunday school he ought
to le able to cope with tieneral Test.
Hut maybe poor Mr. Rockefeller doc
riot want to see stars.
Ileal estate men who are familiar with
coudittous In all the western cities In
Omaha's class declare that realty prices
in Omaha are lower comparatively than
in any other place with similar busi
ness and population. Real estate Invest
ment at present prices In almost any
psrt of Omaha ars sure to bring guod
ami substantial reruns.
Insurance Is not commerce, there Is
doubt whether congress has the power
to provide for Its regulation, but if it
should be determined that it has not
there probably would be little difficult?
In securing the adoption of an amend
ment to the constitution giving congress
the power. It seems a safe prediction
that federal supervision and regulation
of life Insurance will come in the not
very remote future.
L
TELKGRAP1I AXD TELKPIfoXF. ASSESS
MKKT. The supreme court has rendered a de
cision declaring that the gross receipts
In a given year of a telegraph or tele
phone company is not the value of the
franchise of the respective corporations
and therefore cannot be taxed as a
franchise, although the amouut of the
gross receipts may be taken Into con
sideration In determining the value of
the franchise. This Is undoubtedly iu
accordance with the letter and spirit of
the constitution, which requires tliu
property of all Individuals or corpora
tions to be taxed according to its value.
While the earning capacity of a tele
graph or telephone company constitutes
an element in ascertaining Its value, It
alone cannot be taken to represent iho
true value either, of its tangible prop
erty or of Its franchises. The true basis
of the value of all, property Is the price
at which It can be purchased In the
market and the market price of tele
graph or telephone properties la the sum
of the market value of Its securities
namely, the bonds and stocks added to
gether. Where these stocks nud bonds
epresent real estate, that Is separately
assessed as such, the value of the real
estate must be deducted from the ag
gregate market value of Its stocks and
bonds and the residue represents the
true value fot taxation purposes of the
tangible and intangible personal prop
erty, including the franchise. This
simple rule of taxation should have been
patent to the lawmakers that framed
the revenue act of 1003.
The only question the supreme court
decision does not seem to have covered
is the manner of ascertaining the value
of the tangible property and frauehlse
value of telegraph and telephone com
panies, exclusive of real estate, for mu
nicipal taxation. The market value of
the telegraph and telephone Instruments,
telegraph poles, lines and conduits
within the city limits constitutes only
a very small fraction of the principal
value of telegraph and telephone prop
erty wimin tne respective cities. Their
earnings wlthlu the city should certainly
be taken Into consideration because they
are the most valuable asset these com
panies have, and. Inasmuch as they eu
joy all the benents of municipal govern
ment, the use of public streets, police
protection and all the other adjuncts
that create an income for them, their
proportion of municipal taxation should
be Boniethlug more than merely a divi
sion of the aggregate capitalisation on
a mileage basis. One hundred miles of
telegraph and telephone lUies within the
city of Omaha are certainly worth a
UEHMAXY'S IXIT1AT1VF..
ll bus been commonly understood that
the tirst suggestion regarding the limita
tion of the war zone in the far east and
the observance of Chinese neutrality
by the belligerents came from (ierniany
and originated with Emperor William.
This Is now confirmed by the publication
of the advance sheets of foreign rela
tions. It appears Unit t lit' Cermau
initiative was kept secret because the
emperor believed that the suggestion
respecting Chinese neutrality would "b"
more effective If made from Washing
ton than if coming from ltcrlin. a very
marked compliment v to the influence
of the American Iiepurtment of State,
for it is not to be doubted that Kmperor
William had it full appreciation of the
historic! Importance of his Initiative. in
this very vltol matter. He doubtless
knew,, however, Hint eventually the
source of the suggestion would become
known to the world and now that the
credit has been placed where it belongs
lie can have the satisfaction of reading
the commendation which the disclosure
will elicit, not only from his own peo
ple, but from those of all countries.
The (German emperor made no mis
take in his estimate of American in
fluence. The Department of State
acted promptly upon his suggestion anil
with the desired result. Of course
there has not been unbroken respect for
Chinese neutrality on the part of either
belligerent. The exigencies of the war
made some violations of the neutrality
of China unavoidable, though this does
not excuse all the instances In which
Russia and Japan have offended. On
the whole, however, they have lieen
quite faithful to the pledge they gave
and doubtless will continue to be. Em
peror William lias done few things In
his career so creditable as this to his
Judgment and foresight.
Mach in Think About.
Philadelphia North American.
H I said to be growing more and more
difficult for the ciar 'to give sustained at
tention to any subject." Tct he lis sev
eral million subjects Imperatively demand
ing attention.
Meaaare of lowa'a Prosperity,
New York Tribune.
Iowa still holds the lead In respect to the
number of country telephones. That fact
I regarded by Iowa people as a fair meas
ure of the prosperity of their state, and
it certainly Is an indication of general well-helnc.
A Pear to Ilansr Hope On.
Washington Post.
Senator Elkins ha invited prominent
railroad presidents to testify before his
committee on the railway rate legislation.
It is intimated that the members of the
committee will report favorably upon a
bill regulating railway rates If the rail
way presidents Insist upon It.
rKRSOVM. SOTES.
lllsrh Road 4o Harmony,
Cincinnati Enquirer.
'1 would have to be mighty ugly if I
were a woman," say Colonel Bryan, "be
fore 1 would hire a man to marry me and
take me to a foreign country." (lood for
the colonel. If he will only stick to that
line of discussion there may be democratic
harmony yet.
HISTht Man for the Job.
New Tork Sun.
We commend especially the appointment
of Charles E. Magoon as governor of the
canal none. He is the right man for that
Job. As the law officer of the bureau of
insular affairs under Secretary Boot and
later under Secretary Taft, he ha proved
his adequacy and has won the grateful
admiration of his official superiors. Prob
ably no sen-ant of American expansion has
contributed, in proportion to the apparent
magnitude of the post he has held, more
of sound Judgment, sagacious policy and
unassuming but efficient industry than
Judge Magoon.
Faithless Postofllee Inapeetora.
Indianapolis News.
It looks more and more as though there
had been crookedness In the Postofflce de
partment In relation to the get-rich-quick
swindlers of Philadelphia. These cormo
rants have for years been using the malls
to circulate their lying literature and to
lure men to Intrust their hard-earned
earnings to their clutches. Repeated com
plaints were made to the department.
But the sw'lndlers apparently had friends
Inside and they continued their rascally
There Is one thing to be snid of tl.e Her
man emperor whenever lie makes a move
or a speech the world sits up and tnkes
notice.
Now that Jiu-jitsu has been imlnrsed by
the army and navy, Japanese diplomacy
will prohiibly have a higher opinion of u.
than ever.
When the czar of Russia d.iies out,
except It be at the house of a very inti
mate friend, he always takes his chef to
cook his food. and. as is the ase with
King Edward, takes his own wine along.
Commenting on the passing of great
prilish estates and other valuable pns
essions into American hands London
Graphic asks. "Were there no Cnlted
States, would English society be solvent?"
The fashion of politicians starting maga
zines fcr the exploitation of themselves
and their thorics is spreading. Former
Governor "Bob" Taylor of Tennessee ha
Just launched a periodical of that char
acter. Mayor George II. Williams. Portland,
Oregon's. "Grand Old Man," the last sur
viving member of President Grant's cabi
net, celebrated his eighty-second b.rthday
last Monday. He was attorney general of
the United States Imm 1S7J to 1S7J.
Able Seaman Samuel Holllnghurst is said
to be the best gunner In the British Meet.
Eiring with a six-Inch gun while the war
ship Orake was going at full speed he put
seven successive shots through a target
measuring 0 feet by S at a distance of
1. ova feet.
By a decision of the German supreme
court at Hamburg it Is established that the
person who pays for the food ordered at a
restaurant ie the absolute owner of the
food. The decision was the result of n
suit brought by the proprietor of an eat-
inghouse, who claimed that a pearl, valued
at $7.Vi, which a woman found In her mouth
while eating oysters, belonged to him, on
the ground that shells, like chicken bones,
were by tradition left by customers, and
were a source of profit to the proprietor
The court decided thut the pearl did not
belong to the plaintiff, nor to the woman
who found It, but to her escort, the man
who paid for the oysters.
CHICAGO'S EW MAVOB.
C OM l.l MVK, HI T PRKITY TOICH
Analysis of the Bounce of the Panama
Canal Commission
Brooklyn Eagle.
When congress was In session and was
pa.slng a bill amending Panama control,
the president desired all the canal com
mlssloners to be legislated out of office.
The house assented, l.ut the senate rel'us 'd
and the bill was passed leaving them in
office.
On Wednesday Secretary Taft, under or
der of the president, peremptorily :;ecur.-d
the resignation of all the commissioner.
under the plain notice that otherwise they
would Instantly be n moved. All of them
instantly resigned.
Only a few months ago they were ap
pointed by the president, who expl lined
to the country that they were eminently
competent, and the press of the country
business until a Philadelphia newspaper responded with praise and enthusiasm to
began to Investigate their methods. It was
left to private enterprise to do what the
government ought years ago to have done.
Plenty of Klbovr Itoom.
Denver Republican.
Three Indian reservations iu Montana,
Wyoming and Ctah are slated for opening
before the fall of 19"8. A young man who
gets a claim on either of these reserva
tions Is Independent for life. There are no
such opportunities for land-getting In the
east, where every foot' of ground has been
under private "ownership for years and
where land is , 111 , at a high valuation.
The young man. in tne east nnaa nis oppor
the president's action
Joday all of them- are out of office,
though one or two of them are to be re
designated. Their experience with their
duties or the president's experience with
them must have ben unsatisfactory. Their
friends In the senate have a right to do
a great deal of thinking, but the situation
Is now beyond their control.
All these late ippolnteca were men of
distinction and some of thetn men of em
Inence. Several had been connected with
the canal movement for years. To their
knowledge was due the ability of the ad
ministration to change the route from Nic
aragua to Panama ery quickly', and It
was of their knowledge that Senator
tunlties confined to those of business, and
even In this there is much more competl- Hanna, the chairman of the canal comnilt-
tion to meet than In the west, where the
Inrush of a new population mukes new op
portunities In all lines. From the present
outlook the next ten years will be the
most prosperous and progressive decade the
west has ever known. Fortunate will he
the eastern young men who are wise
enough to take Horace Greeley's advice at
this day and to grow up with a growing
country.
Section 1." of article vl of our consti
tution, relating to the judicial depart
ment, rends as follows:
There shall be elected in and for each
organized county one Judge who shall be
Judge of the county court of such county
and whose term of office shall be two year.
And, again, section 20 of the same
article reads as follows:
The term of office of all such officers
namely, judicial officers when not other
wise prescribed In this article shall be two
years.
But the late lamented legislature de
cided to override the constitution by ex
tending the terms of Judicial officers one
year. In the language of a famous popu
list leader, "The constitution be
damned."
The Lincoln Star insists that the reign
of anarchy and constitution-breaking for
which The Hoe has arraigned our law
makers, executives and judges Is an
anarchy under which the state has
waxed great and prosperous, and there
fore cannot le so bad after all. Hut
would not Nebraska be making more
progress and enjoying far greater pros
perity under a regime of respect for law
and strict observance of the constitution?
President llnrrlinau of the Union
Pacific ia not talking about what the
extra capitalization of the Union Pa
cific means, but it Is H8lble he Intends
to appear as defendant rather than as
plaintiff In the next suit to divide
merged stock.
It I noticeable In the reports of spring
elections from the interior Nebraska
towns many of them tell of the voting
of bouds for new school buildings and
other public improvements. Nebraska
towns are nil In a state of healthy
growth.
Forest tires In Pennsylvania are de
stroying property which cannot Is? re
placed in the present generation and
still the east persists in looking upon
the west as the place where irliulual
FA R M En BRYA AMI HIS PLOW.
Leaves the Implement "Standing; In
the Field" at the Call of Dnty.
Washington Post.
I left my plow standing in the field to
come to Des Moines and mingle with my
friends," said W.Illlam J. Bryun when he
arrived at Des Moines, la., last Saturday.
The slovenly habit of leaving farming im
plements "standing In the field," exposed
to all sort of weather, costs the farmers
millions of good dollars every year dollars
twice as good a the kind to which Farmer
Bryan still stands Irrevocably pledged
Hundreds of Intelligent and progressive
agriculturists have spoken and written i n
this Important practical question, and some
of them have been cheered with the hope
that so utterly wanton and excusable an
abuse would soon yield to reformatory In
fluences. But Farmer Bryan e xpunges
that hope. When he, the most conspicuous
farmer In the Vnlted States, announces to
his countrymen through the Associated
Press that "I left my plow standing tn
tha field," he 'end the puissant force of
eminent example to tho worst phase of
agricultural Improvidence.
If Mr. Bryan had been Interrupted in
hla plowing by a sudden and unexpected
call of paramount Importance such, for
Instance, as the writing of a friend's last
will and testament or the capture of an
Issue for ne might have been excused
for "leaving his plow standing in the
field." That would have been an occasion
demanding dispatch. In response to such
an emergency demand, Farmer Bryun
would have merited no reproach had he
halted hla faithful mule the big gray
mula Imported from Missouri with an
Imperative "Whoa. Cabel," unhitched the
traces from the whlffletree, thrown them
over the mule's back, mounted In hot
haste, and galloped to the stable. But not
even that valid excuse for leaving his
plow exposed to rain and sun would have
necessitated or palliated his advertising
of such treatment of the most useful of
all agricultural appliunces.
As It was, however. Farmer Bryan's de
parture from his field was not unexpected.
He deliberately left his plow to meet un
engagement of many days' standing. And
the fact that he took pains to let the
country know where and how he had left
his plow shows either that ha thinks that
a good example to hold up to his agri
cultural brethren or that he Is more than
willing to encourage them in a costly had
habit by the Influence of his example.
These two views of the Incident are
equally unsatisfactory, but they constitute
tha visible supply. Being thus compelled
to take one of them, we accept the
former as the more charitable. It la easier
to forgive ignorance than to extend that
grace to malice. It la. therefore, a pleas
ure to be'.iexe that when Farmer Bryan
made that proclamation he really believed
that the rigTlt, place for agricultural ma
chinery was the Held.
This Is not very flattering to It dis
tinguished subject, but It can be truthfully
said that Farmer Bryan In this Instance
is further astray thun Bryan the politician.
Bryan the leader of the populists, and
equally the leader of the democrats, has
uniformly hern a to moat of the subjects
to which he has devoted his thoughts, his
tee. took advantage when that change was
very quickly made. Senator Hanna Is
dead.
The president's action will lie accepted
by the country, though It will make sev
eral senators and naval officers of high
distinction very sore. Senators may he
able to hold nn Investigation. Naval of
ficers, however, can rr.uke no complaint,
no matter how they may feel. They are
paid, commissioned and sworn to adopt the
Idea that the president does not do things
because they are right and wise because
he does them. And the country will
roughly conclude that the president Is en
titled to have his way In a matter about
which lie Is very much In earnest. Ho
was elected to have his way. He was
elected not despite but because of his
peculiarities. His characteristics, as well
as his liabilities, were not only condoned,
but approved. whn he was elected. The
senate and the party leaders may ohje t
to this Idea, but the loss they object nnd
the sooner they cease to object the more
clearly will they realize, their obligation
and their limitations.
WHAT W ll.l. Ill SSI Vf
Speculation on the Price Japan Will
Kxaet for Its Tremble.
Philadelphia Ledger.
It wa reported a few days ago in a dis
patch from Paris that Japan would demand
an Indemnity of JSoO.OOn.dOO from Russia as a
part of the terms of peace. The report
did not come from a responsible source. It
was prohubly an idle rumor, hut the sum
named, it was said, "staggered" certain
European diplomats. An Indemnity of such
dimensions Is, however, not unprecedented.
Russia herself, by the trewty of San 8te
fano, exacted from Turkey an Indemnity
amounting to about JTlVXHi.ow. Russia
finally accepted certain territorial cessions
in lieu of four-fifths of this indemnity.
The. heaviest indemnity In modern times
at least wus exueted from France at the
close of the war with Germany. That war
lasted eight months. The German loss was
estimated at 4.",,0u0 men. Besides the ces
sion of Alsace and Iirrulne, France obli
gated herself to pay, and within three
years did pay, to Germany $1,000,000,000.
About $200,000,000 more wa demanded
originally, but Thiers succeeded In reducing
the Indemnity by that much. It Is said that
Juptiu lost 57, 0"0 men Iu the series of en
gagements about Mukden. The total Japa
. neso loss in the easturn war will greatly
exceed that of Germuny In the conflict with
France. Somo of the consideration deter
mining the size of war Indemnities are the
numbers engaged In the war and the losses.
Japan Is not in a position to demand tho
cession of Manchuria. It belongs to China.
Japan holds Port Arthur. She may seize
Vladivostok. Tho money Indemnity may
be Justly greater thun If a lurge cession
of territory owned be made.
In the wur between Japan and China the
latter agreed to pay the victor $17;,000,0u0,
ceded the Island of Formosa, recognized
the Independence of Cores and consented to
open several new treaty pons. The Chino
Japancsu war is not coimiarublo with the
pending eusttrn conflict in the number of
men engaged, the losses and the mighty
Issues at stake. The powara which Inter
veuted to suppress the Boxer uprising de
manded $30,(410,000 from China. The Chinu
Japanean war and the Boxer rebellion were
puny affairs relatively to tlit titanic war
Iu Manchuria. If precedents are- worth
anything in the estimate, an Indemnity of
$00,nri,uuu does not seem to be so unrea
sonable as the "staggered" diplomats of
Europe regard It.
Edirarrf KltsSlmmon Innaie HI
rrrr nail harnrterlstles.
If Brian Boru should drop'lnto Chicago
any of these brig! t mornings and salute
the mayor-elect, the famous ffheient chief
tain would receive a hearty and ready
response. In the ancient tongue with which
he called his warriors to battle on the
islands of Clontarf.
Edward FltzSlmmon Dunne, the new
mayor. Is a Gaelic scholar a well a a
distinguished American Jurist. Ho wu
born of Irish parents In Connecticut fifty
one years ago. wa reared and educated
nt Peoria. III., completing his college
rnnp in Trlnlfv colleae. Dublin. In lSiS
he began hie career as a lawyer In Peoria.
Later he moved to Chicago and In 1M was
elected to the district bench of Cook
county, the youngest practitioner thus
honored up to that time. Notwithstanding
that various national changes In Chicago
since ISC. Judge Dunne has been elected
again and again, and now retires from the
bench to take up the more diverse and
complex duties of chief executive of Chi
cago. A writer In the Record-Herald describes
the mayor-elect as "alert, active and
strong. He is 5 feet H1 incnes in neism.
and weighs ltf) pounds. His hair and mus
tache are black, with the first slight sug
gestion of gmy. His eye Is brown and
kindly; his manner cheerful. Inviting com
panionship. He Is a good swimmer and en
Joys rowing. He delights to ride a bicycle
and will gladly spend hi leisure time with
rod and line when the fishing Is good. He
is fond of golf and lawn tennis, and there
was a time when he thought he could play
base ball. This, however, was prior to the
day he endeuvored to cntch the pitching of
one of his son. The judge did very well
until one particularly fast ball caught him
in the eye and closed the orb for a day. In
addition to affixing an Inde-llble blackness
which made him the subject pf comment
for a week or more. He has decided to
leave the ball playing of the administra
tion to Captain Anson, whom he offers to
back against any city clerk In the country.
In the matter of golf and tennis, however,
he declares that he 1 prepared to meet
the mayors of any city in the world, not
excepting Edinburgh, where the municipal
ownership figure's come from.
"Some years ago, when the younger ele
ment of the democratic party in Chicago
organized the Monticello club, Judge
Dunne was elected president, and then re
elected. When the organization finally
amalgamated with the Irotjuols, the oldest
and most powerful of the clubn of his party
in the west, he was, on two occasions,
made its chief. His interest In the Iroquois
still continues, and there Is rarely a day
when he fulls to appear in the club dining
room for luncheon.
"A man of the people by birth, by in
stinct, by choice, Judge Dunne was active
In the cause of the Boers, and did much
to further their Interests in 1900, when he
wus among those responsible for the visit
of Abrahum Fischer, C. H. Wessels and
A. D. W. Wolmarans to this country and
city as protagonist of the cause of the
South African republics.
"In addition to his judicial duties, the
Judge has serveel as trustee and executor
for many Important estates. Frequently
has he been selected to represent fiduciary
Interests Involving trust relationships with
beneficiary Institutions and Individuals. He
Is on the boards of numerous charitable so
cieties, and is active In church, social and
club life.
"Possessed of a fine library and nn In
veterate reader of newspapers, Judge
Dunne Is constantly alive to and abreast
of the 'topics of the day. He Is fond tof
music, hnd when the spirit moves can sing
fifty Yesrs ihe Standard
MM
Made from pure cream of
tartar derived from grapes.
mayor I shall proeced Immediately to n.
llsli municipal ownership under the !;:.
of the Mueller law. .That law on the
ute books of Illinois provides that the i .. ....
ent lines can be bought, or new lines l. .,
with street car certificates without .1,1 i;
one cent to the indebtedness of the i n ,r
one cent to the taxes of the citizen.
"Hereafter, under municipal ownei-'-.,
tho money that has made Innumerable
lionaires out of Chicago's streets will i,
devoted to Increasing the prosperity of
city,-the comfort tif all the clllxens thm iku
the Improved service, the lowering f t . .
and better pay f"1' street car cniplo. Mu
nicipal ownership will restore to the p. i
their rights In their own streets "
I.AltiHIM. t.AS.
Magistrate I suppose yon will ilHiin 08
were suffering troni temporary uif.ii.cj
when you hit this man.
ITisoner No, judge. 1 dnnno tlmt I i i il
sny 'twas "timp'ranee Insanity. 'Twa
driitik I was at tho toime, sor.Phil.iiiu.
phl.i Ledger.
"George, the man who nailed ilo n i n.it.
beautiful parlor ' carpet of ours lnl n n
flrmlv that we can't get It up."
'you alwnvs said It was hard to h ai.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Cassldy Mv! but he do love to hear him
self talk, don't he?
Casev He do. Faith, if he had the halm
o' talkln' In his eleep, he'd set up il
night to listen and applaud. Pliilauc.uh.
Vress.
"Some men," said l:ncle Eben. "does mo
work makln' a fuss bout a lllth- im o
work dan it would O' took em to do a
whole lot o' actual work." Washington
Star.
Mr
the
"Can we keep birds?" iiniiiin
Younghusbund, who was looking
"Well, vou ran keep canaries ami s ic!i
birds as 'them," replied the genial land
lord, "but there's one bird burred from
these apartments."
"What bird is that?"
"The stork." Louisville Courier Journal.
"young man." said the old mvi h int.
sternly, "I caught you kissing the tips
writer when i returned to the office tins
morning. What have you to eay. sir?''
"Whv." replied nls bright clerk. "tJ
told me to attend to all your duties in
your absence." Philadelphia Ledger.
TIIE SILVER WF.DDINti.
Leslie's Weekly.
Sunshine and guests. A pleasant f".
And fair gifts lying here and Jherc
Mucn sliver ana some gooaiy dok.
With not a few bright flowers, whers-
m.
, , , , . 1A. . . i un not a lew uriEiii num
the old Irish songs with very good effect. Ever nowers could find a place.
A member of numerous Irish societies, he
Is active In keeping green the memory of
the land of his fathers. A stanch Roman
Catholic, he Is a respected communicant
of that church.
In his home life Judge Dunne Is most
A man and woman, mldale-aged.
Stood smiling in each other's eyes;
The world, and worldly thing?, was far
From them, as on that wedding da
Just five, and twenty years agone.
He stretched toward her his thin
And vein-marked hand, and touched
Her pretty, pink and dimpled palm.
happy. He murrled Mis Elizabeth J. Kelly Then drew it swiftly back, as If
of this city and they have had thirteen
children, ten of whom are living. From
the bench the Judge has deelured that a
man can marry on little, and has delivered
an opinion, verbally, to the effect that when
fellow Is earning $.'. weekly he Is suffi
ciently prepared to begin housekeeping,
provided, of course, that he can Induce the
right girl to see things as he sees them.
'A believer In the theories of President
Roosevelt on the question of race suicide,
the mayor-elect points with pride to his
own happy family and, though a demo
crat, accepts us justly bestowed the title
Grand Supreme Commander of the Anti-
Race Suicide league."
I'eorla Man Commits Suicide.
PEORIA. III.. Ar.rll S. John T. Oltmanns,
, . .. , , , ,,, ,j ,,i. I an o il anil weunnj Herman cuizen. rom-
volce. and his -eu during U Ul "" mi, ted suicide by hanging at his horns hers
years; todav. Lvsiuuicri.k a llit, vhusu.
Concerning the policies the new executive
Is pledged to carry out, particularly munici
pal ownership. Judge Dunne Is quoted: "I
shall do my duty. I shall keep my pledges.
I enter office free of "promise to Individuals.
My appointments shall be made without
haste and for the best Interests of the
community. As yet I have made up my
mind definitely as to two appointments
only my private secretary and a member
of the civil service commission. On the lat
ter I shall name Joseph Medill Patterson.
He is a young man of character and cour
age, true to his convictions, and will be a
power for good In the position. Other ap
pointments will be made only after consul
tation with men whom I believe to be sin
e're nnd true, my one endeavor being to
select lieutenants who shall serve the peo
ple well.
"Concerning municipal ownership, I have
expressed myself during the campaign, and
at this time I may do little more thau re
Iterate those, views. I am pledged to see
that no more franchises for street car op
eration shall bo given any private Individ
ual or corporation. When sworn In as
In fear of sharp observant glance.
Wut no the echo of the world
That floated to and fro had non
No curious, new thoughts of them.
He drew near again and said:
"Dear wife, we must go somewhere soon
'Tls right that we should spend, with joy,
Our last, be-st, silver honeymoon."
And she, with happy, rippling laugh
And moistened eyes, agreed:.
"Let's run away this very noon;
I'd like It well; but dear old love"
Her hands wept outward to their gilt
"ft will not be to "spend our honey';
'Twill be to garner In and hold
With glad content our harvest moon."
se.
VetACe
MARA
I usual Dorflinger patterns in
H taolc and ornamental glassware
II the most artiatic oP the
1 1 aBon o opcciaiues. Dorflinrer
1 1 Glassware is
l Genuine Cut Glass
ll not pressed glasa
I 1 auperficially cut. Great va
l I ""y of designs in gift
geusware. Ask your deal
I or and find the trsde-mark
I l on eacn piece.
10
on ihe Mome&ig
of Friday, on the seventh day of the fourth month,
we will wll the Embroideries from the jjreat special
HlI'thilKP.
A very large purchase under very exceptional
condition, enables us to hell you frewh. ele.ni, new
goods at half to one-third the regular prices.
Allovers, worth 2.25, at 71) cents. -Heautiful
Nainsooks a nod Swisses, worth .") cents nt ill cents
per yard. Choice assortment worth 40 cents at 1(
cents per yard. And a very attractive lot worth IK
cents at cents per yard. ,
Kenieniber, April 7th, 10 in the niorniug. Come
early, and no one will have a better chance nt the
bargaiuM than you.
Silk Sale Saturday. Sox Sale Saturday. Dress
Hoods Sale Saturday. We U tell you all about it
on Friday niylil.
THOMAS KILPATRICK.
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