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10 TflE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, AritlL 9. 1903. Tiie Omaiia Daily Bee E. HOSEWATER, EDITOR. PUBLISHED EVERT MORNINO. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION pally Bee (without Sunday). one year...M'JJ Da.ly M( and Sunday, one year 1W Illustrated Bee. on year Sunday Ue, one year J )J Saturday Bee, one year J J Twentieth Century Farmer, one year... 1.00 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Dally (without Sunday), per copy., lie Dally Bee (without Sunday), pr week.. .12c Daily Bee (Including Sunday), per week .lio Evening Bee (without Sunday), per week 70 Evening Bee (Including Sunday), P" . week c flunflnv rtee. npr potiT 3 Complaints of Irregularities In d-llvery should be addressed to City Circulation De partment OFFICES. Omaha The TteA tliiiltllna. South Omaha-City Hall building, Twenty- nun and M streets. , Council Bluffs 10 Pearl street. Chicago 14D Unity building. New York 23t Park Row building. Washington f01 Fourteenth street. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and edi torial matter should be addressed: Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. REMITTANCES. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing Company. Only 2-cent stamps received In onymont of mall accounts, personal checks, except on Omaha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. State of Nebraska, Douglas County, ss.! George B. Tssr-huek, secretary of The Bee PtibllHhlng Company, being duly sworn, says that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dally, Morning. Evening and 8imdar Bee printed during the month of March, 1906, was aa follows: 1 27,BM 2 sr.nro 1 2H.IKVO 4 UU.TOO B 30, OHO 2S.070 7 S7.0SO 8 20,(44 H 27,800 10 Zfl.ORO 11 ftO.SIO 12 31,:mk 13 27.8BO 14 !iX120 lu S7,5U Id 27,840 Total Less unsold copies.. Net total sales HNS ,235 Dally average 2M,ftG0 GEO. B. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to befora me this Slat day of March, 1906. ' (Seal) M. B. HUNGATS, Notary Public. 17 28,B0 18 80.TOO It 80,000 20 27.8SO 21 28,100 12 27.0B0 23 27,031 24 28,1580 IS 31,000 26 31.010 27..V 27.RO0 24 28,000 29 28,0110 30 28.100 31 28.5RO ..80B.O8O .. 9,845 Chicago, Just to nhow Its stable char acter, is airing its usual spring labor trouble in public. That election in Chicago is pretty good proof that the municipal owner ship idea is still a pretty live one. Before going any further Into Its dis cussion of '"the yellow peril" that San Francisco newspaper should ascertain how Corea likes it. It is now up to some other big life insurance company to pull off a tight between stockholders' factions just for the free advertising. Having disposed of all the bills be fore him Governor Mickey can seal up his veto pen and leave directions for its use by his successsor. Governor Folk contemplates the en forcement of the Sunday observance law at St Louis and one can now see why he vetoed the k'home rule" bill. Things are getting so settled in Colo rado that a public gathering can arrange to confer with the governor without fear of addressing the Invitation to the wrong man. If the program of Chicago's new mayor Is carried out municipal owner ship will have a fair test In, the metro polis of the west in the very near future. Governor Magoon, who is to live on the Tapama canal strip, win be in a position to realize what he has lost in the way of climate by exile from Nebraska. The crar was absent from the review of h!a own particular regiment at St. Petersburg. Distrust of the power of "Russian troops must be reaching high quarters. Turkey is preserving the t'balunce of power" in Europe by authorizing a loan with Germany one day and with France the next Here is a possible basis of one Franco-German alliance. Revelations In the matter of the Fre donla postofflce which was managed by a New York congressman, now a judge, indicates one reason for part of the deficit In the postal department The Rockefeller Incident has at last reached a stage where nothing but a question of fact remains between the parties still those who really know the facts have so far maintained silence. Falling to land on the supreme court commission, an aspirant has done the next best thing by taking a place on the Nebraska commission for the Port land exposition as a consolation prize. Tarls police have discovered a revo lutionary plot, but since they cannot tell whether It is to be carried out in France or in Africa It would seem within the jurisdiction of a writer of comic opera rather than of a court. Not content with turning things up side down at Its recent municipal elec tion, Lincoln Is to have another elec tion within a few months to choose seven new councllmen. Politics is a continuous vaudeville at the state capi tal this year. The first thing the council ought to do In Its paving campaign is to order paved all the street strips within the 8,000-foot limit of the court house that ore subject to the council's Jurisdiction without petitions from abutting prop erty owners. Chairman Shouts of the Panama Canal commission says that "business methods and no politics" shall be the keynote of his work at the head of the board. The chairman should begin in sutlicleut time to prepare for the congressional iuqutry which is almost certain to follow the execution of such a plan. asglo-frixcii rmixvsnir. There is perhaps nothing more reas suring for the peace of Europe, and tberefoie for the peace of the world, than the evident cordiality between Eng land and France. The alliance between those countries that was effected a year or more ago Is regarded as one of the most important diplomatic events of re cent years and so unquestionably it Is. It brought together In close relations two countries which for many years had been estranged and between which the feeling of hostility had been very in tense. That feeling seems to have been ut' terly dissipated. The latest visit of King Edward of England to France, characterized by the utmost cordiality toward the British sovereign, can only be regarded as an assurance that the French government and people have for gotten their old antagonism to Great Britain and are more than anxious to day to be on the best possible terms with the greatest of the naval powers, There can be no doubt about the popu larity of the British sovereign In France, He is unquestionably recognized there as a friend of the republic, who is ready if An emergency should arise to do what ever might be necessary to preserve the Integrity of France. Under present con ditions it is not difficult to understand why France should cultivate the alliance with Great Britain. She has nothing to expect from Russia. That ally Is power less to help her In any international controversy. Beaten in eastern Asia and having all she van do to take care of her domestic troubles her military pres tlge terribly crippled and her financial credit almost ruined Russia Is a worth less ally and while Frauce will not re nounce the alliance she cannot fall to realize the necessity and expediency of keeping absolute faith with the nation of greatest naval power the nation that by reason of that power Is today the arbiter In European affairs. In this Is to be found the explanation of the cordiality so enthusiastically shown to King Edward In France. For the first time in nearly a century the French understand and appreciate the advantage of being on friendly terms with England and equally Great Britain realizes the policy of being on the best terms with France. This mutual good feeling between the two great European powers is in the highest degree reassur ing In Its bearing upon the pence of Europe. rERVERSJOy OF FACTS. Acting on the principle that a He stuck to would serve Its purpose better than the truth, the World-Herald has the au dacity to print a garbled report of the language used by Judge Troup in ren dering bis decision refusing the Injunc tion asked for by the World-Herald to prevent the publication of the second scavenger tax list by the county treas urer. In this, as In its contention against the publication of the first tax list under the scavenger law, the World-Herald seeks to befog the issue Involved and makes claims and preten sions of violated rights that have no basis A summary of the facts must convince any falr;minded person that the World-Herald has not been the vic tim of Injustice, but, on the contrary, has been the beneficiary of partisan con spiracy. In 1U02 the World-Herald secured the contract for county advertising at ex tremely low rates about one-sixth of the commercial rate. By the express terms of the contract the publisher was bound to continue official publications at contract price until a new contract was let The contract expired in 1003, and no new contract was let. Under the scavenger law the county commissioners are authorized to desig nate the paper In which the list was to be published and in default of such ac tion the county treasurer is expressly authorized to designate the paper. The law made it the duty of the treasurer to file the list In the courts not later than July 1 and to publish the list within ten days thereafter. In order to secure full legal rates for this advertising the World-nerald ar rived at an understanding with the dem ocratic county board to make no desig nation of the paper until after July 1. On June 30 County Treasurer Fink was served with a notice, signed by Richard O'Keeffe, chairman of the county board, that the board had designated the World-Herald as the medium !n which the scavenger tax list was to be printed. An examination of the records revealed the fact that no meeting of the board bad been held and no such designation had been made. On July 1 the treasurer, In compliance with the law, filed the notices, with the descriptions of the delinquent real es tate, in court. On the morning of July 2, finding that no action had yet been taken by the county board, the treasurer designated The Bee as the paper in which the tax list should be published. A few hours after this designation had been made the county board adopted a resolution designating the World-Herald as the medium. The. treasurer having acted and placed copy of the list with The Bee, the World-Herald appealed to the courts for a mandamus to compel the treasurer to withdraw bis designa tion and carry out that made subse quently by the county board. After a full bearing Judge Pay refused to grant the requested mandamus and upon ap peal from his decision the state supreme court on Starch 7, 1005, affirmed the de clsirm of the district court. After the district court had refused the ma'ndamus the county board invited proposals for couuty advertising for the ensuing yonr. Finding itself the only bidder and having submitted a bid much lower thuu the full legal rate, the World Herald asked the board to permit a withdrawal of Its bid and check that had been deposited as a guaranty of good faith, and the democratic board complacently allowed the bid and check to be withdrawn. This left the way open for the World nerald to charge full rates for the regular tax list, which the Commissioners awarded In August 1104, and within a few days after Its publics tion its claim for over $5,000 was al lowed by the board, while that of The Bee for publication made three months previously was sidetracked. To cap the climax, the board ordered a warrant Is sued to the World-Herald for its claim. although the order was In violation of law, there being no funds then avail able for Its redemption. In September, 1004, the democratic county board also passed a resolution designating the World-Herald, as the medium for the next scavenger tax list and for subsequent official county publi cations up to September 5, 190.". This desljynatlon was, however, not a con tract but a mere resolution, which any subsequent board had a right to' re voke. Two weeks ogo a resolution was Intro duced In the county boord designating The Bee as the publication medium for the scavenger tax list No. 2. The World-Herald immediately procured a restraining order, but after a full Scar ing, lasting several days, the injunction was denied. These are the bare, unvarnished facts. From the taxpayers' point of view the action of Treasurer Fink should com mend itself, because the advertisement of the li8ts.ln The Bee secured not only the largest publicity, but also saved the county more than $400 by reason of the difference in the width of the columns of The Bee and World-Herald, and the same relative advantage will accrue to the county in the publication of the sec ond list. But even if there were no dif ference In the cost of publication, the greater publicity given by The Bee Is of Incalculable advantage In the final col lection of the taxes or sale of the prop erty. THE SQUARE DEAL" DEFINED' It Is to te presumed that the Amer ican people understand absolutely what Is meant by a "square deal," so that when President Roosevelt uses that term everybody knows its significance. It means more today than perhaps it did at any time in the past and yet it is something that every citizen can afford to think about and apply, if you please, in his every day affairs. It is a mag niflcunt proposition and one thut ought to be universally recognized. That seems to be the idea conveyed in the address of President Roosevelt in Texas, in which ho distinctly points out that the great purpose of our gov ernment is not to do anything that may provoke trouble with any other nation, and yet to hold a .position which will insure respect for ourselves from all other nations. The attitude of the na tion's chief executive, while being in the main conservative, is still uncompro mising in asserting the rights and priv ileges of Americans, in this respect be ing quite as advanced as any of his predecessors. What the president said In his Texas speeches the American peo ple believe, namely, that we are able to uphold and maintain all that we are and that we stand out today as the foremost nation of the world. There was not a word spoken by President Roosevelt In bis Texas ad dresses that cannot be approved by the entire country. Everything he uttered was timely, Judicious and patriotic. Every sentence showed him to be the patriotic citizen and the unfettered chief executive of the republic. We do not think that anyone can read the speech of President Roosevelt at San Antonio without concluding that his devotion to the welfare of the whole union and to all our people is as sincere as that of any man in the nation. Nor can anyone have any doubt as to what Mr. Roosevelt means as to a 'square deal." His explanation of that Is entirely plain and understandable. It contemplates no Injury to any interest but an opportunity for all on absolutely equal terms. That is a, principle the Justice of which Is universally recog nized and which ought to be more gen erally acknowledged In this country than in any other. In his speech before the Texas legis lature President Roosevelt so clearly de fined his idea of a "square deal" that the country can never misapprehend what he means by it, nor can there ever be any doubt that he means to cany out the Idea in all the relations of the gov ernment with the people. This latest utterance of the chief executive of the nation is full of significance which the people will not fail to see and appreciate. THE CAT OVt OF THE BAQ. Affidavits have been filed by the mem bers of the Water board in the injunc tion suit instituted in the federal court In which each and every one of the members, denies that there has been any proceeding or intention to lower the water rates, and affirming, furthermore, that the board intends to act slowly in the matter and proposes to consider the rates, and with this end in view has ap pointed a committee to Investigate into the reasonableness of the rates and to formulate a report on Its findings. Here is an open confession that the Water board was only ladling out moon shine on a shovel to the water consum ers of Omaha when it heralded abroad Its Intention to reduce the water rates instanter. Thousands of credulous peo ple bad been led to believe that the mayor and council perversely refused to give them relief by cutttlng the water rates, while they gulped down the prom ises of Howell to slush and cut the water rates as quick as his water bill No. 2 went Into effect, when it must have been apparent that any attempt on the part of the mayor and council would have been met by an injunction from the federal court Just the same as did the grand stand play of the Water board. President Roosevelt's encomium on the macnlAcent tupltol building of Texas, which was planned by Architect Myers of Detroit, who, by the way, also planned tho Douglas county court house, vividly recalls the fact that the monu mental Texas structure was financed and erected by Chicago promoter in ex change for millions of acres of Texan lands whose sale hns made multl-mli-llonfcires out of several Chicago capital ists of very moderate means. It's all right to use the Auditorium as an opera house and concert hall, but a few good conventions there of big national organizations that would draw people to Omaha from all over the coun try and show them what an era of progress h city Is enjoying would be more in line with the purpose that ani mated the erection of that building. A sympathetic strike has been ordered by union teamsters against the largest Chicago mall order house, and It may not be impertinent to Inquire where the sympathies of the anti-unionist mer chants will be in this instance, as be tween their common enemy the cat house and the striking union teamsters. Go It, bear; go It, husband! When Doubt Was Shattered. Baltimore American. The Russian government Is confident of the ability of Admiral Rojestvensky to defeat the enemy. After his big victory of Dogger Bank over the British fishing fleet, nobody else will doubt this ability. Welsrbt on the I. Id. Chicago Chronicle. With John Hay In Europe and the presi dent aoon to be in the wilds of Texas and Colorado, the secretary of war will be In charge at Washington. Mr. Taft Is a good man and he weighs more than 300 pounds. Some Prophecies Coma True. New York Tribune. In the volume, "With Kurokl in Man churia," Kouropatkln Is reported as say ing on his arrival at the seat of war: At the end of the first month they will call ma Inactive; at the end of the second month they will call me Incapable; at the end of the third month will call me a traitor; at the end of six months nous verrons." More than the six months have passed and well, we have seen. Activities Dodged by Women. Boston Transcript In all but two, It appears, of the 303 principal gainful occupations recognized by the statisticians, women are found. One of the yet unlnvaded departments is the United States army, In which the fighting Amazon Is st II! non rrata; the other Is that of the telegraph and telephone linemen. The former service Is one to which woman will hardly be likly to attain; to the lat ter height she Is likely to climb at any tim . of Gleam of Royal Sense. Baltimore American. It Is reported that the young king Spain declared to his ministers concerning his marriage, that he did not want a stupid European princess, but would prefer a bright American girl with plenty of life and money. While It is not at all likely that the young king ever made the re mark attributed to him, it is certain that he might do much worse, though it- Is equally certain that the bright American girl might do much better. Dark Spot In Cuban Progress. Philadelphia Press. One of the most significant things in the message of President Palma to the Cuban congress is his statement that there waa a decrease of 29,4000 in the school attend ance last year. Cuba is growing In popu lation, and It never has had anything like a full attendance at school of children of school age. A decrease of nearly 30,000 !n one year'ln the attendance is "alarming," as President Palma says. It will mean an end In time to the Cuban republic If not corrected. Railroad Literary Bnreana Busy. San Francisco Chronicle. All the railroads have bueaus at work producing literature designed to convince the public that the transportation interests never commit any wrongs, but they are having an up-hill job and are making a very faint Impression. The arguments emanating from railway offices are rarely effective, because they are almost in variably couched in terms which suggest that the writers believe that no one not actually in the business Is capable of form ing an opinion respecting transportation matters. QIIZZIXG OVER CHAl'NCEY. Impertinent ftaentiona Handed to New York Junior Senator. New York Sun. Quite a number of interesting matters are coming to light in connection with the affairs of the Union Pacific or Equitable Insurance corporation. In normal condi tions of life In New York these disclosures would almost paralyze the public ,wlth as tonishment, but so habituated have we be come of late to miracles and portents they are received only with a dull sense of bruised wonderment. Among other things that have fixed the attention of the curious and the critical la the singular and nervoua activity of the Hon. Chaunocy Mitchell Depew, the intel lectual ornament of the state of New York and one of the most conspicuous of the high fiduciaries of the Equitable. We have the utmost reluctance to appear to intrude, however remotely, upon the honorable pri vacy of our most admired statesman, but would Mr. Depew have the condescension to impart to us, in the strictest confidence, why it Is that so large a sum is paid to him yearly out of the money which belongs to the policy holders? PRESIDENT AND PEOPLE. Borne Signs and Portents In the Political Sky. Baltimore News (ind.-dem.). President Roosevelt's reception on his tour westward Is a remarkable manifesta tion of his popularity with the American public. We doubt if even Mr. McKlnley was at any moment so popular as Mr. Roosevelt Is today. This la all the more extraordinary when the differences between the two types are taken into account. Mr. McKlnley, tactful, amiable and gentle to the core; Mr. Roosevelt, blunt and aggres sive, often lacking in conslderateness for those with whom he has dealings, and rid ing rough-shod over all obstacles. And yet, Mr. Roosevelt Is a man after the American heart. The people believe in him and they evidently have accepted at its face value his promise of a square deal. There Is another phase of Mr. Roosevelt's popularity not to be overlooked. He occu pies the presidential office at a moment when a wave of radicalism Is sweeping over the oountry. In 1K and in llfjO the temper of our somewhat mercurial publio was dis tinctly conservative. No sooner had Bryan been burled under a perfect avalanche of disapproval than a reaction begun to be no ticed. Within a few months we have seen the president, fresh from his popular tri umph, and the formerly discredited William J. Bryan breaking bread together at the same political table. There be signs and portents In the po litical sky. They may signify nothing, for It Is a long time until 1ft; but In the mean while and fur this )tar of grace at least, great la Mr. Rooeeveltl OTHER LAIDI TH A OIBS. The two purposes of Minister Wltte In establishing a government monopoly of the liquor traffic In Russia were to diminish drunkenness by making It more difficult to obtain Intoxicants and to Increase the rev enues. The time Is still too short to de termine fairly the effect of the system on Inebriety, but there hns been a positive financial gain to the government. It cost $73,000,000 from 1893 to 1901 to put the scheme In operation. During 'that time the Income from the business covered not only the outlay, but also the running ex penses, the rebates of duty (more than $17,000,000), and the $tl.0OO,OOO donated to temperance societies, and left a surplus of $S50,000. In the year 19"! the receipts from the trsfflc were $si.7Xt,ono and the current expenses were $52,5flO,0nn, leaving a net profit of $19.0.000. In addition the tax on liquor returned lloa.ROO.ono. The moral ef fect of the monopoly Is less apparent. In 1899 there were 10,214 government stores for the retail sale of liquors, and there were discovered 9,103 Illicit stores or speak easies." The peasant members of a con ference In the district of SaratotT declared that there Is no apparent decrease of drunkenness and that, as there are no drinking saloons, the people get drunk openly In the streets; that the secret anil Illegal salo of liquors Is extending and that the rural communities have lost the considerable revenues formerly derived from saloon licenses. The terrific and Increasing mortality caused by the plague In India Is the sub Ject of grave anxiety, as well as of much present hopefulness, on the part of the British authorities. At latest reports, deaths amounted to more than 35,000 week. Nothing seems to avail against the disease except Inoculation, to which the natives will not submit. At every return of cold weather the disease breaks out with renewed virulence. In the last week of December, 1902, the deaths were 14,000; In the same week of 1903 they were 17,000; in the last week of December, 1904, the total reached 19,645. Since then the mortality has reached a terrible rate. For some years the plague made little progress in the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh but during the last few months It has spread rapidly in this part of India, while In the Punjab the mortality threatens to be greater than ever. During the week ending January 28 the total number ot deaths from plague reported throughout India was 33,087; for the week ending Feb ruary 4 the total waa 36,167; for the week ending February 11, 83,600; for that ending February 17, 27,837, and since then the mortality has risen again. Rather late In the day a special commission has been ap pointed to study the ethnology of the dls ease. Lahore, British India, which Is reported to have suffered from a destructive earth quake, causing serious loss of life and great dnmnge to buildings, Is the capital of the Punjnb district, and thus lies well to the north of British India. It Is an ancient walled city, built on the ruins of cities still more ancient. It .Is today an Important seat of trade, having a population of 200, 000 according to the last census, of whom 66,800 were Christians, and In addition It contains many notable buildings. Its mos ques, Including Juma Masjid, which Is re ported seriously Injured, are famous for their splendor, while the marble tomb of Auar Kail, one of the favorites of the Em peror Akbar, Is Its chief specimen of an clent architecture. Among the modern buildings Is the School of Art and Indus try, established by J. Lock wood Kipling, the father of Rudyard Kipling. The elder Kipling also established the museum the "Wonder House" referred to in his son's novel. "Kim" which Is said to contain one of the finest collections In existence of the work of Indian arts and Industries. Lahore Is also the missionary center of northern India, containing schools, colleges and other institutions conducted by the American Presbyterians nd Methodists, and by Eng lish missionaries. Of late years at least India has been comparatively free from earthquakes, although In 1897 one shook Assnm, the province at the northeast of British India, and destroyed over 1,000 lives. The Arabian question appears likely to become interesting before long. The sua cess of Sheikh Ibn Baud, the ally of the sheikh of Kowelt in the fighting lust year In central Arabia, against Ibn Rashid, the vassal of the sultan, was so complete that no attempt was made at the time to send -enforcements to the defeated sheikh. It was thought better at Constantinople to bring about peace by negotiations. Whether this policy has failed or not is not stated In the dispatches on the subject, but mat ters have evidently become serious, as It Is announced from Constantinople that a small column of about 3,000 men with moun tain guns has left Medina for Knslm, south of Hall In the Shemmar, where Ibn Rashtd has been blockaded by the followers of Ibn baud since last November. These troops are to co-operate with another column of about 5,500 men, also with mountain artil lery, which Is on the march from Bngdad, in mo nuriii. Dnoma mey succeed in re lieving Ibn Rashid they will combine to operate ngalnnt Ibn Baud, and cut off the supply of arms and ammunition that has been filtering In from Kowelt and other points on the Persian gulf to the rebels in southwest Arabia. The Suez canal Is entitled to rank as one of the most productive and unassailable monopolies. During the year 1904 the canal was used by 4,257 ships, on which tolls were paid to the amount of $22,500,000, the number of ships and the total of receipts both surpassing the record for any previous year. Ship owners are protesting against the tolls as extortionate, but there seems no means of redress, as the plans for new and competing canals are highly chimeri cal. The canal company's concession still has some seventy years to run, and ac cording to its terms there can be no com peting canal. Great Britain, as the largest stockholder (DiBraell had the foresight to buy many shares), will hardly Interfere, aa its dividends woukt be cut If the canal were paralleled or Its tolls reduced. How ever, those dividends are considerably made up from British money, as more than half the vessels using the canal fly the British flag. . It will be a relief all around when King Alfonso ot Spain Is finally betrothed, no matter to whom it is. Alfonso Is only 19, but he is almost an International nuisance, with reports and denials of his betrothal following each too fast to keep track of. However, most or all the reports seem to be centering about Princess Victoria Pa tricia, the duke of Connaught's daughter, ami the Archduchess Elenora Maria of Austria, Alfonso's cousin. Outsiders might hope for the king that he get Princess Patricia, who was born on St. Patrick's day In 1886, and who, is said to be a viva clous, healthy and Intelligent young per son. The difficulty of her being a Protest ant could doubtU'Ss be arranged. Whxt one hopes for Patricia Is a little more un certain. Alfonso has been variously de scribed, and whatever he is now he may be something different after a few more years of playing king. , A census of the homeless of London, mudo on a recent night, revealed a total of 2,41 In tho streets, on staircases and uii.Ut urches. Of lhse t.l) were mn and 812 women. In the common lodging houses and shelters that night there were 23.690 persons, of wlyim 21.264 were single men, 1.1M single women, 8o7 married couples and thirty-four children under 10 years of age. Of the iu I.60O bud beta given tickets for beds by the Salvation Army, as they virtually belong to the homeless class. In cluding these, the aggregato reaches 4.01, which Is 2.S48 more than a census in Janu ary showed. Of the 2,481 In the streets, on staircases and under arches, l,s$ were found In the two districts where food was distributed. On tho night of the census 901 men and sixty-seven women were turned away from the common lodging houses 738 because they had no money, 2S because there was no room, twenty-one because they were too dirty, eight for drunkenness and six for being bad characters. POLITICAL DRIFT. Oh me, oh my. Oyster Bay went demo cratic. Russia scored ft victory In the political Manchuria of Chicago. City Attorney Smulskl was triumphantly re-elected. Jerry Simpson is one of the large sheep owners In New Mexico and Is marketing bales of wool for socks- and other things. Captain Pop Anson of bnse ball fame managed to make a home run for a $16 000- a-year Job In Chicago. He was elected city clerk. Philadelphia preachers now threaten to turn their prayers on the Pennsylvania legislature. The machine won't do a thing to the prayers. George Fred Williams Is butting Into politics In Massachusetts, and the harmony plans of Governor Douglas are as dead as the sacred codfish. A new Rose Is about to bloom In the mayor's office at Kansas City, Kan. Un like his namesake In Milwaukee, he is pledged to run "dry" for two years. If President Roosevelt does not exhaust his stock of ammunition In the southwest he might be Induced to take a shot or two at the gray wolves Infesting Chicago. There Is one advantage In frequent elec tions forcibly Illustrated In Chicago. It enables newspapers on the losing side to tell how It happened after It happened. Considerable sarcasm was drawn out by the statement that certain California legis lators had sold their votes for $350 each. But now It Is Intimated that In New Jersey there are legislators w ho arc satisfied with a paltry $300. Friends of a florid officeholder in Phila delphia are trying to convince tho authori ties that John W. Hell is worth $17,000 a year. Very likely. Yet the Philadelphia papers" claim the city already is paying too much for the article. Harry S. New of Indiana, the newly ap pointed commander of the republican na tionul committee, comes from expert po litical stock. His father, John C. New, President Harrison'B consul general in Lon don, went to Minneapolis In 1832 and al most single handed and alone overturned the national committee, which was bitterly hostile to Harrison's renomlnation. The disbursements for pensions by the United States treasury for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1904, were $142,092,818.75, mak ing a grand total since 1860 of $3,122,03,. 818.75. In 1881, 4,327 invalids, and 4,299 widows were on the pension roll. In 1SG6 pensions were given to 55,652 Invalids and 71,070 widows, while In 1904 there were 720,315 invalids and 274,447 widows to whom pensions were granted. 1MM3 Improves the flavor and adds to the health fulness of the food. MIKTIIFt L REM IRKS, "Some philosopher says, "The man of one thing Is the man of success.' " "I'll bet he never tried to light his pipe on a windy dn.v when he had only on match left." Chicago Record-Herald. Friend I suppose the baby Is fond of you? l'apa Fond of me? Why, he sleeps nil dny when I'm not at home snd stays up all night Jum to enjoy my socf2ty I Town and Country. ' Hay." asked the first messenger boy, "got any novels ter swap?" "I got 'Snake Foot Dan's Revenge,' " re plied the other. "Is It a long story?" "Naw! Ye kin tinlnh It easy In two mes sages." Philadelphia Press. "You can always tell nn Englishman,' began the Britisher, boastfully. "I'.ut It would nlv be n wnsie of breath." Interrupted the Yankee, "because he thinks he knows it till. " I'ntliulelpliia Ledger. Dr. Wipe No, you haven't got appendi citis. Uooze is all that alls you stop drink ing and vnu'll sonn be well. Lushlngton Great heavens, Doc, don't say that! Why I had no Idea It was serious. I thought that all 1 needed was tin opvratioti or two! Cleveland Leader. "You didn't quote me exactly," said the statesman. "Certainly not," answered the confident renorter. "If I had confined myself your remarks. considered the Washington Star. tne paper woumn 1 n. . article worth printing. WHAT Mill II A SK A IS AND HAS. Bunch of Large, Juicy Trntha In Small Compass. The following copied from "Resources of Nebraska," is going the rounds of eastern newrrajers: Nebraska has the largest creamery in the world. Nebraska has the largest broom factory in the world. . Nebraska has the largest Individual cattle feeding station in the world. Nebraska has the largest and only beet sugar syrup and refining plant In the world. Nebraska has the second largest smelt ing works In the world. Nebraska has the third largest meat packing Industry in the world. Nebraska is the third state in the pro duction of corn. Nebraska is the fourth state in the pro duction of wheat. Nebraska is the fourth state in the pro duction of oats. Nebraska is the fifth state In the produc tion of beet sugar. Nebraska Is the first state In the. produc tion of rye. Nebraska Is the fourth state in the pro duction of cattle. Nebraska Is the fourth state in the pro duction of hogs. Nebraska Is the seventh state In the pro duction of horses. Nebraska Is the tenth state In the pro duction of milch cows. Nebraska Is the first state in the produc tion of vine seeds and sugar corn for seed purposes and produces more than all the balance of the United States combined. Nebraska hns the greatest number of dis tinct varieties of native pasture and hay grasses of any state In the union. Nebraska has, In the cast half of the state, land of higher agricultural value and producing more products than any equal area In the United States. THE SIREN AND THE lit UK. James Barton Adams in Denver Post. She smiled upon old Reuben, Just a cunning little smile. And he stroked the group of whiskers on his chin. Her face whs fascinating and he sorter liked her style. As he stroked the group of whiskers r his chin. "V Her Ilgure was a corker, 'twas in clinging raiment hid. .And Reuben gazed upon It as he chewed his weedy quid; He felt his old age leave him, felt that he was but a kid, And he stroked the group of whiskers on his chin. She smiled again upon him and his heart was nil aflame, As he stroked the group of whiskers on his chin. The way hrr loving glance stabbed his bosom was a shame. As he stroked the group of whiskers on his chin. The smouldering fires of vigor, which he thought were nearly dead Warmed up his sluggish llfeblood and he blushed a bilcky red; The lamb unto the slaughter then was in nocently led, As he stroked the group of whiskers on his chin. Oh! now he sits reflecting, and his thoughts are rent with pain, As he strokes the group of whiskers on his chin. From words of awful Import makes no effort to refrain. As lie strokes the group of whiskers on his chin. His bank account hns dwindled till It bord ers on a wreck. His charmer saw its finish and she quickly skipped the deck. And all that she has left him Is a soreness in the neck. As he strokes the group of whiskers on his chin. Whatever Pays, Goes. Chicago Tribune. Nebrnska has re-enacted the wolf bounty law. This probably will lead to a re- enactment of the wolf farming industry In Nebraska. NO TONGUECAN TELL How I Suffered with.. Itching and Bleeding Eczema .s . ? r I NT I R H NT 1.11 1 IIMlKA vr " No tongue can tell bow I suffered for five years with a terribly painful, itching, and bleeding eczema, my body and face being covered with sores. Never in my life did I experi ence such awful suffering, and I longed for death, which I felt waa near. I had tried doctors and medi cines without success, but my mother -' ' inKinTf.fi Tnnr irw i iirir-iira. 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