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TflE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, AritlL 9. 1903.
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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
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befora me this Slat day of March, 1906. '
(Seal) M. B. HUNGATS,
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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
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" 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. I if-ir .
better after the first bath with Cuti- 4
cura Soap and one application of
Cuticura Ointment, and was soon en-
it . v . . .1 S- A T.
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