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THE OMAHA DAILY KEE: SATURDAY. APRIL 22. 100'.
Tiie Omaiia Daily Bee.
E. ROSEWATRR, EDITOR.
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STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION
Stjllo of KVbrnsUfl rionirlas lountV. SS.
George B. Ttschuck, secretary of Tho Res
Publishing Oompanv. hclng duly sworn.
Says that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally. Morning.
Evening and Sundav Bee printed during the
month of March. 19C5, was as roiiows
1 27. (ISO
2 ST.P70
I ZH.OBO
4 ao,7oo
S 30.DSO
6 2S.070
7 X7.MSO
8 !.
9...: Sf7.K0
10 20.9.10
li ao.sio
12 Sl.iMM)
IS 27,850
H 2S,a'M
16 27.IIBO
16 27.H40
Total.... , SIKi.OSO
Less unsold copies O.M3
Net total sales.
Dally average .
17 XH.OftO
18 80.700
19 30.000
20 27.8S0
a 2.ioo
22 27,nno
28 27.tt.TI
24 28.B30
28 Sl.OOO
26 81.010
27 27,800
28 2H.OO0
29 8N.O20
80 2H.100
81 2M.630
tmft.&IS
2N.550
GEO. B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to
before me this 31ut day of March, ltffa.
(Seal) M. B. 1IUNGATE,
Notary Public.
nnERE the mme rtyenrs.
Two years ago the Oruaha Ileal Es
tate exi'h.nni,'t? made a very vigorous
cauiiialsn for equitable municipal tax
ation on the lltirs which for many years
previous The Bee had advocated. As
a result a very material Increase In the
assessment of public utility corpora
tions, a more equitable adjustment of
real estate values, and an Increase In
the volume of personal property re
turns were brought about. The only
flagrant evasion of taxes which the
Heal Estate exchange utterly failed to
rectify Is the assessment of the railroad
terminals and properties that rre re
turned as mileage by the railroads un
der the pretext of uniform distribution.
Now that we are confronted by a new
municipal assessment a recapitulation,
of tho rank Injustice other Omaha tax
payers are subjected to and the dam
aging effect upon the city caused by
the evasion of municipal taxation by
the railroads may not be out of place.
In round numbers the taxable property
of Omaha, exclusive of the railway ter
minals, will approximate $100,000,000,
and the aggregate municipal tax. Includ
ing the levy for public schools, will ap
proximate f 1,000,000. The lowest pos
sible estimate of the value of railway
terminals is 120,000,000, or one-sixth ef
the value of all the taxable real and
personal property within the city of
Omaha, including the railroads. Uy
rights the railroads should therefore pay
not less than one-sixth of the city taxes.
The relative tax payments of the va
rious railroads that center in Omaha,
as revised and credited by the city
treasurer for 11X12, were as follows:
; I'nlon Pacific 813.TO4.S5
Burlington 3.423. fiO
Missouri Pacific 2.527.55
Omaha Bridge & Terminal 2,474.74
Rock Island
Minneapolis & Omaha
Northwestern
Milwaukee
Now prepare for the Easter lily on
the Easter bonnet.
IMant a tree today; aud if you cannot
do that lend a hand to Home tree planter.
Speculators who have had their
fingers burned in the May wheat deal
have learned a lesson. A burnt child
dreads the fire.
IVlth all his love for the strenuous life
President Itonsevelt would doubtless be
willing to accept u more moderate band
out from the weather man.
Commissioner Oarfleld has been en
tertained by the Knife and Fork club at
Kansas City, but so far no "Keefsteak"
club has clamored for his presence.
The dilemma of the Equitable Life
recalls tho picture of the two farmers
pulling at the tall and horns of the cow
while the lawyers milk the animal.
If the Equitable company defends all
the suits which have been started sev
eral enterprising lawyers may find Just
who controls that surplus and reserve
fund.
British ships are showing activity In
the neighborhood of Hong Kong, but
this does not necessarily mean that Ad
miral Rojestvensky will move before he
Is ready.
cw.io
622.50
477.75
10.30
Those Japanese who are making faces
at France should remember where Rus
sian loans have been placed and that
where the pocketbook Is, there usually
is the heart.
, It Is said Congressman Grosvenor Is
to retire at the close of the next session
of congress. lie must want undivided
time In which to prepare election fore
casts for 1008.
Total $27,190.59
These figures represent the city taxes
paid on all the terminal facilities, In
cluding the main lines, sidetracks, right-of-way,
depot grounds, freight and pas
senger depot buildings, headquarters
buildings, machine shops, roundhouses,
warehouses and other property outside
of the right-of-way, furniture, . fixtures
and all personal property of every de
scription owned by the railroads, and in
addition thereto It also represented the
west half of the Union Pacific bridge
and the Nebraska half of the East
Omaha bridge, which were returned for
11)03 and 1004 to the state board for
assessment on a mileage basis, which
places the value of the west half of the
Union Pacific bridge at one-sixth of a
mile, or $2,00(5.00, instead of $150,000,
making a 12-mill city tax about $32,
with a proportionate reduction for the
East Omaha bridge.
For 1904 the tax levy was raised from
0 to 14 mills, and the total railway tax,
with reduced bridge taxes, aggregated
about $30,000. With-a 12-mlll tax levy
for the coming year, the aggregate
municipal tax the railroads pay,
Including the Chicago Great 'Western,
will not exceed $35,000, unless the courts
sustain the city's right to assess thess
properties on the same basis enforced
against all other classes of taxable prop
erty.
It goes without saying that the value
of real estate is largely governed by
the tax rate, and so long as $20,000,000
worth of railway property contributes
only $35,000 a year for the maintenance
of municipal government, while the
other $100,000,000 of property Is com
pelled to contribute $005,000 a year
toward municipal government, Omaha
real estate cannot keep pace with that
of other cities of equal population and
wealth.
on municipal ownership In Chicago, New
York, San Francisco, Glasgow and Bir
mingham, while taking groat pains to
steer clear of gas, electric light, munici
pal paving, telephones, in fact, every
question where public opinion among
their patrons is divided. These vital
local questions are onfy touched upon
by them when campaign thunder Is
fabricated for partisan ends without
reference to their merit or demerit.
vealisu ntnr vkxkzvela.
What the authorities at Washington
will finally decide to do In regard to
Venezuela cannot be confidently pre
dicted, but it seems that some action
will be necessary if our government Is
not to make a complete surrender to the
arbitrary president of the South Amer
ican republic. The fact Is already well
known that Castro has practically de
fled the United States and does not pro
pose to submit to arbitration any of the
matters in controversy, as suggested by
our government He simply Insists that
what has been done by the courts of
Venezuela, known to be under his ab
solute control. Is conclusive and declines
to consider any suggestion adverse to
those decisions.
It Is needless to say that thoy are not
satisfactory to the Interests Involved,
for the simple reason that they are not
regarded as fair and Just. It was not to
be expected that they would be In view
of the unquestionable fact that Castro's
will determines the course of the courts
In Venezuela. Of course our govern
ment cannot allege this, yet It may
fairly take an appeal from Judicial de
cisions which there Is every reason to
believe were dictated by the Venezuelan
president. The American Interests in
volved are urging our government to
take some action that will secure them
fair treatment from Venezuela and the
authorities at Washington have the mat
ter under consideration. It Is not likely
that any action will be taken before the
return of President Roosevelt, but there
Is reason to expect that when he gets
back to Washington the Venezuelan
Ing many years past spending money on
subsidies to prevent the Isthmian routa
from becoming an Important competitive
factor.
Careless About His Adjectives.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Mr. Bryan says Mayor Dunne seized a
golden opportunity. The hero of two presi
dential battles li not n particular about
his adjectives aa he used to be.
Test Inn Scientific Theories.
Baltimore American.
If men are what they eat, according to
some scientific theories, surprising devel
opments may be expected from the t'nlted
States cavalry troop that got lost In the
Philippines and lived for the best part of
a month on monkey flesh.
Confidence Well Founded.
Washington Post.
President Roosevelt will pass through
Nebraska, on his return trip to Washing
ton, without a stop. There Is no big game
In Nebraska, and the president probably
understands that Colonel Bryan may be
relied upon to keep the state In the re
publican column.
An Impending- Revolt.
Minneapolis Journal.
Some day there Is going to be a terrible
revolt In this country agalnet the boiled
shirt. We are not going to wear boards
on our bosoms surmounted by picket
fences when the laundryman feels cross
and cuts a saw-edge on our collars. Amer
ican manhood Is going to rise In Its might
some day and carefully drop the starched
shirt over Into the next lot where the
tin cans are. Today we haven't the nerve
to do It. We are under the domination
of social and commercial propriety to such
an extent that we do not dare to arise and
proclaim our freedom In the name of lib
erty of person and freedom of conscience.
Some day we will wear soft shirts and
flowing collars, and the man who wears
a starched board on his bosom and a
sheet Iron ring around his neck will be
known for the conceited and artificial ass
that ho really Is.
WOME AS POLITICIANS.
Exhibit No. 1 by Daughters of the
American Hevolnllon.
Chicago Tribune.
The offices of the Daughters of the
American Revolution are not positions of
rower. Thoy carry neither profit nor
emolument. But they confer something
dearer to the feminine heart. They bring
social distinction and consplculty. The
president general and other officers get
government will be made to understand their names in the papers. These are things
that it must do what Is fair and lust wor,b- striving for. The strife Is hot.
e (nt.-D !, mn.n. The art ot buttonholing is utilized.
s soon as a aeiegaie reacnes tne place
of meetlnfir nhn ( bnttnnhnlfri In lYtn In.
. i rpujiHu. v terest of half a dozen candidates. A
Tho latest statistics In regard to the at a convention may have a half dozen
industries and commerce of Cuba show drinks offered him. A woman Is piled with
that Ihe Island republic, which is really socl,7 Invitations. As at a political con-
under the protection, of the United Ljoors. A women's congress Is persuaded
States, is prosperous and steadily ad- it decides everything, but the caucuses do
vanclng.- The fact appears to be that tnc business.
moro tbnn over l,..foro tbn i,..onlo nt There are bosses and reformers. One
1 I fantlnN htl - IntraMnhm. If.rtt. t. . .
, . , , , , . ...... i-iiv-in lit iiu.vrr.
v-uuii are snowing u rem amuniuu to Another faction I. resolved to A.. ,k-
forge ahead and do something for them- bosses and restore the organization to the
solves. They seem to at last have rea-1 control of the "rank and file." It la sus
lli tbnt thorn la ' oomotbln tn . pectcd, as sometimes happens In politics.
, , , ,. , - , . . . that when control has been restored to
gained by the exercise of Industry and tno rank and flle the ate rpforrn(rf, wlu be
energy and to have gone to work to do found wielding their authority for them
that which will bring them some sort ,n much the manner of the late bosses.
of reward for nronerlv directed efforts. Women's meetings used to provoke merrl-
tu i .i, ,.. t, ., "ic ignorance or. parua-
..ov c ..cvit-,.. mentary la- .nd the nnsvnif.,1n. i
mere is improvement in ail airectlons. political Intrigue the delegates showed,
The production of the Island has been They don't any more. Experience at clubs
greatly Increased, commerce has grown 18 raP,dlv making women more Intelligent
,! tho ,,0rn! r,,v,.,.H i, i I "" xPert ln th matte than most
.c.jr nn.nij.iii., aiif,iiu-uit-u. iruui- rime is vindicating the advocates of
pared with half a dOZeh years ago the woman suffrage. It is showing that women
Cuba of the present Is a modern coun- have as much aptitude for the arts of
trv. with everything In a fair way to p""ucs " men- 19 a'" vindicating tho
. , .. , , " - " opponents of woman suffrage, for It Is
wise ns iihch. in me rry near lumre, showing that when women get Into roll-
with any of the most advanced republics tics or anything like It they exhibit almost
of the world. Railroad construction. a" much of the ,J Eve as their husbands
If Emperor William wants to please
the United States he will say less about
the "open door" In Morocco and more
about opening the door In Germany to
Yankee bog and hominy.
No wonder that the drug bills at the
county hospital mounted up to over
$3,000 a year when the whisky served
out In that institution and charged up
as drugs nlone aggregated from $000
to $700 a year.
The assurance that the recent revolt
in one of the South Omaha public
schools against the admission of Japa
nese school boys did not originate with
Russians does not make the incident
less reprehensible.
The spectacle of Choi Ik Yen sitting
before the gate at Seoul until Corea
adopts certain reforms reminds one of a
large number of American voters who
expect reforms to come wlih as little
action on their own part.
which has been carried to an extent
lmost undreamed of in the days
of Spanish rule, has connected the prln
clpal cities of 'the Island and Is natur
ally leading to the general development
Agricultural areas of great fertility
It Is now said the new commission to
deal with peasants' affairs in Russia is
reactionary, but as long as It accom
plishes no more than Its predecessors Its
tendency makes little difference and
well balanced reaction might be better
than nothing. '
1
Mayor Dunne has been enjoined by
Judge Grosscup. It is not often that a
former Judge experiences the weight of
the judicial hand so early in his post
Judicial career, but be can now show
Just bow a judge expects an injunction
to be received.
The luterurban electric road between
Ashland and Omaha will be made as
straight as possible, unless the owners
of the land through which it is trying
to secure Its right-of-w ay persist 1n mak
ing It as crooked as possible by asking
three prices for the land.
i . .
The announcement that the contract
has been let for the extension of tho
Great Northern from Sioux City to Ash
land would Indicate that Jlin Hill does
not dread to come In contact with the
upper millstone of railroad regulation
and the nether mllUtoue of railroad tax
ation In Nwbrabka,
OAiyiyO JMMlOBATIOy.
The souUi is gaining immigration and
is thus relieving a labor situation which
for a long time has been worrying tho
planters and manufacturers of that sec
tion. For years the great problem of
the south has been how to get the labor
needed for the regular work and the
development of that section. The ordi
nary Impression is that there Is enough
of negro labor there to meet everjr de
mand. For certain demands there Is
sufllclent of such labor, but it does not
cover all requirements. That Is to say,
the negro of the south la not useful In
all kinds of labor, but on the contrary
bis line of work Is restricted and for
obvious reasons must necessarily be.
The south Is in need of more and bet
ter labor and consequently Is seeking it
It is looking for people who are coming
Into the country from abroad and are
seeking homes In this free land. Only
a few days ago there arrived In New
York a steamer having a great load of
passengers destined for the south.
These people are for the most part of
the kind that are needed on the planta
tions of the south and will be of great
usefulness there if they can be Induced
to remain. The trouble Is that they
may not be Induced to stay in their
new country, chiefly for the reason that
conditions there may not prove to be
altogether satisfactory.
At all events, it Is Interesting to know
that there is a movement of a partic
ular class of Immigrants toward the
south and It Is to be hoped that this
will keep up. That section of the coun
try needs labor, especially white labor,
and It can get It only through lmmlgra
tlon. It Is natural that the people of
southern Europe should desire to locate,
when coming to this country, in a sec
tion that corresponds climatically to the
region from Which they come. The
south Is therefore the part of the coun
try to which the Italian Immigrants
should naturally drift and toward
which, there is reason to think, they
will drift In future. The movement In
behalf ot Immigration to the south
means a great deal for that section.
Canals Furnish the Most Profitable
Form of Transportation.
St. Louis Olobe-Demoerat.
At the meeting of the American Phllnso.
hitherto neglected are being opened up Phlral society at Philadelphia last week a
to cultivation and the vast forests of f r'klnfr PaPr. with carefully compiled
aluable woods are being exploited. The 07. tU "a," J.1.
Industries and commerce of the Island most profitable form of transportation and
are steadily and rapidly growing. that the'r economic possibilities are beyond
All this promises a gTeat future for , ,, onl"K.when not obB,ructed by bars or
Cuba and Cuban growth means much oe the channel. ZI. improvement
. x. t- .t j B1 , 1 channels connecting the great lakes,
for the Lnlted States. The resources The rate on a bushel of wheat from Chi-
of that island are only beginning to c"Ko to New York by the lakes and Erie
be properly understood. It is a region "na' ln whrn the So paral had a
ich in possibilities, capable of .support- " 7."
Ing several times its present population lakes, the rate on a b.h,.i n, ..!,. .
" - " iirai ltoill
ncl as an outpost Of the United States, cnicago to New York by the water route
which in effect it is, of incalculable wa 471 C('n", a reduction of five-sixths.
alue to this country. The American r-7-TJh:j!"'?
people have every reason to regard 1904, a reduction of two-thirds by roll.
With gratification the progress of the The charges by water have decreased to a
Island republic, whose existence is one rea,r extent than those by rnll. It Is
of their most honorable and glorious 1"" ". x " ,ne sxeat 'veioP.
... . a aim Ilia II U lltCI U Ting in
The Bee Is still the only newspaper
in Omaha that fearlessly discusses
from day to day all questions that re
late to municipal, county and school
government Its contemporaries content
themselves with long range discussions
and brothers do of the old Adam.
GIIGAT SHOWING FOR WATERWAYS.
OTHKR i,sn mm OIHS.
One obstacle in the wsy of British In
dustrial supremacy which Is dwelt on by
a London paper la the failure of English
manufacturers to consider the demand
of the diffrrent markets, whether it be
for locomotives or for bathing suits. Eng
land haj her own models and foreigners
can take or leave her products. The Ger
mans are more considerate of the caprices
of foreign buyers. They will fill any or
der, no matter how small, and will adopt
any model required. It was supposed that
American manufacturers, too, were on the
lookout for orders and would attempt to
conform to almost nny demand. Yet it ap
pears that our cotton factories have been
Ignorant of a possible market and arc not
able to till on order when It comes. The
manager of a trading company which sells
In Abyssinia wants, as a beginning, nearly
6(0,000 yards of cotton goods suitable to
the climatic conditions of East Africa.
He has learned with astonishment that
the American mills cannot make tip the
goods, and he Is forced to place a part of
the order In Manchester, Eng., where cot
ton grown in this country Is used In the
manufacture of the goods. He affirms that
there Is an Important future trade In E.ist
Africa If our mills will produce what Is
needed. It Is evident that we have not
yet scoured the world for markets. In
deed, some of our manufacturers are slow
to accept foreign orders.
Such statistics as are attainable seem to
show that Germany Is making greater
progress toward industrlul supremacy
than Is cither this country or Great Brit
ain. For one thing, her need of foreign
buyers Is greater and her methods more
determined, Intelligent and patient. Pro
ducing more manufactured articles than
she requires for domestic use, she neglects
no means tb get rid of the surplus. While
producing as cheuply as possible, she de
pends chiefly on tne efficiency of her com
mercial agents to obtain trade. The future
agent goes from the commercial schools
(fostered by boards of trade and the gov
ernment) to the fuctoiy, where he masters
all the details of an industry. Then he
learns thoroughly the language of the
country in which he is to oiKTiite. He will
sell at the lowest profit and wait long for
the pay; he will take small orders and
consider the caprices of the buyer u to
the putting up of the goods. He stays al
ways In his Meld, cultivating social rela
tions, while the American or English
agent makes occasional visits. It Is noted
that Germany has gained a firm foothold In
Canada, ns against both America and Eng
land. The present condition of affairs ln Rus
sia was foreshadowed by George Kcnnin
ln his article, "The Last Appeal of the
Russian Liberals," which appeared In the
Century Magazine for November, 1SS7. At
that time the movement against tne nu
thorltles had been smoldering fcr twenty
jeais. Mr. Kcnnan tells of ilv; apptal
made In March, 18S0, by the liberal of
Moscow, Including professors in Hid uni
versity, authors, lawyers and representa
tive men, to Loris Melikoff, held of the
"Supreme Executive commission," who was
believed to be In sympathy with tho law
abiding branch of the protesting p.trty. In
this appeal attention was called to "the
absence In Russia of auy opportunity tor
the free development of public opinion and
the free exercise of public activity," and
it was stated that the dissatisfaction of
the people, "having no means of Ireo ex
pression, necessarily manifests itself In
morbid forms." It was a "temperate, pa
triotic and courageous address,'' Mr. Kcn
nan eays, and. in accordance with the re
quest of the Signers, It was laid before th.e
czar, Alexander II. lie acted upun it, but,
unfortunately, his action came too late. On
the 12th of March, 1881, Alexander a 6ned
a proclamation announcing to the rcople
his Intention to summon a national assem
bly and to grant a constitutional form of
government. On the very next fay, before
the proclamation had been inud public, he
was afsa-'winated and the cause of Russian
freedom was put back for at least a gen
eration. Political corruption has Jong been rife in
Australia. Though sp cillc pro tn have boe.i
lacking, it haa long been notorious that
certain members of the New South Walts
Parliament, acting as land agents, had
used their political Influence corruptly to
obtain, from the lands department import
ant concessions for clients who were able
and willing to pay a high price for the
privilege. In consequence of startling dis
closures ln a recent law suit, the state gov
ernment, ln response to a public demand,
appointed a royal commission to Investigate
the whole matter of transactions between
the lands department and these politic
ians. The result is expected to be the re
moval of the department from political
control and the vesting of it in a commis
sion similar to that which has charge of
the railway department. One raxcal, at all
events, has met his deserts. Mr. Slattery,
a former minister of mines and until his
conviction a member of the New South
Wales legislative council, has just been
sentenced to forty-two months' hard labor
for the theft of .$3,000. It is an encourag
ing sign when boodlers are sent to jail.
FOMTICAl, nniKT.
Prastic laws prohibiting the sale of
cigarettes have h cn passed by tho legisla
tures of Indiana and Wisconsin.
Thn officials connected with tho public
works of Seranlnti, Pa., have been arrested,
charged with defrauding tho city.
The continuous peiformanec of the New
York and the Illinois legislatures are the
only disturbances of the peace and happi
ness of the country ln sight.
Representatives of the Census office In
Washington are In New York coaching
state ofllclnls on the best way to take the
census of the Empire state next month.
The Pennsylvanlnn legislature was lavish
In Its distribution of gifts to otlleers,
steiKigrnphers, messengers and pages.
Speaker Walton got a ll.fxiO team of horses
and carriage, ami diamond pins, brooches
and medals were provided for lesser mem
bers of the body. Local papers say the
legislators had a very profitable session.
One of the relics of h glslutlve graft in
Minnesota, handed down from territorial
days, is a farewell donation reporting the
proceedings. This year the senate defeated
tho donation for senote reporters, but the
house appropriated J750 to lie divided
among six reporters named In the resolu
tion. Two of the beneficiaries were re
requlred by their employers to resign.
There is pome talk ln Pennsylvania of re
convening the legislature for the purpose
of giving effect to tho recommendation of
the State Hoard of Health that whiskers
known to conceal germs should be sterl
lyzcd at least once a month. This would
require a number of energetic Inspectors
and liberal salaries. I'nfortunately the
whisker peril was not thought of before
adournment, hence the demand for an extra
session to safeguard public health.
A republican and a Tammany democrat
were discussing New York politics, when
the former remarked that the Van YVyck
brothers, "Hob" and "Gus," were trying to
construct an antl-Tanimany machine. Tho
Tammany man smoked reflectively for a
minute and then said: "Ever been ln Egypt?
I was there about a Jf-nr ago. I saw the
winds blowing about the pyramids. They
huve been so blowing about them for thou
sands of years. Tho pyramids are btlll
there. Where are the winds?"
CREAM -
BMW
PLOT AG AINST ( 0iittESSIE.
Proposed Restrictions on the Dead
head Trip to the Philippines.
Washington Post.
When the Philippine government, on an
intimation from Washington, Invited
twenty representatives und ten senators
to visit the islands during tho coming
Bummer, the invitation was accepted with
alacrity. The thirty favored statesmen
acknowledged that they had somewhat
neglected the burning Issues presented In
connection with those possessions, and In
dicated that they would willingly face the
perils of the difp and the dangers of the
tropics ln order to become better ac
quainted with 'heir brown brethren in the
Philippines. A high sense of public duly,
a desire to gather Information at first
hand, even ut great personal risk, nerved
these ttalesmen to endure the gibes of
those who denominated the trip a Junket.
They accepted tho Invitation, feeling that
the trilling expense would be amply re
paid to the Philippine government in th
form of legislation.
Secretary Taft has now made this an
nouncement:
"All that the Philippine government pays
Is their actual transportation. It pays
their railroad fare to San Francisco, but
it does not pay their Pullman fares nor
their meals across the Pacific. It pays
their steamer fare, but It does not pay
their expenses while at the Islands.
"If the legislators make use of a gov
ernment transport in going from place to
place about the islands while they are
there they will pay their regular $1.60 per
diem for their living expenses on board.
I suppose the trip will cost at least $000
personally for every person who goes."
This news comes as a distinct and disa
greeable surprise. It is made after the
Invitation had been accepted, and catches
the statesmen at a disadvantage. Some
of them have Investigated, and have dis
covered that the cost will, be at least
$1,000 for each person. The cold truth
dawns upon them that the Philippine
government, with oriental cunning, is en
deavoring to lure them across the raclflc,
through unknown dangers, In order to se
cure favorable legislation, while forcing
them to pay their own bills. All they get
free is transportation. Transportation,
forsooth, which they get free everywhere,
anyway!
There Is something about the action of
the Philippine government ln this matter
which savors of sordid avarace. The ad
ministration, also, Is apparently Involved.
The attempt to force official excursionists
to pay their own board Is undignified and
prejudlcal. If not Immoral. If such a pre
cedent is established, there Is no telling
where the thing will end.
Improves the flavor
and adds to the health
fulness of the food.
LINKS TO A I.AIGH.
has
queer system of
"Rojestvensky
punctuation'.'
"1 low Is that ?"
"Every time he comes to
tits a little colon." Cleveland
tuts a
eal cr.
Main
Stranger (stopping to ndmlre the house)
"That's a pretty little tower on the top
of this building-. What do you use It forT
Johnny I heard pupa say there was a
Yuliibrntice on the house. I guess thut's
where he keeps It." Chicago Tribune.
"What do you think thnt man who Is
now under Investigation for graft ought
to he charged' with?"
"It seems to me," answered Senator
Sorghum, "that he ought to be charged
with criminal carelessness." Washington
Star.
Homeless Holmes Great snakes! Tlmmy,
I'm goln' tiT commit soolctde life's too
strenuous fer me!
Tie Pass Tim G'wnn! Youse don't
never do no work.
Homeless Holmes Don't I? Pis hers
paper says dat "de work performed by
de mere vital process of do human body
every twenty-four hours amounts to lifting
3.4iO tons." Cleveland ijpiuler.
achievements.
the region referred to except to say that
H Is ln large measure due to the deepened
lake channels.
In a report made by Senator Frys n
1892, the value of the Improvement in
lake channels was Impressively set forth.
Up to the year 190 the improvements had
The saving effected was
said
The high pressure upon the park
board for laying out more boulevards
can only be explained on the. ground
that the owners of property adjacent to
these thoroughfares are exempted from cost $30.ooo.coo.
taxes for the grading aud navlnir of HW.ooo.ooo a year. "Our waterways
those streets. This Is wrong from every M'- rrye- "have lcte1 he most power
, . . , . .. . ful regulators of rate. When It la con
do nt of view, so lone as the cost of .. . .. . ...
1 Bmcum uiai . diminution or 1 mill npr
grnuioK anu pm nix in i.eu up to ma ton on the railroad of the country ef-
owners of property on other streets. tct a saving of nearly $ioo,ono,oco to
Laying out a 6treet and calling It a 8nPPrB In transportation, the value of
boulevard has simply become a new 'I.r "Vt J," ....
dodge for the evasion of grading and known, such regulation of rates by water
paving taxes.
routes greatly Increases the revenues of
railroad. Paradoxical or not. such Is the
fact France, one of the most practical
of nation, has spent $700,000,000 on Internal
waterways. Canada, with a population of
5,000,000. has expended $35,300,000 on its
The gasoline motor car about to be
introduced on the Union Pacific to fa
cllitate traffic on its branch lines will
be very welcome aud may for a time water routes. A corresponding approprla-
supply the long-felt want for whicn In- tlon In the United States would be over
terurban trolley lines are being pro. H.oJ.OOO.OOO. After selling 1.138 of s.VA
jected. If the introduction of the gaso-
line motor uru.gs bihiui more emciem difficulty of competing with foreign rivals,
mall service on the Union raclflc branch and Parliament is now conserving canals
The labor troubles In the South African
Rand have been ended by the Importa
tion of coolies. The heathen Chinese Is no
thing If not Imitative, and he in showing
that he can go on strike Just like a white
man. The Chinese workmen In one of the
Johannesburg mines recently demanded
more pay, and were offered piecework in
accordance with the terms of their con
tract. But they refused to sign the new
agreement that was necessary. They im
agined that this would lengthen the period
of Indenture, and demanded the pay with
out the piecework. Argument proved quite
useless, and finally the Mongolians all
struck. One ringleader waa arrtsted, and
he promptly turned Informer. As some
fifty men were Implicated, it was necessary
to call ln the services of the police. These
had made about twenty arrests when they
were driven bnck hy a sudden rush, and
the prisoners all rescued. The Chinese, re
inforced by other's coming from Ihe mine,
took up a position and kept the police ut
bay. Then, after breaking through tne
cordon, they started oft in the direction of
a neighboring mine. The police heiuled
them off. drove them Into the open ve'd and
eventually brought them to a standstill,
disarmed the coolies and arrested the ring
leaders, who were brought before a magis
trate and remanded. The rest returned
footsore to the mine and boon resumed
work.
lines It will be even more welcome.
Harmless Heroics.
New York Tribune.
With the good-humored and philosophical
Secretary Taft "sitting on the lid," even
Castro finds It difficult to go on with hli
display of heroics.
One More to Come,
Philadelphia North American.
Seventeen railroad presidents are to ap
pear before the senate committee Invest!
gating rebates. Fortunately, there s an
other president to be heard from later.
under corporate management.
Belgium, with an area not far from that
of Vermont, and which owns most of the
railways of the country, has 1.3oo miles
of waterways and encourages the building
of additional canals, and tha reduction of
rates to the lowest possible figure. Ger
many Is building canals to connect the
Rhine with the Vistula, by way of Berlin.
Russia has projected a canal between the
Baltic and Black seas. France has a plan
to make a seaport of Paris. Austria and
Italy have active canal bureaus. The
United States, comparatively, has dons
little for waterways. though It haa
achieved. In the permanently deepened lake
channels, th greatest success of all, the
demonstration illustrating the highest
Why Were Snbsldlea I'aldf
Sun Francisco Chronicle.
Senator Spooner Intimates the bllef that I profits, direct and Incidental, of such I ra
the lowering of the tariff of the Panama provements. Prof. Haupt argued that ths
railway, and the destruction ot the mono- I United States Is so slow in deepening
imly hitherto enjoyed by ths Pacific Mail I channels and providing water traniporta
Bteamshlp company will have no efte ct on 1 tlon that It should surrender Its Jurlsdlc-
transcontinental railroad rates. If the! tlon over rivers and harbors to stats or
senator's assumption Is sound, the .r n- I local authorities, but congress Is not likely
avers of the transcontinental railroads I to seres to the change. Nevertheless, the
have been making fooU cf tbcrusrb dur- I charge of slowness is true
Vitriol Is the Thin it.
Emporia (Kan.) Gaiette.
There is talk of christening the battle
ship Kansas with crude oil, or with water
from the spring from which John Brown
slaked his thirst.
These suggestions are all good, but If
the battleship Kansas Is '.) be christened
with the fluid most characteristic of the
state, use vitriol.
There are times when Kansas fairly
seethes with It. Kansa.s Is oily only be
fore a storm, and watery only on the sur
face. Kansas always has Us heart full
of vitriol ready to pour on those whom It
happens to hate for good and sufficient
reasons.
Too I'atnr to Itnn I niiit,
Chicago Record-Herald.
A Chicago get-rleh-qulck man left his
office the other day to return no more,
and put upon tho door a card bearing the
legend, "You are all suckers" meaning, of
course, his victims. Seme of these get
rich-quick artists are Just too killing. They
ought to go Into vaudeville,
JII)(ii: AM) JMK TAIt.
St. I-onls Globe Democrat.
It's like this here, your honor, see!
As near ns 1 can till.
A gentleman hired my bo.it, and he
as quite a proper swell.
He brought a lady down with him
To make a longlsh trip
And so we scrubbed her thoroughly
Judce-The lady?
Tur No! The ship.
Well cutting off my story short
To enme to what befell,
We started, but put back to port.
Which much annoyed the swell.
She fell between two waterways
And got a nasty nip,
So we rigged her out with brand
stays
Judge The lady?
Tar No-o! The ship.
At last we put to sea again
And started for the west.
All spick and span without h stain.
When all nt once, I'm blest.
Her blooming timbers got misplaced,
Which quite upset the trip.
The water washed around her waist
Judge The lady's?
Tar (nodding) And the ship's
That's all, I think, your honor; now '
I'll state to you my claim,
Five hundred dollars, you'll allow,
Won't build her up the same.
Her rudder's gone, her nose 1b broke,
Her flag I've had to dip.
She's lying now upon the mud
Judge The lady?
Tar No-o-o-o? The ship.
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TORTURINGHUMOUB
Body a Kass of Sores. Called In
Three Doctors but Grew Worse.
CURED BY CUTICURA FOR 75c.
" My little daughter was a mass of
sores all over her body. Her face was
eaten away, and her ears looked as if
they would drop off. I called in three
doctors, but she gfrew worse. Neigh
bors sdvised Cnttcura, snd before I
had used half of the cake of soap, and
box of ointment, the sores kad all
healed, and my little one's skin was
as clear as a new-born babe's. I would
cot be without Cuticura again if it
cost five dollars, instead of seventy
five cents, which is all it cost us to
cure onr baby. Mrs. O. J. Stcese, 701
Cobnrn St., Akron, Ohio,"
Browning, Ming & Co
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