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A COMrLAIXT FROM RUSSIA.
It appears that the Russian, govern
mrnt tins made complaint to our govern
ment because of the publication of news
emanating from American sources re
garding the movements of the Russian
squadron now In the far east When
tliat squadron passed Singapore, going
north through the China sea, the fact
was reported by the American consul
at that port to Washington and given
general publicity by the authorities at
Washington. This, It appears, created
a commotion at the Russian embassy
and a complaint was lodged against the
giving out of such information. A Wash
ington dispatch says that the outcome
Is apparent In the changed conditions In
the State and Navy departments. The
officials have become as mum as oysters
concerning the whereabouts of the hos
tile fleets, although our government has
organized an elaborate system for keep
ing tab on the movements of the Rus
sian and Japanese fleets. It is stated
that the purpose of this constant look
out Is to make It Impossible for one of
the opposing sides surreptitiously to
seize a naval base in American waters
In order to make needed repairs or to
prepare for the coming fight.
There Is no longer any danger of
this, the Russian squadron having
passed, according to the latest informa
tion, far beyond any waters controlled
by the United States, yet there Is said
to be unabated Interest. In Washing
ton In the progress of the Russians.
Every American consul along the shores
of the Japan sea, the Yellow sea and the
China sen, has received Instructions to
report Immediately to the State depart
ment all news concerning the move
ments of the hostile fleets. Such In
formation Is sent to the Navy depart
ment and utilized In directions to our
naval commanders In the .far east It
is understood, however, that such news
will not hereafter be given to the pub
lic.
While this Is undoubtedly the proper
course for the government, there yet
appears to be no sound reason for the
position taken by Russia that the
giving out of news regarding the
movements of Its squadron Is a
violation of neutrality. This seems
to be a most extraordinary Idea of the
The sooner the citv's asDhalt repair meaning or neutrality, mil u appears
plant Is set In motion the better the peo- to haxe bppn Accepted T the Washing
ton authorities ana tnus may in lime
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION.
Btate of Nebraska. Douglas County, as.:
George B. Tischuck, secretary of The nee
PtiMlFhlng Compnnv. being duly worn
says that the actual number of full and
complete copies of The Dally. Morning.
Evening and Pundav Bee printed during the
1M5.
month of March.
I 2T.OSO
t S7.3TO
1 2S.OBO
f M0.700
5 SO.OHO
6 2S.070
27.0SO
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10 iifl.OSO
11 80.810
It . .81.000
II 27,830
14 xn.wo
16 27.U0O
1 27.A40
Total 8or..o
Leal unaold coDlea 9.M3
Net total aalea 8NB.2MB
Daily average 2S.560
GEO. B. TZSCHUCK.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn, to
Deiore me mis iisi uay oi jviarcn, iwa.
(Seal) M. li. HUNGATE,
Notary Public.
Is It not about time for Omaha to de
molish or abbreviate those unsightly and
deadly billboards?
was as follows:
J7 XA.OSO
8 3O.700
18 80,000
20 37,880
Jl SS.lOO
tz 27.H50
2J 27.03I
U 28.B80
a si.mto
2C 81.010
17 27.800
28 28,000
29 28.O20
10 28.1O0
II 28,6S0
pie of Omaha will like it.
Rojestvensky is said to have cut the
cable, but he will have to do more than
that to rival George Dewey.
Chicago teamsters are again proving
that It takes a different sort of ability
to drive a bnrgnin than to tlrive a horse.
' Dr. Gladden has had the last word
and the church has received the cash.
6o the Rockefeller incident may be con
sidered closed.
become generally recognized. Mean
while there are other sources of Infor
mation which are not subject to the
principle of neutrality or to any gov
ernmental control and these will keep
the world posted, as far as possible, re
specting the movements of the hostile
fleets, which, as now Indicated, are
likely to very soon come together In the
greatest naval conflict of modern times.
President Castro no doobt hopes that
President Roosevelt will have fully sat
isfied his craving for excitement upon
the bears before his return to the White
Bouse.
endeavor to present an attractive ap
pearance should meet with cordial and
efficient support not merely from its mu
nicipal officials, but from all classes of
Its citizens.
It Is "up to" the officials of Iowa to
show that New York construction
methods do not "go" In that state, and
the accident at Clarinda is a good place
to start
The brother of President Bigelow, who
first unearthed his defalcation, will
probably hold a family conference the
next time he finds a paper he doesn't
understand. '
Young Mr. Hyde denies that he had
anything to do with the shipbuilding
concern. The fact that the $80,0X1,000
Is intact is prima facie evidence of the
truth of his statement.
It Is doubtless not so much fear of
Becretary Taft's ability to sit on the lid
aa a dettlre to put something else under
It that causes President Roosevelt-to
curtail his hunting trip.
Some day Chicago may pass through
the spring months without a strike, but
tha time can never come until both
employes' and employers exerciRe more
judgment than they now seem to pos
sess.
It will probably take some time to
convince the sultan of Turkey that Long
fellow knew what he was talking about unfavorably
DEFICIT AXD TARIFF.
The deficit In the federal treasury for
the current fiscal year will be consid
erably larger than was estimated by
the secretary of the treasury in his
last annual report. The Indications now
are that It will reach perhaps $25,000,000
and may even exceed that sum. In a
recent Interview Secretary Shaw was re
ported to have said that there Is nothing
alarming in the deficit figures. The fact
that they will be a little in excess of
what he bad estimated the secretary
did not regard as a matter of much
moment. He remarked that "$5,000,000
or $0,000,000 seem like a tremendous
amount of money to the Individual, but
to a great and prosperous government
It Is not nearly so awe-inspiring. Con
gress can turn the deficit Into a surplus
whenever It pleases and will undoubt
edly do so at the proper time."
In the meantime attention is being
given to the question of tariff readjust
ment as a means of doing away with the
deficit. It seems probable that this is
likely to receive attention from the
next congress, but no one can confidently
pay what the result will be. TJnques:
tlonably there are many republicans who
believe that the time has come for the
making of new tariff rates to accord
with changed conditions. These repub
licans believe that certain schedules
should be modified, both In the interest
of our own people and for the benefit of
foreign trnde. The men who urge this
want to preserve the principle of protection,-but
they think a readjustment
of tariff schedules can be made without
affecting the protective
MISSOURI RIVER liirROVEMEXT.
According to the St Louis Republic a
movement Is on foot among members of
congress representing the Interested dis
tricts in the states adjacent to the Mis
souri river to form an offensive ami de
fensive alliance for better Missouri river
legislation legislation relating to work
on the channel. Our St. Louis contem
porary truthfully says that "this is an
old and worn subject with some politi
cians, who have converted its possibili
ties Into campaign promises and tinker
with it In Washington for the purpose
of mending fences at home so that the
people have come to view Its exploita
tion with suspicion." The present move
ment, we are assured, however, is not
primarily political, but is designed to
procure consistent legislation and sys
tematic work "to enlarge navigation,
protect the vast commercial and agrlcul-.
tural interests agalust floods and inci
dentally the inequalities in railroad rates
Indulged by negligence of the Missouri
channel."
Feople who have lived in the Missouri
valley for the last quarter of a century
will continue to view with suspicion any
movement for a large expenditure of
money for straightening and deepening
the channel of the Missouri river with
a view to the enlargement of navigation
and the reduction of railroad rates. Mil
lions have already been expended in the
attempt to make the Missouri navigable,
but these expenditures have simply
proved a waste of money.
At the very best the Missouri river
would not be navigable above Kansas
City more than three to four months In
a year, even, if its channels were deep
ened and straightened, and the bulk of
the exportable products of the Missouri
valley does not move southward until
late In the fall, often not until the river
has been completely frozen over. To
make the lower Missouri river perma
nently navigable would cost more money
than the building of two railroads from
Omaha to St. Louis.
For all that, concerted action on the
part of members of congress, represent
ing the states traversed by the Missouri
river, is a move In the right direction.
In union there Is strength and very little
can be accomplished In congress for any
section of the country unless all its rep
resentatives pull together for an agreed
line of sane appropriations. The pro
posed expenditures for improving the
Missouri river should, however, be con
fined to works that will permanently fix
the channels in front of the cities and
towns adjacent to its banks.
There is no doubt that Kansas City's
loss of $20,000,000, as well as the loss of
life and damage to health caused by the
floods of 1003 and IfMU. could have been
averted had sufficient funds been placed
at the disposal of the government engi
neers. This is also true regarding re
cent Iors by floods at other points on the
Missouri and the menace of farther loss
by floods that may occur this year.
The passing of George Gould out of
the Union Pacific directory Is not likely
to make any difference In the relations
of the Gould lines in Nebraska to the
Union Pacific,- excepting as they may
eventually be linked In with the pro
jected Denver & Salt Lake Transconti
nental, which will at no distant day be
come the Pacific coast outlet of the Mi
sourl Pacific.
Under the revised Itinerary President
Roosevelt will pass through Omaha ear
lier than anticipated, and while he will
make no stop In this city beyond the
time necessary for a change of locomo
tives and inspection of his train, he will
And time enough for a handshake all
round, unless some unforeseen circuni
stances delay his transit past the mid
night hour.
There Is no good reason why Omaha,
with its superb and commodious federal
building and its superior railway facili
ties, should not be division headquar
ters for the special inspectors of the
Postofflce department for Nebraska,
Iowa, South Dakota and Wyoming, as
well as division headquarters of the
rural delivery.
of the waters on the eoaat and In the rivers
of southern and eastern Asia of Xaf greater
destructive violence.
The limit.
Pt. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The scene following Mn. Norman Mc
Lean's election aa president general of the
D. A. R. baa not been surpassed In emo
tional grandeur and hysterical enthusiasm
since the year ISM, when the redoubtable
Colonel Bryan tossed his crown of thorns
Into the arena at Chicago.
Rack to First Principles.
WaJl Street Journal.
We must aa a people cut loos from the
love of excessive luxury and the eagerness
to get rich quick and get back to these
simple and fundamental virtues, or the
certificates of stocks and bonda which are
traded In on our stock exchanges will not
bo worth ths paper upon which they are
written.
Toirhrit Tender Spot.
Chicago Chronicle.
Perhaps the Inference may be unjust.
but there will be people who will maintain
that the shriek emitted by his grace of
Manchester when Andrew Carnegie spoke
of worthless dukes who marry American
women for their money Indicates whose
toes were trodden upon.. There are cir
cumstances wherein nothing so becomes
men as modest stillness and humility.
A Nebrnakai Woman's Specialty,
Boston Globe.
The postofflce Inspectors are considering
the case of a young woman out In Ne
braska who has been making a specialty of
collecting engagement rings. Bho has cor
responded with hundreds of men, through
matrimonial bureaus and other agencies,
becoming engaged to them liberally. She
has remarkable success In bringing the
cases up to the ring stage, but stops there.
Her motto must be, of course; "What
fools these mortals be!"
Satan on Her Hobby,
Chicago Chronicle.
If ex-President Cleveland were disposed
to be captious he might reply to Susan
B. Anthony's depreciatory observations by
Inquiring why women desire to extend
woman suffrage when they do not exercise
the right where they already enjoy it. It
certainly appears to be true that In those
states where women have been accorded
the right to vote they manifest no especial
Inclination to avail themselves of the priv
ilege. That fact, of courae, constitutes no
argument ngnlnst woman suffrage 3 an
ethical proposition, but It certainly does
Injure the suffrage cause practically.
Rising; to an Opportunity.
Minneapolis Times.
Postmaster General Cortelyou has risen
once more to the opportunities offered.
George is a great riser. He meets all oc
casions promptly and therein lies the se
cret of his success. He Is determined to
ferret out "get-rlch-qulck" concerns and
deny them postofflce facilities, before com
plaint is made. In other words, he will
start an Investigation on all large receivers
of mall matter whose business is not an
open book. In this way the chaff will be
readily separated and the millions of suck
ers around the country will not be so easily
separated from their coin. It Is a com
mendable move. Anything looking to puri
fying the mall service from frauds, quacks
and pirates will be welcomed by the people.
COKSi SAVES THE DAY.
when he referred to Arabs quietly fold
ing their tents and silently stealing
away. "
Advices from Chicago indicate that
tha bookmakers have finally killed the
racing- game at that place. Some day
tha horse may .be divorced from the
pool seller and be permitted to run on
Ita own merits.
The most gratifying proof of Omaha's
substantial growth Is that building op
erations this year are not confined to
any lngle part of the city. They In
clude grain elevators, business blocks,
churcbea, . schools, palatial residences
and hundreds of dwellings of moderate
pmtenslone.
The Loup river power canal is again
seriously talked about by Its promoters,
who confidently expect to secure all the
capital necessary to finance this great
enterprise. If they succeed Omaha cer
tainly will not be la their way. Ita
mills, factories and packing houses will
gladly avail themselves of cheaper
power and may be depended upon to
draw for all the canal can furnish.
Omaha bidders for Indian supplies
wiu pa graunea from the assurance
liven by Indian Commissioner Leupp
that every opportunity will be given
them for fair competition with Chicago,
Bt Louis and other cities, with due con
sideration of the difference in the cost
of the delivery of the articles at destina
tion. Unlike his predecessors, Comiuls
aloner Letipp baa no disposition to give
preference to any locality, even where
it has a preponderance of Influence in
' loogresa.
principle. On the other hand . are re
publicans who Insist that there should
be no interference with the tariff; that
the operation of the present law has
been most .salutary and beneficial and
that modification of it could only result
In Injury to the Industrial and labor In
terests of the country.
It seems to be clearly Indicated that
this subject Is to become of paramount
Interest In the public attention within
the next year or two. How much in
fluence the fact of a treasury deficit will
exert is a question, but It can safely be
assumed that It will have some Influence.
Those who assert that a reduction of
tariff duties would Increase the revenues
of the government wjll not fall to win
adherents, while at the same time many
will accept the Idea that such reduc
tion would benefit the home consumer.
These elements, it Is hardly necessary
to say. constitute a very considerable
part of the people, whose views and
wishes will not be without, weight with
congress.
It is altogether probable that before
the end of the present administration
there will be changes In the tariff law.
They are very likely to be made by the
next congress. But whatever changes
may be made It can very confidently be
predicted that protection to American
Industries and labor will be preserved.
That Is a principle which the republican
party will never abandon.
Tbe Cereal King; Extends Ills Domin
ions into Europe.
Minneapolis Journal.
King Corn la to the front today as never
before and is making a record of which we
may well be proud. In the export list he
stands well toward the top. This Is a for
tunate thing for the export trade balance
of our country, for we have fallen behind
greatly In foreign shipments of wheat and
flour, due principally to the fact that we
produced so little last year. As to com,
the experts told us last season that the
production would be under 2,000,000,000
bushels, which, for. corn, would be a mod
erate crop, largo as the figures may look.
The experts were wrong, for the country
turned out 2,450,000.000 bushels. There Is an"
abundant exportable surplus, and although
prices are higher than has often been the
case and more remunerative to the farmer,
they are low enough relatively to enable us
to sell abroad, and so Europe is taking our
corn In great quantities.
Countries that never before bought a
bushel are now buying. Mediterranean
countries that usually get the bulk of their
requirements from along the Danube river
have turned this way for It, because of ex
haustion of supplies at the usual source.
We are sending out corn to the Italian
cities of Venice and Genoa, and up to
Galatz, Tries and Copenhagen. Germany
Is getting some through every port and
France Is taking It In, principally through
Bordeaux and Marseilles. Liverpool and
London and other cltiea of the I'nited
Kingdom, always buyers to some extent,
are taking more than ever. Recently a
good-sized lot went out of New Tork for
Portugal. We are making Corn eaters of
the bread eaters of Europe.
When the balance for the year la struck
It will be found that American corn ex
ports have been enormous and that no such
total decrease In grain exports will be
shown, as was thought would be the case
Inst year, when the wheat crop was cut
down so materially.
It la now foreshadowed that the gen
eral assessment roll of the state will be
increased by $20,000,000 at the next ses
sion of the State Board of Equalization.
That increase will, however, come alto
gether from taxpayers other than the
public carriers, which were under-valued
under last year's assessment v-
The seventy-fifth anniversary of the
Independence of Belgium is now being
celebrated. In this connection it may
be recalled that the government of the
United States Is one of the oldest on
earth, the majority of those of Europe
having materially changed their forms
alnce our declaration of independence.
No Bottom Tbere.
New York Tribune.
Even a bank president's purse is not so
deep the Chicago wheat pit.
Let It no at Tbat.
Bt. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Tha governor of Arkansas has made It
manifest that he considers himself a dif
ferent sort of a person from the governor
of Nebraska, and the latter Is willing to
let It go at that.
Oaa Oaess as Good as the Other.
Philadelphia Press.
The naval sharps who have been mak
ing long-distance plans which Togo and
Rojestvensky did not carry out have ex
hausted everybody but themselves. They
are making so many guesses that lume1
of them must Inevitably prove correct.
Portland excursions will be the order
of the day, beginning with May 1, and
Omaha Itelng the terminus of the direct
overland line, will undoubtedly receive
many visitors going to and returning
from the Lewis, and Clark exposition.
This It another reason why Omaha's
Disasters of former Days.
. New York Tribune.
The loss of life caused by the recent
earthquake In India, deplorable a it wan,
was of no great proportions In compurlson
with the notable disasters In the history
of the globe. It Is estimated that 15.0a)
passed away, but at Lisbon the total w hose
breath was cut short by the opening of
the surface of the earth and the onset of
a frightful tidal wave was mor than twice
aa many, while there have been uprlblngs
SHAKING THE FOUNDATION.
Danireronslr l ong String; of Scandals
In Financial I.lfe.
Wall Street Journal.
Other men as honored and as highly
trusted as Frank G. Bigelow. the default
ing president of the First National bank of
Milwaukee, have proven false to their trust
and stolen money which others have put in
their keeping. The case of Mr. Bigelow is
by no means an exceptional one. He stands
In a large company.
Nevertheless, every new revelation of
dishonesty on the part of officers of banks
and other moneyed Institutions comes as a
fresh shock to public confidence. Again and
again we wonder In whom we may put our
trtiHt, and whether there is no one who,
under the stress of temptation, will, not
succumb. Mr. Blgelow's defalcation comes
at a very Inopportune time. It has a cumu
lative effect, because It is another In a long
series of recent wrongdoing on the part of
"high finance." For four years we have
had a string of scandals In financial life.
They have not all been of one kind, nor all
In one place, but they have all had this In
common that they were violations of the
moral law.
Is It any wonder that people are begin
nlng to ask whether the modern system of
doing business under the various forms of
trusted wealth can stand the moral strain
which it Involves? Is It possible to get men
to take care of other people's money and
other people's property and other people's
certificates of ownership and make a faith
iui ana nonesi accounting! -mis is a very
vital question. Modern business Is done on
credit. The basis of credit la confidence.
There can be no confidence without honesty
ana raunruinees. is it possible to secure
honesty and faithfulness from trustees of
wealth?
The answer to that must be In the affirm
ative, or rife we must admit that the whole
structure of modern business Is a failure,
and that the great edifice of American
prosperity Is built upon decaying founda
tions. The experiences of the last few
years give point and emphasis to the sug
gestion that. In order to safeguard this
system of transacting business upon
grand scale by means of directors or trus
, tees, there must be some radical changes
OTIIRIl L.ASD THAN Ot It.
The Belgian government Is planning to
make Antwerp the largest port In the
world by extending Its docks, at an esti
mated Cost of $10,000,000. The Chamber of
Commerce has unanimously voted In favor
of the project, which. It la said, assures
Its approval by the Belgian Parliament.
Since 1X39. when the boundaryd Ifferenres
between Holland and Belgium were set
tled, Antwerp's commerce has been stead
ily growing. It Is really one of the most
Important commercial cities on the conti
nent of Europe, although It has a popu
lation of less than aoo,000. It was Napoleon
Bonaparte's ambition to make It a rival
of London, but his, plans for Its develop
ment were dissipated by the decline of
his power and the fall of his empire. Its
commerce Is chiefly with the Balkan coun
tries, Russia, the United States and South
America, and It exceeds in value tl,200,
000,000 a year, a little more than one-half
of which represents Imports. All of Ant
werp's dock facilities for shipping are of
a permanent character. No doubt the new
flocks to be constructed at a cost of JI0,
000,000 will be built of solid masonryJust
as the docks In London, Liverpool and
other large seaports In Great Britain are
built.
All the preliminary arrangements have
been completed for the visit which the
prince and princess of Wales are to pay
to India next winter. They will have a
remarkable and extensive progress. Land
ing In Bombay, they will, after duo cele
brations, proceed to Delhi, paying a brief
visit to Agra and the Taj Mhal on the
way. At Delhi they will hold a grand
durbar, which Is expected to exceed In
gorgcousness the similar function of UrU.
Thence they will travel to Lahore, which,
by the way, has Just added earthquakes
to its other attractions, and Kashmir, mak
ing a visit probably to Rawalpindi the
Aldershot of India and the famous Khy
ber pass. Then they will Journey back
to Calcutta, where they will lay the founda
tion stono of what 1b likely to be the
moat magnificent of all memorials to
Queen Victoria, a huge museum and sci
entific Institute standing in an ornamental
park of thirty acres. The site Is now oc
cupied by the presidency Jail, which Is
to be transplanted. Afterward they will
go by way of Hyderabad and Mysore to
Madras, where they will embark for home.
When King Edward made his famous trip,
he waa laden with fabulous gifts, but the
prince is not to receive any presents.
The farewell speech of Lord Mllner In
South Africa was optimistic. He said that
self-government would not of Itself bring
every blessing. Personally, he believed
that popular elections and the party system
would not improve the administration or
finances any more than, if as much as, the
Influences already at work. He appealed to
the colony to accept the new constitution
heartily and to work it with a good will.
Such a course was dictated by higher mo
tives than mere policy. The generosity
and confidence shown by the home gov
ernment In the Transvnl deserved recog
nition. The best way to do this whs by
making a success of the constitution which
the Imperial government framed with a
sole view to the pafety of the colony It
self. He did not believe, he said, that the
Boers as a body would put themselves In
the wrong by refusing to co-opernte with
their British fellow subjects. If they did,
though he should regret It. he wnuld not
feel that the progress of the country would
be thereby greatly retarded. If one sec
tion of the community refused to play the
game, let them sit out. His policy was to
treat the Dutch and the British on an ab
solute equality and to await with patience
that grudunl approximation which equality
of treatment was certsin to bring about
sooner or later. "
The people of Crete, through their elected
representatives, demand annexation to
Greece. They allege that the present local
government of which Prince George, second
son of the King of Greece, Is the
head, Is unsatisfactory, that necessary re
forms have been denied, that the execu
tive has been guilty of all sorts of ex
travagances and misconduct. The geogra
phical position of the Island makes its pro
posed political relation to Greece seem en
tirely natural and as the great bulk of the
population are of Greek extraction the
argument In favor of union Is thereby con
siderably strengthened. The Island was
the theater of continuous Insurrection for
more than seventy years, or until 1&98,
when France, Great Brltian, Italy and
Russia Interfered to remove It from under
the oppressive Jurisdiction of Turkey. Those
four powers now sustain the autonomous
government established by them, and
Prince George of Greece holds the office
of governor or high commissioner aa their
agent.
The "exact statement" of Russian losses
at the battle of Mukden, which now comes
from Russian sources. Is, to say 4he least,
surprising. The discrepancy with the first
figures of the battle is so great sa to make
one at first skeptical. But it must bn ad
mitted that In the past the Russian figures
have earned quite ns much reputation for
accuracy as the Japanese. The great dis
crepancy Is that between the 7,000 to ,000
Russians now reported as being known to
have been captured, and the 40,000 which
the Japanese gave as the number of their
prisoners. But quite as remarkable al
though the Japanese claims as to captured
artillery have In this case been noticeably
low is the small number of cannon, thirty
two, claimed to have been lost In the re
treat. That Is an almost negligible number.
If the claim Is true that all other cannon.
Including heavy siege guns, were safely
carried away. We may yet learn still more
of the battle of Mukden and of the quali
ties there displayed by the Russians.
Doubtless the osar Imagined he was doing
something noteworthy when he Issued his
rescript two or three days ago extending
to parts of Siberia the Institution of the
Zemstvos. The Zemstvos, as stated In the
rescript, are elective and representative
governing bodies, but their limited privi
leges are constantly usurped by the pro
vincial governors and their acts are habit
ually set at naught by special laws or po
lice orders. It is a pitiable spectacle that
Is presented by the feeble-minded Nicholas
when he makes reply to the demands of
his people for liberty and a constitution by
granting a worthless concession to a part
of Blberla and praising himself for his
magnanimity. He might as well have tried
to appease the hunger of the Russian peas
ants who sre starving for went of bread
by a decree Commanding them to eat cake.
rOMTICAI, DRIFT.
Mayor Tom Johnson of Cleveland thinks
he has readied tht goal of i-cent fares on
street railways
The governor of Pennsylvania Is re
ceiving an unuaiml number of editorial
bouquets for the variety and versatility of
his vetoes.
Party policies and principles are Influ
encing home life. In a strong republican
school district of Minneapolis there are
fourteen pairs of twins attending the
same school.
The statue which will top the dome of
the new Pennsylvania state house Is the
figure of a woman twelve feet high and
weighing about two and a half tons. The
figure Is blind and dumb.
It has been discovered teat one of
President Roosevelt's ancestors was a
member of the Pennsylvania legislature.
Evidently there are some bright spota In
the history of that body.
Representative Comerford of Chicago,
who was expelled from the Illinois legis
lature and re-elected to that body. Is
ostraclted and boycotted by his associate
members. Mr. Comerford charged the
members with grafting, but could not
make good. Now the accused give hint
the stony stare.
The lower house of the Michigan legis
lature passed unanimously the most
sweeping anti-trust bill ever drafted In
that state. It defines and declares Illegal
all corporations which aim at the monop
oly of (any business, trade, avocation or
profession, and nullifies any agreement
binding individuals not to engage In a cer
tain occupation.
The New York Sun retracts a number
of charges made last fall against Tom
Taggart, chairman of the democratic na
tional committee. In substance the Sun
says it Is satisfied that Mr. Taggart's
"support of Judge Parker was not pro
cured by the bestowal of money upon the
Indianapolis Sentinel," and that Mr. Tag
gart's Interest In the Bentlncl Is a small
one." This charge was the basis of the
picturesque scene alloged to have taken
place when the money was demanded,
hence the entire structure reared bv the
Sun falls to the ground. "We sot down
these conclusions In-good faith," says the
Sun, "and In Justice to Mr. Taggart and
our own sense of right."
fifty Years tha Standard
CLEVELAND ON WOMAN'S CLl DS.
Indianapolis News: Grover Cleveland has
"his nerve with him" all right.
Minneapolis Times: An article on the
subject by Mrs. Grover Cleveland would be
much more to the point.
Chicago Inter Ocean: Former President
Cleveland, however, Is In the position of a
man whose place In history Is already
fixed. He can afford to say things about
the women's clubs which tho ordinary man
would not dare to utter.
Chicago News: Mr. Cleveland is right
In saying that a woman's natural sphero
Is her home and that her highest duty
lies there. The club members are right In
thinking that a wider outlook and some con
tact with the impelling forces of society
will make her a more enlightened woman
and therefore a better mother. The right
course niunt Ho somewhere between these
extremes, though, there can be no possible
question what a woman's choice should be
If she must choose between the club and
the home. The moment she begins to neg
lect homo for club she renders herself and
her children amenable to the influences of
which Mr. Cleveland speaks.
Minneapolis Journal: It seems as though
every man from the middle nges down to
today who Is against the advancement of
women In education or Influence has hung
his argument on the convenient peg of the
neglected home. It does not seem to make
much difference to these male Imper
sonators of all the wisdom that the women
who go Into the hard and conscientious
work of the clubs go Into It for the purpose
of fitting themselves to more adequately
run a home. The Idea that a home con
sists simply of a man, some children and
a cook has not been entirely suppressed.
Grover Cleveland is In that state and he
will perhaps remain there until he dies.
Why Publicity Is Popular.
Jasper In Leslie's Weekly.
The popularity of President Roosevelt's
proposed policy of publicity Is slgnincant.
If that policy can be carried out, there
will be no more sudden announcements of
the doubling of stock, such as the Union
Pacific has Just made; no meetings of
stockholders called In far-off corners of
Mormondom; no Inside corporation rings
sucking all the profits out of a concern
and throwing the empty shell at the stork-
holders: no directors' combinations loading
their favorites with the richest spoils and
cutting off dividends to stockholders; no
dummy directors and dummy dividends
paid by borrowed money to enrich specula
tive managers with headquarters In Wall
street. All these abuses, which have made
gigantic fortunes for a few at the expense
of the many, will be abated:. In part at
least, and the public will once more have
a show for Its monoy In Wall street.
THINNING THE SENATE'S RANKS.
Notable Ravages of Death Within a
Recent Period.
Baltimore American.
The death rate In the United States sen
ate for the last fifteen months has been
phenomenal. Six senators have died during
that time and every one of them was a
man of mark. When the record is more
closely examined, however, the number of
deaths, though unusual, Is not so signifi
cant. The senate haa fewer young men
among Its members than any similar body
In the world. Some of them have grown
old In the service and several of these were
among the senators who recently died
Quay, Hoar, Bate, Hawley and Piatt were
old men who had given many years' service
to the country, while Mr. Hanna was
scarcely past his prime when he entered
the senate. Out of such a large number of
old men It Is scarcely surprising that some
of them should pass away at each session.
That it does not usually occur helps to con
firm the theory that men's days are grow
ing longer and that a person who reaches
60 without accident has a promising career
ahead of him.
There Is a reflection suggested by these
deaths which may be uncomfortable or the
reverse, according to circumstances. With
out criticising the senate as It stands It
must be conceded that by these deaths It
has lost Its brainiest and moat influential
members. There may be Just as strong
men left, but none of them has the prestige
of Mark Hanna or George F. Hoar. The
new senators are unknown quantities, with
Hade from pure cream of
tartar derived from grapes.
the cxceptlo of Quay's successor, who Is an
exceptionally able man. It is customary to
say things of those who have been suddenly
Injected Into high places which fairly
startle the public. They are credited with
this, that and the other achievements,
which make it seem strange that the public,
never heard of them before. It la not alto
gether wise, because If the person so deco
rated does not merisure up to expectations
this record is certain to come under sus
picion. It Inspires great hopes In the pub
lic mind, and at tho same time makes
it difficult to fulfill them. The senste. how
ever, already has some big men in It. and
it Is fair to Infer that tho new members
will furnish their quota.
There Is never a dearth of groat men
In a virile country, always plenty of
"mute, Inglorious Mlltons," and when In
fluential leaders yield to the Inexorable
other Influential leaders In abundance are
ready to take their places. The drift In
recent years has been largely to pursuits
other than political, but the law of supply
and demund governs even In statecraft.
FLASIIK.M OF FIN.
"Are you bothering me about that hilt
again?" said Ardup, frowning at the caller.
"I've told you half a dosen times 1 couldn't
pay It this month!"
"Well, you needn't be so confoundedly
uncivil," said the bill collector, equally in
dignant. "You might at least ink mo to
cull ugain!" Chicago Tribune.
"I wonder." snld the editor, "whether
that new compositor is Just a blunderer or
a philosopher. '
"Why?'" asked his assistant.
"Ho set up this: 'Tlnio and tide wait
for woman.' " l'lillndelphia Ledger.
"Now, professor," said Miss Kay, "you
know something of human nature; at wnat
age docs the average man of intelligence
marry?"
"Dotage!" promptly replied the crabbed
old fellow. Cleveland Ixudrr.
Mrs. Jinks Miss Browning is quite a
cultured girl, isn t she?
Mrs. Swellman Oh. no! Very bad form.
Mrs. Jinks 1 heard she was extremely
fond of music.
Mrs. Swellninn That's Just It. Whenever
she goes to 'he opera sho Insists upon
listening to tha people on the stage. Phila
delphia Ledger.
"Stocks were all down a few points to
day." remarked the broker.
"The idea!" exclaimed his wife. "It's a
wonder they didn't advertise It as a bar
gain day." Philadelphia Press.
"Cut the wood and I'll give you a din
ner." "Better lemme git a little prnctlce fust,
ma'am, by cuttin' de beefsteak." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
"I don't believe in suicide"
"I should hope not!"
"No, of course, but every time I meet a
man who brags of being self-made 1 can't
help wishing he'd finish himself." Phila
delphia Ledger.
"Sunday." remarked the tlred-looklng
passenger, "Is no day of rest for me."
"Ball player?" queried the other passen
ger. No leader of a church choir." Chicago
Tribune.
THE FORTI NATE ISLES.
Joaquin Miller.
You sail and you seek for the Fortunate
ThelBolu' Greek Isles of the yellow-bird's
song,
Then steer atralght on through the watery
miles,
Straight on, straight on, and you can t
go wrong.
Nay, not to the left, nay. not to the right.
But on. atralght on, and Uie Isles are in
sight.
The Fortunate Isles where the yellow-birds
sing
And life lies girt, with a golden ring.
These Fortunate Islfs. they are not so far,
They lie within reach of the lowliost door;
You can see them gleam by the twilight
tar,
You can hear them sing by. the moon's
white shore.
Nay, never look back! Those leveled grave-
-stones
They were landing steps, they were steps
unto thrones
Of glory for souls that have sailed before.
And have set white feet on the fortunate
shore.
And what are the names of the Fortunate
Isles?
Why Duty and Love and a large Content;
Lo. these are the islee of the watery miles
That God let down from the firmament.
Lo, Duty and Love and a true man's
Trust;
Your forehead to God, though your feet In
the dust;
Ln, Duty and Love and a sweet babes
smiles,
And these, O friend, are the Fortunate
Isles.
Browning, King & Co
CLOTHING, FITHNISHINGS, AND HATS
Serges
The Serge Suit for Summer Is perennially
popular.
This season the new Wlde-wale Gray Serge
takes its place with tbe Blue
$20.00 and $2100
Blue Unfinished Worsted Serges
$1100 to $30.00
The Single and Double-breasted Sacks are
two and one-half Inches longer than last sea
son's, with lower rolling collars and heavier
lapels. -
Ours are correct and perfectly tailored.
The Top Coat aa all-summer necesity
$15.00 to $30.00
"Clothing like tmntery,'' said Beau Bnimmel. "Is an exact
science. 'It corrects a man's physical defects and irfects bla
form."
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