THE OMAHA DAIlA BEK: THURSDAY, MAY I, 1905.
, The Omaha Daily Bee.
E. ROSE WATER, EDITOR.
PUBLISHED EVERY MORNINO.
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Just what pnrt the United State gov
ernment may feel called upon to take
In the final settlement of the far east
ern War will be determined by events
which cannot now be foreseen. Very
much will depend upon which of the
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. REMITTANCES.
Remit by draft, express or postal order,
tofore noted, the opinion obtains lu
diplomatic circles that whatever the out
come of the meeting 'of the fleets of
Russia and Japan, the first real opportu
nity for the successful initiation of peace
negotiations since the war began will ex
ist with the ending of that engagement.
It is pointed out that war has cost both
belligerents enormously In lives and
money and defeat of Russia's last fleet,
&5b,V0t I thought, give the Russian
mail accounts. Personal checks, except on i jK,ace party renewed power, while even
Omuha or eastern exchanges, not accepted. I
Thh bee publishing company, a partial victory for the Russian fleet
would have the effect of scaling Japan's
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state of Nebraska. Douriaa County, ss.: peace terms io wnat uussia wouia re
ci..c. Reter. ecret"Ly P'.J11" iJS? gard as a reasonable basis,
ays that the actual rumbw of full and I Early in
SSnAli'ini iarnm declared that In the final set-
montn or Apni. laws, waa as iouow.. , tiement no third rower would be con
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the war the Russian gov-
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n!!""""" 2!no suited or permitted to interfere, that
is.!.! 2,070 the terms of peace would be arranged
19 I entirely by the belligerents. Then Rus-
21!!!!!!!!!!!! 2!ao e'an expectation of ultimate victory was
22 so.iffo high. That power bad experienced no
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25 itn,060 l-taia 01 raeaiauon or intervention was
26 2.oo vigorously resented. The situation has
S Islsoo been greatly changed and today the
a 80,100 hope of Russia is wholly in the fleet
30 83,iwo 1 now I- eastern seas. Unless that
ten high-salaried pension examiners for
carelessness and direct violation of the
law and he has given all the employes
of the bureau to understand that they
will be required to faithfully and dil
igently perform their duties, to the end
that the government shall receive ad
equate service for the salaries It pays.
There are 2,000 clerks? or ' more In the
pension bureau and if lflxlty in the work
were permitted not only would there be
delay, but a wrong committed against
the government. There Is no part of the
public service in which there "is greater
necessity for faithful and efficient work
on the part of employes than In the pen
sion bureau, and in enforcing this Com
missioner Warner will have the com
mendation of the public, though he may
incur, as did his predecessor In the
office, the displeasure of those under
him.
lines are notoriously the most profitable
side graft that travels on wheels. They
are bombproof against the Interstate
law. They get rebates and give re
bates, and are paid whether they are
propelled with a full cargo or' running
empty over the railroads, whether they
are attached to a passenger train run
ning on regular time or expedited by
fast freight trains running wild.
Total Bvao shall win a decisive victory the situa-
Leas unsold copies 8'78a tlon for her will be hopeless. In that
Net total sales 8T0.ORT I event it Is altogether probable that she
Dally average ,8Ji
C. C. ROSJH.WATB.rl,
would welcome intervention for peace
and to save her from the possible
heavy demands on the part of Japan.
As to Japan, there Is reason to believe
that should she defeat the Russian fleet
and thus be absolutely assured of com-
The State Board of Equalization has mand of the Bhe WQuld not dl8.
Secretary.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me tnis 1st any or May,
(Seal) ' M. B. HUNQATEJ
v ' Notary Public.
made a good beginning by holding open
door sessions.
In reporting snow in- May, the Black
Hills may only be preparing to qualify
aa a summer resort.
The constitutionality of the biennial
election law should be tested at the
earliest possible moment
With strike breakers striking and
employers "scabbing," the Chicago strike
Is presenting some-new features. . .
Bow many members of the late legis
lature carry Pullman passes In their
pockets? Don't all speak at once.
A Young Men's Christian association
is to be organized In St Petersburg,
but no demand for an instructor in jlu
jltsu is likely or some time.
If the Japanese will only continue to
watch French waters close enough Ad
miral Rojestvensky may be able to come
upon them from the other side.
posed to reject suggestions from other
powers, and particularly from the United
States, in regard to terms of peace.
Japan knows that she tins no more sin
cere friend among the nations than is
.this country and that whatever advice
she might get from here would be with
reference to her best interests and wel
fare. There is here no sympathy with
the European "yellow peril" fear, but
a practically universal confidence that
Japan Intends, In the event of her final
success, to deal fairly and Justly with
all nations, doing nothing that w(ll close
to the commerce of the world va by door
in Asia.
No western nation, with perhaps the
exception of Great Britain, has a greater
concern in the terms of peace that will
be made between Russia and Japan
than the United States. Ourposses
slon of the Philippines has given ns 'a
very vital interest in far eastern affairs.
It is reasonable to expect, therefore,
that our government will not be indif
ferent, regarding the character of settle
ment when the war is ended. J
The coal dealers demur against Jug-
handle demurrage charges, but the traf
fic manager of the Burlington demurs to
the' soft and hard coal impeachment.
The Dps Moines Register asks if a
college student is worthless. The opin
ion la growing that it depends aa much
upon the student aa upon the college.
WISCONSlirs ANTI-QBAFT LAW.
The law Just enacted in Wisconsin
against graft and tipping Is certain to
command a great deal of attention and
if It shall result aa Its promoters believe
it will doubtless the example will be fol
lowed in other states. It appears that
when the bill was Introduced in the leg
islature the intention was simply to wipe
out the petty grafting which has grown
up through small commissions paid buy
ing agents and employes'. to induce them
totfavor some firm or corporation in tuak
ing their purchases a practice by no
means confined to WUconsln. It was
with such a view that the bill was
What a rumpus those pav!ng speclflca-1 passed by both houses, but it is con
tions make, in the city council every sea- "trued to apply also to the giving of tips,
son. v Cah't' somebody Improvise paving 14 provides that "Whoever corruptly
specification's that would hold good for K've8 or offers any agent servant or em
at least two vears in succession. P'ye any gratuity whatever, with lnten
tlon to influence his actions in relation
, British merchants are complaining I to bis employer's business, or any em-
tnai unina is ignoring its treaty ohllga-1 pioye wno requests or accepts such a
tlons. When the news reaches .Peking gift" shall be,' liable to fine and lmprls-
41. A 1 . .. 1 i. f, M . i,
luc iuiLt-vii gui ei umt'ui win uuuuuesH uumcui,
ask what port Great Brltajn desires this It is a good law and would be better
time. I if it had been made more sneclflc in re
gard to tjpplng, but whether or not it
can be enforced is a question. Dotibt-
KSTABLl&H THE COKSTITUTIOfiAt.
STANDABD-
Under the revenue laws of Nebraska
all taxable property and franchises are
to be assessed at their true value and re
turned for taxation at one-fifth of their
assessed value. From this rule the law
admits of no variation, whether the as
sessment Is made by the county assessor
or the state board charged with the as
sessment of railroads, telegraphs 'and
other public carriers.
In view of the fact that the State
Board of Railroad Assessment, which
also performs the function of a state
board of equalization, is made up of
state executive officers, it is In duty
bound to set the example of law enforce
ment In other words, it is incumbent
upon the board to assess the railroad
property In conformity with the letter
of the law, at its true value, as near as
it can be ascertained from the returns
of their tangible property, the market
value bf their stocks and bonds and the
capitalized value of their earnings at a
reasonable rate.
Having established the standard for
the assessment of railroad property, the
board will be in position to enforce a
compliance with the Jaw In the assess
ment of other taxable" property for state
and county purposes. If upon full in
vestigation the board shall ascertain
that the assessed valuation of real and
personal property Is below the par value
standard, the assessments on this class
of property can be raised to correspond
with the assessments of the railroads.
In this work of equalization the board
will be in position to separate the vari
ous classes of property and raise or
lower any class of property to corre
spond as near as possible with the stand
ard established for the railroads. In
enforcing this principle the board will
impose no unjust or unequal burden
upon the railroads. On the contrary, it
will place all classes of taxable property
on an equal footing, so far as it may lay
within its power.
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SHOULD HATE BEEN DATED.
The . following anecdote is going the
rounds of the theatrical columns of. the
press:
Iew Fields, head of the "It Happened tn
Nordland" company, has a young relative
who is very clever in his line, and who.
a few days ago, received a telegram ask
ing if he would play a week's engagement
In a certain city in Nebraska.
"I want MOO for the week," promptly
wired Mr. Fields' young relative.
Twelve hours later this answer came
back:
"Stop kidding. I can get the governor
of Nebraska to play a week for $300."
,The only trouble with this story is that
it fails to disclose the date mark. It must
be Intended to refer back to the lmmedl
ate predecessor, of the present governor
of Nebraska.
Talking for His Salary.
Washington Post
George R. ' Peck, a railroad attorney,
says It would be dangerous to give the In
terstate Commerce commission power to
fix railroad rates. Not If the railroads
are successful, as they have been, in pre
venting the commission from, getting power
to enforce Its orders.
With the National Society of Insur
ance Commissioners at work on the
Equitable case, the officials may soon be
sorry that, they did not stand closer to
gether.
President Shouts remark that the
I'Himuia canal win be built as a railroad less it will have the effect to put a stop
Is built will have to be modified by ex-1 to or greatly reduce tho grafting at
eluding the right-of-way agent and the which it Is distinctly aimed, but so far
man who 'boosta" county bond proposl- as tipping Is concerned it will perhaps
tlons. I not be very effective. Persons who. wish
to tin oorters and waiters will bardlv he
? In Ueuyhig that President BIgelow's deterred by the law. which anniw onlv
Bhortfue . was due to speculation In when the intention is to corruDt. some-
Wheat one Milwaukee citizen seems to thing obviously very difficult to nrove.
be ttioro solicitous fo the reputation of However, those who deprecate the tlp
the board of trade than for that of his nina Dractice. and there are few who An
friend.
Pennsylvania representatives in con
gress aro expected to look with greater
favor .upon the bill to admit Oklahoma
to statehood since the territory baa
reached the dignity of a fatal mine ex
plosion. ; . .
The' 8tate Board of Agriculture con
templates the erection of a new adminis
tration building at the state fair
not will find protection against It under
the law and undoubtedly' will avail
themselves of it. r "''
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PESSlON BUREAU REFORMS
Pension Commissioner Warner is Insti
tutlng reforms in his bureau from which
at least two good results are expected
more and better work on the part of the
employes and some saving in expenses.
It appears that under the admlnlstra
tlon of the preceding commissioner the
arounda. About the time the new hniwi. 1 1 ., ....
w ----- i tana aiiu rfKuiHiinni rpiatiniv n tha an
tng is completed a new administration ,i0n bureao were vrv ..n-.ti.
will probably be installed. t0 the p.t ,rrlt,Hnn 4tw, "
v H viiuuco ouu
I Pi.mhlnatlAn. t Awtr.lAAn i m -
nt-M. ..a v. i a i i I iij-iwra uu ior Borne
the jcottbn fields. Perhaps brain, will a-L .-T"" htag" pretty
exterminate the boll weevil, but a num- ther. ' . . VraTt aV 7
ber of people at W.shlngtou will at-JI'IVo LL" "
tempt to convince congresa that a fed- di.HkJ TV. m"cn
erahapproprlaUon is necessary. ... th. u' P " "
v tut? uiui uiouey,
It is stated that when the present coin
missloner came In the employes of the
bureau expected a return to the old free
ana easy regime that they had been
able to Inaugurate and carry on for
years, in this they have been disap
pointed. Commissioner Warner, nro.
- - "
Secretary Morton Is undoubtedly
right aa to the low freight rates in
America compared with . other countries;
but It la not fair to the shipper to com
pare rates In tbla country with those
cf other countries, where the distances
. c . .. I
. are sooner, eddiow wa comnare in nn.. .A . , ..
- - i auuiiutster toe affairs of hi
Kebraska rate, with those of Massa- bureau on strietlv
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VBUSelta, lahmilfl ha Annm T? i . . .
"".cu UH aigujigsea
The State Board of Assessment seems
to labor under the delusion that the Pull
man Palace Car company cannot be as
sessed for the value of its franchise in
addition to its tangible property, be
cause the legislature, for reasons unex
plained, failed to insert in the revenue
law a provision authorizing the assess
ment of Bleeping car franchises. The
constitution expressly provides that
'taxes shall be levied by valuation so
that every person and corporation shall
pay a tax in proportion to the value of
his. her or its nronertv and franchlsna."
The failure of the legislature to inclttde
franchises with the taxable assets of
sleeping car companies should not make
the constitutional provision that requires
their taxation a' dead letter. 7he f ran
chlses of the Pullman company are its
most valuable asset and the successful
manipulation of succeeding legislatures
by Its paid lobbyists to avoid paying
taxes on its franchises should not ex
empt that corporation from its equitable
proportion of taxes, as contemplated by
the constitution. If the state board will
only nerve up to the situation, its right
to assess franchises, whether the legis
lature has intentionally or inadvertently
omitted to include them with the tangi
ble property of sloeplng car companies,
can be tested In the supreme court If
the court declares the tax valid the
board will be vindicated in enforcing
the spirit and letter of the constitution.
If it declares It invalid, the next legis
lature will be compelled .to correct the
omission of sleeping car franchises in
the revenue law.
A Pointer Sorely Needed.
Chicago Record-Herald.
The csar kindly refrains from' offering
advice to Chicago, although he has had a
good deal of experience In the art of put
ting down riots.
Dolaa; Good with Money.
Brooklyn Eagle.
As an example the widow's mite Is ex
cellent; but the $130,000,000 that Andrew
Carnegie has given to education and pen
sions represents a tangible good that one
cannot help respecting.
By Aecldeat In t'snal Way. V
Springfield Republican.
With King Edward in Paris for three
days, the courting between England and
France is setting ardent and lively. These
things do not happen by dance, any more
than did the kaiser's visit to Morocco,
One of the Lucky Few.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
It may be remarked that there are com
paratively few newspaper men who pay
150,000 for house rent in 'a lifetime, and
yet that is the sum Ambassador Whltelaw
Reld Is asked to pay for a single year's
occupancy of the ambassadorial home in
London.
True Symbols of Prosperity.
Cincinnati Chronicle.
Usually people who aTe filled with gloom
because some stocks have declined 10 or 16
points should calm themselves. Undoubt
edly we shall have periods of. business
quiet and even of depression from time to
time, but they will not be due tp stock
market manipulation. Not the stock ticker
but the mower and reaper is the symbol
of national prosperity.
Department of Clerkships.
-Washington Post.
The way to Washington is one which an
Innumerable throng is willing to tread. It
does seem, though, as if some one ought to
tell these good people that it is better to
be a porter In a country store than a r!trk
in one of the departments. Portera have
risen to be millionaire proprietors of large
establishments. A clerk In a government
department is likely to remain a clerk for-
evar.
On.
Now, Boys, Get a Move
New York Tribune.
Statistics show that the messenger boy
service graduates a large proportion of
successful men, .Every messenger boy car-
lies in his knapsack the baton of A field
marshal of industry, and he. ought to feel
a lively pride In his business. The roads
which he trots up and down in his ap
prenticeship all lead to Rome, If he did but
know It, with. his Individual chance of get
ting ttrere as good as anybody's.
Writing. Its JOwn Aotobloarraphy.
BaJMrapiit. American. . .
Frenzied finance Is writing its own
autobiography evn. more dramatically and
graphically than ifr'.' Lawson Is describ
ing it. .And a striking comment on the
current situation Is the direct charge by a
specker. before . a . municipal league that
the business men of the country, the cap
tains of industry, are more responsible
even than the practical politicians for the
amount of public, .corruption, made pos
sible by their bribing methods.
AmmiO( Assertions,
Pittsburg Despatch.
The general freight agent of - the Mis
souri Paclflo testifies that government
rate-making will never do, because It
would destroy competition. The anxiety
of a general freight agent to' preserve
competition after twenty-eight years of
railroad combinations to prevent it is very
touching. But It may provoke the popular
retort that this shows why the railroads
are opposed to the Townsend bill, since It
does not establish government rate-mal
ing.
Presidential Possibilities for 10O8.
Leslie's Weekly.
According to the present outlook, Presl
dent Roosevelt will be out of the list of
possibilities for 1908. This Is the biggest
fact in connection with the campaign four
years hence that has developed thus far.
With President Roosevelt out of conald
eratlon, many persons Vice President Fair
banks, Secretary Shaw, Secretary Taf t and
Senator Knox will suggest themselves In
aonnectlon with the candidacy. Of course
Secretary Hay would stand in the front
rank among the; aspirants were It not for
his age. He will be 70 before the election
four years, hence, or more than two years
older thsn William Henry Harrison, the
most aged of the presidents, was at hla
Inauguration, and he lived only a month
after taking office. There Is a chance a
very remote chance that some ot the radi
cal element of .'the party Governor La
FolleUe of Wisconsin, Governor Cummins
of Iowa, or some of the other young and
aggressive members of tha party, with ad
vanced Ideas on, social and other reforms-
may go to the front In the next three
years. Possibly congress may develop
somebody in that f,lm who will be a big
figure In the convention.
The unexpected does not often bap
pen. The railroad tax commissioners an
nounce their intention to appeal to the
State Board of Railroad Assessment for
a reduction for their respective railroads
from the assessment of last year. The
railroad tax agent must earn bis salary,
and the only time he can earn it is in the
months of May, June and July, when
the equalization boards are wrestling
with the railroad assessments. After
that they are privileged to take annual
vacations for the balance of the year.
The State Board of F.quallzatlon is
wrestling with the question whether pri
vate car companies should be .assessed
separately or thrown Into the railroad
dump and distributed like the Omaha
terminals. Why should not the eleva
tors, coal yards and lumber yards that
have trackage along the railroads be
thrown into the dump. The private car
NEXT UEITKNAXT UEXERAL.
Changes to Follow the Retirement of
General Chaffee.
Army and Navy Journal.
From the highest authority we learn and
are permitted to announce that Major Qen
eral John C. Bates has been selected to sue
ceed Lieutenant General A. R. Chaffee
when the latter retires tor age on April 14,
190S, aa lieutenant general and chief of
start. General Bates wtli serve In this ca
paclty until hla statutory retirement, Au
gust 26, 1906, and will then be succeeded by
Major General Henry C. Corbin, who will
serve as lieutenant general and chief ot
staff until his retirement, September 15,
1906. It is the present purpose to appoln
Major General Arthur MacArthur as lieu
tenant general and chief of staff when Gen
eral Corbin retires. General MacArthur
will not retire until June t, 1909. As we
have ..already announced. Major General
Bates will cotne to Washington aa assistant
chief of staff upon the retirement on June
It of Major Qeneral George L. Gillespie and
the consequent promotion of Brigadier Gn
eral George M. Randall. The northern dl
Vision will probably be placed under tha
command of General Randall. It may be
aa well to state that the above is the first
official . intimation that has been given of
tha propoa4; promotion in turn of Gen
era la Bates,; Corbin and MacArthur to be
Chief of staff. The following general Offl
cera retire for age subsequent to the retire
ment of General MacArthur and at the
dates named)- Grant, May SO. 1914; Carter,
November 19, iriftt Bliss, December SI, 191T
Mills, May 7, 191S; Barry. October It. 1919
Bell, January . 1930; Wood, October
1924; Funstoa November t. '
ROISD ABOtT NEW YORK.
hippies on the rnrrnt Of I.lfe la the
Metropolis.
The greateat wonder in the show line in
New Tork City Is the Hippodrome, built
and managed by Skip Dundy of Omaha
and his partner, Thompson. The building
la Immense In proportions and Its success
Is correspondingly Immense. It Is located
on Sixth avenue, and runs from the corner
of Forty-third street to that of Forty
fourth. It stands where the car barns of
the Sixth Avenue Street Railroad company
once stood.
The range of amusement to be provided
ran be understood from the following state
ment of fact: On the opening night the
spectators witnessed a comlo opera, a cir
cus, a spectacular drama and a ballet of
wonderful beauty.
There are 40,000 electric lights required
to illuminate the building. The back cur
tain Is 85x200 feet in slse. The proscenium
arch Is the largest ever built in a theater,
and has a total width of ninety-six feet
and a clear height of forty feet. From the
extreme front to the back, wall the depth
of the stage Is 110 feet.
The stage weight is 460,000 pounds without
nythlng on it. It can be flooded, raised,
lowered and divided with the utmost ease.
It will easily hold 600 people and 150 horses.
Some of the pieces of scenery weigh ten
tons each.
In the rigging galleries, on both sides
of the stage, there are a series of electric
ally operated winding drums for lowering
or raising the scenery, the asbestos cur
tain and other curtains. Each of these
drums has a lifting power of one ton
eighty feet per minute, and can be operated
in either direction.
There are thirty-five new spring lambs in
the Central park flock, and their very
white wool makes them conspicuous these
bright, warm days as they romp over the
pasture alloted to them. Artists In plenty
go out there to sketch and children find
delight In watching the little lambs at
play.
"Wouldn't It Be fine to be Mary and have
one of them to take to school!" said a
little girl to her grandfather, with whom
she was strolling.
"Yes," replied the old gentleman, "but
one of them, would go better with French
peas."
The wonderful growth of Greater New
Tork is Indicated by a conservative esti
mate that the census of. this year will
show that the city has 4,000,000 persons
living within Its borders. This is one-half
of the total population of the state.
London, with Its immense territory and
population, la not keping pace with the
American metropolis. It Is estimated that
in five years New York's population will
rar exceed e.ooo.ow, and that In nrteen
years it Is likely to reach a grand total
Of nearly 8,000,000. One of the professors
of the New York university makes the
forecast that in seventy-five years there
will be 40,000.000 persons In the metropolitan
district.
There was a lively fight late Saturday
afternoon between a cat and a mad dog
In the building at Thirtieth street and
Second avenue, which resulted In a vic
tory for the cat, whlch'drove the dog to
the Are escape and forced it to jump
three stories to the street. The dog was
afterward shot by a policeman.
The dog was first noticed in Thirtieth
street, barking and frothing at the mouth.
He dashed Into a four-story tenement
house on the corner of Second avenue and
ran to the top floor, which Is occupied by
Mrs. Mary Albert. The door was open and
the dog ran through the rooms. Mrs. Al
bert Anally managed to drive It into the
hall, and then her large black cat "Nigger"
appeared. I r 1
Nigger" immediately jumped on the
dog's back. Down the stairs they went
and into the rooms of Mrs. Theodore
Brucker. The dog jumped on the dining
room table and nearly every dish was
thrown to the floor.
The cat pursued him and more dishes
were smashed. The chase continued
through the rooms to the fire escape, where
the dog jumped to the street, landing on its
back. The cat remained on the railing,
glaring at its opponent.
The dog then ran through Thirtieth
street, where a grocery clerk threw a bag
over Its head.
A maritime exposition at New York two
years hence In celebration - of the first
steamboat, Robert Fulton's Clermont,
which made the first trip to Albany on
August 11, 1807, has been proposed to Mayor
McClellan by the maritime affairs commit
tee ofj the Board of Trade and Transportation.
The committee proposed to assemble on
the Hudson vessels of every type, from the
most ancient craft to the modern ocean
liners and battleships. It is proposed to
invite the governments of the world to
send representatives from their navies to
participate. , '
An official in the comptroller's office is
authority for the statement that the jan
itors of the public buildings in the city en.
joy a large slice of the public pie. They
are paid according to the floor space of the
buildings placed in their charge, and their
annual bills, with extras for annexes and
night schools, sometimes amount to 110,000.
In other departments janitors who do the
same class of work are palrt 13 a day. Ot
course the school janitors are compelled
to pay something out of their own pockets
for help, but it Is safe to say that they
always manage to retain the larger part of
what they receive.
There are scores of Janitors in the five
boroughs of Greater New York whose sal
aries range from 12,000 to K000, and a num
ber of others who get more than 95,000.
Fred Meyer, janitor of the Wadlelgh High
school, receives 7,000 a year, and his ex
tras amount to considerably more.
. Mrs. Catherine Hlgglna, janitresa of the
Board of Education building, receives $4,930.
Daniel RIordan, janitor of the High School
of Commerce, draws $6,256 from the city
treasury, and William Murphy, who keeps
public school 179 clean, get $5,000. Nearly
the same amount la paid to William Mur
phy, Janitor of pubrTc school 177.
John Dowling, ruler of the dust brushes
and ash pans of tho girls' high school in
Brooklyn, la paid $5,028, and there Is a long
Hat of others who enjoy similar liberality
from the Board of Education.
One of the cleverest advertisements that
New York hs seen for some time and one
that Is attracting an unusual amount of
attention, Is a huge sign painted on the
side of a building on Broadway next to a
vacant lot. The sign is an enormous pic
ture of a parrot, and over its head are the
words: "What will the parrot sayr"
Presumably the parrot will say "Polly
wants a cracker," ana of course the pic
ture la meant to advertise a well known
brand of crackers. Pedestrians who pass
the picture dally look at It frequently to
ee If the answer has appeared.
"If people would eat plenty of rice they
would not need drugs to make them sleep,
said a New York drug clerk, pausing for
a moment In putting up a sleeping potion
for a woman. "There Is much said Just
now about rice as a strengthening food,
but few Americans know that It has so
porlfle powers. If properly cooked It has,
Rice should be washed many times, until
the water no longer appears milky. It
should then be soaked a few hours, salted
and boiled rapidly about thirty minutes,
When cooked In this way It can be eaten
each day with relish, and the person who
eats it lis and dreams not at all."
HO Lim TEMHR FOR JIDGKSw
Objections' o the Present System la
the Federal Conrts.
Chicago Tribune.
Recent experiences In the United States
courts have convinced many people that
the life tenure of office for Judges has un
desirable features.
The Inflexible life tenure, without any
provision for oompulsory retirement, means
that Judges In many Instances will remain
on the bench after their period of useful
ness has expired. Their activity and health
may have been Impaired and their mental
faculties weakened, but It la in their power
to Insist upon discharging, or attempting
tJ discharge, the duties of federal judges.
There have been Instances when United
States supreme court Judges sheuld have
been retired long before they saw fit to
leave the bench. Some of them have clung
to their positions when they were alto-
fether Incapacitated for duty. Others have
remained on the bench when they were
only half fit physically to do their work,
thus throwing upon their associates more
than their Just proportion ot the labor of
the court.
The constitution of the United States
makes no provision for compulsory retire
ment. Congress has enacted a law under
which a Judge may resign on full nav nft.r
he shall have served ten years and have
reached the age of 70 years, but there Is
no power which can make a Judge retire
whether he Is mentally . and physically
fit or not to discharge his duties. Mani
festly the constitution in this respect is Imperfect.
Formerly we were taught that the Eng
lish system of llfo tenure for judges waa
admirable. Experience hn demonstrator
Its defects. The "Judicial humorist'; In
England In a monumental nuisance cele
brated In song and story. Some of the
Englioh Judges sre harsh, and arbitrary,
and disregardful of the rtgnts of persons
brought before them for trial. There Is no
protection In England against the arbitrary
Judge, and the right of appeal Is so limited
as to make his harshness all the more In
tolerable. There have been some cajes of
manifest Injustice committed by .English
Judges whose mental faculties were im
paired, or seemed to be. In other cases the
Justice of judicial decisions has been open
to serious question.
The New York system seems to be a
reasonable compromise between the short
term of office and life tenure. A term of
fourteen years, with an ample salary, gives
Judge sufficient opportunity to demon
strate the stuff he is made of. If he Is a
good Judge, in perfect health, and reason
ably responsive to the demands of his
office and of the law, he need not fear at
the expiration of his term to submit his
claims for re-election to the people. If
he shall not be re-elected it probably will
be because he does not deserve to be.
There has been a revision of text books
In regard to the life tenure for Judges.
Formerly young men were taught In col
lege that It was an altogether admirable
thing. Now they are being taught In the
school of experience, if not In college,
that a Judicious compromise between the
short term and life tenure for judges Is
most expedient. ' '
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PERSONAL NOTES.
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The Emperor of Germany takes
meals with his whole family, even
children being allowed at the table.
Bradley Pratt, a promlnenf citizen of
Rutland, Vt., has Just died In that city at
the age of 94. His father lived to be 102
years of age, and four surviving brothers'
and sisters' ages aggregate 333 years.
John Pearce, who now employs 1,500 per
sons in his eighty-one London restaurants.
began life on a capital cf 62 cents and
started his first restaurant with a push
cart, a tin urn and a little crockery.
Among the reforms that Wu Tingfang.
former Chinese minister to the United
States, has brought about In his country,
Is abolishing the punishment of slicing to
death, substituting immediate decapitation.
Miss Jane Germou, cousin of Joseph Jef
ferson, who Uvea In Baltimore, Is the last
of the old line of Jeffersons and one of the
old school of actors and actresses. She
made her debut when she was 7 years old
as Little Albert to Edwin Forrest's Tell.
Through its ambaseador in Washington
the German government has notified Secre
tary Taft that, at his request. It has desig
nated Mr. Tlncanza as the German member
of the board of consulting engineers of the
Isthmian Canal commission. He Is one of
the leading civil engineers of Germany.
Jules Verne did not write hie memoirs and
disliked having his personality brought for
ward In the newspapers. When his son Was
asked the other day by a visitor from Paris
whether a monument w6uld be erected to
the novelist he replied, with a smile: "Now
that he's dead, very likely, as ha cannot
prevent it or be annoyed by It."
The sovereign who relgna over the
smallest monarchy In the Nworld Is the
king of the Cocos, a group of islands near
Sumatra These islands were discovered
about 300 years ago, but were comparatively
little known until 1826, when Mr. Ross, an
Englishman, visited them, wae struck by
their beauty and took up his abode there.
It la his grandson, George Reisa, who now
holds sway over the Cocos.
An examination of William R. Harper,
president of the. Chicago university, made
In New York Jaat . Monday, disclosed the
fact that the area ot cancerous growth had
decreased one-half as a result ot the
fluorescent treatment. It is predicted that
the next examination two weeks hence will
show the growth entirely banished. The
fluorescent treatment which Dr. Harper Is
taking, haa sometimes been described as
"liquid sunshine." It consists of admin
Istering Internally a certain medicine which
become radlactlve when the X-rays are
applied from without.
RmrrmoFumxn
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UASL'Ql SUBSTITUTE
MR. CARSEG.IE'9 EXAMPLE.
Unequalled Record of Contributions
to Pnbllo Inatltallon.
St. Louis Republic.
Generosity is not exceptional among men
of enormous wealth, but Mr., uarnogie s
systematic liberality Is a distinction for the
time. Since his retirement from active busi
ness he has contributed more than $130,000,
000 to educational, social and charitable en
dowments. This act alone marks him as
bring a man of self-confidence and strong
character. 1 1 ' ,
What to do with surplus money Is not a
problem with him. He has found good use
for the equivalent of 12,000 fortunes, and
probably perceives how to dispose well of
much more money. Nor dooa he seem to
suffer pangs of dread, Incertitude and par
simony upon considering the partition of
his wealth. Resolving to relinquish a cer
tain amount he calmly announces his in
tention, as calmly arranges the necessary
business features, and as calmly departs to
spend, his vacatlorl abroad.
The donations show careful advisement.
They Include $28,000,000 for libraries in the .
United States and $5,000,000 for libraries In
foreign countries, $7,ROO,000 for the Pittsburg
Carnegie Institute, $2,000,000 for the Pitts
burg Polytechnic school, $10,000,000 for the
Carneglo National university, $15,000,000 for
Scotch universities and $17,000,000 to email
colleges. Here are about $SO,000,000 for edu
cational purposes proper, to which might
be added the $10,000,000 pension fund for col
lege professors. Then, there are the pen
sion fund of $4,000,000 for his employes, the
$1,000,000 fund for tbe allied engineers' so
cieties, the Dumfcrmllne endowment of $2,
600,000, the $1,000,000 fund for a temple of
peace at The Hague and miscellaneous
benefactions amounting to many millions.
Mr. Carnegie Is criticised. But that Is
unfair. The fact stands that he has divided
his wealth, and In so doing has distributed
It for the public welfare. No other man of
wealth hns displayed such high spirit. None
has acted with such wisdom, and none has
been so generous. Mr. Carnegie has Justi
fied a reputation for magnanimity.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
"Is there quartz In the mine in which
your huNhand bought shares?"
"Charley says there Is," sld young Mrs.
Torkens, "but I don't believe .there are
even pints." Washington Star.
"Perhaps tills nickel will pass," said the
tobacconist, ns the customer paid for the
clgnni "but I'm not Sure." ' v v
"What's the "matter with "JJtemttihi
the customer, purling at tho weed.
"Well, It isn't as good as It might be."
"Well, neither Is this cigar." Philadelphia
-edzer, ,
Her Husband Now, there's Mrs. Meeker.
I know that she makes nil her own clothes,
yet you never hear he suy a word about It.
Mrs. Murter Huniphl It isn't neoessary.
-Judge. ' "
"Hay," growled tho first hobo, "why
didn't yer go up ter dut big house an' glt
a handout?" ,
"Why, I started ter," replied the other,
"but a nilnlHter-lookln' guy gimme a tip
not ter. He sez: 'Turn from yer present
path; ye're goln' ter de dogs.' "Philadel
phia Press. , '
Blanche Didn't Mr. Smith have an ex
pensive funeral?
Grace Yes: his wife probably thought the
"end Justified the means. 'Princeton Tiger.
Stewardess Madame Is unreasonable. I
know she Is seuslcki but she wants too
much she asks for impossible things.
The Sufferer It's not true all I want is
the earth. Cleveland Leader..
You may be reasonably sure that a man
is kind-hearted if his neighbor's cat ap
proaches him with her tall up when- he
pRBses by the gate instead of dropping her
tall and running for dear life. Somervllla
Journal.
First Russian Had a terrible nightmare
last night. Dreamed I was attacked by a
giant. ,
Second Russian How big was he?
First Russian Big as a Jap. Brooklyn
Life. ' '
THE AWAKENING. '
Shall the human voice be silent now.
In all this grand awakening?
To the buds and .birds and breeze soft
Shall there be no Joyous answering?
Shall the human heart be dumb and cold k
When life apringa round us everywhere.
As If we still were In winter's hold.
When warmth and music are In the alrT
Haa the earth grown old and dull to usT
Heed we not the promise of years.
The faithful return of gladsome spring.
With her long-loved smiles and tears?
Bhall all the charms of the living green.
Of breathing fields and bubbling streams,
Awaken In us no smile or ong.
No thoughts of love and no happy dreams.
Omaha. BERIAH F. COCHRAN.
The food value of Ghirardelli's
Ground Chocolate is reason
enough why you and your
children should drink it.
But it's delicious flavor makes
it the ideal refreshment for
your friends.
Best for cake nd ptstiy.
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