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TITE OMAnA DAILY DEE: BATUKDAY, MAY 6, 1005.
The Omaha Daily Dee
E. ROSKWATER. EDITOR.
PC&U8HED EVERY ' MORN1NO.
A PROFITABLE TRADE.
Apoordinjt to official return. tLe trade
of the United States with Canada Inst
year rencbed tlie amount of $104,000,000,
of which $137,000,000 wa represented by
TERMS or SUBSCRIPTION: exports, mis latter iiRure snows an iu
Dally Peo (without Sunday), on year.. $4 W crease of $4,000,000 on tho previous year
laily fcoe and Sunday, on yar 6.00 . t .,, ,
liiuM rat rri Be. on year..... t fi and or f 2i,ooo,(X)0 orer 1002, and Involves
Bunday b, on year ' K a per caplu consumption of our exports
faturdny Bee. one year 1-5 K
Twentieth century Farmer. on year., i.uv i greater than that of any other country,
DELIVERED BY CAKBltK. v,n l.i fl.1 (t.olf A .
pally Be. (without fl.ind.y). m y...fc :;" .Z Z "7 1
phlly H1 (without Punnnyy, per wm'n,.ii: i ui uwk iu hit- viiiinuinu inurun, iuc uu-
!inda)' per wetk: 7o Prt, from the United States for 1003
ng bunaayj. pr. were c i2B.ooo.ooo. Our returns make
l n t ...
ween i ... . . . -
Sunday nee, per copy o i inem somewnat less, tne ainerence oe
Complaint of Irregularities in uenvarjr , tf nrobnblv in tha dutiable troods At
Should b addressed to City Circulation Vf lD Proonoiy in me auuuuie goous. ai
partment.
OFFICES.
Omaha The Bee Building. ......
South Omaha-City Hall building, Twenty
Bfth and il street. , , ,
Council Bluffg-10 Pearl trL . ,
Imlly Be (without Sum
Jnlly Bee (Including Sui
Evening Be (without Bu
livening Be (lncludlm
r-v.friAjn TTt,ttv l-tiiildlnff.
New Vork-lfiO Home Life In, building.
Washington 601 Fourteenth street.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Communications relating to news and edl-
all events the facts show that we are
carrying on a very large and profitable
trade with our northern nelghlwr and
suggest the question as to what should
be done to maintain this lucrative com
merce.
Recently the former governor general
torlal matter should be addressed: Omaha I of Canada said in an address that Canft-
Hee, Editorial Ueimrtment.
REMITTANCES.
Idlon statesmen are strongly In favor of
Remit by draft, express or postal order, giving preferential treatment to British
&r&-nt ,1PO," " m'1PrCaI CDCe8-
mtiii accounts, personal checks, except on gUma are not forthcoming and trade does
'bebIYs not therefore increase, lt'la the mother
. . . country which is chargeable with lack
STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. . , .
Btats of Nebraska; Dot.RMs County. of Initiative. - He said that if Great
C. C. Rosewater. secretary of The i Be Rrftnln not appreciate the oppor-
Puh! shliig Company, being duly sworn. "
that ttin aetuar rumhrr of full and turfltles offered she could not blame Can
complete copies of The Dally, Morning. . tntlnfr nrlrnnrno-n of th nnnor.
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the acta lor rasing advantage or tne oppor
month of April, i5, waa as follows: tunjtles afforded by America. We noted
3. Mn
t
ai.oso
ai.ono
a IMA
2n!su 'ew days BE the statement of a Lon-
t s,ioo
... BH.100 .
7 a,Hfo
I... .i
BO.JtKO
to at.7o
U BM,lTO
i 3M,40
is a,i30
U 211,000
It 80,8O0
Total..
Lets unsold copies..
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m,, aM.370 I doa organ of commercial Interests to
l9 the effect that American Influence in
aslano Canada was being exerted to the detri
22... ao.iso ment of trade between England and her
23. Bt.TTo coony ana urging a chartge of policy
it. 48.OB0 aTid methods on the part of British man
26,...,.,.,... as,twM) ufacturera towanl Canada. Thus there
28'!."!.'!!!m.' xhuo ,s shown a growing Interest in Grcnt
JB. ........... iMi.100 Britain regarding Canadian trade and
M. ;""' manifestly the matter is one which
;....Mmv20 closely Concerns the United States. It
,JO
Is n reasonable expectation thnt sooner
Net total sales BTtMMT or jnter we may have to encounter a
lally average ""i"
C, C. BOSEWAlKll,
Secretary.
Subscribe In my presence and sworn to
btfore ma this 1st oay ot may, iwi.
(Seal) M. B. HUNUATB
, Notary Public.
stronger competition for this Canadian
trade than we have yet had and the
question is as to what should or can be
done to meet the competition.
An export business of $137,000,000 a
rear' is worth nreservlnir find how to
Admiral Rojestvensky seems to be d th, , certainly a verr interesting
creating more trouble in Tarls than in and 1niportnnt question. What eonees
the China sea. slong the United States can afford to
make in order to hold this profitable
commerce is a question for the most
serious consideration. While there Is
not at present any apparent menace to
The BPorortch of Tat Crowe is her- our business with the Dominion, no one
kjded forth by the- Omaha senior yellow ?nn say what may happen lrt the not re
l the greatest event of the twentieth mote future. The fact that BritlPh com
century. mercial Interests are being aroused to a
realization or wnat tney arc railing to
Perhaps the world will soon learn Just get in their American colony and are
what the king of England secured from J being urged to put forth greater efforts
the president of France at the Tarls to obtain a larger share of the profitable
meeting. Canadian trade Is well calculated to
awaken American interest in our com
, Although Omaha has a goodly num
ber of mills and factories in sight, it
wants still more.
Chicago seems to be developing a fair mercft wlth the Domlnlon
amount of race prejudice as well as
several other undesiruble things during
the present strike.
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It begins . to dawn,, upon the Commer
cial club that the interests of the rail
roads are not always identical with the
interests or omana. .
POLITICS AND EDUCATIONAL INSTITV-
, . . ... ... . TWS8' .
For some reason, bees' known to Itself,
The Bee has always had a hankering and
an Itching to gei. a hold upon the educa
tional Institutions of the state. It fight
for the control of the Omaha school board
Is Immemorial: It has sought to secure a
' a 1.1. .-.i.i 1 , m t 1 m ..... . .... . ..
; ruw tuui tuo uic.vu , dixi 11 uoi i loomoid in tne poara mat controls tne
grand Jury" has taken up the rebate state university, and it Is now digging in
quesUon, packing houses may resume """"" V""'
. , . to climb to a dominant position with the
their normal business. gtate Norma, hoa
The Bee, because of Its long-standing
t '.Something unprecedented has hap- rancor against T. J. Majors of Peru, is ex
pelled. No ouo hus yet questioned the rtlnK tself l involve the State Normal
validity of the new Omuha charter by board ,n.a r"e-fr-a11 nht " fonJ
v . pern nnt ftnlv th nii nnrnii ahnnl at
Kearney.) but the old school at Peru. A
part of The Bee's ororram. evidently.' is
' If Ireland Were lu the crisis which I the firing of J. W. Crabtree, superintendent
W being pictured, people In America at th9 peru institution, for no other reason
6uld expect to see it saved by Tom n ,'n ,thltKheMwa!, ,rlglnai!r 'V
Upton rather than by Lord Dunraven. Herald
State Board of Educational Lands and
Buildings. 1 '
It is equally malicious for the .World
Herald to assert that The Bee "because
of its long standing rancor against T.
J. Majors Is exerting itself to involve
the State Nornjal board in a free-for-all
fight" While The Bee has no more ad
miration for T J. Majors than it had
eleven years ago when It encompassed
his defeat as a candidate .for .governor,
when the World-Herald sold Its editorial
page columns to "the common enemy"
for paltry dollars, iu support of his
election, The Bee has studiously ' re
frained for years from discussing
Majors, even when his conduct merited
reprobation.
Less than six weeks ago, for exam
ple, the World-Herald editorially por
trayed Majors as an expert poker sharp,
which would have Justified his. removal
from any educatlonol board by the gov
ernor, but The Bee Ignored the screed,
not so much because it believed Mr.
Majors bad been maligned, but because
it wanted to avoid even the semblance
of malicious persecution.
The allegation that The Bee desires to
have Superintendent Crabtree dismissed
from the Peru normal school is ns base-
loss as the Intimation that It persists In
pursuing .Majors out of pure rancor. The
Bee never had any controversy with Mr.
Crabtree, knows nothing about his merit
or demerit beyond what has hren re
ported in the public prints, from time to
time, nor has it ever had n preferred
candidate for his place. It Is absolutely
Immaterial to Tho Bee who Is superin
tendent of the Peru normal school or
any ofher educational institution so long
ns he Is capable, honest and efficient In
the discharge of his duties.
One thing, which the Worid-IIerald
doubtless has concealed and The Bee
onght to hare called attention to, is a
well defined rumor that un attempt was
made to- hold up the good people of
Hastings for a large sum of money by
parties who claimed to be able to control
the State Board of Education in the loca
tion of the western ..ormal schools.
Whether the grafters who sought to ne
gotiate the deal came In touch with the
World-nerald, Is as much of n mystery
as Is the active interest of that sheet In
the appointment of superintendents for
the two normal schools.
to Inaugurate interurbau service to con
nect the principal towns in Illinois in
order to head off the trolley lines that
have been invading its territory, aud ita
managers Intend to avail themselves of
the new motor car for making the com
petition with the trolley most efficient
at the least cost
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. In favoring the organization of Young
Men's Christian associations with his
armies, the emperor of Japan seems con
vinced that the spirit of Christianity
will not make men less effective fighters
than the spirit of alleged heathenism,
and the average Christian may be lu
doubt whether this is a compliment or
a criticism.
( Omaha stands ready to offer every
reasonable encouragement for the erec
tion of new buildings, but the building
contractors ought also to be reosonable
with the public. The Uttering of the
pavements with earth and refuse aud
the obstruction of the streets with build
ing materials should be kept down to a
minimum.
Governor Deneen doubtless has the
sincere sympathy of Governor Mickey,
who knows from experience how un
pleasant it Is to have one side of a strike
controversy calling for troops, while the
other side Insists that no troops are
necessary.
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"Ah, Quit Yonr Qalaslnsr."
Washington Post.
The German empress has sent diplomas to
fifty-one nurses, In New York who went to
the rescue of victims of the Slocum disas
ter. This serves to revive the Inquiry as to
what has been done with the men who
loaded the Slocum's llfe-preservera with
scrap Iron?
Vanity and Greed.
San Francisco Chronicle. .
The aristocratic quarter of London the
West End Is said by the Dally Graphic to
have benefited in the amount of about 1500,
00,000 by the marriage of British titled
gentry to American heiresses. The esti
mate Is probably correct, but It la a sugges
tive commentary on the mercenary charac
ter of the British aristocracy and the sus
ceptibility ot some American women to the
Influence of rank..
appealing to the courts to set it aside.
Now that the Russians have an-
For some reason best known to Itself
the World-Herald appears to hnve a
A HEW ERIE VAbAL.
Ground has been broken for the new
Erie canal, wbich when completed will
be a most Important transportation route
between the great lakes and tho sea
board. Some years atro the peonle of
New York voted $9,000,000 for the deep
ening of the canal, but little was ac
complished, most of tie money being
spept iu politics and otherwise squan
dered. The" agitation for cheap, water
transportation, however, was continued,
new surveys and enlarged plans were
made and the people by a large majority
voted $101,000,000 to make a waterway
that would float boats currying a, cargo
of 1,500 tons. Attempts promoted by
the railroads to defeat this enterprise at
the polls were followed by equally futile
efforts in the courts and at last the
work has begun.
The matter is of interest to western
producers and shippers, who will gain
some advantage from an enlarged Erie
caual. Its effect will be to lower trans
portation rates on produce shipped to
the seaboard and It will also expedite
the movement of products from the west
to the east. It is an enterprise, there
fore, the benefits of which will not be
confined to New York, though of course
that state will derive the greatest good
from it. It is a work which will ulti
mately repay many times the cost large
as that will be, very likely exceeding the
generous sum now provided for it
Good Itnlo to Work By.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Attention is called to the fact that the
success of the Glasgow municipal street
railway is bared on the rule "No political
Interference with the management." When
American cltle.- are able to CBtablteh that
law In the conduct of their business they
may be able to do some good with munici
pal ownership. It la seen, therefore, that
the condition precedent la the simple one
of developing a new breed of municipal
politicians.
pounced the locatiou and arrangement hankering and an itching for a revival
at tue Japanese army, General Oyama of a quarrel with TLe Bee tbttt can ouly
may be expected to-prove to them that
the information is false.
terminate to its own discredit. The
newly inducted editor of the World-
1 T ...... 1 .1 lalu.Ha . . . - l.mAn,AklA 1,
Tnfl rtli.nnlnl oloiffr.na 1.111 l.t.m I
I , . . . ,. , . pediment of veracity when he accuses
Into court even before it has got Into ,,
the statute book
the court will depend whether it ever
Jrets Into the statute book.
TliA Raa rf a tin rr anln rr nt t f htri tr frt
77u.k ,in 9 get a hold upon the educational institu
tions of the state or to have tbeui con
ducted on partisan lines. Certainly
nothing in its record justifies such 'an
accusation.
From the very outset of its career
, It must have been a novel experience
for Nebraska Insurance men to be ar
rested in Town nn rhnrr nt vlnlntlno. tha
conspiracy law when by staying at home The Bee Lnf, ad'ocated Peld. as
they could do as they pleased.
far as possible, the divorce of all edu
cational institutions from politics ,and
:The Chines exclusion law may be lUUcl influence. As the framer of
uie law inai creaiea a uoara 01 uauca-
wrong and It may also be unconstltu
tlonal, but suit to test the law would
tlon for Omaha, the editor of The Bee
come with better grace from someone ,ouKht to excludo P0llUc8 nd creed
other than the Chinese minister. from PubUc cbo1 sovernment and the
; With Newfoundland showlnt? Its teeth wnen the constitution of Nebraska was
and Germany growling, it will be Inter- framed.
eating to note what effect these ,demon- ' rr twenty-five years after tlje pub-
ttraOons will have on the subject of ,1C "ooi government or umana naa
reciprocity treaties when congress meeta Placed in the hands of an elective
next fall. board. The Bee has stood for nonpar-
Usanshlp in public school government
The most encouraging feature of the nd what the World-Herald has been
Burlington crop prospectus for Amerl-1 pleased to call its "mischievous med-
can Sons and Daughters' of the Revolu- dllng" has been directed against parti
tion is that the dreaded Hessian fly has sanshlp, creed distinctions and political
not made its appearance this spring In Jobbery connected -with the public
Nebraska. ' schools. .
i -j j I Its opposition to the redoubtable
Half a page of stud horse type an-1 Pearse was neither political nor per
Bouncing the approach of Pat Crowe, I sonal, but because he dabbled too much
the alleged kidnaper, illustrates the I in politics and tended too little to his
hyphenated high class frenzied journal- duties as an educator; because he had
Ism to which Omaha is treated on mo- degraded the public schools .by scan
mentous occasions. I dalous favoritism and nepotism, and not
l because he could not be used to pro-
There is some similarity between the mote political ends. The fact is, he was
president's hunt for grizzly bears and I never asked a single political or personal
Mr. Garfield's hunt for trusts. So far favor by The Bee or anybody connected
the grizzlies have turned out to be clu- j with The Bee.
namon bears and the trusts have been! The intimation that The Bee has
found to be doing little more than loalnj sought to secure a foothold in the board
money. I that controls the state university, "and
. lis now digging in with all its fingers
We are told by General Test that the and toes, lit the endeavor to climb to a
'principal lesson to learn, front the wind dominant position with the State Normal
tbat destroyed the Omaha casket fac: board." Is a malicious fiction, pure and
tory, is to put shutters on all dwellings simple. Nolwdy connected with The
and buildings lu exposed places and Bee and nobody authorized to speak for
pull down tho blinds, But suppose the snybody connected 'with The Bee has
shutters and windows were all wide sought a foothold in the university
open about the time the building Is board, or has ia sny way sought to In
struck by a corkscrew twister! I finance the normal school board, or the
STILL FINANCIALLY STRONG.
Japan is still able to raise money at
home for carrying on the war. The
government has Just made its fifth do
mestic loan, this one for $.10,000,000, and
It i announced that It has been placed
at a premium, the majority of the sub
scriptions coming from the smaller in
vestors and capitalists. It appears that
some of the larger interests were tem
porarily withholding their subscriptions
in order to obtain part of the loan at
the best possible rate, which shows that
there was a great deal more money
available had the government desired to
place a larger loan. This gives assur
ance tbat If a further demand should
be nlode upon the country in order to
make provision for war expenses it will
be met.
We are unable to state the full amount
of the debt on account of the war which
Japan has Incurred, but it Is to be re
marked that the amount which the gov
ernment has been able to borrow from
its own people is a surprising evidence
of the resources In capital of the island
empire. While it was well known that
the country had- been making good
progress Industrially and commercially,
it was not thought that there had been
any great accumulation of capital by
the business classes. Indeed, there was
doubt when the war began whether the
Japanese government " could get any
financial support of consequence at
home. - It has been pretty well demon
strated, however, that Japan might have
carried on the war without negotiating a
single foreign loan, though of course to
have done this would have put a strain
upon domestic resources Injurious to in
dustrial and commercial interests. Japan
is still financially strong at home and
has an unimpaired credit abroad.
( Cracr to Some Extent.
Chlcaro Chronicle.
Plunger Blgelow's defenso Is foreshad
owed In the circumstance that his personal
friends have begun to .announce that he
has acted like a crazy man for several
years. The defense Is good, too, so far as
it goes, because It may be conceded that
any man who essays to "beat" the stock
market with embezzled money Is crazy to
an extent. The trouble Is that the law
takes no account of this type ot Insanity.
If it did Insanity would become epidemic
among people .in fiduciary positions.
Belated Retribution.
Baltimore American.
The proverbial philosopher who gave us
the maxim that nothing is certain but
death and taxes, has just had the wisdom
of his saying confirmed at Stamford, Conn.
A New Yorker, who claimed residence in
Stamford to escape taxation on personal
property valued at 1800,000, recently died. As
there was an Inheritance tax law In Con
nectlcut, as well as in New York, the helra
decided to pay In New York. But the Con
necticut authorities, remembering the ante
mortem residence claim, alsd levied an in
heritance tax on the $800,000 of personalty,
and the heirs will be compelled to pay taxes
to two states.
PEOPLE AND THEIR RIGHTS.
Foreign delegates to the railroad con-
Igress must hsve been somewhat sur
prised to have America's freight tariff
problem fired at them at short rauge
when they met to consider technical
subjects, but they may hrfeV become ac
customed to the American Idea of say
Ing what i uppermost in the mind on
almost any and all occasions.
That Union Pacific mofor car is liable
to revolutionize lnterurbau passenger
traffic on the trunk line railroads. The
Illinois Central, for example, proposes
Some Minor Tribunes Hark Back to
the Money Power. ,
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
One of the populists who capitalized him
self at the top of the market and has suc
ceeded In selling a great deal of watered
stock lu Charles A. Towne, former con
gressman and momentary senator of
Minnesota. Mr. Towne acquired the art
of moving his voice and his arms together
at an early age, and the accomplishment
brought him to the front In the populist
party ranks soon after the decline of the
Peffer whisker as the only combination to
the popullBt lock had set In. Nobody else
than Mr. Towne, with the single excep
tion of Mary Ellen Lease, ..has ever ac
quired that rhythmic and harmonious mo
tion of the arms and voice appealing so
strongly to the populist Imagination. Mr.
Fltzslmmons has acquired a harmonious
movement ot both arms at ones said not
to be approached by any other person in
the world, but he lacks the art of using
them In connection with his mouth, an art
which so pre-emlnerrtly distinguished Mr.
Towne and Mrs. Lease In populist politic.
Even Jerry Simpson at his best could
never attain this perfect unity of move
ment necessary to continued populist en
chantment. Wherefore he Is now plowing
red soil on an Oklahoma ranch, while both
Mrs. Lease and Mr. Towne have capital'
tzed their populist holdings at high fig
ures In New York.
Tammany has given Towne a seat In
congress In which he Is to smooth down
or ruffle up the populistto fur. In doing
this work he sounds the signal of alarm
against the prevailing tendency, encour
aged by Mr. Bryan himself, to regard Mr.
Roosevel" as being In his political princi
ples a democrat as well as a republican,
and as giving expression. In his policies,
to many of the Idea Of Jefferson. It Is
at this point that Mr. Towne comes to the
parting of the ways with Bryan, probably
because he has had either to part with
Bryan or with Tammany and his seat In
congress. He can not, he insists, agree
with the opinion that the president Is in
any sense a democrat. "The president
is, on the contrary," says Towne, "an
autocrat, and the danger Is that he will sst
a preoedeot for th benevolent despot. He
may do things which have no warrant of
law lor what he regard a the public
good, but his example ma y be urged by
sons successor who Is animated by leas
worthy motives."
The populists have no Immediate call to
sit up of night waiting for tha despot
Thu far Mr. Towne can only hear him
When he see him he will sound th alarm
and a call to the middle of th road. And
in the meanwhile mn of sense who don't
want to go to congress or sell watered
stork In themselves, will know that th
right of the people are safe with the
people, and that if a roan should ever
arise in this country bold enough to at
tempt thwarting the popular will, or
usurping the power of a despot, benevo
lent or otherwise, vhat he would hav left
at th end ot th experiment would not
be enough for a basis of a gallon of wat
red stock, even with the dilution a high
aa It la In th cas el CoaTraman Town
of Nw York.
OTHER LAftn THA OIRJ.
Th revult against Turkish rule In th
province of Temen, In Arabia, Is progres
sing at a rate which assures the ultimate
triumph of the insurgent unless tbe gov
ernment at Constantinople reverses Its pres
ent policy of Indifference and makes ener
getic effort to preserve It tottering au
thority. The capital of the province has
surrendered to the Arabs, and an Impor
tant strategical position In the snme neigh
borhood Is so cloawly invested thnt capitu
lation cannot be long delayed. The suc
cess of the Arab in throwing off the Turk
ish yoTte will be achieved. If achieved at
all, thrrough th Incapacity of the Turkish
government to deal with an Insurrection
so far from hornet Turkey has no navy to
peak 'of and no transport service, Bnd
while Its army Is effective when moving
along line of communication that keep it
directly In touch with the center of the
empire, It is, under existing conditions,
scarcely fitted to undertake a campaign In
a district as remote as the province of
Yemen. There la no little curiosity to know
how the Arabs have been organized for
their attack upon the .dominant power, who
their leader is and what they will do with
th freedom that may soon be placed In
their hands. Their capacity to govern
themselves is doubtful. Will they declare
for union with Egypt with the resultant
Brltlah protectorate, or will they make, at
least, one effort to maintain an adminis
tration of their own?
Germany has been among the most se
rious offenders In the matter of long school
days and multiplicity of studies, and now
there comes from that country the strong
est appeals for less school work. Dr. Otto
Dornbluth ot Frankfort, an eminent spe
cialist In diseases of the nervous system;
Tr. Schmldt-Monnard of Halle, the most
distinguished expert in relation to school
hygiene, and Prof. Koppmann of Lelpslc,
a specialist who has completed a thorough
Investigation into the conditions of school
children, are the leaders of a school re
form movement. In the case of 1G.000 pu
pils It Is found that there Is one-half more
tlcknera among those who attend two ses
sions a day than among those who only
go In the morning. These medical men de
clare with great posltlveness that the after
noon sessions should be abandoned; that
they exhaust the vitality of the pupils, dis
turb their digestive organs and tire their
brains. Should the afternoons be given
to play, the children would gain more at
the morning session than they do now
at two -sessions. At present the children
In the upper school classes attend fortv
two and soma forty-four hours a week.
The Victoria falls of the Zambesi river
In Rhodesia, Africa, are far enough away,
are without special sentiment and Anally
are so stupendous that one can contemplate
wholly without anxiety lest they be ruined
as a natural wonder the efforts to harness
their almost Incalculable power. Compared
with Niagara the width of Victoria falls
Is about a mile, against about throe-fourths
of a mile and lheir height varies from 400
to 420 feet, as against only 158 to 1G7 feet
for Niagara. Calculations as to the power
ot these great cataracts are necessarily
approximate and largely guesses, as Is
shown by the difference between the fig
ures of the different experts. Taking the
figures of one authority, Niagara poten
tially represents 7,000,000 horse power, while
In the flood season the Victoria falls rep
resent about 35.000,000 horse power, and of
course In the dry season considerably less.
English engineers connected with the
Rhodesia railways have lately been In this
country studying the great power plants
at Niagara and Oakland, Cal., preparatory
to planning a" gigantic power plant on the
Zambesi. The power Is to be distributed
within a radius of 800 miles and will. It is
expected, be used on the railroads, in the
mines and the other industries of Rhodesia.
Tater details of the recent Indian earth
quake Indicate that the disturbance was
One of the severest on record. The region
within which serious 'damage to buildings
occurred is about 620 miles in length; and
If, as seems probable, Dharmsala was
nearly the center. Its width cannot be less
than 360 miles, so thaj the total area of
destruction was about 150,000 square miles
considerably more than the area of the
British kingdom. The boundary of the
region In question Is roughly oval and
elongated in the direction of the Himalayan
axes, and the origin of the earthquake as
cribed to one of the great movements to
which the formation of these still growing
moOntatns is due. If the strength of an
earthauake Is Indicated by the extent of
the area disturbed by lt this one has rarely
been excelled. The, great Indian earth
quake ot 1897, It is estimated, waa felt over
an area of 1,750,000 square miles; but. If It
be true, as reported, that the shock of
April 4 was felt at Bombay and -Calcutta,
which are about 980 and 1,020 miles from
Dharmsala, then the area over which it
was perceptible would be about twice as
large, and not much less than the area of
Europe. There were few parts of the
earth's surface at which the earth waves
were Insensible to seismographs. An ex
ceedingly detailed record of the disturb
ance was given by a horizontal pendulum
at Birmingham, England. . .
POLITICAL IIRIFT.
Lawyers are already giving tips on their
ability to knock a hole In the Wisconsin
law prohibiting the giving of tips.
The New York legislature pasjed the bills
giving New York City 75-cent gns and cut
ting In two the price of electric light for
public and private consumption.
Snmtl Fcsseiulon, author of the expres
sion, "Ood hates a quitter," withdrew from
the senatorial contest In Connecticut befor
the fight was over.
Tho bounced Senator Bunkers of San
Francisco cheerily went Into court for a
vindication and punitive dnmnges. The
Jury handed him a bunch, and he Is await
ing sentence. ,
A member of the Wisconsin senate has
been epellcd because lie talked about tha
members. It seems hard for some people
to learn that even senators will do things
that are unmentionable.
Mayor McClellan waxes eloquent In veto
ing the legislative bill depriving the Board
of Aldermen Of control ot municipal frsn
ohlses. Heretofore this power ha been a
visible means of support for the city solotis.
The only democratic newspaper In St.
Taul. th Globe, went down with colors
flying and a large smile. Among the Inst
words of the sheet was this mocking line:
"Read the Globe, the only llvo newspaper
In St. Paul." Then It fumed Its toes to
the stars.
A committee of tho New York legislature
recommended the removal of Justice War
ren B. Hooker from the state supremo
court for complicity in a variety of scan
dals. According to the report of the com
mittee Judge Hooker has a great fondness
for tainted money.
A colored preacher who was brought In to
pray for the New York legislature pe
titioned the Aunlghty to bring it safely, I
through life to "that general assembly
where Jesus Christ will be the speaker and
business will be transacted without graft'
or dictation of the lobby." The member
were nervous for at least an hour after
ward. ; V ,
Governor J. Frank Hanley, republican, nt
Indiana, in refusing to appoint any man
who drinks Intoxicating liquors to oflloc.
says: "There Is not a corporation or busi
ness Interest of Importance that requites
less. Railroads, banking Institutions and
other organizations do this. The state is
entitled to at least as good service a pri
vate or corporate Interests."
To Philadelphia newspapers and people
the revised dictionary presents a poverty
of words with which to express their in
dignation over the proposed gas franchise.
The deal, or steal, as It Is commonly called,
exudes an odor more stifling than a gas
tank and surpasses In plain, unvarnished
boodle the best record of Bill Tweed. Pub
lic indignation has scotched the deal.
COLOSSAL LAM) GRABS,
Serious Side of tbe Problem Confront
ing; the Government.
Portland Oregonlan.
In reading of the land frauds In Ore
gon, California and other western states
we Involuntarily ask ourselves "What Is
tho government going to do about it?"
Principalities have been acquired by these
grafters and the men who employ them.
Is tho government going to let the looters
retail the spoils? This, after all. Is the
most serious side of the question. The
opportunity for looting the public by
frauds upon .the government In connection
with land has been narrowed greatly. Most
of the public domain of value has been
acquired. But this land, held in tracts
of thousands of square miles, Is badly
needed by the growing population pf the
country. If It were a few thousand acres
it might not be raumed. . But we are. told
that Henry Miller owns 12,77'H square
miles of land in Oregon, Nevada and Cali
fornia. This is a tract approximately
twice the size of Maryland. It is as large
as the states of Massachusetts, Connecti
cut. New Hampshire and Delaware;
greater than Switzerland, Denmark or
Greece. This tract, capable in time of
supporting millions of population, is the
private property of one man. It Is not an
Isolated case. There are half a dozen of
tl ese westerners with princely holdings
acquired from the government In devious
and questionable ways. Yet, now that
title has passed, now thnt patents have
Issued, there is some doubt whether any
portion of this vast domain can be re
claimed by the government. It is a mor
tifying confession of Impotence. We could
reclaim a lost earring if we could prove
that it had been wrongfully acquired, but
when It comes to a tract of land as big
as a state the law fall us. It Is gratify
ing, however, to know that we are tardily
disposed to husband what is left or the
public domain, and possibly we may yet
find a way to give the public at large the
benefit of the mighty landed estate of
which it has been robbed.
Improves the flavor
and adds to the health
)ulness of the food.
Von know that "He who would thrlv mut
rlse at &?" ,
MIhs Kitty O, yes, I know that. Tapa
alWsys rises at 5. and he thrives so well
thnt there's no need of my thriving. Chi
cago Trrtiune.
Magistrate You've Tieen behind th bar
Several times, haven't you?
Prisoner Whv, yes, 1
Mgistrate I thought so. Your face ia
Very familiar to me.
Prisoner Yes, sir; a I was sayln'. I'm
a bartender. Philadelphia : Ledger.
Molly Dirk is painfully homely. Isn't hef
Polly Awful! Hut I saw him once when
he loyked quite handsome.
Molly When was that?'
Polly When he dressed up as 8anta
Clans, with a white wig and long whis
kers, to take the rrexents off the Christmas
tree. Bomervllle Journal.
,. . . THE 0K SIHE Sl.
BaltlmorH American. '
When the grass Is faintly greening in the
Hhelter of the fence.
When the daring mnpln blowsnms make tha
tree-top's slmdow dense.
When the baby dandelions peep above the.
chilly mold.
Hiding lu their startled bosoms all their
wealth of splintered gold.
Then we rlghly may conjecture that the
spring li drawing nlp.h,
With its snowy clouds u-talllng In a sea of
purple sky.
But the only sign that'p certain you've ob-
- served it. liko as not
19 the bunch that's batting grounders on tha
old
back
lot..
Mickey Peters. Fatty Johnson, Sklnney
Brown and Nosev Watts.
Limpy Wlifion, Buster Thompson and that
sassy Rabbit Totts
This the pang that pools their pennies snd
their nickels and their dimes.
Kicklnp, ns they note the total, on the
hardness of the times.
Then they go an buy a bat or two and bar
gain for a ball.
Though they owe the man n little when
they've pungled up thtlr nil.
But wo know that sprlnp's approaching
that It's nearly on the spot,
When we see the bunch bat grounders on
the
o'd
back
lot..
Hdlu
H Thta Ubl VJrji?!f Pntot -l
H to boon turnltur B
FLASHES OF FCS.
The only great value to the sultan of the
Arabian provinces, which have been under
Turkish rule for a long period, lies in the
control of th sacred cltle of Mecca and
Medina. As long as the crescent flag
floats over the burial place of Mahomet
the whole Moslem world must necessarily
accord a certain primacy to the monarch
who rules at Constantinople. It is to pre
vent the loss of tills religious prcstlgo that
the Turkish government is willing to make
great sacrifices to retain possession of
western Arabia, the hot and rather barren
trip of territory which He eat of the
Red sea. Therefore, th revolt In Yemen
1 a matter of wide Interest to all who
study the changes in religious feeling and
the fluctuation of national power In the
orient.
Animosity toward th government may
lead to good results to th Individual. Thu
In Poland thousands of workmen are said
to hav quit the drinking of spirits and the
smoking of tobacco In order to deprive the
government of the revenues from thos
sources. Not only nave tne wommen tnem-
selves "sworn off, but wherever they sea
man. smoking or drinking they appeal
to him to practice self-denial In order to
mark popular discontent with admlnistra
Uv abuses. In many Instances the smokers
add drinkers . comply, and th Russian
journal express th fear that, with the
spread of the movement, there will be
serious decrease in the revenues. Also there
will be a corresponding Improvement In
condition and health of th worklngmen.
When I was your age." said the practi
cal parent, "I never had anything like as
much money to spend as you have." -
"Well, answered tne noncnaiani youm,
that ahnws the. fitness of things. You
probably wouldn't have known how to
spend as much money us I do." Washing
ton tftar.
i Ann't aunnnae Minn Passav ever had
anv beaux when she was a young girl."
"No, she was too dignified and oldtash
loned." .. ... ,
'And tne men aon i hkv ner now, , runri.
No: she's too kittenish now." Philadel
phia Press.
Fat Gentlemen (gasping) W-what do you
m-mean by maKing m m-mi- run ur,
the car so? I'll p-probably die of
1'Ollle tjonnueiur x Km, tii. . , 1 1 u . ... i w
some car going past tne morue, sir .
Cleveland Leader.
Good Time for Young America,
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The boy anT his bat Is one of th cheer
Ing signs of th day. He 1 out for tha
game of games. He gets Into the open, and
sans mtt, sans mask, and usually ans
everything which makes up the player's
equipment, he goes into th sport at though
the destiny ot his world hung upon his
success. You can find him In the clear
afternoon ,on every vacant lot. You hear
his lusty cry and se him with every muscle
In action. Physically and mentally he Is
the better for It. He expands. His brain
is stimulated, his nervous system Is disci
pllned, his tendons hardened and he
emerge from th contest bright-eyed and
rosy-cheeked. This 1 Just aa It should be.
What th American boy need 1 good,
wholesom play in th bracing air. - and
tr.er Is no play a food for blin a b
bulk
vi.uini Relative Fie. Kitty!
shouldn't II abed aa late a this.
You
Don't
PMTAS0TE
LEATHER I
through its superior wearing
qualities lias become a Na
tional Standard. The great
demand for it has led to the
substitution of many inferior
imitations, victimizing the
public. Word Fantasote em
bossed on selvedge edge of
piece goods. To protect you
against fraud, accept no fur
niture as covered with Tan
tasote from your dealer or
upholsterer unless it bears
our trademark label, as
shown above. Do not accept
his "just as good" theory; in
sist upon Pantasote, and see
that you get the genuine.
P A N T A S O T B is
clurnblo, bright, handsomo, easily
donned, wears and looks like
leather, and costs one-third as much.
Is unequalled for upholstery.
FOR TRIAL PI RPOSOS
we have for Ml four tinea of rhftlr iMt whlrn
glvr you the amount of upholiterr meterUI
you wnt. mRkIng the coirt rerjr mll for new
rati tor chain you may have that sea ra
upholBterlng: isms Inch, 25c: JHx:5 Inch, Wo;
17x27 Inch, 10c; 6lM Inch. 11.00.
Upon application, will send oar catalog
showing material In the dirierent
colors In which It Is tnso.
THE PANTASOTE CO.
Dept. 18. J I Broadway, NewYork
Browning, Ming & Co
CLOTHING, FURNISHINGS, AND BATS.
The Proper Stamp
An unfashionable Coat is an abomi
nation. Popular approval has set its
utamp on the season's styles.
The short monkey jacket with its
"string" collar and exaggerated
shoulders has given way to the long
Sack with broad pointed lapels and
slightly form-fitting back.
$15 to ?25.
Worsteds and Kerges with grays
in the first place for choice.
A lot of new and interesting exhibits
in our Furnishingl)epartnients.
"m enn't afford to be out of Futhion," laid Beau Jrummel, "if
you would be in tlit twim."
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Broaaway at tla Street
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