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TITE "OMAFIA DAILY TIEE: FRIDAY. MAY 12. 1903.
Tiie Omaiia Daily Bee.
K. ROSE WATER, EDITOR.
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ays that the actual number of full and
complete rnnlea of Tha Dallv. Morning,
Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the
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It 4B.0OO
J7 S8.SS0
It SM.3T0
It 2T.OSO
28,100
a 8S.8SO
23 SO, ISO
2t 81.TT0
24 M.OOO
26 2,OCSO
24 88,000
27 28.1BO
38 28,800
2 80,100
10 32,100
1 81.0HO
2 81,080
I 28,180
4 38,100
1 28,100
t 28,100
7 2O.08O
I SO.BHO
80,800
10 2T.07O
II 28,170
12 B8.400
13 28,150
14 20,000
15 80,800
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Less unsold copies ,T8
Ket total sales 870,637
Dally average 28,321,
C C. ROSEWATER.
Secretary.
Subscribed la my presence and sworn to
Derore me this 1st day ot May, iu.
(Seal) U. B. HUNQATE.
Notary Public.
Now that New York mills dealers
Save organized, a combined attack on
the prlco of chalk may be expected.
It may bo all right to be "first In news
and enterprise,", but It is going it a
trifle strong to let enterprise get ahead
of the news.
Tlio rate question has become the
burning issue of the , hour with the
United Workmen as well as with the
united railroads.
As Captain .Hobsort is soon to marry
a change may be expected In his opin
ion regarding a heavy tax upon imports
to pay for a big navy.
The growth "of peace sentiment can
not be denied since the Franco-Russian
revelations have produced not even
a bint of trouble at London.
Tcu bankers are now serving time in
the Ohio penitentiary. The only lesson
in this is that some states enforce their
laws against illegal banking.
vr-r oxer THK LAW.
The utterances of President . Itooso-
telt in the Interview with the repre
sentatives of the strikers In Chicago
ought to have a salutary Influence, not
only upon those addressed but gener
ally. The president Is frleinjly to or
ganized labor, but he Insists that it
must obey the law. He told the rep
resentatives of labor that if called upon
to take any action he should try to do
exact Justice under the law to every
man, so far as he has power, "but the
first essential is the preservation of law
and order, the suppression of violence
by mobs or individuals." Again in his
speech at the Iroquois club banquet
Mr. Roosevelt urged that there must be
obedience to law. "I believe," he said,
"that the union, like the individual, must
live up to a strict accountability to the
purposes of the law," and he assured the
mayor of Chicago of hearty support in
upholding the law, in putting down
violence whether by a mob or by an
individual.
These declarations were timely and
significant and were made with impres
sive earnestness. ; They will be heeded,
there is good reason to believe, by those
for whom they were intended, and they
will be heartily approved by all good
cltir.ens. The mob spirit tbat has char
acterized the Chicago strike the chief
executive of the nation unqualifiedly
condemns. He declared that It will not
triumph In this country, . that good
Americans "are all one in the convic
tion, In the firm determination, that this
country shall remain in the future, ns
It has been in the past, the country of
liberty and Justice under the forms of
law."
It Is not to be doubted that the vio
lence and lawlessness which have
marked the present strike in Chicago
will prove unfortunate for organized
labor generally. The inevitable tend
ency of such manifestations of the
mob spirit is to create in the popular
mind distrust of organized labor, while
the effect is also to repel ..from the
unions worklngmen who have no synv
pathy with violent methods. The presl
dent of the International Brotherhood
of Teamsters said that "violence meets
with condemnation of the officials, both
local and national, of our organization;
It does not meet with the sympathy of
our organization." Doubtless this Is
true, yet the question suggests ltsfljf
whether the officials of the organization
took proper and adequate measures to
prevent violence. If they did take any
precautions the obvious fact Is that they
are not able to control the members of
the organization, .or such of them at
least as are Imbued with the mrfb spirit,
of which the number would seem to be
large.
,ThIs is a government of law and all
citizens, under whatever circumstances,
must be required and compelled to obey
the law. Members of corporations or
of bodies of organized capital and mem
bers of trades unions are equally amen
able to this principle, faithful observ
ance of which is absolutely essential to
the preservation of our free .institutions.
This is the meaning of what President
Roosevelt said at Chicago and It should
be impressed upon the minds of all the
people,
soclatlon shall be followed elsewhere
before the meeting of the Fifty-ninth
congress and the reciprocity movement
become general, with n view to brlug
Ing pressure to boor upon the United
States senate. Undoubtedly the Ger
man tariff attitude has aroused a great
deal of Interest In the subject, particu
larly among the exporters of bread-
stuffs, and it Is altogether likely that
this interest may be extruded to the
agricultural producers, who will be af
fected more than any other class by the
German policy., At all events a renewal
of agitation for trade reciprocity Is
plainly foreshadowed and it is quite
possible that it will become more wide
spread and earnest than it has ever
been.
THK COMMISSION AS A R KG VLA TOR-
While railroad magnates and rebate
beneficiaries of railway discrimination
have pronounced the Interstate Com
merce commission a dismal failure, and
in proof of their assertion point to the
fact that the United States supreme
court has reversed many, if not most, of
its findings', the impeachment of the
efficiency of the commission is disproved
by incontrovertible facts.
For example, the commission is just
now in session at Chicago and among
the complaints under consideration Is a
charge brought by Michigan fruit ship
pers against the private cur lines that
enjoy a monopoly of the fruit trans
portation over the Michigan Central and
other Michigan roads. To ward off an
unfavorable decision, the officials of the
Armqur car lines are making strenuous
efforts to effect a compromise and secure
a dismissal of the complaints by agree
ing to a voluntary reduction in iceing
charges of from 15 to 30 per cent, cov
ering the entire Michigan fruit belt.
If this compromise Is effected there
will be no appeal to the courts and con
sequently no record of any good ac
complished by the commission. But,
nevertheless, the fruit shippers of Michi
gan will secure a most substantial re
duction in rates, and that reduction
eventually will go to the fruit growers,
and that means an increase of the profits
from the farm and orchard.
The fact that 00 per cent of all the
complaints -preferred before the commis
sion have been amicably adjusted be
tween the complainants and the rail
roads, while only 10 per cent have been
appealed to the courts, affords striking
proof within itself that even with its
limited powers the commission is ac
complishing a great deal of good in
rectifying abuses and unjust exactions
by transportation companies.
It goes without saying that with en
larged powers the commission would ac
complish a great deal more.
"else him up," as the western phrase goes.
In varied conditions. They had a chance
to see th president In mental deshabille, I
as It were. The diary of Mr. Stewart or
Dr. Lambert would he Interesting, If It
could be published without violation of the
amenities that obtain between comrades.
Hopelessly- Ontrlassed.
New York Tribune.
The electric flash has been sent round the
earth from the bureau of equipment of
the Navy department at Washington In the
new record time of seven seconds less
time than it takes to tell about It. Puck
Is once more hopelessly outclassed in globe
girdling.
Evils of Aatomohlle Speed.
. Springfield Republican.
As the use of the automobile spreads,
all the meanest trails In human kind are
placed In evidence. Unhappily this Is a
dangerous stage on which to display them.
The man who Injures some one else and
runs away is coming In evidence with too
much frequency. H also needs no argu
ment that the use of liquor by the driver
ot an automobile constitutes an extreme
peril to the public safety. We have not
yet reached the point where this new vehi
cle, as it takes Its place lit the life of the
country, is sufficiently regulated. Mere In
dignation will not produce any better re
sults, except as It avail to create a cor
rective public sentiment. Th associations
of the automobile must do what they can
to remedy these evils, and save the whole
ot them from public discredit.
When Courtesy Pays,
Saturday Evening Pout.
The thing which Americans are most
backward In learning about courtesy Is th
ona which, if they deserve their reputation,
they should be first to appreciate, namely,
that It pays.
In ona of our big cities a crowded car
was lately blocked by a truck from which
th driver was unloading a load of empty
boxes. The tnotorman set his brakes,
Jumped from the platform and rushed up
to the truck, followed by tha conductor.
he passengers smiled In the expectation
of a now of language which would make a
Billingsgate fishwife seem like a nursery
governess. But tha motorman and con
ductor turned to and helped unload the
truck. In a jiffy the way was clear and
car full of passengers bowled on,
amazed, but rejoiced.
Tha newspapers got hold of the Incident
and related it as a joke. But like most
good Jokes, It has an excellent moral. This
Is a world of give and take, and those who
give most take most. Those who consider
the courtesy due to their fellow passenger
generally avoid even the conductor' Ir
ritating "Step lively."
The imaginative powers of Shanghai
correspondents must be declining since
one has been forced to buy a ship in
order to report the coming sea fight
THt DEFICIT PROBLEM
According to statements from Wash
lngton the treasury deficit is causing
some perplexity and the question of pro
viding for more revenue may disturb
the harmony of the republican majority
in the next congress. The Washington
Post states that men who will have to
do with revenue legislation are giving
much attention to the question and that
there has been extended consultation of
figures from tha Treasury department to
ascertain the recent history of Imports
and exports. There appears to be a
considerable sentiment in favor of
changes in the tariff as a means of In
creasing revenue, but there is strong op
position to this on the ground that tt
would operate to the disadvantage of
our Industries and labor. Those who
New York state la clamoring for 0I'P08e ,D' ranges in we .tann urge
farmers. It has not been long since
People would not object to "elastic"
freight rates if the tendency were not
to much 'iu the direction of stretching
and with so little opportunity for recoil.
Judging from the argument In the
automobile factory case, Omaha had
t touch of "frenaied finance" before
"Tom" Lawsou "got wise" to the game,
mat l'resiaent itoosevelt Is a very
remarkable man has again been demon
strated by his visit to Chicago. Both
sides in the strike controversy are satis
tied.
According to a well defined rumor, a
consolidation of the Chicago Great West
ern and Kansas City Southern roads
has been planned and will take place In
the no distant future. The consolidated
lines are to be operated iu conjunction
with the Hill system as a competitive
outlet for grain to the gulf ports. ' An
other" motive that is said to have im
pelled Mr. Hill to obtain control of the
Chicago Great Western system is that
he wants to see it removed from the
situation as a rate disturber, and, lastly,
that it would afford him a short line be
tween St. Taul, Omaha and Kansas Citv
It would soem, therefore, that in all the
new railroad combinations Omaha is not
to be left out in the cold.
New York imagined that all It needed
for its prosperity was lively times on
Wall street.
The defeat of State Chairman Burgess
In his aspirations to fill the congres
sional brogaus of Elmer J. Burkett only
reminds us that republics and repub
licans are proverbially ungrateful.
wonucr i-resuieut itoosevelt re
fuses to be a candldute for re-election.
The amount of democratic praise he has
received in the last three months would
be expected to "hoodoo" any man.
So far Nebraska has fared much better
in the i general distribution of May
cyclones; tornadoes, waterspouts and
bail storms than states ou the map lo-
cuted above and below hurricane deck.
that additional revenue should be raised
from internal taxes and advise the re
imposition of some of the taxes that
were levied during the war with Spain
a policy that would probably be very
unpopular, at least with the interests
that would be affected.
This Is one of the matters to which
the president will be railed upon to give
his attention and there Is no intima
tion as to which view he inclines
whether to tariff revision or to raising
more revenue by additional Internal
taxes. Of course the national treasury
is In no immediate danger. The cash
balance Is still large. But a rising de
ficit Is an unpleasant fact and It Is ob
viously desirable to provide for more
revenue or make a decided reduction
in the expenses of the government.
Chicago strikers were so quiet yester
day as to lead one to believe that they
were watching bulletins from the east
and west, where wind and dynamita
quite overwhelmed the efforts of man
to inaka trouble.
The Kausu state guard is cut off
from government supplies until it makes
a satisfactory reiort of those already
received. the explanation that the
trouble is due to careless booking is as
good au excuse as any.
Omaha should not-be content merely
With the ifectlou of many new build
lugs, but Omaha should see to it that
oil the uew buildings, and especially all
the business blocks, wills, fuctorloa and
apartment houses, are substantial and
safe. X ' --,
if toutaneues should uudi'i'takf to
gti ou record on the question of rail
roan rata regulation tuey would find
thenixolves In the dilemma of being com
piled to choose between endorsing
President Rootievelf and endorsing the
lreklut ( the Fontanel! club.
NEW HECIPROCITT MOVEMENT-
The movement Just started in Chicago
for promoting trade reciprocity Is likely
to stimulate public Interests In that sub
ject, which promises to command
good deal of attention in the next con
gress. The movement Is under the
ausplce,s of the Chicago Commercial as
sociauon auu iu purpose is not re
stricted to bringing about ' commercial
reciprocity with any particular country,
but with all countries that may be
found disposed to euter Into such
treaty. A resolution adopted by the
association declares that "wa recognlxe
as an indisputable fact that agricultural
and live stock men and manufacturer
of every description In the country will
always have au Immense surplus which
will require to be absorbed by foreign
markets, sud that we -seek and earnestly
desire the must . friendly and "mutually
profitable' relations with the great coin
uiercial nations of the workf. .'
Perhaps the recently anuuuaeed tariff
policy ot the German government In
regard to American product! may have
bad something to do with kirplrlug this
latest movement in. behalf of reciproc
ity, but at any rate It will not lie sur
prising If the action" of the "Culcugo'a-
The Iowa State Grocers' association
wants more strenuous pure food laws
to prevent the sale of adulterated food
products. A more effective and more
speedy way to accomplish this result
would be for lowa grocers to agree not,
to handle any adulterated food products,
no matter what profits there may be In
their sale.
Dr. George L. Miller has registered
his protest against railroad regulation
before the senate Interstate commerce
committee. Such protests have been
registered regularly, consistently and
persistently Dy tne gooa doctor ever
since he conducted on exclusive railroad
job office as an annex to the Omaha
Herald.
If these turbulent atmospheric condi
tions contiuuo the next legislature may
have to act on the recommendation of
Astronomer Test by enacting a law re
quiring householders to invest in cyclone
shutters as well as fire escape ladders
A pound of prevention is worth au ounce
of cure.
The month of May, 11)05, promises to
show Nebraska more kinds of disagree
buib weatuer in iewer nays man anv
May of history, and even though variety
Is the spice of life, mnuy of us will still
object to such high seasoning.
Wktr Crowe Wa Ml,
Kansas City Star.
Pat Crowe went only to the World-Herald
offlc In Omaha. Had he gone to the other
newspaper office he might have been
"stung."
. Straight from th Shoulder.
Kansas City Star.
Can the railroad managers rind anything
in th speech of Becretary Tart at th New
Willard In Washington last night to soothe
them into the belief that the agitation for
the regulation of rates will "blow overt"
Where Advertising- Pays.
Minneapolis Times. ;
In a New York town the authorities hav
been called on to protect th public against
an advertiser who promised to send a ti
bill on receipt of 26 cents. Curiosity piled
up tne operators mall so fast that th
department was compelled to act.
Governor Cummins' Threist.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Governor Cummins' remark that "In con
gress you must substitute men who will do
something for men who are determined
do nothing" caused Congressman Hull
entertain a dark suspicion that Cummin
has designs on bis seat In that body.
Roosevelt's Maatlna; rrleas.
Cleveland Leader.
Ther 1 a coterie of men who will cherish
while their lives last the recollection
th fortnight of president Roosevelt's hunt
ii was ineir privilege to meet the most
pvpuiar man in tne l ulled States under
citx'uuistaucss ot peculiar intimacy ud to
WORK IS WOMEN'S CI.IBS.
Ko Agency Doing More) for the Homo
Than They.
St. Louis Globe Democrat.
There is some prejudice, as well as lack
of information, In articles occasionally seen
on the subject of women's clubs and tha
movement they represent. The erroneous
view taken Is that the clubs In some way
antagonize the home. Nothing could be
further from the truth. No agency is do
ing more for the home than women's clubs,
and In none are the efforts applied more
intelligently. The general federation, with
which th state federations are in close
touch, maintains standing committees, on
the labor of children, household economics,
education, pure food, civics, library ex
tension and forestry. All these subjects
are Intimately related to home life. AU are
f legislative Interest; and to set them
tiddly before legislative bodies is not only
the privilege, but the duty, of citlsens, re
gardless of sex. There Is no fear that
there will be too .many advocates of
righteous lawa i '
Literature and art enter extensively In
the labors of the clubs. The general fed
eration maintains that every state will im
prove physically, intellectually and mor
ally if its capable women work together
on the lines Indicated. It Is the claim of
the federation that Its purposes have ever
looked to the training and protection, ot
children; the enlightenment of young
mothers and the solace ot mothers whose
families have grown up and gone forth Into
the world; the improved conditions of
housekeeping; the sympathetic study of
the various lines of business for women,
and a broadened acquaintance and interest
n life for all members, in many respects
there has been an emancipation for women
n the last sixty years, with evident bene
fit to all; an emancipation from lingering,
narrow ideas and injustice, not from what
Is good and true' and estimable in th
feminine character.
BITS Or WAJHUOTOX l.IFF..
Minor Scenes and Incident Sketched
on the Spot.
Nearly fifty years ago, when an Investlga-
tlon disclosed the huge profits of the con
gressional printers, James Russell Ijnwell
penned "The Pious Editor's Creed" ancnt
the scandal
I du believe with all mv soul
In the areat rtreaa'a frepiloiii.
To pint the people to the goal
An in tne traces lead cm;
Palsied the arm that fnrs.es yokes
At my fnt contracts sniilntln'
An' withered be the nose that pokes
Inter the guv'ment printin'!
Th rich. Juicy printing contracts of th:tt
period have long Blnce passed away, but
scandals bloom as luxuriantly in the gov
ernment printing office of today. The lat
est printshop scandal Is a legislative joker
Introduced Into the charter granted by con
gress to the society of the Daughter ot
tho American Revolution, by which tlio
society Is required to make annual reports
to th Smithsonian Institution "and said
secretary shall communicate to congress
such portions thereof as he may deem of
national Interest." Under this authority
the secretary has dumped upon congress
the full official reports of the society and
they have been printed with elaborate il
lustrations. It would be difficult to de
termine In what way much of tho text
and many of the illustrations are of "na
tional Interest." In the last report, for
instance, there Is a very handsome engrav
ing of a pretty, rurly-haired girl, named
Francis M. Falrchllds. and equally well
executed pictures of prominent women in
the society.
'Speaker Cannon," says the Philadelphia
Ledger correspondent, "is very careful now
to scan bills granting national charters to
any societies in order to eliminate any such
authorization as that contained in tha
charter of the Daughters ot tne American
Revolution. N Last congress a charter was
granted to the National Academy of Amer
ican Architects In Rome, but It was ex
plicitly stated that the society should never
be a charge on the United States treasury.
Because tho society would not accept such
a limitation a national charter for tho Na
tional institute In Paris was refused.
'Uncle Joe' proposes that the government
shall stop doing printing for outside par
ties, Inasmuch as the cost of public printing
has Increased from IS.952,000 in 1897 to
$7,062,411 In 1904."
The desertion evil has struck the army,
and while the men are not leaving In such
large numbers as In tho navy, there has
been enough absenteeism during the last
six months to worry Secretary Taft. Ho
has issued instructions for the general staff,
of which Lieutenant General Chaffee Is the
chief, to Investigate the matter, ascertain
the cause for the sudden epidemic of de
sertions and apply a remedy." says tho
Brooklyn Eagle correspondent.
"The proportion of desertions at certain
recruiting establishments is excessive, and
almost alarming. Reports from three i(e
crultlng stations In one section of the coun
try show that desertions during the last
year equalled 20 per cent of the enlisted
force serving there. Few complaints of
harsh treatment have been received from
enlisted men and there has been nothing to
indicate dissatisfaction among them. For
this reason the surprising figures In the
desertion columns are all the more pur-
sling.
'Some little uneasiness is also felt be
cause of the scarcity of eligible recruits.
Few, If any, of the commands are recruit
ing up their maximum strength. The num
ber of rejections has also fallen below the
usual percentage, due to the fact that good
men are not to be had and thai It becomes
necessary to enlist men who in ordinary
times would be passed by. One of the bad
features of this practice is that many of the
recruits are being discharged for disabili
ties that existed prior to their enlistment,
but which were not deemed serious enough
to bar thein from service. The natural
result Is that these, men have claims for
pensions which will be allowed without
question.
'The Investigation by the general staff
may lead to the abolishment of the sub
recruiting stations and the concentration
of this work in a few great depots. It Is
pointed out that the system of maintain
ing the present numerous substations Is an
expensive one, without compensating results.
"The general staff has a comprehensive
scheme under discussion for the establish
ment of military reserves In various parts
of the country which will be drawn on to
restock the army. Congressional authority
will be required to put it Into effect, and
It Is the present intention to get the project
Into proper shape and submit It to con
gress during the coming session."
rERsovtL i-iotes.
Th most delicate ccmpllinent to th
novel, "Mrs. Wiggs of th Cabbage ratch."
thus far chronicled Is the naming of a
cigar, "La Flor de Signer Wlggs."
Without permission from Washington
Governor Ferguson cannot go outside of
Oklahoma. "There r a good many pris
oners In the territory," says the governor,
"Including Oeronlmo and myself."
On one Indiana youth the new antl-cl-garette
law fell with rtushlng force In th
shape of a fine of J5, with $10 costs added,
all for his having some cigarette paper
In his pocket, though he had never made
one or smoked one.
G. J. Stoessel, a nephew of the Russian
commander who so bravely defended Port
Arthur, Is a truck farmer near Pass Chris
tian. Miss, lie was born In New Orleans,
to which city his parents cam from Swlts
erland over fifty years ago.
The town of Manhattan, Kan., advertises
ss among Its attractions the literary feasts
and Intellectual entertainment afforded the
resident by the State Agricultural college
situated there. This winter tho feast has
consisted of a series of lectures on "Th
Diseases of the Sweet Potato."
Investigation In Minnesota has disclosed
the fact that the excessive prices for
eastern coaI In the cities and towns of
that state were not duo to excessive
freight rates, but to an understanding
among dealers who were exacting fmiri
their customers profits ranging from $-.50
to $4. BO per ton.
The csar proposes to make a pilgrimage
to the tomb of St. Scraflimt at Sarafshaya
to Implore the bones preserved there to
assist him In his campaign. After so
much rattling of the family skeleton at
St. Petersburg one would rather expect
him to seek out some other object for his
superstitious veneration.
The eminent Qerman economist and
former coadjutor of Bismarck, Adolph
Wagner, used to Insist that the older pro
fessors ought to be pensioned In order to
give the younger ones room to expand.
Now that he has reached his seventieth
birtnday he seems to have lost his inter
est In that doctrine. He expects to do a
good deal more work.
A distinguished French physiologist has
discovered that tobacco Impairs th powers
of the auditory nerve. He advises persons
who have shown any tondency toward
deafness or In whose ancestry any such
tendency Is discoverable absolutely to
eschew the weed. It's undoubtedly a sound
warning, but one to which ninety-nine out
of one hundred smokers will turn a deaf
ear.
EMPHATIC PHOOl'!UKMETS.
The President and Secretary Taft oa
the Railway Rate Proposition.
Kansas City Star.
The president and Becretary Taft have
Informed th country that th administra
tion ha not changed base on the railway
rat proposition. The railroads, the trusts
and some ot th commercial organisations
of the country have been so busy circu
lating confusing arguments against the ex
tension of th powers of the Interstate
Commerce commission that some of the
agitators hav succeeded In misleading
themselves us to a "change of sentiment
Since th adjournment of congress ther
has been little talk on the side of the gov
eminent and the people. Those opposed to
regulation hav done all th writing, all
the speechmaklng and all the maneuvering,
Hut now the president and the secretary
of war, the latter acting for the time not
only a secretary of war, but also as presi
dent and secretary of state, hav cleared
tha atmosphere. If the public ha been in
the least misguided as to tho determination
of th administration with reference to
railway regulation. It now knows that an
extra session of congress will be called for
Its consideration and that the president
will do his utmost to bring about reform
legislation.
The railway officials might as well real
ixe now as later that they cannot put this
question aside. They may get the sympa
thetlc ear of senators and representatives;
they may control some of the newspapers;
they may obtain th endorsement of some
of the commercial bodies; they may send
broadcast deceptive literature, calculated
to alarm tha people over th "disturbance
of rates," but they cannot head off the
popular and Just demand for soma authori
tative stay against railway abuses. The
people hav seen that th railroads them
selves may not b Intrusted always to make
fair published rates; they have seen that
they may not be intrusted to stand out
against discriminations In the way of prl
vata rates and other concessions; they have
seen that the present law cannot always
be enforced; they have reached the Inev-
Itablu conclusion that additional legislation
I needed, and they believe that it should
come In the way of making th Interstata
Commerce commission a tribunal of refer
enc.e when Injustice Is charged.
The national government can establish
such a check. It la difficult for slate to
regulate rates, for local disturbance are
apt to become general, and often with the
result that the state that undertakes to
act fairly gets th worst of the deal In th
general adjustment. But th federal gov
ernment can establish or limit a rat and
all states can be forced to abide by It with
out Injustice to any on. For the present
th Important fact befor th peopl I that
th question Is going to be fought out In
congress. There will be no backdown by
the administration and the agitation will
nut "blow over."
The redemption bureau of the Treasury
department is up against a hard proposi
tionthe deciphering of $1,000 in currency
roasted In an oven at Pine Grove, Pa. The
roast happened on circus day, and yhe vic
tims are Chief Burgess John Doll and his
good wife. As Burgess Doll was bent on
going to the circus, and nobody could tell
what sort of prowlers might be about at
such a time, he concluded quietly to put
all of his portable wealth out of the way
ot temptation, so far as the crooks were
concerned. A good, Innocent looking cigar
box was just the thing, and Into this he
thrust his $1,000 and then deposited tlio box
In the oven of his cold stove, out of com
mission, surely, until the Sunday baking
should be done. Then away to the circus
he went.
But good Mrs. Doll said to herself: "I'll
get that Sunday baking ant of th way
before John returns and give him a good
surprise." So she heated up the kitchen
stove good and hot and when she thought
it was about right opened the oven door,
only to find Inside the smoking ashes of a
cigar box and something that looked sus
piciously like "money to burn." It fairly
crumbled as she touched It, but she got It
out of the oven and smothered tho remain
ing flames aa best she could.
When th burgess got home they com
pared notes and comments and wound up
by agreeing that the one and only tiling
left to do was to ask Uncle Sam to put
on his best speck and see If he could not
decipher enough of ashen currency to re
deem It, In whole or In part.
Officials In the Indian bureau are some
what amused at publication which hav
reached them from Indian Territory to
the effect that Pittsburg capitalists were
gobbling up all th oil-land leases In the
territory, with a view to ultimately mo
nopolizing th oil Industry of tha territory
They state that there Is not a particle of
danger of PHtsburgers or any other set of
Individuals or corporations getting control
of th oil fields ot the territory. For sev
eral years, or since oil wa first developed
In tha territory, the Indian office has been
Inserting a clause in all leases to the effect
that no lease shall b transferred or as
signed without the consent of the party of
the first part, the Indian owner, together
with the consent, and approval of the sec
retary of th Interior. The secretary has a
watchful ey out for any such attempt to
get control of oil or any other lease In
tha territory and the Indian Interest are
sealously guarded In this respect.
TOO MICH ZEAL PKFKATS JUSTICE.
Passion and Prejudice Displayed by
Proseentlng- Attorney.
New York Sun.
A question arises as to the wisdom of th
methods of a prosecuting officer In such a
case as this, and It Involves philosophical
and psychological considerations. Th
habit of the district attorney or the as
sistant to whom he delegate the pros
secutlon of a cane of prime public interest
like that of tho , Patterson woman is to
pursue it with an order and a seal Intensi
fied by pride of opinion and the ambition
to win a professional victory, with tha
consequent gain In reputation. This is far
from an unmitigated evil, If, Indeed, it is
actually an evil. If the prosecuting officer
should be lukc-warm In his efforts for con
viction, should exhibit to a Jury any In
difference as to it, the Interest of Justice
would suffer fatally. But it is questionable
if he does not help to bring about the de
feat of Justice If by the manner of his
prosecution he give the Jury or any mem
ber of it an Impression that he is pursuing
the accused as the huntsman would pursue
a wild beast, simply as game, for thereby
he is likely to provoke sympathy for the
accused and consequently prejudice fatal
to a Just decision. It Is questionable If the
prosecuting officer would not conserve the
end of justice to better effect If he con
ducted and argued his case in the unlmpas
sloned spirit which makes the charge of the
trial judge so powerful with a Jury. Not his
argument, no matter how able or how In
tense in Its exphession, but only the chain
of evidences he forges can win the victory
for Justice Would not his summing up,
therefore, be more effective with the Jury
and tha public if It was simply a clear Hnd
logical and Judicial knitting together of th
threads of testimony? Passion and pre
judice belong rather to the defense of the
accused, but even there when they are
great and obvious they constitute an
element of weakness.
Inasmuch as the trial of a person accused
of a capital offense Is the most solemn pro
ceeding that can take place In a court of
Justice, the exhibition In It of any mere
pride of opinion or greed of purely pro-
feslonal triumph Is a shocking Impediment
In the path of Justice. They outrage th
sens of propriety In both jury and public.
Improves the flavor
and adds to the health
fulness of the food.
MIRTH FIX RF.MARKS.
"I see," said Mr. Hcnpcck, "that a New
York man killed himself tho other day to
make his wife happy."
"Oh, well," she answered, "what's th
use bringing up such a disagreeable subject
as that? Your policy has a suicide clause."
Chicago Record-Herald.
"He seems to have gone to the bad com
pletely." "Yes; I believe he found himself between
the devil and the deep sea. and ho realised
that he couldn't swim." Phlldclphla
Ledger.
"Do you believe that the public will ap
prove of government ownership'.'"
"No." answered Senator Sorghum; "with
government ownership or any other -tem
there will always be reformers. "
Washington Star.
"Not much in this life for me," growled
tho chronic kicker. "Kverybody elso
seems to get along, but I'm left out in the
cold."
"Well, that won't happen to you In the
lire to come," said Miss Sly.-Philadelphia
Press.
Dick I thought you said Miss Westerly
was entraiu'liigly ix-autiful. 1 saw her
yesterday out riding In her automobile and
she wasn't even good looking.
Tom Oh, well, she had ou her automo
bile rig. Homervillo Journal.
"Are you a friend to Wlllain 'RliRKlnsT"
"That ne'er do well? 1 should say not."
"Then you'll hardly be Interested to hear
that he has inherited $1,000,000."
"What? Dear old Bill?" Washington
Post.
Judge You are charged with blowing
open a safe and abstracting I -MO in coin
therefrom. Have you anything to say?
Prisoner Is It true that I overlooked
$10.nno In bills?
Judge Yes.
Prisoner My plea will be insanity.
Cleveland Leader.
"How do ye get out o' here?" asked tlio
customer from beyond the suburbs, wlm
had lost himself in the department store.
"You asked me that a few minutes ago."
replied the floorwalker, "and I told you In
follow your noso down the aisle to the
left."
"1 did begosh, an' it led me to the cheese
counter!" Philadelphia Ix-dgcr.
THK NORSK XIUHTINUALK.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
A soldier of dls legion ban dying In Al
yiers, Dar nut ban any nurses dar, nor any vim-
nien's tears.
Yohn YnhiiHon kne beside him to hear
vat he skol any,
And tal him, "Ol.if, hurry op; ay want
some sleep tndiy."
Dls dying geezer lalter ven he tak his
comrade's hand
And say, "The ylg bnn op with me, dat's
yust the way tengs stand.
Last night before dls battle ay ban feeling
purty fine.
Now dar's yob for undertaken In old Bln
gen on dls Rhine.
"Tal my sister not to feeling blue ef ay
ban going hence;
Tal her ay'in sorry ay can't pay von dollar
saxty cents,
Ay borrowed It from her von night ven ay
ban need some dough,
Ay'm purty fast for borrow, but on paying
back sy'm slow. i
HIUIII , RMl Uliri nvnn " vv-,v.
her old age
Ay'm von of dese liar truant birds my
home to me ban cage.
Tust see my folks. Yohn. ef yu pleese, and
tal dom ay don't care
And say my face It ban to foe, and all
dls gudo hot air.
"Ay see dls blue Rhine sweep along and
tenk av seem to hear
Dese Yerman soldiers senglng song and
drenklng tubs of beer.
Ay see my sweetheart standing var she
stood long years ago
Yust like In Illustrated songs vith dis har
burlesque show."
His voice ban growing weaker till Yohn
can't hear him call.
And in bout saxty seconds Olaf he can't
talk at all. , ,,
Den Yohn ho buy a ticket for tree dollar
eighty-nine. , -
And ship him back to Blngen, dls har Bln-
gen on the Rhine.
Anticipation Rudely Jarred.
New York Commercial.
Ther Is a strong suspicion that the sen-
at committee on Interstate com mere got
a much larger consignment of law than Its
chairman tElkins) had anticipated or had
in mind when h asked for an opinion on
the matters from th president's consti
tutional legal advisor.
Browning, Ming & Co
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On Sale Friday and
Saturday, only
50
To be seen 'in our Doug
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"A well dressed father" said Beau Jirvmmel,
'begets a well dressed $oruu
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